It looks as though one of my tunnel tents has got to come down this year, having suffered in the gales and floods last year.
OH - Lyndon - has suggested we replace it with a big greenhouse which he will make from cedar, with a block base. Who am I to object?
My question is whether we should go for glass or twin wall polycarbonate for the side panels?
What do you think?
Advice please.
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oldherbaceous
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Dear Tigger, i would go for glass.
It lets more light in, and i know it sounds silly, but it also adds a lot of strength to a struture.
I have to say, clever Lyndon, thats something really special.
It lets more light in, and i know it sounds silly, but it also adds a lot of strength to a struture.
I have to say, clever Lyndon, thats something really special.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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If I remember your other postings it is your own land so I would go for glass. If he cribs the Alton design it takes readily available standard sheets of glass with an easy glazing system. If he can copy the vents they are good and simple. I think you can buy the bits as spares.
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As an afterthought you could see if you could come up with an improvement on the standard greenhouse. When everything has grown up how often does it annoy you having to stretch through the jungle or step between plants to open vents? How about designing ones that open from the outside!
Excellent. Thanks folks. Good idea about opening vents externally. Lyn's tinkering about with the design, so timing is everything. He's going to adapt the frames we currently use for growbags (inside, of course) but put them up higher, so they'll be easier for me to use when my hips go!
No doubt it will be first class when I get it, but I'm not taking bets on a completion date. As anyone married to someone self employed knows - it's always famine or feast. I'm resisting the dismantling of the polytunnel until the work has started on the greenhouse, so I just hope we don't get any gales during the next few months. I've been waiting for a kitchen for 20 years and it's only now in sight - thanks to the floods. Mind you, when I do get anything, it's always great and well worth waiting for.
If I push him too much, he'll only remind me of the rug I started before we got engaged, or the knitting machine he bought for me in 1976 which has never been used, or......
No doubt it will be first class when I get it, but I'm not taking bets on a completion date. As anyone married to someone self employed knows - it's always famine or feast. I'm resisting the dismantling of the polytunnel until the work has started on the greenhouse, so I just hope we don't get any gales during the next few months. I've been waiting for a kitchen for 20 years and it's only now in sight - thanks to the floods. Mind you, when I do get anything, it's always great and well worth waiting for.
If I push him too much, he'll only remind me of the rug I started before we got engaged, or the knitting machine he bought for me in 1976 which has never been used, or......