PROS AND CONS OF DIFFERENT FRAMES OF THE GREENHOUSE
SPRING IS COMING: do you need help in choosing a greenhouse FRAME?
Which FRAME would be the most suitable for your greenhouse?
In our climate a gardener cann’t live without a greenhouse. The purchase of a new greenhouse is a large expense that must be thoroughly thought through.
This is actually a pretty important key question, because the choice cann’t be changed later. Of course it would be good to spend as little as possible and get as much as possible. Inevitably are the prices of the greenhouses offered on the market quite well in line with how good this greenhouses are.
Which FRAME would be the most suitable for your greenhouse?
First think about what you want to grow and how much — the greenhouse size depends from it. Whether are you a passionate gardener or is gardening just a nice extra activity.
Certainly is choosing the right FRAME one of the most important questions. Each seller praises his material but not all good and bad features are always explained.
We’ll try to explain the pros and cons of different possibilitys.
The final and most suitable choice should make everyone themselves. The higher expenditure will definitely pay off in the long run and in everyday ease use. A high-quality greenhouse is also an ornament in your garden, not only a place for growing the food.
ALUMINUM FRAME
- The most long term and most durable material.
- Strong and non-rusting.
- Anodized aluminum is even more durable. Thanks to anodizing doesn’t aluminum oxidize and the frame lasts beautifully for a long time.
Always ask the seller if the material is anodized or not, it usually doesn’t change the final price. - Color selection: depending on the seller are the frames in addition to gray available in many different colors — powder coated .
- Light but strong.
- The final strength depends from the shape and thickness of the aluminum profiles. Also are extremely important here the connection plates for the connecting corners (check that they are included) — this will ensure the stability of the greenhouse. Otherwise will be the aluminum frame also soft as liquid — you grab it from the corner and it already wobbles.
A decent and strong frame doesn’t move at all when you shak it from the corner. - More expensive than wood and different frames made from various pipes.
Thanks to this is the aluminum frame the most common today.
A greenhouse with aluminum frame can be gray or any other color (powder coated).
FRAME FROM GALVANIZED STEEL
- Strongest material, as galvanized will it last for decades. The thickness of the steel should be at least 3 mm.
- Without galvanizing will it rust.
- Powder coating makes the frame from galvanized steel even more durable and certainly more beautiful.
- Color range: depending from the seller may be the frames available in all RAL colors.
- Heavy, but strong and durable.
- More expensive than wooden frames and various sheet and tube frames.
WOODEN FRAME
- Old and classic greenhouse material, but not very durable .
- From the wooden materials is most durable the larch.
- Other wooden materials tend without impregation quickly to rot.
- Durability can be increased in addition to impregnation also by painting.
- Cheaper than metal frames (larch may not be cheaper).
GALVANIZED SHEET STRIPS
- As the strips are usually thinisn’t this frame very strong.
- Usually aren’t they offered in color, only in alu-gray
- Not very expensive, but durability is weak .
FRAME FROM PLASTIC OR METAL PIPES
- Fast, light and easy to install.
- Weaker and more thinner than wooden and metal frames.
- Cheaper, but not durable.
SEE MORE:
— Comparative information about different GLAZING MATERIALS of the greenhouses you can find here.
— Comparative information about different FIXTURES AND FOUNDATIONS of the greenhousesyou can you find here.
— Comparative information about different FIXTURES AND FOUNDATIONS of the greenhousesyou can you find here.
MY GREENHOUSE MUST BE:
Spacious inside and handsome outside. The frame is made from strong profiles and it’s rigid. The glazing is durable and long-lasting. My greenhouse must withstand also with snow and stormy winds. Doors and windows move easily and securely.
The lifetime of the greenhouse — how long a greenhouse lasts depends directly from its material, construction and quality. Proper greenhouses remain more than twenty years. While greenhouses purchased with «super- and discount offers» break completely under even a slightly stronger wind, average snow load or plants tied to the roof.
— more than 100 different models
— different glazing options: glass, horticultural glass, tempered glass, polycarbonate
— different colors for the fram: gray, green, black, white
— wide selection of different accessories
— wide selection of different garden products for the greenhouse and for the garden
