Glass all the way to the ground??

[Terryr]

Hi fellow gardeners

You may have noticed that there has been a wee bit of a blow up here in Scotland over the last week or so. Once again lost some panes of glass from my greenhouse. It got me thinking. Has anyone considered replacing the bottom side/end sheets of glass with something more substantial? The obvious downside would be the blocking out of light to the interior. However, the door of my house faces due north. If I did it I would want to use some material that was reasonably attractive as the greenhouse is in my house back garden.
Any thoughts?

Terryr

[MarkHackwell]

Have you considered something less breakable such as double-perspex? It will work out expensive in the short-term but it will make it warmer inside and it's also more durable

[Terryr]

Thanks for the suggestion Mark. When you say double -perspex do you mean the thick acrylic sheeting that can be used in secondary double glazing?

Regards
Terryr

[MartinRSharpe]

I've replaced a number of glass panels from mine with 4mm extruded acrylic (perspex) due to the greenhouse being not that far from our horses. It works very well with the following exceptions

-It fogs up slightly more than glass as the greenhouse warms up
-It is slightly flexible - to combat this on I have added a bit of strip wood where 2 panels meet to prevent it flexing to the point it might come out.

The panels are pretty much unbreakable, let similar amounts of slight though and I think insulate better than the glass.

Cost me under a tenner a panel from memory

[Terryr]

Cheers Martin

I will have a look into this.

Terryr