Tips on Choosing Polycarbonate Thickness for Greenhouses

[@ghemporium]

Our Greenhouse Covering Materials Video might be interesting for you as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqDcpYFvmN2khpofeature=shared

[@johnmartin4461]

This is awesome and it looks like your team really knows their stuff! The only issue I have is price... T-slot extruded aluminum and 8mm panels would come up to 1k, maybe 1200. I think your pricing would be about 4k for a similar model say 10x12 and you would still need to assemble. I am sure your designs are great, I just can't justify that much on top.

[@ghemporium]

Hello John, there are several factor to consider when justifying a higher price point. Durability and reliability would be the first factors to come to mind. From our experience the lower priced units tend to have smaller, inferior framing, to include a cheaper polycarbonate. Causing you to spend more time stabilizing your greenhouse vs. growing your garden. We pride ourselves on the US grade Aluminum and a durable 8mm double wall polycarbonate, some times ( depending on model) a 16mm Triple wall polycarbonate. Which comes with a healthy 10yr-15 warranty.

[@B3gonias]

This is so helpful, thank you!

[@ghemporium]

I'm so glad!

[@JamesMcElravyJM]

Great video! We have been wanting a greenhouse for years. Our reason is that we live on the edge of a rainforest on the Central Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Our need for a greenhouse comes from the unbelievable amount of animals that destroy our tomato and pepper plants in a matter of minutes. From leaf cutter ants to Horn Worms, Cut Worms, Gigantic Grasshoppers as well as the large lizards and other various animals that know exactly when the tomatoes and peppers are at their tastiest. Temperature control would be a huge issue during the 4 months of dry season for sure. Would a polycarbonate greenhouse be a good choice for here???

[@ghemporium]

I am unsure if a polycarbonate greenhouse would be the best solution for you. It's hard to keep greenhouses cool and I assume it's quite hot where you live. Usually people skip growing in the greenhouse in the summer time because it easily gets 110+°F inside. You would have to keep the ventilation up and then pests might still get inside unless you are using screens. The secondary thing is pollination. If you don't create a good airflow so that they self-pollinate, you'd need to manually do that. I hope this helps!

[@andrewyang1446]

A great video! What do you think about using plexiglass for building a greenhouse?

[@ghemporium]

Hello Andrew, Plexiglass would offer you a good transparent material for more light transmission but would not offer the same insulation factors as a good 8mm-10mm double wall polycarbonate.

[@WilliamHesse]

The comparison of triple wall vs 6mm twin wall seems a bit biased. The energy use is closer to 50% more, not twice as much. And when you compared flexibility, you bent the 6mm twin wall with the grain, but you bent the triple wall against the grain.

[@ghemporium]

Thanks for pointing this out! I wasn't aware of how I held the pieces. We'll make a little short with a more consistent test for each panel thickness (maybe with a weight instead of hand strength). How does that sound?

[@georgewhitehouse8630]

The light 💡 from the twin wall is more than 3x

[@umegarden861]

excellent sharing198

[@ghemporium]

Thanks for watching, we really appreciate it. We currently have several more informative videos to be released through out the summer. Follow us so you don't miss out.

[@georgewhitehouse8630]

Some bugs will be attracted to the space of some. I closed any openings

[@Newcreations525]

If I knew what I know now I would have spent the extra money for thicker

[@ghemporium]

After experiencing the quality (or lack thereof!) of thinner products, many of our clients come back with the same realization: spending that little bit extra for something thicker would have made all the difference.