"Chris French and Helen Johnson" wrote
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In message , Shirl
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Hello

My partner is building us a hardwood greenhouse. He's a dab hand at the
building side of things but we have no experience of types of glass to
use
so I wondered if anyone could give us suggestions please, including ideas
on
costs for a 8ft x 6ft house?

The cheapest option will be horticultural glass, this is nothing fancy,
just cheap ordinary glass - it is the normal glass found in greenhouses.

If your are concerned about the problems of glass breaking, safety etc.
then you can use toughed glass, this is lot more expensive.

As to costs, well the last time I bought a standard 2 foot square bit of
horti glass it was a bout 3 GBP or so - presumably if getting enough for
a GH you could negotiate a better price - you can get this from your
local glass suppliers.

If building my own, I'd consider a way of making it easy to attach
insulation in winter. If you had space to store it panels of twin wall
plastic would be good.
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Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds
urg Suppliers and References FAQ:
http://www.familyfrench.co.uk/garden/urgfaq/index.html

Thankyou, very informative answers, just what I was looking for!

Have to say i'd never thought about the cleaning side of things, I will need
something that can be easily looked after.

Will certainly look into the insulation side too. Next year i'd like to
start all my plants from seeds and being able to put them into the
greenhouse will be a good benefit, im fed up of having to have plants
fighting for light through the windows.

Thankyou again