"tina" wrote in message
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Hi,

Horse stable bolted comes to mind as the snow starts to melt, but does
anyone know how much bubble wrap is needed to insulate an 8ft x 6ft
greenhouse. Its a normal type with a sloping roof that is 8ft x 4ft
either side.

I'm sure all the organised gardners on the group have done this
already. My maths skills arnt up to it :-(


My neighbour 'liberated' from work a roll which was 1200mm, or 4ft wide,
(standard width?) and 15metres long. I cut it in half, ie into 2 rolls 15m x
600mm, since this matches the width of the sections of the greenhouse, and
then cut one of the halves into 4 lengths of (almost) 4 metres. Each length
goes from half way up one side, up the roof, down the other side, and to
halfway down the side again. I decided that will do, hopefully enough to
retain some heat without being enough to cause damp/mould problems. I
haven't done the ends because one is close to the fence and hopefully that
will help, and the other end with the door is just too fiddly. I'm going to
use the other half roll to do the greenhouse on the allotment in the same
way. So I've used 9.6 square metres per greenhouse.

Incidentally, I didn't use clips, I had already drilled several holes in
various parts of the structure of the g/h, specifically the angle sections,
which allowed me to thread several strands of the previously liberated
fishing line through them the length of the g/h to support the wrap.

HTH

Steve