Greenhouses & filmsy polycarbonate sheeting
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Back in February I bought my wife two 9' x 12' "Lakeland" greenhouses
as a retirement present. Due to various issues including levelling the
site etc it's only in the last month we've assembled one of them (the
other is still in bits), and within two weeks we lost seven of the
polycarbonate sheets in what I think were only light winds. I have no
faith whatsoever in the rest not blowing away soon.
The sheeting is 4mm polycarbonate twin wall that slides into channels,
and the wind makes it bow so much that it comes out of the channel.
Once out they are almost impossible to re-fit without major
dismantling. It was a seller on ebay (swiftbuys234) who reportedly
died five weeks ago so no redress there. OK our fault for not putting
them up sooner, but I believe that the basic design is flawed.
Has anyone else had this problem, or perhaps has a solution less
radical than scrapping them and starting again?
Haven't bought that, and my Twinwall bits will be securely fixed to
wood, but if you flex the frame enough to get the sheets back in, or
fiddle them in some other way, drill one side of the channels and the
Twinwall underneath (or on top, depending which way you want to do it),
with a small bit - say, an eighth to a sixteenth of an inch, and screw
in plated self-tapping screws.
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Rusty
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