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Old 01-12-2008, 01:39 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Greenhouses & filmsy polycarbonate sheeting

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"Pete C" wrote in message
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Andrew Mawson wrote:



I suspect that silicone will peel off in the wet and wind as the

I doubt it, Silicon is great stuff, if after a storm I have a sheet of
broken greenhouse glass I stick it back with the stuff just along the
broken edge and these repairs will last 20 years or more and often
prevent the sheet rebreaking in the next high wind.
However I have heard of this problem happening and the owner claimed to
have stopped it by fitting rigid cross braces on every sheet (stuck on
with silicon) these apparently prevent the flexing
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