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"Granity" wrote in message ... About to buy a 10' x 8' metal greenhouse with double doors and 4 roof vents. Offered as an accessory is a louvre vent to put low down at the end away from the door, is it worth spending the extra £40 on it or use the money to buy other things? And in the best style of gardeners question time what else should I but :-) Automatic vent openers. Mary |
new greenhouse accessories
"Granity" wrote About to buy a 10' x 8' metal greenhouse with double doors and 4 roof vents. Offered as an accessory is a louvre vent to put low down at the end away from the door, is it worth spending the extra £40 on it or use the money to buy other things? And in the best style of gardeners question time what else should I but :-) I would say yes, the louvers allow an air circulation through the house where hot air rises out of the top vents and cooler air is sucked in at the bottom to replace it. With the last two summers you may think this a waste of time/money but one hot summer and you will reap the benefit. Some might say just leave the door open but that is not always a good policy as animals get in and can damage plants or leave a deposit (experience of both!). Automatic louver openers are available as well as the normal automatic top vent openers and these are a must IMO, especially in this country when you can get three seasons in one day. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
new greenhouse accessories
About to buy a 10' x 8' metal greenhouse with double doors and 4 roof vents.
Offered as an accessory is a louvre vent to put low down at the end away from the door, is it worth spending the extra £40 on it or use the money to buy other things? And in the best style of gardeners question time what else should I but :-) |
new greenhouse accessories
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... I would say yes, the louvers allow an air circulation through the house where hot air rises out of the top vents and cooler air is sucked in at the bottom to replace it. With the last two summers you may think this a waste of time/money but one hot summer and you will reap the benefit. Some might say just leave the door open but that is not always a good policy as animals get in and can damage plants or leave a deposit (experience of both!). Automatic louver openers are available as well as the normal automatic top vent openers and these are a must IMO, especially in this country when you can get three seasons in one day. -- " use the money to buy other things?" No - it will be money well spent. I do not agree with Bob however - door opening forms an important ventilation aid. You just have to train your visitors better ! Regards Pete www.thecanalshop.com |
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Of course I have to grow everything in pots or growbags. I grow my tomatoes (gardeners delight is my favourite) in 8 to 10 litre containers, and the added height of my greenhouse allows them to grow up to 10 feet tall. At that height I get about 8lb a plant. I prefer pots to growbags as they allow the bottom truss to overhang the pot and keeping those few tomatoes cleaner. Worth the £40. Bigal West Wales |
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says... About to buy a 10' x 8' metal greenhouse with double doors and 4 roof vents. Offered as an accessory is a louvre vent to put low down at the end away from the door, is it worth spending the extra £40 on it or use the money to buy other things? And in the best style of gardeners question time what else should I but :-) Automatic vent openers x4 and a water supply either inside or just outside and if you can a power supply. And of course a bigger greenhouse, can bet what ever size you buy will not be big enough -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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"Granity" wrote in message ... Thanks for the thoughts, vent it is then, It has built in guttering so water will be collected, Power, I have an outside skt so for now it will be an ext lead I think. I was planing 2 auto vents at the moment because of the costs of it all :-( If you only have two automatic vents with four vents you'll be sorry! Look, you pay for something on one day and you've forgotten about it the next, or at least in a week. Do it, you won't be sorry. Mary |
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:-( Point taken about as big as possible but that's the largest possible without breaking up the existing symmetry and the one who must be obeyed is not happy as it is, she can't see why the 8x6 isn't big enough |
new greenhouse accessories
In article , says... About to buy a 10' x 8' metal greenhouse with double doors and 4 roof vents. Offered as an accessory is a louvre vent to put low down at the end away from the door, is it worth spending the extra £40 on it or use the money to buy other things? And in the best style of gardeners question time what else should I but :-) I'm getting a rhino in a month and that has two vents as standard, however if you have the free standing benches it would be a devil of a job to open them as the handle comes forward so you have the free standing benches moved forward a little. I preferred that as i wanted the double shelving. ones in front -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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On 23/8/08 21:00, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote: In article , says... About to buy a 10' x 8' metal greenhouse with double doors and 4 roof vents. Offered as an accessory is a louvre vent to put low down at the end away from the door, is it worth spending the extra £40 on it or use the money to buy other things? And in the best style of gardeners question time what else should I but :-) I'm getting a rhino in a month and that has two vents as standard, snip Janet, I cannot begin to tell you how much that first sentence worried me! I thought you'd emigrated! ;-)) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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In article , Sacha
writes I'm getting a rhino in a month and that has two vents as standard, snip Janet, I cannot begin to tell you how much that first sentence worried me! I thought you'd emigrated! ;-)) Well at least it has two vents as standard! :) NEVER, ever emigrate, wouldn't be able to moan about the cost of the next Olympics etc. if i did that.... oh, to be in England now that rain is he) -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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On 24/8/08 10:46, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote: In article , Sacha writes I'm getting a rhino in a month and that has two vents as standard, snip Janet, I cannot begin to tell you how much that first sentence worried me! I thought you'd emigrated! ;-)) Well at least it has two vents as standard! :) Oh dear - I had this vision of you starting up your own safari park and going in for rhinos instead of dalmatians. ;-) NEVER, ever emigrate, wouldn't be able to moan about the cost of the next Olympics etc. if i did that.... I'm afraid we've barely watched any of it because we're not really into sport. I'm delighted for the athletes that they've done so well but otherwise, it leaves me cold. oh, to be in England now that rain is he) Here, there and every damned where! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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