Topic: shallow plastic greenhouse ?

[mentallot]

Last couple of years I've had two cheapo plastic sleeve "greenhouses" on a patio wall (East facing I think)

The wind has shredded then, and am thinking of replacing with something slightly more substantial - saw an ad in one of the weekend papers a couple of weeks back for 6 ft wide polycarb for £135 or so, but can't find anything similar (except halls for 300, don't think so)

* update - what I saw was green with a V roof

Any ideas where to look ?

Thanks !

[Paul.and.Lynda]

You could try www.Argos.co.uk as they have some on there website.
Alternatively ebay or Amazon as well as B&Q and Wickes.

Paul

[Nora42]

you can replace the plastic covers for about £9.99 and I am in the same boat the wind has completely shredded my plastic greenhouses too. I find the frames are okay for a few years as long as you don't try to dismantle them - the plastic gets brittle in the sun and snaps and the poles get rusted into the plastic.

I have had one lightweight greenhouse for about 7 years this will be it's third cover and once it has finally gone I will recycle the poles on the allotments so it may be disposable but I will get A lot of life from it..

Nora

[BarriedaleNick]

There are a few choices. This is cheap and will proabably fall apart in a year or so but new covers are available - there are loads of these on ebay from various people.
These are a step up but not so cheap - I would get one of these next time..
Gardman do a range of plastic tunnel type things (PDF) - I have one but once again the covers dont last