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Greenhouse & Wind

LewisiumLewisium Posts: 122
in Problem solving
So as I'm in the middle of a storm with 50mph sodding winds.... how can I protect my polycarb sheets from blowing out and splitting? 

I've got some clear gorilla tape and I've anchored over the top with camp straps and pegged them in. And still 1 has blown out!! Help.. 

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  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
    They is not much you can do at the moment, polycarb is very vulnerable to wind . Can try silicone the sheets and if you can get bar capping that will help. That what I've done with my glass greenhouse . 
  • LewisiumLewisium Posts: 122
    Perki said:
    They is not much you can do at the moment, polycarb is very vulnerable to wind . Can try silicone the sheets and if you can get bar capping that will help. That what I've done with my glass greenhouse . 
    Bar capping?
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    Silicone the sheets when the weather permits, that is what we have done with ours, we live high up and can get severe storms.
  • KiliKili Posts: 1,104
    edited February 2022
    If its not too time consuming take some sheets out and open the door and let the wind blow through it is what I would do.

    "Resistance is futile"  ;) 

    'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.

    George Bernard Shaw'

  • Penny_ForthemPenny_Forthem Posts: 455
    edited February 2022
    We have put extra bracing strips on ours and siliconed the roof panels in. However, I may be resigned to losing it in Eunice.
    My husband tells me it's Bernouli's principle, but I think it's more Sod's law.
    Beautiful North Wales - hiraeth
  • LewisiumLewisium Posts: 122
    I've got clear gorilla tape over all the sheets from front to back of the greenhouse both sides. Ropes over the greenhouse and well pegged in.
    I can do no more except pray. 
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    My garden is quite high up and exposed to Cornish SW weather so at the moment I am in the middle of the current storm. When I first had my glass/aluminium framed greenhouse, free from a recycling web site, with loosely fitting glass, I lost some panes of glass in the first storm. My son in law fitted extra clips throughout and it has survived a good number of gales since with no further losses.
    I checked it first thing this morning and all was well but the wind has become much stronger since and I have not ventured outside. Time will tell
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