10 x 16 one for me and love it. Could not have gone any longer really because of the slope and bigger than that started to get a lot more expensive too so was biggest i could go and afford. It's a challenge to utilise all the space, but I keep trying. From Elite, don't recall the model off hand.
I have an elite Belmont 8x16 it's on a concrete ring foundation and inside is all soil bed. Mine is for growing veg all year round as I have a very cheap and cheerful 6x8 that we inherited with our garden addition. The smaller unit is my potting shed and has 3 shelves on the end and side and a potting bench on the other side. It was never big enough for what I wanted and would have had a 8x10 if Mrs Wilderbeast hadn't wanted a house extension (I got a big greenhouse and I had to build her an extension, yes I was mugged). I love mine, it's really strong and we'll made and did work out about £1000 cheaper than an equivalent area rhino with both having the same spec. Also from a builders point of view I wouldn't be happy to put a greenhouse straight onto soil even with the concreted in anchors, not enough holding it down to prevent twisting in storms like Eunice. Oh and I'm not planning on removing my soil just adding compost every year in the no dig method
I think 8x10 or12 should be enough for most people, but it's true the experts all say go for as big as you can afford in both space & money. On my Allotment I have a 6x8 mounted on a ring of concrete blocks. Soil beds both sides. (Constrained by cost). Our site is pretty windy and it was fine in the recent storms, unlike some others. At home I have a cedar wooden one on a slab base, with benching on 3 sides. You pay your money and make your choices.
I too am looking at greenhouses and did consider polycarbonate but am now thinking of glass. Is it worth paying the extra for toughened glass? I don’t have young children living with me but lots of grandchildren visiting so thinking of safety but budget is tight so don’t want to pay extra if it’s not necessary. I am going 6x 8 as have a specific place to put it.
I too am looking at greenhouses and did consider polycarbonate but am now thinking of glass. Is it worth paying the extra for toughened glass? I don’t have young children living with me but lots of grandchildren visiting so thinking of safety but budget is tight so don’t want to pay extra if it’s not necessary. I am going 6x 8 as have a specific place to put it.
Toughened glass is best if you can afford it. Toughened panes are much harder to break than normal glass. If they do break, they break like a car windscreen - it shatters into thousands of bits that are not sharp. If an ordinary pane breaks, it breaks into deadly shards of sharp glass. So toughened is the way to go if possible.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
10×12 glass all the way. Mine is on a base of bricks, with a concrete path down the middle. Enough room for a potting table, and plenty of growing room. Unlike the others my soil is heavy clay ( and I am majorly creaky), so the beds are covered in membrane and I plant into tubs ( better height for me to work at) 😀 Overwinter it is always full of half hardy plants, and the odd tray of growing on for next year plants.
If the greenhouse is quite visible from the house or a place in the garden where you often sit, getting one with a solid bottom third rather than glass panels is a good idea. Bags of compost, grit, potting trays, plant pots etc are then hidden from view.
I have two vents, plus openable slats opposite the door. Even though the door is open 24 hours a day in summer ( I have a frame that slots in with netting to keep out cats/birds) it can still get very hot without a way for heat to escape from the roof.
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You pay your money and make your choices.
Toughened glass is best if you can afford it.
Toughened panes are much harder to break than normal glass.
If they do break, they break like a car windscreen - it shatters into thousands of bits that are not sharp.
If an ordinary pane breaks, it breaks into deadly shards of sharp glass.
So toughened is the way to go if possible.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Unlike the others my soil is heavy clay ( and I am majorly creaky), so the beds are covered in membrane and I plant into tubs ( better height for me to work at) 😀
Overwinter it is always full of half hardy plants, and the odd tray of growing on for next year plants.
How many top vents? Automatic? Louvre bits in a lower panel? These are all extras, so how much/many do I need?
thanks