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Insulating a METAL greenhouse
Bigbarb
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Last year we insulated our newly erected metal greenhouse. I used a garden centre pack which contained the exact amount of bubble wrap needed plus fiddly little green plastic doofas which poke through the bubblewrap and into the slots in the aluminium frame then twist to lock.
HOWEVER the ends of the greenhouse do not HAVE slots, so I ended up with a sort of bubblewrap draped tent out of the Arabian Nights. Masking tape onto the frame came unstuck when condensation formed, parcel tape ditto.
It is now time to insulate... what does everyone else use to fix it into the corners please?
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Drill some little holes and thread wires/strings through to hold the stuff?
Hi Bigbarb,
Blu tack directly onto the glass seems to work OK for me (you need to use biggish bits and make sure the glass is dry) ... just needs a scrape off at the end of the winter as it goes a bit hard. I use the tool that cleans the ceramic hob and it comes off OK.
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Like Steve suggested, we have ran wires around and have done so for several years now without any problems.
clothes pegs do fine where other fixings cannot be used
Thank you one and all... drilling is beyond my capabilities BUT am liking the idea of wire as there are odd holes already available to fix the wire into plus clothes pegs sound like a genius idea. Hoorah for Gardeners World yet again
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Greenhouse-shading-clips-super-alliplugs-extenders-or-corner-clips-insulation-/371105505470?var=&hash=item56679ca0be:m:my8dx13zAwEKnr19sRfJmvg
You use the L shaped fittings shown here.y
Thank you SO much Lyn - ordered!