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- Reinforce greenhouse, then the storm has no chance!
- Sticking point: rickety frame
- Reinforcing doors and windows at the greenhouse
- Additional securing of the outer walls
- With screws and nuts is saved
- Tips
Especially foil greenhouses are very prone to damage
Reinforce greenhouse, then the storm has no chance!
Especially in stormy regions makes the greenhouse reinforcing sense and provides additional security for its statics. Simple improvements to prefabricated houses can be very easily realized with the right material and increase the stability of the building significantly.
Especially at the end of the garden season, DIY stores and garden centers once again attract with unbeatable offers to get their remaining stock out of the warehouses. Bargain prices between 500 to 1,000 euros for a medium-sized greenhouse are no rarity. Unfortunately many of these top offers prove to be after the construction extreme lightweight structures, so that a repair is advisable, So: reinforce greenhouse, and ostensibly in those places that have to do with the statics of construction.
Sticking point: rickety frame
The mostly pre-assembled wall and window frames often leave much to be desired in terms of stability, bend easily and are hardly torsion-resistant in storm and rain. The frames should therefore necessarily across the corner by the installation of stable diagonal struts be strengthened. For this aluminum profiles are best used, which are screwed only from the outside and are cheap in every hardware store available.
Reinforcing doors and windows at the greenhouse
The windows are usually polycarbonate web plates used, which pushes a little stronger wind later like from the Arretierungsnuten. With some silicone or putty these parts can be stabilized very easily, then sit firmly in the guide and ensure a neat insulation in the interior of the greenhouse.
Additional securing of the outer walls
If in most prefabricated houses a closed floor frame is also included as an accessory in the package, which only has to be screwed onto the already existing foundation: Anchor the walls as far as possible at all corner points Earth spikes and sturdy metal cables in the ground. This gives you peace of mind that your greenhouse will remain in the same spot even after the first autumn storms. The tension of the ropes should also be readjusted regularly.
With screws and nuts is saved
Which is not necessarily related to their number and size, but rather to the material quality of these important fasteners. Often they can not be solved later, tear out or have turned heads. It is best to prophylactically replace the most important nuts and bolts for all bearing elements made of dimensionally stable quality steel out.
Tips
In addition to the greenhouse, it also makes sense if there is a hedge in the immediate vicinity, which allows the wind through, but weakens very strongly. A dense fence does the opposite and even increases the pull in storms.