A Few Facts About Polycarbonate Greenhouses

Here at Elbec, we offer a great range of Polycarbonate Greenhouses at fantastic prices. For a limited time only all of our polycarbonate greenhouses are currently have credit crunch beating discounts on them, so there’s no better time to pick one up!

Most people will think of greenhouses and automatically think of the glass structures we’ve become so familiar with.  But those in the industry know that a new type of greenhouse is rapidly on the rise – the Polycarbonate.

There is, of course, a reason polycarbonate greenhouses are gathering a bigger following by the day, here are some of the main advantages:

•    More Effective Insulation – Polycarbonate is a much better insulator than glass, so aids plant growth
•    Break Resistance – Glass is easily cracked, where as polycarbonate panels have proved to be almost unbreakable in tests
•    Cost Benefit – During the cold winter months, the greater insulating properties of polycarbonate means that the greenhouse is cheaper to heat

This isn’t to say that glass greenhouses aren’t good any more – they are. Both materials have they advantages and disadvantages over one another, and ultimately it depends on what you want from your greenhouse. Be sure though that Elbec will have whatever you require.