polycarbonate

Hi all, I want to top my new cold frame with 10mm twin wall polycarbonate, which will be screwed to a wood frame to form the lid. To attach poly to frame I bought the fancy cushioned button fixings (left of pic 1) but they are expensive monsters at 40mm wide and need wider lid timber than is...

I (think I am) looking for advice about ventilation! We have recently (2 weeks ago) replaced an old glass lean-to roof with a poly-carb equivalent. We have also replaced the UPVC door. We have already noticed a significant amount of condensation on the underside of the poly-carb roof. My...

Hello all I've been building a lean too roof and was going to use 6mm toughened glass, until I saw a sheet of polycarbonate and had a reality check, due to the size, that I was not going to be able to use glass.:cautious: too big, handling etc. Anyway, my panels will be 3m x 700mm wide, there...

Hi, Looking to upcycle the greenhouse which we inherited with our house. There are various panes of glass missing and I have been pondering over replacing these with polycarbonate sheets (in part as we have an almost 2-year old son running around the garden). Is this the best option? We would...

We have a conservatory with a polycarbonate roof and have noticed on 3 of the panels there is water actually inside the panels, it sits for a few inches at the bottom of each panel. There are some circular fittings on the top of the panels near where this water is and I was wondering if these...