Greenhouse glazing might seem like a foreign subject
to many people, but the definition of it and its concepts are easy to
understand when building a greenhouse. A greenhouse usually is an
exterior building that is specially designed to grow plants. The
greenhouse glazing is simply the coating that is applied to the outside
of the structure to form the weatherproof seal while still allowing an
adequate amount of sunlight into the building to allow the plants to
grow.
The materials used for greenhouse glazing vary in
design and price. When considering which type to put onto a greenhouse,
one must evaluate the surroundings and his or her budget. Various levels
of skill are required to install the various glazing materials as well,
so this also has to be considered when one is building a greenhouse. We
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The first primary material that was used for
greenhouse glazing is glass. Glass greenhouse glazing has an appealing
look but glass has a low R-Value and does not difuse
light well. Glass does not deflect the sun’s rays at all, which
does not make for an ideal growing environment for most plants. Today's
plastics however, have good R-Values and because of the extrusion
process used when making the glazing difuse the light well. Most garden
plant's don't like direct sun light and plastic glazings diffuse the
light well.