{"id":753,"date":"2011-02-05T09:30:34","date_gmt":"2011-02-05T09:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/not-all-greenhouse-types-are-created-equal\/"},"modified":"2011-02-05T09:30:34","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T09:30:34","slug":"not-all-greenhouse-types-are-created-equal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/not-all-greenhouse-types-are-created-equal\/","title":{"rendered":"Not All Greenhouse Types Are Created Equal"},"content":{"rendered":"

A variety of  different greenhouse types<\/a> are available to suit the individual requirements and individual budgets. No matter what size you need your new greenhouse to be there is no shortage of options available as they literally come in all sizes! If more space can be had, you can scale up the free standing styles to any extent you like.<\/p>\n

Small personal garden greenhouses<\/a> basically fall into two main categories: The first are known as attached structures, as they are joined to a wall on some part of the home. The other category encompasses greenhouses that stand on their own in the garden. <\/p>\n

Greenhouses can be of several different types as determined by the roof line, the way the walls are set up, and what kind of foundation you opt for. Having a good, basic understanding of these various types will help a lot in figuring out which kind of house will be best suited for your situation.<\/p>\n

Greenhouses are categorized into three basic types: Attached, Ridge or furrow and Detached. In this article I will talk mainly about attached and ridge types.<\/p>\n

Attached Greenhouses<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Lean-To Model:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Often the space you have available will be limited in which case an attached lean-to style might your number one choice. A lean-to is great because it’s attached to your house via the ridge-line and has an entryway that you go through whenever you want. As they abut the main structure of the home, they have easy access to electricity, water and heat.<\/p>\n

The overall height of the lean-to will be limited by the supporting wall it abuts. Another thing to think about is whether the adjoining wall of the lean-to will stop sunlight from spreading out. The winter-time can also bring the possibility of snow sliding off your roof onto the greenhouse which can potentially lead to devastating effects. assuming you live in a region of the country were this occurs.<\/p>\n

The ease with which you can get in and out of the lean-to along with the money you’ll save in the long run because of shared electrical and other cost are the main selling points of this style in my opinion. These greenhouses come with straight eave or curved eave designs.<\/p>\n

Ridge or Furrow Greenhouses:<\/strong><\/p>\n

These are attached with a common gutter situated at the lower edge of the roof. In order to increase efficiency and maintain continuity by increasing the area under the greenhouse canopy, the inner walls don’t need to be separated in this design. The roofs of these greenhouses can be either curved or gabled. The curved arches are preferred where flexible and lighter materials such as polyethylene or polycarbonate are to be used. The gabled roof generally uses heavier materials like glass or fiberglass.<\/p>\n

Even-span Greenhouses<\/strong><\/p>\n

The even-span greenhouse is a beautiful kind of version that can be installed in an attached or free standing way. In the attached variety, it has one gabled end attached to the end of another building. Generally speaking this kind of greenhouse is the easiest one to add extra length too later on if desired. This is of immense value if you have to start with a fixed budget and decide to upscale the project later.<\/p>\n

It has the capacity to accommodate two or three benches for crop production and beats the lean-to in availability of usable space and better shape and size to maintain optimum temperature and ventilation. An efficient even-span greenhouse would have dimensions of 6×12 ft. in length and width respectively.<\/p>\n

Window Attached Greenhouse:<\/strong><\/p>\n

These are the smallest of the greenhouse enclosures available and are a wonderful choice for hobbyists. they are window mounted and contain two or three shelves that can accommodate a few choice plants. They are fairly low priced to put together and are very easy to maintain.<\/p>\n

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A variety of  different greenhouse types are available to suit the individual requirements and individual budgets. No matter what size you need your new greenhouse to be there is no shortage of options available as they literally come in all sizes! If more space can be had, you can scale up the free standing styles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,14,1,10,13,5,8,4,12,15,3,9,6,11],"tags":[1061,1060],"class_list":["post-753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-container-garden-design","category-container-gardening-annuals","category-container-gardening-ideas","category-container-gardening-shade","category-container-gardening-soil","category-container-gardening-tomatoes","category-container-herb-garden","category-container-vegetable-gardening","category-fall-container-gardening","category-flower-container-gardening","category-fruit-container-gardening","category-organic-container-gardening","category-patio-container-gardening","category-winter-container-gardening","tag-greenhouse-styles","tag-greenhouse-types"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}