Greenhouse glass

Nov 08, 2025 Last reply: 8 months ago 26 Replies

Solely price. The two different types of plastic I've seen available are even more expensive than the already annoying-to-me priced glass.

For the larger side panels I've decided to buy 610 mm x 1350 mm 4 mm glass panels as they are cheaper than the 3 mm greenhouse glass.

Over the years I have had precious few panes smash so am not really concerned about the chances of them not surviving.

Once I had to repair a panel gap with some polycarbonate and it was OK but very very flimsy and continually popped out in the wind. It was a pest. For the sake of my laziness I will be sticking with glass.

You might want to consider making up some panels using polythene sheet, the kind used for polytunnels. Depends if you can live with the look I suppose, but it's going to be cheap and easy to make & replace.

Another reason why I chose glass is because I like to sit in the greenhouse during storms and look out. Difficult with opaque poly sheet.

My grandparents had a similar set-up and the twin-wall just filled up with all sorts of crap and was nigh-on impossible to clean. I don't think I'd choose it personally, but it's not bad for a diffuse light source when it's clean.

Seconded! Glass is trivial to cut, whilst the only satisfactory was I could do it is with many, many gentle passes with a very sharp blade.

Still no one wanting to drive to Hertfordshire and reduce my pile of hardened glass:-)

d-i-y cold frames, green house extensions (buy the aluminium and use my glass)

It breaks my heart I couldn't get to it :D

(How heavy do you estimate it all to be?)

Pallet job. They must have come on a lorry around 2003 but I have no idea how the sheets would be packed for transport.

Originally from these people

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2 foot square glass.

I have repurposed the actual frames to keep Pigeons and Cabbage Whites off my brassicas:-)

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