Does your greenhouse leak?

Yorky · Rowan Tree Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 148

I put up a greenhouse this year and have just noticed that it is leaking. It seems that water is gathering at the bottom of the roof panels at the eaves, on the inside and dripping down. . Is this normal and is there any way of preventing it?

I can take some photos if necessary.

BlackBird · Ash Tree Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 208

Sounds like condensation to me. As with condensation on house windows the solution would be to vent to allow moisture out. Leave the door ajar occasionally possibly if no vents in the glasshouse.

Yorky · Rowan Tree Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 148

No it's a leak.

Here are some photographs

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff250/Kilnadrain/P1040553.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff250/Kilnadrain/P1040554.jpg

The water is getting under the pane and gathering at the bottom.

James Kilkelly, was GPI. · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:12 pm Post subject:

Looks to me like water is getting between the metal frame and the glass then promoting algae growth. Whether it is from a leak or condensation I don't know. I would think though if there was a small spacer put between the glass and metal that it would allow water to run freely away. As it is you have a sort of sandwich effect metal/water/glass, which combined with sun ends up as metal/algae/glass

mdvaden · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:20 pm Post subject:

Snow crushed some around here last month.

Do you ever have a problem with snow there?

cooler · Ash Tree Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 239