The only reliable form of polycarbonate, which knows every builder

Wdravstvuyte, independent builders! Today let's talk about this relatively new material, like polycarbonate. He is already well known to many gardeners: out of it like doing greenhouses, greenhouses, pergolas cover the roof open, someone even inserts polycarbonate gazebo instead of windows.

IN Overall, the use of his weight. Even fences polycarbonate cover. However, not everyone knows that there are two types of polycarbonate, of which only a truly high-quality and is suitable, for example, to cover the roof of the gazebo and forget about it for 20-25 years.

You certainly pay that 99% of carbonate in stores comes with the marking "honeycomb"- and it consists of hundreds of long longitudinal span. It is on the borders of these cells, and there is a degradation of the material due to strong wind or load (eg., Due to the snow in winter).

And there are "Monolithic" polycarbonate - it does not have those very divisions - it is a single sheet of plastic, and therefore there is nothing to break. That's how it looks:

Technical characteristics of the solid polycarbonate

Compressive strength he 5 times higherThan that of a cell;
Load bearing capacity 7 times higher.

Takzhe solid polycarbonate better transmits sunlight - and thus the plants in a greenhouse, they will get more of the desired ultraviolet light.

Edinstvennaya difficulty lies in the fact that the cost of solid polycarbonate starts at 700 rubles per square meter. m. (Sheet thickness 2 mm) And ends 3,000 rubles per sq.m. (With a thickness of 10 mm).

ABOUTdnako experienced builders still buy solid polycarbonate: for polycarbonate will have to be replaced every 4-5 years at high loads, and solid peace is for 30-35 years without replacement.

As they say,
we are not so rich to buy cheap things

The roof of the pool of reinforced polycarbonate

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