Palram - Canopia 6x4 Greenhouse for Outdoors, Walk-In, UV Polycarbonate Panels, Heavy Duty Aluminum Frame, Lockable Door, Adjustable Roof Vent, Rain Gutters, Galvanized Steel Base, Hybrid (Silver)

Here are my first impressions and setup tips. 1. Installation: While some reviews found the assembly challenging, I thought it was pretty simple, just need to be patient and follow directions in order. The directions are similar to IKEA’s, where it’s mostly graphical, with a few notes scattered throughout where more detail is necessary. It’s recommended to have two people working together during installation. I only had 1 issue with the roof bracket instructions. The part number placement did not match the placement depicted by the image. This only cost me about 30 minutes extra since I had to remove 2 roof panels to move the window placement. It was no big deal and was an easy fix. 2. Sturdiness: So far, it does seem very sturdy. I placed the green house on 4x6 wood frame surrounded by gravel. Using lag bolts to secure the base frame to the wood. At first, it did not feel sturdy and I started to have doubts, but by the time everything was secured, it actually feels really sturdy. It’s only been up for a couple weeks and we have had a few storms, with high winds; there was no issues what so ever. 3. Panels: Panels are very clear and provide plenty of sunlight to come in. The hybrid model has different panels for the roof which also helps trap heat and apparently blocks UV rays. Other reviews say they fly out with high wind. I haven’t experience this yet, and they do feel like the windows are locked in pretty well. However, I will take some extra precautions and use some caulk to try and secure them down, just in case. Tips and recommendations: 1. Panels: The corner wall panels were a bit hard to put in, and we got one stuck as we were sliding it in. We found it was way easier to take the corner post out, slide the panels into the corner post, then put the corner back in like it was one piece. While you are building this, walls are not secured and constantly moving, causing some misalignment, which makes it hard to slide the panels in. Putting the corners together as one piece helped tremendously. 2. Parts: One major recommendation is to count all parts, separate them and place them in clearly marked bags. We did not have any parts missing. All small parts went into bags and big parts were organized, so all like parts were together. You will have extra parts left over, review directions, it’s marked which parts have extra pieces. As mentioned earlier, we did not have issues with directions, but we followed one page at a time and only got parts that we needed for that page. 3. Take your time: It took about 3-4 days to put together, working on it a little bit at a time. It gets very hot in the green house when you get towards the end, so have plenty of water handy if you’re working in the sun. Update: After one season. Well, I now see why other users complained about losing panels. After 1 very strong wind storm, roughly 30+ mile an hour winds, one roof panel came half way off. However, the solution was simple. I made kinda of a net with covered steel cable and clamps. See video, and pic of the final solution. I also added some more caulking near the top of the roof, since that is where the panel came out. Pretty sure this will solve the problem.

I bought this little greenhouse as a better shelter for my plants than my garage, where I usually overwinter peppers and flowers. I was initially skeptical of any kind of shelter out of a box, there's just so much crap out there, but after assembling this little structure I am really happy with the construction and quality. I work in manufacturing, specifically in designing event structures very similar to this greenhouse on a larger scale, and this is a really nice design. Holes line up like they are supposed to. All the necessary parts and fasteners were included, with spares for when you drop screws in the grass. The plastic parts are sturdy and actually fit. The only time I had any problems with assembly whatsoever was when I did something wrong in the previous step. All I can say is Wow. The directions read like Lego prints, all pictures, but they are well done and pretty easy to follow. There are videos and web pages available, but I did not need them. It took me about a day and 3 hours to assemble everything by myself. I anchored it down with hooked edging stakes, which fit nicely on the galvanized steel base rail. We'll see how well it protects the plants from the frost. Fingers crossed.

I bought this for a more permanent replacement for one of those plastic tunnel ones that just wouldn't stop leaking at the seams. It was hard to find one at least 6x10..since I had a 7 x 16 but this was largest I could afford right now. The directions are almost 80 pages, because it is pictoral with many languages. First thing I did was remove all the non-English pages. I had looked at the manul before greenhouse arrived and was a bit intimidated, especially after looking at all the parts! I was easily able to do this by myself, but two people would make it much easier. I used a ladder, some bungie cords and some celophane tape as a substitute human (no talking back either!). It is also pretty handle to have a small pair of needlenose pliers to tighten some of the nuts. You also need caulk which isn't listed in supplies needed. Some of the directions weren't too clear, but overall they are well written. If you skip forward to see what happens next to whatever part you are confused about, it is more clear. I did have to disassemble a few parts, then reassemble them. They do give you extra hardware. The number tags on some pieces were missing or got wet from dew after I unpacked box, so best to rewrite numbers in black felt tip. They do a VERY good job of compressing the parts for shipping and that did cause some of my clear side panels and metal pieces to get scratched because they were crammed together. Depending on model you buy, there will be "extra" hardware holes as pieces are interchangeable in some places. So, no, you didn't forget a page, some holes just don't get used (which was a good thing since they were never going to line up!). I'm happy that I am done!!

This is a good kit. I added some more stiffening to the frame using aluminum angles in places where I thought it could use stiffening. Now it’s rock solid. I am making this beyond a normal greenhouse by adding the auto roof vent along with a temperature controlled exhaust fan and heater along with a fully automatic water system with a 4 channel moisture controlled water valve controller, micro water controls, automatic grow lights and a bottom floor drain system, Palram shelves, grow trays, large floor grow beds etc. Total investment with green house and all components is around $3000.00. The goal is to have it as automated as possible for 365 growing of vegetables/flowers/herbs with access from a set of patio doors we seldom used. If successful, the Palram 12 x 12 ft green house will be purchased for a larger scale setup using many of the same components and systems in the near future.

It arived in a beat up box (likely delivery company's fault) and was just dumped on our front sidewalk without as much as a knox on the door to let us know it arrived so I started out not so impressed. Then we opened the box and nothing appeared to be broken or missing so started putting it together. The plastic sides and roof as well as the aluminum rods all seemed very flimsy so I thought we were going to be disappointed, however, once we managed to get it built, it is surprisingly sturdy. Even held up nicely in a pretty good wind storm. I have a small ceramic heater in it and it has managed to stay 3 to 4 degrees warmer in the greenhouse as opposed to outside. Now we'll see how it makes it through it's first winter. PS: it took us 3 days to put it together, the instructions are all pictures and would benefit from a fews words every now and again

Hard to assemble but fairly Saturday when complete.

This year I wanted to get more serious about growing my own food and needed a greenhouse. I am relatively new to the gardening scene, so have little knowledge of what greenhouse to buy. I did a little research and this product had great reviews. The service from Amazon was as always spot on. The greenhouse arrived in one large box, needing assembly. It took me about 6 hours on my own and it was really straight forward. It’s good to just read the instructions, before you start as it helps with some of the stages. I have to say it’s a lovely looking greenhouse. It’s very sturdy and great quality. I built mine on my patio and secured it with a number of fixings direct into the patio slabs, which was straight forward. In summary, a quality product, straight forward to assemble and amazing a value for money.

I was not happy that there was a bolts and screw’s missing also had some missing plastic pcs for holding the roof and walls together so bad quality control on sending the parts with it.