Canopia 6x4 Greenhouse Kit, Hobby Walk-In Twin-Wall UV Polycarbonate Heavy Duty Aluminum Frame, Lockable Door, Adjustable Roof Vent, Rain Gutters, Galvanized Steel Base, Canopia Mythos (Green)

I am so glad that I researched all of the greenhouses. Even though they all look similar...they are NOT. The Palram is the better quality greenhouse. It arrived in two boxes. My husband and I put this together over a two day period. The directions are somewhat hard to understand. Like 56 pages. There are pictures but no writing. Like a lot of items we've had to assemble, this one came in tons of pieces, both large and small, and some of the parts were not numbered. No parts were missing. I recommend that you lay everything out and pre read the directions, then re read them at the time of assembly. There is no flooring included, so you will need to figure something out. We got a load of gravel because I knew it would be high humidity and wet due to all the watering of the plants. We assembled the walls on the first day and the roof on the second day. On the very first night of completion, we had a high wind advisory and when we woke up, it had scooted about a foot across the gravel. We had planned on staking it down combined with strapping steel cable over the top, but had no idea we would need it the first night. Since then, we've added custom built benches, have screwed everything down, and staked it down with steel cables. Nice and sturdy now. We have had several high winds since it has been assembled with no problems. We haven't had any hail yet, but the plastic panels are bouncy, as if the hail could bounce right off and not harm them. There is something I did to keep the windows from rattling and possibly coming loose in a thunderstorm. I duct taped the perimeters of each twin wall panel, both inside and outside. Not only does it act as a caulking(waterproofing it), it is also very quiet now. When it pours the rain, the greenhouse does not leak. I don't know if it would have leaked or not without the tape, I just couldn't stand the rattling sound. I warn you that it will take two, possibly three people to assemble this greenhouse. The whole time we were putting it up, we kept saying how cheaply made it was and how we wanted to quit putting it together and return it for a refund so we could try to build one ourselves using wood, but once it was complete, it turned out to be very strong, and we both agreed that it had to be totally assembled before we could really appreciate it. I've been planting seeds since Feb 25, and am having 100% success rates with seedlings. I do not have a green thumb, and I've never owned a greenhouse before, but I feel like a pro already. This greenhouse will save you money and give you something creative to do... planting seeds and tending to them. It keeps me busy. One thing I have learned is that greenhouses do not stay warm overnight in cold temps. We put ours up in early February and have a little heater in there for the cold nights. Of course, during the days, it has been a learning game for me. Depending on sunshine and outside temps, my greenhouse has been up to 115 and down to 60 during the day. I bought the available shade kit and the available plant hangers. I also bought the Auto Vent Kit for the window, but sent it back because the one that comes with the greenhouse works much better. We built wrap around two tiered wood benches and I plan to use the greenhouse for storage during the winter months. Good luck to you all. I highly recommend this greenhouse. And remember, the smaller the greenhouse, the less your energy bill will be when you need to run a heater. I love my Palram Mythos 6x8 Greenhouse!!!!!Update: Well, we've had this greenhouse exactly one year and it is still as strong as it was the day we assembled it. The duct tape that is on the inside is still intact, however, the weather caused the duct tape on the outside of the panels to fray. I am gladly replacing the duct tape with flex seal spray in clear or another similar caulking. I just love this greenhouse. In the period of one year, we had snow, rain, high winds, many severe thunderstorms with hail with absolutely no damage to the panels. No leaking either. The door has remained strong on its hinges. It is still straight and the latch is still intact. The vent window is still straight and the vent arm is still strong.Update #2: March 2015. Its now going into my 3rd year/season with this greenhouse and it hasn't changed a bit since the day we put it together. We've had some severe snow storms. 10 inches in one downfall a few weeks ago. Last year,during a bad storm with gale winds, the worst that happened was the little window atop blew off. It was simple to put back on, as it fits on a hinge. I added insurance on the greenhouse for a few dollars a month, it is now insured up to 900.00 for any damages excluding wind. I've already had my seeds growing for a month. Still loving this greenhouse. Still recommend it.Update #3: February 2017. Its now going into my 5th year/season with this greenhouse and it is still fully intact. Nothing has changed. The original duct tape I placed around the plastic panels had decayed so I used the new gorilla duct tape that is available. Should last much longer than original duct tape did. Still loving this greenhouse, and still recommend it. My uncle purchased a little greenhouse similar to ours and it already blew apart. He should have bought the Palram!!

Biggest piece of junk ever! I purchased this for my wife at Christmas and assembled it when the weather allowed in March. As others have mentioned, the assembly instructions are questionable, at best. They only have pictures and refer to parts by number. That is fine except about 40% of the parts had their stickers loose in the box. After spending a couple of hours sorting everything out and putting like parts together (thank goodness a sticker was on at least one of each part), we could begin. A part was broken and the manufacturer replaced it with a phone call. After getting it assembled (it took 2 of us almost 4 full eight hour days) it held up nicely for a couple of days. Well, living in northern AZ we get high winds in the spring time and sure enough today we have 35mph sustained with gusts to 55 mph. The thing is coming apart. The doors come unlatched. The vents are blowing off and panels are bowing and blowing out of their tracks. The structure itself is having to be braced on the downwind side because the aluminum is bending under the force. If you live where winds aren't ever an issue, this might work for you. For us, it will most likely be torn up by tomorrow morning. I wasted $1300...no need for you too!

This product is cleverly engineered and the directions are easy to follow. It took me several days to do the complete project but only about one day to assemble the greenhouse by myself. First, you have to determine what the house is going to sit on--they recommend a concrete pad; however, that is impractical for most people. I used eight foot treated 4 x 4 posts cut down to the size I needed--two of them are 8' and the other two are 68" and 75". The shortest piece fits between the 8 footers and the longer one goes at the other end of them. This makes the total length of the post frame about 8'4" and 75" wide. The frame of the house mounts in the middle of the 4 x 4 posts. The ground was not level so I found lowest point of the location which happened to be the west post. I dug out the sod for the post and got it level and then dug in the east post and got it level with west post. Then it was just a matter of digging in and connecting the north and south posts. Since I was doing this by myself, I used 90 degree brackets to hold the posts together while I was putting the matting down and drilling holes for and pounding in the rebar. I had the house frame assembled and I laid it on the 4 x 4s to make sure they were square as well as level. I put the rebar in at opposing angles so that the wind cannot pull the base loose. I used a wheelbarrow to haul the 1200 pounds of rocks from my truck in the front yard to the back yard where the greenhouse is located. I put down a 3 inch layer so that the inside of the greenhouse does not become a mud pit from watering. The greenhouse is well designed and although it appears flimsy during construction, it is pretty solid once it is put together. I ran into a single problem with a bolt that would not align up and I don't know why. Something must have shifted because all of a sudden it went together OK. The door was a minor problem as the hinges do not allow for adjustment. The door sagged a bit because of the way it is constructed which caused it not to open/close properly. I used safety wire and made a diagonal brace that solved the problem. I kept catching my toe exiting the building so I got my table saw out and out of three 2 x 4s, I made a little ramp which I painted red. It was a pretty good step down so I went to Home Depot where I found a 16 x 16 x 4 cement slab which worked perfectly as a stepping stone. The shelving is made with old 2 x 4s I had on hand and I bought some 6' treated fence pickets that I cut up for the top. I then covered them with plastic to protect them from water. Looking at the side view of the house, you will see a blue box on the inside which is an electrical plug box. I cut the end off of a heavy duty extension cord, drilled a hole through the 4 x 4 and ran the cord up to the box. When our limited cold weather in San Antonio sets in, I will run an extension cord out to the house and plug in a space heater on the inside. I caulked around the base as that appeared to be where the majority of air leakage might occur. I intend to keep my wife's outdoor plants in the greenhouse from mid November to the first of March. I also will be starting my garden plants from seed and I am going to try growing tomatoes year round. I will attempt to add some pictures so what I've said above may be easier to understand.

Greenhouse arrived on time. Went together easy enough. Took me 8-10 hours, mostly by myself. Looked good till today. Had a thunderstorm with some high wind. Went out to check the yard and several panels were blown out and the frame had a 45 degree tilt. Some metal bent. I guess I will be strengthening it with a wood frame. Should have built it that way instead of the kit. It was anchored to a wooden deck.

We had a few reservations with this product before purchase, as the price was very reasonable, but as this also made it affordable to us we went ahead. So pleased we did, as the 8ft by 6 ft greenhouse exceeded our expectations; excellent quality when assembled, and well packed in the delivery mode. The assembly instructions were pretty good, and a good tip - follow the instructions to the letter - this will save you time dismantling bits that you did out of sequence. It does require two people for assembly as the partly assembled bits are large, we took two days to do it in a leisurely fashion; if we had to do another we'd do it much quicker. The glazing slides into channels in the framing and was generally easy to fit. In our opinion you also need to purchase an automatic opener for this or any greenhouse. We added a Bayliss XL which was a little fiddly to fit (see separate review) but a good product.We found, upon assembly, one of the diagonal bracing bars was missing from the package. This was not essential for initial assembly, so we installed the fixings ready for installation, and contacted the helpline. They sent the missing piece by return, free of charge of course, so we have no complaints here.Overall, an excellent greenhouse for the money, which has already given us great pleasure, and we look forward to many years of service from it.

I have had the greenhouse for 11 months now and I have found a major design problem with the roof window. The window has been blown off the roof in the first winter storm (there isn't a screwed/bolted hinge on the window so the wind has pulled the window out of the roof, I have now been told the guarantee dosnt cover "weather damage" so I need to purchase a new window from PALRAM. I question wether this design is fit for purpose for the UK weather if its broken this early

This is the third Palram greenhouse I have bought not so impressed with design of this one side walls leak rain water inside

it is currently in pieces at the bottom of the garden one bit of high winds a few months back and the whole thing fell to bits and the frame warped so cannot put it back together PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY

The back up for this item is excellent, Had a problem with the door hinges and they where replaced immediately