The most common greenhouse maintenance problems are due to neglect. Broken glass, bent structures, and clogged gutters are just symptoms. What have you overlooked?

1. Common Greenhouse
Maintenance Problems

2. Most greenhouse maintenance problems are
caused by neglect.

3. In a greenhouse, everything gets dirty . . .

4. . . . including the glass.

5. Glass should be cleaned with a jet-wash in-between
seasons, but gutters are best left to the experts who
are used to climbing up and onto greenhouses.

6. You can sweep the floors anytime.
Doing so as you go makes the job a lot easier
than waiting until it’s really a mess.

7. . . . and should be used only by those who
really know what they’re doing.
Chemicals can be dangerous . . .

8. Chemicals can be dangerous . . .
. . . and should be used only by those who
really know what they’re doing.

9. That means that you need to be constantly on
the lookout for problems, and get them fixed
as soon as possible.
Everything in a glasshouse, including the
structure, can break or malfunction.

10. Everything in a glasshouse, including the
structure, can break or malfunction.
That means that you need to be constantly on
the lookout for problems, and get them fixed
as soon as possible.

11. Heaters tend to corrode when
pipes leak.
It’s much cheaper to catch a
leak early than to wait until it
becomes a steady drip or
worse.

12. You also want to make sure
you have enough fuel stored
up before you need it.
Buy it during the off-season.
Then you’ll have it when you
need it.

13. . . . before the weather changes.
Door and window seals should be checked each
season . . .

14. Door and window seals should be checked each
season . . .
. . . before the weather changes.

15. Grease your racks and pinions at least annually.

16. Check your screens for tears and holes.
You don’t want them coming apart when you need to
open or close them, especially on one of those days
where the sun is in and out of the clouds.

17. Check everything that stores or transports water for
cracks or leaks.

18. . . . as soon as possible.
Replace cracked or broken glass . . .

19. Replace cracked or broken glass . . .
. . . as soon as possible.

20. Check all wiring and, if you happen to have a
back-up power supply, then run it at least once
per year so that you know that it works.
Have a thorough look around your site, especially
in areas you don’t visit very often.

21. Have a thorough look around your site, especially
in areas you don’t visit very often.
Check all wiring and run your back-up power
supply at least once per year, so that you know
that it works.

22. LEDs and high-efficiency bulbs last longer than the
old tungsten lamps . . .
. . . but nothing lasts forever.
And check your lights.

23. . . . but nothing lasts forever.
And check your lights.
LEDs and high-efficiency bulbs last longer than the
old tungsten lamps . . .

24. And check your lights.
LEDs and high-efficiency bulbs last longer than the
old tungsten lamps . . .
. . . but nothing lasts forever.

25. Doing a little every week will save
you major “headaches” later on.
The easiest way to prevent problems
from occurring and to minimise
downtime is to follow a routine
inspection schedule.

26. The easiest way to prevent problems
from occurring and to minimise
downtime is to follow a routine
inspection schedule.
Doing a little every week will save
you major “headaches” later on.

27. . . . then think about what you stand to lose
if your equipment breaks down.
If you think you’re too busy to inspect your
greenhouse . . .

28. If you think you’re too busy to inspect your
greenhouse . . .
. . . then think about what you stand to lose
if you don’t.

29. Call us about your greenhouse
maintenance problems before
it’s too late.
GVZ GLASSHOUSES LTD, 20 HARWICH ROAD, ARDLEIGH, ESSEX C07 7LT
sales@gvzglasshouses.co.uk 01206 230729