Unveiling Polytunnel Repairs and Refurbishments:
Polytunnel refurbishments will be required at some stage within the life of any polytunnel, or at least some polytunnel repairs can arise due to the nature of the materials used on the build. Although the frame structure has a better and longer degradation time of up to 20 years or more when using materials such as galvanised steel or lightweight aluminium have been selected, then those versatile and sturdy structures that provide such an essentially controlled environment for crops and plants, will unfortunately, due to the material type used as a better cost-benefit within the lifetime of the polythene covering may need replacing 2 or 3 times. Across the UK these single and multiple structures are used in agricultural and horticultural settings, which can be in open-wide, wild places and dealing with the turbulent local weather conditions without any nearby or close protection, such as a fences or walls, they are completely at the mercy of being located in open spaces. The ones pla