This strawberry glass greenhouse is supplied as a complete set: galvanized frame, tempered glass, glazing bars and the spares needed to keep the house running. Growing on raised gutters or benches takes the crop off the ground, which keeps fruit clean and puts picking at working height rather than at knee level. Light transmission through the glass holds above 90 per cent year after year. Span runs 8 m to 12 m, length 10 m to 100 m and height 3 m to 8 m or to order, and the same house suits other soft fruit.
Strawberry is a crop that rewards control. Fruit quality depends on keeping the canopy dry, the root zone steady and the light high, and all three are easier to hold in a glass house than in the open. This strawberry glass greenhouse is put together for that job, and it arrives as a full set rather than a frame that still needs sourcing around it.
Glass suits soft fruit for two reasons. It keeps rain off the canopy, which is what prevents the fruit rots that follow a wet spell, and it holds light at a level film cannot match over a full season. Because the house is a multi span structure on gutters, the house grows bay by bay and the working width stays clear. Span runs 8 m to 12 m, length 10 m to 100 m and height 3 m to 8 m, so the same design covers a trial block and a commercial range.
The frame is hot dip galvanized steel, and the glazing sits in aluminium bars on the roof and walls. Galvanizing is what carries the structure through the humid air of a working fruit house, and it is why the frame is rated for a 15 to 20 year service life rather than a decade. Glass keeps its transmission above 90 per cent year after year, and a damaged pane is replaced on its own without disturbing the crop below or the frame around it.
| Structure material | Hot dip galvanized steel |
| Covering material | Tempered glass in aluminium glazing bars |
| Roof shape | Arch roof, multi span on gutters |
| Light transmission | Above 90% |
| Span | 8m / 9m / 10m / 11m / 12m |
| Length | 10m to 100m, or to client demand |
| Total height | 3m to 8m |
| Growing system | Raised gutters, benches or soil beds |
| Supply | Full set: frame, glass, glazing bars and spares |
| Service life | 15 to 20 years for the frame under normal growing conditions |
The house is supplied complete, which matters on a fruit unit where a missing glazing clip or length of channel can hold a whole bay out of production. Growing on hanging gutters or fixed benches keeps the fruit off the ground and out of splash, puts picking at working height and lets a house be cropped year after year without soil-borne disease building up. Standards from NEN cover the structural and glazing requirements a project specification should be checked against.
The house ships as a kit of galvanized members, glazing bars and glass, with foundation drawings issued against the site survey. Installation runs in a fixed order: foundation, columns and gutters, roof and glazing, then ventilation and the growing system. Our engineers can travel to site to guide installation when required.
Routine work is limited. Wash the glass before the light season so transmission is not lost to dust, check glazing clips and seals after storm season, service vent motors and screen drives, and inspect the gutter suspension before each crop. Glass is not a consumable, and the frame needs no recoating.
The house suits strawberry and other soft fruit, cut flowers and young plant raising, and it is at its most useful where fruit quality rather than volume is the commercial target. Market reporting on FreshPlaza follows how fresh produce is planned and traded at commercial scale. Compare the glass greenhouse range, or look at the farm glass greenhouse and the greenhouse for flowers for other options in the same family.
Glass keeps rain off the canopy and holds light above 90 per cent year after year. Dry foliage and fruit is the single largest factor in reducing rot, and glass does that without the transmission loss a film cover suffers over time.
The house is supplied complete: galvanized frame, tempered glass, aluminium glazing bars and the spares needed to keep the structure and the vents working.
The hot dip galvanized steel frame is rated for 15 to 20 years under normal growing conditions. Glass holds its transmission for many years and panes are replaced individually.
We provide a 10 year structural warranty and a 5 year anti-corrosion warranty on the galvanized frame. Details are set out in the contract for each project.
Send your site dimensions, the crop and growing system you plan to use and your local wind and snow loads. We reply with a layout drawing and a full quotation covering frame, glass, vents and the spares set.
