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Looks great at first Then a moderate storm comes over and bang goes your plastic greenhouse. I’m here crying and nothing I can do as the wind just has its way. Not even a powerful storm. Even before the storm a slight gust will rattle the bones of it. Dont get one you will cry, honestly £1200 down the drain

This shed is flimsy absolute nightmare to fit together a bangs and sways even though it’s secured on the base As recommended It also took two people two eight hour days to construct it It’s cheap and nasty but you get what you pay for thus wasn’t money well spent

My review of Canopia Balance 10 x 16 Greenhouse Kit. I’m giving Canopia a rating of 2 on this greenhouse kit as it came from the manufacturer. I will describe 3 major areas that cause me not to give them a higher rating. I purchased this greenhouse in November of 2023, but I just completed the assembly in June of 2024 due to waiting for 2 steel roof supports from Canopia. 1. Deceptive advertising - what I got is not the greenhouse they had pictured on their website, (as well as Lowe’s website, where I purchased my greenhouse). When buying a greenhouse on-line, the picture is an important part of making a decision, and it’s obvious that this false picture sells! The greenhouse shown in their picture had steel roof supports for every roof rafter, but the greenhouse they shipped to me was missing two of these steel supports for the center of the greenhouse. Canopia finally agreed to sell me the two steel rib supports even though their engineers said “they can’t be added”. The two steel supports finally arrived 16 weeks later, and now that I’ve installed them, the center section is more rigid and stronger. 2. The roof window vents are not attached to the roof! I couldn’t believe this when I came to this part of the assembly. There is a very small ridge, (approx. 1/16th inch) for the roof window to “rest on”, instead of being attached to the roof with some type of hinge. I can’t believe these roof windows would stay in place if left open during a moderate wind. I installed stainless steel piano hinges on each of the roof windows. 3. This greenhouse is more flimsy and weaker than it appears. The aluminum wall studs and roof rafters are made from very thin aluminum, and the corners, doorway, and back wall lack any type of extra support, making those areas pretty weak and flimsy. This is something you cannot tell from a picture. I did not give Canopia a 1 rating because I was able to add extra bracing in several places that resulted in producing a fairly strong greenhouse. I added ¾” steel angle iron around the door frame that helped square up and strengthen the entrance door. I added square aluminum tubing pieces from the side walls to each steel rib support which made the side walls more rigid. I also bought extra steel bracing from Canopia to strengthen the back wall. I replaced all the black plastic pieces with steel brackets and aluminum flat stock. After all my modifications and extra bracing, I am fairly satisfied with my greenhouse.

Canopy seems good quality, but arrived with most of the larger metal pieces badly scratched. Over 1.5months and 16 emails later (partly with Palram/Canopia, partly Costco), and still waiting for a resolution... Hard to recommend.

6' x4' Palram Capopla Harmony Greenhouse, Delivery was on time, however Things then went down hill. There were missing parts, Damaged components ( dents and bent items, edges of the flimsy steel parts and cut allumium extrusions had not been deburred, this resulted in thee deep cuts to both my thumbs and one finger when assembling these items, incorrect door hinges supplied, poor assembly instructions overall a lot of the section detail was not clear. The label attached to the instruction manuel was titled "Quatity Control" What quality control???.Customer service was for the present Good, but because we are waiting for the door hinge issue to be sorted and for missing items to be supplied the jury is out regarding a final evaluation at present. My rating at this time is 2 stars only. W D Heath

Cost effective way to have a sunroom, build your own, great I thought, they look good in the pictures, nightmare to build, silly plastic pins to hold the structure together, not all window trims fitted in tight, up about 9 weeks when we had winds, the roof panels starting popping out and yes it was built properly as per their manual, then the roof supports popped out, snapping plastic pins, eventually took rest of roof panels off so they didn't blow away, finally put back together now but have no faith in the structure and how long it will last, still paying for it, customer services we really helpful , supplied me with a free metal trim that was lost in the wind but clear panels that were smashed when they came out I had to pay for, resorted to using gorilla tape to hopefully hold the panels in place for a bit, hopefully get a bit of use out of it before the next wind gets it, wish I had just bought a metal greenhouse structure, wouldn't look as good but at least it might still be in one piece, definitely would not recommend these

Ok…we bought a Palram Shed. And surely it could be no harder than furniture from IKEA ?. WRONG !!!. 6 hours into unboxing the Palram Skylight 6 X 8, my husband, and his friend were desperate. The manual may as well be ancient Sumerian, the video is a lie. The video takes between 2 and 10 minutes to guide you through the allegedly easy and straightforward assembly of the shed, but best ignore that - our Palram has so far taken 11 hours to build, and it still has no roof. My husband is far removed from stupid- he regularly carries out DIY jobs, and has a science degree, but the Palram Shed nearly floored him- only the fact that we desperately needed a shed meant he persevered. In the video and manual, the shed construction is meant to be carried out by 2 people. Ours needed 3 people - 2 to build the shed, 1 to watch the video, decipher the manual, and supply drinks, food , and moral support. The shed was missing some bolts and screws, and the so far 11 hour build doesn’t include the detour to town to buy stand in bolts and screws. The shed is actually moderately robust once erected, but it’s getting to that stage which is challenging. Perhaps if you regularly build matchstick models, or Airfix with a blindfold on, you might be ok ? I’m not saying don’t buy a Palram Shed, I’m saying prepare yourself for more than Palram promise you. Put aside a whole weekend- if it takes less time, you can chill with a takeaway and some celebratory beers/wine. Avail yourself of help from a regular DIY doing friend, count all the screws in the kit before you start, and go get more if needed. Send your children away for the weekend, as you might find yourselves swearing a lot. Also ask yourself why most Palram sheds on the internet are discounted…. In fact If you can, get Palram to come erect the Shed for you -They seem to find it so easy, it shouldn’t take them more than an hour or so. Everyone else, prepare for the best, expect the worse. Ok, so now we are allbut finished except for the Shed door. Our Palram has now taken 15 hours to build Barr putting the door on, and that is 15 hours we are never going to get back…. Good luck all who sign up for a Palram Shed, and aim to construct her……….watch this post for information on when we get the door on and complete the Palram Challenge!!!! I’m back 24 hours later. For 2.5 hours, two of us have been trying to put the doors together. We’ve put the doors together, with their metal edging frames, but even that wasn’t simple. The manual is no easier to follow 24 hours on….ok, i started this addendum at 4.37 GMT, we still cannot put the doors on, as two of the metal frame pieces are misaligned. This has meant finding some non standard wider screws, which were not supplied, but were within the Screw assortment kit I bought yesterday ( Brackit kit Amazon, 3 sizes of screw from Wilko, organiser Pro kit , Amazon, total cost, £74.85). 40 mins later, The doors still won’t fit…we’ve come to the conclusion it’s a manufacturer error ( it can’t be anything else, as one door fits perfectly the other WILL NOT !. We are going to widen the drill hole…it’s 9.19 now. We’ve just hung the doors, but we had to make a few modifications. My advice ????. Buy a wooden shed, or pay someone to erect your Palram. Or do the Palram challenge…you’ll either be 1 of the 50 odd percent who get a kit that came out perfectly or like us, you won’t. You were warned !!!!

Please don't buy this greenhouse if it will be exposed to wind. Mine blew apart with 30 mph gusts.