What should be the heating of a polycarbonate greenhouse in winter? Let’s take a closer look at all the possible heating options for a polycarbonate kit.
The type of heating in the greenhouse is usually chosen the same as in your house, if it is nearby. It is convenient both for installation and for accounting for heating costs – you will not need to spend a lot of time to calculate.
Greenhouse Heating Types
Heating in a greenhouse with electricity requires a cable to be installed during construction, and uniform heating of the entire area will be ensured.
Heating of polycarbonate greenhouses with air heaters. Although they heat well, they are uneven. You should install them under the shelving: the seedlings will not be directly under the streams of hot air, and the soil will be warm.
Convectors with heating coils are able to heat the entire room, but the soil still lacks heat.
Water heating for a polycarbonate greenhouse is installed using a system of pipes. These pipes will circulate the liquid that you have heated to the desired temperature. They are laid along the walls or under the floor.
Many people prefer plastic pipes – they do not rust, they serve for a long time. Heating is done by a gas boiler or electricity. With such heating, the air is evenly warmed up, but pipe laying is costly and then you need tireless control over the operation of water heating.
Infrared heating of a polycarbonate greenhouse is a variety of lamps, as well as heaters that create heat not in the air, but heat plants and soil, and now they heat the room. You can install a fixing thermostat that turns off from time to time, but the required temperature is maintained.
Heating with wood
Wood heating is carried out using a stove. We recommend that you place it in a separate room next to the greenhouse. The chimney is led along the greenhouse and taken out to release carbon monoxide. But laying firewood for heating for a polycarbonate greenhouse is required every 3-5 hours. Therefore, in order to heat it in winter, you need to prepare firewood in advance.
With an air heating system, the air heats up, and the soil remains at the same temperature. The principle of operation of this type of heating is that warm air flows through the pipes laid inside the greenhouse. The end of the pipe is on the street, near a lighted fire. This requires control and constant laying of firewood. Usually used in conjunction with another type of heating.