Aquaponics Digest - Sun 05/14/00
Message 1: Re: PVC glazing
from Cat
Message 2: Re: PVC glazing
from Sojourner
Message 3: lexan....
from William Evans
Message 4: Re: lexan....
from Sojourner
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Subject: Re: PVC glazing
From: Cat
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 12:19:11 -0700
The polycarbonate sold in our local Home Depot now
has a LIFETIME warranty against yellowing or
breakage. That's what I plan to use...
Cat
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Subject: Re: PVC glazing
From: Sojourner
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 18:05:04 -0500
Cat wrote:
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> The polycarbonate sold in our local Home Depot now
> has a LIFETIME warranty against yellowing or
> breakage. That's what I plan to use...
> Cat
The "polycarbonate" sold in the Home Depot here is about 1/8th inch
thick and is not the dual-chamber stuff, and it cost $18 for a sheet
about 2x3. That's $3 per square foot, almost double what the 6mm dual
chamber polycarbonate costs.
I don't think it was really polycarbonate either. Comes in two
thicknesses, and neither is particularly rigid. I'll check next time
I'm in town and get an exact part number, manufacturer, and cost.
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Holly ;-D
Contrary Peasant
sojournr@missouri.org
If you see the Bhudda by the side of the road . . .
give the poor slob a lift, his car probably broke down.
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Subject: lexan....
From: William Evans
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 19:04:41 -0700
and it cost $18 for a sheet
> about 2x3. That's $3 per square foot, almost double what the 6mm dual
> chamber polycarbonate costs.
I beg to differ ....that price works for a corrugated sheet 2 1/2 feet
by 8 feet .
Possibly your thinking of lexan sheet..... not the corrugated
"patio cover" that also comes in a bronze color for minimum light
transmitance.
bill e
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Subject: Re: lexan....
From: Sojourner
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 22:35:25 -0500
William Evans wrote:
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> and it cost $18 for a sheet
> > about 2x3. That's $3 per square foot, almost double what the 6mm dual
> > chamber polycarbonate costs.
>
> I beg to differ ....that price works for a corrugated sheet 2 1/2 feet
> by 8 feet .
> Possibly your thinking of lexan sheet..... not the corrugated
> "patio cover" that also comes in a bronze color for minimum light
> transmitance.
> bill e
Oddly enough I didn't see any mention in the posting I responded to
about corrugated anything.
However, the light transmittance of the corrugated stuff I've seen is
much lower than that for the dual and triple chambered polycarbonate
(not lexan at all btw, Lexan is a brand name, like Jello).
Besides, the corrugated stuff is ugly. I don't want that attached to my
house. YMMV.
--
Holly ;-D
Contrary Peasant
sojournr@missouri.org
If you see the Bhudda by the side of the road . . .
give the poor slob a lift, his car probably broke down.
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