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reminders from Norm for how to keep your structure safe in today’s weather
please also review the 3 videos recently posted from our winter q&a
Category Archives: winter information
Getting Your Structure Ready for Spring
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From our recent Winter Q&A
- Reduced anchor holding power in wet ground
- Ventilation ahead of planting time
- Uninflating roll up sides
- Coping with excessively with loose covers
- Extra protection for tender crops
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Caring for your Structure after a Snowfall
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Segment #2: Caring for your Structure after a Snowfall
- How much snow is a problem or dangerous
- Balanced and unbalanced snow loads
- The correct pattern for removing snow
- Handling Structure Damage
- Coping with Snow / Ice / Rain Combination
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How to Prepare Your structure for Winter
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From our recent Winter Q&A
Segment #1: How to Prepare Your structure for Winter
- What to include in the visual check
- Potential Flying Debris
- Drainage Around Your Building
- Installing Temporary Snow Supports
- Inflating Roll Up Sides for the Season
- Making a Snow Removal Tool
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Winter Q&A Date/Time Change
**PLEASE NOTE TIME & DATE CHANGE**
we apologize for any inconvenience and look forward to connecting on Friday
Norm will be hosting a Q&A on zoom to cover how to prepare your structure for winter, caring for it after a snowfall, and getting it ready for spring
11am – preparing for winter key points
11:15 – q&a
11:45 – caring for your structure after snowfall key points
12 – q&a
12:30 – getting your structure ready for spring key points
12:45 – q&a
All live attendees are eligible for amazing prize draws and other fun opportunities!!
see you on Dec 2nd!
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Greenhouses 101 & 202
Norm spoke at the Guelph Organic Conference January 31, 2015 on Greenhouses 101: Knowing the basics before you buy-Choices and Consquences
You can find the articles and information posted, as well as a video of his presentation and the Q&A below.
Greenhouses 101: What are you trying to accomplish? What are you dealing with?Greenhouses 101: Climate and Air Effects on your Structure
Greenhosues: 101: Covering Options
Greenhouses 101: Greenhouse Shapes & Configurations
Greenhouses 101: Orientation and Location
Greenhouses 101: Knowing the basics before you buy Greenhouses 101: Greenhouse Choices
Norm did a presentation at the Guelph Organic Conference on Greenhouses 202: Making sure your structure survives the elements. The presentation is broken into three parts for easy viewing, the last section of which is the Q&A. These tips apply for greenhouses, storage buildings, livestock shelters, really anything we sell. Key Points Covered in the presentation:
- Some basic principles of engineering so that the forces exerted on the buildings could be better understood.
- The many components of anchoring. Anchoring prevents a structure from settling under snow load, prevents lifting under aerodynamic forces and prevents shifting with wind forces.
- The similarities of an airplane wing to the shape of a structure. What happens when surfaces become bigger, wider. lower and higher.
- How uneven loads can happen and how to prevent them.
- The proper procedure to removing excessive snow load
Read more here: Greenhouses 202: How to get your structure to survive the elements
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