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Commercial Metal Buildings Make Perfect Greenhouses

By Carport Central   |   Posted In: Garages

Commercial Metal Buildings Make Perfect Greenhouses

Is planting your profession, or is it simply a pastime you enjoy? Either way, having your own greenhouse is a gardening solution that opens up a lot of possibilities for you. Greenhouses can help you create an ideal, efficient growing environment, and they also offer you the ability to extend your growing season, among other advantages.

Reasons to Go Green with Your Very Own Greenhouse

In considering the benefits of owning a greenhouse, it’s important to first understand exactly what a greenhouse is and how it works. A greenhouse is an outdoor structure that’s designed to serve as a shield of sorts between the harsh extremes of nature and whatever you’re growing. Greenhouses provide shelter from excess cold or heat, and also help to protect your plants from predators and pests.

Here are just a few reasons to consider investing in a greenhouse:

  • Longer Growing Seasons

One of the main draws to a greenhouse is its ability to offer an extended growing season. With a greenhouse, you can plant many crops weeks – or even months – longer than normal. You even have the ability to enjoy year-round harvesting for a number of different plants and flowers.

  • Protection from Weather Extremes

You probably know that greenhouses are great for sheltering your plants from the cold. But winter isn’t the only time that greenhouses are advantageous. Greenhouses can protect from summer heat extremes, too. And besides buffering for temperature, greenhouses also provide additional protection from winds, excessive UV radiation, and other weather threats.

  • Ability to Grow Plants That You Otherwise Couldn’t

In most of the continental U.S., the thought of growing your own pineapple might sound crazy … unless you have your own greenhouse! Thanks to the constant climate conditions these structures offer, not only can you grow more warm-season vegetables – you can even entertain the idea of growing your own exotic plants!

  • Avoid Pest Threats

Are you located in an area in which gardens and farms are typically ravaged by predators like deer or birds? And what about pests like moles or aphids? Enclosed greenhouses help provide beneficial shelter from all sorts of harmful critters like these.

  • Grow Your Own Food!

If you’re a commercial farmer, then you’re probably already visualizing the possibilities. You can start your crops sooner, keep them growing longer, or even try growing some species that aren’t native to your location. But what if you’re just a homeowner? Well, how’d you like to have the ability to get off of the typical food supply chain grid, and start growing more of your own food for your family? By having your own greenhouse, you can!

Things to Consider When Considering Your Own Greenhouse

Let’s say you’re now getting fired up about the possibility of having your own greenhouse building for commercial or personal pursuits. If that’s you, then you’re really in pretty good company. As of 2017, there were already upwards of 9000 greenhouse vegetable farms in America alone, according the U.S. Census of Agriculture. Don’t see yourself creating a greenhouse large enough to qualify for that statistic? Well, here’s a fun fact – 90% of those greenhouse farms were under 0.2 acres in size! You, too, can become a greenhouse grower, whether you have a ton of acreage or not!

Here are a few points to keep in mind if you’re considering putting up a greenhouse:

  • What are you interested in growing? Start by taking an honest look at your available space, as well as your local climate. For example, if you live in a cooler climate, you’ll need to look at adding some supplemental heat to your greenhouse.
  • What’s the weather typically like where you live? If stronger storms are a good possibility, you’ll need to invest in a greenhouse structure that’s sturdy enough to withstand the threats of wind, heavy rain, snow, etc.
  • Check with your regional development office to learn more about land use rules where you’re located, and to see what regulations may apply when it comes to putting up a greenhouse for either commercial or personal use.

Steel Structures Really Make the Best Greenhouses

A custom-fabricated commercial metal building makes for a great greenhouse facility, for a number of reasons. What’s better about steel, you ask? Plenty!

  • Rugged Durability – Steel is simply the strongest, most rugged building material that’s commercially available today. It can handle more of what Mother Nature throws at it, and stands up to constant use better than wood. Steel doesn’t rot, and it also doesn’t play hostto mold, mildew, termites, or other pests.
  • Expandable & Adaptable – Thanks to the strength and versatility of steel for framing, you have more options for customization and design, and are truly able to maximize the use of your building’s interior space. It’s also easier to adapt or expand an engineered steel building as your needs change over time.
  • Faster Assembly & Installation – Ready to get your greenhouse now? Then you probably don’t have time to wait for how long it takes to put up a stick-build.A precision-fabricated steel structure requires less time, labor, and energy resources to build. For example, if you purchase from Carport Central, most buildings can be installed in just a day or two once the engineered components are delivered to your site!
  • Easy toMaintain – Steel is easier to clean andneeds less maintenance than stick-builds or buildings made from other materials. Youwon’t have to worry with the same peeling paint or fading colors, either.
  • More Cost-Effective – It’s actually more cost-effective to build with steel than it is with wood, especially for a larger-scale application like a commercial greenhouse. Steel structures can easily be installed on nearly any level site.

Choose Carport Central for the Best Shelter for Your Way of Life!

Whether you live at Green Acres or not, farm living can actually be the life for you with a reliable greenhouse! And the BEST steel structure to use as a framework for your greenhouse comes from the pros at Carport Central! You can take advantage of our simple-to-use 3D Building Design Tool (accessible from any computeror mobile device) and start designing your own custom steel structure right now! You’re in the driver’s seat – you choose the building dimensions you want, and then you can also decide the roof style, steel gauge, walls, trim, colors, and much more.

Of course, if you’d rather work with a friendly human, we have those too!Our building experts are here to help, they’ll take the time to listen, and they’ll walk with you every step of the way. Not sure how to pay for it? That’s OK, we give you options there, too.We actually offer the best financing options in the business, including traditional, layaway, and rent-to-own programs (where applicable).

Are you looking for a high-quality metal building at affordable prices? Carport Central has got you covered. With our wide range of sizes and styles, we are sure you will find a building according to your needs. Not only that, our buildings are highly customizable structures, so you can custom design them according to your preference. Our custom options include height, length, the width of the building, roof style according to your area’s climate condition, doors and windows for better ventilation, wainscoting to enhance the beauty, panels, trims, certification, and more.
Our metal buildings are not limited to storage only; you can utilize them as a home, office, shop, distribution center, and much more.

Why wait any longer? We can help you get started on your custom greenhouse today! Reach out to us online, or just pick up the phone and call us at (980) 321-9898. It would be our honor to let you experience the Carport Central difference for yourself!

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    Carport Charlie knows everything (almost) about metal buildings. Carport Charlie loves to show off his knowledge about steel structures and you can benefit of it too.

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