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[Sam Franc <franc@harborside.com>]

Phil Norris wrote:

> Del,
>
> I don't know where you heard that window glass was the wrong kind for
> plant growth.  As far as I'm concerned it is absolutely the right
> stuff.  We grow many plants under glass here in Maine and are able to
> extend our season,  especially in the spring.  Glass is cheap and
> plentiful.  Why just yesterday at the town dump I got there just in
> time to see a man loading sheet after sheet on his pickup.  Someone
> had replaced the double glazed windows on their house and had
> thoughtfully piled all the old glass carefully at the dump so that
> the next guy could have them.
>
> I just priced some glazing materials for some broken cold frame
> lights.  Double strength glass was $25 for a 2X4 sheet.  Lexan was
> $40 for the same piece.  And Lexan scratches easily.  It is tough
> though.
>
> Phil Norris    Z4    East Blue Hill, Maine
>
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Here on the Oregon coast I can get a piece of 3' x 6' tempered 1/8"
glass for $21.
I can get 2' x 12' corrugated lexan for $25.
At the recycling yard I can get thermal pane Aluminum sliding door
sections for $15.
Single pane panels are $10
Sam



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