CDCASA 8.2x6.2 FT Greenhouse for Outdoors, Easy Assembly Aluminum Heavy Duty Polycarbonate Greenhouses w/Vent Window, Swing Door, Walk-in Green House for Sunroom Patio, Backyard, Garden,Black

I’m pleased with the greenhouse for the price point. Assembly takes a good 15 hours. The directions lack some helpful clarification.I mounted it on a foundation of three 2x6 vertical sandwiched between a 2x6 buried in the ground with the top extra decking I had, above ground level.It’s one month and a half dozen high winds later and all is good.I recommend it. Best of luck to you all.

I got this on a sale and wish now I’d bought a bigger one! I’m very happy. I got the 6x8 and have set it up on two 4x4-post layers which I staked with rebar. This makes it just a little taller . I’m 5’7” and this made a huge difference for me. I would say it’s a bit short and the door is narrow, but it’s a greenhouse. Not an ADA compliant house. A lot of the connections are tension-controlled. So how much you tighten things will change the sturdiness. Bring a lot of patience. It took me a few days to put this together with a few hours a day.There are a lot of smart elements to this design when considering it was made for assembly from two boxes. The roof latch isn’t great, and the vent can get moved around by wind. I might put a stop screw in to hold it.Some of the lateral bars are just held in by being sandwiched between polycarbonate panels. So I’m considering some earthquake strapping for bonus rigidity, installed with self-tapping metal screws. I think this will help when we get some snow this year.As for holding up: endured some Oregon rainstorms, some 20mph winds, and has kept my plants above freezing. But I do have three heat lamps in there. Waiting on my coup heater panel. It’s 36 outside right now and the inside with the three lamps is about 44. Great? No. But it keeps the frost away. I have limes and camomile, mint and strawberries that I otherwise wouldn’t. And my orchids are growing like crazy (I keep them closer to the lamps.)The poly is pretty thin, about 1/4 inch. I was hoping for a bit thicker stuff. But there’s space to double panels in the framing, so I might do that with what’s at the hardware store.I got all the parts plus some extra nuts and bolts. The metal frame is good quality though the connectors take some finagling to get right and figure out where to put the screws. Sometimes I had to take it apart, reassess, and try again. The instructions don’t always tell you which way to install certain bolts (sometimes it doesn’t matter).My only real complaint is that the bar over the door is a 1/4 inch short. That could just be because of the way it went together here. But I couldn’t get the door shut initially. I had to push up on the header bar to get the door closed. Now I just don’t open the door all the way. But I want to slip in and out and keep the heat in anyway, so I’m not upset. It’s a quirk. We all have them.For the price I paid, I would say this was worth it.

This product could be a 5 star product if they addressed three issues. The first has been mentioned by several other reviewers. The instructions aren’t very clear and it takes a bit of studying to understand how it’s meant to be assembled.The second issue is that the structure isn’t very stable in high winds (30-40 mph or more). I had 3-4 inches of sway and the center ridge angle bracket buckled during one particular gusty day. I remedied this instability by adding internal guy wires across the length and width walls to both square the structure and add substantial rigidity. This was done by using 1/8” stainless steel cable and turnbuckles attached to the structure as an “x”. Now under 60+ mph winds it barely moves. I feel this should be part of the design especially since most people installing these greenhouses probably live in areas where there’s substantial wind during seasonal weather changes.The third issue is that the side wall panels and roof panels are too short. The sidewall panels appear to be 1/4-1/2” too short. The roof panels are 1/8-3/8” too short. When the side panels are fully seated in the groove in the base, the top of the panel is short of the top groove by about 1/8”. The result is that the panel flexes at the top due to a lack of support by the groove and if you push hard enough, it bows enough for the sides of the panel to slip out of their grooves. The first windy day blew several of the panels out of the walls. I attempted to put a shim in the bottom groove so that the panel would “sit high” in the groove so the panel would engage in the top groove, but it only ends up with about 1/16” of engagement in the top and bottom grooves, which is not enough to prevent the contraction during low temperatures from causing the panel to pop out of the top groove during windy conditions. The roof panels also move and flex with the wind causing them to also pop out of their grooves although they seem to be less problematic than the side panels.I’m making some additional modifications to keep the panels restrained but all of this extra work could have been avoided by providing slightly longer panels.If the manufacturer would remedy these issues, this would be a 5 star product. It’s visually appealing and the overall quality seems to be good. I had all of the parts and no other real fitment issues. Once I’ve secured the side and roof panels from popping out of the grooves, I think this product will last quite awhile.

I was a little worried about how the greenhouse would handle wind i've had several windy days 40mph gust and it’s held up perfectly. I did mount it to landscape timbers that are held down by rebar. the installation took a little bit longer than expected would probably help to look through directions first. I did get to the end and was missing a part for the vent latch, contacted the seller and in less than a week there was the missing part in my mailbox. They are very helpful and quick to respond. Only complaint so far is all the pieces for the greenhouse are black except for the white door handle it’s definitely an eyesore but nothing a little spray paint cant fix. the panels have a white protective cover on one side and a clear cover on the other i didn’t notice the clear side till they were installed hope that will save others the time of having to install them twice.