Why to use galvanized steel pipe in your greenhouse project

If you’re building a greenhouse, choosing which type of frame materials to use will be one of your first decisions. And it is obviously important for you to select a proper type of structure frames to supports the entire greenhouse.

In the past few years, PVC frames had been very popular in building greenhouses. In comparison with the cost of building a steel frame greenhouse, PVC frame is considered a very easy, quick, as well as inexpensive. However, a PVC house just isn’t going to last a long time. You can reasonably expect to get several years of use out of it, but don’t hope for too much. Because the sun will take its toll (but you can delay that by using UV-resistant pipe and painting it), and the stresses of wind, snow and ice will eventually cause cracking and breaking. And of course, a flimsy PVC frame greenhouse isn’t going to take much of a snow load without collapsing. In recent years, hot dipped galvanized steel pipe can be regarded as the most favored structural steel pipe by people because of its cost effective, maintenance-free corrosion protection system that will be able to last for decades even in the harshest environments. As a matter of fact, for more than 100 years, hot dipped galvanized steel pipe has been utilized extensively to combat corrosion in major industrial environments including petro-chemical, transportation, and public utilities.

In addition, compared with other typical steel pipe coatings, such as specialized painting and powder coating, galvanization is much more labor-intensive, resulting in a higher initial cost for contractors. Besides, due to its durability and anti-corrosive properties, galvanized steel pipe can recycled and reused, which to some degree save a lot of money during the post maintenance work. In the current steel pipe market, cold rolled steel pipe is commonly used for steel frame in greenhouse project, which has an improved surface finish and tighter tolerances and cold rolled steel pipe is more precise dimensionally because the cold rolled steel pipe has already gone through the cooling process, which help it closer to the finished dimension while the hot rolled steel forms the finished product looser tolerances than the original material.

DongPengBoDa Steel Pipe Group is a famous steel pipe manufacturer in China. We are specialized in manufacturing a variety of structural steel pipes for your choice in you greenhouse project. Please contact us if you have any need in applications.