Materials, Frame & Glazing

Following the trend of most metal greenhouses available today, Palram mythos greenhouses are crafted with aluminium for their main framing. This provides a rigid structure that won’t rust or rot over time, even despite the Great British weather!

As standard, you’ll find a base frame kit which creates a stable base frame for which the rest of the greenhouse is installed on top of. This makes installation a lot easier to commence with, especially if you plan on doing it on uneven ground such as grass or gravel. The base frame is made from galvanised steel, so it’s extra strong and able to support the weight of the greenhouse very easily.

Moving onto the glazing… looking at the photos, you may think it looks slightly ‘weird’, but it is meant to look like that, trust us. The glazing, like all Palram greenhouses, is crafted from polycarbonate, a plastic-like material which Palram themselves state as being “virtually unbreakable” due to its versatile strength and agility. Plus, as it’s plastic, it’s extremely safe to use around children and pets, especially when compared to using real glass, as this won’t shatter into dangerous pieces and shards.

Unlike other Palram ranges that use polycarbonate glazing, the Mythos is extra special as uses a twin-wall variety. As the name suggests, it’s two sheets of glazing moulded together with a slight air gap in between, similar to double-glazing windows.

This twin-wall polycarbonate is extremely good at retaining heat, making it the ideal solution to safe greenhouse glazing. They’re also UV resistant, meaning that they won’t discolour or fade over time, as well as being able to filter out 100% harmful UV rays, while still letting in up to 80% of light transmission.

Overall, this glazing type is super good at keeping the heat from the sun inside of your greenhouse, as well as stopping the harmful UV rays from getting inside!