Glass Damage from the storm of January 18, 2007

The storm of January 18, 2007 was the worst of the past five years and has

a lot of damage in greenhouses. At Van Looveren NV came into the

week after the storm about 300 applications in glass for quick deliveries. This

came mainly from West Flanders, East Flanders, Zeeland,

North and South Holland, Dutch Brabant and Limburg Dutch.

Striking was the large number of small to medium of claims 50-500

m2. There were some large claims from 1000-3500 m2 glass. In total

From applications received Looveren in for about 52,000 m2 of greenhouse glass, everything

deliver within a very short time. A new factor was the large number

horticultural applications for toughened glass, a total of around 17,000 m2. For quick

From Looveren supply was next to her own extensive stock also

hardening capabilities beyond the standard horticultural glass to speak.

Traditionally received the 3.20 m greenhouse with glass sizes 1650 x 1125, 1650 x 1000

and 1650 x 730, the hardest to endure. This greenhouses of the late 80s and early

90s are the last to do without storm windows were performed. Also take

we assume that these 'obsolete' greenhouses slightly less well maintained. One

kit already returned to some broken windows instead of replacing them. This

weaker than the first window fall and cause damage to the rest also.

On the other hand, showed the ultra modern 4 x 5 meters cover

167cm in width glass float glass in relatively less damage. By Kris Peeters

Rumst, the first Belgian horticulturist where that glass was applied, but were

few broken windows counted.

Partly due to the increasing use of tempered glass repair glass is just

also demonstrated the importance of a sufficiently large reserve stocks in the glass

growers and wholesalers. In the Netherlands rejects the covenant between the greenhouse growers

and the insurance companies here already. As a result, the greenhouse growers themselves

enough glass in stock for emergency repairs. Of

Looveren sets the service to its regular customers and always unhardened

Tempered glass in several specific sizes in stock.

A problem that brave gardeners who take enough glass in stock, sometimes

face up to the weathering of their glass stock. The

horticultural glass in a container should always be kept dry place away from the Sun

be. Thus it remains several years well. Often, however, that a

The new treasury stock glass for a few weeks with another glass out of state

especially the one doctrine of "surplus" are coming. Such glass can after a few weeks or

months weathering and unusable.

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