What It’s Good for, Where to Find It
By Ron Hazelton
July 12 — Each week, Good Morning America's home-improvement guru Ron Hazelton answers your questions about maintaining and upgrading your home.
Q: Dear Ron,
Some years ago I built a screen house. The overhead roofing was a corrugated plastic that came in different colors.I now wish to build another screenhouse and am having difficulty in locating a source that carries it.
— J. Foley
Saugus, Mass.
A: Corrugated plastic panels are one of the easiest ways to build a roof that is water-tight yet allows light in.
These days, you can find panels in three materials: fiberglass, PVC and polycarbonate. They each have strength, cost, visibility and durability advantages. An Internet search under "corrugated plastic panels" will yield quite a few Web sites. Here are three:
www.hfmfgcorp.com/doityourself.html (One of our customers!!!)
www.buildingonline.com/sgi/sunnrain.htm#sun
www.kemlite.com/sequentia_corrugated/corrugated_patio.cfm
- R.H.