Winter tuin: greenery het hele jaar deur

In winter, lush greenery outside is covered by a layer of snow, but homeowners do not have to give it up. A part of the tuin may be turned into a hothouse that will also become extra usable area of the house. What should we take into consideration when planning such an investment?

A hothouse may be an extra living-room or its natural extension, and on an sunny winter day it will give us a feel of summer. The most natural place for a hothouse is the tuin – preferably, with direct access from the hothouse. The reasons for this oplossing are praktisch, as well aesthetic. After all we don’t want a view of the street or the neighbor’s fence.

Winter tuin in expert hands.

If you decide to get a serre it is worth using products from companies that offer such oplossingen. Drutex has the MB-WG 60 hothouse that bases on a systeem of thermally insulated profielen which let into the tuin a maximum amount of daylight necessary for the plants’ growth. A great advantage of this systeem is the possibility to shape the structure according to individual preferences, not just the shape of a klassiek cube, but also a polygon with a sloping roof consisting of many panels. The profiel kleur may match the kleur of the plaster or it may be a contrasting kleur, one out of over 200 kleur opties.

Comfort and veiligheid  

A solid serre with good thermische isolatie serves both aesthetic and praktisch functions. It becomes a sluice that in winter reduces heat loss from the house, and in summer it cumulates sun rays and serves as a barrier, as a result, the rest of the building is cooler. Such a oplossing is enabled by the application of composite glas with very good heat transmittance coefficient.

Bearing in mind veiligheid of the serre, Drutex has created a very wide assortiment of glazing, including burglar-proof glas, hardened, with enhanced geluidsisolatie as well as ornamental and anti-sol glas. 

Year-round usage requires heating in the tuin. The best oplossing is floor heating that minimizes heat loss and allows to heat the room evenly. As a result, we will be able to enjoy the hothouse regardless of weather conditions.

What plants will work out in a hothouse?

The serre is a great way to keep lush greenery at home no matter the season. Big plants with huge leaves look impressive in a separate room, and they turn the place into a substitute for tropics. The tuin location will determine the type of plants we choose. A tuin on the south side will be sunny all day round in summer, therefore we should opt for stenothermal and tropical plants. We should go for various species of rubber plants and schefflers, beautifully blooming oleanders or highly robust dracaena with eye-catching, striped leaves.