Tropic
Designed for warmth, built for resilience.
With its distinctive slanted glass walls and tall 32″ base wall, the Tropic captures generous winter sunlight—ideal for maintaining warmth and extending your growing season. A customer favorite in colder and windier climates, this model offers both beauty and performance.
Available in freestanding, lean-to, or attached configurations.
Widths Offered: 10′, 16′
Order by calling 800-334-4115 or 503-244-4100

The 16′ wide Tropic can be built with double 30″ doors in the end wall for those who need a larger opening when transporting in and out of the greenhouse.
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Designed to sit on a 32″ high base wall (knee wall)
- Standard glass wall and roof glazing
- 30” wide Standard Door for our 10’ wide greenhouse, and a 36” wide Standard Door for 16’ wide greenhouse
- Select your door swing – doors can swing in or out, and hinges can be on the left or right; hinged left to swing in is the most popular customer choice
- Roof vents with automated roof vent openers for natural and gentle airflow; number of vents is dependent on width and length of greenhouse
- Roof support for our 10’ wide includes tie chains; pipe beams and center posts are used for the 16’ wide
- All widths are 5′-10″ high at the eave (where side wall meets the roof); see our Greenhouse Price List for height at the ridge
- Angle of the side wall is 12 degrees
- 6/12 roof pitch
- See our Standard Greenhouse Features page for more information on features included with each greenhouse
Options to Customize:
- Upgrade roof glazing with Tempered Glass or Twin Wall Polycarbonate
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Build your own base wall with stone or brick facing, or buy our redwood and cedar base wall; our base walls come prefabricated and include vents with screens and covers to let cool air into your greenhouse
- Redwood Benches and Shelves are available to outfit your growing space for your needs; see Accessory Catalog for pricing
- Sturdi-Built’s exclusive Thermal Option™ (double glazing) is available for extra energy efficiency
- Door style can be customized; add a Jalousie window, change to a Full-Lite Door, a Tudor Door or a Dutch Door; Double 30” wide doors are an option for 16’ wide greenhouses
- Add ventilation with a jalousie window (louvered) on end walls
- Stylize your greenhouse with a decorative ridge scallop and/or finials
- Keep pests out with Roof Vent Screen Kits
- Add a partition wall to provide two growing climates, a storage area, office or even a potting area; includes a door and strengthens the greenhouse frame
- For 16′ wide Tropic greenhouses, consider a three-bench layout (one along each side wall, one through the middle) to provide a significant amount of growing space
- See our Accessory Catalog for a full list of available accessories to customize your greenhouse

Standard Sturdi-Built Features:
- We use Clear All-Heart Redwood — the part of the tree that is truly “red” — for superior durability and rot resistance
- Roof vents for gentle and effective ventilation with Bayliss MK7 automatic vent openers; number of roof vents is based on the width and length of your greenhouse
- Each kit includes our unique factory prefabrication: end walls are factory assembled in large sections; roof and side walls are precision pre-cut ready for assembly
- Interior gutters to capture condensation from the inside of the roof; a drain tube to channel the water to the floor or into a potted plant
- Arrives unfinished
- Posts are needed for roof support for lengths 20’ and longer; locations with higher snow loads may require added posts