MARKET 03 · EAST AFRICA

Kenya: altitude gives mild temperatures and brutal UV.

The Kenyan highlands are mild but the UV at altitude is severe, and hail is a real event. Houses are built for flowers, vegetables and berries, and the cover specification matters as much as the steel.

Multi-span house with side-wall fans — XinYonSen

A Kenyan project often runs two crops a year and replaces film on a cycle. That makes the fixing detail and the film grade the recurring cost, while the frame is a one-off. Buyers who have built before ask about clips and channel before they ask about wall thickness.

Kenya — project notes
Item	Typical requirement	Effect
Cover	UV-stabilised, hail-resistant grade	film grade, not steel
Structure	8 m multi-span, or tunnel for berries	arch and gutter selection
Vent	side + ridge, humidity control	vent area
Coating	inland Z275; coast hot-dip	coating class
Inspection	pre-shipment photos common	packing and marking

Mombasa is the sea gate; the Nairobi inland container depot is the rail destination. If the site is up-country, 12 m lengths are usually cheaper to ship than 6 m and cut on arrival — the inland leg is by road either way, and the bundle count halves.

Hail is a cover question, not a frame question

No frame prevents hail damage to film. What a frame can do is keep the cover tight and the purlin spacing right so a hail event does not tear a loose sheet from the fixing line.

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Kenya: altitude gives mild temperatures and brutal UV.

Hail is a cover question, not a frame question

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