Greenhouse is coming along.
It is 20'x20' greenhouse.
I am using Polycarbonate panels that pass 90% or the sunlight and on the house side on the lower wall Polycarbonate panels that pass 35% of the sun light to help cool the house. I made it like a barn and heavey duty as the panels do not add that much rigidity to the structure. In traditional buildings like houses the plywood sides give the structure a lot of rigidity and strength.
Pressure treated at the bottom, then dug fir, it will e I side so rot should not be a problem. The exhaust fan is can circulate more air than the highest estamate for it's volume as calculated for a greenhouse. Also there will be two industrial fans inside and air intake vents. I may paint it white.
Not much Douglas Fir around these parts but I have the feeling it is not a cheap wood to build with. I know we have trim lumber in fir and that stuff demands a premium, especially stain grade select wood.tomf wrote:Pressure treated at the bottom, then dug fir, it will e I side so rot should not be a problem. The exhaust fan is can circulate more air than the highest estamate for it's volume as calculated for a greenhouse. Also there will be two industrial fans inside and air intake vents. I may paint it white.
I don't know if you've ever painted treated wood, but it usually is a bear to keep paint on it in my part of the world. It is best to let it dry as much as you can allow it to, then put a good prime coat on it followed by the top coat paint. Even then, it is a junk shoot as to whether it will stay or not. I prefer to either spray or brush on one of those waterproof stains as opposed to painting it. That seems to absorb better into the wood and doesn't layer up like paint will.
That thing is coming along nicely. You do good work my friend. That will last yours and your kids lifetime and with 400 sq. ft. of floor space plus the ability to shelve and hang things from the rafters, you have enough sq. footage to start your own little business.
I wish I had the space you have to do things like that. Man, I need to move out of the city!!!!!!!
I wish I had the space you have to do things like that. Man, I need to move out of the city!!!!!!!
I have the shell done but for one roof cap I ordered, I had got the wrong one that did not match the rest of them, and did not know untill I opened the box it was in. I wired it up today ran conduit and pulled the wires to all the places it need to go. I will finish by hooking up all the things tomorrow. Then it is running the water, I am using PEX. I tosse d in a photo of my supervisor, Maggie cat.
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Tom, that is a thing of beauty and you could eat year round with what you could grow in that greenhouse, and feed many others to boot. I'm impressed to say the least. You sir, do excellent work.
Edited to add this: Maggie looks like a tough cookie to deal with. If you've seen the Stephen Kind movie "Pet Semetary" your cat reminds me of "Gage", the cat in the movie. I truly hope her life is not along the same lines.
Edited to add this: Maggie looks like a tough cookie to deal with. If you've seen the Stephen Kind movie "Pet Semetary" your cat reminds me of "Gage", the cat in the movie. I truly hope her life is not along the same lines.
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Totally agree! She is the most fabulous cat... Oh, you meant the greenhouse? Certainly worthy of such a magnificent cat.ElizabethB wrote:WOW
Words fail me.
Like gumbo and Elizabeth, I live where it's hot and humid and full of rotting things. But I really do believe that greenhouse is a thing of beauty.
Great job, tomf!
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