Greenhouse

I finally got my greenhouse going. I got it used from a friend a couple years ago. Life happened and I was unable to work on it until now. Stating to look less like a pile of crap under the deck. And more like a greenhouse. Up on the booster wall it will be 12 feet tall. For trees of course.

It feels like Christmas and my birthday rolled into one…



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Yooo! Tell me why i bought one too just the other week! Excited to see your progress! Mine is supposed to be coming in, in about 2 weeks. I’m renting so i told my husband we need to make everything easy to take down afterwards :laughing: mine is mainly to store my tropicals lol.

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At least for the winter and fall… not sure if i want to keep them in there during summer…

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More progress today. :blush:

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Woohoo, progress. Half a roof done. Door figured out thanks to the booster wall. Split style door. Almost a greenhouse. :blush:



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Congrats
Nice one but is your site exposed much to wind? It looks like your height might justify more tiedowns to a foundation before the winter. Something to think about since it’s unusually high!
Best wishes
Dennis
Kent wa

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The footings all have 2 bags of concrete x 6 footings outside the old concrete slab. I was lucky the used greenhouse fit my old dog run slab perfectly. Then the floating wall for the split door I hammer drilled down with a fat bit and put the proper lead anchors down thru the old original slab. For the metal footing at the door post. The non moving side of the door will have the same hammer drilled lead anchor thru the original slab. But getting the roof up seemed more urgent. The frame is all riveted together at the original rivet holes. They are surprisingly tight fitting and solid. The panels all have beveled grooves in the aluminum frame to lock in all the panels. I am surprised it went back together so well. It is an upcycled sunglow greenhouse. New they are rated to 80mph winds. I hope it doesn’t blow away. :dash:

The booster wall will be sheathed in plywood and then match the trim and paint of my house w horizontal cedar siding.

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I’m starting my greenhouse this weekend! I like how you did the base of it. Did you use any plans that you saw online or was it all just you? I’m hoping to make mine higher too later but not sure where to really look and my husband is slow…

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Sounds like you are well prepared! A greenhouse here is a big plus! I grow salads all winter in mime
Best wishes
Dennis

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No plans, other than just wanting it to be taller. I made the footings match by pouring them where the frame was supposed to square up on the ground. It was easy because the bottom aluminum rails were all ready cut. I just lined them up and staked them down so they stayed square until the concrete dried. Figuring how to make the lower door was totally done on the fly. I had no plan.

The hardest part has been assembling the roof parts gracefully since they are so high in the air. It has been a bigger challenge than I would have thought. Drilling and riveting up high while everything does not want to stay put.

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It’s officially a greenhouse now. I just have to sheath the sides w plywood and it’s all done. I am so excited. I have wanted one of these for quite some time.



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Got the sides mostly up. Ran out of black tyvek outer wrap. Was able to make a window in the wall with an extra clear panel from the luver intake spot.


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More progress, I figured it was time for an update.
Started siding the thing w cedar planks. Just got cheap fence planks and I am cutting the edge grooves myself on the table saw. Slow but steady. Capped the rail with metal flashing. And lots of tar.


The ground slopes down from my slab steeply, so it left a void since I leveled off the slab. Instead of wood or encapsulated/spray foam I decided to fill it in with acrylic. I went to tap plastic (local shop) and found all this 1/4” acrylic pieces in their 1$ scrap bin. It’s my favorite part of the greenhouse. The original sunny toekick. Ha.

Inside view of the morning sun.:sun_with_face:

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This is definitely the way to get thru the winter outdoor in the Seattle climate. Plan to grow flowers and sprout seeds all winter long. I wish I had done this years ago…::hourglass:

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One board short on the siding. The last lower board on the backside. The board I planned for it had a bad knot that was punky and popped a big hole in a bad way. I was trimming it on the table saw and it went pop. Like a jigsaw puzzle knot.

That’s a get a new fence plank tomorrow problem. Rather than have a leaker board for the last plank. It’s bad luck.


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Very nice. I love all your work. I went the other route and purchased a premade one. Also got a pergola recently.

I wish you much success!

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Congratulations on finishing this up! It looks very nice and we wish you lots of good growing in it!

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