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| BNMac | profile | all galleries >> The catch all >> What Project are we working on today? >> Greenhouse project - Mont 8x12, doors on both ends | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Herbs! |
 Crop one week into April |
 French Breakfast Radish |
 Enclosure for fan control |
 Enclosure for fan control - contents - Fan install complete! |
 Final conduit routing |
 12" fan installation - Mechanicals completed! Electrical setup next. |
 12" fan installation - Mechanicals completed! |
 12" fan installation - Mechanicals completed! |
 12" fan installation - Mechanicals completed! |
 Greenhouse contents as of mid August 2023... |
 Greenhouse contents as of mid August... |
 Roof shade for hot weather days |
 Roof shade for hot weather days |
 90% fabric from another project; it may be a bit too much, but better than a hot-hot-hot house! |
 Product! |
 Peas! |
 Bells |
 Current goodies |
 New pea trellis - moles were killing the garden peas |
 New hand-made hinges allowing doors to open 180 degrees |
 New hand-made hinges allowing doors to open 180 degrees |
 New hinge design |
 These are adjustable |
 New hand-made hinges allowing doors to open 180 degrees |
 New hand-made hinges allowing doors to open 180 degrees |
 Shamrocks; electricals |
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 New shade covers |
 New shade covers |
 New shade covers |
 Vents |
 Vents |
 Lower vent installed |
 Lower vent installed |
 Lower vent installed - added larger angle alumium on outside |
 Lower vent installed; stainless bolts |
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 New arm assembly on lower vent |
 New arm assembly on lower vent |
 Greenhouse from living room |
 Shelving in process; added 4 lengths of conduit to each shelf to improve strength |
 Shelving; my water pipe should have been near the electrial conduit! Whups... |
 Completed shell |
 I was probably on a business call.... |
 Bracket bolt for door stantions interferes with door bottom; either raise the door or use a standard nut & reduce T-bolt height |
 Spring mounting details |
 Spring mounting details |
 Spring mounting details |
 Spring mounting details |
 Bag o'bolts - highest quality available! |
 Bracket details |
 Hold downs - added washers to allow water to seep under base frame |
 Braces |
 Braces |
 Pulling greenhouse square |
 Pulling greenhouse square |
 Upper braces installed |
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 Braces incorrectly bent - had to add angles to all of them |
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 Checking angle - not correct! Easy to bend, tho. |
 They should have been correct to begin with! |
 Not quite the right angles! |
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 Greenhouse without doors |
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 Roof Vents fitted; currently growing ladders! B^) |
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 All protective film removed - Note: White goes outside, which is the UV protection side! |
 Before removing protective film - The film was pulled away from the edges before inserting into frames |
 All roof panels installed except vent panels |
 Roof |
 Inside ridge braces |
 Wall to roof braces - they had incorrect bend anges |
 Needed to correct bend angles |
 Walls & gables up; working on roof panels |
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 Gutters |
 Instructions were great, except at thes points. Above, or beside? (ABOVE!) |
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 Gables at ridge - had to work to get all pulled tight |
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 Inside corners of walls/roof/front-back - lots going on. Brackets could have been specifically designed for this joint |
 Inside corners of walls/roof/front-back - lots going on. |
 Inside corners of walls/roof/front-back - External view with gutter |
 Walls/gables up |
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 The horizontals go ON TOP! |
 Wall/corner - Horizontal, should be on top, or beside vertical corner? |
 Walls up! |
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 Building walls - must be done on a CALM day! |
 Polycarbonate panels - 8mm, nice! |
 base frame attached. |
 Base frame attached with concrete anchors & custom brackets |
 T-Bolts & Acorn nuts - all stainless, best quality! |
 Screwdriver slot cut left burrs; had to run the die on each |
 Testing wall/corner installation |
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 Provided hold downs for earth anchors converted to concrete anchor backers |
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 Torn vent edges from factory - easy fix |
 Build doors |
 Building doors - easing holes |
 Polycarbonate panels 1/8" too long; had to shorten to properly assemble doors |
 Panels too long; couldn't properly assemble doors |
 Doors |
 Ridge braces need a bit of modification to add stiffness |
 Website where I purchased our greenhouse |
 Detailed instruction - too much in some areas, not enough in others |
 Pad with test base frame layout |
 Testing layout options |
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