Nice!

Great job it looks nice. I built mine 2 years ago out of salvaged windows as well and I'm expanding this year. I love this type of gardening. It's so cool when you build from others waste.I wouldn't give up my GH for nothing. You're gonna love it. Happy Greenhousing.

Thanks! The greenhouse was a great place to spend the winter, when it was wrapped in plastic for those three years. Now that it's finally getting its windows and its style, I love it even more!

The weather is cold and rainy, so no outdoor work today. Rats!

That's a beautiful greenhouse! Congratulations to you for envisioning a beautiful design and having the ability and persistence to actually carry it out.

The photos of your rose cuttings are inspiring too! I tried to do some cuttings this fall and despite all my careful efforts, they failed. So that makes all of yours even more impressive to look at.

Thanks for sharing your nice work!

Karin

There's more progress being made, as I work myself to the bone taking advantage of this lovely autumn weather. The blog post linked below details the progress as of yesterday.

Connie

Here is a link that might be useful: More windows in the Greenhouse!

The north wall has almost all of its windows installed. The blog post below has the photos.

This project is turning out WAY better than I hoped it would, and I'm really psyched to see what it will look like at the end of each work day.

More progress reports coming ...

Connie

Here is a link that might be useful: The North Wall

I wish I had the energy to do what you are doing! Looks great!

I've always wanted to do the same thing but I am stumped at how to do the roof and that has stopped me from beginning anything. Did you use prefab trusses or all from scratch? Even reaching that high without a scafold seems as though it would be hard to do. Did you do the roof by yourself? It looks really good anyway. Maybe I can try a flat roof with skylights. Yours will probably look better than mine!

Building this greenhouse is just like building a big shed. The studs are 4x4 timbers (because that's what I had on hand), but you could just as easily use double 2x4s to carry the load with the spacing necessary for window openings. When I designed the greenhouse, I made little paper templates of each window out of graph paper, and I kept fiddling with the arrangement until I had something that looked good. THEN I figured out the loads and designed the framing. Remember, the frame stood for three years wrapped in greenhouse plastic, so the windows are just like covering and are not part of the construction at all.

I hired the roof. I needed this done quickly at the time, and I wasn't going to get it done in time if I did it myself. The roof is framed from rafters, but you could build trusses on the ground and lift them up if that's easier. Just like building any roof, it takes a couple of people with ladders and a lot of planning. Truthfully, the roof is really poorly done (Look again and see the awful shingling job the guys did!) and it will be getting a facelift next year ... or the year after.

poaky1, a flat roof with skylights would probably leak like crazy. Skylights need a roof pitch of at least 3/12 (or is it 4/12) so water runs past them instead of sitting around them and seeping into the building. Look at some shed plans and familiarize yourself with how they're built. This will get you a long way toward designing the greenhouse of your dreams.

I spent all day yesterday working on mine, and I'll have a new blog post up later this morning to show everyone my progress. Thank you for the inspiration and the encouragement ... it's finally coming together!

Connie

Here is a link that might be useful: link to blog home page

It sounds like your more mathematically inclined than I am! Well, thanks for sharing anyway.

poaky1, you can absolutely do this! Yours doesn't have to be nearly as complicated as the one I'm building. I've been doing construction and carpentry work as a hobby for almost 30 years (has it been THAT long already?), and I tend to take on projects that are above my abilities ... to push myself, you understand.

Yesterday's progress wasn't what I hoped it would be. All the up/down squatting and bending that I've been doing each day has my legs pretty sore, and it slowed me down. I did finish the framing and sheathing on the north wall, however, and I figured out how I'm going to trim and install the shingle siding. Figuring is an important part of the process ... but it's impossible to take a photo of my imagination to show it to someone. :)

Here is a link that might be useful: main blog link

This week's run of unseasonably warm weather has fueled a building frenzy ... and the greenhouse is really coming along. Three of the four knee-walls are framed and sheathed! I still have some trim and window stops to install on these walls, along with the corner boards. Nothing done yet on the east wall, which is the wall with the door. I'll get to it soon.

I can't wait to walk into the greenhouse and close the door on a finished structure! It's been a really long time coming.

Two days worth of progress are documented in the blog post linked below.

Connie

Here is a link that might be useful: Closing up the South and West walls.