Please chime in and help with my greenhouse purchase. I've waited a loooong time for it. As many of y'all know, my husband and I schlep all the orchids (plus a few tropical plants) up the basement (BatCave) stairs in the spring, then back down again in the fall.
We physically can't keep doing it for more than another year or two max. With the recent stimulus checks, we decided the time for making a greenhouse top priority had arrived. First... it must be a lean-to greenhouse.
This is a picture of the south side of the sunroom, taken from the driveway. It's 10'8" from ground to the top of the first story windows. We want to take out the middle window and put in a door to exit into the greenhouse.
This is inside the fence, same windows, more up-close view.
And this is taken from southwest corner looking toward the east.
Facing the windows, below the left and right big windows are small basement windows where the BatCave, the RO water, utility sink, etc are located. So I can still utilize the RO, electricity, etc, from the basement and just pump the RO water into the greenhouse to water. I can run a gas line out to greenhouse, but after talking with my heating/AC guys, just running a ductwork from the house furnace to the greenhouse is also easy. That takes care of the electric and heating and water. There's also an outside spigot you can't see for a garden hose.
The wall where the three windows are is 14' max. I can go as far as 12'. My first desire was a Santa Barbara Greenhouse like the one I had at the store before retirement, except smaller of course and a lean to. It's redwood, poly roof, tempered glass sides. Comes in a 9x12 for $6570. That stings my pocketbook, as I still haven't paid someone for foundation work, or to put together the greenhouse. (we can't physically do that anymore). Husband is not crazy about the idea of tempered glass. Their standard redwood is $2095 but only comes in 7'wide. Redwood greenhouses are a bitch to put together.
So I started looking at aluminum greenhouses. I like the Turner greenhouse like Ray said he had, but again 7' is max, plus they're out of stock. Palram SanRemo Sunroom 10x14 is nice, but we're back to around $6500, and other than that one they aren't very large.
I don't trust buying Rion or the Snap n Grow. Then today I found Essex greenhouses. I can get an 8x12 lean to for $3875. It has 5MM and 6MM Clear Polycarbonate walls and 6MM twin wall panels for the roof.
I will still need a base about 2-1/2 to 3' around it. I plan on "flooring" of greenhouse be pea gravel over a crushed limestone or crushed concrete base, with paver walkways. It will need to be minimum intermediate warmth greenhouse.
Chime in now please, with your thoughts or suggestions?
---------- Post added at 11:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:13 AM ----------
Santa Barbara has a 9x12 with 8mm poly, $5072, but I sure like the clear poly better.
Help with lean-to greenhouse purchase
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