My Greenhouse Project!

[AaronC]

This is my greenhouse....Well the start of it.... It is about 90% Reused material. It is 8.5 Feet wide, 12.5 feet long and 13 feet tall. It is insulated under the floor and in the Pony walls. It will be heated for our miserable winters using a Natural Gas Furnace hooked up Via a Temporary Gas Line from the house. I am going with a 1920's feel with a White and Dark blue interior/ Exterior. The siding is old Barn siding from a barn built in 1926. The lumber used to build it was also reclaimed from the Barn and it is Solid Fir. Here are a few pictures of the progress. It has taken about 9 months to build it to date. Due to a limited budget and time. Let me know what you think of it so far!

1) The first Picture is of me standing in the spot I wanted the greenhouse to be located!
2) The piles of Lumber ready to go after being De-nailed. We have so far pulled out about 100Ibs of steel nails from the wood.
3) The base of the greenhouse built. It was insulated with R22 Roxul insulation.
4)The Pony Walls and Top walls got built.
5)The Roof Trusses went up. We decided to go with new lumber other than the main beam running the length to hold the weight of the Tempered Glass panes on the roof. We Supported all the walls by bracing and I began to paint.
6)Shaun (My boyfriend) is Caulking the windows on the roof to keep the water out. Those panes were VERY heavy for him and I to lift to the 13 feet balancing no handed on a ladder.
7)We Started to put plywood down over the entire structure.
8)Finishing has began on the outside with the nice moulding around the windows. Tar paper covers the entire outside of the greenhouse to wick moisture away from the wood and to allow the wood to breath.
9)We began installing the lower windows. The blue windows are the colour all of the windows will be and the siding will be. Mixed with White accents and an entire white inside for maximum light reflection.
10)The opposite side showing the detailing we are doing and you can see the inside of the greenhouse somewhat.


That is where the project stands while we battle through the last couple months of winter here. We hope to be entirely done by June 2013! Shoot me a message if you have any tips for me as this is my first greenhouse and not going to be the last!