I've done it I bought a Greenhouse

[greenbean]

Fast draining soil, huh? Lucky you, Sheridan. My area apparently got the clay from the volcanic mudflows, so we've got puddles from the melting snow and some spots will be soggy until summer. It actually got up to 43 degrees F today! Hope you're getting a similar warm-up!

[dounoharm]

thats a good days work!! i love the shelves....what do you plan to use to hang things from? do you have hanging poles?

[Ranchnanny]

It was fun but I'm glad its done thanks to Justin. You asked about what I will use to hang things. Well the benches both have a hanger on top in front but I plan on building one to hang the white grids from for my hanging 'chids'. Next project is to seal the door frames then level under the benches to put the gravel down.

Still not to happy with the heater I have the old milk house heater is on right now and keeping the GH at around 60 it may go up I don't know.

The GH is 8x7.5 so if anyone has any suggestions for a good electric heater let me know .


Sheridan

[quiltingwacko]

It looks like it's going to be really nice Sheridan!

[Ranchnanny]

Quiltingwacko, thanks for the comments This is really fun and tomorrow is another day of progress.

Thanks
Sheridan

[utah]

Very nice! I have two oil-filled radiator heaters in my GH but it gets a lot colder, for a lot longer, here. My favorite is a programmable one I picked up at HD - it can be set for two different heat settings for two different times (e.g., higher in the day, lower at night).

I have to run both at night since it's been consistently getting below 20degrees (F) at night here.

I originally had an oscillating heater as a backup to the radiator but it would blow the circuit when it kicked on and there is nothing worse than not knowing the power is out in the GH! (Stupid old house with bad wiring)

Have you put a high and low thermometer out there to see just how much heat you will need?? You may only need a backup one for a few nights a season.

[Ranchnanny]

Hi Utah, Thanks I started with the oil electric heater that I used in the old potting shed but it seemed to take so long to get the heat up so I brought the milkhouse heater in. It did the same thing blew the circuit so I am just using the milkhouse heater tonight. I think tomorrow I will use 2 of the oil electric heaters. I have an extra one in the Buckaroo Room.

I did buy a Hi-Low atomic thermometer with the temp/humidity unit in the greenhouse and the reciever in the house. It tells me what the low temps were as well as the highs also the humidity. It will take a couple of days getting the kinks out of the heating situation.

Still cold and getting flurries now and then

Sheridan

[utah]

Originally Posted by Ranchnanny

Hi Utah, Thanks I started with the oil electric heater that I used in the old potting shed but it seemed to take so long to get the heat up so I brought the milkhouse heater in. It did the same thing blew the circuit so I am just using the milkhouse heater tonight. I think tomorrow I will use 2 of the oil electric heaters. I have an extra one in the Buckaroo Room.

I did buy a Hi-Low atomic thermometer with the temp/humidity unit in the greenhouse and the receiver in the house. It tells me what the low temps were as well as the highs also the humidity. It will take a couple of days getting the kinks out of the heating situation.

Still cold and getting flurries now and then

Sheridan

I think by the time we get this figured out we'll be worrying about how to cool the greenhouses down! Then, next winter, we will have forgotten our solution for heating.

I found that if I run two oil filled heaters 24/7 on low temps that I can maintain 60degrees + overnight. My remote thermometer/humidity meter is great too but I like to know that the power is out before the temps hit the alarm zone. My high tech solution was to buy a LED nightlight that doesn't use much power at all. That way when I get up in the middle of the night I can look out at the GH and know the power is on. It's worse than having a new baby.

Share your solutions so I can archive all of this to refer to next fall!

[Ranchnanny]

Well some of you may be right that by the time I get the heating figured out it will be warm enough I won't need it. Fussed with 3 heaters yesterday and all of them didn't work out to well soooooo I called an electrician OMG I may have to give up my first born .
I have an estimate for 220 professionally done so don't have much of a choice. If my hubby was healthy he could do it but that's not the case. Got an appointment for around the 15th of Jan. to add insult to injury my refrig. went TU. So for the next few weeks I will be busy doing other stuff like raising the benches and getting the weed cloth, gravel under benches and caulking the doors.
Now I will be on the internet looking for a nice heater to heat the GH 8x7.5. Any suggestions out there?



Sheridan

[Ross]

Not on the heater, but I had 200 amp service installed just in case myself and it cost a bundle. Now I plan on a generator system. Have the generator, just need the wiring setup and that's like $900 alone. Heat's not my issue so much as making sure my furnace will run. Since I plan on indoors orchids.