Hobby-house finally shaping up
 

Hey All,
Been a long time coming, but the hobby-house is finally growing up!
25 x 20' wet-wall & fans, will have more photos as it nears completion.
AHAB

WOW! Coming along nicely!
Can't wait to see it full of chids! :dance13:

Comin' along nicely! If you don't mind me asking, what are you using for a wet-wall? I'm currenlty making about the same progress on building my shadehouse, and I've been entertaining a few options for building some type of wet-wall....lookin' for ideas!

That's really looking great! Keep us up-to-date please, can't wait to see it full of 'chids.

Al

Awesome :):Tup:
You can build one for me any day ;)

Geeeeez, Dorothy, now my feelings are hurt...'cause you said that after I helped Ross and Al with their projects, I could come to the Island and help you......boy oh boy what a slap in the face! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Awww...Poor Doc :violin:

:rofl:

Hey Doc, there is a light at the end of the tunnel for my project so you can move Dorothy's up a notch..!!

AL

Oh really, Al. So what are things looking like at your end of the world?

Doc, you are always welcome .. now you have Ahab to help you ;)
:coverlaugh:

Hey Doc,
The second coat of 'mud' is going on today. Hope to have it painted by the end of the week. That's if Ike keeps moving on, right now it's so humid nothing will dry.

Al

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Looks great! What is 'wet-wall' exactly?

Hmmmm, I can't see the pics either :(

What Al is referring to is an old way of building walls. It involves nailing a metal messwork to the studs and applying "mud", a cement-like material. Then you apply a finish coat of drywall "mud" to that surface....and there you have a real wall as opposed to a gypsum "drywall" wall

Ok thanks, that makes sense. Sounds like he's doing a great job.

Hey all,
Sorry the photos were too large?
I'll try to resize them ASAP.
A wet wall is a wall of a corrugated "cardboard like" material that has water dripping down on it so it stays wet. It is very stiff and does not sag.
The water runs down the "cardboard" and what does not evaporate collects in a trough and is pumped back to the top again. There is a sump that has a float valve in it so that there is a constant supply of water.

The exhaust fans on the opposite wall pull the air through the wet wall and as the air passes through the wet wall it cools the air and moistens it at the same time.
I have seen them allot in greenhouses down here in Florida.
I'll take some photos of the wet wall material before the are installed. the are in sections about a foot or so wide.
I'll post some more photos as soon as I figure out what size they need to be.
AHAB

25' long bench

Cool, that is also very interesting. I haven't seen that before, not sure with the drought we would be allowed to use it but if the water is recycled it shouldn't matter.

Thanks for the info, I look forward to the pictures.

I resized them... hope they are not too small.
Photos: 1-4
1 shows roof finally on and holes cut for exhaust fans and sliding door.
2 exhaust fans installed - they are 30" fans, belt driven by 1/2 HP motors. these are the ones that pull the air through the wet-wall.
3 thermostatic controlled vent - this will open up if temp goes above 90 degrees or so
4 manual vent on opposite side.
I am putting plexiglass put in on the wall facing our sunroom so we can look into the greenhouse.
The sunroom and GH walls are only separated by about 3 feet.
AHAB

An impressive structure and I am looking to build something similar in the future.

Great photos, perfect size.

More photos... now that I figured how to resize them...
Photos 1-4
1 This shows the back wall that the wet-wall material slides into. There still is quite a bit of work to do to install the trough and sump, plumbing and electrical.
2 This shows the wet-wall material stacked up.
3 this is the sump
4 this is one of the fans running- by the way they are two stage fans, the thermostat will cut the fan on low speed at say 80 degrees or so and if it still gets too hot the thermostat can kick them into high speed.... the fan blades appear distorted because the are turning. They are just being tested they will get the screen guard this weekend.
Thanks for looking!
AHAB

So are you doing all the construction yourself?

No way do I have that skill...
Though I did watch him very carefully.
If & when we move I need to be able to take it apart.

I just came up with what equipment I wanted and the general design. I wanted it too match our sunrooms shape and width. And I had to be able to see into the greenhouse from the house. We have a rather small back yard, and I had to keep it 10 foot off the side and back fence lines.
That & wifey wanted a play area for our 18 month old...