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Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 3:07 pm
by CoronaCactus
Awesome!
Must be nice to have a Bobcat to use! :)

I like the roof top peice, as you said, adds nice ventilation but still keeps the rain out.

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 3:24 pm
by John C
Nice Daiv! Looks great! I got to building one sometime.

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:58 pm
by ihc6480
Keep those updates coming Daiv as I'm building one this summer.
It should look similar to your first one :wink:

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 3:58 am
by daiv
Thanks guys! Darryl - Bobcats are quite the handy little machines indeed!

I ordered some 4mil greenhouse film and it finally showed up today. It is soooo much nicer than the construction stuff I was using. I put most of it on tonight, but forgot my camera. I'll have to finish the job tomorrow and will get pics.

The roof material (including the special screws) was $300! I wanted to do the whole thing with poly sheets, but too much money for now. The new film cost about $70.

Bill, I am excited for you to be building yours. If you are going to go with a film and not the sheets, make sure you get greenhouse film. The other stuff just doesn't last.

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 4:20 am
by Cereusly
Daiv, I like what you've done so far, and maybe two or three strategically place oil lamp would be sufficient for when you think the temperature is going to drop to a dangerous level. Where there's a will, there's a way. Good luck! Tony

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 4:35 am
by daiv
Tony, I tried exactly that, but it wasn't enough to heat that volume of (very drafty) space. I'll either have to seal it better or use a more powerful heat source to stave off frost on nights that go below freezing.

Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 3:11 am
by daiv
OK, I finished covering the greenhouse tonight and so the plant are in and ready to grow!

And not too a moment too soon. The forecast for tomorrow night is 38F with rain showers and Saturday is supposed to have rain/show showers with a high of 53F and low of 35F. :?

But they will be safe and dry in the greenhouse!

Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 3:23 pm
by CoronaCactus
Excellent!
Did you forget your camera again? no pics? :P

Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 4:59 pm
by daiv
CoronaCactus wrote:Did you forget your camera again? no pics? :P
Good question! I meant to say something about that. I DID remember the camera this time, but by the time I finished, it was too dark to take pics. I'll get some today as I've got to get my Photo Constest pic too! :wink:

Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 7:08 pm
by CoronaCactus
:)
Cool.

Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 1:15 am
by daiv
Here you go Darryl. But just one pic because I still have more clean-up to do!

Image

Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 5:11 pm
by hob
you still got it rigged so the side opens? i didn't see a roof vent :?

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 1:59 am
by daiv
Hob, yes all four side panels can be slanted out part way or removed completely.

It is hardly air tight and last year I pretty much left the panels on all the time.

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:03 am
by John C
Looking good Daiv! 8)

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 4:11 pm
by CoronaCactus
Sweet!
Happy growing 8)