Partial Roof Greenhouse Addition

All quality greenhouse kits should have at least one roof vent or several for larger greenhouses.

Partial roof greenhouse addition.

For decades the height of gardening and food self. You can build your own add on greenhouse. The ability to stay in the neighborhood you ve lived in. The sunroom roof is tempered safety glass with walls in double strength glass twin wall polycarbonate is available as an option for exterior roof glazing roof vents are automated with our bayliss mk7 solar vent openers included this is a lean to style greenhouse available in a variety of lengths and widths.

This is a measure of how much heat the material conducts. It s a snap to design and build your own add on greenhouse from low cost new and salvaged materials. North wall of addition would join the house and the long dimension will go south. The sides face east west.

Look for the u value of the glass or polycarbonate. The underside of the roof deck is where i wired some pull chain lights and gfci outlets. The roof deck keeps heat from escaping at the highest part of the greenhouse. Sunrooms four season rooms and greenhouses are walled with glass and roofed with glass or polycarbonate a tough transparent thermoplastic.

Like i said build it sturdy. I plan to add the wall so i can pack it with insulation and make it sturdy for heavy snow years. In some cases second story addition plans could be a big money saver in others the real payback is something you can t put a price on. Prop open the greenhouse door on hot days.

Open the roof vent to allow hot air to escape since heat naturally rises. Unlike pic i ll have a complete or partial clear roof and large windows on the south and west walls for max sunlight. But be sure to close it up again before the sun goes down to trap a little warmth for the night time.