osan
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Over the past two years I've expanded my home from 2200 sq. ft, to 10,600, including basements. My next endeavor is to build the greenhouse atop the foundation we've prepared, about 1300 sq ft. years ago I bought a used commercial greenhouse for $6500. It is a jigsaw puzzle. I've decided I will build that one on the ground in the quad, the home of our outside garden. I will frame the greenhouse that is to attach to the new kitchen with 6x6 treated posts... or maybe not treated, as I am concerned about twist and warp and checking as the wet lumber dries. Anyhow, I will employ steel roof trusses. I only need five and those should run about $6K or so. Toss in delivery because I'm in no mood to haul 20' long members for 36 footers, and I'm thinking $7000-$7500. $10K for panels and I should have the whole thing done for less than $25K. We will be able to grow food year around.
I plan on a 16' eave. With a 6/12 pitch, that gives a ridge height of 25 feet which would accommodate the citrus trees nicely in time. We have limes, lemons ,oranges, and tangerines.
I will plumb it for water and gas. Heat will either come from the two Reznor units of 80K BTU each, or possibly passive ventless wall units, give in total of 30K BTU each. I'd like to program a StrawberryPi or Arduino unit to establish an irrigation regimen, as well as opening and closing roof vents automagically.
The floor joists are 36' long, 2x10 with a triple layer 2x12 beam supporting the center. The foundation is 12" block with #5 rebar in every course and every vertical space, grouted solid with 4KPSI concrete. It is a bomb shelter. The floor is 6" deep with remesh and #12 rebar, which is 1.5" in diameter. I got about 10K worth of it for $1000. I could not pass it up. The 6000 feet of concrete floors are all rotten with #12 rebar. I pity the poor bastards who will decide to demolish my work. I don't mess around. They will curse me into eternity because they are going to take a wild shit trying to undo what I have wrought.
YAYUH!
Bibi will be able to waltz into the greenhouse form the kitchen any time. It stands to be pretty cool, methinks. I think we may set Beaky to live there. She's a pullet we have with a gravely malformed beak. She cannot eat, save that we feed her. And of course I'm so stupid, I cannot let her just die naturally, so I feed her at least three time a day with a syringe. She's very sweet and is loving life, so how could I possibly leave her to die?
Anyhow, when that's all done, I will set up the smithy, machine shop, cabinet shop, and sit back and wait for the apocalypse. Tee hee hee...
Anyone else have projects going on?
I plan on a 16' eave. With a 6/12 pitch, that gives a ridge height of 25 feet which would accommodate the citrus trees nicely in time. We have limes, lemons ,oranges, and tangerines.
I will plumb it for water and gas. Heat will either come from the two Reznor units of 80K BTU each, or possibly passive ventless wall units, give in total of 30K BTU each. I'd like to program a StrawberryPi or Arduino unit to establish an irrigation regimen, as well as opening and closing roof vents automagically.
The floor joists are 36' long, 2x10 with a triple layer 2x12 beam supporting the center. The foundation is 12" block with #5 rebar in every course and every vertical space, grouted solid with 4KPSI concrete. It is a bomb shelter. The floor is 6" deep with remesh and #12 rebar, which is 1.5" in diameter. I got about 10K worth of it for $1000. I could not pass it up. The 6000 feet of concrete floors are all rotten with #12 rebar. I pity the poor bastards who will decide to demolish my work. I don't mess around. They will curse me into eternity because they are going to take a wild shit trying to undo what I have wrought.
YAYUH!
Bibi will be able to waltz into the greenhouse form the kitchen any time. It stands to be pretty cool, methinks. I think we may set Beaky to live there. She's a pullet we have with a gravely malformed beak. She cannot eat, save that we feed her. And of course I'm so stupid, I cannot let her just die naturally, so I feed her at least three time a day with a syringe. She's very sweet and is loving life, so how could I possibly leave her to die?
Anyhow, when that's all done, I will set up the smithy, machine shop, cabinet shop, and sit back and wait for the apocalypse. Tee hee hee...
Anyone else have projects going on?
