Partial Roof Greenhouse Addition

The underside of the roof deck is where i wired some pull chain lights and gfci outlets.

Partial roof greenhouse addition.

For decades the height of gardening and food self. Unlike pic i ll have a complete or partial clear roof and large windows on the south and west walls for max sunlight. Ripping the roof off your house and adding a second story addition on top might sound like a drastic means of gaining space but there are various situations in which a total home makeover makes sense. It is a good place to hang potted plants something for plants to climb on or possibly even put up a hammock.

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. The ability to stay in the neighborhood you ve lived in. Open the roof vent to allow hot air to escape since heat naturally rises.

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. 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. I plan to add the wall so i can pack it with insulation and make it sturdy for heavy snow years.

Prop open the greenhouse door on hot days. All quality greenhouse kits should have at least one roof vent or several for larger greenhouses. North wall of addition would join the house and the long dimension will go south. But be sure to close it up again before the sun goes down to trap a little warmth for the night time.

Look for the u value of the glass or polycarbonate. The roof deck keeps heat from escaping at the highest part of the greenhouse. A glass roof is quite a bit more expensive but provides the most clarity.