More Progress on the Greenhouse

Continued from Progress on the Greenhouse.

We had a week of beautiful weather, so Dan was able to make quite a bit of progress on the greenhouse. First up was a cover for the solar vent fan.

That vent cover has been sitting in his workshop for the past eight years! It was the one he removed from the back gable end of the house when he installed our solar attic fan. He washed it off, painted it, and added new hardware cloth as a screen over the back. To install, all he had to do was slip it under the trims and screw it down. It fits perfectly. 

An opening for a rainwater pipe from the gutter will be added after he gets the rain barrels in place. 

Then it was on to finish the gable end at the back.

Unfortunately, it means Katy will lose one of her favorite perches.

But it can’t be helped. Since he only bought one piece of the double-walled polycarbonate, Dan did something different in the back. He used a leftover piece from leak proofing the roof. 

Then he finished up the trimwork on the back.

Still to do: flashing, caulking, sealing, painting.