Green House ReSkin
April 24th to 25th

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Frame is up and plastic hung.

When we first built this we bought a roll of 10mm plastic that is used in the Okanagan under the floor concrete to stop Radon Gas from entering the house. The roll is 20ft x 100ft and we need about 14ft X 20ft to do a cover. We should be good for a few more years.

The plants inside there are this year's tomato, Dahlia, and Canna crop.

Rather than just putting a new skin on I replaced the verticals to raise the roof from 3 ft to 4 ft. Makes it a little easer on the arthritic back to lean in and work in there.

Note: Nothing in this structure is glued, and it only requires a 1/4inch nut driver to take it apart.

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Anchoring the ends to the frame. This is the only point of attachment for the cover to the frame. The vertical posts just set in holes in the edge. When we built the frame it was made from 2x10 raw cedar lumber, this a 2x4 cedar cap as a seat.

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The blocks are in place so the sidewall can be rolled up to let the light in during the summer, and to hold the cover from flying in the wind the rest of the year.

The increase in height made the structure seem a little unstable both side to side and end to end.

Wire cross bracing has been added at both ends to stabilize that direction and will add one lengthwise in the roof before planting happens.

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