Still waiting for the cold weather and snowy pattern we are in to break here in New Hampshire. I was able to successfully disassemble the greenhouse and move it outside pretty easily with the help of Wen and the boys. Reassembly of the greenhouse was straight forward. With the frame complete I needed to add some strapping for my corrugated roof panels because I will be installing the roof panels with the flutes running vertically on the gambrel roof. This design change will help the gambrel roof shed snow up here in the great white tundra much easier than if the flutes were running horizontally. So I installed some 1×3 strapping perpendicular to the roof trusses two foot on center that would pick up the closure pieces for my roof panels.
With the strapping in place I needed my trusty assistant to help pass me the plastic closure strips that would attach directly to the strapping. These plastic pieces get screwed down and fill in the voids between the panels and the strapping.
It’s always good to have a second set of hands to help hold things in place and after all the greenhouse is like a mini jungle-Jim now. I ran out of short screws so I had to resort to using some 1-1/4” drywall screws that started to poke through the strapping. I will need to come along with a saws-all after the panels go up and trim off these pointy screws so I don’t wind up with any greenhouse injuries this spring.
A close up below of the plastic closure pieces as I installed them on the strapping. Not sure if you need to put a screw in every flute but I figured I better so I would limit my chances of having a panel blow off in high winds. I also plan on using corrugated roofing crews long enough to penetrate though the plastic closure strip and into the wood strapping itself.
We had to mock-up at least one plastic panel on the side and they seem to go up pretty quickly. I just need to cut the roof panels to the appropriate length and away we go.
Thinking of spring…
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