the greenhouse goes up! (greenhouse post #7)

we had a slight engineering issue. slanting the pavers away from the existing concrete slab for rain diversion is good in theory. when that particular row of pavers is going to be supporting part of a wall of the greenhouse that is also partially supported by that same slab, the pavers and slab need to be level or one end of the wall ends up being an inch off the ground. i need to pull up 4 pavers and re-level them. 4 pavers out of 46 isnt too shabby.


(ignore my fancy paint drop cloth, an old bedsheet that met its death via the dogs nails)




so i pulled the blocks, dumped a bucket and a half of dirt back down, and leveled out those four pavers.


raised up pavers. the north wall base is now parallel to the south wall base.


first two walls up and attached


yes the north wall is taller than the sides and the south wall. it had to be taller to accommodate the salvaged door, and to add a slant to the roof.




all four walls up! with my dad in the corner finishing up.


the door is installed


look at all this space i have beside the greenhouse! space that was totally wasted with stupid landscaping rocks. what can i do with this space...


the second top plate was added above the north wall. working out how much overhang we can allow for the materials we have to use on roofing.


the roof truss pieces on the very ends are cut to length and attached. the remaining boards are just resting up there


the north side


the south(east) side


tarped up for a couple days of rain