Wednesday, November 6, 2013

closing up the eaves greenhouse #15

worked on closing up the eaves on the greenhouse. i cut pieces of salvaged 2x4's to fit. this worked on the corners where i could tuck one end of the 2x4 behind the roof truss bracket and push the other end back.

south wall, east corner
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but you'll notice all the other eaves have a roof truss bracket on both sides. so i had to cut multiple pieces and tuck each end in, pushing the middle together and back last.
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same eave, from outside
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next eave, outside view. some eaves needed a shim
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next eave, inside
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same eave, outside. some eaves needed a third block in the middle to make them fit
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next eave, inside
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same eave, outside. some eaves needed a third piece in the middle, and a couple shims to make it all fit right.
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south wall, west corner
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the north wall was a different challenge. i could slide the boards in the eaves from outside, avoiding the roof truss brackets. but to do so, i had to slice the bottom off the 2x4's. this worked because the angle of the roof to the wall gets smaller as you push in. this didnt work on the south wall because the angle got larger as you pushed in, and the boards were just loose instead of fitted.

north wall, east corner.
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north wall, west corner
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north wall, from outside
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close up of the north wall, east corner, outside view
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bottom sliced off the 2x4. you can tell because its fresh wood, not the dried/aged wood you can see in all the other pictures.
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the greenhouse is now closed up fairly well for winter. no fear of bats or birds getting in and making a home.

in spring i'll pop the eave pieces out and paint them. then caulk them back in place to seal out bugs.

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