HOME/DiY: Greenhouse Work, Cont.

Added panels to the open end spaces.

Today Teresa and I worked on sealing off some of the still open spaces on the greenhouse. The two largest are, or rather were, the front and rear panels in the ‘gable ends’.

The rear, seen from inside.
And the rear viewed from outside.

The next largest gaps were a series of six, three per side, between the frame that forms the tops of the walls and the glass roof. These were all different. Plus they had to be notched, to accommodate the smaller roof framing parts. These took a lot of work!

Sealing the gaps in the ‘eaves’ of the glass roof.

There’s still a deal of work to be done. Rather annoyingly the door frame is well out of square. I recall making Herculean efforts to ensure this didn’t happen, when I built the greenhouse framing. So, whether things have shifted, or I just got it wrong from the start… I don’t know???

Well that’s all immaterial, frankly. I just need to fix it somehow. I certainly made sure all the upper body opening windows fitted. I remembered using the electric plane to do so. But these too now refuse, like the door, to close. So they all need sorting as well!

There are little gaps each side of these latter windows; a pair each per window. And with four such windows that’s eight little leaks! Once those are done, all that will remain will be the little metal pegs and latches, so the windows can be kept open as and when needed.

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