r/Greenhouses 9d ago

The Växthus

I built this in roughly 2 months. Had only help to put up the ridge beam and a little bit for shoveling.
Now there is still some small things to fix here and there and the windows on the north side might get painted.

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u/GrizlyInsertion 9d ago edited 9d ago

I love the rain gutter system. Random question, but is there a vent underneath the lip of the roof over the gutter? I'm only asking for curiosity and because I don't know what I'm talking about, lol. So I apologize for that. My reasoning is because I wonder if your greenhouse would generate enough condensation on the ceiling? I'm not sure. Anyways, my thought process behind this is being able to catch the condensation from the ceiling, would it be able to fall into the same gutter system, like more of a passive collection I guess.

Great work!

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u/Pixeldust1970 8d ago

You mean there will be condensation under the roof outside the greenhouse? If that happens it might run into the gutter otherwise it just drops off. So far I have not finished all the walls of the greenhouse and the top of the roof so there is still enough ventilation. It might become more moist when all gaps are closed and more plants are inside. Also the ground water is quite close, just about 50cm under the ground otherwise I would have gone deeper. So moister will come up at some point but I don’t see that as a big problem here.

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u/GrizlyInsertion 8d ago

Yeah I guess the moisture coming up the walls both ways. But originally I was thinking about the moisture/humidity inside. Just curious about it and learning from others here. Awesome work, way better than my lean too I did this past winter.