cat fever
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This is where I'm at as of last night. Supposed to rain today, hopefully not much I'd really like to get the trusses up today.
Sorry to hear about those kind of problems Eddie.Nice seeing how quickly you are moving along. Here in East Texas, I've been struggling to find a concrete contractor to pour the pad for my garage. Seems like they are too busy, don't know how to schedule trucks, or they have moved away. Moving away has been my biggest issue with these guys, I've never been able to use the same crew for a second time.
I have saw mills very close to me for rough cut stuff and a Home Depot 75 miles away.We're still in a building boom here, so everything is hard to get. I'm amazed that you are able to move along so quickly, out in a much more rural area then I'm in.
A greenhouse in on our list to build as well, but it will be a little while yet.
About those geo thermal loops. I can see them working in the cold regions of the US as long as they're below the frost line. But, what about down here in the south? Anyone have experience with them in the south. The only thing I have is that my well driller tried 2 things and said it wasn't worth the effort. 1) Since he's a well driller, he drilled well holes for a geo-thermal Air Conditioning system and said it was not cost effective. 2) He dug a root cellar, but the top was covered with the floor of a porch and the "roof" was uninsulated so that doesn't really count in my book.
What I've read about the geo-thermal tubes is that they have to be down about 8' and use a small fan to move the air thru them.
Up front I'll just open the doors to vent but eventually power vents will be coming. I do not plan to use it during the winter for growing. I need it just to have a garden in the summer. Cold nights and lots of critters wanting to eat a nice garden.How are you going to vent it in the summer? Power vents? Blocking the north wall with insulation and 50 gallon drums full of antifreeze will cut the winter heating bill.