Greenhouse: Bubble Wrap the Greenhouse for Insulation, 0 by bonniekelley

bonniekelley wrote:
Hi All,

Sorry for the delay in responding. I have been planting and transplanting for two days! The sunshed is beautiful and it was fairly inexpensive considering it is cedar, and it come with the floor and the benches. It also came in a kit with whole walls assembled. It only took one day to build, but it took almost a whole day to level as I put it in the edge of the woods.

There are some problems however. Nothing that can't be fixed, but it is going to cost money. The floor is 2" cedar boards and they have dried and left gaps. I am going to put some cedar plywood on the floor and then cover with bricks so that they will absorb the heat and distribute at night. The walls are overlapping cedar planks which are beautiful, but not insulating. I will put the cedar closet lining on the walls and I will put foam insulation inbetween.

Then it will be toasty. Right now, even though it is 45-55 during the day, the shed heats up to about 75 degrees; but the shed doesn't hold the heat and it is about five degrees warmer than the outside temperature at night.

My greenhouse is much more insulated. The cedar walls came insulated and the cedar shiplap is on the inside also! It has triple poly. The only winterizing I have to do is put plastic over the door. I can maintain the greenhouse temperature at 65 degrees even when it is below zero. I heat it with the wood stove in my family room with a corner door fan to pull the heat into the greenhouse.

Everyone is quite happy with this arrangement because it would get 80 degrees in the family just to keep the rest of the house warm. Now everyone is happy.

I told my husband I was cranky the other night and he told me to go to my greenhouse. That was a good one!!

Sorry so wordy, I haven't talked to anyone lately.