Tropicals & Tender Perennials: A Cool House for my Brugs, 1 by GordonHawk

GordonHawk wrote:
Well.. it's amazingly stiff and strong.. it withstood 40 MPH winds in an incomplete form.. with out a roof and only aFEMA top to it.. water puddled in the top.. I guess there was maybe 400-500 lbs of water up there... and only minor bending of the walls .. the bent frames were replaced and the roof added.. there will be easily 600-800 lbs of plants inside when loaded.. there is some diagionalbracing on the walls to prevent twisiting.. like a sheer wall structure then.. it should be OK.. it is in the lee of astructure next door... and tucked behind and away from the front of the building that gets the brunt of winds... but I think it should weather anything that's thrown at it this winter.. I've had a 5' tall skylight ..built in the same manner.. up and weathering everything without a leak for a decade.. although it had an additional 1/4 " of stucco on the outside.. the detailing on the skylight roof structure is seen next to my new cool room in this photo...