My Monitor Barndominium Greenhouse project

I decided it's time to share my current project with everyone. This is the design I have planned out using Google Gemini. We are currently still at step one, however. Got to start somewhere.

Step one. (Real life - not AI) Forms set. Grade beams dug....  the larger hole in the middle is the footprint for a future Matt Walker masonry stove.

Are you putting concrete inside that formwork?
It does not look strong enough for that!

John C Daley wrote:Are you putting concrete inside that formwork?
It does not look strong enough for that!

Prior to the pour, we will be digging in some plumbing, covering it with plastic and 2" foam, backfilling the forms and beefing up any areas needing beefing up. My dad owned a concrete company. I worked for him about 20ish years ago. My brother now owns a concrete company. Neither has scoffed at my work yet. I think by pour time we will be looking good. Your concern is appreciated!

The septic permit was approved and now we can apply for the building permit. The septic gets installed next week!

Sounds like some good help there in the background.

Beautiful design!

I see you are in 5a, do you see much heavy snow? I am wondering if you have some kind of system planned to keep snow from dumping off the upper roof onto the greenhouse in the event of a blizzard. My house is a similar shape and I would love an attached greenhouse but I can't figure out how to protect the glass.

It looks like it will be lovely Eleanor! Is it going to be a tiny house or 'just' a workshop?

L Kawamura wrote:Beautiful design!

I see you are in 5a, do you see much heavy snow? I am wondering if you have some kind of system planned to keep snow from dumping off the upper roof onto the greenhouse in the event of a blizzard. My house is a similar shape and I would love an attached greenhouse but I can't figure out how to protect the glass.

This project is in zone 4. (I currently live in 5a)  We don't get as much snow as years ago, but we still get snow. I will be going with the snowcatchers that are installed in the roof, so that it doesn't all flop onto the roof of the greenhouse in one fell swoop.

Nancy Reading wrote:It looks like it will be lovely Eleanor! Is it going to be a tiny house or 'just' a workshop?

Tiny is in the eye of the beholder, I think. While the living space in this house, not counting the greenhouse, is 1188 sq feet, my current house only has 892 sq feet. Therefore, this house is going to feel giant!  There will be an unfinished second floor for storage space, and if, in the future, someone needs to move in, I will have the area available for them.  I like to keep my living expenses down by keeping my footprint small, so I can retire someday.  

Plus, there will be a woodshop in the attached garage, so definitely, yay on that.

John C Daley wrote:Sounds like some good help there in the background.

It takes a village, John.

I have many helpers in this project.
If I did not have these helpers, this build would have cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars, which would have made the project not happen.
I give all the credit to my helpers.