With the larger part of the roof on the greenhouse completed, it was time to cut up the plastic in order to make the short sections to cover the last couple feet of roof. There's also the matter of making the side wall panels that will cover the upper sections of the front and back sides of the structure. After taking measurements, the amount of space to cover on the remaining roof was 30 inches. Since the panels are 8ft long, there was plenty of panel available for three pieces. I would only have to use two panels to cover the rest of the roof. After cutting the pieces, I started attaching, using the self tapping screws, as with the rest of the paneling. I had to hang the panel up with one screw to hold it in position while I eyeballed the angles that I would have to cut to get the panel to fit in place. The way the vertical posts are angled, these sections of wall are at an angle where they will lean in towards the roof frames. This made for some careful eyeballing to ensure that the panel will fit nicely. After some trimming I managed to get the 8ft panel in place. I had to cut a 2ft section of another panel to cover the last 2ft of open space. After getting the larger sections of paneling up, there was still a small section left along the top of the middle of the wall. This small section is at the peak of the wall and would more or less be another triangular panel. At first I would've left this spot open as a means of venting the accumulated heat that will build up in the summer, but if it rains sideways, then the inside of the greenhouse will get soaked. So, I went ahead and took a couple of sections cut off from the larger panels and trimmed two half sections to cover the opening. Things were done neatly enough that it didn't look too cheesy. With one side done, I repeated things on the other side, but unfortunately, I ran out of screws. I still had the one 2ft section left to install on the other side. I did get the two sections of triangular plastic at the top taken care of just as well. One of the things that I'll have to do with these walls, just like with the seams where the roof panels meet is to seal everything up. Between using caulk to seal the surfaces where the ends of the panels meet and using expandable foam to close in the larger gaps, such as where the walls meet the roof. I used up a can of expanding foam covering the line of the wall along the top, leaving maybe a quarter of the line left before I ran out of foam. On one end I may have to add a small irregular piece of plastic to cover a remaining gap that I did not account for. Now, I still need to do the caulking but that will be after I get the remaining wall taken care of. With all this taken care of, I can then move on to getting the other things done on the structure and the gardens. This is a large-scale project that will finally get done in its entirety more sooner than later.
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