With the two soda bottle hydroponic garden manifolds bolted back down, I decided to move forward with the installation of the corrugated plastic panels on the roof. This would be a series of panels installed from the bottom up, with the next one overlapping the last one to allow for proper water shedding. Self tapping screws with washers will be used to hold the panels to the metal tubing of the roof. Since the panels are 8ft long, there would be a section of about 2 ft that will have to be covered by short pieces. I installed three panels on one side, which covered the whole side up to the peak of the roof. I left the outer end unsecured, as I would have to move my ladder to the outside of the fence where I can lean over to secure the screws on that section of roofing. After I did one side I moved to the other side to install two panels, then the last panel had to be installed in a way where I was able to get up from the open side where the 2ft gap is located to secure the last panel at the roof peak. I moved the ladder to the outside to get all the panels on the outer tube of the roof framing, as well as the last panel, which couldn't be reached from the inside of the greenhouse. At the peak of the roof the last panel was able to overlap the other side at the peak by several inches. I had to climb on the top of the fence post and the top rail of the chain link wall of the greenhouse to allow myself to lean over enough to reach the middle roof frame tube to be able to secure the screws for the panel. With that all done, I can write off that section of the roof. I can start cutting the panel sections for the last two feet of roof so I can finish up the roof. Once the last section of roof is done, I'll have to figure out how to do the two sides. More than likely I'll have to install some more tubing vertically to provide added support. The panels will have to be trimmed to create triangular sections, with the added bonus of having to account for 2ft since the sides are also 10ft wide. Once the sides are installed, I can apply some expanding foam in spots to fill the gaps so the roof will be sealed all around where the ends of the panels meet. The greenhouse is coming together rather fast.
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