Solar Retrofit 2007
The walls and roof are up! This was thrilling, especially as I tracked the sun into the greenhouse. I was really looking forward to winter with this addition! The solar panel for hot water is on the roof to the right.
The cat checks out the interior space. She loved to sit on the open window sills. She was disappointed when the glass went it! Rather, she had to adjust to a smaller, but warmer, space.
The south glass and skylights are in, and the planting bed is to the left. The X on the ceiling to the right is where one of two operable skylights went in for summer ventilation. The adobe along the right wall is thermal mass to retain the heat fom the sun.
A close-up of the adobe wall. They were in the process of removing excess mortar. What a difference! The door to the right leads into the kitchen. All the doors leading from the greenhouse into various rooms are exterior doors in the hopefully unlikely event it is cloudy and 40 below for weeks at a time, like the old days.
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