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Installing the Greenhouse Windows

Ryley demonstrates the greenhouse's motorized windows. At the touch of a button, or via a thermostat, the floor and ceiling windows open and close. Bob then helps Ryley assemble and install the fiberglass-framed windows.
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Installing the Greenhouse Windows

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" We're getting a little bit more technologically here we've basically designed it so that we have a series of on the windows along the lower perimeter of the greenhouse. Bombings -- hoppers that are motorized I have and we have a series of roof windows at the top. Which when they're open create a convection current to get rid of all the hot air in here right how they work well right here we have a manual override. Without a -- that now. But they work. The sense that it's designed to work up the thermostat so nobody has to be here to control the system that's right automatic and -- it gets too hot the system automatically turn itself on it. But look at this little guy over here just opening itself up. And of course at each control where you ordinarily would have a crack you've got a little electric motor like this one. Right and they gonna come on in three different sequences because there are the signals are sent back realize they can only handle three motives at a time. And since we have a total of eight windows that. We've got three realize OK not a real hot August day if that's not enough to cool this space down and keep it stay below ninety degrees and I got up back up system right there's this second stage that well turned on this blower in here which would take out of the hot air from here. Exhaust it right through the back there there's offender can move up that I think 1400 cubic feet per minute of space that there. Space that's go outside and take a closer look at the windows because they're made of fiberglass. Of course one of the big considerations -- any kind of how wet environment is durability. -- with the architect wanted to stay away from a wooden sash because of going to require a certain amount of painting and maintenance and what we've got is a fiberglass windows and we've got a little -- We'll display here that shows how they mold the high density fiberglass they compact it into the shape of the of the extra rouge and if you will that the the the window sash and then they inject a resin coating into it to make it stronger they. Add reinforcing all around it. It's is the way to make a Corvette sports all right yes. And you can see in this cut away the -- a lot of insulation compressed in there get a real hard exterior finish and then of course the thermal insulating glass. Get -- pieces left to put in ones that triangular window. And what does that you're just putting in the last piece of plans. This is how it's mounted -- right golden rule when it comes through it's broken down so that the good damage has been kept. And I am pop and the plot. Canyon this is what's used to mounted up against putting the wooden frame. All right are we ready to take it over or offset without silicon silicone on the head which of course we'll -- the weather. Look out mark thanks. That's really important to have this heavy a bead of silicone in there isn't it yes because that's. That's going to be helping it. Keep -- the driving room. -- that you have to worry about shimming and to make sure it's plumb at this point I think we're looking -- to be sure that we are lined up with our. Casings and the sizes there perhaps Italy that's right. -- good that's good right there. Can. We just in -- this summer. Roofing it's now one of the things about the windows though is this -- they come -- and white Orin brown and we have this dark green design. Can you Taylor Michigan and now we're gonna take the same not color -- we've put on me after glazing in a quiet to this fiberglass when. Hoping will be that the attack green."

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