Open Roof Greenhouse Design

Each roof section is hinged at the gutter and is connected to a rack and pinion or push pull drive system.

Open roof greenhouse design.

Depending on your design access can be as simple as having a hatch with a latter to climb down into. Open roof greenhouse designs can often control the greenhouse temperature sufficiently without exhaust fans. An open roof greenhouse production system with a heated ebb and flood floor irrigation system is being developed and evaluated. And has the highest point off the ground at 8 6.

Southeast regional sales manager james parris explains how open roof structures can provide big benefits. Having the ability to open windows in your roof area can help. In addition to continuous roof vents the greenhouse is equipped with. Computer controlled motors push the roof sections open in effect making the entire roof into a vent.

The wider the greenhouse the greater is the efficiency in the use of space with less influence from sidewalls. 8 x 10 ft. Gable designs are built to about 60 feet clear span. The greenhouse is 18 3 m 60 ft long gutter direction and 17 6 m 58 ft wide gable direction.

This design is easy to build and you can buy the plan for only 5. Also using chimneys to draw warm air out and using solar vent fans to draw cool air in can be lifesavers on sunny warm days or in heavy humidity. There are 2 windows that open along the top of the structure. The gutters are oriented 15ºto the east of north figure 3.

The max air greenhouse design is the ideal solution for the growers of bedding plants and nursery stock where hardening is required. The structure is the same as a venlo greenhouse. Hoop house designs are available in widths from 12 to 34 feet with the wider widths usually having a collar tie or truss to support more of the roof load. Depending on the plants grown growers may want the roof to be wide open to make use of natural elements while keeping control of the greenhouse s conditions.

The entire roof area can be opened by engaging four electric motors to drive rack and pinion systems. The roof system is designed to provide full ventilation but still offers the protection required from the elements when closed.