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Most of the building of the Systems Package room have been covered in the Greenhouse and cisterns page.
Here's some pictures of us finishing off the front and attic room.
The front is framed and roofed with rolled composition roofing. The rear portion attaches to the bond beam on the south side of the cistern. This was all done prior to installing the front face. The Utility room gives you a square frame to start the greenhouse face on so it is usually done first.
We have sheathed the north face of the attic with 5/5" plywood and sheathed the main roof structure with the same plywood to provide a valley for the water to drain from the roof onto the
cistern lid. Everything was covered with two layers of 6 mil plastic and stucco netting. The door frame was also installed.
The big par tof this job you can't see is the interior of the attic. 1 inch plywood was applied to the roof deck and 2x12 border surrounds the inside. 5/8 sheet rock was set on top of the ply wood and
against the 2x12s. The roof inside the attic has 12 inches of insulation and 6 mil plastic over it. A EPDM liner was installed over the sheet rock and installed to create a 12 inch high water tight
vessel. This is the first line of defense in case a battery explodes or develops some kind of leak.
First coat of cement plaster is applied.
Here's the finished north slope. We painted this plaster with Snow Roof for esthetic reasons and because I thought it may see extensive ice because of its northern orientation combined with
the steepness. That roof/wall won't see any sun from Jan. to end of Feb.
We decided to install a passive "Thermo-Siphon" system. No pumps. This requires that the storage tank be located above the heater unit(s).
This big black 150 LB box is the storage chamber for the heater and therefor needs to go up to the top of the utility roof. We temporarily installed two 2x4's onto the roof to slide the unit up. Push it up
a foot, then reblock. It was a 3 man job.
Once we got it so high we needed a higher lever point. I cant imagine building this house with out a backhoe. We are getting it set up for the permenant mounts.
There it is. Now to plumb it in..But first we need water in the cisterns.. and the pump to move the water.. and the power to run the pump.
Details, details...
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