Hi all!
I just moved into a new house that has a strange south-facing enclosed porch in the back. It currently has multiple screened open-air “windows”, so the room is the same temp as outside. My husband and I have a few ideas for what to do with the space, and one is to turn it into a greenhouse/potting shed. Since it would cost a fortune to put proper glass windows in, I thought maybe polycarbonate panels would suffice, but I wanted to know what y’all thought? I’m in 7b in Oregon, with winter temps regularly dipping below freezing. It doesn’t seem to be well-insulated, so I recognize it won’t stay super warm in the winter, but I’m hoping it’ll be warm enough for starts and maybe even some overwintering veggies. I even figured if we just screw on the polycarbonate I could remove a few in the summer to prevent the room from getting too hot.
Has anyone else undergone a similar project or have any insight into how this might work? Thanks!
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