Greenhouses, their construction and equipment . Fig. 31.—Diagram of a side-hill range ridge-and-furrow house is utilized for sidehill construction. Side-hill houses are notrecommended when well drained, level landmay be secured, because of the disadvantageof working at different levels. Curved-eave Houses.—The shade causedby eave plates and gutters, the difficulty ofkeeping them in repair and their interference GREENHOUSE ARCHITECTURE 61. 62 GREENHOUSES with the clearing from the roof of ice andsnow in winter, has led to the adoption byseveral firms, of the curved-eave construc-tion. For small
Greenhouses, their construction and equipment . Fig. 31.—Diagram of a side-hill range ridge-and-furrow house is utilized for sidehill construction. Side-hill houses are notrecommended when well drained, level landmay be secured, because of the disadvantageof working at different levels. Curved-eave Houses.—The shade causedby eave plates and gutters, the difficulty ofkeeping them in repair and their interference GREENHOUSE ARCHITECTURE 61. 62 GREENHOUSES with the clearing from the roof of ice andsnow in winter, has led to the adoption byseveral firms, of the curved-eave construc-tion. For small and medium-sized housesthe increase in light is very noticeable. Inlarger houses it is not so apparent. The ex-pense for glass is somewhat greater on ac-count of the curved panes required. Circular Houses.—These belong in a classwith the round barn and octagonal house—excellent in theory but impractical in first cost and the expense in mainten-ance places them without the range of econ-omy as commercial houses. As ornamentalhouses in parks and private places, and forthe growing of tall tropical plants they havetheir place. CHAPTER VSTRUCTURAL MATERIAL Practically all the material, whether it bewood or metal, which goes into the construc-tion of a modern greenhouse, is milled orshaped at the factory. It will almost neverpay the prospective builder to attempt touse material made by any but specialists inthis line of w
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