SG Wrote:……… It would be a disaster. I'm a notorius plant killer! You might have seen my mugshot at your local nurshery's most wanted list for planticide.
OMG…was that you?!?!?!
SG Wrote:….If your kitchen sink/dishwasher and the bathroom were closer together
you could save a lot of time and money running the plumbing. I
suggest a small utility closet with both the kitchen and bath
adjacent to it.
Good point…I’ll see what I can do…I’m trying to leave as large an open area as possible for a work space. This will be my craft room *first*, guest cottage second. I’m selfish that way. ;)
SG Wrote:…..Is there a reason that you have your ventilation fans clear at the far opposite side from the rest of the utilities?
Yep. The craft room is on the south side of the structure. The floor plan is laid out as it would be oriented on a map with “up” being north. The vents on the south side of the greenhouse and flights aren’t regular vents. They’re jumbo “swamp cooler” pads with recycled, treated rainwater circulated through them. Rainwater because our ground water here is so alkaline it clogs up faucets, sprinklers, etc. – treated so it won’t grow slimey stuff and moldy gunk. The fans are on the north side of the building simply for the noise factor. They’re LARGE exhaust fans, about 3’ diameter. They pull cooled air through the flights and greenhouse. I don’t have the evaporative cooling in the living space because of the humidity. The extra humidity won’t hurt the birds or the plants but it’s reeeeeally annoying in the living space. Nothing is more annoying to me than trying to dry off with a damp towel or sliding between damp sheets. I don’t figure my guests would like it much either. We’re considered “sub-tropical” so the humidity is so high you could cut it with a knife… and sometimes it’s bearable. You can just about count on the evaporative air dropping the temp about 10 degrees in this area. That, along with shade cloth and trees beside the flights will help keep the flights and greenhouse from becoming a giant sauna in the summer. The living space will have to have refrigerated air conditioning. Just how much air conditioning will depend on how well insulated the structure is and maybe, after talking a little bit to Kim, on how well the “cool roof” works. I found an article on the net where they had used the sprinklers on a domed roof. I may use the sprinklers on the greenhouse & flights as well….we’ll have to wait and see….but I may be able to incorporate rain gutters into the design on my greenhouse walls. Instead of embedding PVC pipe in the wall to keep critters from climbing the wall, a slick rain gutter would accomplish the same thing….or give them a raceway to run down. ;) I’ll have to do some studying on that thought….
SG Wrote:….Copper isn't cheap these days. Saving wiring and pipe runs adds up.
You ain’t just kidding mister! I can’t afford to use it. They’ve come up with a flexible poly-something pipe that’s supposed to outlast PVC. Wiring runs I use regular EMT. At my age it will realistically outlast me and probably my God Daughter who will have this place when I’m gone.
Thanks for the comments and ideas! I’ll play around with it again tonight and tomorrow.
Pat
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