Greenhouse: Cooling my greenhouse, 0 by MaypopLaurel

MaypopLaurel wrote:
How tall is the roof at the peak? You will need a serious greenhouse fan as well as roof shading to make it bearable in Austin\'s summers. Otherwise, you might consider a window unit air conditioner. A greenhouse fan is noisy and might make it less than ideal to hang out. See the reference to Aluminet above for shading. Otherwise you can use a greenhouse white wash coating that wears off gradually.

Your floor should be light or you will create a heat sink. I used Tennessee fieldstone in the small solarium off of my family room. I can clean it with a carpet shampoo machine. Though indoors, the solarium skylight and shade can be operated electronically. The room is heated and cooled but can be dampered and closed off from the main house. The greenhouse is completely separate and attached on one wall to that room.