How To Heat Your House with a Greenhouse, This Is So Cool!!!
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- Check out how I heat my house with my greenhouse! It's so easy to do and it gives us (almost) free heat, as well as many other benefits. This could easily be done in an off grid situation too. Grow food, get healthier air, feel more comfortable AND get free heat? Oh yes we can!
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11 years ago I built a new home that had 4500 sq ft of heated area. I put a 12x26 commercial greenhouse on the south end of the house. This would heat the entire house in northern MN during the day as long as the sun was shining. I had many many 1 gallon milk jugs painted black and filled with water to store the heat. The air was circulated passively, without any fans or electricity. But, during extremely cold days I would run the furnace blower a little to temper the air and aid in circulation so the north end of the house could be heated equally. It was a $16,000.00 gamble at the time but it performed excellent. Summers were very manageable also. Just my 2¢.
Nice! Thank you for sharing your experience with all of us!
it adds up quick though. I spend about $400-500 a month in the winter on heating. Surprisingly running 4 window mount a/c's costs me less in the middle of summer, Since I heat my home 5 months of the year with the first and last month being slightly less expensive a commercial greenhouse would pay for itself in no time. 8-10 years is nothing when you aren't a wandering soul anyway.
lonny demil I just found this, thanks for the info. I’m planning to build a pretty large house, and want to build a very large greenhouse (two story,, big enough for trees) and have been gathering information on how to use the greenhouse for energy. (My original idea was just to have produce all yr around in Montana, but someone suggested I use it for more!) Sustainability is attractive to me, so I’d like to do this right from the beginning! If you have any more information, I’m interested!
I also live in northern MN. I don't have an attached greenhouse, wish I could afford one, but my living room has a wall facing south which is mostly windows. It never occurred that maybe that's why my gas bill for the MN winters is so low compared to other people. My total for the 7 months of cold is only $600 total. One of my neighbors with a house similar to mine would pay more than that for just one month. I keep most of my tropical plants in that room during cold season. They do just fine there. I guess I have a greenhouse without having one.
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I saw a video on youtube about this couple in Switzerland who build their house inside a greenhouse and it kept it so warm and I thought it was genius
*One thing to mention:*
Even in the winter when not actively heating the house by trapping the Sun's energy...The green house still serves as insulation from the heat in the house leaving. In effect the greenhouse reduces the amount of exterior house in contact with the harsh winter cold. And since heat moves to cold, the greenhouse acts as a buffer zone. Therefore...even at night when no Sun is accumulating in the greenhouse, the greenhouse is acing as an "air blanket" for that section of exterior wall/window/door.
*So even without Sunny days, the greenhouse still serves a valuable function.*
I noticed when we moved house that the new house was a fair bit colder without the conservatory acting as a buffer.
if you keep a barrel of water (or jugs), it will work as a thermal battery and hold the "heat" during the day and release them during the night.
Good job Frugalgreengirl, you don't have to turn the fan above, if your house is well insulated. The hot air will flow into the house from above by it self if you have a small opening down below. That way cold air from inside the house automatically flow into the green house. carbon Dioxide is 1.33 heavier than Oxygen, therefore it flows down under out with cold air. If you want to go further, I will not suggest solar panel. Farm Tilapia (Herbefore) down under in buckets and circulate the water up to feed vertical farming plants, you will have complete circle. You don't have to do much to water the plants, nor clean the water. At the same time you quadruple your plants production.
Keep me posted, I am European Architect/Engineer focusing to Passive Energy and Organic Products, helping the world to get drinking water, producing foods and shelters. If you decided to do vertical farming, ask me for the stacked pots, you could make them out of recycle PET bottles. I will help you and you could post it.
I can watch your videos all day..you inspire me..
The greenhouse also benefits from this arrangement. A free-standing greenhouse loses heat on the north side, especially in fall-winter. By situating the greenhouse on the south (equator facing) side of the house, you're "insulating" the north side of the greenhouse. To prevent excess heat-gain in summer months, you can plant deciduous trees or shrubs in the yard to the south or southwest of the greenhouse for shade, plant a summer vining crop up the wall (like cucumbers), or have a roof overhang just deep enough to prevent excess solar gain when the sun arc is higher in the sky.
Great, your simplistic approach is refreshing. I would, however, make a suggestion, I have learned from heating with wood for many years. The physics is the same, you're trying to move air from the heat source, towards cooler parts of the house. In that pursuit, I discovered that moving the colder air near the floor, is a more efficient way. The colder air is more dense and tends to flow more like water, if that makes sense to you, hot air is light and fluffy and harder to move, so I began using a fan, not to blow the hot air away from the heat source, but the cold air towards the heat source. That naturally displaces the hot air from the room and sets up a circulation that is more efficient. I could tell an immediate difference and the temperature difference from the farthest room in the house was much less, more evenly distributed. Anyway, good luck. Keep doing what your doing. I enjoy the video's.
Sounds like an excellent tip, thanks. Surprised that there are no comments.
Would that require 2 holes in the wall then? One lower to blow the colder air into the green house and a hole higher for the hot air to flow in?
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Yes, you would need two holes so the cooler air would come inside the greenhouse and the warmer air would come into the house, but she used the door and window to bring the cooler air in. The door was the most effective because it brought the air along the floor in. You should close the door at night when the glass of the greenhouse loses heat.
A month ago I decided I'm going to build a greenhouse onto the back of my mobile home for the convenience of being able to walk into it from the house like you said. Well, I had NOT thought of heating my house with it. Great idea!!!
We used to live in Wisconsin where it dropped down to -40ºF and our apartment had all south facing windows, we never had to use heat once since we were second story and south facing. Sometimes it got so hot in the winter that we had to open windows.
Full time green house living is my dream, Love it.
Great video and instruction. I built a temporary lean-to greenhouse out of PVC and plastic that covered a door and two windows. The outside temps were around 16 degrees Fahrenheit (outside Chicago), but in the green house it was 80. We opened the windows during the day and heated the house with it. It really does work!
Thanks for sharing. I hope others will give this a try.
Wow, That's fantastic!! Thanks for sharing, I really hope the word gets out on how easy and effective this is too!! Thanks Again!!
Good video. Passive solar heating is good, however, here are a couple of tips:
1. You might want to use a heat exchanger instead of venting the warm moist greenhouse air directly into your living space. This would eliminate moisture & any airborne microbes (bacteria, spores/fungi, etc) that could irritate the sinuses of sensitive people (this may not apply to you) and reduce the chance of mold/fungus growing within your house.
2. When showing your temp gain, it's usually a good idea to show what the normal temp gain is in your home when you do NOT use your passive solar heater & then show the temp gain when you use your passive solar heater. This is best done on 2 consecutive days that have the SAME outdoor conditions. Also helpful would be to provide your viewers with the square footage measurements of your greenhouse & the total areas (SF) within your house that are heated.
Thanks for sharing!
I think that's way above her level of comprehension.
Not sure if anybody mentioned this, but try switching the thermostat fan button from auto to on. That will turn on your blower and circulate the air from your greenhouse to your home through your central a/c ducts. Will probably make the heating more uniform throughout the home.
Smart Gurly, thanks for the tips on the Greenhouse Heating!
Excellent idea! Love it! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for the information - Best wishes - thanks for being a good example to my girls and son as well.
The best green house idea !
In sum, attach a greenhouse on south side of your house, have fan blow into greenhouse ideally from lower on wall than it's vented into your home, to increase house warmth, oxygen, and air quality (transpiration scrubs pollutants).
WOW this is such a great idea! Thank you!
excellent video!!! I will be building a house in about 4 years and will be trying this idea. Thanks for the information.
I love it, especially the breathing part.
Great idea, I love it!
Awesome information. Very unique video. Thanks!!
Thank you forsharing your experience. You are really inspiring!
What a lovely idea. Well done.
this is cool - thank you for sharing your project and results - very interesting indeed
Fantastic information. Your explanations were great. Thank you for sharing.
I just found your video and im so excited to learn something new! Thanks so much for your content!
very nice....you have rapidly become one of my favorite channels....always good stuff...thanks
very constructive idea indeed & ty for sharing the idea , job well done
i am really loving learning from you thank you
LOVE IT, Thank you for sharing!
Your greenhouse looks so clean.
I love all the fig trees your growing. I grow a lot of different varieties as well. Good job on the video. I live in a passive solar home and love it. Good job on the video. You covered it pretty well.
In regards to your goal of solar power to run the fan... it is an excellent idea, but there is something that uses NO electricity (is not expensive and simple to install) that is used in attics for when they get too hot. It is an exhauset fan. It uses the heated air , that naturally rises because heat expands the gases that make up the air...oxygen being the one we are most interested in. That alone causes a movement of the air and blades...from an area of warm air to an area of cooler air. It may not move as quickly as a regular powered fan, but it does move air from warmer to cooler areas based solely on the expansion of gases. It works in reverse (again, power free) when the house gets too warm, like in the summer. Just a thought, that could help you to reach your goal of power free movement of heated air, a bit quicker. You can still add power to it, at a later date, if you so choose.
I LOVE THIS.... THIS WILL BE GREAT FOR MY TINY HOUSE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO
Thanks Pamela, Good luck with your Tiny House!!
I appreciate your straightforward approach. I have wanted to do this, but over-thought it.
Just gonna do it. Thanks.
Yes! Just do it! We love it and I'm sure you will to, its so simple and easy yet saves us lots of money!
+frugalgreengirl does the fan cost much on electricity to leave running like that?
@@AmazeWebs Very late to this, but the fan should not cost much to run, but if you look at one of the other comments, you’ll see info about air/heat generated fan use.
Excellent video...
Thank you so much for sharing this great video.
I am thinking about putting my Vintage TINY Travel Trailer in it...
One reason is my tiny travel trailer has (almost) stolen and I think the
Greenhouse would be so cool... I'd feel safer too.
Love this idea... Love this video.
quite genius, and your plants look great too.
Very informative and very simple thank you for sharing best wishes
Awesome! Thank you that was exactly what I needed to see.
very cool idea ,I could do something like this for my shop
thanks for posting your idea
Wonderful video!
Thanks for the Info about Green Houses
Great tips, you're awesome!
All I have to say is..GENIUS.🤩
I missed this video so long ago now, but I have channels I watch that could pass this information on to others. Makes sense and the cost can be kept fairly low as a startup. Simple DIY automation could make this a nicer setup. New home construction should offer this feature without paying an arm and leg. You are correct "This is so cool" and warm at the same time.
Good content, good presentation. Thanks so much!
Excellent video!!!
this is a awesome idea
What a smart idea! :) Thanks for sharing ! !
+Jeannie Massey Thanks! we love it!
Excellent video
Thanks for posting this. We are wanting to do the same.
i LOVE IT! and 76deg is plenty warm for me!! I'll probably do this soon!
Awesome video! Thank you!
Thank you for innovative video
Grate video, smart thinking too
That is a great idea and makes a lot of sense. Really great video.
WOW, so interesting , thanks.
This is really cool
Great video this is very helpful thank you
This was awesome.
Thank you!
great idea , thx
Good presentation
Thanks for sharing!
I met an old couple in a bad area of Detroit once who had built a large greenhouse around three sides of their house. They incorporated vented 50 gallon water barrels that I was told absorbed a huge amount of heat energy that would release in cooler times. Furthermore they'd cut multiple 4 X 8 foot areas out of their house's exterior walls that opened up into the greenhouse area. I was told that even in the worst winter cold spells the interior of the house would be 40+ degrees without the aid of their furnace.
In this greenhouse (which was rather crudely built and in a precarious state of maintenance) they had an 8 foot banana tree as well as other tropical vines and plants that would never survive in the natural climate.
They are gone now and the house has fallen to ruin but have pics of the house (unfortunately in its current state) but you can see what they did. I'll never forget the level of ingenuity they had that was basically a scaled up version of these principles.
can i get those pics?
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Sweet heavens, woman you are doing the damn thing! Just found you and you make me feel LESS helpless to turn my situation around. A lot less. I have only considered doing what you are. I sometimes get so caught up in the consumer culture I forget how I can aid my family DIRECTLY! God bless you & thanks 🤗
Great idea.
simply amazing greengirl got to love that sunshine ....12volt fantastic fan- solar panel -2 6volt golf cart batteries good to go..
This is a great example of a simple thing to do that makes a big difference, kudos!
If you are just running that fan, I don't think you would need a very big solar panel,
look forward to seeing it if you do that after all. The only suggestion I can think of would be if you could make a simple duct to the floor level and put your fan there, so the warm air would circulate better. Great vid!
Very nice, thank you!
Excellent
Good work
Thank you.
Very cool idea. This makes me want to do something like that.
You should!!
+Midwest Gardener
Fitting a hygrometer would be good idea as plants transpire considerable amounts of water vapour. You should be aware that water vapour (a gas) represents latent heat that doesnt raise the air temperature, only the humidity. Greenhouse RH% levels peak at night as the air cools down.
+frugalgreengirl Hey, I wanted to ask what transparent material did you used covering greenhouse walls?
Great video, thanks for sharing!
I used polycarbonate material. It's the best choice for a greenhouse, in my opinion.
Good video keep it up!
Thank you for sharing this. This is awesome..
I’m doing this idea in future farm place good smart job
I love this so much i am going do it.
Throughout the idea I had one point of critique, but you mention it clearly at the end: this goes for regions with plenty of sunshine (even with lower temperatures), but actual sunlight remains important for this to work. Other than that, I have true love for people who are doing their best to live in harmony with nature. There's so much in the way we were constructed that naturally stimulates us to live in a perfect symbiosis with nature; and you seem to be such a person. Great!
That's awesome. If I lived in a cold area I would try this. but I.m going to share in fb because I really think this can help some one. Loved and Subbed
My outside garden finally it's growing
Thanks for posting this video
I am going to do the same thing at my house.
Adding a east and west greenhouse.
Just the insulation from the green house would make the house easier to heat.
I love your channel and videos...I am definitely subscribing.
Thank you🌻
Just found your channel. Great ideas and I'm a subscriber!
This is incredibly interesting. i have a "turret" on the top of my house, entirely glass, and i have thermal batteries in the room below to store heat.
I like that idea. Might look into it.
Thank you very much
This is so cool! Great money saver!!
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Great concept! 👍🏻
wonderful
Love it.
Your a very smart Lady...:)
as long as moisture is controlled it would work wonderfully not to mention some of the cleanest air on the planet in your home 😁
They can open some vents at night in the greenhouse and i assume there will be some air vents inside the house. Also if you bottom water plants via the saucer the top remains dry. Even if you top water, if there is sun it will dry the top up really fast.
What a great idea! Why don't we all do this all the time? I think we should.
BRILLIANT
Sounds very efficient. :) depending on the temperature differance you could use it to cool the house as well by venting it straight up drawing cool air from other side of the house.
I am not Neil ,
love your video it is practical , logical , informative , and creative , well done .
There is a lots of TH-cam videos on how to make a solar system out of a CD that can run a small fan , I have not done this myself yet but it looks inexpensive and simple , it maybe good for you ? They also suggest it can charge a cell phone .
Good job you.