Farmer Nick

Replying to @@foodiekind Greenhouse Restoration pt 1: Base Layer 🪨⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ This is Phase 1 of the greenhouse restoration, and although it has great bones, it needed a major clean and some tightening up. Sealing cracks, fixing broken windows, priming the walls, etc. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Once the team took care of these projects, I took it upon myself to design the hardscape plan. Fortunately I was able to salvage these beautiful tile pavers from an old client in NYC, but first we needed to lay the base layer. Crushed limestone gravel is ideal for this kind of thing, but I’m still sore from shoveling 5 yards of it into the greenhouse 🥵⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The next steps are to compact it, add the sand and lay out the pavers, and I’ll make sure to cover all that in a second video. Once the floor is intact, I can finally turn on the heat and start collecting the plants! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Fun fact: I had a team come in and install heat pumps, will make a separate video on that, but we couldn’t use them until the dust from the soil was gone. Otherwise they’ll clog the filter ⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ #greenhouse #greenhousegardening #greenhouseinteriors #greenhouselife #greenhousegoals #homerenovation #homerenovations #homereno #diygreenhouse

Replying to @Kat Argumedo Greenhouse Restoration pt 2: Tiles 🪨⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Phase 2 of the greenhouse restoration was all about laying the floor, and let me tell you, this was not easy. Fortunately I had @Ink And Wildflower with me for this one, so we were able to recover and knock this out in a few days. Here’s how it went down:⁣ ⁣ We started by renting a compactor at a local company to level out the limestone base. From there we brought in our laying sand and gave that a quick level since that is where the tiles would live. Then this is where things got tricky 😬⁣ ⁣⁣ The design I drew up is technically a floating floor since we are starting from the middle instead of in a corner. Without a right angle as a secure point, that first tile HAS TO BE PERFECTLY PLACED or else it will fudge up the rest of the tiles. We measured and measured but unfortunately we still found a way to be off by 1/8 of an inch and had to redo about 3 hours of work 🤦‍♂️⁣ ⁣ Ideally you’d have a laser level, which I don’t have, and make a concrete box in the center to simulate that corner positioning, but we were winging it and had to live with our mistake. Fortunately this next round we used string as our guide and measured each tile on the first row three different times before placing it down. Hard work, but worth it in the end 💪🏼⁣ ⁣ The final step was spreading the polymeric sand, which is super fine and soft and used to fill the joints in between the tiles. When sprayed with waters, the binding agent in the sand activates which further holds the tiles in place. Pretty cool 😎⁣ ⁣ Despite a few small imperfections, I’m thrilled with how this project came out and can’t wait to bring in the decorative stone along the edges. It should be ready for plants in a few weeks!!!⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ #greenhouse #greenhousegardening #greenhouseinteriors #greenhouselife #greenhousegoals #homerenovation #homerenovations #homereno #diygreenhouse