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NFP greenhouse i have decided to put a greenhouse on my roof. god's garage is officially a federal not for profit, and i want to try to find a way to make the greenhouse belong to the garage rather than to me as property owner. that way it will get all the grants and free money it needs, and also it will always belong to the church even when i am dead. the roof is mostly flat. it is actually 3 roofs. one over the garage garage in the back, another over the church church in the front, and a third over the residential portion in the center where i live. evidentally, the middle portion was once a brick bungalow that was modified to put the church and the garage on. it has half of a slightly pitched roof and an attic. that is where i want to put the greenhouse. i want to lift the roof, put the greenhouse on the floor of the attic, and then put a new glass roof on that. as i understand it, i should be able to get the government to match any funds i spend on this. i have just over $10G earmarked for this. i should be able to do it on that, but if the fed matches me it will be fantastic. one of my ulterior motives here is that said greenhouse will give me easy acess to the roof. i want to put a deck on the garage roof, there is no yard here and it could be my yard. i can get up there now, but i have to crawl thru a hatch and climb down onto the garage. if i get to build this greenhouse the way i plan, it will have a door onto the garage deck. another motive is that there is money in growing indoors in the city. i have a friend that is making bank on flowers in a greenhouse. i will reseaerch it and find out what seems to fit best, but i am looking at this as i sort of part time job for me too. i have too much time on my hands.     |
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it will be a way to keep me busy and hopefully make a little money for the church. and too...i like to keep at projects continually. we are almost done with the apartment in the basement. time for a new project 
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i have drawn up a rough plan and estimated out all the materials. the plexiglass, or poly bicarb or whateter they call it now, is the biggest expense. it is $3G+. i redrew a few times to try to go with as few plexi plates as possible. i want to use 1/2," it has great R values. i have a handful of old windows that the previous owner left in the storage area too. the lumber for the structure is less than $500, but i haven't figured in that i have to put in a new floor in the attic. 1" plywood is expensive. i can do most of the work myself, but i will have to hire a REAL architect to finalize my plans and make real blueprints. and i will have to get a permit from the city to do this. THOSE are the biggest costs here. i want to get solar panels and solar storage too, but i didn't have prices to figure that in. that will be the expensive stuff too.
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also, you have to realize that this place was COMPLETELY GUTTED! no pipes, no heater, no doors, no fixtures, NO NADA! i rehabbed this dump and made it livable AND a church for less than $10G. i am almost done making the basement into an apt. it has a washroom and kitchen now, and i am finishing up the walls and ceilings. the basement apartment cost me about $1,500. i get stuff from craig's list, and thrift shops, and the garbage. i try not to buy ANY supplies at the store.
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