Mespe's Solar heated water AP Greenhouse Build

[mespe]

Well I bumped my AP fish tank and cracked the side with the hole drilled in it for a CHIFT PIS
So, I had such success wilth a 50 gallon tank, I'm going full speed ahead and build a AP greenhouse with solar heated water.

The first problem to tackle was how to hold the 20x4 solar pool heater to be used to heat the water. To maximize efficiency for teh coldest of months (February) Sun's angle is 31 degrees.

Thus:



I glued the panel to furring strips. Hoping that it's stay up there.

I located some 1 1/2 PVC conduit, got a decent deal 20 ft length for $4.00
Picked up 15 or so and now we have a hoop.



Right now it's attached at the top with PVC pipe heated and formed,,,
( I will be filling inbetween the pipes with that expanding foam, and adding
brackets along the hoops).



and




Now for the horizontals,,,



I don't want a bunch of 4 way fittings, so thuis is what I'm doing,, these will be glued and probably taped over.

More pics next post