What does it take to make a winter garden in the house?
First of all, let's figure out what a winter garden is. This is not a greenhouse, which serves for wintering plants and for breeding rare, thermophilic varieties. It can be fun to work with, breathing in ozone-rich air, but there is hardly room for rest there. But the winter garden in a private country house is designed just for recreation. This can be placed directly inside the perimeter of the load-bearing walls or the part of the attic, and under the plants you can take away the entire attic space.
An extension to the house is often used under the winter garden, or, as a more interesting option, a superstructure on the roof, which, of course, should be flat. For the arrangement of green territory, a glass gallery can be separated, connecting two residential houses in one section. In the apartment plantations can decorate the bathroom, loggia, living room. All you need is a large area of glazing with UV protection, ventilation, heating, additional lighting and irrigation systems
Winter garden on the roof for rest under the star dome
Flat roofing in a country house - a phenomenon infrequent, and in the city, the entrance to the roof of the apartment is found even rarer. However, if you have a veranda attached to a two-story house, the slope of its roof can be easily changed to a flat one, and a roof garden can be added from above. Even better, if the house is only designed, then a metal structure, hemispherical or hipped, can be erected along with the entire structure.
The winter garden, arranged on the roof, is convenient in all respects. First, there is no need to orient it around the world, choosing a position for plants that prefer more sun or, alternatively, a shadow. You can simply use roller blinds, alternating them with glazing, covered with a special film that protects from excess ultraviolet rays. Secondly, to ventilate such a room is much easier, it is open to all winds.
Since in winter it is usually cloudy and there is not enough sunlight for plants, it is necessary to install additional lighting, among which it is desirable to use a pair of ultraviolet lamps, if necessary, closing them with curtains.
For a completely glass structure, you can use a ventilation system, according to the principle of the solar collector. A metallic balloon, painted black, is filled with water and we install it where the sun's rays illuminate the room for the longest time. To the cylinder with a flexible tube we connect the hydraulic mechanism for the hatch, which is fixed to the flap in the glass roof. When the room becomes hot enough, the water in the cylinder will also warm up, expand, and the door will open with hydraulics. Closer to the evening, when the intensity of the sun's rays will decrease and become cool, the water will cool down, and the shutter will slowly close.
Winter garden design in the house - interesting ideas
The winter garden attached to the house is the simplest option, however, starting from it, you can make the house much more cozy. For example, a brick or log cottage with a completely glass veranda( double frames and a frame made of metal plastic for better heat preservation), where the entrance is made in the form of a heated tambour, will be rather interesting. On this veranda you can fully realize the design of the winter garden in the house, in this place it will be cozy to rest and it is convenient to meet guests. A kind of a canopy at the entrance will serve as a gateway, not letting winter cold from the street.
Partially or fully glazed attic can also combine not only living quarters, but also a winter garden, where the doors from the bedrooms will go out. Such a living room all year round will delight you with fresh green foliage of tropical trees and lianas, for which a temperature threshold is set within 26 degrees. For subtropical plants, a temperature of about 12 degrees is needed, which is not very comfortable for people. In fact, you can make a winter garden with a swimming pool, slightly refitting the bathroom. To do this, it is sufficient to install window-lanterns or, if the room is in the back of the house, periscope windows.
