Solar Heated Wood Shead?

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Sure. I have a black rubber roof on mine and a solar gable fan blowing into it. Works a treat.
 
I used a clear corrugated roof on mine, does that count? IMO any sun is good.
 
With all the snow we got this year I'm glad I didn't cheap out on support. Did it with the little half round supports and good cross supports.
 
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There is a guy here that did it with spectacular results, but he used both a solar roof/side thing together with a watertight ground barrier. One hiccup with harnessing solar gain is getting the house so hot water comes out of the ground as vapor into the wood and replaced by more water in the ground under the shed from ground water not under the shed.... you get the idea.

When i think of search terms for the thread title I'll hunt it. Struck out on the first two. It'll come to me, might be a couple days.
 
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