Starplate building system for a coop?

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That's really awesome and it gives a cool spin on "normal" coops. You know the average shed look. I think it'd blend with any landscape!
 
I started the new coop yesterday since it finally decided not to rain! It took about 3-4 hours to get the base and sides up. The hardest part today was holding the 8 foot long 2x4 and trying to get the bolt through the plates at both ends, while working about a foot over my head! Momma built my butt to close to the ground for some things!
I was going to do the roof trusses this afternoon after getting home from some meetings, but nearly as soon as I walked in the door, it started to rain again!
A contractor friend gave me about 5 bales of shingles that he had left over from a job that he was working on and a big bundle of drip edge for the roof. He also dropped off a rool of tar paper and a big box of button caps to nail it down with!
I figure that I will have about $300.00 in the project when I get it done.
I'll post pictures when I can get some loaded on the computer.
 
rnoyster said:
Has anyone on this site ever used the Starplate building system for a coop? I found it advertised in the Strombergs catalog. It appears to be something that would be workable, fairly inexpensive and possible even portable (depending on the size that you would make it.

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[/IMG. After drilling holes in each end of 25 treated 2x2.s it took me about an hour to bolt the frame together. Then I put the roof together and while it was on the ground I stapled shade cloth to the top. Then I stood the top on its side and slid it up onto the frame and bolted it up. Very sturdy. I bought a 7x100' roll of bird netting $14 from lowes and wrapped it around the structure. The netting unfolds to 7' feet but I did not unfold it. I stapled one end of the unfolded roll to a wall post and just unwrapped it as I walked around the outside of the structure. I then cut the netting when I got to where I started from and stapled the new end above the previous starting point. It wrapped around beautifully. I zipped tied all around where the two sections met up and stapled the netting to the top and bottom frame. I took a door I had made from pvc pipe and used that as my opening
 
I am in the process right now. The frame is up and the wire is around the walls. Still have to construct a door and decide what I want on the roof. Putting together the frame is easy. Everything else seems to be odd. The angle of the lumber sideways and length wise presents challenges. Mine has five walls instead of the conventional four. Whatever I think about using for material requires a bit of figuring out. It seems like it gets more expensive than first thought, too. I am still trying to figure out how I will provide perches, etc. It is almost like having a round room inside. It does look good. Just have to figure out how to solve the interior design issues.
 

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