Roofing question- using corrugated roof?

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If you are doing a corrugated roof, it is better to use metal or polycarbonate. You can ask professional roofers or even the employees in Lowes or Menards and they will tell you this Ondura stuff is not as good as metal or polycarbonate. They all cost pretty much the same (polycarbonate is a little more than metal or the Ondura panels).

I am doing a clear polycarbonate for my pen this spring. Where the pen is does not get much sun light plus we have long winters so I am going with clear rather than opaque.

This polycarbonate stuff is amazingly strong. I pulled a piece at Menards and put it on the floor. I then stepped on it and walked on it and it won't break. Some manufactures advertise it (in video) so a truck can run over it without breaking it. It will deform first but as soon as the load is off, it goes back to its original shape.

 
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Yes, BUT (with respect to raccoonproofness) it cuts very easily with just scissors. Raccoon teeth are sharper and stronger than scissors. All it would take is for them to take one chomp on the edge and then pull the resulting break open. Not saying how likely it is (I just don't know) but for SURE it is within the realm of possibility. (As opposed to metal roofing, which a raccoon is not going to do anything at all to, unless it's installed really wrong)

I do like the polycarbonate, if you can afford it (it's a bit more expensive than metal, up here anyhow). I have translucent white Suntuf roofs on my shady-side runs and it is GREAT, easy to install and lasts well and in this climate I like the translucency, and the snow slides off it really well.

Pat
 
I do NOT recommend a clear poly roofing if you ever have a possibility of hail in your area! My coop originally had a clear poly roofing - brought great sunlight into the coop and looked nice, but about a week after installation, we had a huge hail storm hit it and it put huge holes into the poly...lesson learned and money lost.

I use a passive ventilation system as pictured on my BYC page. Roof from inside to out is layered - hardware cloth, then window screen (to keep wasps, dirt dobbers out), then wood boards to elevate the metal corrugated roof on the outside. Works great and has never leaked - even with the massive rain and wind we get from time to time.

Good luck!

Gail
 
There are many different "poly" or plastic panels.

In Menards, for example, there are five different grades of plastic panels. Only the most expensive one is polycarbonate. It is about $20 for 2'x8' panel.

The rest of them look like it but they are either PVC or fiberglass and are cheaper.

(only ) The polycarbonate stuffs carry a 5 year warranty against hail damage.

Coverlite
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carries a full 10 year warranty against yellowing and 5 year warranty against breakage caused by hail.

http://www.ameriluxinternational.com/html/polyCorrugated/polyCorrugated.htm
 
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No, actual polycarbonate panels e.g. Suntuf carry a WARRANTY against hail damage (and tend not to be damaged by it except serious giant hail).

You may be thinking of the cheaper PVC panels, which look/feel virtually identical but are MUCH shorter-lived (become brittle faster, have less of an acceptable temperature range, and are NOT hailproof nor hail-warrantied)... but are about half the price of polycarbonate so unfortunately tend to attract buyers who may not have read the fine print
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(edited to add that I am violently jealous of the previous poster's prices!! Wow, here it is $35 for an 8' polycarbonate panel, or $49 for a 12-footer, and that ain't exchange rate because the Canadian dollar is actually worth a little *more* than the US dollar right now. You are so lucky!
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Pat
 
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Yes, Pat, the price here in the USA is always lower than in Canada.
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In Menards, the cheapest PVC is about $13, then the PVC plus (thicker) is about $15, then the heavy duty fiberglass is about $17, finally the polycarbonate is about $20. The 12' polycarbonate is $30.

These prices might be off $1 or 2 because I am recalling but the polycarbonate prices are right (I am buying these once I get the roof structure beefed up for the run).

I have been to Kitchener many times and every time I go, I got sticker shock on almost about everything.
 
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I actually don't want the roof for my coop. I want it for a stoop, or a "porch roof" for when the girls come out the doors. That way they can be out of the weather w/o being "cooped up" in the coop LOL
 

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