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What can I do about water drops underneath the coop/run roof.

post #1 of 7
2/9/12 at 2:23pm
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We used Tuftex corrugated plastic roof panels to cover the coop and the run.  I love the look of it.  However, last week after a wet spell, there were droplets of water everywhere underneath.  I was walking around in the run and looked up and saw the droplets.

 

The run is open on 3 sides and the coop is ventilated.  I don't want droplets of water falling on the girls when it's cold out (well, not any time).  Is this normal for this stuff?

 

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7 chickens, 3 cats, 2 dogs .... and a VERY DH. 
My mealworm farm http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=59623-mealworm-fam-experiences

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.   Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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post #2 of 7
2/9/12 at 2:32pm

It still sounds like condensation even if it is open.

 

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post #3 of 7
2/9/12 at 2:54pm

Sounds like you leaking water around the nails, what type of nails did you use to fasten it down?

 

Chris

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"I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman's cares." - George Washington

 

 

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NPIP # 31-516

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post #4 of 7
2/9/12 at 3:00pm
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It still sounds like condensation even if it is open.

 



 

Agreed!

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post #5 of 7
2/9/12 at 3:20pm
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If it's condensation, do I need to worry about it?

 

I don't know what kind....I'll have to ask.  I do know he did it how the company recommended it be done and put the nails in the high ridge, not the low.

 

Geesh, and I've been so stinkin' excited to have such a large, covered area for them.  sad.png

7 chickens, 3 cats, 2 dogs .... and a VERY DH. 
My mealworm farm http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=59623-mealworm-fam-experiences

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.   Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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7 chickens, 3 cats, 2 dogs .... and a VERY DH. 
My mealworm farm http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=59623-mealworm-fam-experiences

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.   Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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post #6 of 7
2/9/12 at 5:27pm

If the roofing is cooler than the warm damp air, you are going to have contract condensation.

 

Like a condenser in a chemical process to turn vapors into liquids.

 

or the worm in a moonshine still.

 

The few droplets from the cover will be nothing compared to a rain or a snow.

 

Plus it will give them shade in the hot summer and cover from raptors, over head.

 

Win/win for you and your flock.

I Rode a Phying Phyorg.

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post #7 of 7
2/9/12 at 6:06pm
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goodpost.gif  Thank you!

7 chickens, 3 cats, 2 dogs .... and a VERY DH. 
My mealworm farm http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=59623-mealworm-fam-experiences

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.   Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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7 chickens, 3 cats, 2 dogs .... and a VERY DH. 
My mealworm farm http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=59623-mealworm-fam-experiences

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.   Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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