First time building. Advice on sloped terrain? - Page 2

Does the run really have to be level?  The coop I agree should be but I'm not going to do anything about the ground for the fencing area of my run.  I do have a lot of lumps and bumps that I'm going to deal with but with the general slope of the land, I won't.  Personally, i wouldn't worry so much about the slope.

 

CG

I think the whole thing for a successful coop is having happy neighbors.  Out of consideration for your neighbor I would put up a plastic barrier along the fence and then although a tough job, haul the fill dirt in and build it up to slope away from his manicured lawn.   Your neighbor after the draining from your coop .  You trying to apologize

Well, when you put it that way....I see your point on wanting to make sure nothing kills the neighbor's grass.  Although if you could bottle it up for him, "chicken poop tea" is suppose to be a good fertilizer.  You might actually make his yard grow better. 

 

Just an idea, don't know if it works and how feasible it would be to implement...on the lower side/corner add a drain pipe to make sure the poop rich water stays away from the fence line.  Once the water is out far enough from the coop, you can use pipe that has holes in it to allow seepage so you don't end up with a flood at the end of the pipe.

 

Hopefully someone else with more technical terms can add to my idea (and say if it could work).  I can come up with ideas, but since I'm not a contractor, I may not have the easiest or cheapest idea and therefor it isn't the best choice in the long run.

 

CG

A plastic barrier?   I am not sure what u mean by that but either way to be fair to the poster....    Hauling and filling that area is going to take a huge amount of dirt and a retaining wall  to hold any of it there   .....The last thing you  need is 30 yrds of fill dirt running downhill.

 

If the manure runoff is a issue, which really if you keep the run well maintained it shouldnt't be.   I see 2 much easier options.    

1  build the coop up higher on your yard, and somewhat heavily vegetate the downhill side as buffer.

 

2   you could run a piping setup to catch any running water and pipe it somewhere......the problem is the somewhere needs to be lower than where it is caught and that could be an issue in that spot

Just looked at the photo again so I'm changing my response. What about digging the non fence side down below grade and use cinder block as the retention/stem wall. That way you can build a berm on that sideto prevent surface water from flowing across the coop. This would require the back to be spaced a bit from the fence.

Secondly many times there is a five foot utility easement along property lines which are no build areas. Check your survey!
Edited by kellanv - 8/7/12 at 7:35pm