Lean to Coop conversion designing help

RR1011 said:

The structure looks good and the barns roof is newer, but the siding is rotted, falling off, & drafty. We dont have the money to fix up the barn yet sadly. We've been remodeling indoors. Im a DIY'er but I think the barns siding might be out of my league.

A massive coop! My husband would kill me. He's already mad at me for getting 9 chicks when I originally said 4....hehehehhe. He's not thrilled about the chickens. I think he'll end up loving them.

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bigmrg74 said:

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No need to do anything right away, especially if you just moved there....give it a couple years.

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bigmrg74 said:

Yeah, I'm going to guess that the barn is all timber?? I would mostly just worry about keeping the roof on it and check the bones of it. Make sure none of the old timbers are sagging, cracking, or coming out of joint. Worst comes to worse you could always just tack on some cheap drop cloth plastic on the sides of it.

You might also want to poke around online a bit. there are a few old historic barn preservation groups out there. Odds are there should be someone near you that could at least give you an inspection for what all of the old timbers in it and what would need fixing right away, and might be an extra labor source for when you do go through and reside the barn.

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Free Feather said:

The chickens would get the barn, and if he did not like it, he would get the lean to.

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aart said:

No need to do anything right away, especially if you just moved there....give it a couple years.

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