I can't help you with the door, my coop and run are open 24/7. My run is covered with tuftex panels and is all 1/2 inch hardware cloth, with an apron all the way around my whole set up.
If you can't figure out the door, you should start a new thread with the kind of door you have and what...
No, I don't notice any odors from the pile on a normal basis. If I haven't mixed it in a few weeks, I may get some odor, but it dissipates quickly and you have to be close to the pile to smell it. I add some leaves every couple weeks, to try to keep everything balanced. I add paper towels, as...
It depends on what your calling laminate. A picture would help.
My board itself is 1/4" underlayment, but it is covered with vinyl. The underlayment is nailed down to a 2 x 4 frame, then I covered it with vinyl. I used 1 x 2's to hold the vinyl down. I nailed 1 x 4's to the outside of the...
The women you know is probably using PDZ, it's a horse stall refresher that helps control ammonia odors. I use 1/2" or less of PDZ on my board. I have a frame around the whole thing to hold the PDZ in. I use a cat litter scoop to scoop the poop every day. The poop goes in my compost bin.
Using...