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    Talk me off the Ledge... $2000 for a chicken coop!

    I freely admit I know almost nothing about the restrictions on logging (old growth or farmed timber) and a little but not a whole lot about the industries that support logging.. like transportation. I am just very cynical about restrictions (regs, taxes, laws, selective enforcement of laws...
  2. saysfaa

    Talk me off the Ledge... $2000 for a chicken coop!

    I think it will come down some but no where near where it was a couple of years ago. Politics of both parties. Between the new (or vastly increased) import tax on Canadian lumber and not likely to ease restrictions on logging in the US. Each could be argued as good/bad but either way, effect...
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    Talk me off the Ledge... $2000 for a chicken coop!

    The third good way to do it is sandwich the hc between wood slats by putting the bolts holding the sandwich together through to holes of the hardware cloth, then attach the slats securely to your framework. Well, "good" as in secure; not necessarily "good" as in cost effective given the price...
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    Talk me off the Ledge... $2000 for a chicken coop!

    Metal roof can go on purlins, it doesn't need a deck. That is how all the shed builders I see around here do it. Most put a moisture barrier under the metal, though, or it will rain inside at times even without animals in it. Evidently, it doesn't in all climates, though.
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    Talk me off the Ledge... $2000 for a chicken coop!

    We are paying $2800 (delivered) for a 10x14 rough sawn pine shell (ordered at March's lumber prices). It will be another $600 to finish the roof (tar paper, drip edge, shingles, nails, and ridge vent), $100 for paint, $40 for two windows, $100 for hardware cloth, $20 for feeders and waterers and...
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