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After six years of operation, I couldn't be more satisfied with my 'float door'. It has never failed once. I found I only need to change the valve batteries every six months. The only maintenance is changing the opening and closing times as the seasons progress. I'd be curious to know if...

Quote: We do have light frosts at night and I plan on putting foam insulation around the supply line. The rest I'm not too worried about as the whole system is never under pressure and there is always room for expansion if it does freeze hard. A simple way to guard against frost damage would...

Thanks for the kind words. It' been a fun project. I think I've figured out how to share two videos of it in action using photobucket. Opening in the morning. Closing. Notice how slow it moves so a chicken won't get caught.

Here is a close up shot of the rod going thru its guide, a piece of 1/2 in copper pipe. I used threaded rod to make assembly easier but it tended to bind when moving thru the hole in the wooden disk. I made a sleeve for each one out of 1/4 inch spaghetti hose and coated it with grease so solve...

Last winter after about the third time of waking up in the middle of the night not remembering if I closed the coop door or not I decided I had to have an automated door. The nearest power was 500 feet away beyond 25 rows of grapes and a gravel parking lot. I considered solar but the expense...