2 Chicken Coops in 1 Weekend

[SunHwaKwon]

Looks good. What are you putting on the roof?

 

[CalgaryFarmer]

I used Varathane. Roofing shingles would have been too heavy to lift the roof for access. It will likely need to be reapplied every couple of years.

 

[123RedBeard]

One concern I would have is from what I can see, it looks like you screwed the sides into the ends directly (going into the "end grain" of the plywood) ... A 2X4 ripped in half lengthwise could make 2X2's and give your screws more "meat" to hold the corners together better ... And last much longer.

Probably the same on the bottom to sides too, I can't see that ...

 

[CalgaryFarmer]

You are probably right. It would last longer if I did that. I may still add 2x2 later on.

If I had used thinner plywood I would have done this. I thought with the thicker plywood it was not as necessary.

 

[marktoo]

Was wondering about that myself! Then I thought well maybe it was glued as well & he doesn't intend to move it....ever. Looks good! Congrats!

 

[CalgaryFarmer]

It is not glued. I do not intend on moving it.

I used a fair number of fairly large and long screws. I think that it will hold out.

However, I agree that it would have been better to screw into 2x2s at each of the joints.

Thanks for the nice comments everyone.

 

[CalgaryFarmer]

Again, the concept is to create a fairly simple, easy to assemble and functional design that can be constructed in a weekend.
While I did not actually do it over one weekend, I did it over two days.

The second day took about 8 hours. I did not subtracted my lunch and dinner time on either day. As well, the second day included painting and varnishing, which required some wait time while coats dried.

As well, I did the ramp on the third day. As well, I would like to do 2 more coats of varnish on the roof. I ran out of varnish and it rained on the third day.

Added on edit: The nesting boxes have not been done either. But they will not take too much time.

 

[CGilbert]

Looks awesome! I'm impressed. I may have to try this one of these times.

 

[123RedBeard]

I do like how you cut out the middle upright divider for the 2X4's, that will give it lots of strength!

 

[CalgaryFarmer]

The 2x4s only rest on the middle panel for support. The 2x4s are not nailed or screwed into the middle panel. They could be if you wanted.