20x12 shed conversion?

[eeverhart]

Hello! My husband and I recently bought a property with a few sheds included and we want to convert one of them to a chicken coop. The shed we want to use is 20 x 12, but the access doors are in the middle of the 20' side. I've seen plenty of pictures of shed conversions but only with the doors on the short side. Does anyone have interior pictures of their coop with this type of layout? I'd like to have most of it as the area for chickens and a separate area for storage.
We need to relocate the shed and do some renovation so I wanted to start getting my ideas together now!

 

[DobieLover]

Leave them where they are and install a human door where you want it after you've moved it to its final location.

This is how I laid out my 16x8 shed with the front doors offset:

I can open either of these doors but only need to open the right one during the annual coop clean out.

I installed my entry door on the west side as that is the side closest to my house.

This was the draft plan:

I changed it to remove all food and water from the coop and place it in the run and added another poop board/roost as shown below.

Please note the copious amounts of ventilation coming in through the soffit and gable areas as well as the not so easy to see ridge. The pop doors (1 visible in the image) are always open along with the two windows in the entry room that are left cracked open during winter.

You are working with a gambrel style roof which offers ventilation challenges. The easiest way to deal with that is to sister the rafters on the lower part of the roof to extend the roof line and offer overhang to the upper part of the load bearing walls. You can then cut open the top 6"+ of siding and secured with 1/2" hardware cloth for fresh air intake. I would install a ridge vent to complement the 'soffit' vents.

Having lots of windows that can be opened wide during the summer and offer lots of natural light year round is always recommended.

 

[eeverhart]

Leave them where they are and install a human door where you want it after you've moved it to its final location.

This is how I laid out my 16x8 shed with the front doors offset:
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I can open either of these doors but only need to open the right one during the annual coop clean out.
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I installed my entry door on the west side as that is the side closest to my house.
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This was the draft plan:
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I changed it to remove all food and water from the coop and place it in the run and added another poop board/roost as shown below.
View attachment 4275940

Please note the copious amounts of ventilation coming in through the soffit and gable areas as well as the not so easy to see ridge. The pop doors (1 visible in the image) are always open along with the two windows in the entry room that are left cracked open during winter.

You are working with a gambrel style roof which offers ventilation challenges. The easiest way to deal with that is to sister the rafters on the lower part of the roof to extend the roof line and offer overhang to the upper part of the load bearing walls. You can then cut open the top 6"+ of siding and secured with 1/2" hardware cloth for fresh air intake. I would install a ridge vent to complement the 'soffit' vents.

Having lots of windows that can be opened wide during the summer and offer lots of natural light year round is always recommended.

Thank you for sharing!! Approximately 50 seconds after I posted this, I came across your entire article and I've been studying!