Alternative to fence staples to attach cattle panel to wood

[aart]

Screws are great!
Better holding power and leaves ability to change things down the line.

 

[perkolator]

If you have a roll of some plumber's tape (aka hanger strap) laying around waiting for a use, you can use that to make a DIY version of the cable ties in post #5.

 

[StinkyAcres]

If you have a roll of some plumber's tape (aka hanger strap) laying around waiting for a use, you can use that to make a DIY version of the cable ties in post #5.

I'm afraid I don't, but that's a good tip!

Screws are great!
Better holding power and leaves ability to change things down the line.

"Screws". That's why I use Screws.

and when I can, I build in modules, so I can move things around.

Yes! I use screws for just about everything, even furniture. Gotta love SPAX.

 

[Folly's place]

We do use fence staples, and then sandwich another board over the first one with screws. To take things apart, easiest to unscrew the boards at the corners of the hoop coop. Also only repair ours, don't plan to take it apart.
Mary

 

[StinkyAcres]

I think one should always plan to make things easier to take apart, at least for hobby farm- and garden-related structures. We reused the cattle panel shelter we built for the sheep as a garden trellis 12 years later. I couldn't reuse most of the wood because it was attached with fence staples (I had to chop it off with a reciprocating saw). Would've been nice to have extra 2x4s in this day and age.

 

[StinkyAcres]

Our garden beds are made out of decking from a deck we took down a few years ago. I also built an arbor out of an old kids play fort. I am saving all the materials from my old chicken run to build the new run off of a different building.

 

[aart]

I think one should always plan to make things easier to take apart, at least for hobby farm- and garden-related structures.

Exactly!

 

[jreardon1918]

We recently needed to repair the run door The bottom board was rotted. detaching the few staples was a pain. Even in softened wood. We replaced with screws and washers. We also used PT this time around.

 

[21hens-incharge]

If you have a roll of some plumber's tape (aka hanger strap) laying around waiting for a use, you can use that to make a DIY version of the cable ties in post #5.

That is what I did. It was less expensive than the clips and worked very well.

 

[tigger19687]

If you have a roll of some plumber's tape (aka hanger strap) laying around waiting for a use, you can use that to make a DIY version of the cable ties in post #5.

Those are 2 very different items.

Plumbers tape is this https://www.google.com/search?q=plu...1DmoQ_AUoAnoECAIQBA&biw=1536&bih=712&dpr=1.25

Hanger strap is this and what you mean an what to use. U actually used this for holding a bunch of short planks on the run roof to help hold them in place and wrap around the metal poles like a U- hard to explain.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Han...g4i0-AE&bih=712&biw=1536&client=firefox-b-1-d