Big progress on run. Hope to be done soon...

[Panhandler80]

Been a slow go working solo by in large, but she's getting there.

Pretty sure I never want to deal with this much hardware cloth ever again. However each little section gets easier as I learn.

 

[cavemanrich]

Yes,,,,,,, it is labor intensive,,,,,, BUT THE SECURITY IT PROVIDES, IS PRICELESS.
You may have heard the term" never enough time to do it right,,, but always enough time to do it again" Well,,,, you have the attitude to do it Right The First Time...
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[ColoradoPip]

Wow, that is a ton of hardware cloth! Sandwiching it between the boards is a nice touch and means it will last until it rusts away (like...forever) and won't easily be detached.

 

[Panhandler80]

On the couch. Tired. Tired and bloody.

The footers are going to be a real PITA.

8-12 inches of cloth underground. Going to need to buy a shit pile of trim boards here soon. Guess that's yet another $500. I bet a contractor would have wanted an even more ungodly amount for it though Tom that was are the top 10 top 10 move

 

[aart]

The footers are going to be a real PITA.

Footers?

 

[Panhandler80]

Footers?

Term used loosely and obviously inaccurately. Please forgive! ;-)

 

[blackdog043]

Going to need to buy a shit pile of trim boards here soon. Guess that's yet another $500.

Are they to sandwich the HW cloth, where it's just stapled for now? You could use screws with washers to save a few dollars. It looks like your doing it right though, cry once and be done!

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

It looks really good! Like you, I stapled my hardware cloth and then covered those free edges with trim. I used very little pressure treated wood in the coop/run, but since the trim is on the outside of the run, I did buy PT wood. I bought the “dog eared PT fence pickets” from Lowe’s. The dog ear part is a bit odd but I don’t really notice it. They are about the cheapest wood that there is. I put a screw near each end and called it good. Still looks great 1.5 years later. I did use screws/washers every 6” at some areas, but screwing a piece of wood over the edges was much less time consuming. I was ready to be done by then!

 

[aart]

Term used loosely and obviously inaccurately. Please forgive! ;-)

Ah, you mean anti-dig apron!