Bracket kit for 6x6 shed /duck house

[Jenbirdee]

I’ve been wanting and needing to build a third duck house for 7 ducks needing 4 ft.² each - 28 ft.². A 6 x 6 building will be good. - 36 ft.² (and if I want to I can sneak in two more ducks ha ha)
The part that scares me is building a frame and cutting wood at angles
But I just found this bracket kit. It’s just the brackets. I have to go buy my own wood ( pressure treated two by twos) and then I can build this frame and I can apply walls and roofing and flooring too and of course, lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of windows.

So this is what I’m thinking about buying has anyone ever used these?

https://www.ezframestructures.com/products/6x6-e-z-frame-basic-kit

 

[Sefirothe]

I ordered a kit from them and it was just delay after delay after delay. I ended up requesting a refund and purchased a prebuilt shed to be delivered to my property.

 

[CherishedFowlGuardian]

i have not but i like the look.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

I ordered a kit from them and it was just delay after delay after delay. I ended up requesting a refund and purchased a prebuilt shed to be delivered to my property.

That's a shame, because it looks like it has a lot of potential.

So weird with all the 6' measurements - good luck finding 12' 2x2s!

But they also sell brackets only, maybe someone could cowboy up a 6'x8' or whatever from looking at all the other layouts.

brackets only (other angles at bottom of page): https://www.ezframestructures.com/products/90-degree-bracket

 

[Sefirothe]

So weird with all the 6' measurements - good luck finding 12' 2x2s!

I was planning on buying pressure treated 2x4s and borrowing my father's table saw to rip them down to 2x2s.

There is a topic somewhere on here where someone made a small coop out of one of their kits. I found it back when I was doing my own research.

Edit: Found it. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ez-frame-chicken-coop-build.1559028/

 

[Jenbirdee]

I was planning on buying pressure treated 2x4s and borrowing my father's table saw to rip them down to 2x2s.

There is a topic somewhere on here where someone made a small coop out of one of their kits. I found it back when I was doing my own research.

Edit: Found it. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ez-frame-chicken-coop-build.1559028/

Thanks!

 

[StinkyAcres]

I was planning on buying pressure treated 2x4s and borrowing my father's table saw to rip them down to 2x2s.

If you're going to do this don't make the mistake I did and pick out the 2x4s by hand. I had 2x4s delivered and the knots and gouges were so large that if I cut the 2x4 in half the resulting 2x2 would probably have snapped in half.

 

[Rangergord]

I make a lot of things from 2x2 ripped down from 2x4s. I made a workbench from them with Simpson Strong tie brackets. Pretty handy, I was short two brackets and found other options for joinery. In this case I used plywood fastened over the joint to anchor them together. You can use a sheet of plywood or a triangular gusset. Other options include pocket hole screws, mortise and tenon joints, and half lap joints (much easier than mortise and tenon). These methods take more time but cost less. You can buy or make jigs to accomplish these joints more easily. They have wide application for many other projects.

 

[Rangergord]

If you're going to do this don't make the mistake I did and pick out the 2x4s by hand. I had 2x4s delivered and the knots and gouges were so large that if I cut the 2x4 in half the resulting 2x2 would probably have snapped in half.

The quality of 2x4s has really declined in recent years, a result of being cut from mostly smaller logs. If higher quality is desirable, consider ripping down 2x6 and especially 2x8 boards, as these are cut from larger, better quality logs. The grain and knot quality tends to be higher.