Building an "Old Style" henhouse.....move in day!....... (pics)

[Steve]

Materials list:

10x16 coop floor:

2- 4x6-16' Wolmanized skids

2-2x6-16' Const. grade SPF

9-2x6-10' " " " " " cut these to 9'9"

5-3/4"x 4 x 8 o.s.b.

5lb. 8 c.c. sinker nail


Walls:

10 lbs. 16 c.c. sinker nail

8-2x4-16 (plates)

6-2x4-10 (plates)

26-2x4-14 (studs) I cut these to 7'

2-2x6-12 window header this will be detemined by your window width

2-2x8-16 doubled up for carrier

4-2x4-8 cut to 30" for short wall above carrier

5-2x6-12 cut in half for short roof rafters

9-2x6 10 for longer rafters

2-2x6-16 eave facia

2-2x6-12 short rafter facia.....(cut in half)

4-2x6-10 long rafter facia

Roof:

7 sheets of 4 x 8 roof sheething in your choice of thickness (recommend no les than 7/16)

Wall sheething:

15- 7/16 x 4 x 8 osb (or similar)

Shingles:

80 L.F. white drip edge

7 bundles (2 1/3 sq.) shingles

1 roll 15# felt

8 lb. 1 1/4" Galvanized roofing nails

Vinyl Siding:

4 square D/4 vinyl

4 Outside corners

4 sticks Utility trim 12'

10 stick J channel 12'

8 lbs. 1 1/2" galvanized roof nails


Soffit and facia:

4 sticks F channel 12'

6 - 6" x 12' white aluminum facia

Misc. vent/solid soffit





Materials used up to this time of project. I will add as I continue.

 

[FrChuckW]

Steve, nice job, that's gonna be a swell looking coop when you are finished. I will be following this thread to see the progress along with everybody else.

 

[speckledhen]

That is going to be an awesome coop, Steve! Great work.

 

[Daycare Mom]

Wow! The new coop looks great! You are a braver soul than me, it is way too cold out for me! It is going to be a great coop for sure!

 

[CARS]

Thanks for posting the material list as you build. It will allow others to shop for materials. So much safer than trying to estimate a cost to all corners of the country.

With that being said, right now is a great time to buy lumber if you can afford it. Wood is the cheapest it has been in a long time!

BTW: aren't you building a hen house? Isn't that the name of that style building?

 

[Steve]

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I guess I don't know, henhouse does sound better than chicken coop.




My roofing crew stopped by yesterday to tell me they were done with the current job......asked me what I was building. When I told them what it was, they said it looked like something that needed a professional roofing crew to put the shingles on. Either they think I forgot how to do shingles, or they are brown nosing for more work.

 

[miron28]

this is looking nice!

 

[Bard's Rock!]

Quote:
I guess I don't know, henhouse does sound better than chicken coop.

My roofing crew stopped by yesterday to tell me they were done with the current job......asked me what I was building. When I told them what it was, they said it looked like something that needed a professional roofing crew to put the shingles on. Either they think I forgot how to do shingles, or they are brown nosing for more work.

LOL They just know which side of their bread is buttered. Or sumthin like that.

 

[CARS]

Quote:
I think that sounds like an offer to do it for pizza and cold ones!!

 

[newchickmom]

Thank you for the step-by-step on your coop. We are going to build one this spring and can really use the information you just provided since we know almost nothing about building. We are going to build a 16'X20' building so we can have 3 coops in it with different breeds and a work area with storage.