can i line the floor AND WALLS with vinyl flooring?

[urbanfarmette]

my father-in-law works for a flooring business and can get me remnants of vinyl flooring (i.e. lanolium/typical kitchen flooring) for free. could i use it on the floor AND walls? i thought it may help protect the wood and allow for easy cleaning. i could seal around the seams with some liquid silicone sealant. i can see why you wouldn't do it in a home (not asthetically pleasing) but i don't think the chickens will care

 

[Daphne16]

Take my opinion with a grain of salt (I don't have a coop yet), but that shouldn't be a problem. Same idea as having tiles on walls of a bathroom/shower, protects the wood and makes cleaning easier
ETA it also helps with insulation.

 

[wolftracks]

I think it sounds like a good idea. Would be very easy to clean.

 

[TN_BIRD]

Just so long as you have proper ventilation, I don't see why it wouldn't work (never tried it and certainly no expert)

At the very least, you can use it for the floors and any poop catching boards you might use as well as the bottom half of the coop (like a chair rail) which seems to need the most cleaning/scrubbing.

 

[patandchickens]

You can. A number of BYCers have done it. I do not recall reading any reports of how they like it but IF you do a good and proper job of installation I can't see any obvious problems with it, other than the same problem you have when it is only on the floor i.e. if you hose the coop out you will eventually get water back there rotting the plywood no matter how well you *though* you'd sealed it.

That said, I would much more highly recommend simply a good prime-and-paint job, to protect the wood. Cheaper, simpler, more foolproof, no downsides really.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[Weiden Farm]

i think we all need to get to now your father-in-law and get some for ourselves