ATXInstantFlock
Songster
I'm in the process of designing my open wall coop and I was thinking a clerestory roof might satisfy my desire for ventilation out the top. Any/all constructive criticism is appreciated!
A ridge vent would probably be the most straightforward way to do this, but as long as I cut all of my pieces to the right lengths, doing a clerestory doesn't seem that hard to do. Main benefit to avoiding the ridge vent for me is that I don't have to buy more one off pieces or try to fabricate something that I'm not entirely sure how to properly attach to my corrugated metal roof.
Here's a rough sketch of where I'm at:
The roof would have ~9" overhangs over the gables as well as the front/back.
The clerestory portion has a ~6" horizontal distance between the two roof pieces with ~1/2" clearance at the closest part and ~6" clearance at the widest portion.
The model is slightly off, but there will be a few more inches of open space near the top on the side & back walls which will be 3' corrugated metal panels oriented vertically. The front of the coop where the door is, would be the right hand side of this picture which would be completely open.
Roof pitch of 2" over 12" is just to match the existing metal pen. I could swap out some of the 1"x4"s for 2"x4"s to slightly increase the pitch, but I'd prefer not to complicate matters. We don't get enough snow to really worry about it.
All wooden pieces pictured here are 1"x4"s laid flat on top of the existing metal structure. Pieces running along the roof are used to attach the purlins to the metal structure while there are 10' long purlins running across the 8'6" wide roofs in order to support ~9" overhangs on both side.
A ridge vent would probably be the most straightforward way to do this, but as long as I cut all of my pieces to the right lengths, doing a clerestory doesn't seem that hard to do. Main benefit to avoiding the ridge vent for me is that I don't have to buy more one off pieces or try to fabricate something that I'm not entirely sure how to properly attach to my corrugated metal roof.
Here's a rough sketch of where I'm at:
The roof would have ~9" overhangs over the gables as well as the front/back.
The clerestory portion has a ~6" horizontal distance between the two roof pieces with ~1/2" clearance at the closest part and ~6" clearance at the widest portion.
The model is slightly off, but there will be a few more inches of open space near the top on the side & back walls which will be 3' corrugated metal panels oriented vertically. The front of the coop where the door is, would be the right hand side of this picture which would be completely open.
Roof pitch of 2" over 12" is just to match the existing metal pen. I could swap out some of the 1"x4"s for 2"x4"s to slightly increase the pitch, but I'd prefer not to complicate matters. We don't get enough snow to really worry about it.
All wooden pieces pictured here are 1"x4"s laid flat on top of the existing metal structure. Pieces running along the roof are used to attach the purlins to the metal structure while there are 10' long purlins running across the 8'6" wide roofs in order to support ~9" overhangs on both side.
