I'm converting an old shed on my property that used to be a coop back into one. In some respects it looks pretty horrible and at times I've wondered whether it was worth it, but actually most of the wood seems in good shape still. I thought I would start a thread both to get ideas on some aspects of the conversion as I encounter problems and to help motivate me to actually press on with it; I have some chronic joint issues that are making things harder than I'd hoped. It was completely filled to the brim with junk to begin with - some interestingly useful but most not. Last fall my husband worked to pull a lot out of there so he could store some tools, then the winter stalled things.
This is what I've got to start with. Those "doors" are going to have to go.
I think I want the run to come off of one or both sides of the pic above/below. Prorbably the one below to start with...I'll likely end up having to start with just a kennel type thing for the run.
Even ignoring blatant problems like no HWC over the big ventilation holes you can probably see a lot of the issues...siding is not great in places, roof is weirdly truncated on one side which lets snow in. I want to keep the ventilation both sides so I guess I need to add some vent covers; I don't think extending the rafters to make more roof will help significantly with stopping snow coming in. On the other side I can stop snow going in by adding something across the ends while still leaving the bottom open.
Then there's the inside...fun to be had with the roof being leaky.
Fun to be had with these nasty rotten boards...and whatever Narnia land is under there...
And then just...crud and more crud to tear out. I don't know what to do about that weird high shelf on the left. I could tear it out, but that's the side with the oddly truncated roof where it's going to be more of a challenge stopping snow getting in. So if I kept that shelf then I could have roosts under there that would have zero risk of any snow getting on chickens.
Definitely doing to have to tear these cabinets out.
And so, today I made one itty bitty little progress step from that image above: tore out the shelves. And now you can see the place where the old pop door was covered up! I don't think I will be using that for the pop door though.
I really hope I haven't gotten in over my head with this project.
This is what I've got to start with. Those "doors" are going to have to go.
I think I want the run to come off of one or both sides of the pic above/below. Prorbably the one below to start with...I'll likely end up having to start with just a kennel type thing for the run.
Even ignoring blatant problems like no HWC over the big ventilation holes you can probably see a lot of the issues...siding is not great in places, roof is weirdly truncated on one side which lets snow in. I want to keep the ventilation both sides so I guess I need to add some vent covers; I don't think extending the rafters to make more roof will help significantly with stopping snow coming in. On the other side I can stop snow going in by adding something across the ends while still leaving the bottom open.
Then there's the inside...fun to be had with the roof being leaky.
Fun to be had with these nasty rotten boards...and whatever Narnia land is under there...
And then just...crud and more crud to tear out. I don't know what to do about that weird high shelf on the left. I could tear it out, but that's the side with the oddly truncated roof where it's going to be more of a challenge stopping snow getting in. So if I kept that shelf then I could have roosts under there that would have zero risk of any snow getting on chickens.
Definitely doing to have to tear these cabinets out.
And so, today I made one itty bitty little progress step from that image above: tore out the shelves. And now you can see the place where the old pop door was covered up! I don't think I will be using that for the pop door though.
I really hope I haven't gotten in over my head with this project.
