Custom made chicken coop door. Did i get carried away? 🤣

[Sally PB]

Triangles are the most stable geometric figures. Nice looking door!

 

[Kiki]

I know right! The girls love them! American Yellow lab and a golden doodle!

I love Marley Man!

 

[TheGardeningButler]

Triangles are the most stable geometric figures. Nice looking door!

Nothing like the scientific truths of Physics!

 

[TheGardeningButler]

Your design is similar to the doors my hubby made in my coop. Very sturdy and stiff!

Coop door...
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Run doors...
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Oh these are golden! Coincidentally, i had some 2x6s left from the rafters and floor framing and i came very close to going all out and doing a dutch door. These look spectacular! I am a huge fan of the barn aesthetic is the last door a barn style slider? Looks amazing!

 

[Slothinc]

Haha she is not done. Just the frame. I appreciate your kind words on the craftsmanship . I have been doing more and more projects lately with my kreg pocket hole jig. Many more projects to have fun with. Marley man is wearing a Ruffwear Web Master Reflective Dog Harness, in Blaze Orange. He is every but as helpful as he looks in comparison to his napping .

Kreg pocket jigs are just the most handy tool ever. I built my whole coop and run with one. Love the door!!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Your design is similar to the doors my hubby made in my coop. Very sturdy and stiff!

Coop door...
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Run doors...
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TwoCrows, may I borrow your DH for about a week? Pleeeeeze?

 

[TheGardeningButler]

Kreg pocket jigs are just the most handy tool ever. I built my whole coop and run with one. Love the door!!

Rights? As i am steadily putting my workshop together and building tables and making plans for stands for equipment, this hand and clamp style jig is starting to get young for me. i might have to invest in the more professional jigs they offer as i build more and more stuff with the pocket hole method.

 

[TwoCrows]

Oh these are golden! Coincidentally, i had some 2x6s left from the rafters and floor framing and i came very close to going all out and doing a dutch door. These look spectacular! I am a huge fan of the barn aesthetic is the last door a barn style slider? Looks amazing!

The main body of the doors are actually cedar fence pickets, so not as heavy as 2x4s. They are resistant to weather and don't rot easily. They don't smell strong and have little odor so they are safe to use. Fence pickets used to be cheap to purchase, hence we built the entire coop out of them other than 2x4s for support. Prices have skyrocketed on picket fencing, especially after we purchased hundreds of them to build this coop in 2013.

 

[TwoCrows]

TwoCrows, may I borrow your DH for about a week? Pleeeeeze?

He's an old man now, coop building days are over unfortunately.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

He's an old man now, coop building days are over unfortunately.

Well he did a beautiful job!