Door construction

[JDonn127]

I am extending my run using 2x4s and hardware cloth... 10ft x 5ft x 6ft.... i can use some suggestions on building a door at the end. I was thinking maybe something 2ft x 6ft.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Are you planning to harvest the compost from the run?
If so make it big enough to get a wheelbarrow in and back out.

Are you needing "how to" instructions?

 

[3KillerBs]

Can you pick up a used screen door from a Habitat for Humanity Re-Store or some such place?

We saved all the old doors and screen doors from a couple remodel jobs -- because doors are pricey -- and the screen doors will get a hardware-cloth makeover and become part of the large coop when we build it.

 

[JDonn127]

Ive checked one re store near me they had nothing... if i was to build one should i use the 2x4s or use something smaller?

 

[21hens-incharge]

This one uses 1x lumber. I built mine with 2x4's. There are soooooo many ways to build them it can be overwhelming.

 

[3KillerBs]

Ive checked one re store near me they had nothing... if i was to build one should i use the 2x4s or use something smaller?

It's not impossible to build a door, but they are notoriously hard to build square and hang straight. (I'm told that a Kreg jig helps).

Maybe Craig's list? Asking around to see if anyone you know has done some remodeling and has one available?

 

[21hens-incharge]

This guy doesn't show HOW but does use 2x lumber.

 

[tsperry88]

Here are my 2 doors. The coop door is tongue and groove pine, stained and polyurathaned and the run door is treated deck boards and 2x4s. In bother cases I built them oversized and had someone hold it against the opening while I traced it along a 3/8 thick scrap of wood so the door is slightly smaller than the opening. I glued and used trim screws in the coop door and just used deck screws on the run door.