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Inside of my coop has one coat of paint. Glad i did not paint the outside, it is raining! 91, feels like 100 before the rain. Our first storage shed was delivered this morning. 20170817_134432.jpg
 
CapricornFarm said:
Inside of my coop has one coat of paint. Glad i did not paint the outside, it is raining! 91, feels like 100 before the rain. Our first storage shed was delivered this morning.View attachment 1113425
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WooooEeeeeee..now that would make a mighty fine chicken coop!
Except there's never any roof overhang on those darn sheds.
 
A little trick for working with the door gaps:
Don't worry too much about a gap---you don't want an enormous gap, of course, but you do need some allowance for shrinking and expansion of the wood
On your door jambs, simply add door stops like you see on the doors to your house (those long thin strips of wood that are on the door jambs and head). If your door is as thick as what it is mounted on just add the stops to the post or whatever abuts the door to cover the opening. Now the door can expand and contract and there is no way for small critters to slip in. This is the door to my run---hope the pics make it clearer.
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NancyNurseCxMama said:
A little trick for working with the door gaps:
Don't worry too much about a gap---you don't want an enormous gap, of course, but you do need some allowance for shrinking and expansion of the wood
On your door jambs, simply add door stops like you see on the doors to your house (those long thin strips of wood that are on the door jambs and head). If your door is as thick as what it is mounted on just add the stops to post or whatever abuts the door to cover the opening. This is the door to my run---hope the pics make it clearer.
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Good thought!
 
NancyNurseCxMama said:
Those are beautiful!!!!
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Thanks, we were going to have a concrete pad poured and have a metal double garage built but it was so expensive. We just bought these instead and had them painted similar to our cabin, but a bit different. Turned out well.
 

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