Helpful hints for building coops

[aart]

too bad you can't use pec tubing for gas.

Would still be hard to get it from the supply to the kitchen.
The kitchen is over the garage, which is insulated and dry walled for fire protection.
Did you know that the gas line underground is plastic?

 

[CapricornFarm]

We worked hard on the turkey coop today. All of the panels for the run are made, and painted, and have wire attached. They are all in place except the one i need to make a door for.
Hubby put in the door to the coop and the roof!

 

[chickadoodles]

Cap your coop and run looks amazing. Are you going to cover your run?

 

[jvls1942]

good morning,
yeah Art, I know they bury plastic gas lines.
but I was told that I couldn't put in inside of a house because if there was a fire, it could burn through the plastic and really cause some major trouble..
ie. black pipe...
I have almost finished the wire winder. I just have to put handles on it..
each rotation should wind up about 18" of wire..
......jiminwisc....

 

[aart]

yeah Art, I know they bury plastic gas lines.
but I was told that I couldn't put in inside of a house because if there was a fire, it could burn through the plastic and really cause some major trouble..
ie. black pipe...

Yep, makes sense, I was still kind of surprised...the riser is plastic and black pipe...no plastic exposed above ground.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Cap your coop and run looks amazing. Are you going to cover your run?

Yes, i did 1/3 of the roof tonight in welded wire. Hubby wanted to use chicken wire...i told him, remember the big tall run i built in TN? I used chicken wire on that with a tarp over it. The wire rusted and fell in! Not going there.

 

[CapricornFarm]

More pictures.

 

[jvls1942]

chicken wire is just another example of
"they don't make it like they used to"..
they use much thinner wire, nowadays.
all projects are on the back burner for today.
one of the freezers in the garage pooped out.
today we will be emptying it and tossing what is unusable. (probably all of it)
luckily I think it is still cold, so it should not be decomposing , yet..
........jiminwisc.....

 

[CapricornFarm]

Even this hardware cloth is lousy compared to years ago. Sometimes the stapler shoots right through the wire! Everyone thinks cheap is good, but i bet we could do it better in the US than the junk they ship from China!

 

[CapricornFarm]

chicken wire is just another example of
"they don't make it like they used to"..
they use much thinner wire, nowadays.
all projects are on the back burner for today.
one of the freezers in the garage pooped out.
today we will be emptying it and tossing what is unusable. (probably all of it)
luckily I think it is still cold, so it should not be decomposing , yet..
........jiminwisc.....

Sorry about the freezer. Makes a good feed storage bin, for someone that needs one.