Helpful hints for building coops

[aart]

Also, go ahead and buy the pack of long bits and don't try to use the ones that come in the box - too small.

I don't use torx......Ima phillips girl, because I know how.

 

[BallsEleven]

Well I'm in Lakeland, FL right now, visiting relatives, but back at my place in WY there are no trees except a few Junipers and Ponderosa Pines down in the draw. I'm also 45 miles from Douglas and 2 hours from the nearest HD or Menards so building stuff is a logistics nightmare. I heard somewhere the beetle infestation in Canada has caused over-harvesting which resulted in a lumber shortage. The recent hurricanes and forest fires are also to blame.

I'm over in SWLA where we got the double tap from Laura then Delta. I was lucky enough to buy the wood for my privacy fence when prices dipped in December. It was about $3000 for 335ft all 6' treated pine.

I really want to build a new coop but will hold off for a while with prices being the way they are. The wife also has an opinion on the matter haha

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I really want to build a new coop but will hold off for a while with prices being the way they are. The wife also has an opinion on the matter haha

Happy Wife. Happy Life.

 

[RawEggEater]

I'm over in SWLA where we got the double tap from Laura then Delta. I was lucky enough to buy the wood for my privacy fence when prices dipped in December. It was about $3000 for 335ft all 6' treated pine.

I really want to build a new coop but will hold off for a while with prices being the way they are. The wife also has an opinion on the matter haha

I'm just going to buy the stuff I need and get it done. No gaurantee prices will ever go down. Builders in California are really getting hammered.

 

[3KillerBs]

We're salvaging wood from a collapsed building on our property and we'll adjust our coop plans to the supplies we end up with.

 

[CapricornFarm]

T20s are $#!+. If the screw will take a T25, use it. and the little bits that come with the package of screws? Good for maybe half a pound of screws before they start wearing round and stripping screws. The longer your screw, the faster they strip.

A $5 investment in one of those carded multi-packs from a major Mfg - DeWalt, Ryobi, Milwaukee, etc is absolutely worth it. That said, I don't like the new DeWalt stuff. The old stuff used to have a safety yellow stripe around the middle, the new stuff doesn't - so when I do somehow drop a bit, these poor old eyes can't find it. (In fairness, I lost a chainsaw wrench recently, its about6" long, shaped vaguely like a T, and was painted safety orange - can't find that either, but its somewhere in three acres, so...)

I try to spray yellow on my tools, so if I drop them I can at least have a chance to find them.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I might consider using hardieboard with the price of OSB up to $30 for 7/16" 4x8. I can remember when it was $8 a sheet not too many years ago. I might even start scrounging for old pallets and try and de-nail them.

I hate OSB, consider it a waste of money for outdoor projects.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Worked on the latest coop today, put the 4 pieces of plywood up I had painted.

 

[aart]

I try to spray yellow on my tools, so if I drop them I can at least have a chance to find them.

My Dad painted all his garden tool handles yellow.

 

[RawEggEater]

I hate OSB, consider it a waste of money for outdoor projects.

I have a 8x12 shed made of OSB I've had since 2012. I had to cover the top with metal and I have to paint the sides every 3 or 4 years. And also, out here, it's a lot dryer than Virginia.