How to build hardware cloth coverings

MoonflowerMama

In the Brooder
Apr 5, 2020
17
24
41
Gloucester, VA
Hello,

I have three windows and two doors in my coop. I also have one door in my run. I've seen some really great setups/photos of other coops and runs and was wondering how everyone did it. Ideally, I would like to make 3 window coverings that have an outside frame and hardware cloth on the inside. I have one standard size door that is the main access to the coop. I would like to build a hardware cloth screen door for this door. I then have two large access doors, one from the coop to the run and one from the yard to the run. I am wondering how to build a gate/door that is 4'+ wide and approximately 7-8' tall with hardware cloth being on the inside and wood framing on the outside.

Does anyone have good plans and/or pictures of this? Has anyone built stuff like this and able to offer some insight? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
 
Hello,

I'm wondering how you build something like these for a gate/door:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/787bdc94-68b5-442b-900f-0415ec784f86.7914456/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/right-corner.7912714/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/culbertson-carmel-coop.7905132/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/c7a60903-f83e-4f18-9261-9aaa16c8f414.7901261/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/1016171631a.7897172/

I have windows that are standard new construction 36" x 36" that open straight up. I'd like to build some little frames that can go over the windows from the inside and that have hinges on them so that I can open/close the windows in the summer/winter.

Something like this is what I would like to cover the windows:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/hredirect2.php?c=5674775
https://www.backyardchickens.com/hredirect2.php?c=5674779
I have windows similar to these: (Boy I wish I had that coop!) https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/fireguy56s-chicken-coop.48317/

I was hoping that there would be a really sweet article/plan already on here that I could use to guide me in building these. If not, that's okay. Thanks!
 
Sorry, I don't know off hand of any step by step tutorials here that will show you how to build a simple frame.
What kind of tools and skills do you have?
 

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom