Impossible leak!!

[unbaked pegga]

Everyone here was so helpful when my run was standing full of water when it rained that I was able to fix it with your advice! There is one other issue. When it rains, Where the run meets the coop it leaks. I am going to try to post a short video as well. The water splashes up from where it leaks into the coop and keeps it damp. I have used caulk. Lots and lots of caulk. I have put heavy plastic to act as flashing up there and it seems obvious to me now that construction is not my strong suit. Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do to fix this?

 

[KittyKat3756]

In which direction does your roof slope?

 

[Howard E]

As near as I can tell from the video, the roof over the run does not slope and therein lies the problem. And worse, the plastic sheeting placed up there is acting as a pond to accumulate it all. Surprised the whole thing has not collapsed from the weight of all that water.

Best bet would be raise one side about 6 to 12 inches to create some slope, from front to back as viewed in the video, then place sheets of metal roofing over it to shed all that water. IF nothing more......just part of the run adjacent to the coop if the goal is to leave some of the run open to the sun.

 

[aart]

As near as I can tell from the video, the roof over the run does not slope and therein lies the problem. And worse, the plastic sheeting placed up there is acting as a pond to accumulate it all. Surprised the whole thing has not collapsed from the weight of all that water.

Ditto Dat^^^

 

[unbaked pegga]

It doesn’t slope you are right. But it is hard for me to comprehend how to make a sloped roof. There are no men around here, just me. I know what a sloped roof looks like but not how to make one. The problem I think is that the outside of the coop has 2x4’s that jut out in 2 or 3 places and run cannot lay flush against the wall of the coop. I think those 2x4’s are more decorative (like a Tudor house) I have cut pieces of 2”x2” wood and screwed them in between those vertical 2x4. I just took one picture of the outside and inside of this area and it looks awful where I have put newspaper and everything else I could think of to seal it off.

 

[HamsterStyle]

If you screwed the 2x4's to the wall between the decorative 2x4's, it would make the surface even all the way across. You could then tie the sloped roof in at that point

 

[unbaked pegga]

Ok. So you mean like cut them to fit in between those vertical 2x4’s? Things like this make me draw an absolute blank. I failed geometry in high school and I guess thanks illustrated here

 

[HamsterStyle]

Yes and you can caulk them when you screw them to the wall to seal them up. And you can paint them to match.

Ok. So you mean like cut them to fit in between those vertical 2x4’s? Things like this make me draw an absolute blank. I failed geometry in high school and I guess thanks illustrated here