Hello all,
The water line from the house down to my coops freezes up in the winter and in the past I have always had to haul five gallon buckets of water down there each morning. The coops are a fair distance from the house, so I decided a few years ago to buy one of those square water tanks in a metal cage that are all over craigslist. It worked fine for the first couple of years, then cracked. I just replaced it with a 500 gallon water tank (Chem-Tainer, from Home Depot). It wasn't cheap, but I'm hoping that it lasts longer than the last one. Question: I enclosed my last tank with plywood with foam board insulation, but, of course, rodents loved that insulation and did a number on it; has anyone found a way to keep the rodents off of the insulation? I'm thinking of putting the insulation boards on the plywood panels and stapling hardware cloth over each panel. If anyone has any wisdom to offer on this I would appreciate your knowledge.
Thanks!
The water line from the house down to my coops freezes up in the winter and in the past I have always had to haul five gallon buckets of water down there each morning. The coops are a fair distance from the house, so I decided a few years ago to buy one of those square water tanks in a metal cage that are all over craigslist. It worked fine for the first couple of years, then cracked. I just replaced it with a 500 gallon water tank (Chem-Tainer, from Home Depot). It wasn't cheap, but I'm hoping that it lasts longer than the last one. Question: I enclosed my last tank with plywood with foam board insulation, but, of course, rodents loved that insulation and did a number on it; has anyone found a way to keep the rodents off of the insulation? I'm thinking of putting the insulation boards on the plywood panels and stapling hardware cloth over each panel. If anyone has any wisdom to offer on this I would appreciate your knowledge.
Thanks!