Leaky Roof/Floor

[aart]

Birds R dry. Floor is soaked. Lots of air

So you fixed the roof but still have flooding?

 

[Manhen]

So you fixed the roof but still have flooding?

Well no, fixing it would make it dry right? It was repaired as can be. There is another section of roof that feeds onto it so there is a lot of flow.. I think the roof has been screwed down enough that even those holes rusted through a bit. Dunno. I have decided to go with a aluminized, fiberous, roof repair compound that takes at least two coats, no primer. 6 five gallon $50 cans should do both coats. Just hoping for warm weather. Warm enough anyway.

 

[aart]

Well no, fixing it would make it dry right?

Maybe....unless water was seeping under walls too.

 

[Manhen]

Blackjack one coat went on yesterday. Next coat on next warm day

 

[Manhen]

If you have enough room (midwestern climate) are roof leaks necessarily bad? Can you put a collector pan under it and call it a "waterer"? What kind of problems would you anticipate?

Thanks in advance!

Harder to hit the leaks than you might expect when your 5 gal waterer sits on a heated base on 16 pavers....

I guess if building is big enough and leak is not near where chickens are it would be ok,
but always best to fix a leaky roof.

They move away of course, but the water is bad. Saving grace is ventilation and about 7 sq. ft. per bird inside the coop, and a large run. Added another 250 ft of fence this past weekend and painted 1 can of blackjack on. Seems to have stopped 80% - 90% of the leaks. Next warm dry day means coat #2. I have also determined, maybe, that the current leak is under-run from where the barn roof proper meets the added on wing. If water (looks like it does) runs under the laps up there and drips onto the inside the hayloft portion of the wing roof, it might back up from the blackjack. Strong wind would blow up into the juncture. All happens, trick is to minimize it.
Nothing else like hanging out in a wet coop with 86 chickens. Only one friendly rooster. An EE. Top cock is a buff orpington, from the oldest batch, he's big and fast. Lives like a boss.

 

[Manhen]

Maybe....unless water was seeping under walls too.

It does, there is a vertical crack in the foundation, been there as long as I can remember, and there has always been a wet spot there. Best to leave it open so's nothing grows in the hidden moisture, no?
EDIT: It makes about 2 foot wet in a 40 foot wall, and it is the breezy part of the coop. Ain't it cool to have a coop with breezy and non-breezy sections? Birds seem to love it.

REEDIT:
The rest of the barn leaks less, but the loft floor helps. It is ALL on it's way to being a coop, with the hayloft holding the hatchery and broodery…my wife will love me....

 

[rosemarythyme]

Just hope the BlackJack sticks if the floor is damp.

 

[Manhen]

Just hope the BlackJack sticks if the floor is damp.

The roof was dry and above 60 degrees, it stuck. It's sticky.

 

[rosemarythyme]

The roof was dry and above 60 degrees, it stuck. It's sticky.

Oh, I thought this was on the damp floor - my bad! (we're all used to people slapping it on the floors around here)

 

[Manhen]

Oh, I thought this was on the damp floor - my bad! (we're all used to people slapping it on the floors around here)

Really! No, the floor is dirt. It is an old barn with a concrete foundation. 82 years. This particular part (it is a wing on the hip roof part) is I don't know how old, but the concrete was hand mixed I am sure. Much drier inside now, but the floor ticking is wet. Light breeze through there helps, it's like a 40 foot long tunnel with baffles along the inside. Quite calm in the middle. All baffles direct the air flow up to the vented roof so in the interior there is very little movement. 5 sections along the length. Cheep cheep.