Lean to Coop conversion designing help

[Free Feather]

The structure looks good and the barns roof is newer, but the siding is rotted, falling off, & drafty. We dont have the money to fix up the barn yet sadly. We've been remodeling indoors. Im a DIY'er but I think the barns siding might be out of my league.

A massive coop! My husband would kill me. He's already mad at me for getting 9 chicks when I originally said 4....hehehehhe. He's not thrilled about the chickens. I think he'll end up loving them.

The chickens would get the barn, and if he did not like it, he would get the lean to.

 

[aart]

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No need to do anything right away, especially if you just moved there....give it a couple years.

 

[RR1011]

Yeah, I'm going to guess that the barn is all timber?? I would mostly just worry about keeping the roof on it and check the bones of it. Make sure none of the old timbers are sagging, cracking, or coming out of joint. Worst comes to worse you could always just tack on some cheap drop cloth plastic on the sides of it.

You might also want to poke around online a bit. there are a few old historic barn preservation groups out there. Odds are there should be someone near you that could at least give you an inspection for what all of the old timbers in it and what would need fixing right away, and might be an extra labor source for when you do go through and reside the barn.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[RR1011]

The chickens would get the barn, and if he did not like it, he would get the lean to.

I always threaten to make him sleep in the barn, I guess I should change that to lean to?

 

[RR1011]

No need to do anything right away, especially if you just moved there....give it a couple years.

Haha aart, we have been here for couple years...Though right after we moved in I found out I was pregnant with my son. We've done A LOT. This house was outdated, some parts of the house falling apart, not to mention all the junk that was left behind. The barn is last on my list, there's just so much other stuff that needs addressed first. The lean to has been cleared out though and doesnt really serve a purpose so figured Id give it one.