Linoleum floor

[Brindlebtch]

Uh-oh. I glued mine down.

 

[Gwen]

You mean I can't just lay the linoleum down on top of the existing wood floor and be done with it?!?!?!?

 

[wombat]

I don't expect to ever have to remove my flooring. In a pinch, I'll lay down another plywood floor over it and put down more vinyl if it ever comes to that. So far, the flooring has been great, it is so easy to clean up.

 

[NancyDz]

I just stapled mine down on the wood, it was cheap and I figure once in awhile I will get new linoleum so i wanted it to be easily removable. Had it in there almost a year now and no problems still looks great when I clean it. I didnt paint my wood but the wood floor on mine is easily replaceable so I didnt feel the need to paint it. I did paint the walls and also put linoleum on the walls behind the roost.. it helps a lot with cleaning!

 

[Gwen]

Did you just staple the linoleum to the wall as well?

 

[Windwhistlefarm]

Is it slippery when you walk in on a rainy/snowy day?

 

[Peeplperson]

We bought some remnant vinyl flooring for the bottom of the coop. I cut it to fit, but did not attach it to the coop floor. When we need to clean out the coop, we just lift/slide out the vinyl (it's light-weight and pliable) and dump the wood shavings and poop into the compost pile.

Cheap and easy to clean.

I sprinkle the floor with DE and at least 4 inches of pine shavings so the girls have good footing. So far it's working great.

 

[whitewolfvt]

Couldn't help but notice that most everyone posting to this thread is in a warmer climate (except maybe Michigan). Vinyl and linoleum will NOT hold up in extreme cold. I live in Vermont and have a DH that has worked in the paint and home decorating sales and service for over 20 years. He refuses to put that type of flooring on our chicken coop floor. He says it will curl and lift and eventually crack because of our winters. So, we are using a California (brand) oil based floor paint that will resist scratching.......in green. Just a thought to anyone out there in the Northeast or other cold climate states.

 

[joletabey]

Oh gosh, I forget- I am originally from Wisconsin and the winters here are so mild in comparison that I didn't think about that. . . I live in the mountains of western NC - it CAN get to about 6 or 8 degrees once or twice during the winter months. Will linoleum hold up? I already laid it and put the coop on top of it. ??????

 

[ivan3]

We used a congoleum remnant (cadge around carpet outlets for the cheap stuff rolled out back) in the 7'x8' shed that we use for the turks. We just wood screwed/washered it onto the 1/2" treated plywood floor (wanted to be able to switch out if it didn't work).

Only problem we had was that the turks are heavy and when flying down from roosts would slide out the door on their butts (straw and wood chips). We put down ~3" of playsand (turkeys get a grip) and then added the wood chips and straw. This has worked well for four years and is very easy to clean (and turks are big poopers).