Locating blueprints for Woods' semi-monitor 10 x 16 house

[Garyoutlaw]

I have had all Winter to formulate the best forever home for my 28 laying hens - after careful deliberation & lots of forum research I feel that a 10 x 16 Woods semi-monitor house is the perfect fit for my situation.
I feel that with thorough blueprints & parts list I am capable of building on my own but aside from the original Woods book I have not been able to locate plans - Any help would be fantastic

 

[JackE]

The book has measured drawings in it. It shows pics of each wall/section of the coop. That's where I got the info to build mine. It's all in the book.

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

I find the book tricky to follow. I guess if I had some carpentry skills it wouldn't seem so confusing. I sort of wish the Dr. would of actually just put the measurements of everything right on the drawings themselves. Once I have to "see text"...I get all ferhoodled...

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

I'm getting to the point of throwing my hands up and just buying a shed and cutting out ventilation...

 

[JackE]

You must not have the same book I have. Each part of the coop is shown, with measurements of them. The framing shown, is for board&batten siding, for the walls. But, whatever, just make the framing vertical. I just put the studs on 2' centers. Other than narrowing it a bit, the monitor section was built, as shown, in the book. With the book I have, I found it very easy to build the coop. From what I heard, there are more than a few versions of the book. A couple of on-line versions, plus a couple different paperbacks for sale. I have the green colored version of it. It has, to me, very easy to follow, measured drawings.

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

I have this green covered book downloaded on my phone.

This is what I mean by diagrams with no numbers...and the "see text"

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I have this green covered book downloaded on my phone.
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This is what I mean by diagrams with no numbers...and the "see text"
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It is a design diagram, Not a step by step instruction diagram.
It is to give you an outlined idea of what you can create. You can make that design any desired size you care to, depending on your budget.
Decide on how big the floor plan will be and go from there.
Floor plan will dictate the dimensions of interior walls exedra, roof comes last. basic framing principles. I recommend 2X4 walls w/16-inch centers and t-111 exterior plywood.

 

[JackE]

That looks like the book I have. There's no measured drawings, in the version you have? Like I said, in the book(That I bought from Amazon) there are pics/drawings of each section of the coop, with measurements. The phone version must be different. Yeah, you are going to need much more, than what you have.

 

[cholland]

I struggled with the e-version for a while too. Then I printed those few pages I needed and sat down with pencil and paper. The measurements are all there. Just not easy to follow.

Seems most recent builds are modified from original design to use modern lumber and accommodate whatever windows are used. Following Woods exact design would waste a lot of material if you plan to use plywood in 4x8 deminsions. His framing is also really light even for shed standards.

The main thing is to decide what size you want the main shed. That will determine the main monitor height. If building an 8x12, then the rear is 8x8. The monitor would be 8' high. If building an 8x16 then the rear is 8x10. The monitor should be 10' high, or close to. The depth of the rear shed is more important than the width for determining the monitor height.

If building it wider. Go in 4' increments. 12, 16, 20. It makes the use of materials more efficient and keeps the framing simple. Of course as you go wider, you would divide the sheds, the monitor height does not continue to rise indefinitely.

The front roof pitch is 3/12 and the rear pitch is 5/12. Which makes the front wall about 4 1/2' tall and the rear wall about 5'. Ther is more math to that, but it really depends on the individual plan.

I've drawn the rough plan for an 8x12 and 8x16 with Sketchup. It's just the rough framing and siding. About 90 percent complete, it doesn't have windows, just a door cut out, etc. But complete enough for taking plan measurements.

 

[Howard E]

coholland has it right.......on all counts.

Mine is 8' x 12' for this reason. Was going to only go 6' x 10', but would have used the same lumber as the 8' x 12', except if using 4' x 8' sheet goods, I would have left half of it on the ground.

Actually, mine is 7' 9" wide......a bit narrower to allow 1 1/2' overhang of the roof made from 4' x 8' plywood.