I was just over visiting your blog
Happy to see another journaler on blogspot
Sorry to hear about your roof, that sure stinks!
Look what happened to my run!
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No.. You have strong support beams on top.. LOL.. I keep thinking how it would look as a giant igloo..
Goddess
No.. You have strong support beams on top.. LOL.. I keep thinking how it would look as a giant igloo..
Goddess
As a fellow NE Ohio BYC'er, I can understand the strain on the roof as we have a solid base of 2-3 feet, not counting the drifts. I currently do not have a roof on my run, but after losing 2 girls in 4 days to fox and hawk, I'm looking into ways to roof the run once we have a thaw! My DH bought me a fencer, and we plan to run a couple of strands of electric wire to deter the fox and any coons that decide to try to get in. But we'll need a roof of some sort to deter that nasty hawk that got the last one around Christmas time. I want something stronger than the aviation/deer netting, and was leaning toward simple chicken wire (The run itself is welded wire). Seeing how the snow did not go through your net roofing, I wonder if we would have any better luck with the chicken wire? Flat roofs + snow = trouble....Would a gable roof built with wire work? Think the snow would shed off? Maybe both of us NE Ohioers will have some luck with roofing ideas!
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Nope, chickenwire will come down just about as readily as netting does. Your best bet is something LARGE mesh, like heavy gauge 2x4" wire, or an actual solid roof. Support it very stoutly, engineered to withstand the snowload (yes, even if you use 2x4" mesh, which CAN develop a solid snowpack in some icy wet heavy snows)
Nope, chickenwire will come down just about as readily as netting does. Your best bet is something LARGE mesh, like heavy gauge 2x4" wire, or an actual solid roof. Support it very stoutly, engineered to withstand the snowload (yes, even if you use 2x4" mesh, which CAN develop a solid snowpack in some icy wet heavy snows)
Flat roofs + snow = trouble....Would a gable roof built with wire work? Think the snow would shed off? Maybe both of us NE Ohioers will have some luck with roofing ideas!
Slope doesn't do you a whole big lot of good except with solid roofing. If you are POSITIVE you will never ever want to put solid roofing on, it makes ok sense to do a flat roof of 2x4" mesh, STOUTLY SUPPORTED at VERY FREQUENT INTERVALS with on-edge 2x6s. But to me it is a lot more versatile to put a pitch on the rafters, I would not bother with less than about 2/12 or 3/12, and that way you can put solid roofing on if you ever want to.
Good luck, have fun,
Pat
Slope doesn't do you a whole big lot of good except with solid roofing. If you are POSITIVE you will never ever want to put solid roofing on, it makes ok sense to do a flat roof of 2x4" mesh, STOUTLY SUPPORTED at VERY FREQUENT INTERVALS with on-edge 2x6s. But to me it is a lot more versatile to put a pitch on the rafters, I would not bother with less than about 2/12 or 3/12, and that way you can put solid roofing on if you ever want to.
Good luck, have fun,
Pat
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Slope doesn't do you a whole big lot of good except with solid roofing. If you are POSITIVE you will never ever want to put solid roofing on, it makes ok sense to do a flat roof of 2x4" mesh, STOUTLY SUPPORTED at VERY FREQUENT INTERVALS with on-edge 2x6s. But to me it is a lot more versatile to put a pitch on the rafters, I would not bother with less than about 2/12 or 3/12, and that way you can put solid roofing on if you ever want to.
Good luck, have fun,
Pat
I guess I am confused. I thought it was a solid roof?
ETA: Nope. I thought wrong. I enlarged the pic, it's netting. My bad
Slope doesn't do you a whole big lot of good except with solid roofing. If you are POSITIVE you will never ever want to put solid roofing on, it makes ok sense to do a flat roof of 2x4" mesh, STOUTLY SUPPORTED at VERY FREQUENT INTERVALS with on-edge 2x6s. But to me it is a lot more versatile to put a pitch on the rafters, I would not bother with less than about 2/12 or 3/12, and that way you can put solid roofing on if you ever want to.
Good luck, have fun,
Pat
I guess I am confused. I thought it was a solid roof?
ETA: Nope. I thought wrong. I enlarged the pic, it's netting. My bad
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Slope doesn't do you a whole big lot of good except with solid roofing. If you are POSITIVE you will never ever want to put solid roofing on, it makes ok sense to do a flat roof of 2x4" mesh, STOUTLY SUPPORTED at VERY FREQUENT INTERVALS with on-edge 2x6s. But to me it is a lot more versatile to put a pitch on the rafters, I would not bother with less than about 2/12 or 3/12, and that way you can put solid roofing on if you ever want to.
Good luck, have fun,
Pat
I guess I am confused. I thought it was a solid roof?
ETA: Nope. I thought wrong. I enlarged the pic, it's netting. My bad
Sorry, I was not clear enough with my quotes -- I was replying to newchicksnducks, not the o.p. The problem with the o.p.'s run was that, no matter whether solid or mesh roof, it was not supported strongly enough.
Pat
Slope doesn't do you a whole big lot of good except with solid roofing. If you are POSITIVE you will never ever want to put solid roofing on, it makes ok sense to do a flat roof of 2x4" mesh, STOUTLY SUPPORTED at VERY FREQUENT INTERVALS with on-edge 2x6s. But to me it is a lot more versatile to put a pitch on the rafters, I would not bother with less than about 2/12 or 3/12, and that way you can put solid roofing on if you ever want to.
Good luck, have fun,
Pat
I guess I am confused. I thought it was a solid roof?
ETA: Nope. I thought wrong. I enlarged the pic, it's netting. My bad
Sorry, I was not clear enough with my quotes -- I was replying to newchicksnducks, not the o.p. The problem with the o.p.'s run was that, no matter whether solid or mesh roof, it was not supported strongly enough.
Pat
WOW! Just reading this! So sorry to see that! We never thought about snow on top of the run.
We had something similar happen during construction. We put a tarp over the top before the roof was on then got dumped on last summer with rain. The tarp gave and all that water hit the floor so hard it busted a couple of the floor joists. Nature is amazing!
Hope warm weather comes soon so you can get it fixed. Nice chicken coop!
We had something similar happen during construction. We put a tarp over the top before the roof was on then got dumped on last summer with rain. The tarp gave and all that water hit the floor so hard it busted a couple of the floor joists. Nature is amazing!
Hope warm weather comes soon so you can get it fixed. Nice chicken coop!
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No.. You have strong support beams on top.. LOL.. I keep thinking how it would look as a giant igloo..
Goddess
I wanted to see it covered also but with the steep walls and the new slick truckers tarp the snow slid right off after about 2" of accumulation.
No.. You have strong support beams on top.. LOL.. I keep thinking how it would look as a giant igloo..
Goddess
I wanted to see it covered also but with the steep walls and the new slick truckers tarp the snow slid right off after about 2" of accumulation.
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Man Im sorry about your hawk problem, they fly over frequently and the girls go nuts!
My roof was also netting, about 1/3 of it was wood like a pergola type style, I had boards but spaces in between to allow light and air, nice gaps. Still too solid for all that snow though. All though it was the netting covered in snow that actually pulled that area down! Harsh winter around here
My roof was also netting, about 1/3 of it was wood like a pergola type style, I had boards but spaces in between to allow light and air, nice gaps. Still too solid for all that snow though. All though it was the netting covered in snow that actually pulled that area down! Harsh winter around here
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