Metal corrugated roof! Ugh...

[EggSighted4Life]

If the roof had a proper pitch, any humidity condensing on the underside should flow down and out of the coop, and not be dripping inside.

My roof does have proper pitch (and run is open on 3 sides)... the condensation rolls down until it meets a frame member where it builds up until it drips at that location.

I too will be redoing my pole barn roof in the near future. Good to see all the conversation!

Dry as a bone. I'm so grateful for our climate.

Ya, you guys don't have much humidity in your air there in the valley... But I will take my humidity and mostly mild weather over hot as hell and can't breath the nasty air... I'm poking friendly fun.. we are so close (only 7ish hours), we might meet one day.

 

[Aunt Angus]

My roof does have proper pitch (and run is open on 3 sides)... the condensation rolls down until it meets a frame member where it builds up until it drips at that location.

I too will be redoing my pole barn roof in the near future. Good to see all the conversation!


Ya, you guys don't have much humidity in your air there in the valley... But I will take my humidity and mostly mild weather over hot as hell and can't breath the nasty air... I'm poking friendly fun.. we are so close (only 7ish hours), we might meet one day.

Maybe sooner than you think! We're looking to move up your way very soon!

 

[ChickNanny13]

Next year I'm tearing off the metal and putting plywood down then the metal. I'm not sure if putting anything over the metal will help as it is sweating inside the coop.

[QUOTE="Mybackyardpeepers, post: when we rip the metal off. How would I raise the metal off the plywood?

Install 1x3 firing strips on top of the plywood, then screw the metal to those. As mentioned earlier make sure to tar paper the plywood, then install the firing strips[/QUOTE]

Agree with all that's been said ... Roof pitch & venting, plywood to lay tar paper on before putting the metal roofing down ... Without the tar paper, the moisture would collect on the plywood & eventually cause moisture/mildew issues (?)

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

Install 1x3 firing strips on top of the plywood, then screw the metal to those. As mentioned earlier make sure to tar paper the plywood, then install the firing strips

Agree with all that's been said ... Roof pitch & venting, plywood to lay tar paper on before putting the metal roofing down ... Without the tar paper, the moisture would collect on the plywood & eventually cause moisture/mildew issues (?)[/QUOTE]
Great, thanks!!!

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

In case you are considering less than drastic (ie raising the roof!) remember that moisture is everywhere inside your coop. Just because the wood walls aren't cold/conductive enough to form drops, they will become moisture laden. And let's not forget the point, they ARE birds, and lots of fresh air is what they need. If you smell ammonia in the coop, that IS IT. Moisture leads to ammonia production and trapped air keeps it in, and your birds might get sick, or decide to move somewhere else....

Happy Big Chicken Day!

I have very sensitive smell and horrible allergies. I can spend hours cleaning (basically inside my coop) and not have an issue till I replace the bedding. I'm pretty confident there is no ammonia issue in their thank heavens.

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

Can you put the vents on the opposite side of the weather side

Probably only on one. My main entrance faces west, so that would make the only other option for vents facing north which is the other side that gets hit by weather in winter months.

 

[junkman56]

Probably only on one. My main entrance faces west, so that would make the only other option for vents facing north which is the other side that gets hit by weather in winter months.

I feel that low vents that you can close when the weather gets pretty nasty, are very important to having good ventilation.

 

[ChickNanny13]

I have very sensitive smell and horrible allergies. I can spend hours cleaning (basically inside my coop) and not have an issue till I replace the bedding. I'm pretty confident there is no ammonia issue in their thank heavens.

Try sprinkling some PDZ in their bedding, helps alot with any smell in my girls CH & poop board.

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

Try sprinkling some PDZ in their bedding, helps alot with any smell in my girls CH & poop board.

My problem is the dust from the shavings and straw, not bird waste. I do have a poop board I will definitely get some for. Thanks!

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

I feel that low vents that you can close when the weather gets pretty nasty, are very important to having good ventilation.

Yes, I put house floor vents in my coop I built, one high and one low. That's true if I get the ones I can close to use.