Metal Roof

[gsim]

If it is sweating you have too much moisture in air inside. Not enough ventilation would be my guess. If plywood or OSB stops sweating be advised that you may have mold by end of winter, because dampness is still there. Is floor dirt or wood? Best place for full-time ventilation is at the top of the walls or the top of the gable ends. A ventilated cupola would work well as would a turbine nvent if coop is big enough.

 

[BirdBrain]

Whispering winds,
We had some neighbors with coons in the attic. They got them to move out by putting a radio in the attic tuned to a heavy metal station with the volume way high. Worked like a charm. Coons moved out and the hole was fixed. The only downside to this was they hated the "music".

 

[Bossroo]

I raise horses , so I have a " mare motel" ... a steel pipe coral open on all 4 sides with a metal roof . this way a horse + feed can be protected from the rain. On foggy mor nings we do have steady drops of water dripping from the roof. Insulation or any type of covering on the roof underside only invites mold.

 

[ice329]

Just got back for a more supplys run... I am shock at the cost of insulation....god forbid if you want to buy some 24" wide. I went with the Dow blue foam board. I am actually discusted with the coop. It wont be long before its torn down and built in a differnt spot. Gonna finish it up and get my first ever chickens threw the winter but come spring its gone. Should finish it up by tomarrow and will take a few pics.

I brought the girls in it today just to check it out and they hated it. Ran out as soon as I opened the door and I was in there with them....!

 

[valentinebaby]

I have a metal roof that I call "passive ventilation" and it has never sweated. You can see some of how I constructed it by looking at the last 2 pictures on my BYC page. I graded my roof from 8' in the front to 7' in the back (I'm tall and thought I needed it that high!) and then 1st covered it with 1/2" hardware cloth, then placed 1x4's across the top, pulled the roofing felt that are on the sides under the cedar over that so it overlapped the 1x4's and then the metal roof on top. The 1x4's are what create the "ventilation" - works extremely well for me. The only thing I will do different when I replace the roof (used roof a friend gave me) will be to add an additional 8' strip so that it overlaps on the sides more so it protects the nest box that is on the "outside" of the coop. When I can afford it, I will add a metal roof to the run, but I let my girls free-range on my 2 acres (lost 2 to hawks, so may start keeping them in longer in the a.m.) so it's not as important as it once was. If I knew then what I know now, I would also have made the coop shorter - no more than 6' in front to 5' in back and make the floor space larger. Since it's elevated, I can rake the wood chips directly into a wheelbarrow and don't have to go inside as much as I thought I would. Oh well! Gail

 

[ice329]

The metal roof covers a wide open overhang... which I built the coop into 1/4 of it. I just never reolized how much it sweat till I had the floor in and the walls up. The entire overhang sweats. in the open places its no big deal, drips right to the ground and hardly noticed but put a floor down with vinyl and 20 drip marks 2 to 5 inches of puddle is way to much for me. so for now it will be insulated but come spring, no more coop with a metal roof for me.

 

[ice329]

Update

Its pouring here, everything is flooded, my new girls coop leaks terrably, but heck all is great because its Christmas... Ba Humbug (-:

The metal roof even insulated is horrable. Unacceptable in my book, back to the drawing board.

 

[Kewlhanded]

I have zero condensation problems with my metal roofs, no insulation and it never "sweats" unless were have'n a 1000% humidity day. It really sounds like you have a ventilation problem or installation error... I've done roofs for years and like metal the best. I live in FL, the land of condensation, high protected vents might solve your prob... if I saw a pic of the roof I might be able to help.

 

[ice329]

If you look on the thead the coop just a few posts down you will see the inside and the insulation. It defitly has plenty of ventilation.. the coop is very airy. Its just 100% humidity and its pouring and its dripping in a few differnt spots at about 10 drops per min. I will attemt one more fix and if not the whole coop is coming out and rebuilt on the side of the building on a high spot with a real rood with shingles. All that work and I cant get past the roof

 

[chseeads]

My coop has a metal roof and it sweats at certain times..... Hasn't been too big of an issue so far, so haven't pursued any remedy.