My destiny has changed ! They moved in, pic's on on 36

[kfchickenlady]

hope you get pics of the 3 ring circus!

ok, you asked for it...
DS

DD


click to make bigger...well this can be kid tv while we wait for the pics of your DH chasing your chickens and ducks!

 

[MamaChic21]

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WOW, nice very nice. I love it

. I wish I had a horse too, so does my older son but we can't. You got lucky sweet kids and beautiful horses.

Should I doubt my coop, some feeling got into me this morning and it isn't pleasant

. I think the coop is pretty strong and the roof is pretty good but now

. I can't make it any heavier, otherwise it won't move. Whatelse can I do ?

I will be laughing hard for sure at hubby

 

[motoclown]

Coop looks like a coop, chickens will love it.
I've learned so much about building in the last year, that I want to finish coop#3 and start on coop#4......lol

 

[kfchickenlady]

Im wondering what you think is wrong with your coop? I agree w/ motoclown.

 

[MamaChic21]

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wow, coop #4, I think my hubby God forbit will have a heart attack if I tell him I'm building another one

lol. Many of us, we learn as we go.

 

[MamaChic21]

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As Pat pointed out, the roof and no overhang. Whatelse can I use for the roof besides what I already put on. I know plywood and shingles is the best way to go but then it will be too heavy.
Then it will loose the portability. That was the whole point of this coop, being portable. If I have no other choice and the roof leaks later, then I would have to make it stable and put plywood and shingles on. We had a very bad storm couple of days ago and wind gust up to 25mph. No leaks and nothing moving out of place. So that gave me confidence that I did the right thing.

 

[perchie.girl]

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As Pat pointed out, the roof and no overhang. Whatelse can I use for the roof besides what I already put on. I know plywood and shingles is the best way to go but then it will be too heavy.
Then it will loose the portability. That was the whole point of this coop, being portable. If I have no other choice and the roof leaks later, then I would have to make it stable and put plywood and shingles on. We had a very bad storm couple of days ago and wind gust up to 25mph. No leaks and nothing moving out of place. So that gave me confidence that I did the right thing.

You can go with corrugated plastic. Very light cut with scissors and you can go right over the top of what you have already. Here is an example:

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053.

There is even a piece that will go over the top of the ridge:

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

 

[patandchickens]

Your best lightweight option is to use metal roofing or the corrugated plastic roofing panels. I know you had a bad experience with the latter, but that was purely because you installed it wrong-- of COURSE it blew off that way

Install it CORRECTLY and it will stay put at least as well as anything else will. Use polycarbonate not PVC; or use metal, which is usually a little cheaper and not much heavier. Make sure to learn all of the necessary details about installation and support before doing the job, and it will make an excellent roof.

Or, JUST plywood and shingles is not going to be any much heavier than what you've already got on there. (i.e. remove all that, *then* put on plywood and shingles)

If you will shingle the roof, you can graft on a small roof overhang by replacing your current roof materials (whenever you do that, I mean, not necessarily right now) with plywood that hangs over 6" or so. That amount of unsupported overhang, with at least 1/2" plywood, will be fine. If you wanted more overhang you could add supports that brace against the top of the wall, lined up exactly with where the studs are; but honestly 6" of overhang is all you really need to keep the weather out of your wall structure.

If you are going to use the plastic or metal corrugated roofing panels rather than shingles, you can either use the same method (the plywood needn't cover the whole roof decking as long as you use adequately strong adequately-closely-spaced purlins) or you can build out a little overhang with 2x4s, again bracing them back against where the studs are contained in the wall. You would have a 2x4 running horizontally along the edge of where the roof panel will come to, plus braces attaching it to the upper walls. Heck, if you go with a smaller roof overhang you could pretty much just use good outdoor-grade L braces for it, it won't have to bear *lots* of weight.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[kfchickenlady]

not to be a thread hogger, but in using the metal and polycarb panels, whats the best way to cut them to size? Looks like they would shatter with a skilsaw.

 

[Dobela]

perchie.girl :

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As Pat pointed out, the roof and no overhang. Whatelse can I use for the roof besides what I already put on. I know plywood and shingles is the best way to go but then it will be too heavy.
Then it will loose the portability. That was the whole point of this coop, being portable. If I have no other choice and the roof leaks later, then I would have to make it stable and put plywood and shingles on. We had a very bad storm couple of days ago and wind gust up to 25mph. No leaks and nothing moving out of place. So that gave me confidence that I did the right thing.

You can go with corrugated plastic. Very light cut with scissors and you can go right over the top of what you have already. Here is an example:

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053.

There is even a piece that will go over the top of the ridge:

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053​

I would go with the corrugated roof. Shingles are outrageous right now because they are made with petroleum products, unless you can find some extras no one wants. We put corrugated metal on the top of our coop last weekend at the recommendation of a friend because it was so much cheaper than shingles and plywood. It was put on securely and endured 60mph+ wind gusts, hail and storms last night with no problems.