My First Coop! (In Progress) Pic heavy.

[aart]

That's pretty ...but....did you reduce the height of the run wall with the door in it?
Looks like maybe a bit, but probably not enough.
I'd run the garden hose over it, see if roof sheds water and where that water goes.

 

[SKYLINE]

That's pretty ...but....did you reduce the height of the run wall with the door in it?
Looks like maybe a bit, but probably not enough.
I'd run the garden hose over it, see if roof sheds water and where that water goes.

I've come to a conclusion... I'm scrapping the whole roof on the run. Its screwed in many ways and I guess I was rushing so excited to get my first chicks that I screwed it up. That material is so fragile trying to take it up was a nightmare. I'm gonna take it all down, buy some thin sheet of plywood and turn the run roof in a completely different angle then it is now. and ill top the plywood with the plastic.

 

[aart]

It's the framing that's awry, gotta get that sloped right first.
Plywood will not fix that.
Thinks you'll have to shorten your door in order to angle roof enough.
The corrugated plastic roofing is kinda delicate,
it needs more crosspieces than you have to attach it to..so again, it's a framing issue.

My old drafting teacher used to say.....
"It's not how bad you fffoul it up, it's how well you fix it".
Advice I've that applied to many things over the years.

 

[Melodychick]

I know very little about construction and had my first coop built by someone else. The first rain I noticed the metal roof leaking and called my neighbor. He said the roof was too flat so he fixed it by adding a header board(?) at one end. It works great now, no more leaks. @aart Is this something the OP could do rather than shortening the door?

 

[aart]

I know very little about construction and had my first coop built by someone else. The first rain I noticed the metal roof leaking and called my neighbor. He said the roof was too flat so he fixed it by adding a header board(?) at one end. It works great now, no more leaks. @aart Is this something the OP could do rather than shortening the door?

I have no idea what he did(would have to see it) and if it would work here or not.
It would be harder to raise the other end of roof, than to lower the door end.
Yes, the door would have to be shortened. If screws were used it's not that big of a deal, if nailed, then that is gonna be a bear.

The red line is approximately the slope that is needed on this roof.
Something may have to be done about run off tho.

It almost looks like door end of roof was lowered before painting,
roof looks closer to the top of door in the painted pic...
....might just be the angle of the pic tho.