Need ideas for attaching HWC to thin edge on metal carport

[Wise Woman]

Thanks Hen on a June Bug. Do you need a special drill bit to make the holes?

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

Thanks Hen on a June Bug. Do you need a special drill bit to make the holes?

Nope. Just has to be the same diameter or a wee bit larger than the machine bolt/screw diameter so the screw can fit through.

 

[Wise Woman]

Thank you!

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

btw, that's a great idea using one of those metal carports as a run. I'm going to have to think about doing that, or maybe enclosing one for a coop, if I can find a used one cheap.

 

[tigger19687]

They are not cheap.
The shelter logic ones are cheapER and have the fabric over it, thin round poles.
Here are my Shelter logic frame compared to the steel carport frame

 

[Wise Woman]

You are right. The carports are not cheap. However, I am chronically ill and we needed to re-do our chicken pen to make things easy for me so I could continue to keep chickens and be able to care for them by myself. For security reasons and for my ease of use we knew we needed a covered run.

My husband ran some numbers and the amount it would have cost to build a covered wooden run this size was close to the same as purchasing a carport. Plus there is my husband's time, paint and roofing on top of the lumber and HWC costs. He works 6 days a week and it would have been months and months until he got a run built. So he decided a metal carport was money well spent and it was installed as part of the price. We did have to pay extra for a snow load roof, but this should last us the rest of our lives.

We placed our run directly behind the fence at the end of our driveway. Should we ever decide not to keep chickens anymore, the fence and coop can be removed and the run used as a carport. I tried to plan ahead just in case and for re-sale. Works for us!