CarlaCo
Songster
Hi all. Still problem solving as we go on this very pretty, well-constructed, over-priced, POORLY designed, supposedly Amish-built coop. (I should make that my tag line
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We had several days of heavy rain, and I had to concoct a roof over the mini 4x5 run so the food stayed dry and the babies wouldnāt ge too wet. It felt like camping in the rain nightmares from the past with tarps and scrap plywood and rocks to hold stuff in place. The dilemma for this coop is once again tying to keep it mobile. It is sooo heavy as is. The stupid brochure actually showed two little Amish girls like 10 and 8 years old with their Little Hose on the Prarie get ups holding the wheel barrow handles as IF they could move this thing an inch.
For us, even the smallest mole hill in the lawn means two people are needed, one to push and one to pull or two to push to move the thing. I bought a large lightweight metal run that can be moved easily (it hasnāt come yet) so we wonāt have to move the coop but a few times a month. But the idea of adding more weight for a roof makes me ill. So it needs to be lightweight or easily lifted and removable.
My present thought is two trusses (maybe with something lighter than 2x4ās?) then a really thin like 1/8ā birch sheet? somehow matching the peak but fitting under the coop eave roof which is only a lousy inch or so overhang. (Why were they so stingy with overhang?
- during the storms a lot of rain was going in the coop door way.) then over the top of that some lightweight corrugated stuff. Any have any ideas?
) We had several days of heavy rain, and I had to concoct a roof over the mini 4x5 run so the food stayed dry and the babies wouldnāt ge too wet. It felt like camping in the rain nightmares from the past with tarps and scrap plywood and rocks to hold stuff in place. The dilemma for this coop is once again tying to keep it mobile. It is sooo heavy as is. The stupid brochure actually showed two little Amish girls like 10 and 8 years old with their Little Hose on the Prarie get ups holding the wheel barrow handles as IF they could move this thing an inch.
For us, even the smallest mole hill in the lawn means two people are needed, one to push and one to pull or two to push to move the thing. I bought a large lightweight metal run that can be moved easily (it hasnāt come yet) so we wonāt have to move the coop but a few times a month. But the idea of adding more weight for a roof makes me ill. So it needs to be lightweight or easily lifted and removable.
My present thought is two trusses (maybe with something lighter than 2x4ās?) then a really thin like 1/8ā birch sheet? somehow matching the peak but fitting under the coop eave roof which is only a lousy inch or so overhang. (Why were they so stingy with overhang?
- during the storms a lot of rain was going in the coop door way.) then over the top of that some lightweight corrugated stuff. Any have any ideas?
How will it stop water from going to drop hole? I agree a tarp canāt be a long term solution. And what you propose would be pretty light. I just wonder in our wind up here if it would get ripped off vs a peaked configuration.
