Off The Ground?

[Mahonri]

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I am interested in what you mean by insulating the floor? Do you just have joists running underneath with batts of insulation between?

it is an 8X8 frame with joist in it... it is framed out with 2X6's, isulation batts in between, 1/2" plywood on the bottom, and 3/4" plywood on the top... Then built from there

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/35654_coop_1.jpg

What an awesome coop.

 

[Barred Rocker]

You definitely don't want untreated plywood sitting on the ground. It will rot quickly. As long as it doesn't stay damp and has adequate air flow it,ll be ok.

Mine is a little extreme but I've got 3/4" OSB on my floor.

 

[Intheswamp]

From my feeble mind...

It would increase the cost, but you could plant four 4x4 pt posts basically 4' apart in a square (or the actual width of your coop frame, remember to allow for exterior sheathing). Run a 8' long 2x6 on the inside of each pair of posts to form runners for the edges of the long portion of the coop frame to rest on. Then run an appropriate length of 2x6 on either side of the posts to connect the two sides together...butt these cross-braces up tightly against the bottom of the 8' runners. Connect the cross-braces to the posts with galvanized carriage bolts, washers, and nuts. Finally place one more 8' long 2x6 running parallel with the other 8' runners on top of the center of the 2x6 cross braces...this will give central support length-wise for the coop. Finally place the coop on top of the runners. This should give you a cantilevered structure that will give wind stability and get you well up off the ground...but, it adds more expense. ??

5 - 2x6x8' (3 - 8-foot runners)
2 - 2x6x10' (4 - cross-braces of appropriate length...gotta cover the width of the 4x4 posts plus the span...4'7"???)
4 - 4x4x8' pt posts (8' would give you 2' in the ground, 2' under the coop, and the top of the posts would end about 4' up the side of the coop. If you went taller with the posts you could incorporate them into some kind of run-roof or something.)

Anyhow, just an idea and might have errors.

Clear as mud?

Best wishes,
Ed

 

[spangledcornish]

I think that putting the coop off the ground is a very good Idea, we have our coop sitting upon cinder blocks, one thing we did was put a 2x4 on its side like runners and set theblocks on the runners, this helps distribute the weight odf the house it also does not put presser on the corners and it will not cause your corners to push out

I put this picutre on another discussion but you can see what I mean. also we have a board from the front of the shed to the ground so that our birds are notallowed under the coop. The coop is not fastened to the blocks. by having the coop up like this you will have less rodent problems, and you coop floor will last longer

 

[2txmedics]

Mine is also made of privacy fence, I collected after the hurricane hit us...Ike hit us hard...there was so much fence panels all around...we picked them up....I did mine like this so that my flock can get shelter from the rain or sun...in summer they love to sit under it and do there dust baths...Ive never had a problem in a yr with them laying under there...now if it floods from rains...which it has happened twice real bad, water to my ankles...I do put a panel across the bottom that has chain link on the panel boards for water flow....and I cover it off and block it so they dont get trapped under there.

mine is only tall enough under there to fit my biggest roo, Big Daddy standing. It may not look like it but the picture was taken at a distance....and he is standing erect!...begin tuff...lol, as he is very, FIGHTS ME AND ATTACKS ME

 

[jaboo81]

these r all very nice coops, nice work !! One thing I would never use anything but treated wood for the floor of a building on the groud r off the ground. Treated will last alot longer. If your looking to save money do it somewhere besides the flooring, anyway good luck!