our coop & run in North Texas

[electrycmonk]

Update for free range "doogy door" (the door was originally planned to be used at the beach house back door) into the fenced in small back yard.....

All the scrap wood is puzzled/trimmed and ready to be mounted to fence...



And a second roosting rail with poop board and ladder.....

 

[electrycmonk]

Second roosting rail is about 1/2 installed....

Fence doggy door is completely installed - the kiddos helped install it...

DSL speed for upload is craptastic again....
Will try tomorrow to upload even cropped images....

 

[electrycmonk]

The "free range-doggy door" is installed. It's a bit off angle as the kiddos were helping me with install yesterday. Plan to test it out this weekend.

Still need to build up the rocks for a semi-ramp on both sides. We have plenty of rocks for this too. Plenty!

 

[electrycmonk]

Gonna try yet again..... using all scraps, here's the completed 2nd roosting rail....



And the small sand bath for the silkies & their Chickie's... That are using it but, not while I'm trying to get pics of them....


(Finally I got the pics small enough)

 

[electrycmonk]

Just sitting here taking a break. Snagged a shot with the inside of the "doggy door" and everyone is still chillin'

Shrunk the file.... (Holds breathe)

 

[electrycmonk]

So here (fingers crossed for successful upload) are some better images of
A) the construction of the 2nd roosting rail/poop board.


B) the shelving frame for the dog crates


C) the overhead shelving I just installed & the rope light is now actually installed.

D) the simple wood Dowling locks for the poop cleanout doors.


Complete with one of our girls critiquing my handywork.... And for the record, she was talking to the screen on the phone "of her" as this was in "selfie mode"

 

[imnukensc]

@electrycmonk You may have covered this earlier in your build thread so if you did I apologize for asking, but why didn't you use purlins under your lean to roof?

 

[electrycmonk]

@electrycmonk You may have covered this earlier in your build thread so if you did I apologize for asking, but why didn't you use purlins under your lean to roof?

That's a good question. I don't believe I said anything about purlins as they are -to my limited knowledge- used as supports that are 90° to the rafters. Correct?
Well, the serious storms that had been occuring (see pics earlier in thread on post #30) doing serious damage to neighbors barn/shed caused me to rethink plans. I wanted the metal roof panels to have as close to 100% hold down on the long overlapped sides. If you look at post #53 above, you can zoom in and see the 26" wide panels and screwed in an avg of 3-4" spacing all the way to the peak on the rafters.
The fence top bar & the middle 4x4 posts with the dual 2x6" support beams allowed me to maximize the length of the 2x4x12's for the rafter strength. There is a bunch of construction calculators on the web for finding out a beams maximum load and span rating depending on what type of wood and where it's harvested. As well as for metal beams too. The math I found was very, very helpful as I knew that the roof load was only the metal roofing panels and rain/wind/snow loads. The span for the 12'ers was ~11' with "x" load. I put the 2x6's on both sides of the 4x4's the make the load span about 9'. Then when I was looking at the point of supports on the west side of the coop I realized that the 11' was getting too close I experimented with cutting a 2x4 to be a vertical support that transferred the load to the frame of the coop at the roof/wall point. Then I added some cross beams to reinforce them.
See last picture in post #4? It's the frame of the coop BEFORE the roof rail mod to the run.
Post #7 has the "cleaned up redrawn" pics at the top of the post
Post #8&9 have images showing the rafter rails and the 2x6's and rafters spaced with the roofing panels
Post #9's last picture -if you zoom in- you can see the ~18" tall 2x4 that I had the specially cut 4 angles to them for fitment that required a soft tapping into place before being screwed in.
Post #14 inside the coop will show you that ~18" in the upper right corner (the styrofoam is cut right up to it for visual aid)
Post #17 picture#1 & 5 specifically give you very good view of the ~18"we and the area it's used in. The other pics give good followed up but, obviously hide that key part from view.
Post #27 & 50 has a couple pics to zoom in on as well.

How's that for an answer? My dyslexic brain took a while to write this, I hope it was clear & concise enough.

Upon reflection, one could say that I used the fence top rail, the 2x6's and a few parts on the coop frame as "under side purlins", eh?

Penny for your thoughts?

 

[imnukensc]

Fair enough, I reckon, but I would've used purlins. They're not just supports. They're also attachment points for the roof panels as well as giving your lean to roof/structure rigidity and lateral strength by tying your joists together. Hope it works out for ya.

 

[electrycmonk]

Fair enough, I reckon, but I would've used purlins. They're not just supports. They're also attachment points for the roof panels as well as giving your lean to roof/structure rigidity and lateral strength by tying your joists together. Hope it works out for ya.

From my understanding, purlins are 90° from the rafters and on top of them. If I take that understanding of their use & placement then, the rafters as securing points for the metal roofing panels would loose 95-98% of the surface area for securing to the rafters.
[ETA:
Am I missing the point of what your suggesting? Would you like some up close shots of the structural connection zones? The metal plates for screwing the beams together? I still also have the templet of the ~18" 2x4 rafter support I could take a shot of it to show the cuts and how it was shoe-horned into place?]

I have on record.... Since the building started last spring/summer.... No less than 12 storms in 2019/2020 to date with sustained winds in excess of 45mph. More then 6 of them had gusts above 60mph too. I have had gusts records as high as 72mph over the last 2 years, 80+ over the last 6 years.

So far. Absolutely nothing of the coop or run has even shown a sign of getting bent outta place.


Minor tangent, if I may....Please realize I'm not wanting to sound snarky or any thing in that direction. If anything my Better-half will be the first to tell me to acknowledge my value as I have humbly down played my worth all my life. I have gotten alot better over the last couple decades. I still have a ways to go.