please show me your converted dog run roof

[critterrun]

I would love to see how people do this

As this is what I have to do
and I dont want the snow dropping it in

Thanks for any pics
Debbie in NJ

 

[Oregon Blues]

I've got livestock panels over the top of the runs. Horse panels with 2X4 squares. Then a tarp over that. The livestock panels give plenty of support to the tarp, but I still go out and rake the snow load off the top.

My son, who does all my construction, is doing a lot of thinking about how to put a permanent cover over the runs that won't be too heavy for the run to support. I think he is considering sinking some posts on both sides to support a roof and doing a roof of corrugated metal.

Some expense involved there, but a tarp to cover is getting up around $100 and it disintegrates in the sun and only lasts about a year. I found a good surplus canvas tarp that would cover the top, but it was over $200. A permanent roof wouldn't be too much more than that.

With a permanent roof, I'd still need tarps down the sides to keep blowing weather out.

 

[egglicious]

Well, my husband decided to put an additional chainlink panel over the top and then cover it with a tarp for this winter. Maybe in the spring we will put an actual roof over that. I will let you know how it goes! But please keep the input coming in.

 

[drumstick diva]

When I had dogs I used corrugated fiberglass panels, they were easy to "broom off" - snow just slide off

 

[egglicious]

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Did you put a frame underneath? How did you make sure it didn't collapse from the weight of the snow?