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[bigmrg74]

The only problem with marine plywood is the cost.

Bad all the way around. 24 years ago we had a house rebuilt by a father/son pair. Super efficient. When we talked about roofs they said "drive by the condos over on ......" in the morning. They had worked on those buildings when working for a construction company. They would not use OSB as roof sheathing and I could see why. The asphalt shingle roofs on those fairly new condos were rippled. Exterior plywood was what they used, no ripples.

That said, the rebuilt part of the current house has 8" Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs, rigid foam sandwiched between 2 sheets of OSB) on the roof but instead of shingles the SIPs are covered with standing seam metal (we could have gone with asphalt shingles but I don't know if the roof would fair any better than those on the condos). And there is no attic space, the first layer on the rafters is 1" half lap pine (the ceiling) then the SIPS. And the exterior walls are 4" SIPS attached to the outside of the post and beam frame. The carpenter put on (new type) "tar paper" rather than the "housewrap" stuff because he said he has seen rotted sheathing in walls of houses not even 15 years old when covered with "housewrap" but much older houses with "tar paper" have always been fine. And over the "tar paper" he put vertical spacers and a "rain curtain" so that any humidity that might get behind the siding will condense and drain out rather than soak into the back of the siding. Besides rotting the siding out from the back, the moisture collecting in the wood will greatly decrease the "lifespan" of the paint as it "pops off" the wet wood.

Yeah, we've been dealing with some leaking issues with our barn roof here, all around the bottom edges have gotten rotten from water getting in under the shingles. Would be really tempting to just rip out all the OSB and slap a metal roof on it. Might just opt to go with that Marine grade plywood to replace that bottom run of rotten OSB.

 

[gpeters3]

Yeah, we've been dealing with some leaking issues with our barn roof here, all around the bottom edges have gotten rotten from water getting in under the shingles.  Would be really tempting to just rip out all the OSB and slap a metal roof on it.  Might just opt to go with that Marine grade plywood to replace that bottom run of rotten OSB.  

If you used ice guard, according to code, you shouldn't have any damage at the edges. I went up about 5 feet with mine and used medium quality shingles because i didnt want to hear the rain hittimg metal. Cost is roughly the same for metal or shingles. 7/16 osb is priced to be inviting but I'll never use it again.

Only problem with metal is maintenence. It has to be repainted every 30 years or so

 

[HennyPenny2]

I built these flower boxes for the coop out of the old shutters. I think it's turning out cute

Here they are installed. Seems the chicks like their new digs pretty well.

Almost done with the run... It has taken way longer than I had anticipated!!! Doesn't it always!

That's one adorable coop!

 

[bruceha2000]

I used marine grade plywood for the floor in the bathroom. Well Worth the cost. After seeing what we scraped out of there.... OSB floors have got to go in my house. I will never use it I will never use particle board for cabinets either. Kitchen has to be gutted because of offending materials.

I won't buy particle board or "press board" for love nor money.

Guineas aRe great Love em but you have to have enough land so you wont be disturbing the neighbors. They are loud in the decible range. My last flock was about fifteen and I couldnt have a conversation with someone till I shut them up. Yep it can be done funnier than heck.
I am planning on raising up about thirty next go round.

I keep trying to convince myself I need a few guineas to act as watchdogs, sound an alert if a fox comes near but I don't think I could handle the noise. I have 2 Faverolles that sometimes won't shut up, they drive me nuts. I gather they are low volume compared to guinea.

I built these flower boxes for the coop out of the old shutters. I think it's turning out cute

Here they are installed. Seems the chicks like their new digs pretty well.

Almost done with the run... It has taken way longer than I had anticipated!!! Doesn't it always!

Yes, but it takes longer if you don't do it properly the first time

You have quite the nice looking coop and run there.

 

[SammyLady]

Wow! Ya'll's coops are awful fancy compared to mine! Mine is more of a shanty. Very.... "rustic" hahaha.

 

[bruceha2000]

Wow! Ya'll's coops are awful fancy compared to mine! Mine is more of a shanty. Very.... "rustic" hahaha.

The chickens don't care

 

[kpanchou]

 

[SammyLady]

Nope they don't! My ladies are quite happy with their shanty!

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: Visit some place that have grown ones and you will get an idea of the noise level. one can never reallly appreciate it till they have experienced it. One thing that is a plus is when they free range you can hear where they are. Twenty acres away. And they can year you calling them in with a treat call. a Bell or whistle to tell them you have millet or even scratch... That sort of conditioning works with chickens too.

deb

 

[ShrekDawg]

Yesterday we put the roof up and the front wall, complete with chicken door hole. The side walls went up the day before. Now we just need to do the back door, aka the people door, make a door for the chickens, put the roof on (it's just plywood up now), and add siding. We could just paint it but my dad wants it to look nice plus we only used 3/8 pine sheathing so yeah. Thinking we might put clapboard on to match the house.