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[TN Chick Mom]

(aka project u hawks)

When your sunroom looks like and smells like Lowe's (according to a certain resident 16 yr old ), something big is afoot!

We're *finally* adding an 8x12 outdoor palace for my girls after too many hawk close calls. It will be OMG-so-much-white-paint with black hardware cloth to match my OG coop. We're doing dark pvc roof panels, but I wanted to do 2 sections of clear like a skylight. Does anyone have something similar and would you share pictures?

 

[Sally PB]

We're doing dark pvc roof panels, but I wanted to do 2 sections of clear like a skylight.

I don't have clear. My roof panels are 83% transmission polycarbonate.

There is PLENTY of light in the summer, without turning that part of the run into a rotisserie.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

I agree with the polycarbonate panels. I used them for the roof of my old coop when I lived on the coast where we would have 90+ degree days starting in April. Never had an issue with them at all and I loved all of the light it let in.

 

[3KillerBs]

We're doing dark pvc roof panels, but I wanted to do 2 sections of clear like a skylight.

If you put your location into your profile it will help people give better-targeted advice.

If the TN in your name means Tennessee, well, that's a BIG state with a lot of different climates. In the mountains the clear panels are probably fine.

In the western and central part of the state they could turn the place into a rotisserie.

 

[TN Chick Mom]

I don't have clear. My roof panels are 83% transmission polycarbonate.
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There is PLENTY of light in the summer, without turning that part of the run into a rotisserie.

Thanks! Now that we've almost been through 1 full calendar year, we're trying to think about it with a year-round lens because the area gets next to no sun in the fall/winter. We thought a small area of clear would let some in since all our girls love to sunbathe.

We're not quite ready for the roof, so still time to assess.

 

[Sally PB]

We're not quite ready for the roof, so still time to assess.

And save up your $$$. Those polycarb sheets were $52 each, and I needed 8. They've probably gone up in price too, like everything else.

On the plus side, I used the cut off pieces to make a really good wind break.