- Aug 29, 2010
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The play house works great! A few things we did a little differently.
to keep it warmer we filled the walls with spray in foam insulation, but be careful get the stuff that does not expand as much or the walls will push out ( opps) . You may need to drill a couple more holes in to get the entire wall filled, but it took about 6 cans to fully fill the house. Do the shutters and the doors too and don't forget to do the roof.
For the windows we just got some plexi glass and using sheet rock screws we screwed the window on so the wind didn't come in, on the other house we used cloth screen, it worked well too, but they were not as concerned of the cold.
Remember to run your lightbulb into the house so it says warm enough for them.
To connect the walls together we didn't use the L brackets, although that is a good idea too.. we used carriage bolts,with washers, just drill thru the walls where they lock into each other, put on the washers, remember this is just plastic and lock it together
want to keep it from blowing over? We used 6x6 to raise it up off the ground, put in a hook and put the eye ( again using a nut and washer on the house itself, now we only have to flip our hook and eye off, tilt it on the side and wash it out with the hose.... oh yes, we drilled holes in the bottom of the house so the wetness didn't sit in the bottom. We havae seen others use cinder blocks and use tie down straps wrapped around the house, that looked like it would work well.
For another friend we did it another way, we made a tray out of wood, stapled ( using the kind of staples you hammer in) in the metal cloth and set the play house inside of the tray, then we drilled the holes thru the tray sides as well as the house and just slip our bolts into the house, holds it nice and snug and comes out easily.
found both our houses on the side of the curb.
What we like is that it is inexpensive, it is a "green " way of doing it and it is light enough for us to move around if we want to
If you don't want it to look like a play house anymore, remember that they make spray paint that paints onto plastic, but I am not sure if the chicken will peck at it, but people paint thier coups so why not paint it gray or brown or whatever color you like?
to keep it warmer we filled the walls with spray in foam insulation, but be careful get the stuff that does not expand as much or the walls will push out ( opps) . You may need to drill a couple more holes in to get the entire wall filled, but it took about 6 cans to fully fill the house. Do the shutters and the doors too and don't forget to do the roof.
For the windows we just got some plexi glass and using sheet rock screws we screwed the window on so the wind didn't come in, on the other house we used cloth screen, it worked well too, but they were not as concerned of the cold.
Remember to run your lightbulb into the house so it says warm enough for them.
To connect the walls together we didn't use the L brackets, although that is a good idea too.. we used carriage bolts,with washers, just drill thru the walls where they lock into each other, put on the washers, remember this is just plastic and lock it together
want to keep it from blowing over? We used 6x6 to raise it up off the ground, put in a hook and put the eye ( again using a nut and washer on the house itself, now we only have to flip our hook and eye off, tilt it on the side and wash it out with the hose.... oh yes, we drilled holes in the bottom of the house so the wetness didn't sit in the bottom. We havae seen others use cinder blocks and use tie down straps wrapped around the house, that looked like it would work well.
For another friend we did it another way, we made a tray out of wood, stapled ( using the kind of staples you hammer in) in the metal cloth and set the play house inside of the tray, then we drilled the holes thru the tray sides as well as the house and just slip our bolts into the house, holds it nice and snug and comes out easily.
found both our houses on the side of the curb.
What we like is that it is inexpensive, it is a "green " way of doing it and it is light enough for us to move around if we want to
If you don't want it to look like a play house anymore, remember that they make spray paint that paints onto plastic, but I am not sure if the chicken will peck at it, but people paint thier coups so why not paint it gray or brown or whatever color you like?
