Roof How- To On Chain Link Pen

There are a lot of project pictures on this site:

http://www.creativeshelters.com/

No endorsement implied; I haven't used their canopy tops. But I did buy a mesh tarp for my 10X10 chain-link pen, and it works well (keeps hawks out; keeps poults in). Seems to be very well constructed; nice and taut.

Good luck.

 

Here's a pix of my chain link roof and cover. I have a 6 x 6 kennel panel attached as the ceiling, covered with the clear plastic wavy panels over that to keep it dry. The plastic panels are attached with zip ties. Hope this helps.

Imp

 

My chain link pens have chain link on top. I didn't do it, they were like that when I came here. It sags rather badly and a few of the posts on the sides of the pens have had to be propped up better. There is all sorts of brush on top since it is surrounded by woods and the pens are too big for me to get all of the falling branches off the top, but it holds and is real sturdy.

Edited to say, I like the above one and will keep it in mine for future building projects, lol.

 

I used two by fours as support, then simply put a tarp over the top. MAKE SURE YOU TIE OR WEIGH THE KENNEL DOWN SOMEHOW IF YOU ATTACH A TARP TO IT - or it'll blow over and be severely damaged by the impact. My kennel's all bent up on top to the point of almost being broken because it's flipped and rolled at least three times...

You can lift up the sections of tarp that fill up with snow and the snow will just slide off.

The tarp works to keep the majority of rain out of the pen as well, but if it gets extremely full the water will just drip through unless you go out and empty it occasionally.