Securing corrugated panels

[Kebcrouch]

We are building a hoop style chicken coop using hog/cattle wire panels. How can you secure the plastic corrugated panels to the wire and what materials/supplies are needed? We are near Galveston, Texas, so rare concern for snow, but we do deal with high winds, a lot of rain and hurricanes on occasion.

 

[cavemanrich]

To deal with high winds,, (skip the hurricanes) I suggest you secure your cattle panel hoops well. There a few ways to do this. If you can get your hands on used RR ties, then make the perimeter from those. That would be an easy option. There are of course many other ways.
If you are going to go with plastic corrugated panel, can I suggest you look into fiberglass panels instead. They are stronger in my experience. Both will work though.
You can secure the panels to the wire ribs with heavy duty zip ties. You make the holes with a soldering tool that would make nice neat 1/4 inch holes. It is fast, and better than drilling, because it leaves nice rounded edges, that also are less likely to split open.

The RED circles, are the 1/4 inch holes.
The BLUE is the zip tie showing how it can be laced like a shoe tie.
The Black Dotted lines are the cattle panel wires underneath.
After you finish each panel, then caulk the holes to keep out dripping rainwater.

I do not have any experience making things HURRICANE proof, aside from building with solid concrete
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

 

[mowin]

Will those fiberglass panels bend to fit a hoop coop?

I used a heavy duty tarp, folded in half. I attached by sandwiched the bottom of the tarp between the frame of the hoop and another board with screws.

 

[aart]

Will those fiberglass panels bend to fit a hoop coop?

Probably but not in the way that they will shed water well.
Many have done so tho.

 

[mowin]

Probably but not in the way that they will shed water well.
Many have done so tho.

Ya, thinking they would only bend if they were set horizontal, which wouldn't shed water easily.