Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

[gtaus]

I have a suggestion for ya. Start working very early in the morning at first light while it's still a little cooler. When it gets too hot, stop, kick back and relax with a cold drink. When the sun drops over the horizon, go out and work a little more if it's not too hot.

Heat is hard on us old farts, so be careful.

Yep, I do most of my work before lunch, then after supper in the evening. Cuts down on work time hours, but my health has got to come first. And drink lots of water during the day.

 

[gtaus]

Now I want to rush out and buy metal roofing to cover the osb I used. That osb was such a good deal I couldn't pass it up and it was the last day of their business closing sale... so it was headed to the dump if unsold. But I didn't actually have a use for it and had to find one. But I do actually know better...well, it'll still provide a little heat insulation under the metal.

I painted the OSB and that has held up pretty well, except for the section where I open the outside panel to collect the eggs. Of course, the OSB will last longer if covered and maybe that's a good idea. But when it comes to something like a chicken coop, I just was not willing to spend lots of good money. Again, when you can buy eggs for less than $1.00 per dozen at the store, how much do you want to spend on a coop?

I know some people are willing to spend $1000's on a chicken coop and run setup, and more power to them. My goal was to save as much money as possible.

 

[Sally PB]

Looking forward to your pictures.

 

[gtaus]

I managed to get the nest box rack assembly put back together and remounted inside the coop. Had to make a few extra modifications to get it back in place, but I can live with that. Actually, made it stronger this time with extra supports.

The weather got over 90F here with humidity probably as high. Just miserable to work outside. I can't say I got much work done today, but I soaked up 4 tee shirts in the process and had to change them out. I don't like to work in wet clothes.

Just hope I don't catch a summer cold coming in from outside all sweated up and wet into the air conditioning of the house. Feels like I'm walking into an icebox when I first get into the house. That despite I have the air conditioning set at 78F. It's just too darn hot outside.

I've been taking some progress pics but won't post them until I finish the job. Lots of cosmetic stuff left to do and I would hate to post pics of what I had to tear down without being able to post pics that I got it fixed. Looks pretty bad right now, but the project is coming along.

Anyways, the nest boxes are mounted back in the chicken coop so that was the main thing I had to do today. Priority one accomplished! I guess that makes it a good day.

 

[chickengr]

I have a suggestion for ya. Start working very early in the morning at first light while it's still a little cooler. When it gets too hot, stop, kick back and relax with a cold drink. When the sun drops over the horizon, go out and work a little more if it's not too hot.

Heat is hard on us old farts, so be careful.

yesterday at 4:30 pm we had 122 f! so lazy day it was.

 

[ChicksnMore]

yesterday at 4:30 pm we had 122 f! so lazy day it was.

That's like Death Valley heat! Hope everyone there was ok.

 

[gtaus]

yesterday at 4:30 pm we had 122 f! so lazy day it was.

Greece was too hot for me in the summer, even as a visitor. I cannot imagine 122F temps. The only mention of Greece on my news channels is showing how things are burning up there. Hope you are doing well. Any more chickens lost to the heat? Take care.

 

[chickengr]

I lost another hen and probably will loose another chick. chickens that hide some disease don't survive extreme heat/cold so I don't mind loosing those chickens. my dogs eat them so that's not a total loss.

as for fires thank God they are far away from me.

 

[gtaus]

I lost another hen and probably will loose another chick. chickens that hide some disease don't survive extreme heat/cold so I don't mind loosing those chickens. my dogs eat them so that's not a total loss.

as for fires thank God they are far away from me.

Good to hear you are safe. Best wishes.

 

[gtaus]

Update on coop maintenance project....

I finished replacing the rotted wood and got the egg collection panel back on the chicken coop. It's so nice not having to go inside my elevated coop to gather the eggs. It's not such a big deal, but I never made steps or such to get into the coop - since mainly I only go inside the coop twice a year for deep bedding replacing and cleaning.

I replaced some of the rotted OSB on the bottom of the wall with pallet wood planks. Then I used a bit of OSB to patch a couple spaces higher on the wall. My idea is to fill the cracks between the "new" wood, let it dry, sand it down, and then paint it. Someone suggested that I mix some sawdust with glue into a putty and use that as a filler. That's what I plan on doing. I have some sawdust saved up now but will have to buy a bottle of exterior wood glue. I have to go into town to buy some wood glue, or otherwise I could have filled the cracks today. I plan on going into town maybe tomorrow.

I think everything will look OK after I paint it. Right now, it's looks like a patch job and not so easy on my eyes. Having said that, the pallet wood planks I used to replace the OSB has made everything stronger, so I suspect I will come out ahead even if it does not look as smooth as when first built.

As with most of my projects of late, my half day project is turning out to stretch over a number of days. But each day I get a bit more done and overall, I am happy with the repairs. Will post the pics when I finish the project. Later...