sn0wwhite's Wichita Coop for the Twin Cities

[sn0wwhite]

So I'm going to take a week break now. That was why I had a deadline of the 13th.
I wanted to post some pictures in the daylight without the shadows.





When I return, final touches AND then winterizing panels.

 

[carajane612]

Hey Sn0w!! I spent a good portion of my evening reading your thread! Your coop turned out AMAZING!! Congrats on all of your hard work paid off

 

[sn0wwhite]

Thank you! I'm absolutely in love with it. I could just sit outside and look at it all day....that, and the chickens!

 

[pbarr86]

Great job, watching your progress inspired me to swap out one of my solid windows for a plexi window so the girls get actual daylight in the henhouse. (I do not however have the talent to frost an image on the glass like you did) I also just completed my winter panels, I will sandwich sheet plastic between the hardware cloth and lattice work... again, great job..

 

[sn0wwhite]

Thank you. Your window looks great... so I have a question for you... how did you attach the chain for it? Is it attached to the top of the door or to the frame of the coop? I was afraid if I attached mine to the rafter I'd forget to unattach it before I opened the door some day so at the moment it's still just hanging closed.

 

[aart]

I'd go ahead and attach it to the rafter and test what it feels like when you open the door with the window open.
Don't think the door would open far with the window open, so you'd know right away and release the window chain.

But you can't do that until your week's break is over ;-)

 

[pbarr86]

Thank you. Your window looks great... so I have a question for you... how did you attach the chain for it? Is it attached to the top of the door or to the frame of the coop? I was afraid if I attached mine to the rafter I'd forget to unattach it before I opened the door some day so at the moment it's still just hanging closed.

I just attached mine to the rafter, I forgot to unhook the chain a couple of times but you notice it real quick, no damage it just pulls the window open a little more, I think it's a non-issue...

 

[sn0wwhite]

Thanks for the answers. I bought a piece of hardware to mount on the window and the frame to hold it open (it's like the kind of thing that would hold open a piano bench seat - I don't know what it's called) but I haven't installed it yet because it would really only give me two positions, closed and halfway open. I think I'll try the chain first then because I really like how that works on the side window.

So a new problem appeared this morning. My roof is leaking ever so slightly in the worst place... inside the coop house. It's just a few drips but I think water can be insidious. I'm sure it was just when it blew really hard last night because it was still raining this morning but it was not still dripping. Just evidence in the PDZ that there had been a small leak.

So my question is - I can see that it's right at a seam of two OSB roof boards. Can I just run a bead of silicone caulk down that seam? It would keep the water running off to the back then right?

 

[chickiegrrl]

Did you put tar paper under the metal roof? If not, my only concern would be that the caulk would keep the water out of the coop, but allow the OSB to soak it up. But don't go by what I say, I don't know much about building. It's just a thought.

 

[aart]

Yikes, that stinks!

You have metal roofing over the OSB right? Patching the OSB would not solve the problem.

You need to find where it's coming thru the metal roofing...which can be difficult cause it could be migrating from a foot or more away running down the OSB until it finds a place to get thru that.

Look at the metal roofing uphill from where it's coming thru the OSB.
How is the metal attached to the OSB, post a pic?