sn0wwhite's Wichita Coop for the Twin Cities

[aart]

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......I didn't put them on the high parts... those peaks aren't even touching the OSB... wouldn't that have bent the roof all up? .....

You drive the screws in just enough to slightly flatten the rubber 'washer' forming a seal, but not enough to bend the metal.......I just put up a small piece of this roofing this morning.
But from googling it's a much debated issue weather to put them thru the ribs or flats....so you might just need to caulk all your screw heads.

 

[sn0wwhite]

The screws they sold me to go with the roof would have been too short I think to go through the high point actually.

Here's hoping the flash edge solves the problem! I'll keep you all posted!

 

[McKinneyMike]

Well obviously most of the screws with the rubber washer are working for now. One or more are not and you have seepage under the rubber grommet or it was wind driven rain and it was blown in under the front lip that is not covered with flashing. In any event the screws were not installed properly. I am really shocked that no one informed you of the right way to do that. It is common knowledge to most anyone that has ever been involved around a farm or in construction industry.

Ok is this standing seam roofing or corrugated metal? It does seem that modern metal roofing can be installed with screws on the flat areas as well as where the seams overlap. This is new to me! If this is the case and the rubber grommets on the screws were not compressed too far then your leak is most likely from wind driven rain from the exposed front lip of the roofing. I am old school though and would never screw anything into the valley areas of metal roofing. That is where the runoff flows!

 

[aart]

I'd take a look at the rubber washers, some of them may have been over tightened and are leaking.

 

[sn0wwhite]

Good point too, aart. I do think one was too tight in that area, I noticed it from my deck the other day. Would backing it out a little be ok or should it be replaced?

 

[McKinneyMike]

If the rubber washers are still intact and not cracked/torn, that should work. If not silicone caulk around the heads.

 

[sn0wwhite]

Odd pic in the car, but here's what I learned at Menards. 1. I should have cut my OSB back so that I had an overhang. But, lacking that 2. They sell this stuff to put in the gaps. So that's going in tonight.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Learning a ton myself. From your roof experience wendy. I too have a currogated metal roof on my coop with small leaks in corners when it rains hard. One thing I did do was caulk the metal roof screws with washers (even though they had the rubber washer things). I used that "stretch" brand of caulk and it kept things dry at the screw holes though as far as I could see. All of my osb board and galvanized roofing was recycled Though and I foresee a re-do on my roof in my future if I continue to keep chickens. I like the looks of those front edging pieces for metal roofs though.....that may be a good idea for me!

 

[sn0wwhite]

Oh, the things I'd do over.... Not that I'd change anything drastically, I love how it's turned out. But knowing what I know now I would do a better job getting my shiplap up to the roof neater, I'd catch that frame mistake that started the trapezoid shape, I'd make both windows first and frame to fit the window rather than trying to cut glass to fit a frame and of course I would have cut the OSB to allow the metal roof to overhang.

But in other happier news, the roost situation seems to have worked itself out. The pairs, Sunny and Benedict, were on the new lower roost tonight, and Omelet and Florentine were up on the high roost over the poop board. They look very content and I feel confident going out of town tomorrow that they will be secure and happy. My friend who helped build the coop is going to be the chicken sitter/egg watcher and will send me pictures every day.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Your coop looks very polished to me. I think we are our own toughest critics. My coop is shall we say more rustic than yours...Lol. lot more issues but the birds seem to thrive anyways. And that's the perspective you can keep as you tinker with thelittle issues. And work to resolve them.

I have to tell you that I have a smile on my face when iread the names of your birds. Very clever names. We have a Sunny ourselves. But hers is short for sunflower. Our girls all have flower names. You'll have to get a picture of them all roosted one evening for us. Little cutie pies.