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We manage just fine with outward opening doors and snow here. And usually the lock is a lot weaker than the hinges, you can pretty easily kick in an inward opening door. But it's mainly the windows I wonder about, I would think it would be easier to just use hinges like we do, instead of sliding windows that get stuck more easily.

You don't really meet real celebrities here. The Finnish celebrities are pretty much normal people. If you walk around the city center in the day, you can say hello to the prime minister if you're at the right place at the right time. Our previous president often went shopping among other shoppers. And our "movie stars" are pretty normal too.
 
Justin Vehver: I look nothing like snoop dog. I look more like the lead singer of the black crows in the song "she talks to angels" plus a beard and 50 lbs. Btw it is an excellent song
 
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@Peep_Show Looking good. Next time, you might want to do the paneling first and then just cut out openings for windows and whatnots. Also, making a spacer to cut the shingles against makes it quicker as you don't need to measure them individually. And if you're going to paint the window trim a different color than the shingles, take the trim off and paint it before attaching it. Saves you a heck of a lot of patience consuming work.

By the way, does anyone know why so many windows in the states are that slide open model that you can only open half the window with? I've always wondered about that. And also, why do most doors open inwards in the States?
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Actually, with this design couldn't do paneling and then cut out the windows because the predator proofing is a sealed edge on the inside of the window installed first AND with the fact that the windows open on the outside (because I'm not going to crawl in the coop every time a breeze comes up) they are framed a little differently, although a couple of the non-opening windows are framed in the normal fashion. The coop also is wrapped with a moisture barrier.. Paneling? The challenge with this design was all the materials had to fit inside a Hyundai. I could do 2'x4' pieces of plywood but not 4'x4' or 6'x8' panels. Therefore, SmartSide or SmartBoard was out. Hence the shingles.

One thing I will say, the thing is built SOLID. The roof holds over 300 lbs. The walls (sheathing + shingles) are over an inch thick. I kind of ruffled feathers when a lady lamented in our Village paper that she would have to put up coyote fence in order to let her chickens free range unattended and I suggested in a letter that it was prudent to build against your greatest formidable predator and that coyotes were not the only predator in Corrales after her chickens. (i.e., if you have bear you build with cinder block and electric fence...we have known hawks, raccoons, coyotes, feral cats and errant dogs). Well, unbeknownst to me at the time was the fact that she was running for mayor and suddenly my comment became a political striking point. It was later reported by her camp in pointed Letters to the Editor and other publications that I had attacked her for her fences, which was patently not the case. Ahhh, small towns and small minds. But here I am now having to build against the predators I know I have....which include the coyote den on the next lot over (what we've dubbed "Coyote Acre") and now, I'm afraid, human poachers (thank you, Mr. Apple Rustler).

Anyway, time to get back to the shingling whilst the sun shines! Just popping in during my bio break.
 

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