Hello all. I am trying to finalize my plans for a coop that I plan to build and am trying to get a few details finalized before I start drawing up plans.
I am in Arlington TX so I need a design that will be good for our summers but can also be closed up to some degree for winters. I am hoping to accomplish this by having the appropriate amount of winter ventilation that is permanently attached and then having additional ventilation that can be opened up for summer time so they can have more airflow when it gets hot outside. I guess my question on this is how much ventilation is recommended for cold weather (sub freezing) and how much for weather over 100 degrees? That way I can start planning how much and where to place the ventilation. In the scaled down winter version, is there any ventilation placement that is ideal or considered must haves?
Secondly, are there any pros/cons on different roof styles or a preferred roof style? I was kind of trying to decide between a "lean to" style more like this:
As opposed to a mire traditional roof peak like this:
These aren't necessarily the plans I am using, I just quickly searched for a picture of the roof styles I was thinking of. I didn't know if one was heavily preferred over the other or had better advantages than the other or if it was solely personal preference.
Thank you.
I am in Arlington TX so I need a design that will be good for our summers but can also be closed up to some degree for winters. I am hoping to accomplish this by having the appropriate amount of winter ventilation that is permanently attached and then having additional ventilation that can be opened up for summer time so they can have more airflow when it gets hot outside. I guess my question on this is how much ventilation is recommended for cold weather (sub freezing) and how much for weather over 100 degrees? That way I can start planning how much and where to place the ventilation. In the scaled down winter version, is there any ventilation placement that is ideal or considered must haves?
Secondly, are there any pros/cons on different roof styles or a preferred roof style? I was kind of trying to decide between a "lean to" style more like this:
As opposed to a mire traditional roof peak like this:
These aren't necessarily the plans I am using, I just quickly searched for a picture of the roof styles I was thinking of. I didn't know if one was heavily preferred over the other or had better advantages than the other or if it was solely personal preference.
Thank you.