Water dripping off roof & into one portion of run - will this be a problem?

[TeePants]

We finally finished the roof today right before a rain, and we realized as we were installing hardware cloth on the inside that our back wall of the run is juuuuust crooked enough that water drips from a roof panel my wife cut a little too short and ends up running down the cloth and onto the support beams, eventually dripping onto the floor.

To be honest if we had any other breed of chicken I probably would just be frustrated but ignore it, but we have silkie mixes. I really don’t like the idea of the bedding along that one section slowly getting soaking wet.

Our options at this point suck, because our yard is hysterically tiny and this coop and run is built against our fence. We can use a sheet of plywood as bracing, climb up top and attach another panel over the one that was too short and apply silicone adhesive so that water doesn’t get any funny ideas about running UNDER it, and then screw it in - it won’t run the full length of the run and essentially just serve as an additional lip for that portion of the coop.

Alternatively, we could try putting a tarp or shower curtain up against the back wall, but then water could drip on the inside of it and make it worse.

I’m thinking sistering a panel is the way to go. The rest of the boards back along that wall are totally dry, and impressive feat here in Seattle; it’s just that one one and a half foot section that’s too short.

Also, in general, how serious do I need to be about waterproofing for silkies? I’ve read they aren’t great about trying to stay dry, and it’s wet up here nine months of the year.

I wish we could have more than a handful of inches of roof overhang, but I didn’t want to have it go into the neighbor’s portion and drip on anything. They’re super nice, but no one is that nice, haha.

 

[AntiqueB]

Wet bedding will get moldy. Wet support beams will rot. It has to be fixed.

Do you have pictures, so we can see what the options might be?

 

[TeePants]

Wet bedding will get moldy. Wet support beams will rot. It has to be fixed.

Do you have pictures, so we can see what the options might be?

I don’t! It’s too dark outside. But I can take some tomorrow. That’s what I am worried about too. However, last time I had chickens the roof was literally just a tarp zip tied to the fence supports - but the fence was metal chain link, so I didn’t need to worry about rot.

If it helps, all of the support beams were primed with Zinsser wood primer and then painted with Duration exterior latex paint. In fact, all of the wood for this coop was primed and painted with those two; my dad and brother both work in construction and I had their guidance on what would work best in the wet climate here.

If we add a sistered ceiling panel and seal with Permatex (which is what we used on the other panels) would that work? Basically, we’d add probably a two foot length of panel over the short panel to bring it to length with the panels that are NOT seeing water intrusion, apply the sealant crosswise, then screw it in on top the existing panels.

I already intended to put waterproof curtains along the front for days when it rains sideways; which sounds really stupid but worked fantastically for our quail pen we had in the same spot. Unfortunately the back wall is inaccessible unless I climb on top the darn thing or I call my neighbor. She’d probably not mind, but we are doing our level best not to bother her.

I have a photo from earlier that shows some of the roof, but it’s not a close up so it may not be helpful.

The portion of roof that wasn’t installed to the left side is up, btw, haha. Like I said, this is a slightly older photo, although to be honest we are in a mad rush to finish. Everything is painted and primed and ready to go, it’s just been either raining or something else happens. Usually something breaking, although I did also get two nasty colds, and two of our dogs decided to need multiple expensive vet visits, etc.

Never a dull moment.

 

[TeePants]

Update; it started raining harder so we went to check it out, and unfortunately it looks like we are having an issue with dripping on all sides. Hmmm. I know longer roof overhangs would have helped. I think for the back and sides we will add a gutter. For the front I intend to put up a curtain rail right under the roof overhang and that should help significantly.

Our quail pen was an A frame, so I literally just put a tent tarp over it. It had a flap that we could easily lift to feed and water them and it had interior lights on a timer as it was somewhat opaque. This is our first time building something with an actual roof so I’m a bit out of my depth.