waterproofing product???

[sianara]

When I built my first duck house 9 years ago we foolishly put luan for the inside walls/roof and plywood for the floor. As you can imagine, that didn't work out too good with the ducks and we stopped using this house after 3 years. I'd like to revamp it to use as a goose house and was wondering if anyone knows of a product that could be painted/sprayed onto the walls to waterproof it for ease of cleaning. Basically, I'd like to be able to periodically spray it down with water to clean it once the shavings/hay have been removed.

 

[The Duck ABC's]

Backerboard used to applying tiles over it. Much more durable then just plywood. Also they do sell plastic panels used on walls like bathrooms at Home Depot. Easy to apply with some liquid nails over plywood and easy to clean. They are textured, which makes them less slippery. They are pretty cheap too.

 

[sianara]

So is backerboard water proof once tiles have been applied (not that I'd even consider doing that to this goose house lol I should do it to my kitchen first

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What kind of plastic panels do you mean? And liquid nails??? Looks like I need to go to the Home Depot website...

Thanks

BTW, when is your book due to be published?

 

[TLWR]

Why not just use some exterior paint or waterproofing paint/stain and use deck boards.

My duck house is cedar and I painted the floor with exterior paint and half way up the walls (should have gone higher). I hose that sucker out pretty much daily since September and have had no issues.

 

[sianara]

TLWR,

What do you mean by "deck board". I'm trying to imagine the decking we have off the back of the house and there's no way those boards would work for walls/floor/ceiling...

 

[TLWR]

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Head to HD or Lowes. Go to their 4x8 panel section (wall board). Here they are laying flat in little (big?) cubbies from floor to hip height or so - it's where you find the sheets of tile looking panels, the panels with flowers on them, those panels everybody had in the 70s for their walls, the wainscoting type look in a sheet. In that selection of wall boards, they have what is basically just a plastic panel meant to be used in bathrooms and the like.

Liquid nails - should be some by the wall board section. If not, head to the paint section where they have caulk tubes and stuff. Liquid nails is usually found there with that stuff too. It is an adhesive used to hang wall boards.
http://www.liquidnails.com/index.jsp

 

[TLWR]

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Yep, basically that stuff, but not the 2" thick stuff, the just over an inch thick stuff. Could work for floors - and walls if needed (though it seems over done for walls and expensive). As a floor, you can space them a tiny bit to allow for water to drain through from cleaning.

You can also get the fence boards (6' x i have no idea) and use those as walls. Just add a few coats of paint and they will be fine for watering. But will be as heavy as all get out if you have to move the sucker.

Metal or plastic stuff for the roof?


head to HD or Lowe's and just walk around their isles and see what they have and get some ideas.

 

[sianara]

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Yep, basically that stuff, but not the 2" thick stuff, the just over an inch thick stuff. Could work for floors - and walls if needed (though it seems over done for walls and expensive). As a floor, you can space them a tiny bit to allow for water to drain through from cleaning.

You can also get the fence boards (6' x i have no idea) and use those as walls. Just add a few coats of paint and they will be fine for watering. But will be as heavy as all get out if you have to move the sucker.

Metal or plastic stuff for the roof?


head to HD or Lowe's and just walk around their isles and see what they have and get some ideas.

All good info, thanks.

Keep in mind I'm just revamping the "inside". The outside is fine with a slanted shingled roof. I should have said "ceiling" in my original post and not roof.

I'm not planning on removing the plywood floor since the whole frame is built upon it but I was thinking I could remove the luan walls and ceiling and either replace them with a more waterproof product or just cover them up with either some kind of thick waterproofing paint or similiar product. I'm also thinking of adding a slanted floor under neath the new yet-to-be-built wire floor so when it is sprayed out all the water will run out of the house instead of pool inside causing rot/mold/mildew.

 

[Hattiegun]

I used glass board.. its used i think in body shops etc.. kinda like a shower stall but its texturized.... the top 2 pics are when I just got it and then I added cupboards and the shelf , which the one end is a nesting box and the shelf keeps all my crap off the floor.. it still LOOKS brand new... very easy to clean . the seams have a glue to keep moisture out.

 

[fishnet1971]

My DH helped me with my chicken coop last year, and we were trying to come up with something to put on the plywood flood so that I could hose it out regularly.

RHINO TRUCK BED LINER works awesome!!!!! It was a little costly, about $150 to do my 10 X 8 shed floor and up the walls by 12 inches. You do it yourself, you get really messya and tary, but it has worked great!!! it stops any dampness from under the coop from coming up. I put my shavings on it, or my mite powder then shavings, etc. When i clean it out i scoop all the stuff out, can either sweep it clean or hose it out. i have not had any issues with it and water. By putting it up the walls 12 inches, the water splash from the hose runs right down it.

You can get this stuff at any autoparts store, I think wallmart carries it now, etc. rubberized truck bed liner. Do a double coat of it.