Knighstar679
Crowing
January marked the death of my duck house being safe for me to be in as the roof started collapsing on me. Then around the same time a fox decided that 4 if my ducks where going to make a great dinner.
My ducks have since then been in a temp house and pen right up against the house since then. It was snowy at the time and one can do much with frozen ground.
First part the plan was to move the pen. One that would deter predators from getting close to the pen and duck house. After lots of thought it was decided to move it to an area in my fenced in backyard that used to house a raised garden beds.
After measuring it out it looked like the area was going to be 17ft by 38 foot. Somewhere in that space was going to be be where the house would be built.
With the Covid stuff going on I had to get creative. That made me go to the idea of doing reclaimed materials. I had pallets here along with some other stuff. Then a friend got me these industrial pallets and plywood.
This is the area to build in.
The first steps where to buy some bricks to make sure that the house didn’t sit on the ground that likes to hold water at times. After that I measured and set up pallets in a 2 by 3 pallet fashion.
After setting it up on the bricks. All the pallets where leveled and then screwed together. These all have an HT on them so they are safe for this use. I know from experience these things can survive in weather for at least two years and be stable for use. So this seemed like a great reuse of the pallets I had used for the fence that I had made for the old pen.
When we did the final measuring of the pallet platform it measured 8 ft by 10ft. This seemed like a great size to work with for my main house.
As I detail more of the things I did I would like people to know I have limited skills in capentry, and few power tools. Plus with how things are there just wasn’t the money or ability to get help from someone else or buy more tools. So I was very stuck in a use what I had situation.
Tools I have
Robi Circliar saw
SawsAll
And drill/ screw gun
I have a level as well as a tape measure.
Feel free to chime in as I build on this post.
the house is currently for these crazy ducks
My ducks have since then been in a temp house and pen right up against the house since then. It was snowy at the time and one can do much with frozen ground.
First part the plan was to move the pen. One that would deter predators from getting close to the pen and duck house. After lots of thought it was decided to move it to an area in my fenced in backyard that used to house a raised garden beds.
After measuring it out it looked like the area was going to be 17ft by 38 foot. Somewhere in that space was going to be be where the house would be built.
With the Covid stuff going on I had to get creative. That made me go to the idea of doing reclaimed materials. I had pallets here along with some other stuff. Then a friend got me these industrial pallets and plywood.
This is the area to build in.
The first steps where to buy some bricks to make sure that the house didn’t sit on the ground that likes to hold water at times. After that I measured and set up pallets in a 2 by 3 pallet fashion.
After setting it up on the bricks. All the pallets where leveled and then screwed together. These all have an HT on them so they are safe for this use. I know from experience these things can survive in weather for at least two years and be stable for use. So this seemed like a great reuse of the pallets I had used for the fence that I had made for the old pen.
When we did the final measuring of the pallet platform it measured 8 ft by 10ft. This seemed like a great size to work with for my main house.
As I detail more of the things I did I would like people to know I have limited skills in capentry, and few power tools. Plus with how things are there just wasn’t the money or ability to get help from someone else or buy more tools. So I was very stuck in a use what I had situation.
Tools I have
Robi Circliar saw
SawsAll
And drill/ screw gun
I have a level as well as a tape measure.
Feel free to chime in as I build on this post.
the house is currently for these crazy ducks