What have you repurposed while building ?

[RaZ]

The exterior walls are slab leftovers from a local sawmill.
The dimensional lumber was leftover from my garage.
Windows were from a nearby remodel.
Also have a full light steel entry door that I have to hang. That's going to be a tough job to get it plumb.

PS I've done all of this with no help from any other person.

 

[Birdsong 82]

And actually the area I live in there’s a lot of small farms and hobby farms in the area so a lot of people already do reuse their good items so it’s a rare occasion to find something usable there. But luckily I work construction and there’s definitely good fines by their dumpster or stuff they’re about to haul off. Some of the guys I work with had gotten so used to me that they’ll let me know before they haul stuff off. I’m sure they’re standing back watching me making fun of me but guess what DONT CARE! Lol

 

[Birdsong 82]

The exterior walls are slab leftovers from a local sawmill.
The dimensional lumber was leftover from my garage.
Windows were from a nearby remodel.
Also have a full light steel entry door that I have to hang. That's going to be a tough job to get it plumb.

PS I've done all of this with no help from any other person.

I love that! But it’s almost sad that some of these re-purposed material Coops are looking better than my own house. LOL

 

[lazy gardener]

The exterior walls are slab leftovers from a local sawmill.
The dimensional lumber was leftover from my garage.
Windows were from a nearby remodel.
Also have a full light steel entry door that I have to hang. That's going to be a tough job to get it plumb.

PS I've done all of this with no help from any other person.

Nice job. Gonna put full length soffit vents? Super easy to do by stapling some hdw cloth on bottom of overhang before putting up the fascia trim.

 

[Birdsong 82]

I’ve really got to get around and put the igloo in the run. Our dog never used the thing. Even in the pouring down rain.

When I have a dog igloo in the coop the young chickens loved it. They just wanted to continuously run in and out of it. It was the coolest thing to them

 

[Birdsong 82]

I used two of those for a big skylight in the first coop i built in VA.

So it held up well in the weather? I’ve always wanted to use mine as some sort of skylight or sunroom for the chicken coop but always afraid the weather would turn it into broken shards of glass everywhere

 

[MissChick@dee]

My coop is just a little pre-fab dollhouse type. My husband put it on a higher base and expanded the backside. We used scrap house exterior panels. I put my 2x4 roosts FLAT side down so the girls can lay on their feet (out winters are single digits).

 

[CapricornFarm]

So it held up well in the weather? I’ve always wanted to use mine as some sort of skylight or sunroom for the chicken coop but always afraid the weather would turn it into broken shards of glass everywhere

I built a wooden frame and siliconed the door to the frame. Its in my thread, Helpful hints for building coops. Works great and no leaks in a year.

 

[Carolrich]

The exterior walls are slab leftovers from a local sawmill.
The dimensional lumber was leftover from my garage.
Windows were from a nearby remodel.
Also have a full light steel entry door that I have to hang. That's going to be a tough job to get it plumb.

PS I've done all of this with no help from any other person.

Very cool!

 

[Nardo]

Oh crap!!! Another scrounger on the scent! Better prime the dogs!!