what to seal my coop with?

[Ole rooster]

One rain probably won't hurt the press wood. But don't let it sit wet. It will warp like crazy and come apart. Fine some kinda tarp to cover it with till you can get a finish siding and a roof on it. I don't think just painting it will do. At least I would't trust it. I would cover it with Tyvex and a siding. The vent you speak of I think will be fine. I would make the windows air tight. Judging from the height of it, how do you plan to arrange the roost. To me that would matter with the window size and vent placement.

With the nest boxes, I would make the to be on the exterior. I don't think you'll have the room for inside nest. Besides, outside boxes remove the poop factor. The only thing exposed inside my coop is the roost. All clear inide.

You do have a good "blind" to work with. Lotsa possiblities.

 

[kari_dawn]

Thanks for the reassurance...I went out there this morning (well right before noon...I work nights), and some of the little particle peices have started flaking off, but it still seems straight and solid...I moved it uder an awning with my old 51 chevy. It fit mostly...Hopefully that will be good enough for now

Will I have to let it dry before I can paint it? I was going to start painting today, but don't wanna seal moisture in.

Can I use pieces of privacy fence instead of siding? I have some old short pieces laying around.

 

[NinnyGillaspie]

You can use anything you desire on a chicken coop. Ours is from an old swingset.

 

[Ole rooster]

To paint be sure it is dry. Other wise what's the use. Fencing will work great. Use it like lap siding. That will look great and work like a charm. Be sure to seal the exterior and stain it and it will last forever. Well almost.

I also would do all I could to keep it dry till your done. Water and the glue the press board is put together with do go together at all.

I wouldn't even let blown in rain get to it.

 

[kari_dawn]

Okay, so I moved it under the awning, and wrapped it in a tarp. Should that do it? Will it dry while the tarp is covering it?...what is lap siding?

 

[cravenchx]

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For sure it needs to dry. I would keep it uncovered, but protected
as long as not calling for rain/snow. If that happens, cover, then uncover to dry.
I think lap siding is like what you see on houses, aluminum, where it is
overlapped?

 

[kari_dawn]

yikes...sounds complicated to turn old pieces of privacy fence into that...

 

[kari_dawn]

Hopefully, the darned thing will have dried enough by tomorrow for me to start painting it....If I go with a tyvec or some other wrap, can I insulate it as well? Can I put the insulation on the outside (so as not to take up precious square footage and inches in the already very small interior)? Obviously, I would cover the insulation with something, but I know nothing of building or insulating, or any of this really...Im just kindof winging it.

 

[Ole rooster]

Kari.........it's the same as clabbered siding. It's how all the old houses were done. Farm homes up to the high dollar ones. You would see about 4 inches of wood showing between the laps. What you do is start at the bottom on a horizontal plane, nail a strip on the bottom the same thickness as the boards you have, so the first piece you install is held out away from the bottom edge. Then according to how wide your boards are, measure up on each end the amount of lap you can get. If your board is 6 inches measure it 5 inches. That would give you a 5 inch look with a 1 inch overhang. Then you nail the top edge of the board on the spacing mark you made that would give you a 1 inch lap. Go all the way up the wall with the upper one lapping on top on the lower one.

Another way would be to install the boards vertical. That would go all the way across the wall. Then take one of the boards and rip it down the center to make to narrow lengths. Install one on those on top of each gap to seal the exterior. For every two gaps, you need to rip one board to cover those gaps.

As to insulating it, that would take a little doing from what I see. You can go the someplace like Lowes or any building supply store and find the 4X8 sheet of an insulation that has a tin foil looking cover on it. You can apply that to the outside and nail through it. It's very easy to cut and fit that stuff. That will give you some insulating value but not a lot.

Just look at old homes and out buildings. You'll see what I'm talking about.

 

[kari_dawn]

okay, so the first board to get nailed down goes on the lowest part of the verticle wall, flush with the wall? Can I just nail it to the particle board? Will it be strong enough to hold it? If I am going to use tyvec, I just wrap the whole thing in it before trying to create a lap wall?