That was exactly my point. If you watch your dimensions then there is much less waste and fewer cuts. Hence, my 8 x 12 coop. Of course, you can do whatever you want. Going from 32' with many seams due to 8' length would not be my preference. I'd go with 12' and bump to 36'. I'm doing what my husband wants because he's the one who has to pay for it, make the cuts, and swallow what waste we have. I think we're actually agreeing...but, ok...umm, you can buy lumber pretty much any even number length you want, 8-10-12, etc up to about 18 to 20 feet, after that it's special order.
the most COMMON length builders use for plans and planning material purchases is 8', because that's the side of most sheeting, plywood, panelling, etc.
so in the thoughtline you were going with, most builders will plan out something taking in consideration 8 feet. for example, an 8 x 12 coop. This would take 3 sheets of siding or plywood for the long side, two for the ends. The studs for the walls are even already precut at 92 5/8" to allow for the wall framing plates and sills, so they'll come out at just the right height to make the wall 8 feet tall for the sheeting.
the good thing about doing something 12' is that there is a lot less cutting, because the math works out so well for 8' long or 4' wide
I believe it was @brucifer ---I also have something that was passed off to me as an SL Polish but looks like an app spitz pullet if you're interested in it.
I still have them. We were going to keep one that Christopher named Josuke (pronounced Joe-Sue-Kay), from the Josuke Higashikata character in the anime series Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Christopher said the crest on one golden reminded him of Josuke's hair, thus the name.
(I'm not into anime, so I'm clueless about that stuff.) Anyway, we decided to part with all of the Appenzeller Spitzhauben and still have two goldens and three silvers. They're beautiful birds, and we're letting them go cheap because we have have too many young birds right now, and Orpingtons and FBCM are what we want to concentrate on raising and breeding.
