chickens
Guttering
22/03/10 11:31 Categaoriesblog
The roof has been waterproofed and fitted with guttering. A long saga of plans gone slightly awry (which I'm not going to describe, suffice to say that the coop is on sloping ground).
The guttering just slots together, unfortunately to finish it, I need a right angle bend and can I find one?
re-roofed the chickens
13/02/10 13:52
This was my first full weekend in a
while and the weather looked ok, so I decided to fit the chicken
coop's new roof. I took about half an hour to pull off the old one
before I could start fitting the pre-made A frames.
After that I started to fit the roof timber. These are classic lapped planks. Shortly after this it started snowing.
So I moved inside and fitted some of the bracing. The A frames are 2"x2", so should hold a fair amount of weight.
I thought that it would be easier to paint the roof as I built it. The final result is a rather smart dark stained wood roof. It took me about 5 hours in the end.
It's not quite finished - I'm going to add some guttering and water barrels at some point this spring.
After that I started to fit the roof timber. These are classic lapped planks. Shortly after this it started snowing.
So I moved inside and fitted some of the bracing. The A frames are 2"x2", so should hold a fair amount of weight.
I thought that it would be easier to paint the roof as I built it. The final result is a rather smart dark stained wood roof. It took me about 5 hours in the end.
It's not quite finished - I'm going to add some guttering and water barrels at some point this spring.
chicken coop roof
17/01/10 15:32
When I built the chicken coop last
year, I couldn't get hold of decent corrugated plastic roofing and
I didn't have enough of a slope on the roof. The end result is a
leaky roof, damp chickens and some bodging. It looks rather sad,
compared to when it was built. See
below
This has to be fixed so I'm building a full roof with a solid, lapped roof. As this is quite a lot of wood, I need to strengthen the uprights in the center of the coop.
I've added 4 columns plus two cross bars in 2"x2". The cross bars effectively hold the sides of the coop in. They were already been pushed out by the weight of large puddles of rainwater that collect on the roof. The corners are ok as they are as the sides form L columns. It already helps hold up the saggy, puddled roof. All I need to do now is to build the A frames for the peaked roof. I've built one, just 4 more to go.
This has to be fixed so I'm building a full roof with a solid, lapped roof. As this is quite a lot of wood, I need to strengthen the uprights in the center of the coop.
I've added 4 columns plus two cross bars in 2"x2". The cross bars effectively hold the sides of the coop in. They were already been pushed out by the weight of large puddles of rainwater that collect on the roof. The corners are ok as they are as the sides form L columns. It already helps hold up the saggy, puddled roof. All I need to do now is to build the A frames for the peaked roof. I've built one, just 4 more to go.
Spring!
19/04/09 13:43 Categaoriescourgette
The cherry tree in the front garden is in full, pink, blossom and this weekend has had really lovely weather. I managed to finish the chicken coop and, with a little help, erect it in the orchard. It (which I’ve christened ‘Buckinghen Palace’) looks nice and the chickens seem to like it.
Plant wise, I planted some courgette. I hadn’t intended to and I don’t know where I’ll put them, but they were free with a gardening magazine, so we’ll see. I also potted up some of the tomatoes, the ones that I intend to grow in the greenhouse. No sign of any green beans yet.