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Posted: 5/12/2024 9:59:26 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/12/2024 11:22:59 PM EDT
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Nice work, OP! I hope you are enjoying a nice steak and a beer after each of those work days. You certainly earned the calories...
Subscribed for updates. Thinking about building my own 14x18 shed since the Amish folk nearby want to rape me at over $40k. This thread is definitely inspiring me to just go for it. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 1:02:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CPshooter1: Nice work, OP! I hope you are enjoying a nice steak and a beer after each of those work days. You certainly earned the calories... Subscribed for updates. Thinking about building my own 14x18 shed since the Amish folk nearby want to rape me at over $40k. This thread is definitely inspiring me to just go for it. Youtube has an extensive amount of information if you're looking to learn/want motivation. If you're buying lumber, it can go pretty fast too! Harvesting and milling is slowing down the process severely for me |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 12:07:27 AM EDT
[Last Edit: BMSMB]
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I've been commissioned to build a chicken coop for our new feathered friends. The ground is still too wet for me to be pulling trees out and working tractors in front of the sawmill, so I went store bought for this project.
I was reminded a little bit into the project to take pictures... but grabbed some before it got too far along. I reused some old 6x6 treated posts to make skids, and attached them with some 2x6's. I placed plywood on that and framed the floor. I insulated the floor, as it's not something that I could easily do later if I decided I needed to insulate the whole coop.  Attached FilePut some 6 mil plastic on top of the insulation, and added another sheet of plywood.  Attached FileInstalled wall frame.  Attached FileInstalled last wall framed for the door.  Attached FilePut up the sheathing on one wall.  Attached FileThat was it for the day... work will continue tomorrow! |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 8:14:01 AM EDT
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Looking good. Good progress pics.
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Posted: 5/27/2024 12:44:44 AM EDT
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Work continued today.
I got the other side wall sheathed and installed the rafters:  Attached FileI then sheathed up the end walls, the roof, and cut the doorway out:  Attached FileI want to minimize drafts in the coop, so I decided to wrap it in tyvek:  Attached FileI'm going to put up board and batten siding on this, so that it matches the shed. I don't have enough of it to finish the coop until I can mill more, so im putting it up as needed for now. It was needed for the door hinges:  Attached FileDid some jobsite cleanup, and let the chickens into their new house:  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/27/2024 10:55:55 AM EDT
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I dont have a picture of it, but I drilled some 6" holes on the front and back walls and covered them with wire and screen mesh.
Also planning on putting some smaller ones in the blocker boards on the upper eaves. I figure the bigger ones I can block off in the winter time and the smaller ones should still allow enough ventilation |
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Posted: 5/27/2024 1:03:08 PM EDT
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I would header the wall off opposite the door about 6” off the floor. Cut the 6” space out of your sheathing. Cut a piece of pressure treated plywood the dimensions of the floor and slide it in. Then replace the sheathing. Trim the opening out with a removable panel.
Then, when its time to clean the coup, you remove the panel, slide the plywood out, shovel and hose it off, then slide it back in. Clean chicken coup in 10 minutes. Works great on mine. |
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Posted: 5/29/2024 11:39:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/31/2024 12:10:15 AM EDT
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A little bit more work on it tonight. Added some handles, another piece of siding, and an extension to the roof.
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Posted: 5/31/2024 12:30:18 AM EDT
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OP, do you by chance have measurements for that awesome chicken coop?
I'd like to build that for my motorcycle, with a door on each end. Great work! |
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Posted: 5/31/2024 1:23:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PyrPaw: OP, do you by chance have measurements for that awesome chicken coop? I'd like to build that for my motorcycle, with a door on each end. Great work! 4'x8' floor (minus the 2x4 framing) Right wall is 8' tall Left wall is 6' tall End walls are framed for 6' with the rafters giving the attachment point for the cut off 4x8 OSB sheathing Door in the end wall is 2' wide |
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Posted: 5/31/2024 1:36:40 AM EDT
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Thanks!
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Posted: 6/2/2024 2:20:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BMSMB: I dont have a picture of it, but I drilled some 6" holes on the front and back walls and covered them with wire and screen mesh. Also planning on putting some smaller ones in the blocker boards on the upper eaves. I figure the bigger ones I can block off in the winter time and the smaller ones should still allow enough ventilation You likely won't need to cover it, even in winter if it's that small, but you may find you want more ventilation for the warmer months also. It's one of the things I hear a lot--that new henhouses often don't have enough ventilation. They need more than seems obvious at first. |
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Posted: 6/24/2024 11:58:17 PM EDT
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Was able to skid out quite a few logs over the weekend and should be milling soon, as long as I, or the tractors, aren't needed for haying when I have the free time!
 Attached FileSmallest log here is at least 6.5 inches. Have enough big logs to get the remaining 6 5x10 floor beams as well. Need about 170 1x6's to finish the siding, so im guessing I'll be dropping more trees to finish the shed.  Attached FileFinished framing the chicken run as well and have the wire up. Hoping I have the time tomorrow to put in the door from the coop to the run.  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/2/2024 12:58:16 AM EDT
[Last Edit: BMSMB]
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Snapped a picture while milling this afternoon:
 Attached FileI was able to get 2 5x10 beams out of this that will be used for another floor section. I've also been milling 1x6's. I need about 160 of them to finish the other 3 sides of the shed. |
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Posted: 7/7/2024 10:52:03 PM EDT
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Did someone say the chicken coop needed more ventilation?
Problem solved:  Attached FileCut out/framed in a scrap window I got from the neighbor:  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 7/8/2024 12:54:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BMSMB: Did someone say the chicken coop needed more ventilation? Problem solved: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/481792/1000008692_jpg-3260917.JPG Cut out/framed in a scrap window I got from the neighbor: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/481792/1000008693_jpg-3260919.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/481792/1000008694_jpg-3260920.JPG  |
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Posted: 8/2/2024 2:26:54 PM EDT
[Last Edit: BMSMB]
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Spent the past week focused on expanding the goat pasture. Don't have a lot of pictures, but did take these 2 of the diy stringing reel setup:
 Attached File Attached FileSince my last post, I got the old well room tore down, and all of the plumbing for that moved into the new shed. I still need to figure out a classy way to cover the wellhead, as I need to insulate it due to the pipe coming out above ground. I also removed all of the temporary tapping from the walls and put up a layer of tyvek, and I've started getting siding put up. Should make some decent progress this weekend.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 8/3/2024 11:02:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/4/2024 10:25:34 AM EDT
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Good work. I like how it looks.
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Posted: 8/4/2024 9:18:28 PM EDT
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Finished all but the last board on this side. I'll wait u til the board is up on the next side, so that I can cut it to line up properly. I'm going to wait to do all of the batten strips until the boards are up on all of the sides.
Need to add a bit of framing on the next side that the upper part of the siding will attach to, but going to spend the rest of the day doing clean up... and I need to mill more boards.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 8/31/2024 11:33:14 PM EDT
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Made some more progress today on the other gable end side. All but one board has been installed on the lower part.
I also ordered the roof metal about a week and a half ago. I can't wait to get that tarp out of there.  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/1/2024 10:26:14 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/8/2024 11:39:33 PM EDT
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Made some progress on the other side. I used all of my "good" 1x6's, so it's back to the mill before I can put more up. Luckily, I've got plenty of logs dropped already.
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