How To Roof A Coop

I made a mistake roofing my chicken coop.

How to roof a coop.

Build the solid wall. I ll show you how i built rafters and something called a bird s mouth that helps mounting the rafter to the top plate but it didn t help me. Shingles are the most durable weatherproof material but are more expensive than metal and plastic and harder to install. Plywood covered in a weatherproof material such as metal plastic or shingles is the best option for chicken coop roofing as it offers protection both from predators and the elements.

Roll roofing which is much heavier is probably okay. This is fine for summer pasture houses and in fact my wife karen developed a tarp covered cattle panel hoop house for pastured broilers. Saft said the association is usually responsible for maintenance of structural elements. This is the only one.

Lots of people use temporary roofing such as tarps for their chicken coops. Building the floor and walls 1. Especially when people bring up several tons of topsoil and start planting trees who s responsible. Fasten plywood to cover the frame.

To make both building and cleaning as easy as possible start with a piece of plywood cut to the. This basic coop is 4 feet 1 2 m by 6 feet 24 square feet of floor space. From the co op s point of view the use of the roof for recreational purposes adversely impacts on the life of the roof he said.