Covered Coop

[deegee68]

I am bring this thread back to life with another question. I have it all cleaned out and nesting boxes installed and nice roosting bars. I was wondering if I need to make some sort of covers for the windows. I will get an eventual rain storm and snow in the winter. I wanted to put hinged plywood over so that I can open and close, but I am having a heck of a time installing hinges on the metal siding. Any suggestions?

 

[Ted Brown]

Get some wooden squares larger than your hinges, get a friend to hold it inside while you screw or bolt the hinge to the wood.

BTW Great effort to clear things out!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

BEsides the shutters, the windows are covered with hardware cloth to keep predators out, right?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Get some wooden squares larger than your hinges, get a friend to hold it inside while you screw or bolt the hinge to the wood.

A favorite technique. I consider it creating a sandwich with the wood and hinge as the slices of bread and the metal as the sandwich filling. This gives you something to screw to and stiffens the metal in that area a lot.