fuzzi's Chicken Journal

[fuzzi]

I was going to add HWC to the left side of the coop door after I got home today, but it started sprinkling rain on the way.

Great.

When I went to check on the flock I noticed that the sprinkling was about finished, so I determined to get more work done on the coop.

I untied one of my remnant HWC rolls, flattened it, then started bending and molding it to fit on the left side of the door.

Then I began attaching it to the door frame.

And attaching it to the bottom frame.

As I was securing the HWC to the wood frame I was also pulling it towards and around the corner of the hoop. I attached the HWC to the cattle panel with some zip-ties before I finished attaching it with screws and fender washers.

I kept playing with the HWC until it was as tight as I could make it.

There was a very small gap on the corner so I attached a scrap of HWC over the opening.

I'll trim it next time, after securing the HWC with zip-ties. I'll need to do some trim and tighten on the right side, too, not a lot.

I still have the opening above the door to do, but it isn't big, a remnant of HWC should cover it. And I need to add an apron in the front. I could probably have the structure complete this weekend, might even get to work on the roof.

But the labor and time intensive work is all but done.