Hoop coop roofing?

[HenPecked_bychildren]

We might build another smaller(our current one is 9x16) hoop coop if we decide to keep all of our chicks. Last time we did a tarp roof, which we've had to replace 3 times(before we figured we needed to put it on after the cattle panel and before the other wire so the coons can't get to it) Large tarps aren't cheap and they certainly aren't a forever fix. So we would probably want to put metal or plastic roofing(the coop is 100% in the shade).

I've seen people do it before, but HOW? How do we attach the roofing to the coop?

Thanks!

 

[nivtup]

I have not done it

If I were faced with the problem, I would probably wire some 2 x 2's to the cattle panels and them screw the roofing material to the 2 x 2's

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

I have a hoop roof on my coop. I used small blocks of wood to bind the corrugated polycarbonate roofing material to the wire roof structure with screws. The wood blocks span a couple intersections of the welded wire roof and the screws effectively binds the roof to the wire. Does that make sense? There are other pics on my byc page.

 

[HenPecked_bychildren]

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Thank you! That makes perfect sense.

 

[patandchickens]

A thing to remember is that even though you're somewhere that snowload is not an issue, WIND load can be a major issue. And any kind of solid roof attached to a hoop coop is going to tend to make the hoop want to leave in a storm.

If it were me, I would use a tarp over the top but NOT attach it to the HOOP STRUCTURE, instead attach the tarp (and some rope crisscrossed over it to minimize flapping) to spiral ground anchors sunk a few ft off to each side of the hoop. That way, the wind load on the tarp is not affecting the hoop coop; the worst that happens is the tarp leaves and the chickens are exposed to the wind and rain, as opposed to the whole *thing* rolling off into your downwind neighbor's field.

JMHO, good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[Marty Tom Ski]

I saw this hoop on a web site and was looking to doing something similar. They user plastic corragated roofing.

 

[HenPecked_bychildren]

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This is what we are trying to avoid. At $25 a pop tarps have proven a waste of time because in one night the racoons rip it to shreds.

The only wind that would be an issue is a major hurricane, in which case we're all screwed anyway.

We want to anchor in to the ground, so that should help with the problem of it blowing away. Everyone has aluminium sheds, which often get blown away by hurricanes or rogue tornados, no different than the chance something happens to our coop. Just a part of living in SW Florida. lol