Cattle Panel Greenhouse Gets A Ridge Beam
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Winter in Nova Scotia is starting out interesting. Snow storm one day, rain storm the next and repeat.
Dominic put a ridge beam in our Cattle Panel Greenhouse to keep it from collapsing under the snow.
if you want to see the full build of the greenhouse, check it out here:
• DIY Cattle Panel Green...
Have a happy holiday season friends! This is our last video in 2021 but we will see you in 2022 with what might be even more ambitious plans than last year.
Thank you for your support and kind words in 2021 🥰
At the end of this winter we did a full review of our thoughts on having this greenhouse over winter with the chickens in it ua-cam.com/video/peH-C_BbZNg/v-deo.html
Happy Holidays! See you in the new year :)
Happy Holidays Mar!
A choice to replace the foam would be an old garden hose split length wise. A garden hose would last as long as the cattle panels almost.
1 thing about the door frames you built, if you run the cross brace from the bottom hinge side to the highest corner (highest corner to the opposite side of the hinge) they hold the frame much better. Aesthetically, the way you did it looks better, but doesn't hold the weight of the door, gate, or frame as well. There is a really good video here on UA-cam on gate building where they show it. I would say that is part of the door problem you encountered. You did the bottom of one of the doors the way I am describing that I know of, not sure about the other. I realize they don't weigh that much. but frame integrity alone needs to hold up.
All that said, Good Job though I hope you get to use, and enjoy the greenhouse/coop for years.
Hose would do the trick I'd say. I've been stuffing rolled up feed bags in there which replaces the thickness of the foam to keep the plastic a little tighter. Thanks for the tip on the doors. That and the coop are my biggest "carpentry" projects. Definitely in my early learning stages with building stuff, hopefully I can pick up tips like that along the way.
@@ODriscolls We all start somewhere, the key is to keep climbing and learn as you go. Improvement never stops, we do. You can remove the foam giving plenty of room to slip the hose on, and then tighten the plastic with either more furring strips around the door and window areas, or place them around the outside perimeters of the frames pinching the plastic without taking anything off.
Agreed on the do it til you can do it haha. I'll keep what you said in mind when I am getting the chickens out of there and shoring it all up again.
Enjoy your break!
Thank you!
That ridge beam will hold up great, even with that twisted 2x4... haha!
Looks like the chickens definitely approve!
They do! Haha I hope it holds up!
Great video.
Thanks Alannah!
YOU TWO HAVE COME ALONG WAY YOUR DOING GREAT 👍PROUD OF YOU. !!
Thanks so much!
Hey Moe! Thanks have a great holiday
Nice! Have a good holiday with family and friends. You'll be missed! I'm willing to bet that 2 by was fir Dominic. Merry Christmas family!
Hahaha we should find out if it was fir. Merry Christmas Kevin!
I think it was petrified wood. Merry Christmas Kevin
Hahaha! No probably just fir. It's hard to drive a nail or a screw in it and tough to rip too. Used to see nothing but fir in older construction.
Christmas blessings to you and your family! 🙏❤️🙏
Same to you!
I would definitely work on getting the water out of there. Moisture is bad for chickens to keep breathing in when it gets cold. A thick layer of straw or wood chips would keep the moisture down. The ridge beam looks good. Merry Christmas O’Driscoll family
Yes it's definitely a concern! The real cold weather hasn't hit us yet fortunately. I think with the ventilation and a bit more leaves on the ground it should dry up!
Yes it is concerning. I think we are out of the woods now with the big freezes and melts until the spring hopefully
And merry Christmas to you and yours!
Hey. Good upgrade. Can't believe how fast snow melted with rain on it. WOW gone.
Merry Christmas to all from Alberta to you all out East.
Enjoy your break
The tropical heat of a Nova Scotia 🤣 Merry Christmas!!
Good job with the video and the support beams . What a way to get rid of snow
He's pretty handy!
Good job shoring up the hoop house. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to your family.
Merry Christmas Bettina!
Merry Christmas, enjoy your down time and family
Merry Christmas Chris!
Merry Christmas!
I live in the south so I don't have to worry about the snow but I want a ridge pole in my green house to hang , hanging baskets from
Oh I haven't thought of that, it sounds like a great idea!
Happy Holiday Season to you all and your families! See you next year! :D
Happy Holidays!!
Happy holidays!
@@DomDaBomb77 TY!
@@ODriscolls TY!
How has the ridge beam held up to the recent snows?
Perfectly!
Enjoy your holidays. Sneak in a few minutes of the xmas spread to include with your first video after the new year.
Good call!! Will do 😍 Happy Holidays! See you next year 😅
Do you know where cattle panels can be bought in Cape Breton or in Nova Scotia?
In cape breton you can get them at the Co-op in Sydney River. Up on the mainland there are more options I believe.
@@ODriscolls Thank you so much, I enjoy your videos so much. Thank you.
No problemo!
Are those Amanda's leaves?
They are! Good eye
If you want to suspend your tomatoes/cucumbers like the commercial growers for the summer, the top fence rail secured to both end walls.
We will have to look in to that!
a bale wire across at the peak would add a lot of beef, just sayin
She could have used a little beef for sure
I imagine you hate it but the greying in your hair is kind of sexy. No worries i am 73. I enjoy your family and videos.
I don't hate it. It's what my hair looks like.
@@ODriscolls well accept my heart felt apology, it appears i offended, oh well