The Old Chicken Coup

I am remodeling the old chicken coup:  the floor, the roof and the tool hangers and the door.   The coup was used for years as a chicken coup.   

The floor is composed of years of chicken poop that has broken down into a fine grain of soil that gets mucky when wet.  The tools and equipment sink down into it.

I had two tons of D1 aggregate delivered to the house to pack onto the prepared floor.  I removed three inches of the old flooring and put it into the soil compost to enrich it.

The first load onto the floor packed down very nicely and looks good.  I will use the ATV and trailer to haul the remainder of the gravel to the shed.

 

The plastic corrugated roof leaks.  I pulled the entire thing down, put up new crosspieces to support the corrugation, reinstalled it and sealed all the cracks and holes. 

The tool hangers need to be redone.  I have the tools laid out in the yard in the new pattern that will make better use of the wall space.   

The shed remodel will allow Lori to park the new Cub Cadet riding lawn mower in the old shed which has been renamed as the Cub Cadet Coup.  The door must be widened to 58" to accommodate the width of the deck and the mulcher plug.  I will knock out the one support, stiffen the upper support and rebuild the door.  I hope my carpentry skills are still sharp enough for the task.  

The project should take about a week if my back holds up under the strain of moving so much gravel.  I have wanted to do this for years but never had the time.  

When all is said and done the coup will have a water tight roof, a new compacted gravel floor, a newly arranged tool wall and a door large enough to allow us to park our lawnmowers in a protected space.  We might even get the snow blower inside the coup.