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Chicken coop and greenhouse self-sufficency project

jarrydsweeney

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The project:

Using largely recycled materials built a Chicken Coop/ Greenhouse & garden shed. Has Solar, Fire Sprinklers, Indoor seedling nursery & chicken coop with mezzanine

- Materials:

Old pallets

Stone from property

Recycled bricks from wall demolition

Adbri Offwhite cement

Colorbond Roof

Selleys Silicon

Cement sheet

Timber

Many other adhesives, screws, waterproofers etc from Bunnings

- Tools:

Drill, driver, jack hammer, heat gun, caulk gun, hammer drill, hand tools

- Step 1:

Clear site

- Step 2:

Mark out area and do undergrounds for power, water, solar, drainage, data

- Step 3:

Excavate area and install all services

Frame for concrete slab

Pour concrete slab

Build Frame

Roof sheets

Brick work

Internal cladding

Chicken yard stone work

And MANY MORE! Have pictures of whole process

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Comments

MitchellMc

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community, @jarrydsweeney . It's fantastic to have you join us and many thanks for sharing your project.

What an ambitious build! Combining a chicken coop, greenhouse and garden shed into a single self-sufficiency project is a brilliant idea, and it's even more impressive that you've incorporated features like solar power, fire sprinklers, a seedling nursery and a mezzanine. It's great to see so many recycled materials given a new purpose as well.

Thanks for sharing your project with the community. If you have more photos from throughout the build, we'd love to see them. I'm sure other members would enjoy following the journey from start to finish.

Mitchell