Along with the lumber was a goodly amount of metal roofing. It is dinged up, bent in places and has holes where someone was none too gentle in removing it, but still quite serviceable. A ramp pulled from the porch served as a good working area, and the metal roofing was straightened out with a rubber mallet and small piece of wood. When using the roofing, holes were plugged with silicone caulk after cleaning the area around the hole with rubbing alchohol.
We used a small amount of wood and roofing to build a new chicken pen. The pen was an expedient - we have 24 meat chickens that quickly outgrew the temporary pen we placed them in after brooding. The pen consists of a two-sided structure, built onto an existing chicken house and fence. Normally, I would go as cheap as possible on something like this because cost would be an overriding concern. With salvage lumber I was able to use a quality I would not normally be able to afford. This devil should last us a while.
We purchased wire (left over from another project), staples, and had (3) new 2x4 left over from an earlier project. The rest of it was made from salvaged lumber.
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Regards,
Pat
