Bramble Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Great, thank you!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaKiw1 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 We have our tarpaulin held down by bungees - but they are pulled out to each side so that they make a slope (if you can imagine this) and therefore the rain runs down the sides and because of the incline there is still a dry area about the width of the fox proof apron so that inside the run is kept dry. Pulling the rarpauline tight like that alos makes it look better but if iti s warm just just uncip the bungee and roll up the sides. Maybe this could be a solution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaKiw1 Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Anyone else bought and erected an Omlet WIR yet? We're still planning to order one around Easter time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillM Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Mine has been on order for some weeks now, but should finally be delivered next Monday.....hopefully! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyandamy Posted March 29, 2011 Author Share Posted March 29, 2011 After a bit of deliberation, some planning, and a little hard work, we've successfully installed a plastic roof on the WIR: 4 x 2.4m sheets of corrugated plastic, each cut in half, held on with roofing bolts, then a 2m long section of guttering to act as a ridge. Here's a close-up showing how it's attached to the roof mesh panels: Hope you'll all agree it looks much better than a market stall now! New girls now almost fully settled - still a few reminders of who's boss by the older girls but everyone seems happy enough now - they seem to like the roof too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Well done it looks much better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Ingenious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furball Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 That looks brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Very good. You might find a bit of narrow guttering along the bottom edge useful now so it doesn't drip back into the run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillM Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 That looks like a great idea.....but......from what I can see it looks like the rain will be running off the roof over the door and down your neck? Or am I looking at it from the wrong direcion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken shack Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 We get less rain down south Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyandamy Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 That looks like a great idea.....but......from what I can see it looks like the rain will be running off the roof over the door and down your neck? Or am I looking at it from the wrong direcion? Hadn't thought of that! We'll have to see if it becomes a problem when the April showers arrive. If it does prove to be an issue, the good news is that it'd only take half an hour or so to reshuffle the panels and put the door on the other side Good luck putting yours together next week! I'm sure you won't have any problems. My only advice is to get someone else to help out (for the roof especially) - and to follow the instructions (unlike me ! ) Are you putting it on slabs, or straight onto the ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Dilly and ANH Where did you get your glassclear tarps? My tarp is "Clear" but nowhere near as see through as yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I think it was Tarpaflex but may have been Allplas, compare their prices. To be honest though, I'm ditching most of mine as they've got ripped and tatty in the wind . They also get very dirty so aren't nearly as clear now . I'm planning on getting perspex panels now instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Thanks ANH will have a look. Panels won't work on a curved cube run, more's the pity. I find I have to enclose the run entirely apart from the door panel as the rain gets in at the sides as well, even though the whole lot is next to a tall hedge As a previous poster intimated......more rain oop 'ere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I don't know if it might be flexible enough to use on curved areas. I'll get some ordered up and let you know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Thanks, and sorry for hijacking the thread....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 looks really good, and definitely better than the tarp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillM Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 That looks like a great idea.....but......from what I can see it looks like the rain will be running off the roof over the door and down your neck? Or am I looking at it from the wrong direcion? Hadn't thought of that! We'll have to see if it becomes a problem when the April showers arrive. If it does prove to be an issue, the good news is that it'd only take half an hour or so to reshuffle the panels and put the door on the other side Good luck putting yours together next week! I'm sure you won't have any problems. My only advice is to get someone else to help out (for the roof especially) - and to follow the instructions (unlike me ! ) Are you putting it on slabs, or straight onto the ground? Maybe it won'tbe a problem if you manage to attach a narrow guttering to the front at an angle as Plum suggested... (Hint: Put a hydrangea in a container where the water flows out of the guttering -it'll stop any flooding of the run and it'll love it! You get decoration too ) Thanks, I'm looking forward to giving the girls more room - and I love building up flat-packs. I like the challenge of trying to do it without the instructions too I was going to put it on slabs, but it's going to be a sort of compromise....The cube and first part of the run on the 'patio' slabs already down, then the rest on the grass (lol) until all the grass has been eaten. Then I will lay slabs inside the run. This'll allow me to still peg a large proportion of the run down, but with the advantage that by the time winter rolls around again there won't be mud in the run but wood chippings with kick boards around the outside......I hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnutmare Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 This has been very interesting, thanks for posting. Have you got your eglu and run attached to a 2x2m WIR? What have you put on the ground of the WIR, wood shavings? How dry has it kept? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillM Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I was looking forward to building the run - honest! But the nice man from Omlet did it for me It's just a shame that yesterday's rain has left the whole area very muddy - can you get wellies for chickens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnutmare Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I was looking forward to building the run - honest! But the nice man from Omlet did it for me It's just a shame that yesterday's rain has left the whole area very muddy - can you get wellies for chickens? Oo, do you have an Omlet WIR too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyandamy Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 This has been very interesting, thanks for posting. Have you got your eglu and run attached to a 2x2m WIR? What have you put on the ground of the WIR, wood shavings? How dry has it kept? Yes, that's right. We've got Rapport on the ground at the moment, on top of some slabs. It's kept fairly dry so far, although we've not had any heavy, driving rain just yet. We might end up installing a roll-up tarpaulin on the side the wind comes in from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillM Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I was looking forward to building the run - honest! But the nice man from Omlet did it for me It's just a shame that yesterday's rain has left the whole area very muddy - can you get wellies for chickens? Oo, do you have an Omlet WIR too? Yes, a nice fresh (and muddy ) Omlet WIR for the cube! I have woodchip waiting to go on the floor but I might just leave that until the winter, and put some crazy paving down inside for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaKiw1 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Just wondering if there are any more updates from anyone who has purchased one to date. We're still planning to get an Omlet WIR in the near future and we're keen to pick up tips/pitfalls from the guinea pig purchasers before we take the plunge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
