The new coop is smaller and lighter. Construction has been simplified and lightened up.
I have a bad habit of building something and then wanting to immediately tear it down and rebuild it better. I haven’t cured myself of that habit, but I have found that doing teardown/rebuild cycles in Sketchups makes things go a lot faster. Sketchup screenshot of Coop #2:
I don’t think I’m doing Sketchup 100% correctly, but I’m stumbling along well enough to get a feel for what I’m building. The mocking up is really helpful- building my rafters in the computer first gave me a good feel of how the finished product (should, hopefully) turn out. Also, cutting rafters can be a pain in the neck when one falls out of practice, so it was a good exercise.
Here is the current state of the build:
