Cinderblock building for a chicken coop - Do I fill with cement? Rebar?
TLDR at bottom Hello! Me, my wife, and my parents live on a small 5 acre ranch. Last fall we had something break into our coops and enjoyed the selves a 5 star poultry feast. (Seriously, how does 1 creature eat 12 birds in a night? And then come back the following night to finish the rest of the flock? 30 birds gone in 2 nights) As spring approaches and the ground thaws - we are wanting to build new coops and runs. I would like to build the bottom 3 feet of the walls out of cinderblock. Issue is I've never worked with cinderblock. Anyone have advice on the best way to do this? My understanding is I'm supposed to fill the cinderblocks with cement? Do I have to fill the entire wall or can we get away with every other gap? Should I be putting rebar in? Anything else I need to worry about? Or should know. submitted by /u/Kamikazepyro9 [link] [comments]
TLDR at bottom
Hello! Me, my wife, and my parents live on a small 5 acre ranch. Last fall we had something break into our coops and enjoyed the selves a 5 star poultry feast. (Seriously, how does 1 creature eat 12 birds in a night? And then come back the following night to finish the rest of the flock? 30 birds gone in 2 nights)
As spring approaches and the ground thaws - we are wanting to build new coops and runs. I would like to build the bottom 3 feet of the walls out of cinderblock.
Issue is I've never worked with cinderblock. Anyone have advice on the best way to do this? My understanding is I'm supposed to fill the cinderblocks with cement? Do I have to fill the entire wall or can we get away with every other gap? Should I be putting rebar in?
Anything else I need to worry about? Or should know.
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