We buy the black ones for hay covers and use them in the summer in place of a
solid tarp over the
10x20 pipe-frame pitched-roof shelters that the chickens roost in. Even when
it rains fairly hard,
only a little gets through (I assume that it has to do with the size of the
vent holes, surface
tension and a relatively low coefficient of friction that combine to sheet
water right over the
mesh holes ) As for the heat issue, I haven't had any issues problems - 12
feet up in the peak
the air does gets close to outside air temp. But even with OAT near 100f in
August, 7 feet off the floor,
the interior temp in the roosting shelter rarely went above 85 with a small
oscillating fan just moving
the air around.
Mark C
Chesapeake VA
> > I was thinking a perforated, > > light or silver colored tarp would be the
>best of both worlds. Has anybody
> > seen such material? -Elon
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