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Check the length availability of the clear or translucent (cuts down heat in summer) corrugated panels as I think the longest they come is 12 feet. So if you want a longer stretch, you'll need to overlap.
 

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@secuono if you make it a 3 sided shelter, there will be enough light during the daytime to see. At night it wouldn't matter anyway. I would go with a plywood decking and metal roof. The clear roof panels deteriorate and get cloudy, at night they wouldn't make any difference. Go with the better roof. Do it once and be done with it.

If you want lights, get some of those LED battery operated stick ups, you just press on them and the light comes on.

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It gets dark in my current barn very easily, even on a clear, sunny day in the 3 sided areas. :(

I want at least a few clear panels. I have extension chords I use for when the shearer comes and also a 4ft shop light I plug in and use to stack hay into the night. But I otherwise keep it unplugged from the socket. Don't need my one and only shelter to burn to the ground. :(
I want it fully enclosed, except for venting. I'm tired of the barn being so terribly breezy during lambing.

The barn is about 20ft wide, I'd like to at least have it out 8ft, 5ft jug depth, 3ft asle. Current asle is 2.5ft, which works fine for me. Having it out 13ft would be great, though. Have used a max of 4 jugs at a time this year, but that will grow a little more over the years, so the 13ft would allow for 8 jugs in one go.
I'd put Dutch doors on either end in the middle so it is easier to get the ewes in. Right now, if they are in the back pasture, I need to bribe them up and all the way around to get into the side that the jugs are kept. And have convertible jugs, so they could go from 5×5ft to 5×10ft and such. Shelves above the jugs to store square bales for easy feedings.
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Sorry for butting in on your thread. :) Its a project I'll be doing alone, so I keep putting it off and then posts like yours get me curious on how you handle it and such.
 

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It gets dark in my current barn very easily, even on a clear, sunny day in the 3 sided areas. :(

I want at least a few clear panels. I have extension chords I use for when the shearer comes and also a 4ft shop light I plug in and use to stack hay into the night. But I otherwise keep it unplugged from the socket. Don't need my one and only shelter to burn to the ground. :(
I want it fully enclosed, except for venting. I'm tired of the barn being so terribly breezy during lambing.

The barn is about 20ft wide, I'd like to at least have it out 8ft, 5ft jug depth, 3ft asle. Current asle is 2.5ft, which works fine for me. Having it out 13ft would be great, though. Have used a max of 4 jugs at a time this year, but that will grow a little more over the years, so the 13ft would allow for 8 jugs in one go.
I'd put Dutch doors on either end in the middle so it is easier to get the ewes in. Right now, if they are in the back pasture, I need to bribe them up and all the way around to get into the side that the jugs are kept. And have convertible jugs, so they could go from 5×5ft to 5×10ft and such. Shelves above the jugs to store square bales for easy feedings.
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Sorry for butting in on your thread. :) Its a project I'll be doing alone, so I keep putting it off and then posts like yours get me curious on how you handle it and such.
A few clear panels makes sense. Don't worry about butting in on my thread, isn't this what we post for? So we can discuss and help one another? if there is something in my thread that helps you, great! Hi-jack all you want to!
 

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I will say that we got a quote on a new barn roof and they told us that they have come out with an upgraded clear skylight for barn roofs that doesn’t discolor as fast and is made to last longer without becoming brittle. Can’t remember what it’s called but might be worth looking in to...
 
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