[DeepSouthBamaGRITS]

Wow, I’m just now seeing this reply you sent Dec 7th! I was replying to Jonathan that was going to use tin fir his roof. He lives way down in southern Texas where it get hotter there than here in zone 8b (coastal AL).

I also use either corrugated fiberglass panels (I had found a bunch of scrap pieces at RESTORE for almost nothing) and also have 4×8 sheets of half-inch styrofoam insulation sandwiched between some sort of roofing tin/metal, Got these sheets at RESTORE also for a couple of bucks each. My rabbit hutches have nesting boxes built off the backs of the hutch that I used this to make the nesting box hinged lids as well as the boxes themselves for added insulation. They have hardware cloth (wire) floors. It helps keep the does warm in the winter since these nesting boxes are not removable. I just stuff them with hay/straw for them to burrow in to stay warm. I also got partial boxes of large ceramic tiles that I put in the hutch area for the rabbits to lay on in the summer to help keep cool PLUS to take the strain of them being on the hardware cloth floors all the time. RESTORE is the place to go if you have one in your area to pick up all sorts of bldg. materials to use around your farm/homestead. Contractors sometimes donate their leftover construction materials to RESTORE or stores going out of business so there are bargains to be found. I may not need what I buy at the moment but know I will find a use for it eventually.