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Title: new kennels! Post by: laurendaniel1995 on January 01, 2013, 04:22:32 pm (http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh580/laurendaniel1995/photobucket-1896-1357074081801.jpg)
I built the deck for theses kennels in about 3 hours with the help of my mom and dad! I have 4 hurricane pre fab kennels (10x10) sittin on a 10x40 deck mad out of treated 1x6 and the stilts are 4x6. I have automatic waters and no tip feed bowls and a brood gyp welping house/puppy house with a heat lamp in it. its the one on the far right. and the others have barrel! this was a huge upgrade for me! Total cost around $1500 for all three kennels! $500 in wood and $1000 in kennels. i plan to put tin on the top and rig lights up later on. Title: Re: new kennels! Post by: MrsLouisianaHogDog on January 01, 2013, 04:23:57 pm Nice!!! Bet that was a GREAT feeling standing back and looking at what ya accomplished!
Title: Re: new kennels! Post by: laurendaniel1995 on January 01, 2013, 04:28:36 pm thanks, and yes it was a great feeling! I payed for them and i dont even have a job lol. Im only 17 but i enjoyed seeing my dogs in them! and knowing my pups wont have the chance to get as sick as they would on the ground. I have parvo really bad!
Title: Re: new kennels! Post by: jimco on January 01, 2013, 05:24:05 pm Great job Lauren. When you get ready to put a roof on it just strap some 4 x 4's to the kennels using plumbing strapping then lay the tin across the 4 x 4's.
Title: Re: new kennels! Post by: cantexduck on January 01, 2013, 05:27:02 pm When you do the roof make it free standing. The weight of the tin and wood will make the kennel panels tweak and bend over time.
Title: Re: new kennels! Post by: ironheadknls21 on January 01, 2013, 05:27:45 pm Looks good Lauren. I may have to hire out you and George to help me build mine lol.
Title: Re: new kennels! Post by: laurendaniel1995 on January 01, 2013, 08:15:07 pm ok thanks! and dang I have never did that much bending and picking up! I nailed all the nails with a ari gun I think we prolly used around 3000 nails or more! we put 9 nails in each board for just the deck!! i woke up the next morning and dang I was feeling it bad!! I could hardly walk for a few hours! but i sure love them! I can keep more!
Title: Re: new kennels! Post by: KevinN on January 01, 2013, 08:25:09 pm Very Nice!
Title: Re: new kennels! Post by: laurendaniel1995 on January 01, 2013, 08:36:02 pm thank you!
Title: Re: new kennels! Post by: dub on January 01, 2013, 09:15:29 pm Well aren't you fancy? I figured you had to use air to get it done that fast unless your dad was Superman.
They look good. Title: Re: new kennels! Post by: tusky1970 on January 02, 2013, 08:19:33 am Nice job
Title: Re: new kennels! Post by: laurendaniel1995 on January 05, 2013, 03:05:26 pm UPDATE I have another pic
(http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh580/laurendaniel1995/photobucket-1825-1357414937973.jpg) Title: Re: new kennels! Post by: Big Joe on January 05, 2013, 07:51:56 pm Them are some good lookin kennels.
Title: Re: new kennels! Post by: charles on January 05, 2013, 08:57:13 pm looks good. i had a roof on a 10x10 kennel from tsc and used 6 10' 2x4 laying on the 2" side and spread evenly and screwed another short 2x4 connecting 2 of the 2x4s for the 3 sets and then screwed the tin down. it was steardy enuf for me to walk on the roof and i weighed 230 at that time. i didnt have an issue with the weight tweaking and bending the panels. the whole roof weighed around 75-100lbs. i wouldnt worry bout tweaking and bending the panels
Title: Re: new kennels! Post by: jimco on January 05, 2013, 09:42:14 pm This is a light duty kennel that I strapped some 2 x 2's across the top with plumbing strapping and then attached sheets of tin. Works great and it didn't weaken the panels. This is a 6 x 10 kennel. I would use 2 x 4's for a 10 x 10 light duty kennel. For heavy duty 10 x 10
kennels I would and have used 4 x 4's. (http://)(http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/eelcat1/vest033.jpg) |