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DIY Whelping Box
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:36 pm
by Amberquest
After seeing similar boxes for £400 ish I decided to make my own. £210 and there's an attachable run which will bolt onto the front.
What do you think? Aluminium frame with a material called dibond which is a sheet of Perspex type material with a thin layer of aluminium on each side
Re: DIY Whelping Box
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:41 pm
by Hepe
Neatly done but you need an anti squeeze rim around the edges down inside.
Helene
Re: DIY Whelping Box
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:57 pm
by druimmuir
You could have had the km one fully galvanised with the bars etc inside for £185...
Looks good though Scott
Re: DIY Whelping Box
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:03 pm
by James
its a great product that Scott, we do one like it called Alubond. I make our kennels out of it and its far better than any other on the market but its not cheap. That should last you for many years to come, the Ally is better then galve as it cleans much better because you scrub away through the galve over the years and it rusts.
Re: DIY Whelping Box
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:14 pm
by Amberquest
Aye but I wouldn't have got a run and a custom size Nic, was struggling due to the space in the utility room
Aye it's smart stuff James, glad I paid the little bit extra for it
Re: DIY Whelping Box
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:15 pm
by Amberquest
Hepe wrote:Neatly done but you need an anti squeeze rim around the edges down inside.
Helene
Aye that's Sundays Job!
Re: DIY Whelping Box
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:17 pm
by druimmuir
Amberquest wrote:Aye but I wouldn't have got a run and a custom size Nic, was struggling due to the space in the utility room
Aye it's smart stuff James, glad I paid the little bit extra for it
you could have
but hey you've done a cracking job
good luck with the whelping
Re: DIY Whelping Box
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 8:19 am
by springer-spaniel
made mine with ply done me proud and the pups were all in top order, cost.. 22 quid.
Re: DIY Whelping Box
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:57 pm
by kent
springer-spaniel wrote:made mine with ply done me proud and the pups were all in top order, cost.. 22 quid.
I thought we all did this sort of thing, do people really spend so much
Re: DIY Whelping Box
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:39 am
by Amberquest
kent wrote:springer-spaniel wrote:made mine with ply done me proud and the pups were all in top order, cost.. 22 quid.
I thought we all did this sort of thing, do people really spend so much
I made the last one out of ply but it was pretty grubby after that litter and didn't want to use it again, at least with this one I can hose and scrub it down and it'll last for ages