C&C cage assistance, please?

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Hi everyone,
I’m looking for some advice about building a C&C cage, since I’m considering making one this autumn. I’ve been doing some research online but wondered if anybody on the forum could clear some things up for me?

I want my C&C to be a 2x4 cage, which according to guineapigcages.com would require 12 grids. I would like to make a stand out of grids to get the cage off of the floor (n.b buying any sort of table as a stand is not an option). Would this require 8 extra grids underneath the correx to make a bottom for the cage? If the stand is to be one grid high, would 4 grids (i.e. 2 at each end) be enough to support the cage?

Also, how many sheets of this http://www.teacratepackaging.co.uk/correx-board would I need to make a correx floor for the 2X4 cage?

Thanks for any advice you can give :)
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I agree with Lissie, even when the grids are all locked in, they still seem wobbly. The more grids for the stand, the better.
 
this is my 2x4 c&c with a 1x2 loft and stand all made from grids.

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all in all i used 42 grids to make it, just the stand alone took 22 grids.

the base to hold the correx takes 8 grids, then theres a row of 4 grids along the back of the base, and then 5 sets of two grids coming forward, so basically it's like having 4 rectangles under the cage with the small end at the front open without a grid, if that makes sense ? This is the best way to keep it secure,

Then for the top it took me 12 for the first level/ground level and 8 for the little loft area.

I bought 2 sheets of 2mm correx as 2mm is thin and the recommended is 4mm so i made a box out of one and then made a sheet the size of the cage to sit in the bottom to give the correx strength., i bought mine here,
http://www.teacratepackaging.co.uk/correx-board
It did both my levels with more to spare after so would be perfect for what you want (:
 
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Sorry to post again but just took more pictures that help explain a little more,

Heres a picture of my cage before i put the correx in, all the boxes are underneath but it shows the framework better, your cage needs a bottom for the correx to sit in or it will just fall out as it's just a box that sits in, if you have it on the floor obviously it just sits on the floor but of the ground it needs it's on support,

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heres a view of underneath in just one of the little 'rectangles', sorry for the mess we have to clean this out every now and then,

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as you can see theres grids along the back and then down the sides, you can't just have ones at either side as the middle will just droop down and cave in and collapse so you need to give it support all the way along so making legs every grid apart, therefor giving you this little sections of rectangle underneath which are great for storage (:

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