Can you stick correx together to make bigger C&C cage?

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I am working on plans to build a 5 grid by 3 grid C&C cage. Using other sites for measurements this will make a 70inch x 42 inch enclosure.

The correx I have seen for sale comes in 8ft x 4ft sheets (thats 96inch x 48inch). The Guineapigcage.com website says you then need to add 12inches on the width and the length to give you the sides but with a 42inch width that only leaves me 6inches of correx for the sides (giving me only a 3 inch wall either side).

How do you get round this, can I add sides from another sheet of correx and tape it together? Will this be strong enough and stand the test of time/wee/poop? My experience of taping things together means that six months later its usually coming apart:-)

Any advice from any of you with larger C&C set ups?
 
I'm going to answer "YES"... with ducktape... I spent a good 2 hours sticking mine together today so it went up at the sides :)!
 
Duck tape is super strong so pretty much indestructable, even from piggies :(|)

I'm not sure how others have done theirs but mine only has about 3 inches on all sides and that seems okay.
 
I'm with Elle I'm down to 3 inches at the front and will be lowering the sides and back soon. My girls the last time I used the cage had about 3 inch sides all round and were fine and didn't get stuff all over so I'd say you will be fine not adding to the sides, hower if you want you can using duct tape as mentioned very sticky stuff.
 
Yes you can.

I did mine by doing a base piece and having the walls separate. I also used a double walled construction as my cage is 3 x 4 and I felt that using a single thickness of coroplast would not stand up to the handling it would get. It does take longer and uses double the coroplast but if you did yours this way you could have a larger tray and off set the join with the joins being in different places to avoid an area of weakness.

i got 5 sheets of 61 inch by 41 inch for around £35 including shipping, and this was sufficient for the cage with some left over. The cage is two 3 x 4 levels plus a 1 x 3 hayloft level.

Double walled also means that the tray flexes less so the gaffer tape will stay stuck down better - my original tray was single wall and I found that the flexing made the tape lift a bit.

Here is a picture that shows the thickness:

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yep i use duck tape and it is great, You want the kind which it almost like it is knitted out of fibres as it is super strong it comes in all colours and you can get it from B&Q and other DIY stores!
 
Yep we have used a glue gun on ours to stick.

But I would imagine duck tape to be better. Clear being the best to look at.
 
Duck Tape

I keep purple duck tape in my house but have found this pretty plaid I might use on my C&C will have green coroplast when it comes in. I really wanted purple but couldn't constitute paying $4 per sheet when the green was a $1.05 a sheet.
 
garfieldette said:
The correx I have seen for sale comes in 8ft x 4ft sheets (thats 96inch x 48inch).
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I am having trouble finding correx in single sheets, from what I have found so far it is packs. Can I ask where anyone has found single sheets and at the best price. Does it have to be 2mm or more? Thanks in advance
 
You can try and ask your local sign shops (yellow pages). Prices vary, but they will cut it to size. and you pay only for what you use.

They may even have thicker correx; I had a piece of them for my mezzanine, and it is nice and stable.

I am using duct tape as well. You may want to use a stanley knife to cut the correx. Mark all the lines that go cross the grain beforehand, as it is much harder to cut.
 
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