Sheds, who keeps there piggys in sheds?

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Any chance of any pics of anyones piggy sheds?

I'm looking to build my own hutches into my shed and could do with some ideas on how to make the best of the space

My 8x6 shed in summer. now its got 1 more hutch n loads of carpets n blankets

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We keep ours in our sheds. My other half built all the enclosures. If you want I could speak to him when he gets home from work for you. He's a master ex chippy and I'm thrilled with the work he's done for ours.

Your's is slightly bigger than our shed (and what have you lined with floor with cuz that would be super useful in ours!).

I'll try and get the pictures off my phone and onto the computer so you can see what he's done.
 
I'm hoping to have one sometime this year. Yours is great, love it!
 
Here we go....sorry about the mess in pur shed but we had only just built and was trying to figure out what to do with everything else. Also I've put the rabbit's pic in there too so you can see the inside a bit better...

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Its a roll end of Lino from my local carpet shop cost me 25 quid. Its amazing stuff! So easy to clean. I sweep it daily and spray disinfect on it then wipe it clean when the pets have been running around on it and peeing everywhere lol.

Thankyou for the pics sophiew & cozmo. Both yours make great use of the space :)
 
Oh awesome...I think I'll need to do that as our shed floor is a nightmare.

BTW Sophie...your piggie palace is AMAZING!
 
We keep our 6 piggies in a shed. They are in a 2-tier 5ft hutch and have 24/7 access to 4'x6' of the shed floor. The shed is 10'x6' and the bunnies have the rest. We are thinking of fixing 2ft wide shelves around the perimeter of the shed (creating 36 square feet - so will probably create two levels to make 72 square feet), and have the guinea-pigs on the shelves (with ledges, to stop them from falling off), and give the rabbits the rest of the shed floor. We're just trying to think of the best way of ensuring we have easy access to them, without them falling off (i.e. best way of keeping them safe). This seems the best way of utilising the space. TBH, even if I had to keep mine in separate groups, I would still use shelves, but just section them off, as I think hutches don't make the best use of the space.
 
I have my in my garage but have C&C cages.

With your hutches could you stack 3 high? this would give you more space.

Here are two of my C&C's,

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I have 4 in a connected row,

1 2x5 and 3 2x4 with upstairs 1x2, in this pic the end one hasn't got an upstairs as this was shortly after I had built them and ran out of grids!

excuse the messy background! :))
 
Becky92 said:
Any chance of any pics of anyones piggy sheds?

I'm looking to build my own hutches into my shed and could do with some ideas on how to make the best of the space

My 8x6 shed in summer. now its got 1 more hutch n loads of carpets n blankets

Mynewshed.jpg
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Great question, we are looking to do the same. I have given up on the idea of our half finished childrens wooden play house !
 
Hi

B and Q have a shed for £89.00 this is the one we will be getting to convert to our Piggin Palace :(|)
 
OOh I like your shed set-up!

Our three girls will be moving into a shed (hopefully) in Spring, then out into the garden in Summer. I'm envious of your set-up! drool
 
My larger herd lives in a shed with one double storey hutch in it but the hutch is left open all the time so they have run of the whole shed. I put a laminate floor down and at the moment have the door of a single hutch across the doorway so that when I open the shed door my piggys can't get out. In the spring a run will be built on the side of the shed and hoping to get a fly screen type door built for inside the doorway (but will be made with the fox proof wire the run will be made from).

I'm also hoping to get another level built into the shed. I saw this in a pic of a free range shed on the internet and thought was a very good idea.

This is the inside of my shed.

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and this is what I did when the weather got so cold the last few weeks
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My tip would be to those thinking of buying a shed, is to buy the best quality you can afford, or save up for a really good one. There are so many sheds on the market when I was lookin that were just nothing more than plywood type stuff, made with knotty wood, and holes where the knots were coming out. You would have to spend even money making it really well insulated, as it would not provide good protection and warmth. All they would do was provide protection from rain, and limited protection from the wind. Check out where you think the electrics would go. Buyin a shed with no electric, to provide sockets, lighting and heating is not much good. Also make sure the electrics are put in by a qualified sparky, with all the relevant trips to make sure your piggies are safe. x
 
I phoned my local timber yard to see if they sold sheds; they didn't, but they sold everything I would need in order to build a better quality shed (e.g. panels of shiplap) for far less money. I have bought some plans off eBay for 3 quid and plan to go down to the timber yard to see what they've got.

I just mentioned this because you may find that it's much cheaper to build the shed yourself (and you'd have to assemble one you bought anyway), and you'd be able to make it to your specific requirements.
 
Fantastic sheds everyone. I don;t have a shed as one would only just fit in our yard and then it would block all the light from our neighbours window rolleyes

However, when we take the pigs back to Nottingham with us, they go in to my parents shed in a cage. The cage sits on a table and over Christmas when it was cold, we insulated the cage by covering it with cardboard and covering it with towels at night.

Sorry, I don't have any pics :(
 
Furries said:
I just mentioned this because you may find that it's much cheaper to build the shed yourself (and you'd have to assemble one you bought anyway), and you'd be able to make it to your specific requirements.
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This is what my other half wants to do when the weathers warmer. He wants to build a bigger shed himself so the piggies can have more room and so we can set up a run in there so even in the winter months they can have a good place to exercise in.
 
Id love to get a shed here and have a spot by the end of the garage that would not block anyones view or annoy the neighbours.

Trouble is would mean moving the old compost heap, and I guess ground needs to be sorted as part path and rest soil and very damp there.

My DIY skills are zero and our electrics have been here since the house was built in the 60's and are classed as dodgy basically by any qualified person. Too big/stressful a job to consider really.

So I think Il concentrate in Spring/Summer on clearing out the garage carefully over a long time and Il make space for a coupple of hutches in there ready for next winter.

There is a good 40 odd years of junk/stuff to sort in there, most has high chance of having mouse pee on it too:))rolleyes
 
Furries said:
Wear gloves in case it's rat pee. You can get diseases from rat pee.
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Thanks yes have got gloves - we have seen mice so pretty sure its mouse pee but still means a messy job as lots of old boxes/carpets etc and dust, spiders and mouse droppings - wonderful eh!

Il just focus on some nice hutches for winter in there!
 
alisont said:
Thanks yes have got gloves - we have seen mice so pretty sure its mouse pee but still means a messy job as lots of old boxes/carpets etc and dust, spiders and mouse droppings - wonderful eh!

Il just focus on some nice hutches for winter in there!
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rather you than me yuck:)>>>
 
nutmeg said:
My tip would be to those thinking of buying a shed, is to buy the best quality you can afford, or save up for a really good one. There are so many sheds on the market when I was lookin that were just nothing more than plywood type stuff, made with knotty wood, and holes where the knots were coming out. You would have to spend even money making it really well insulated, as it would not provide good protection and warmth. All they would do was provide protection from rain, and limited protection from the wind. Check out where you think the electrics would go. Buyin a shed with no electric, to provide sockets, lighting and heating is not much good. Also make sure the electrics are put in by a qualified sparky, with all the relevant trips to make sure your piggies are safe. x
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LOL
I think we should just blow the budget and just by next doors semi-detached !
 
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