barrel houses

One of the best I've seen!!.....glad I'm down south and don't have to worry about the cold to much!!

 

1/2" plywood on top and sides. 1/2" treated plywood on the bottom. 2"x2" framework. Covered with aluminum coil stock. Corners covered with 1/8" aluminum angle. Built out of scraps left over from a house except for the 1/8" angle. In the pics I hadn't trimmed out the door yet but they get the aluminum angle to so the house dont get ate. Winters aren't usually to bad here in the Bluegrass but I don't want my mutts to get cold. lol

 

Nice!!! Care to share some plans

 

awesome!

thanks eh! nice to have another style house to build, when we do all new ones, i already have a huge roll of that alluminum you used and the barrels and plywood, theses ones i built last year i can hand down to someone with hounds, one thing i ran in to with the legend dog houses i built were they were to short with a lot of straw in them, the dogs were getting bald spots on there mellons(head) from circling when nesting down.

 

Make room in your mailbox. I sent you a message but there was no room.

 

me too please!

 

Will do!, Thanx man

 

I gotta tell ya that is one badass house!! Is there any way to get the barrel out for cleaning though? Like can the front or top be removed easily? If not, that is the only thing I would try and engineer into it if/when you build another one. I don't think it has to be something you just lift off. I don't mind removing a few screws, but I would like to be able to get the barrel out every now and then to clean it.

 

No there isn't.That's the only bad thing about them. But I took a garden rake and cut a section out and welded it back so that it was narrow enough to fit through the opening. lol Problem solved. Since then I've went to building these. The dogs like them better.

 

That's similar to what I build. I use the 2 compartment plans on page one of this thread. I've also made the same house but didn't put the compartment in it for when i have puppies. Left the whole thing open inside and I put a flap over the hole to help keep wind and cold out.

Good job man. Your dogs are well taken care of.

 

nice houses blok!!

im trying this one for 1 kennel at the moment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UxjG_ESdMe4

all isolated, small, light, easy to clean and entirely closed so they can heat up well.

 

Thats nice 6sN7s. How does it do in the summer?

 

Should be great in the summer as well, its isolated. Just wouldn't lay on it in the burning sun, lol.
I recently bought mine but i know someone who keeps more then 10 on his yard and he's all happy with them.
I close it only when its cold at night and or freezing at day, like them to have a peek outside.
I mainly recommend them to kennel dogs cause the system isnt to great for chains.

 

these are awesome as wel, you can get the oak wood ones with the galvenized doors as wel.
http://www.greenriverworkingdogsupplies.com/kennel1 http://www.greenriverworkingdogsupplies.com/kennel_door

http://www.greenriverworkingdogsupplies.com/kk-kennel

 

Those are nice Limey. Jim Beam Distillery is right down the hill from me. Most of the other major distilleries are within a 30 minute drive. We use to get the oak barrels really cheap but now alot of them are breaking them down and selling them to wineries. A use to be $10 barrel is now $100.

 

jup those are the same as on the grizzly doghouses. great for in the kennel and "biteproof"

 

I really like those Galv doors those are nice

 

how about the big wood Cable reel's? i seen some use them before. i myself have never liked them. always thought it let to much wind into them, but have no experience with them. them ones bgblok uses are nice. always thought the plastic barrel inside a doubled walled house was nice even if the the plastic barrel is just wrapped with wood like how his is. it just adds way more insulated heat like that. i have the k9 kondo love it, but would highly recommend the door flaps they sell to anyone. they'd fit any custom doubled walled dog house or plastic barrel or even any liquor barrel house. them door flaps they sell really make the cut out here were i live. it keeps the rain ,snow and wind out the house. the K9 Kondo wouldnt be half of what it is if it werent for them door flaps.