Guinea Pig Grand Hotel

Size: 2m x 1m x 1,3m

Material: wooden boards,wooden bars, plywood, paint for wood (enamel), PVC panels

Time: 5 days

Cost: about $70

People: 5 children and 1 mom

We chose a rectangular enclosure in which guinea pigs can graze on grass.

Prepare the timber for the frame and floor boards

Prepare tools: a saw, screwdriver, tape measure, screws, angles

We start with a skeleton construction. We want the house stood on top of the pen. Therefore, the length of our construction = 2 m. Measure out and saw off.

Bar fastening with corners.

We are tired!

- materials purchased
- tools developed

- floor skeleton ready.

The width of our construction is 1m. Measure out, cut and paint the floor boards.

When the paint is dry, fasten the boards with screws 35 mm to the base of construction

Fasten wall bars with corners for its strength. The front bars are 130 cm. The rear bars 100 cm. The front bars longer for pent roof.

The back wall of the construction we have made of plywood. Two sheets of 100 cm x 80 cm x 0.8 cm. The desired size cut out a jigsaw.

Paint and strengthen the rear wall of the frame.

Make two windows are open. We need window flat corners, mesh, furniture stapler.
Pre-paint parts of windows and wait 1 day until dry.

Fasten bars with areas. The grid fasten with furniture stapler.

Fasten the rafters and the roof. The roof is made of 5 PVC panels. The edges of the panels are not cut for the additional protection from the rain. Fasten the panel with screws to the rafters.

READY!

Try to build it with children!