Yet another new court!

[Guest jojoamojo]

mate, its looking good, cant wait to see the finished item

[john hubery 9]

Exellent job there, on the blocks we use 1/2 inche blocks cut from strips of off cut shiplap, but the idea of plastic contiboard conectors is a good one and one I will look at using myself in the future, I have said this in the past, one thing about these site is some one always come up with ideas for thing that have been stairing us in the face for years and we just havn't seen them, always listern to knew ideas from others be they new to the sport or old hands

[Malt 379]

Managed to get a bit done this evening, bought the mesh from a garden centre, never been there before, & by a hell of a coincidence, mentioned to the owner that it was for a ferret court, and he took us out the back and he had ferrets of his own! Two lovely jills, one sandy & one poley, and two hobs, one albino, one poley. He said he's had the albino hob for 10 years, someone gave it to him that had lost interest.

The poor old thing looked a right old state, moth eaten, dead skinny & nearly blind. The fella said he'd considered having him PTS, but he was still eating like a horse & chasing the jills about, (slowly!) and when he took him too the vet to have him checked out, he was fine apart from being old aged.

 

When I finished tonight it was nearly dark, but I couldn't resist moving them in, as they've all been cooped up in a large rabbit style hutch, and I didn't feel it was healthy for them.

 

 

Next job is to finish the concrete base & treat the timber, so I can move it to it's proper location, as the poor old wife had only just got her patio back again. If I don't do it quick, I'll be in the shite!

 

Can anybody recommend a good preservative, that's not too pricey?

 

Cheers.

[jultaylor1972 2]

What a fabulous job you have done!! Your ferrets will be really happy in there!

[the_stig 6,614]

Managed to get a bit done this evening, bought the mesh from a garden centre, never been there before, & by a hell of a coincidence, mentioned to the owner that it was for a ferret court, and he took us out the back and he had ferrets of his own! Two lovely jills, one sandy & one poley, and two hobs, one albino, one poley. He said he's had the albino hob for 10 years, someone gave it to him that had lost interest.

The poor old thing looked a right old state, moth eaten, dead skinny & nearly blind. The fella said he'd considered having him PTS, but he was still eating like a horse & chasing the jills about, (slowly!) and when he took him too the vet to have him checked out, he was fine apart from being old aged.

 

When I finished tonight it was nearly dark, but I couldn't resist moving them in, as they've all been cooped up in a large rabbit style hutch, and I didn't feel it was healthy for them.

 

 

Next job is to finish the concrete base & treat the timber, so I can move it to it's proper location, as the poor old wife had only just got her patio back again. If I don't do it quick, I'll be in the shite!

 

Can anybody recommend a good preservative, that's not too pricey?

 

Cheers.

if you can afford it have a look at johnsons opaque wood finish or johnsons shed and fence - dont go to cheap some of the shed and fence paint is like piss .. google johnsons or leyland paint you should find a spec-- any leyland paint stores should stock it

[The one 8,497]

That looks one cracking set up now its finished is the blacl poly for shelter to keep the wind and rain out ???

[richie 1]

youve done a top job there...

 

one thing i would do before putting wood preservative on is apply some " ronseal wood hardener " at the lower base of the sides where the edges touch the concrete. this will give a permanent seal.

 

 

did you concider using marine ply ? more expensive but no need to use a wood preservative & wouldnt soak the water up.

 

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/63540/Paint/...500ml?source=aw

 

rich

[the_stig 6,614]

if it whr mine i`d sit the whole thing on a course or 2 of blue bricks leaving a couple of gaps for swilling out - but then again i dont keep ferrets

[stubby 175]

great looking set up, I too would go with it raised up on a layer or two of bricks, otherwise the bottom will start rotting, even with preserve in a matter of years, you could still leave gaps in the brickwork as a drain away when hosing out,

[Malt 379]

youve done a top job there...

 

one thing i would do before putting wood preservative on is apply some " ronseal wood hardener " at the lower base of the sides where the edges touch the concrete. this will give a permanent seal.

 

 

did you concider using marine ply ? more expensive but no need to use a wood preservative & wouldnt soak the water up.

 

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/63540/Paint/...500ml?source=aw

 

rich

 

Marine ply is mega expensive round here, your looking at something like £50 a sheet, that would have been around £150 just for the 3 sheets I used. It's meant to be WBP (weather & boil proof) ply, it's not as waterproof as marine ply, but it's the next best thing. It'll get wet, but the glue inside it is supposed to waterproof.

 

I might well build a course of bricks onto the slab at some point in the future, but for now I've made little feet with DPM sandwiched between two pieces of ply. The damp you can see rising up the sides, it what's left after I'd left it directly on the patio the first night I put it together. It's dried out a fair bit since I put it up on the little blocks.

 

Cheers for the replies & the ideas.

[Malt 379]

That looks one cracking set up now its finished is the blacl poly for shelter to keep the wind and rain out ???