Cat Condo #1 - Work Day 2

Got the first condo almost completed, but I ran out of daylight and strength. Both ran out just about the same moment. 

The old metal roofing we took off the house roof is being repurposed for the cat pens. Some of it has bad spots that have to be trimmed off, and there will be times when we need to piecemeal it together. But since it's just small pens, things will work. The idea is to have a dry enclosure. A good coat of paint will make it look nice. 

The lower half of the walls are plywood. This accomplishes a few things......gives the cats privacy, provides more stability to the construction, prevents most of the rain from wetting the pen, and acts as a bit of a windbreak. And as a non-intentional benefit, provides me with a canvas to try out my artistic painting skills. 

The upper part of the walls are open for ventilation, daylight, and view -- so that the cats who want open spaces won't feel boxed in. Ventilation is real important. 

Almost there! 

I still need to block up any spaces between the walls and the metal roof. Any gap would invite an escape attempt. 

This condo was built with a combination of new and reused materials. About half the 2x4s are reused. 2 sheets of plywood are too. And the entire roofing metal is reused. And while the four corners are on new concrete pier blocks, the center also floor support is reused block with wood pier. I'll be able to use reuse hardware fit the door, but all the chicken wire is new. This project uses up all my reuse lumber. Happily I won't need to buy any roofing metal. Guess I'll be scrounging around for old lumber once again in order to replenish by stash.