correx help please

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I'm going to be making a double teir c&c cage (not connected by ramps) top half will be for 2 piggies and bottom for 1 piggy (totally separate just on top of eachother). It will be a 2x5 cage. I think i will need around 207.5cm x 97.5cm of correx. The only place i can find correx is ebay at 122cm x 81.3cm. This comes with 5 sheet though. Is it possible to connect two sheets 2gether? Wouldnt the piggys wee go through the join? I'm not sure what i could do.
Any ideas?

(also does anyone know for the bottom half how to leave abit to open for a door? as the top level will be same size as the bottom therefore leaiving no room for an open top)
 
have you contcted any sign makers in your area.. I did this and got a 8ft x 4ft sheet so dont need to connect together and can cut to size perfectly?

If not, i am sure you can connect them with gaffer tape, if double overlap the correx at the end by a couple of inches where you want to connect it so there is not a gap for the correx to bend (does this make any sense?!?)

you can get different colour gaffer tape from b&Q i got white to match correx so it looks nicer! (gaffer tape is very strong and waterproof. and you would line with newspaper etc so wee shouldnt go through it!
 
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Would you use the gaffer tape for the bottom of the correx or the top also ? is it toxic to guinea pig at all? i see what you mean with the overlaping. Ill have to ask around like u said would make it easier if they fit. thanks :)
 
yes i would wrap the join with correx, all the way around, top to bottom, maybe a couple of times neatly to make it a secure join. but remember to overlap to give thay extra strength!

i just went on yellow pages website and typed in sign makers, sign designers etc, and rang around. i dont think you are local to me?
 
I got 8 ft x 4 ft sheets as well from Travis Perkins builders merchants, they have stores nationwide. They cost £6 er sheet. They only come in black though and I used black gaffer tape to stick the corners into the box shape. Then I folded another cut off piece of correx and taped it in the corners so there is a double layer. Never had a problem of leaking wee!
 
lavenderjade said:
I got 8 ft x 4 ft sheets as well from Travis Perkins builders merchants, they have stores nationwide. They cost £6 er sheet. They only come in black though and I used black gaffer tape to stick the corners into the box shape. Then I folded another cut off piece of correx and taped it in the corners so there is a double layer. Never had a problem of leaking wee!
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i got quoted a lot more than 6, mine was £18 a sheet, i rang up both travis perkins in neighbouring towns and they quoted the same amount. you must have been lucky! i am not! i got mine for £12 so cant complain too much.
 
That strange as I got some more 2 weeks ago, it had gone up from £5.20 to £6...I wonder if it is a different one? Mine is the plain black "cordek". Builders use it as floor protection when building works are taking place so cant see them paying £18 per sheet for that!
 
lavenderjade said:
That strange as I got some more 2 weeks ago, it had gone up from £5.20 to £6...I wonder if it is a different one? Mine is the plain black "cordek". Builders use it as floor protection when building works are taking place so cant see them paying £18 per sheet for that!
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yeah i rang them up, said they call it cordek cos i saw a post of yours saynig bout it, and i was in shock! they quoted for different size sheeting and the 8 by 4 was £18!

they trying to cheat me out of money!
 
lincolnsmommy said:
I have a trevis perkins right next to me ill try them! thanks moonie ill also try the yellow pages. I never thought of doin that. :)
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let me know what you got quoted at Travis Perkins , would be interesting to see if they are fobbing me off in my area!
 
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