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My current shed is a 8ft x 6ft summer house. Home to two boys. During the warmer weather next year, I am hoping to get them a new shed, a 10ft x 6ft and will move them to the other side of the garden (current shed is south facing, great as it gives them warmth in winter, even the slightest bit of sun and it warms it up nicely, but it is a giant pain in summer and pigs have to be out of there for the day by 9am).

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Aggghhh...shed came this morning,I was exited yo put it up....until I realised that the moron driver had given me the wrong bag of screws😡so now I have to wait for them to deliver me a new bag...not happy😡😫😪
 
Noooooo! When are the correct screws being delivered?
 
Siikibam said:
Noooooo! When are the correct screws being delivered?
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4-5 days😡 so now I have nowhere to store it out of the rain,its forcast rain all week,so when I do finally get to put it up I can't paint it until it has dried out inside...I am not a happy camper.
They said..well if you wanted to build it today you can buy all the bits and we will reimburse you...yeah right try to find a million screws and fittings to match the ones I need and then fight for months about how much they cost..don't think so😳
A well at least I get to look at it every day out of my patio window,just to remind me how incompetent some people are😏
 
Hmmm I wouldn’t trust them to not bother me when it came to being reimbursed. Let’s hope the four days pass quickly. You never know, maybe next week will be dry 🤷🏾‍♀️
 
Siikibam said:
Hmmm I wouldn’t trust them to not bother me when it came to being reimbursed. Let’s hope the four days pass quickly. You never know, maybe next week will be dry 🤷🏾‍♀️
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Well hopefully they will come before Monday as Monday is supposed to be nice,its Bucketed down with rain all morning here,quite heavy too.
 
Piggieweekweek said:
Well hopefully they will come before Monday as Monday is supposed to be nice,its Bucketed down with rain all morning here,quite heavy too.
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Oh no! It chucked it down heavily Monday and Tuesday here. Yesterday and today have been ok, not too much.
 
PiggyPara234 said:
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This setup is home to 3 piggies. A 6ft hutch with extra space outside. I converted an old garden shed into a piggy palace. I use fleece throughout the whole cage as its easier to spot clean and keep clean on a day to day basis. The hutch was from p@h. Under the fleece is just old towels and under the towels I used an old plastic mat that is supposed to stop chairs from scratching wood but we didn't use it so I put it under the fleece to stop the wood from getting wet and rotting. I also added attachments on all the doors (you can see them on the hutch doors on the top level) so I was able to put a padlock or something through it to give added security. The shed doors are also padlocked to prevent them from blowing open or anything unwanted getting. The shed doesn't have any electricity so I put up an ikea light meant to be put in drawers which is really bright and battery powered and is also attached to the ceiling and lights up the whole shed.
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Could you give me a link to the light you mention please? Great set up! Do you lock them in the hutch overnight or not?
 
I'm fed up with the rain, so the pigs must definitly be fed up with the rain.

That meant that today's the day they've moved out of their summer aviary and into the shed. My tribe of four girls (Wenlock, Wellington, Agatha and Christie) went out into their garden run for the morning and then came in to their winter quarters as the rain started to fall.

Summer set up, pic from shed building weekend last September - it was raining then as well!

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The Shed - 7ft by 10, double walled and purpose built for us by a local timber merchant.

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We move their 6ft by 2ft double decker hutch back into the shed for winter. I attach a 6ft by 3ft run onto the front of the hutch so that there's plenty of space for them to play.

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One large pile of grass later and I think they've settled in ok.

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I was losing the light by this point, so more pics to follow.
 
Sorry it's taken so long.

I didn't want to use pics from last year with my two recently (spring, so not really that recently, but it still feels like it) departed piggies in them.

I'll do some more of the ramp tunnel and other enrichment etc. soon.
 
AGGHHHH....ITS LEAKING NOW😭
went out to it this morning thinking of painting the inside....and its leaking from the joints...I'm so mad...been on to the shed company and waiting for their reply.
It always happens to me...anyone else and it would be fine and dry😫20191004_102243.webp
This is just one side that's leaking...theres others😪
 
Piggieweekweek said:
AGGHHHH....ITS LEAKING NOW😭
went out to it this morning thinking of painting the inside....and its leaking from the joints...I'm so mad...been on to the shed company and waiting for their reply.
It always happens to me...anyone else and it would be fine and dry😫View attachment 123305
This is just one side that's leaking...theres others😪
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arrgh! I have a leaky one too!
 
I have been in touch with the shed company with pics and they told me that I needed to trim the edge of the felt overhanging the side,so I have and will see if that helps.
I have also been trawling the internet and curiously think maybe the problem is splashback from my paving slabs,on my house side the slabs are around my house with a line of stones next to the brickwork...on the other side of the shed the slabs stop at the end of the shed which I think is allowing the water from the roof to soak into the soil and that side is relatively dry..whereas on the other side its sitting on the slabs and its really wet..makes sense to me lol.
Maybe I need to move the shed closer to the house so the water from the roof runs onto the stones and maybe get some guttering?
Wow this shed seemed like a good idea but now it's just a nightmare 😫😫
 
All sheds leak, the only way to get round it is to seal the sides with heavy duty roofing felt. My shed leaks like crazy from the sides, but my hutch has insulation between the shed and hutch walls so it's dry in the hutch. That said, I don't think my shed will be getting used for animals for much longer. I'm down to one piggy and she's elderly. :(
 
I also have a piggie shed ☺Mines is 8x6ft with a hutch at the back. It also has a ‘runaround tunnel’ that leads out to the outside run which is also about 7x3ft. It has vents for ventilation and also today is getting new stronger windows that can be opened in the summer. I also have a wooden barrier at the front so when I open the door they can’t just all run out 😁 the walls and door are also insulated. I change up the layout every week but this is what it looks like currently. Oh and I made a pair of curtains for the windows haha
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LaurenS said:
I also have a piggie shed ☺Mines is 8x6ft with a hutch at the back. It also has a ‘runaround tunnel’ that leads out to the outside run which is also about 7x3ft. It has vents for ventilation and also today is getting new stronger windows that can be opened in the summer. I also have a wooden barrier at the front so when I open the door they can’t just all run out 😁 the walls and door are also insulated. I change up the layout every week but this is what it looks like currently. Oh and I made a pair of curtains for the windows haha
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Its so pretty!
 
So I am getting a replacement shed delivered today....but I can't build it 😫I fell stepping over the Guinea pig run on Thursday and now have a poss fractured/torn tendon in my foot😡I had hold of peanut at the time and just remember thinking...o crap I can't fall and hurt him...thankfully I managed not to hurt him.
I think this project was doomed from the start 🤣
 
Piggieweekweek said:
So I am getting a replacement shed delivered today....but I can't build it 😫I fell stepping over the Guinea pig run on Thursday and now have a poss fractured/torn tendon in my foot😡I had hold of peanut at the time and just remember thinking...o crap I can't fall and hurt him...thankfully I managed not to hurt him.
I think this project was doomed from the start 🤣
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I know the feeling - this is a copy of a post of mine from yonks ago

It looks good to me. The only thing I would say is the height. Not that it's too high or two low, it's just that before I had C&C I used a run, which was a lot higher, and one day I caught my foot on it when I was stepping out with one of the guineas in my hand. In true slave style, I saved him and broke my toe and staved my thumb and was covered in bruises, and pretty much ruined the run. So.. what I'm saying is, can you step in and out of it easily, as it looks like you would have to get in and out of it for catching and cleaning, or would you be better with a door/gate set up at the end.
 
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