effective kennel flooring

would like to know what different type of kennel flooring you all use or have used that is effective for these dogs and not so expensive besides concrete. Also that permits easy clean up.

 

Rubber horse stall mat ...on top of the concrete or a hard pack dirt. Bad thing is if the dog gets board, they can chew it to pieces

Easy to spay off, disenfect and its heavy duty..

They also make a type of poly resin floorring which gets expensive..


But nothing beats a concrete ..dogs cant dig through that or chew it up.

i hear right now theres a major lack of concrete, especially when building houses..

 

lol i dunno about dogs chewing through concret we used to have this dog that tried LOL no teeth now.....

 

a good old plywood deck over dirt works great(2x4 frame w\ 5/8 ply). drill a couple 2 inch holes in a couple of the corners to drain water from spraying off and your set. also the wood handles bleach just fine for sterilizing.

 

All my Kennels are built out of 2x6 joists and 2x6 for decking boards and after the 2x6`s shrink up about a 1/4" it creats a perfect drain situation. I have never had a problem with this type of floor.

 

i use hard plastic mattings. easy to clean

 

i like concrete pads for chainspaces, dont currently have them but hope to build one soon. the most expensive part about pouring a concrete pad is the hiring the finisher to come and finish it off. but if looks dont matter u could do it yourself with a STRAIGHT 2x4. u can also slightly bowl the concrete so all the water flows into a drain and keeps your dogs chain space dry. i would like to build one of these but, locally u must by more that 3 yards to avoid the delivery charge and a kennel would take roughly about 3 yards, so it would be better (cost efective) to build 3 at a time and they could probly be done for about 100/sq yard concrete (roughly 3 sq yards per kennel/chainspace= 300) + 2x4 framing (roughly about 25-30 dollars) + gravel (about 2 tons depending with delivery would probly be like 50 bucks) + grade stakes (i just cut up rebar and set them to desired hight of concrete minus and 1/8 inch 5 dollars) + s concrete finisher (in my area about 150) = about 530-550 each concrete pad. and if u want to have a 4"drain it would probly cost an additional 25 bucks in pvc. if u built 3 at a time u could probly save alot on delivery charges since delivery charges are usually the same no matter the amount as long as it is able to be hauled on the same trip.

 

I also use wooden flooring as I have all of my pens raised off the ground a foot.A couple of my pens have 2X12 flooring and the rest have a framed up floor with 1 " plywood topped.

 

i use square foot stepping stones they are about an inch thick and 1/2 thick they only cost a dollar their pretty cost efficent

 

i would go with concrete if you are looking for a permanet structure other wise sounds like wood is the way to go.

 

I like concrete myself esp. if you gan spring a lil extra $$ for the garage liner/sealer over it. It makes a softer surface for the dogs and cleans real easy.

 

I always thought wood would absorb too much. I'm lucky enough to live close to a cinder block factory and I bought all there 2nd 4" blocks for about $80. It did 2 8x13 kennels. The hardest part is if your ground is not level. Bought a bag of concrete and sweap it around to fill in all the little cracks.