Wooden house and barrell combo I made

Believe or not. I do more than just run mouth, I actually own dogs and do them as well. This is a house built here just recently.

Couple tricks of the trade that I have learned on these houses:

35lbs and under use a 25 gal barrell
35 and over use a 55 gal barrell

Put a handle on the barrell to make it easy to get out of the house, it removes in and out easily, front to back make it tight, leave a 1/8 inch of gap and the side to side leave a 3 inch gap and take a scrap 2 x 4 to hold in place remove when you remove are removing the barrell. The barrell comes out during the hot parts of the year.

prime and caulk everything possible, then caulk again after you done, and use a good primer and some regular latex paint (buy a decent brand)

I used spray foam as insulation, did this once before and it worked great and doesn't mold. I drill holes in the interior walls after the house is built and then spray foam it and it is sealed shut and tight better than normal insulation.

To do list:
paint the roof black in winter and then back to white during hot months

 

sorry for the crappy loaded to the pictures, I don't know what was up with that but it will give you an idea of what I did.

 

damn, nice work lbd. i like the handle idea, gonna have to steal that.

 

so this is what you were telling me about. i'm workin on my own similar design tbh. Imma have to show you and see what you think. NICE

 

thanks DP, yep, the mother to the little ones is going in there, got to keep her warm, got a lot riding on her. Just over a $125 bucks in material between it all, but it will last a long time for sure of that.

 

Nice little black. Hit me up sometime would like to chat more.

 

will do, it will be tomorrow evening, got class and a speech tonight after work and dogs. Thanks again guys and btw, the rinky dinky spot above the entry is just there for winter months to add to blocking the wind, I made the door a little bigger than usual to give some good air flow for summer time, we have had some really hot weather the last couple of years, really dry for the dogs. I threw it up with 4 screws so if it breaks or comes off no biggie. I can't think of a draw back yet to this house but when it comes I will let you know.

 

yea i never thought of that either lol, gonna have to steal that too.

 

look good, thanks for sharing

 

Sure looks the part LBD. Going to have to work out a new house arrangement soon and this in my opinion is one of the better ideas! Can I ask what caulk is? I have no idea about paints aye.

 

caulking is just a sealer for cracks, to water proof the houses, keeps drafts out as well.

 

What does the top/roof look like?? never seenm one quite like this. Good idea looks good.

 

The roof is nothing special, I just cut a long piece of plywood and the nail 2X4 for support. I made rectangle the size of the top of the house and just screwed into it. I think that will be the flaw in the house, been thinking of using some galvanized roof tin for it, just screw it into it and caulk the screw holes. I have two houses now that are over 20 years old and that is what is on them and the houses are fine, just wanted to upgrade a bit more. We got snow that was around 4 ft last year at times so I am overkilling it this year. Thanks for the comments guys.

 

Nice work! I like the idea of the removable barrel. Not only that you can remove it for warmer times, but it will be easy to clean out & remove/replace straw or whatever you use for bedding. I live out in Cali so the house might be a little overkill for me but I like it so I might have to try & build one :dogtongue: