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Originally posted by Linzie
That's a very nice cage. What did you use for the lock to keep the doors shut? Well Could you just maybe tell me the tings you used and how you did it because we are trying to build our own cage but we are having some problems figuring things out.
Hey! My husband said he'd already draw up how he did the hinges so I'll post that in a couple days. We used spring loaded latches on the top and bottom to keep the doors closed -- they we're cheap at lowes and are just screwed into the pvc. We also over lapped the plastic mesh over the gaps from the door just to double escape-proof it. I don't think he could squeeze through the gaps, but just in case.
At Catman's suggestion we used 3/4" pipe for sturdiness. I would suggest that you draw out what you think each pipe connector would look like and make sure you can find them at your home improvement place. We had to cobble some of the ones we needed together with creative drilling just because I wasn't patient enough to order the pieces off the internet. (Cobbling joints together was easy enough but it would have been nice to not have to do it!)
And, we probably used about 400 zip ties.
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