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[Ophelia]

I got my girls in November and they are allowed to FR round the whole garden most days. My garden has no greenery left and all my herbs spring growth has been guzzled.

 

I want the girls to still have a decent sized run to entertain themselves in but I also want to claim some garden back for the summer for me.

 

My Easter weekend task with help from the OH is to build a large WIR. Has anyone else built one themselves? Any handy tips?

 

Thanks

[Slim]

Check my cam you will see what i have done very cheap and movable!

[chocolateeclaire]

HI,

I ordered 16 6 foot by 4 foot panels and one door and drilled them together.

Then I put some extra wood one side to make it higher and added clear plastic panels for the roof. I also added the plastic panels to half of the side to keep one end dry as the rain would blow in.

My angles are not exact and the run is not quite rectangular but it works!!

Good luck with yours.

Claire

[Redwing]

I built my own run

 

Its on page 88 ish of the 'we are all planning WIR' thread part 1

[atsw]

My Easter weekend task with help from the OH is to build a large WIR. Has anyone else built one themselves? Any handy tips?

This is mine.

 

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There's construction details and a slide-show showing each step of the way available on-line by clicking here.

 

If you want to see lots of lovely photo's of runs built by other Omleteers, click this link -> viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12663

 

Andrew

[Lorimer73]

I am just building mine! I used the same wood sizes as A4U and have built panels and will screw each one together, I have cut up decking boards, easy to cut with a jigsaw and put them at the bottom of each panel to stop bedding being flicked out. I have used 5mm x 75mm screws and have attached the mesh with staples, I stapled the bottom half at every square, and the top half at every 3. Each panel has a top corner piece to support it, so a mitre saw or box is required.

 

For roofing panels I have got clear PVC roofing, I have not put this up yet, as I need to finish a couple of panels off, however if you have a look at the sticky WIR inspiration you can get lots of ideas on what other people have done there.

[Chucky Mama]

Lovely set up atsw

[atsw]

Lovely set up atsw

Thank you .

 

It has been 100% successful as a WIR, and was great fun to plan and build. I find it hard to believe it's been up for over a year now - it still looks just as good today as it does in the photo.

 

Andrew

[Ophelia]

Thanks everyone. Iwill study all your advice in links in detail over the weekend.

 

Andrew, that WIR is amazing. I hope mine lookes half as good.