type of wood for aviary panels?

aaammmyyy · Oct 9, 2015

what type of wood would you use to make your own aviary panels?

there's so many different types - I was looking at timber but then they had studwork, treated, plan, kiln dried?!

also how thick should the wood be?

and last question :lol: with mesh, I know its supposed to be galvanised, but what's the MM it should be for the rabbits safety?
thanks (I'm actually good at DIY, the materials just confuse me!!)

Daniel · Oct 10, 2015

Seeing as no one else has answered you, i will.
You ideally need planed timber, redwood or witewood at a size of in my opinion around 40x50mm (2 inches x 1.5 inches) give or take.

A lot of people use swan timber for aviaries and even use small size timber like 1 inch by half a inch but its a lot easier to work with planed timber than swan timber and if you use thin timber it won't last as long.

The way i do it, if you can't stand or walk on it then its no good lol

You could use stud work as long as you treat it and pick out good bits as stud work is for building stud walls in houses so the quality won't always be great.
Kiln dried timber is how its dried so it not too important and treated means its been treated but that's not always pet safe but i am being told its a lot safer than it use to be.

aaammmyyy · Oct 10, 2015

Daniel said:
Seeing as no one else has answered you, i will.
You ideally need planed timber, redwood or witewood at a size of in my opinion around 40x50mm (2 inches x 1.5 inches) give or take.

A lot of people use swan timber for aviaries and even use small size timber like 1 inch by half a inch but its a lot easier to work with planed timber than swan timber and if you use thin timber it won't last as long.

The way i do it, if you can't stand or walk on it then its no good lol

You could use stud work as long as you treat it and pick out good bits as stud work is for building stud walls in houses so the quality won't always be great.
Kiln dried timber is how its dried so it not too important and treated means its been treated but that's not always pet safe but i am being told its a lot safer than it use to be.

Thanks, think I'm going to look a bit strange trying to stand on bits of wood in Wickes :lol:

How thick should the mesh wire stuff be? don't want to buy one that's too thin/not safe

Daniel · Oct 10, 2015

aaammmyyy said:
Thanks, think I'm going to look a bit strange trying to stand on bits of wood in Wickes :lol:

How thick should the mesh wire stuff be? don't want to buy one that's too thin/not safe

lol, no i mean when its built if you can't stand on it the no good ha

aaammmyyy · Oct 10, 2015

Daniel said:
lol, no i mean when its built if you can't stand on it the no good ha

Well that makes a lot more sense :lol::lol:

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