Help with shed conversion!

Hi there,

I am currently in the process of converting a shed for my rabbit Bertie as he gets older. However there are a couple of things I’m looking for help on!

Firstly, I am looking to fit an extra mesh door as seen in most shed/playhouse conversions however I am unsure of how to do this and looking for some advice on how others may of done this!

I was also wondering how people have fitted Lino/vinyl flooring down on a wooden floor without their rabbits pulling it up.

I have had a look through all the housing stickies but can’t quite find the answers I’m looking for.

Thanks in advance!

bs189 said:

Hi there,

I am currently in the process of converting a shed for my rabbit Bertie as he gets older. However there are a couple of things I’m looking for help on!

Firstly, I am looking to fit an extra mesh door as seen in most shed/playhouse conversions however I am unsure of how to do this and looking for some advice on how others may of done this!

I was also wondering how people have fitted Lino/vinyl flooring down on a wooden floor without their rabbits pulling it up.

I have had a look through all the housing stickies but can’t quite find the answers I’m looking for.

Thanks in advance!

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With the lino question, we put lino down and took it up the sides a few inches as well. Then we fixed a narrow band of weldmesh over the join. It has worked for us

We did a playhouse but a lot of it is the same My DIY skills are rubbish (except roofing sheds etc., who knew!) but I discovered they were good enough for keeping rabbits in the right place and out of the wrong places :lol:

bs189 said:

Firstly, I am looking to fit an extra mesh door as seen in most shed/playhouse conversions however I am unsure of how to do this and looking for some advice on how others may of done this!

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Here's our solution: they've never jumped over it except once when I was stood right there and Lopsy landed on my thigh and bounced off (he's an idiot):



Hinges are on the right of this picture and the door opens inwards, and there's a (wobbly) bolt on the outside so when I open the outer door it doesn't fling itself open (usually).

I was also wondering how people have fitted Lino/vinyl flooring down on a wooden floor without their rabbits pulling it up.

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Our playhouse was secondhand and came with pre-cut lino which I refitted and 'clamped' down with some quarter-circle batten I had lying around (screwed in). Also shows other side of gate:



The corners of the playhouse are a bit rubbish, so we filled them with wood filler which can be seen here :thumb: If you need to do any filling like this, make sure you leave it at least a week before putting bunnies in! We've had a few tentative nibbles at the batten but nothing destrcutive