Today, there is a shortage of all kinds of equipment and fixtures for home pets are not observed. However, the prices for all these cat-like joys are far from being affordable for everyone. Therefore, it is much more profitable to put your own hands and imagination, as the author of this homemade. A house for a cat with heating is a very useful thing, especially for short-haired animals that constantly freeze in winter.
Materials for work:
10 mm plywood sheet - 1050 * 500mm,
Upholstery fabric - 150 * 150 cm,
foam rubber 10 mm - 100 * 200 cm,
1 section of a heat-insulated floor on a film basis,
wire with regulator,
crocodile clips
screws, 20 corners.
Instruments:
jigsaw
scissors,
furniture stapler.
1. Sketch
First you need to decide on the size of the house. It depends on where you plan to put it. In this case, they decided to place the house where the cat likes to relax - in a furniture niche.
Draw a house plan with dimensions.
2. Preparation of parts
Cut the plywood into pieces of the required sizes: back wall, bottom, 2 side panels, ceiling and 2 front panels.
3. We make a warm floor
Using a furniture stapler, fix the section of the film floor to a piece of plywood that will serve as the bottom of the house.
Use the “crocodiles” to clamp the edge of the copper contact strip, insulate the contacts, it is best to use bitumen insulation from the insulation kit.
Connect the wires to the thermostat, the regulator to the mains. The film warms up to a maximum of 45 degrees, for a cat this is the most suitable temperature.
4. We assemble the frame of the house
Using the corners and screws, fasten all the details of the house, except for the upper part (roof).
5. We warm the house with foam rubber.
We fix one layer of foam rubber on the side walls, we lay two layers on the bottom. We work with a furniture stapler.
We do the same with the part that will serve as the roof of the house: we attach foam in one layer.
When the insulation was dealt with, you can start upholstery.
6. Upholstery of the house with cloth
First you need to cut the fabric. We take the dimensions from which they repelled when sawing plywood into parts, plus an allowance for folding the fabric - 2-3 cm.
With the same furniture stapler, we fix the fabric on all walls - external and internal.
7. Housewarming
The house is ready. We fix the lid and put the homemade product in the prepared place. It remains to populate a new tenant.
He will definitely enjoy his new comfortable home!