Cover for outdoor enclosure

gwenq · 01-03-2015, 10:49 AM

I have purchased all I need for my outdoor enclosure apart from the wood for frames as I am not sure how best to cover it. I want it covered I don't feel comfortable leaving it open as poppy is still small. The enclosure will be 6 m x 2 m and I thought 4 separate covers hinged in the middle so they can fold back but thinking about this it won't work they will fold into themselves when closed other than full length covers any ideas, does anyone have a similar size covered? Thanks.

Catwoman63 · 01-03-2015, 06:53 PM

Hiya, this a picture of the covers I made myself, they are 6ft x 2ft each, and I can lift them off individually as they are not really heavy (or I'm just an ox lol) they are not attached to each other, I weight them down with heavy bricks

emma_mcraf · 01-03-2015, 08:11 PM

My covers are very similar to Bev's, though are hinged and attached to the enclosures. We have little hooks on the brick wall the enclosures are built against and hooks on the lids, so I use a bungee cord to keep the lid up when putting the torts in and out.
Unlike Bev, I can't take credit for making mine. Bev is very clever!

RacingSnake · 02-03-2015, 09:36 AM

I too used to have the covers hinged to the enclosure, which I was very happy with at the time, it used to raise up and hook perfectly between 2 fence posts.

Although now I've made their enclosure bigger, and more pertinently it's now an irregular shape, I've had to do something different.
So it's now in 2 halves, one in a semi-permanent frame, and one which is flexible and just hooks over.
Both, instead of using wire mesh, now use fruit netting.

gwenq · 05-03-2015, 04:05 PM

I like those covers they look great, so does your enclosure, I'm paying someone to build my enclosure, I can't do anything like that myself. I will probably copy your covers!!!

gwenq · 05-03-2015, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by emma_mcraf

My covers are very similar to Bev's, though are hinged and attached to the enclosures. We have little hooks on the brick wall the enclosures are built against and hooks on the lids, so I use a bungee cord to keep the lid up when putting the torts in and out.
Unlike Bev, I can't take credit for making mine. Bev is very clever!

I love that idea hooks and bungee rope, that would work, I was trying to work out the logistics of holding hinged covers up!!!

emma_mcraf · 05-03-2015, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gwenq

I love that idea hooks and bungee rope, that would work, I was trying to work out the logistics of holding hinged covers up!!!

It's simple and does the trick perfectly.

01-03-2015, 10:49 AM	#1
gwenq Member Hatchling Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 507	Cover for outdoor enclosure I have purchased all I need for my outdoor enclosure apart from the wood for frames as I am not sure how best to cover it. I want it covered I don't feel comfortable leaving it open as poppy is still small. The enclosure will be 6 m x 2 m and I thought 4 separate covers hinged in the middle so they can fold back but thinking about this it won't work they will fold into themselves when closed other than full length covers any ideas, does anyone have a similar size covered? Thanks.

01-03-2015, 06:53 PM	#2
Catwoman63 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South East England Posts: 6,739	Hiya, this a picture of the covers I made myself, they are 6ft x 2ft each, and I can lift them off individually as they are not really heavy (or I'm just an ox lol) they are not attached to each other, I weight them down with heavy bricks __________________ BEV XXX 0.3.0 - T Horsfieldii (Xena, Zelda & Lilly) 2.2.0 - TG Terrestris (Zeus, Astreus / Zagreus & Alexia) 1.2.0 - Zebra Finches (Gunner / Bonnie & May) 0.1.0 - SBT (Hazel) 1.0.0 - FBD (Ted)

01-03-2015, 08:11 PM	#3
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	My covers are very similar to Bev's, though are hinged and attached to the enclosures. We have little hooks on the brick wall the enclosures are built against and hooks on the lids, so I use a bungee cord to keep the lid up when putting the torts in and out. Unlike Bev, I can't take credit for making mine. Bev is very clever! __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

02-03-2015, 09:36 AM	#4
RacingSnake Member Hatchling Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Reading Posts: 582	I too used to have the covers hinged to the enclosure, which I was very happy with at the time, it used to raise up and hook perfectly between 2 fence posts. Although now I've made their enclosure bigger, and more pertinently it's now an irregular shape, I've had to do something different. So it's now in 2 halves, one in a semi-permanent frame, and one which is flexible and just hooks over. Both, instead of using wire mesh, now use fruit netting. __________________ Code: .~~~. _ .~~~. _ ./____/'_) ./____/'_) {_}-{_} {_}-{_}

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05-03-2015, 04:05 PM	#5
gwenq Member Hatchling Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 507	I like those covers they look great, so does your enclosure, I'm paying someone to build my enclosure, I can't do anything like that myself. I will probably copy your covers!!!

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