Thanks,

Brian

I did get them in your email, thank you very much! I did the purchase from my desktop, but it did not take me to a download page or link. Thank you for the email with the plans, my father started building it already for my daughter, and she is so excited! Thanks…..

Thanks again everyone for your kind words and purchases. They are appreciated.

Taylor

Step 11 – In my version, I included a “clubhouse” which I then used insulation to provide a level of warmth in the winter months. But to build out a clubhouse to fit into this hutch that will use insulation requires a whole different level of effort on top of what I have shown you how to do here. But it is doable, you just need to know that you want it ahead of time.

And then also this quote as well:

Section One Items of Note: In the photograph I used 2×2’s instead of 2×4’s for some of the framing around the center (and also the top). That is an option as well. And the 2×2’s worked fine, but its simpler to have the added 2 inches of width when telling people I don’t know how to do this. I ran into complications because of the 2×2’s especially with the construction of the “clubhouse” which I am not including here. But it will be beneficial if you choose to build the clubhouse to go with 2×4’s. But the choice is yours.

Yes, the four corners are still 60 inches. That is plenty of space for the clubhouse. I boxed in the clubhouse space with the 2×2’s against the main frame that you build in step one and step two. Then I placed plywood on the floor of level two on top and bottom (filling the space with insulation) – over and under the 2×2’s. Then I did the same for each wall, cutting space for a door where they can go in and out. I framed the door with 2×2’s as well, and filled the space of the walls with insulation as well. Then I put the ceiling of the clubhouse in, put insulation in, and then nailed the second ceiling into the 2×2’s. Right?

What I would have done differently would have been to use 2×4’s to box the clubhouse in instead. So, between the side frame struts, run a 2×4 in the middle of the frame – at approximately 16 inches? But doing so means you need to move the door more to the right. Yes? (See the photo of the hutch on page six and you can see clearly why the door has to move over.) Then you need supports for the walls, and the doors. So you’d frame that in vertically at the center for each wall. Drop the insulation in and then add the other wall for each.

But here’s a tip. Rabbits (especially dwarf rabbits) are too cute for their own good. They seem fragile. But this winter alone we have had 2 or 3 weeks with lows below -20 or -30. And highs no higher than zero. The rabbits are fine. And to be extremely honest… I don’t know if they actually use the clubhouse. They like the poop tray, where they jump to from the ramp, but I don’t think that is because of the warmth, because they hang out there in the summer as well. If I were to do it again, I would NOT build the clubhouse. But my wife, being sentimental, required it. And I consented because I didn’t know better at the time.

But if you are intent on building it – I can maybe sketch you something that I could include in future purchased downloads. I actually just got a bee in my bonnet and have the blueprint half way created. I’ll try and get something to you later tonight.

To anyone else – if you purchased the plans and you’d like the clubhouse blueprints, I can send those to you as well – just let me know. Thanks.

Taylor

I love your rabbit hutch plans.

Do you have instruction (plans) also on your insulated “club house” for the
rabbit hutch? I believe you mentioned only building with 2 x 4s if you
planned on building a “club house.”

As a clarification, the four vertical 2 x 4s at the corners of the main frame–are
they 60 inches tall?

Fil Barrozo
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