i am looking at reworking my kennels since tax money is close to being here and i was thinking about putting a wood floor in, 2x8 raised off of the ground a little i was thinking that it would help with the dogs getting wormy and it will make it easier to put the roof over i think that it would be cheaper than concrete and i know it would be better on their feet in the winter any ideas good or bad has anybody done this before

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Wood floor is ok for dogs , nothing wrong with it just make sure you het pressure treated . Hose it off every couple days to clean it or you couls do like my buddy did , he sloped the floor to the center just a tad so when he washed it the poop goes down a drain pipe into a colection basin under ground

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thats a good idea ive got a 250 gallon drum i was gonna use for a hog cooker but i think it will serve a better purpose as a doggie septic tank

I have 6 concrete pens and 3 wooden pens. There is good and bad to both. Good thing about concrete is it will never rot, its easy to clean and it helps to keep toe nails wore down. Concrete is hard on a dog over time causeing aurthitus and is just plain cold in the winter. Plus if you move, guess what you ain't takein with you. Wood ain't the easiest to clean but its not too bad. Its not as cold in the winter and is not gonna hurt them over a long period of time. They can chew wood up, if they chew up your concrete..shoot em...LOL. Wood aint gonna last for ever, a roof will help some but it is still gonna get wet. And if you use screws instead of nails it is simple to take apart and take if you move. I think that both are better than being on the ground. Im not knockin folks that tie out hounds. Aroud here dirt turns to mud and I dont want to stand bare foot in the mud all day, I ain't makin my dogs. After typing all this crap.....Yes, wood floors are fine.

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thanks for the responce guys, im thinking that i might go with concrete if im doing my math right it will not be much cheaper to do a 12x24 out of wood vers cement but i could be wrong

dont use pea gravel a frien of mine did it and about a year later eww what a mess id go with cement becasue it wont crack but make the slab bigger then you kennel pens because it will crack and or crumble in due time oh and raise you pens up of teh cement about inche or to makes cleaning a whole lot easy

ok ive decieded on concrete for sure but do ya think ill be able to get away with a 2 in pour i mean im not gonna be parking cars on it or anything

I was going to say use at least 4, because of frost heaves cracking the concrete, but I seriously doubt you'd have that problem. Short of that, I have no idea.

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call a gravel pit and get a price on lime, it packs as hard as concret and is a lot cheaper. all was make your floor bigger than the kennel. a roof is nice for shade and all that

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i did concrete for a living fist u need to have a cood base under where u are going to pour the concrete (57 regrind) then i would pour it at least the width of a 2 BY 4 ( 3 1\2 INCHES) Just talkin from experience but that is what i would recommend thanx jay

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