kennel wire

[Va Country Boy]

What type of wire is everyone using in there off the ground kennels? Were did you get it and what size holes did it have?

Thanks Seneca Graham

[keith2210]

are you talking about wire to use for the floor or for the sides? if you are talking about the sides then i would get 1x2 because in the summer i always have a problem with the birds getting in the pen and doing their business all over the place. if its for the floor i would use 1x1 with some kind of coating over it.....keith

[Va Country Boy]

I am looking for floor wire were did you get yours?

[keith2210]

i dont use wire for my floors. i use 2x4s. but i know other guys on here use wire for their floor and they use the 1x1 inch wire. not sure where you would get it. maybe a rural king or lowes or someplace like that....good luck....keith

[BlueJack]

I aim to try expanded metal for flooring. I ordered some the other day with inch and a quarter holes and plan on getting either a roll-on or spray-on bedliner kit to coat it with. I just figured if it will last a lifetime in the bed of a truck then I should get several years from it in a kennel. I am just doing one run to see if I like it and if so then I will build another for our other beagle.

[bunnie harvester]

Blackjack,, I used that expanded wire and TORE it out, droppings had to be helpped out of the pen daily, and removed when it froze........
I used the 1 bye 1 1/2 for the base, galv.

[BLUECOTTON]

I use aluminum expanded metal that was run through a set of rollers at the factory so it would be flat. No raised edges, no rust. When I used 1"X2" wire I had to replace it every few years due to it rusting out. Dog urine takes a toll on regular fence wire.