Had a handyman friend put this together. Felt bad as he way under quoted, but did a very good job. I think it was $1,100 CAD to build.
The base is an old hot tub pad. We put astroturf overtop that which was just crush rock. Just starting to build the inside of it but I don’t know what I’m doing.
Built a random staircase 😆
For our front deck I didn’t want a top enclosure so we went with the purrfect fence . The company was absolutely fabulous to deal with ! Quick shipping and helpful with install questions.
Our cats are little escape artist and certainly tried to escape but so far so good.
I’m a screen enclosure builder in South Florida and I built my first Catio for a customer. I wish I could upload a video.
Finally got some nice weather here so I got to work! I got a used sliding door, redid the ceiling in stained tongue and groove, and closed off then porch openings with welded fence and also standard screen panels. I built most of it from PVC boards so it won’t rot or need paint. Still need to plan/ build some platforms and such, but I’m just sitting out here some while I decided how it should all fit together.
Sorry for the double post. It was my first post and I realized I could add more images
So excited out catio is finished finally! Just wanted to share some pics!
I’m dying to have something to share in this sub lol. We’re slowly chipping away at our catio on the weekends. It’s finally starting to resemble a structure
Scrolling through these beautiful spaces ya'll made and I cant help but laugh at my creation. I rent an apartment on the 3rd story of a very old house, and my landlords live below me, so mounting anything was definitely out. Thinking of all my options I realized our bathroom window opens up to about a 4 foot long ledge, and we have ornamental attachments to the roof that I could thread a piece of pvc through. From there, I came up with this idea. I have 0 building experience, and I think it really shows here. I didnt measure anything, and I didnt have any tools other than a wire saw for the pvc, wire cutter for the chicken wire and zip ties to hold it all together.I sourced old bricks and turf from around my neighborhood, so the whole project was less than 50 dollars. Its hideous, but stable enough that the cats won't fall off the edge, so its good enuf in my book haha
I know it ain’t much to work with, but maybe someone have good ideas to make it more interesting for our Sib? I already have a small hammock hanging from the top as you can see.
More details about the small catio - It’s 150hx120wx50d cm. The window make things a bit more restricted, as I need to be able to open it of course. The room underneath got about 55 cm height. The divider got a 30x30 cm opening for the cat to access downstairs.
Thanks in advance! <3