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Two-Story Outdoor Cat Shelter
A stacked outdoor resting shelter for two to four compatible cats, with a separate room on each level, a cleated side ramp, a rear escape below and a side escape above, a removable lower cleaning panel and a hinged sloped lid.
Get to know the build.
22 steps with drawings. Materials: lumber, plywood, hinges, bolts and screws.
- Finished size · width × depth × height
- 43-3/8 × 50-1/8 × 40-9/16 in
- Stock used in the design
- 1x2 SPF, 8 ft; 2x2 SPF, 8 ft; 2x4 PT, 8 ft; 2x4 SPF, 8 ft; 1/2 in plywood, 4 × 8 ft; Everbilt galvanized broad utility hinge; and more in the shopping list
- Tools to check
- Tape measure, Speed square, Pencil, Level, Circular saw, Straightedge cutting guide, Jigsaw, Drill/driver, Countersink bit, Wood drill bits matched to the screw maker's pilot and clearance sizes, plus a jigsaw starter-hole bit, T20 and T25 star driver bits, Bar clamps (at least 2, 30 in or longer), Sandpaper, Small paintbrush, Safety glasses, Hearing protection, Work gloves, Dust mask, Stable workbench or saw supports with full-sheet support, Masking tape, Square scrap blocks, padded blocks, a straight scrap batten and a sacrificial work surface, Stout offcut lid prop and bar clamps, Drill depth stop and matching clearance and pilot bits, Hand screwdriver, Sanding block, dust brush and wiping cloth, Small screw container and Calipers.
Start with the plan.
Digital download. Materials, tools and the finished item are not included.
- Preparation packet PDF (shopping list, cut list, tools), 18 pages
- Build guide PDF, 75 pages
- Preparation packet PDF, metric (mm) (shopping list, cut list, tools), 19 pages
- Build guide PDF, metric (mm), 75 pages
- Offline animated 3D build guide (ZIP; open guide.html in a web browser; guide-metric.html for mm)