BadgerFace
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My latest Porcine projectEven if I do say so myself, I'm rather pleased with it  Not quite finished, just need to fix hinges for back vent flap and decide whether to make some towing skids or assemble it on site - the side panels are SO heavy !! and of course it needs some sort of finish, I'm leaning towards Cuprinol Garden Shades "willow"  as the pig paddock is in full view of the kitchen window I would like it to look pretty  It also needs some sort of flashing strip to seal the roof, maybe some recycled ali printing plates cut and shaped ?
The front
The back
and the inside
I hope my Piggies likes it 
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Nick
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Can the door easily be moved? I ask because someone else has a design with a door option at either end, so you can have it open into paddock one, or paddock two, meaning you can change their land, with out moving the heavy, wet, muddy house.
Might not matter at your site, but a smart idea where applicable.
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BadgerFace
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Would be simple enough to move the middle lower panel below the vent, to the other end - only 8 screws holding it. If I needed to switch doors on a very regular basis, a bolt on panel would be easier.
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mutti
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pig paradise sell the 2 door option...put fencing in the middle, separating field - closing off each side every 6mths, rotating pasture.
I like the ark structure ....and the idea that the piglets have a safe area in the tight corners. A chap my way lost 12 large black piglets overnight, the sow rolled on them 
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Nick
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It is them what that I was referring to. Innit.
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mutti
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ronseal do some pretty neat colours too now.
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BadgerFace
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Very sad to lose so many piglets, did the sow have any left ?
We used to have a very large duck ark built to the same design when I was a kid (it may well have been a pig ark in a former life), thats what gave me the idea. I did at first think about building the ark using curved corrugated tin roofing, but the cheapest I could find it for locally was £45 a sheet + vat & delivery !!
Will check out the ronseal colours, thanks
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mutti
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all the piglets were killed. It is the main reason why I too, am going down the ark route for housing.
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woodsprite
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Lovely Arc, well done you!
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BadgerFace
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The nearly finished (just need to do roof flashing) ark in position.......
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goosey
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That looks brilliant! Aesthetically pleasing, fits in with the landscape, and it's safe and cosy for your pigs. A good job
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bodger
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Nice one. 
Please post us a picture of it after the pigs have been it for a month or so. I think that the structure may have to be a bit more rugged to survive intact.
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RichardW
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Nice looking.
Slightly worried that at some point a pig will be wearing the window end as a necklace.
Richard
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BadgerFace
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| bodger wrote: | Nice one.
Please post us a picture of it after the pigs have been it for a month or so. I think that the structure may have to be a bit more rugged to survive intact. |
It's built from 18mm exterior ply and very well screwed  !, so unless my pigs invest in a chainsaw or gain a PhD in explosives, I'm sure it will survive just fine.
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RichardW
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I guess you have not had pigs before. I made an arc using that same ply but used 130mm half rounds for the frame & every edge was braced with the same so much bigger than the batons on yours. They soon disassembled it. If its just weeners to a young / cutting age you might get away with it but a sow is a whole different ball game.
Richard
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BadgerFace
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No, I'm not new to pig keeping and never had a problem with sows (or any other pigs for that matter) wrecking buildings. Guess i've been lucky.
Out of interest Richard, what housing do your pigs have if they disassemble wooden arc's ?
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RichardW
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At the min none as we are pig less. But we used to use the wooden arc & keep fixing it plus block, stone & brick pens.
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