This PVC rabbit hutch frame has finished dimensions of over 7 feet wide and 6 feet high. It handles two tiers of cages, and there’s room to put a slanted drop pan underneath the top tier for ease of cleaning.
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With this PVC frame and the cages to hang on it, you'll need very little more to set up a modern, efficient backyard rabbit hutch for home-grown, hormone-free meat or food self-sufficiency.
Once you’ve built this frame and hung your rabbit cages on it, the only thing left to do will be cover it (and the rabbits) from the elements. Put it in a shed; or build a wooden roof for it; or put it under a strong canopy. (This is what we do.)
Materials: 6 - 1 ½ inch caps 2 - Couplers 4 - Elbows 14 - Tees 2 - X’s (4-way couplers) 80 feet - 1 1/2 in. PVC Sch 40 (you’ll have a few feet extra)
Tools: PVC Saw (or hacksaw) Tape Measure Sandpaper-100 grit (used is fine) Heavy Pencil (or anything that marks well on PVC)
Okay, lets get started building the hutch frame
Directions: 1) Cut 1 ½ inch PVC pipe to correct lengths, and sand the burrs from all ends.
2) Assemble and glue together each outside leg segment, just the legs, without the connectors. See chart and pictures:
Start with a 1 ½ inch cap. Insert and glue in order:
23 ½ inch PVC
1st Tee, longwise
18 inch PVC
2nd Tee, longwise, and 90 degrees from 1st Tee
7 ½ inch PVC
3rd Tee, longwise, and oriented along same plane as 1st Tee
19 ¼ inch PVC
Elbow, oriented as 2nd Tee
You'll see from the picture that for 2 outside legs you'll turn the second Tee (and elbow) to the right and the other 2 you'll turn the couplers to the left.
3) Assemble and glue together middle leg segments, just the legs:
Cap
43 ¾ inch PVC
4-way connector (X)
8 ¾ inch PVC
Coupler
19 ¼ inch PVC
Tee, oriented to the same plane as the 4-way connector
4) Insert and glue 32 inch PVC pieces to adjoin left side legs and right side legs.
5) Each side should now have 2 Tees and 2 Ells facing straight up. Insert and glue 42 inch PVC arms into all of these (8). 6) Insert and glue middle legs to one of the sides. Note: You can easily glue one Ex or Tee at a time. After you apply glue and assemble, quickly insert the other arm unglued, so the angle stays correct. After 15 seconds, pop the unglued arm back out, apply glue, and reassemble. It’s flexible, and easy to do.
7) Turn the nearly assembled half back on its side, and shove it up against an immovable object. I shoved mine up against my truck wheel (after moving the other half out of the way). The side of the garage, or workbench, is even better. This is because you’ll need to apply pressure to finish the assembly. You’re almost done with your entire rabbit hutch frame already!
8) Place the two pieces the way they'll end up when finished.
9) One-at-a-time, glue remaining arms into the middle legs. See note at Step 6.
Congratulations! You’ve just completed your modern and durable rabbit hutch frame. It's ready to hold up to six rabbit cages.
See how to set it all up with cages. We show you how to hang the cages on the PVC hutch frame, how to install the drop pans, and set up a gravity-fed automatic water system by Edstrom.
Hang J-feeders on the fronts of the cages, and your rabbits will be ready to move into their brand new rabbit hutch.
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