How Do You Build A Dog Kennel With Wood?
You want to keep your dog safe when it is outside, but the idea of putting a metal pen in your yard is not very appealing. You can build a dog kennel with wood post and rails to complement your current landscaping or add it onto existing privacy fence. How do you build a dog kennel with wood? Measure and mark the area for your dog kennel and each post. The post will each be 5 feet apart. If you purchased 50 feet of fence and 10 posts, your dog kennel will be 5 by 20 feet. Dig 10 holes, making each about 2 feet deep, for the posts in the locations that you marked. Then place one 8-foot post into each hole. Pour about 20 lbs. of dry cement into each hole all the way around each post. Then fill the remainder of each hole with dirt. As you are filling each hole, place the level sideways on the post, straightening it as you fill the hole. Tap the dirt firmly into place using the handle of your shovel. Hammer the 10-foot-long treated boards that are 2 by 6 inches onto the level posts using t
