This page will document the building of our kennel in 2007

also known as

"The East Wing"

Before the addition of the East Wing

The Front

Ron applying the brick veneer

This detail shows the projections of brick around the windows

Acid washing the brick to clean it up.  Nice projections! 

Ron pressure washing the front of the East Wing

The Interior

Inside of the building showing back room with 5 separate kennels

Kennels from the inside 4' x 4' with 1 inch chain link

Concrete block mini-wall with sloped mortar top sealed with epoxy paint.

detail of latches that make it difficult for dogs to open

Green board sheetrock and the furnace (heat pump)

The back

The back of the building before the concrete runs and roof were constructed

Detail of dog doors, notice the soldier course above the doors! 

I had to do a lot of talking for that to happen!

Detail of aluminum dog doors and the nicely cleaned brick

Pouring the concrete for the runs

They set the concrete truck and the pump truck in our driveway.

They pumped the grout over the top of the building...

to the dog run area...

pumping concrete for the kennel runs

The floor was poured in two pieces

The red tape covers the drain for the dog runs.  Tape was placed over the drain so the dog runs and the 5 ' walkway (area between the drain and the block) could be poured at one time.  The dog runs will end just before the drain.  The drain system drains into a drywell.  The block will be a split face block wall with turf block and pilasters that will match the block wall around our paddock.

Ron helping with the pumping of the concrete.

Finishing the pour.  Note you can't see the red tape.  Once the concrete was set up a little we pulled the tape.

The roof

The roof is now on and we are getting ready for roofing!

Tiling the inside of the building

This is the product Ron used to affix the tiles to the wall.  To keep prices down we purchased tiles and I cut them in half so they would be rectangular instead of square.

Ron applying tiles to the wall.  Notice he starts in a corner with a full piece then stops short of the next corner.  He lays this out then cuts the tiles to fit where needed.

Ron tiled right up to the support for our whelping room door.

Ron applying the adhesive to the tile.  Notice he is not covering it to the edge.

Ron moving to the kennel room to apply more tile.

Taping in preparation for grouting.  The blue tape is easily removed from the wall.  Notice how the joints are all the same width.  Taping is critical because as you will see this is a VERY messy job!

Happy mason!

Messy, even for a professional!

This is the consistency of the grout he used.

The finished whelping room

The puppy runs inside the building

The finished puppy stalls.  The center chain link can be swung open so they can have the whole area when they transition from the whelping box to the runs.

The Kennel area

The stainless was tub.  This was made by Groomer's Best and is the walk through tub.   The tub comes with a removable ramp.  We purchased the slide in door (at the top of the ramp), the shampoo box (upper right of the tub), and the plumbing kit from the same company.

Here are the finished inside runs.  We have kuranda beds in each stall.

More to come! 

We still need blinds for the building and the outside runs and sidewalks completed!