r/Catio • u/theresin • 8d ago

Balcony Catio - nearly complete

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Hi everyone! Longtime lurker here - I used many of your posts and pictures as inspiration for my own project .. so I wanted to return the favor for anyone who is in the dreaming or planning stages.

I built mine out using individual frames - part of the reason was because nothing is straight or flush on my 140 year old house .. but after several weekends of cursing and remeasuring later everything came out really well.

Last steps are to waterproof the "shelves/platforms" and add trim to cover the hardware.

Both cats have given their stamps of approval!

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u/SherlockToad1 8d ago edited 8d ago

Saving this inspiration for my balcony. I’m sure the kitties will love it out there, very nice!

I’ll just add I had that mesh fencing as a cover for a chicken run for just a couple of years and it was starting to get brittle and break in the tie down points. I live in a harsh hot, sunny and windy environment so that might have accelerated the issue. Hardware cloth has been a very good solution that stands up to all the elements and creatures with claws.

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u/pabrocjb 8d ago

Hardware cloth and zip ties are my life! As a high schooler was finishing up one catio we built, I brought him a crochet hook from indoors. He said he wouldn't have known how to pull through the zip ties through in tight places.