The Classic Dog House: A DIY Project for Pet Owners

The Classic Dog House is a simple and effective way to provide your furry friend with a comfortable place to rest. With a budget-friendly price tag of less than 100 dollars, this project is perfect for pet owners who want to create a cozy shelter without breaking the bank.

To start building the dog house, you'll need to gather a few materials, including cedar frame supports, plywood floor, and roofing felt. The cedar frame supports are crucial in providing the necessary support for the roof, so make sure to drive them into place along the bottom of the structure. The screws should go into the plywood floor, ensuring a sturdy foundation for your dog's home.

Assembling the front and back panels is the next step in building the dog house. Use 2x2 frame supports for the roof panels, centered along the angled section of the roof, about 2 inches short of the peak. This will make it easier to work with the roof supports and ensure a smooth finish. Start by driving screws into the wood, then hold the support in place while you secure them with more screws.

The final part of assembling the dog house is to add the roof panels. Line up the beveled edges at the top of the house and secure the panels to the roof supports using 1-inch nails. Make sure the screws go into the 2x2 supports, not the plywood, to ensure a sturdy and watertight seal.

After assembling the dog house, it's time to add some finishing touches. The first step is to install roofing felt over the entire roof, staple-stripping it in place with 3/8-inch galvanized staples. Use a utility knife to trim the paper flush with the edge of the roof, creating a clean and watertight seal.

Next, apply asphalt shingles to the roof, starting from the bottom and working your way up. The first row goes on upside down, with the tabs facing towards the peak. This provides a nice clean line along the edge of the roof and prevents water from seeping through. Use 3/4-inch galvanized roofing nails to secure the shingles in place, making sure they go along the nailing line just below the notch.

The starter row on the opposite side of the roof is crucial in providing a smooth transition between rows. Apply a second course of shingles, offset from the first one, and make sure the clean edge of the shingle aligns with the back of the roof. This will create a seamless finish and prevent water from accumulating.

Continue applying courses of shingles, overlapping each row by half to ensure a watertight seal. Once you've completed all the rows, use a utility knife to trim off any excess shingle material along the peak and overhanging edges.

To add the finishing touch to your dog house roof, create a ridge cap using a single shingle that's been cut into thirds. Overlap the pieces as needed, and nail it in place with 1-inch nails. This will provide a seamless finish and ensure that no gaps are left for water to seep through.

The final step is to add some paint or wood putty over any screw holes or imperfections. Use low-VOC paint to minimize your dog's exposure to harmful chemicals, and apply it sparingly to avoid any damage to the structure.

With these simple steps, you'll be able to create a cozy and comfortable dog house for your furry friend in no time. So why wait? Get building today and give your pet the best place ever!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enyou know dogs love it playing outside but they need protection from the rain and the Sun and the wind so you know what the solution is your classic dogghouse for less than 100 bucks this simple Cur pentry project will take you through all the steps to build a classic dogghouse from a few basic materials mainly plywood and L the dog housee we're building is for a small to mediumsized dog up to about 50 lbs the great thing about it is if you have that size dog you only need one sheet of plywood when finished this dogghouse will be 24x 26 in square and 28 in high plenty big for a medium-sized dog for a large dog up to 100 lb you want a house that's about 30X 32 in and you'll need a second sheet of plywood and more lumber this project is based on a plan that lays out all the pieces for the dogghouse on one sheet of plywood you can come up with your own plan or use the dimensions we provided for the plan we're doing you'll need one sheet of 3/4 in exterior grade plywood one pressure treated 8T 2x4 two 6t seater 2x2s for the roof I need 15 lb roofing felt and about a dozen three tab asphalt shingles you want to keep your dog safe so you want to make sure that that the wood you use is really smooth and you only want to use the pressure treater wood like this 2x4 under the dogghouse cuz you don't want them chewing on it because it has chemicals in it we've got all the materials we need now the first step is to transfer our diagram to the plywood and then cut our pieces out you can see there are two roof panels two side panels front and back panels with a 90° angle for the roof and our doorway on the front and a panel for the floor using the layout from the diagram I carefully transfer the measurements for each piece to my sheet of plywood I've got my lines for the doorway but if you want to give your dog that classic Archway you can use a plate you can use a frisbee I'm going to use a pot cover place the top half of your circle between the sidelines and trace a nice Arc pretty simple you don't want the door to be too big about 3/4 of the dog's height is about right dogs like to duck into a dogghouse plus a smaller door will help keep the weather out I've got my whole dogghouse drown on of one sheet of plywood so we're ready to do our cutting I'm going to use a circular saw with a cross cut blade I'm going to save these two rooftop pieces for last because they require special cut when cutting plywood work slowly and let the saw do the work if you try to drive the saw through the wood too quickly you'll Splinter the wood you also want to use a sharp Blade the newer the better a doll blade will tend to tear through the layer of plywood and leave a jagged edge it doesn't really matter if you cut on the line or on the inside or outside edge but once you decide how you're going to make your Cuts stick with it don't do the center of one line and the outside edge of another or the pieces won't fit together properly I've got all my pieces cut except for my two roof panels now they're going to meet at a 90° angle just like this so I'm going to cut them at a 45° angle bevel cut for safety always unplug your saw before adjusting the shoe then loosen the Locking lever and Slide the shoe down to the 45° Mark it's usually as far as the shoe can go now you're ready to make the angle cut also known as a bevel cut the trick is to watch the saw blade carefully to keep the cut on the line if you look at the shoe and not the blade your cut will be off the mark literally you can cut both roof panels along the same Edge because the two will form opposite sides of the angle at the top after you make the bevel cut put the shoe back to 90° and cut the sides of the two roof panels now you can see with our 45° bevel Cuts our roof panels come together just like this our next step is to cut out the doorway to start the jigsaw blade make holes in both square corners with a 3/8 in drill bit then just use the jigsaw to cut out the doorway keeping the blade on the center of the line the next thing I'm going to do is I'm going to make some vent holes on the top of the back panel gets kind of hot in the summertime you want to give your dog a little ventilation use a 1 and 38 in spade bit for these holes just keep the bit spinning at full speed and make sure you put a piece of scrap wood under the panel so the bit doesn't blow out the back of the hole I've made all my cuts so now I'm going to smooth off my edges you don't want your dog getting any splinters now I'm going to use an orbital sander but if you don't have one you can always use a sanding block you can use a medium grit for this job just make sure you hit all the edges especially where the dog might come into contact with the wood we have all the components for our dogghouse so the first thing we're going to do is we're going to assemble our base frame and we're using pressure treated 2x4s and then our floor is just going to sit right on top of it let's jump to it you can cut the 2x4 base supports with a miter saw or a circular saw it's a good idea to wear a dusk mask when cutting pressure treated wood as the sawdust can contain chemicals for the base you want two pieces at 22 1/2 in and two pieces at 23 in next use a comination 1/ 18 in drill en counter sink to make pilot holes on the ends of the base supports this will keep the ends from splitting to join the pieces use 3-in exterior wood screws because they won't rust I cut my 2x4s to two different lengths the shorter I'm going to use for the front cosmetically it looks better because you can see here you see the seams we don't want that we want the front to have a very nice clean look and then the floor just goes right on top of it just like that to attach the floor to the base use 1 and 1/4 in exterior wood screws and sink them just below the surface this box serves another purpose too it creates a nice layer of dead air which will help insulate the dogghouse from The Damp Earth now I'm ready to put on our side panels I've taken some 2x two and cut them just an inch short of the length of our side panel and it's going to sit right on top of Our Deck just like that you take some screws and that will hold it in place so I've got this one ready to go I'm going to go cut the other one for my 2 by tws I'm using cedar because it's rat resistant now a lot of times when you buy cedar at the store it's warped so you want to make sure that you say make sure everything's straight before you walk out the store the 2x2 side panel frame supports will be 15 in Long 1 in less than the 16-in height of the panel attach the frame supports flush to the top of the panel with inch and 1/4 screws about one every 4 in once the side panels are ready attach them to the base start a line of screws so you can drive them home easily one after the other now we've got our two side panels on we're ready for the back panel I love it when a plan comes together more inch and a/ qu screws secure the back to the side frame supports on the sides Drive the screws into the cedar frame supports along the bottom the screws go into the plywood floor now we have our front and our back panels assembled it's starting to look like a dogghouse our next step is to put on these frame supports for our roof they'll go right on the edge here the 2x2 frame supports for the roof panels are 13 in Long centered along the angled section of the roof about 2 in short of the peak to make life easier start a row of screws then holding the support in place just drive them home you can use a clamp here if you like the last part of our assembly is to put on the roof panels just line up the beveled edges at the top of the house then secure the panels to the roof supports using inch and a/ qu screws again make sure the screws go into the 2x two supports and not the plywood the overhang of the eeve should be the same on the front and the back well Derby gave it a test drive and it looks like it's working out so I'm going to finish up the project this dogghouse will last for years but you want to keep the weather out so what I'm going to do is I'm going to install some asphalt shingles but first I have to put on some roofing felt you want to cover the entire roof with a single piece of 15 lb asphalt impregnated roofing felt also called Roofing paper or tar paper it's just an extra layer of protection to keep the water off outout staple the roofing paper in place with a hammer Tacker or stapler using 3/8 in galvanized Staples then use a utility knife to trim the paper flush with the edge of the roof the first shingles go on upside down so the tabs face up toward the peak this gives a nice clean line along the edge of the roof and prevents water from getting to the wood the three tab shingles are wider than the roof so let the excess hang off the back for now next secure the shingles to the roof using 3/4 in galvanized roofing nails you don't want to use longer Nails because they'll poke through the plywood and may hurt your dog the nails go along the nailing line just below the notch of the shingles then do the starter row on the opposite side the next step is to lay a starter row along the front of the roof again turning the shingles around so you have a clean line along the exposed Edge crease the shingle at the peak so it lays flat you want the shingles to overhang the plywood to create a 3/4 in reveal this helps keep the wood dry and gives a nicer look then nail this shingle along the same nailing line now that we've done the prep we can lay down our first course lay lay this shingle along the edge of the roof but this time with the tabs facing down it will lay directly over the starter roll and nail it home the next course lays on top of this one but it's offset so the tabs don't line up and the clean edge of the shingle now lines up with the back of the roof let the excess of this shingle hang over the front next same deal only line this one up in the front and let the back Edge extend over starting to get the picture repeat the process on the other side of the roof at this point you can trim off the excess shingle material both along the peak and overhanging the edges the right tool for this job is a utility knife with a special hook blade made for cutting shingles all right so we've got most of our shingles on and so what we're going to do now is we're going to make a ridge cap and the way I'm going to do that is I'm going to take a shingle so I'm just going to cut it into thirds just Saddles over just like that and you nail it into place cut another third and overlap that piece over the first continue on till the last piece which gets nailed in this last nail will be exposed so hit it with the little Roofing cement and no one will ever notice it all right so we have a roof off finished up our dog house is assembled last last thing to do is maybe put some paint on it if you don't like the screw holes just put some wood putty on there and slap the paint right on over it you want to use low V to minimize your dog's exposure to harmful chemicals it may take a week or two for your Pooch to get used to the house but don't worry the first really hot or really cold day and they'll suddenly discover it's the best place ever it's the Classic Dog House less than 100 bucks in materials strong easy to build and the best in showyou know dogs love it playing outside but they need protection from the rain and the Sun and the wind so you know what the solution is your classic dogghouse for less than 100 bucks this simple Cur pentry project will take you through all the steps to build a classic dogghouse from a few basic materials mainly plywood and L the dog housee we're building is for a small to mediumsized dog up to about 50 lbs the great thing about it is if you have that size dog you only need one sheet of plywood when finished this dogghouse will be 24x 26 in square and 28 in high plenty big for a medium-sized dog for a large dog up to 100 lb you want a house that's about 30X 32 in and you'll need a second sheet of plywood and more lumber this project is based on a plan that lays out all the pieces for the dogghouse on one sheet of plywood you can come up with your own plan or use the dimensions we provided for the plan we're doing you'll need one sheet of 3/4 in exterior grade plywood one pressure treated 8T 2x4 two 6t seater 2x2s for the roof I need 15 lb roofing felt and about a dozen three tab asphalt shingles you want to keep your dog safe so you want to make sure that that the wood you use is really smooth and you only want to use the pressure treater wood like this 2x4 under the dogghouse cuz you don't want them chewing on it because it has chemicals in it we've got all the materials we need now the first step is to transfer our diagram to the plywood and then cut our pieces out you can see there are two roof panels two side panels front and back panels with a 90° angle for the roof and our doorway on the front and a panel for the floor using the layout from the diagram I carefully transfer the measurements for each piece to my sheet of plywood I've got my lines for the doorway but if you want to give your dog that classic Archway you can use a plate you can use a frisbee I'm going to use a pot cover place the top half of your circle between the sidelines and trace a nice Arc pretty simple you don't want the door to be too big about 3/4 of the dog's height is about right dogs like to duck into a dogghouse plus a smaller door will help keep the weather out I've got my whole dogghouse drown on of one sheet of plywood so we're ready to do our cutting I'm going to use a circular saw with a cross cut blade I'm going to save these two rooftop pieces for last because they require special cut when cutting plywood work slowly and let the saw do the work if you try to drive the saw through the wood too quickly you'll Splinter the wood you also want to use a sharp Blade the newer the better a doll blade will tend to tear through the layer of plywood and leave a jagged edge it doesn't really matter if you cut on the line or on the inside or outside edge but once you decide how you're going to make your Cuts stick with it don't do the center of one line and the outside edge of another or the pieces won't fit together properly I've got all my pieces cut except for my two roof panels now they're going to meet at a 90° angle just like this so I'm going to cut them at a 45° angle bevel cut for safety always unplug your saw before adjusting the shoe then loosen the Locking lever and Slide the shoe down to the 45° Mark it's usually as far as the shoe can go now you're ready to make the angle cut also known as a bevel cut the trick is to watch the saw blade carefully to keep the cut on the line if you look at the shoe and not the blade your cut will be off the mark literally you can cut both roof panels along the same Edge because the two will form opposite sides of the angle at the top after you make the bevel cut put the shoe back to 90° and cut the sides of the two roof panels now you can see with our 45° bevel Cuts our roof panels come together just like this our next step is to cut out the doorway to start the jigsaw blade make holes in both square corners with a 3/8 in drill bit then just use the jigsaw to cut out the doorway keeping the blade on the center of the line the next thing I'm going to do is I'm going to make some vent holes on the top of the back panel gets kind of hot in the summertime you want to give your dog a little ventilation use a 1 and 38 in spade bit for these holes just keep the bit spinning at full speed and make sure you put a piece of scrap wood under the panel so the bit doesn't blow out the back of the hole I've made all my cuts so now I'm going to smooth off my edges you don't want your dog getting any splinters now I'm going to use an orbital sander but if you don't have one you can always use a sanding block you can use a medium grit for this job just make sure you hit all the edges especially where the dog might come into contact with the wood we have all the components for our dogghouse so the first thing we're going to do is we're going to assemble our base frame and we're using pressure treated 2x4s and then our floor is just going to sit right on top of it let's jump to it you can cut the 2x4 base supports with a miter saw or a circular saw it's a good idea to wear a dusk mask when cutting pressure treated wood as the sawdust can contain chemicals for the base you want two pieces at 22 1/2 in and two pieces at 23 in next use a comination 1/ 18 in drill en counter sink to make pilot holes on the ends of the base supports this will keep the ends from splitting to join the pieces use 3-in exterior wood screws because they won't rust I cut my 2x4s to two different lengths the shorter I'm going to use for the front cosmetically it looks better because you can see here you see the seams we don't want that we want the front to have a very nice clean look and then the floor just goes right on top of it just like that to attach the floor to the base use 1 and 1/4 in exterior wood screws and sink them just below the surface this box serves another purpose too it creates a nice layer of dead air which will help insulate the dogghouse from The Damp Earth now I'm ready to put on our side panels I've taken some 2x two and cut them just an inch short of the length of our side panel and it's going to sit right on top of Our Deck just like that you take some screws and that will hold it in place so I've got this one ready to go I'm going to go cut the other one for my 2 by tws I'm using cedar because it's rat resistant now a lot of times when you buy cedar at the store it's warped so you want to make sure that you say make sure everything's straight before you walk out the store the 2x2 side panel frame supports will be 15 in Long 1 in less than the 16-in height of the panel attach the frame supports flush to the top of the panel with inch and 1/4 screws about one every 4 in once the side panels are ready attach them to the base start a line of screws so you can drive them home easily one after the other now we've got our two side panels on we're ready for the back panel I love it when a plan comes together more inch and a/ qu screws secure the back to the side frame supports on the sides Drive the screws into the cedar frame supports along the bottom the screws go into the plywood floor now we have our front and our back panels assembled it's starting to look like a dogghouse our next step is to put on these frame supports for our roof they'll go right on the edge here the 2x2 frame supports for the roof panels are 13 in Long centered along the angled section of the roof about 2 in short of the peak to make life easier start a row of screws then holding the support in place just drive them home you can use a clamp here if you like the last part of our assembly is to put on the roof panels just line up the beveled edges at the top of the house then secure the panels to the roof supports using inch and a/ qu screws again make sure the screws go into the 2x two supports and not the plywood the overhang of the eeve should be the same on the front and the back well Derby gave it a test drive and it looks like it's working out so I'm going to finish up the project this dogghouse will last for years but you want to keep the weather out so what I'm going to do is I'm going to install some asphalt shingles but first I have to put on some roofing felt you want to cover the entire roof with a single piece of 15 lb asphalt impregnated roofing felt also called Roofing paper or tar paper it's just an extra layer of protection to keep the water off outout staple the roofing paper in place with a hammer Tacker or stapler using 3/8 in galvanized Staples then use a utility knife to trim the paper flush with the edge of the roof the first shingles go on upside down so the tabs face up toward the peak this gives a nice clean line along the edge of the roof and prevents water from getting to the wood the three tab shingles are wider than the roof so let the excess hang off the back for now next secure the shingles to the roof using 3/4 in galvanized roofing nails you don't want to use longer Nails because they'll poke through the plywood and may hurt your dog the nails go along the nailing line just below the notch of the shingles then do the starter row on the opposite side the next step is to lay a starter row along the front of the roof again turning the shingles around so you have a clean line along the exposed Edge crease the shingle at the peak so it lays flat you want the shingles to overhang the plywood to create a 3/4 in reveal this helps keep the wood dry and gives a nicer look then nail this shingle along the same nailing line now that we've done the prep we can lay down our first course lay lay this shingle along the edge of the roof but this time with the tabs facing down it will lay directly over the starter roll and nail it home the next course lays on top of this one but it's offset so the tabs don't line up and the clean edge of the shingle now lines up with the back of the roof let the excess of this shingle hang over the front next same deal only line this one up in the front and let the back Edge extend over starting to get the picture repeat the process on the other side of the roof at this point you can trim off the excess shingle material both along the peak and overhanging the edges the right tool for this job is a utility knife with a special hook blade made for cutting shingles all right so we've got most of our shingles on and so what we're going to do now is we're going to make a ridge cap and the way I'm going to do that is I'm going to take a shingle so I'm just going to cut it into thirds just Saddles over just like that and you nail it into place cut another third and overlap that piece over the first continue on till the last piece which gets nailed in this last nail will be exposed so hit it with the little Roofing cement and no one will ever notice it all right so we have a roof off finished up our dog house is assembled last last thing to do is maybe put some paint on it if you don't like the screw holes just put some wood putty on there and slap the paint right on over it you want to use low V to minimize your dog's exposure to harmful chemicals it may take a week or two for your Pooch to get used to the house but don't worry the first really hot or really cold day and they'll suddenly discover it's the best place ever it's the Classic Dog House less than 100 bucks in materials strong easy to build and the best in showyou know dogs love it playing outside but they need protection from the rain and the Sun and the wind so you know what the solution is your classic dogghouse for less than 100 bucks this simple Cur pentry project will take you through all the steps to build a classic dogghouse from a few basic materials mainly plywood and L the dog housee we're building is for a small to mediumsized dog up to about 50 lbs the great thing about it is if you have that size dog you only need one sheet of plywood when finished this dogghouse will be 24x 26 in square and 28 in high plenty big for a medium-sized dog for a large dog up to 100 lb you want a house that's about 30X 32 in and you'll need a second sheet of plywood and more lumber this project is based on a plan that lays out all the pieces for the dogghouse on one sheet of plywood you can come up with your own plan or use the dimensions we provided for the plan we're doing you'll need one sheet of 3/4 in exterior grade plywood one pressure treated 8T 2x4 two 6t seater 2x2s for the roof I need 15 lb roofing felt and about a dozen three tab asphalt shingles you want to keep your dog safe so you want to make sure that that the wood you use is really smooth and you only want to use the pressure treater wood like this 2x4 under the dogghouse cuz you don't want them chewing on it because it has chemicals in it we've got all the materials we need now the first step is to transfer our diagram to the plywood and then cut our pieces out you can see there are two roof panels two side panels front and back panels with a 90° angle for the roof and our doorway on the front and a panel for the floor using the layout from the diagram I carefully transfer the measurements for each piece to my sheet of plywood I've got my lines for the doorway but if you want to give your dog that classic Archway you can use a plate you can use a frisbee I'm going to use a pot cover place the top half of your circle between the sidelines and trace a nice Arc pretty simple you don't want the door to be too big about 3/4 of the dog's height is about right dogs like to duck into a dogghouse plus a smaller door will help keep the weather out I've got my whole dogghouse drown on of one sheet of plywood so we're ready to do our cutting I'm going to use a circular saw with a cross cut blade I'm going to save these two rooftop pieces for last because they require special cut when cutting plywood work slowly and let the saw do the work if you try to drive the saw through the wood too quickly you'll Splinter the wood you also want to use a sharp Blade the newer the better a doll blade will tend to tear through the layer of plywood and leave a jagged edge it doesn't really matter if you cut on the line or on the inside or outside edge but once you decide how you're going to make your Cuts stick with it don't do the center of one line and the outside edge of another or the pieces won't fit together properly I've got all my pieces cut except for my two roof panels now they're going to meet at a 90° angle just like this so I'm going to cut them at a 45° angle bevel cut for safety always unplug your saw before adjusting the shoe then loosen the Locking lever and Slide the shoe down to the 45° Mark it's usually as far as the shoe can go now you're ready to make the angle cut also known as a bevel cut the trick is to watch the saw blade carefully to keep the cut on the line if you look at the shoe and not the blade your cut will be off the mark literally you can cut both roof panels along the same Edge because the two will form opposite sides of the angle at the top after you make the bevel cut put the shoe back to 90° and cut the sides of the two roof panels now you can see with our 45° bevel Cuts our roof panels come together just like this our next step is to cut out the doorway to start the jigsaw blade make holes in both square corners with a 3/8 in drill bit then just use the jigsaw to cut out the doorway keeping the blade on the center of the line the next thing I'm going to do is I'm going to make some vent holes on the top of the back panel gets kind of hot in the summertime you want to give your dog a little ventilation use a 1 and 38 in spade bit for these holes just keep the bit spinning at full speed and make sure you put a piece of scrap wood under the panel so the bit doesn't blow out the back of the hole I've made all my cuts so now I'm going to smooth off my edges you don't want your dog getting any splinters now I'm going to use an orbital sander but if you don't have one you can always use a sanding block you can use a medium grit for this job just make sure you hit all the edges especially where the dog might come into contact with the wood we have all the components for our dogghouse so the first thing we're going to do is we're going to assemble our base frame and we're using pressure treated 2x4s and then our floor is just going to sit right on top of it let's jump to it you can cut the 2x4 base supports with a miter saw or a circular saw it's a good idea to wear a dusk mask when cutting pressure treated wood as the sawdust can contain chemicals for the base you want two pieces at 22 1/2 in and two pieces at 23 in next use a comination 1/ 18 in drill en counter sink to make pilot holes on the ends of the base supports this will keep the ends from splitting to join the pieces use 3-in exterior wood screws because they won't rust I cut my 2x4s to two different lengths the shorter I'm going to use for the front cosmetically it looks better because you can see here you see the seams we don't want that we want the front to have a very nice clean look and then the floor just goes right on top of it just like that to attach the floor to the base use 1 and 1/4 in exterior wood screws and sink them just below the surface this box serves another purpose too it creates a nice layer of dead air which will help insulate the dogghouse from The Damp Earth now I'm ready to put on our side panels I've taken some 2x two and cut them just an inch short of the length of our side panel and it's going to sit right on top of Our Deck just like that you take some screws and that will hold it in place so I've got this one ready to go I'm going to go cut the other one for my 2 by tws I'm using cedar because it's rat resistant now a lot of times when you buy cedar at the store it's warped so you want to make sure that you say make sure everything's straight before you walk out the store the 2x2 side panel frame supports will be 15 in Long 1 in less than the 16-in height of the panel attach the frame supports flush to the top of the panel with inch and 1/4 screws about one every 4 in once the side panels are ready attach them to the base start a line of screws so you can drive them home easily one after the other now we've got our two side panels on we're ready for the back panel I love it when a plan comes together more inch and a/ qu screws secure the back to the side frame supports on the sides Drive the screws into the cedar frame supports along the bottom the screws go into the plywood floor now we have our front and our back panels assembled it's starting to look like a dogghouse our next step is to put on these frame supports for our roof they'll go right on the edge here the 2x2 frame supports for the roof panels are 13 in Long centered along the angled section of the roof about 2 in short of the peak to make life easier start a row of screws then holding the support in place just drive them home you can use a clamp here if you like the last part of our assembly is to put on the roof panels just line up the beveled edges at the top of the house then secure the panels to the roof supports using inch and a/ qu screws again make sure the screws go into the 2x two supports and not the plywood the overhang of the eeve should be the same on the front and the back well Derby gave it a test drive and it looks like it's working out so I'm going to finish up the project this dogghouse will last for years but you want to keep the weather out so what I'm going to do is I'm going to install some asphalt shingles but first I have to put on some roofing felt you want to cover the entire roof with a single piece of 15 lb asphalt impregnated roofing felt also called Roofing paper or tar paper it's just an extra layer of protection to keep the water off outout staple the roofing paper in place with a hammer Tacker or stapler using 3/8 in galvanized Staples then use a utility knife to trim the paper flush with the edge of the roof the first shingles go on upside down so the tabs face up toward the peak this gives a nice clean line along the edge of the roof and prevents water from getting to the wood the three tab shingles are wider than the roof so let the excess hang off the back for now next secure the shingles to the roof using 3/4 in galvanized roofing nails you don't want to use longer Nails because they'll poke through the plywood and may hurt your dog the nails go along the nailing line just below the notch of the shingles then do the starter row on the opposite side the next step is to lay a starter row along the front of the roof again turning the shingles around so you have a clean line along the exposed Edge crease the shingle at the peak so it lays flat you want the shingles to overhang the plywood to create a 3/4 in reveal this helps keep the wood dry and gives a nicer look then nail this shingle along the same nailing line now that we've done the prep we can lay down our first course lay lay this shingle along the edge of the roof but this time with the tabs facing down it will lay directly over the starter roll and nail it home the next course lays on top of this one but it's offset so the tabs don't line up and the clean edge of the shingle now lines up with the back of the roof let the excess of this shingle hang over the front next same deal only line this one up in the front and let the back Edge extend over starting to get the picture repeat the process on the other side of the roof at this point you can trim off the excess shingle material both along the peak and overhanging the edges the right tool for this job is a utility knife with a special hook blade made for cutting shingles all right so we've got most of our shingles on and so what we're going to do now is we're going to make a ridge cap and the way I'm going to do that is I'm going to take a shingle so I'm just going to cut it into thirds just Saddles over just like that and you nail it into place cut another third and overlap that piece over the first continue on till the last piece which gets nailed in this last nail will be exposed so hit it with the little Roofing cement and no one will ever notice it all right so we have a roof off finished up our dog house is assembled last last thing to do is maybe put some paint on it if you don't like the screw holes just put some wood putty on there and slap the paint right on over it you want to use low V to minimize your dog's exposure to harmful chemicals it may take a week or two for your Pooch to get used to the house but don't worry the first really hot or really cold day and they'll suddenly discover it's the best place ever it's the Classic Dog House less than 100 bucks in materials strong easy to build and the best in show\n"