Typically you want your dog to have enough room to stand up turn around and lie down while stretched out completely.
Making roof dog house.
The roof covering think of this as the skin.
With a gable roof the dog house can be waterproofed and decorated however you choose.
Roof coverings aka dog house roof materials 1.
An open doorway or vents in the roof can do the trick.
Strips of wood trim.
Create the left and right wall framing.
The base structure you can think of this as your skeleton.
Prep work and construction step 1.
Keep it off the ground.
It is what we are.
It will make a functional dog house attractive.
The roof substructure this would be something like plywood on top of structural joists and beams.
2 x 4 x 8 for framing.
It may even match the roof on your home.
Create the back wall framing.
Apply several coats of wood stain to the wooden components fill the holes with wood filler and smooth the surface.
Constructing a gable roof on top of the dog house is an option.
Plan for a dog house.
Building an attractive and safe dog house doesn t have to be a complicated project.