Custom Rabbit Hutch Cover & Run Covers — Case Study

Emma first messaged us through live chat back in May. She was building a new run for her rabbits and wanted made-to-fit clear panel covers — with one particular request: she wanted turn button fixings in black, not the silver we keep as standard. She had a clear vision for her run, had done her research, and had found these fixings were available in a black colour.

From there it was a few messages back and forth to get the details right. Emma sent through her rough sizes, and we talked her through the fixings and the fabric. She'd first hoped to have the covers completely clear, with no edging at all. But clear PVC comes with a durability trade-off, and Duncan talked her through it.

Since Emma's run was being painted white, she ultimately decided on a white hem to suit it rather than the black.

With samples on their way and the finishes still to settle, Emma turned her attention to the measurements. This was a slower project than most — she was waiting on her run to be built, so she took her time over the fabrics and finishes and refining the sizes. By mid-June she'd sent over her own scaled drawings, one for each cover. She came unusually well prepared; most customers just send a few photos and rough measurements, and we take it from there — just look at the back-of-napkin sketch Jorden started with when he came to us for a custom outdoor kitchen cover.

We turned Emma's drawings into our own scaled production diagrams. Our early design was drawn with a black hem to match the hardware, as we'd originally proposed. There was also a query over whether panels A and B were one piece or two, since that changes how the centre fixings are arranged.

As it happened, Emma's clarification meant our first diagrams were accurate as they stood, with no revisions needed at that stage.

Then came the longest stretch of the whole project — and none of it was manufacturing. Emma's run was still being built, and its delivery slipped from the 6th of July to the 13th.

Rather than cut covers to provisional measurements, we made the call to hold off until the run was installed and could be re-measured on site. It's a key point, and one that comes up on many custom jobs: it's always better to measure the finished item than to work from a plan. Whether it's the size specs on a garden furniture supplier's website or, in this case, a rabbit run built to order, quoted measurements don't always match the reality. We always recommend the covers are cut to fit the real thing — not a drawing that might still change.

With the run installed and painted, Emma re-measured and sent over the final drawings — and, just as importantly, a photo of the finished run. That photo grounds everything in reality. Until now we'd been working back and forth from drawings; the moment we could see the run itself, we could see exactly what we were making. The earlier question over whether covers A and B were one piece or two was answered at a glance, just by looking at it. It's why we always ask for photos: a drawing gives you the numbers, but a photo gives you the context to make sense of them.

This is where a custom cover is really made — before it's cut. We redrew our scaled diagrams to Emma's final on-site measurements and worked through the details that decide whether a clear cover sits right. The fabric was settled: Ultra 50 clear PVC, the heavier of our two clear options.

Our standard hem is 40mm, but Emma asked for 45mm so it would sit flush over the battens on her window frames. We placed each turn button exactly where she wanted it, and a couple of finer points were quicker to talk through — so we sorted those by phone before sending the final diagrams over for her approval.

The hem set to 45mm, the turn buttons corrected to black, the edging to white — every fixing placed exactly where Emma wanted it, and every change made on a diagram she had in front of her before anything was cut. That's the whole point of our free design service: to catch anything that isn't right while it's still just a drawing. It's also why we can stand behind every cover with our First Time Fit Guarantee.

Emma had a week booked off work and was hoping to have the covers fitted during her time off. That timing fitted nicely with where we were in production, so with the designs approved, her order went to the factory — and the black turn buttons landed with us the same day.

The covers arrived ahead of schedule — right in time for Emma to fit them during her week off.

Emma fitted the covers over the weekend.

Emma filmed the finished run and shared it with her followers on Instagram. Here's the video.

Three Ultra 50 clear covers. Cut to Emma's own measurements, with the hem set flush to her battens, the fixings placed where she wanted them, and hardware we sourced specially in the black finish she was after — every dimension approved before a single panel was cut.

No standard sizes. No guessing whether a flat sheet will sit right over an odd shape. The covers themselves are 100% waterproof — clear rabbit run rain covers that keep the wind out too, without shutting out the light. If your run, hutch or enclosure needs clear covers, it starts with a few photos and measurements. We'll design them and send you the scaled diagrams. Nothing is cut until you've approved every detail — and if it doesn't fit when it arrives, we remake it free. Get your custom rabbit hutch cover.