heating question

[oscar]

i am going to build my enclosures for my new king and gopher snakes and have figured it to be stacked. nothing different there and there's alot of good information around about how to do that, but i a little unclear as how to heat it best. i am going to use shower enclosure board for the floor and the back with appropiate framing to keep it from sagging and seperating. since its rather thin i was wondering how i should heat the enclosure. each one will be approximately 36"L x 18"D x 15"H. the options i have come up with are human heating pads, heat tape, or a heat lamp.. or a combination of the above. these are my first snakes so i dont know the best way to heat them. also, i should get some sort of rheostat/thermostat too, correct?

:eek: oops.. i just realized that i posted this in the wrong forum.. can i mod move this for me??? thanks. sorry. :o