Recycled furniture cage project #4

[presspirate]

This is an old dresser that my wife donated to the cause. I ripped out all of the internal supports and cross members. Disassembled the majority of the drawers. My intention is to use parts of the drawer fronts to make doors. The floor is 3/16" Plywood. Trying to figure the best way to heat it with flexwatt, as I do not want to mount it inside of the cage. I have read that you do not want to sandwich it between anything, though I think the floor is thin enough for the heat to penetrate if I mount it underneath. I welcome any suggestions.

[belovedboas]

that is gonna look sweeeeet for sure!!!:) not to familiar with flexwatt myself

[sickvenom]

I have heard of numerous people putting flexwatt inside their cages with a piece of vinyl flooring over it. Never heard of a single horror story.

[TeaNinja]

lol, that's sweet :)

[stephanbakir]

Looks like its gona be badass if you put the time into it

[presspirate]

At this point, I have more time than spare money, so I'll be doing this up nice. This will be the permanent home for my adult Coastal. I'll be adding a shelf and climbing limb, as well as a light fixture for basking. A little bit at a time. It will be double primed, two coats of paint, the floor and the bottom third of the walls will have a skim coat of rock hard water putty to make them impervious to moisture...... I will post pics as I go, but be patient it will take a while.

[marvelfreak]

Looking good Greg. What are the dimension?

[2006gt]

i would say take a saw cut a square in the bottom of the enclosure and then put a piece of glass over the hole and then put the heat pad onto the glass on the out sde of the enclosure.

[sickvenom]

i would say take a saw cut a square in the bottom of the enclosure and then put a piece of glass over the hole and then put the heat pad onto the glass on the out sde of the enclosure.

That's a good idea, but presspirate already stated that he has limited funds and glass can tend to be costly. Another option would be plexiglass.

[2006gt]

yeahh that too or if he can find a free cracked aquarium on craigslist take it apart (carefully) and use that glass it would be free!!! and plexiglass depending on thickness and what ever else can be more exspensive than a thin piece of glass

[presspirate]

Nope, I said I Currently have limited funds.:freakedout: I want to keep the electrical connections on the outside of the cage.

Chuck, the dimensions are 52" x 20" x 32"

[2006gt]

If you do my idea it should work out great! Or if you have another idea im sure it will work too! Good luck put up some update pictures on how you decide to heat the bottom!

[sickvenom]

If you do my idea it should work out great! Or if you have another idea im sure it will work too! Good luck put up some update pictures on how you decide to heat the bottom!

Well for what its worth, I'll be using your idea!!

[marvelfreak]

Nope, I said I Currently have limited funds.:freakedout: I want to keep the electrical connections on the outside of the cage.

Chuck, the dimensions are 52" x 20" x 32"
He'll be set for life. Perfect size for a Coastal. I was going to say that looked like it was around 4 feet. It was hard to tell depth and high from the pics.
Any idea what your going to do for climbs? I use wooden dowels. I get them at the hardware store. Wood screw threw each end and they work perfect.

[WakoNako]

I usually trap the flexwatt under cement board (i tile all my cages) and above a piece of wood covered in aluminum to reflect heat.
I drill vent holes through the wood to stop excess heat

[sickvenom]

I usually trap the flexwatt under cement board (i tile all my cages) and above a piece of wood covered in aluminum to reflect heat.
I drill vent holes through the wood to stop excess heat

do you have photos or a diagram of this?

[WakoNako]

These are the cages I'm currently building

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/general-enclosure-discussion/85608-new-cages.html

I did another where I put the flexwatt on top of the hardie, but under the tile and just siliconed the tile down, but that write up is somewhere hidden way down the thread pages.