XPVC rack built with MANY THANKS to Simple Man!!!

[Highline Reptiles South]

Well - if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - consider yourself flattered bro! Thank you!

Finally put the rack together and took some pics. Mine went together slightly differently. I found 16"x10 boards that fit as side pieces. I ripped the 5x8s into 24"x17" shelves. I then routed 5" slots on the interior shelves in order to run the 4" flexwatt. The solid sides will help hold the heat in and reduce cost to run it a bit. The back will have thin pressboard. All is being controlled by a Herpstat 1.

I have 6 31 qt units and 8 15 qt..both are Sterlite Clearview latching.

Router cuts for flexwatt


Coming together


Almost done!

[Simple Man]

Fantastic! I love it. I like your routered sections. Looks great. That XPVC is easy to work with, eh? Turned out great Hope to see many more threads like this.

Regards,

B

[Cendalla]

Very nice! Congrats, that looks great!

[Highline Reptiles South]

Very easy to work with. You can't imagine the mess that router makes and you gotta sweep it up...no biodegradable...can't just blow it into the yard like i would for wood

Incidentally - I used self tapping screws and did not have to drill pilot holes...

[Cendalla]

Can I ask what your total cost was?

[Simple Man]

Very easy to work with. You can't imagine the mess that router makes and you gotta sweep it up...no biodegradable...can't just blow it into the yard like i would for wood

Incidentally - I used self tapping screws and did not have to drill pilot holes...

How did the self tapping screws work? I predrilled because I was paranoid about ruining the xpvc but self tapping would have saved a bunch of time. I could have tossed it together in under an hour if I had used self tapping screws.

Regards,

B

[LizardPants]

Looks good!

[Highline Reptiles South]

The self tapping screws worked great - i definately suggest going that route.
I built a 10 rack and a 7 rack with the stuff below but here are the costs as best i can split out for that unit. I had extra left from what is listed below for a 2nd rack...

Total costs:
2 5'x8' boards, cut $190
16"x10' boards $60
Screws $2
8-15 qt/6-31qt $94
Flexwatt 23ft $54
Total $400

[ptate]

Great work on the new rack! Im sure that rack will be full of snakes very soon.

[kitedemon]

Great work on that ! Looks good, very professional.The taping screws were they the metal type or wood type?