Reptile Room Build

[OhhWatALoser]

well this is what I came up with, receptacle for every rack stack, room for 30 inch fans, dedicated circuit for the room heater above the sink, hopefully this works out.

[OhhWatALoser]

Got 1 layer of insulation on the walls


Still got a lot more to do

[cchardwick]

HOLY COW! There's no way I'd take on a project like that, I'd have to hire someone like you LOL.

[OhhWatALoser]

HOLY COW! There's no way I'd take on a project like that, I'd have to hire someone like you LOL.

Not that I would want anyone to get in over their heads, but most people are far more capable than they think, you might surprise yourself.

[PitOnTheProwl]

Looking good

[OhhWatALoser]

Bout time I got something else done. Lights, fan box, and ceiling insulation are up. Still needs a vapor barrier.

[Albert Clark]

Wow, what a project! Who is helping you? It seems very advanced and a job for a jack of all trades? Congrats though it looks professional.

[redshepherd]

That is one epic project, and it's going to look SO GOOD when you're done. OMG

[OhhWatALoser]

Wow, what a project! Who is helping you? It seems very advanced and a job for a jack of all trades? Congrats though it looks professional.

Right now it's just been me working on it. It is more time consuming than advanced and it's only time consuming because I am DIY everything. If I hired it out, it would probably be done already lol. However I do like the idea of walking through my house and being able to appreciate my own work. Also saves money which never hurts. I will have to recruit someone to help me get drywall on the ceiling, not exactly a one person job.

I'll share my secret, Just take it one step at a time
demo out the old room, which is just messy grunt work
Plumbing, which is so easy now a days with pex. Worst part will be running the drain and that's more the crawlspace below fault.
Electrical, I do it for a living so I can knock it out quick, but plugs and lights are pretty basic and I think anybody can learn to do them. If you have to run a new circuit into the panel, I would suggest leaving that to someone who knows what they are doing, it can after all kill you.
Carpentry, building walls and putting in a door, you can youtube how to do this.
Insulation, messy but super easy
Drywall, easy to put up with another person, but the mud and tape part is no doubt a skill. I'm not going to pretend I'm good at it, but I'm getting better. Don't get better without practice and I'll have plenty of practice in this room.
Flooring, I'm not even 100% sure what I want to do, epoxy is easy but smells for a couple weeks, laminate is pretty easy but in my experience not very durable, tile is a little more work and more know how. I hate how the grout lines attract dirt tho. So I'm still up in the air about what to do lol.
Trim, measure twice cut once, just tedious work.
Paint, I think most people aren't afraid to tackle this

So it's nothing really overwhelming, just the project as a whole might be. Something I learned a long time ago, if a project is overwhelming, just break it into parts. Soon it becomes a bunch of easy projects.

[OhhWatALoser]

Got 3 out of 4 walls framed out this weekend