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I know the question has been asked before but I am still having issues over whether to use back or belly heat

How does everyone deal with the change in height when rolling their tubs over a heating pad? Do you have to have a little gap above the tub and ceiling?

If I use back heat this will pose no problem.....however I would prefer a heating pad underneath

I thought of using thin plastic strips to act as runners for the tub,

what you guys think?

[Freakie_frog]

I know the question has been asked before but I am still having issues over whether to use back or belly heat

How does everyone deal with the change in height when rolling their tubs over a heating pad? Do you have to have a little gap above the tub and ceiling?

If I use back heat this will pose no problem.....however I would prefer a heating pad underneath

I thought of using thin plastic strips to act as runners for the tub,

what you guys think?

I use belly heat.
Use Flexwatt and you want have a problem..
You don't have to have the gap but you'll need more holes in the tub to help regulate the RH.

[SPJ]

I prefer back heat so I have never had to deal with rolling the tubs over it.

I also use the tubs sideways so I have a larger warm area in the back and less length to worry about to drastic a temp difference between the back and front of the tub.

[PythonWallace]

Belly heat is the most commonly used method. If you'd rather do that you can't go wrong. Back heat works, it can just be a little trickier to get right for some people. For tubs most people use Flexwatt. It's so thin it doesn't really effect the height. A UTH might cause problems. I would leave a 1/8" gap above the tubs without the UTH, or more if you use spacers. Just be careful it's not a big enough gap that a snake could escape.