has anyone built their own enclosures?

Perhaps I can build my own...
What are some things to keep in mind while building an enclosure for your snake?
How is the heating done with a wooden, home-built enclosure? Do they hold humidity well?
Are there any good tutorials out on the interwebs that you used to help build it?
Is this a cost effective option?

There are many helpful tutorials online. We are building a rack that holds 11 large tubs and 11 hatchling tubs out of wooden doors from a thrift store heated with backheat flexwatt and a t stat. :)

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If I am building the base for it out of wood, do I need to line the inside with something? What would I line it with?

We use melamin (sp) for all our cages. The first wall units Chad built he used some other type of wood, I can't think of the name off the top of my head, and they are falling apart. :(
Everything he's made since then has been with melamin and he plans on rebuilding wall units with it. Talk about spending some money :O

i was thinking about building some caging too. i have been checking around on the safety of boat paint, epoxys, garage floor paints etc... havent found much info yet.

i am going to build some out of 3/4 inch plywood with the bottom half lined with formica and the rest of the interior sealed with some epoxy or boat paint.

All i use is wood to build cages and you can heat them any way you heat any other cage. Heres some pics of the ones Ive done. http://acadianenclosures.weebly.com/photo-album.html

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All i use is wood to build cages and you can heat them any way you heat any other cage. Heres some pics of the ones Ive done. http://acadianenclosures.weebly.com/photo-album.html

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your work is pretty awesome! how do you seal the wood?

I also own a cabinet shop so I use a cabinet grade plywood that i get prefinished. It is coated with a 2 part epoxy that is baked on. There is NO odor and you can clean it with just about any chemical with out damaging it. The other thing I do, like stated before, is line the cages with formica

Holy crap, batman!! Mr. Grits, your cages are lovely! I love the stacked ones. It'll probably be out of my price range, but how much do you stacked ones for? You can send me a pm, I would really appreciate it.
How do you heat those? I don't see how you could use a UTH for each level, do you put it one the back?

I have heated these with heat pads, heat cable, flex watt, and RHP. For the flex watt i cut a groove into the bottom of the floor and cover it with 1/8" plexi.

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