New Cages

Using Great Stuff, I filled the gaps between the styrofoam and wood framing. I also padded the corners

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In a couple of days, I will trim and sand the great stuff to make smooth transitions from framing to styrofoam and also to round out the corners. I figured round corners will make for easier cleaning.

I also picked up a bag of Shur-Crete today from Sherwin Williams. Its a spray concrete/acrylic powder that we mix with water to texture swimming pool decks here in Florida. I figure the acrylic properties in it will allow for more flex than grout.
After the Great Stuff is set and cut, I will start to spray the texture. Tomorrow, however, I hope to set tile on the floors of each cage.

I also got the guy at Sherwins to give me a "sample" of tint they use to tint the paint to add to the shurcrete for built in color.

WakoNako:
This is looking great! I'm very interested to see how this all works out for you. It looks like a lot of planning and work has gone into this project. Your snakes are lucky to have such an actively dedicated owner.

That looks great! it seems like you have done lots of planning and thought of everything ... (until it is set up anyway at least that has always been my experience I always miss something) I love titebond III. Works great, on steroids it is more like comparing a smart car to a dump truck.

Awesome job I am sure your animals will love it.

Apologies on the lack of updates, but thats due in part to a lack of progress.
We've been swamped at work and the little time off I get is just enough to sleep eat and relax.

This last week though, I managed to tile and grout the floors of the cages.
Spray the insides with deck concrete.
Connect the floor to the walls.
Seal it all with one coat of water based sealer. 2nd coat goes on tomorrow.

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The cages are all but finished!!
All thats left is to install the plexi and a spring latch and move the snakes in (after adding substrate, hides etc)

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Substrate barrier

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To make the windows in the doors i used a router table to groove the back side of the doors to the thickness of the plexi. The inside was then cut out. The plexi will be siliconed to the wood in the groove making the door flush on the inside of the cage.

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Door installed.

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Cages as they sit now for temperature testing while all the sealers dry for the week.