DIY wooden rack

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Originally Posted by vdubya98

rack looks great! i'm actually going to reconsider my option and look into building this.....a couple of questions, if you don't mind. what did you do with the flexwatt? did you go through the back or the sides for it? and also on the hardwood board, did you use the smooth on both top and bottom, or just the smooth on one side and rough on the other?
thanks

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The flexwatt is belly heat wired all from one side. I used 4" and placed it across the back of the shelf about 4-6 inches from the very back of the shelf. The top 3 shelves have one plug, the next 3 have one plug, then the next 2, and finally the last 2. I went with this in case one of the flexwatt strips goes bad I won't have to take all 10 off. Lol. The hardboard is shiny on both sides. If you can only find hardboard with 1 smooth side, I would put the smooth side inside the tub. I feel like the rough side would hold moisture and you may run into mold problems. Hope this helps! :)

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Looks good. How cold does your basement get though? With it all open like that the ambient temps of the room have to be kept pretty high i would assume.
Im eager to see how the wood will holdup with the humidity its exposed to and see if itll warp at all. (Im not saying i hope this happens lol, just saying its certainly a possibility.)

The cold side is about 77 and the hot side is 90. I know its a little cool, but I came up with an idea to help. I wana put some extruded styrofoam on the outside to insulate a bit. Also next time I'm going to use 1/4 inch hardbord because its sagging a bit. But realisticly it can only sag into the bin below it so it aint much.

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Originally Posted by interloc

The cold side is about 77 and the hot side is 90. I know its a little cool, but I came up with an idea to help. I wana put some extruded styrofoam on the outside to insulate a bit. Also next time I'm going to use 1/4 inch hardbord because its sagging a bit. But realisticly it can only sag into the bin below it so it aint much.

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No thats fine. Mine get as cold as 75 sometimes at nite and theyre all A-ok. During the day theyre usually around 78-80 so its all good!:gj:

Yea true, it cant really sag anymore than that bc the other bin would be there lol.

What type of wood did you use for this rack?

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Originally Posted by fionayee

What type of wood did you use for this rack?

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We used plain old pine 2x4 for the main bits. Also plain old pine 1x2 and 2x2s. Im not sure what kin of wood the hard board is but it doesn't really matter. Thanks

Building a 6 tub rack for my snakes this helped a lot

Thanks alot