Suggestions for building dedicated herp room?

Deffanatly get them on casters....and put weather striping on the bottom of the doors!!

you might want to think about a exhaust system for you room

i would consider not using drywall but instead line the interior walls with refletix ,(bubble wrap with metal coating on each side) this reflects 97% of heat,works great.

also 70 degrees is a bit kool for room temps,especially with boas.i use a oil filled electric heater that works well with a quality thermostat added,getting air temps inside your cages where you want them would be difficult with a cooler room.have fun!

What were putting in my room is a 4' by 5' shower that we took out of a hospital for work. This should make cleaning even the biggest of tubs easy.

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Originally Posted by twh

i would consider not using drywall but instead line the interior walls with refletix ,(bubble wrap with metal coating on each side) this reflects 97% of heat,works great.

also 70 degrees is a bit kool for room temps,especially with boas.i use a oil filled electric heater that works well with a quality thermostat added,getting air temps inside your cages where you want them would be difficult with a cooler room.have fun!

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reflectix is meant to be an insulation, not a wall liner. I would go with plywood or some kind of sheetrock that does not allow mold growth for the walls.

I'm hoping to keep the room temperature right around 75-78 degrees. With the added insulation and newer windows plus all the cages and racks I'm hoping I won't even need supplemental heat. If I do, I'll just pick up a small oil filled heater. The entire house is on a single zone valve so if I keep the main floor at 68, the second floor is about 70. This room will be the most heavily insulated area in the home so hopefully the temps will stay a bit higher than the rest of the house. I'm going to be curious to see how much the temps go up with 10 large cages and 5 baby racks (120 tubs). I would imagine that is worth at least a degree or two, no?

A big sink would be very handy, just not practical since there is no plumbing on that side of the house. The bathroom is straight down the hall, like 20' from this room so any cage/tub cleaning will have to be done in there. Some time in the next few years I'd like to purchase a brand new home a bit closer to where I work. If/when that happens I will be able to design all the extra plumbing into the project from the start. For now, I'll just do the best I can with what I have.