My new (and first :D) rack!

Well, I was originally going to make this a DIY, but it got too complicated way too fast, hahahaha. It's taken me and my dad since January to finish this up, but it was definitely worth it.

The bottom
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One of the sides. All of the shelves were sunk into them.
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Putting the shelves together after the heat tape is wired on taped on
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the back were the wires come out and in
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the edging, which took forever to put on
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mu puppy by the almost-finished product :D
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my other puppy by the completed rack in its place in my room :D
I like to decorate, can you tell? I also went through a huge green phase when we redid our house, which I am now regretting. I live in a green cave! :rolleyes:
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Simon
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Noah
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Eli
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And Samson, whose 20L sits on top of the rack
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Sorry the pictures aren't sized down, photobucket wasn't cooperating :rolleyes: Anyways, thanks for looking! This took forever to build and my dad had all kinds of crazy ideas that I had to talk him out of, but IT'S FINALLY DONE :D:D:D:D:D If you have any questions about how we built it I'd be happy to answer them, but we definitely did not take the easy route, hahaha.

Thanks for looking!

They look great! You definitely have some good carpenter skills! Good luck with your snakes, they look amazing ;)

very nice home made rack! Looks greatt!how much did it cost you to build?

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Originally Posted by jzoot3d

very nice home made rack! Looks greatt!how much did it cost you to build?

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In all honesty, I haven't wanted to total it up yet ;) Probably around 200, 250, but it definitely has tons of room for my collection to grow into :)

That is awesome, great job! It looks very very professional!

what size tubs are those? and how did u make those air holes?

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what size tubs are those? and how did u make those air holes?

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28q and 41q sterilite tubs, and since their height is interchangeable, I can do 10 28's, or 5 41's, or a mixture of both.

I used a drill to do the holes, but I can't remember what size bit. I'll check tomorrow.

What kind of material is that?

nice setup .. just a few more snakes for me and one day I'll be needing to build my own rack too.. its always good to see how others make theirs. thanks

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What kind of material is that?

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Black melamine. We had to search everywhere for it, but if you're around Chicago, Owl Lumber carries it. We went to the store in Oak Lawn.

did you use any heating

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did you use any heating

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4" flexwatt along the bottom of each shelf, the silver stuff is aluminum tape covering it.

Nice rack. I like how you have room on top for another tank. Lovin your spider too.

Awesome job, very professional looking !

I have a question about the heating, I see the Flexwatt plugs right into the wall, but what controls the temp...or are they plugged into someting else ? I see the box on the side with the cables coming out, I figure is a thermostat ? I am just wondering how it all works.
And one more question...the day / night cycle, how well can a rack be lighted durring the day to provide the light cycle ? It seems like it would be pretty dark in there all the time.

Sorry...Im a noob, just got my first BP a week ago. But I already want a couple more and am just curious how things work for controling multiple heat sources. I dont get an animal until I learn all I can about its needs, and know I can care for it properly...so I have many questions before I change setups from a simple aquarium to a rack like this, lol. :D ( Your room is great by the way, lol. ) Wish I had another room here I could do what I want with so my wife cant yell at me...I tried to take one of my kids' rooms, but she wouldnt let me, hahahaha.

P.S....how easy is to control the humidity in those ?

Thanks.

Nicely done. I think I'm going to go with black melamine soon too.

You and your dad did a great job!!!

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Originally Posted by tonyaltn

Awesome job, very professional looking !

I have a question about the heating, I see the Flexwatt plugs right into the wall, but what controls the temp...or are they plugged into someting else ? I see the box on the side with the cables coming out, I figure is a thermostat ? I am just wondering how it all works.
And one more question...the day / night cycle, how well can a rack be lighted durring the day to provide the light cycle ? It seems like it would be pretty dark in there all the time.

Sorry...Im a noob, just got my first BP a week ago. But I already want a couple more and am just curious how things work for controling multiple heat sources. I dont get an animal until I learn all I can about its needs, and know I can care for it properly...so I have many questions before I change setups from a simple aquarium to a rack like this, lol. :D ( Your room is great by the way, lol. ) Wish I had another room here I could do what I want with so my wife cant yell at me...I tried to take one of my kids' rooms, but she wouldnt let me, hahahaha.

P.S....how easy is to control the humidity in those ?

Thanks.

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Thanks! The flexwatt plugs into a thermostat which is plugged into a wall, so it is controlled that way. Ball Pythons don't really need a day/night cycle. In the wild, they would spend all their time in warm burrows underground, and only really come out at night. The light in my room and from the windows is really more than sufficient. It's suuuuper easy to control humidity in tubs. I set everything up without holes in the tubs, and then added them a few at a time to get it where I wanted, and there you go! Way easier than tanks :D

That's a gorgeous rack and very much like what I'd like to build myself. Nice work!

Looks great! Come build me one? :D I wish I was handy :(