Insulating a sterilite tub? Any Ideas?

So my house is usually 65 to 70 degrees and I cant find a way to insulate my tub to keep the cool side warm without using a heat lamp 24/7 on both sides. Any ideas for an insulator?

Is it possible for you to get a space heater and keep just the room that the snake is in warmer?

I use a couple oil filled radiant heaters in my basement to keep it about 80 degrees. 1 will do the job but 2 dont have to work as hard. The rest of my house is right under 75 and everytyhing works perfectly. Even the snakes.

Heat the room.

heat the room
pip insulation
can of spray insulation - spray it on the outside of your cage on 3 sides and bottom and shave it down
aluminum tape on 3 sides and bottom

reflex insulation (bubble wrap W/ silver sides) works well.if your using a lid for the tub be sure to tape some on the inside of the lid.it's found at any HC.have fun!

Rigid foam board
Aluminum foil, shiny side in.

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Originally Posted by twh

reflex insulation (bubble wrap W/ silver sides) works well.if your using a lid for the tub be sure to tape some on the inside of the lid.it's found at any HC.have fun!

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Never, under any circumstances, use tape on the inside of a reptile enclosure.

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

Never, under any circumstances, use tape on the inside of a reptile enclosure.

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aluminum duct tape works fine and causes no threat to the snake,just make sure it's pressed firmly in place.

eh not so much. i wouldn't risk that. next thing you know, from the heat the tape falls off and get stuck to your snake.

Snakes are notorious for finding some way to get themselves stuck to tape, and they can be seriously injured or even killed as a result. It's not worth the risk, and you could glue the insulation in place if you absolutely had to put it on the inside (I would just put it on the outside, so it would not be exposed to moisture or germs).

What about a 2nd UTH hooked up to a thermostat set to 80 on the cool side? Would that work? I am exploring my options, as well. We keep our house COLD in the winter! I'm going to try a space heater to heat the room, but if that doesn't work I'm thinking about trying this.

Rotating Space heater, if they cant have thier own room then move them to a corner or wall where the heat will be best kept

I have two 1-foot sections of 11" Flexwatt taped to the bottom of my 31 qt. tub. Bottom of the tub is completely covered with foil tape I got at Home Depot. Seems to keep the ambient temperature in the high 70s to low 80s. I'm sure I could insulate it even more if I wanted it to be consistently above 82ºF. I haven't tried it, but you could also see how a blanket would work (leaving some open space for air circulation, of course).