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  • 02-03-2009, 05:37 PM
    Sloanreptiles
    Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Our new facility is finally finished and we are all moved in!
    The whole facility has its own furnace that is set too 83. It has a tempature alarm in the main room and in the incubator room so if the temps go to low or to high it calls us. We have a fully working sink with hot and cold water, we also have a fully working refrigerator and freezer. Also we have a walk in incubator for ball python eggs!
    Here are some pics.
    Enjoy
    As you walk in
    http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...ptiles/013.jpg
    The main door
    http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...ptiles/018.jpg
    Our bearded dragon incubator and our refrigerator also the main door
    http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...ptiles/020.jpg
    Veiw from the other end
    http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...ptiles/024.jpg
    The sink
    http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...ptiles/021.jpg
    The adult racks
    http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...ptiles/016.jpg
    08 racks
    http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...ptiles/022.jpg
    Juvie Rack
    http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...ptiles/023.jpg
    The entry to the walk in incubator
    http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...ptiles/005.jpg
    Inside the incubator
    http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...ptiles/003.jpg

    Thanks for looking everyone hope you enjoyed!
  • 02-03-2009, 05:41 PM
    RWD
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Sweet!!!
  • 02-03-2009, 05:42 PM
    Purrrfect9
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    walk-in incubator... GENIUS!!! I'd much rather have that than a walk in closet >.<
  • 02-03-2009, 05:44 PM
    Gucci Yo
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    that is a nice reptile room that you have.
  • 02-03-2009, 05:44 PM
    WickedBalls
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Nice!!!!:gj:
  • 02-03-2009, 05:47 PM
    starmom
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Very, very nice!
    Congrats and good luck filling that gorgeous incubator with awesome eggs! :gj:
  • 02-03-2009, 05:47 PM
    Microddot
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    That is great looking
  • 02-03-2009, 05:49 PM
    Patrick Long
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Wow...nice place...
  • 02-03-2009, 05:51 PM
    Brad Boa
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Very nice congrats!!
  • 02-03-2009, 06:00 PM
    Jsh
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Thats pretty sweet. That incubation room is quite awesome too! --Josh
  • 02-03-2009, 06:07 PM
    stevenkeogh
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Just need a couch, big screen and playstation.
    -Steven
  • 02-03-2009, 06:12 PM
    Sloanreptiles
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Thanks everyone we are very excited to finally be moved in! all we need is for that incubator room to be full, hopefully in a few months!!
    Hope everyone is having a great year!
  • 02-03-2009, 06:25 PM
    Sprinkles_Mum
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    thaats pretty sweet :)
  • 02-03-2009, 08:07 PM
    patb201985
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    looks really nice !!!
  • 02-04-2009, 05:32 AM
    royalpython
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    very nice! looks like you've thought of everything, hifi, and pc as well :D
  • 02-04-2009, 05:50 AM
    Drew87
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Great looking place man!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bow::bow::salute:
  • 02-04-2009, 07:10 AM
    tmartin2347
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    I'm very jealous, nice looking facility.:gj:
  • 02-04-2009, 07:56 AM
    Wh00h0069
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Looks great! I an envious...
  • 02-04-2009, 08:00 AM
    muddoc
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Congrats on the new facility. That is a very nice incubator. Great Job!
  • 02-04-2009, 08:45 AM
    Dave763
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Nice.....I am setting up a new snake room. I really like the walk in incubator, will you tell me how you hooked the helix up to control a heater with a amp draw higher than the helix rating of 500 watts?
    I am looking at a 30 amp mercury contact relay with a 120v coil. I am sure that will work. just trying to get ideas from other people.
    I asked this in another thread and so far no help.
  • 02-04-2009, 09:12 AM
    KMS
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Nice room..Clean too
    Kevin Stoltz
  • 02-04-2009, 10:03 AM
    Sloanreptiles
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Thanks everyone for looking!!
    And dave763 our helix doesnt work on that radiator it keeps blowing the fuse so we need to find a new thermostat.
    Hope everyone is having a great season!
  • 02-04-2009, 10:19 AM
    Ben_Renick
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Awesome new place! Looks great!
  • 02-04-2009, 10:20 AM
    Boanerges
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Congrats on the new facility!!! It looks awsome :gj:
  • 02-04-2009, 11:26 AM
    JohnNJ
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Nice looking setup.

    Was this a room built in to your parent's barn?
  • 02-04-2009, 11:34 AM
    Sloanreptiles
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    To answer your question johnnj, we moved into our house and the barn was allready built it was 1700 square feet so we got it all concreted and finished of so that 3/4 of the barn was for snakes and 1/4 was for my dads business!
  • 02-04-2009, 12:00 PM
    nevohraalnavnoj
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Really nice!

    Question: I noticed Ralph Davis uses those bars to lock tubs in too. Has anyone had a snake push out without these bars?

    JonV
  • 02-04-2009, 12:13 PM
    AaronP
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Very Nice!
  • 02-04-2009, 12:16 PM
    Sloanreptiles
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Hey to answer your question we put those bars on the front because we bought the melamine pre cut and the tubs barely fit so we just put those just in in case!
  • 02-04-2009, 01:08 PM
    Dave763
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by NsloaN View Post
    Thanks everyone for looking!!
    And dave763 our helix doesnt work on that radiator it keeps blowing the fuse so we need to find a new thermostat.
    Hope everyone is having a great season!

    I am thinking of using this relay to carry the load(of the heater) and control it with the helix.Coil Voltage @50/60 Hz 120 VAC Coil Current Rating 106 mA, hardly any load at all on the thermostat since it only has to energize the coil.You have to be able to handle a little wiring.Looks like it would work ok to me.

    http://www.drillspot.com/products/44...cury_Contactor
  • 02-04-2009, 01:09 PM
    MDB
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    wow very impressive, goodluck this season:)
  • 02-04-2009, 01:20 PM
    Ladydragon
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    wow.. nice snake room.. and excellent incubator. looking forward to pics of that incubator filled up.
  • 02-04-2009, 01:24 PM
    Fearless
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by nevohraalnavnoj View Post
    Really nice!

    Question: I noticed Ralph Davis uses those bars to lock tubs in too. Has anyone had a snake push out without these bars?

    JonV

    I have had my mojave get out a couple times cuz he could get his head out just enough to slide the tub out but that was the only one I have ever had issues with. And had to rig up something similar.

    And Nick, very nice setup.
  • 02-04-2009, 01:33 PM
    scales owner
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Very nice
    :gj:
  • 02-04-2009, 02:51 PM
    wax32
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Wow, really nice snake room. :D
  • 02-04-2009, 04:04 PM
    gixxerrobballs
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    sweet looking facility...
  • 02-04-2009, 04:14 PM
    alohareptiles
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Very nice...
  • 02-04-2009, 04:34 PM
    TheMolenater2
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Looks great!
  • 02-04-2009, 04:44 PM
    brainman1000
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    << Jealous
  • 02-04-2009, 04:45 PM
    Sloanreptiles
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Thanks again everyone Dave we actually are thinking of calling helix and buying a 1500 watt helix since we arnt actually the best at wiring but we might have the electrician who did the wiring for the whole barn take a look at it. Thanks again everyone we cant wait until the incubators full.
  • 02-04-2009, 05:03 PM
    MarkS
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by nevohraalnavnoj View Post
    Really nice!

    Question: I noticed Ralph Davis uses those bars to lock tubs in too. Has anyone had a snake push out without these bars?

    JonV

    Actually a bigger danger is having a snake get loose, crawling around behind the tubs to find heat and pushing out a whole ROW of tubs from behind. Now you have several snakes loose. This is also a very good reason to have photographic records of all of your snakes.

    Nick, that's a great looking facility. Congrats on your new place.
  • 02-04-2009, 05:14 PM
    joepythons
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Now thats a facility :gj:.
  • 02-04-2009, 05:28 PM
    Jenn
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Very nice!!! I wish I could get post-it's to stay stuck to my tubs. Ever since I went with ambient room humidity the post-it's don't work.
  • 02-04-2009, 06:23 PM
    Sloanreptiles
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Yeah we've noticed as humidity went up the sticky notes fell off, the post its are only for now as we havnt boughten the Degei Program yet. The problem with our big room is that humidity is hard to raise in Colorado so it's low until we get a humidifier built into the furnace.
  • 02-04-2009, 06:31 PM
    Fearless
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    [QUOTE=NsloaN;975466] The problem with our big room is that humidity is hard to raise in Colorado so it's low until we get a humidifier built into the furnace.[/QUOTE]

    They can do that? And I will second that colorado thing.
  • 02-04-2009, 06:34 PM
    nixer
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    [QUOTE=Fearless;975469]
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by NsloaN View Post
    The problem with our big room is that humidity is hard to raise in Colorado so it's low until we get a humidifier built into the furnace.[/QUOTE]

    They can do that? And I will second that colorado thing.

    yes they can do that.
  • 02-04-2009, 06:44 PM
    RichardA
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Place looks great, congrats!
  • 02-04-2009, 06:46 PM
    Sloanreptiles
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Yeah they can and it can be a bit expensive but we think its worth every penny.
  • 02-04-2009, 06:57 PM
    Mitch21
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Awesome awesome snake shop!!

    Just outta curiosity, with the costs of the building and overhead expenses, do you anticipate that you'll break even or make profits soon? I'm always interested in peoples' stories about how they expand...
  • 02-04-2009, 07:07 PM
    Mischke
    Re: Our New Facility!!**Pics**
    Looks like a great facility!
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