Reptile room rebuild

wish i would of took a before picture. well the room is the smallest bedroom, 9 foot by 9 foot with a 10sqft closet

the room was the color you see, minus the white puddy
floor was as you see it
molding waist high all around the room - gone now
the floor molding was a 1/2 inch higher than floor level because it used to have carpet before i had the house- gone now
wooden closet doors - gone now
ceiling fan - gone
room used to have 4 recepticals 1 being on a switch for a lamp i guess

heres how far i got...

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well i finally got the electrical done, except for the lights but those arn't going up until its painted.

now i have 22 recepticals (plugs), some at 4 foot 6 inches high for stacking tanks and racks, the 2-gang boxes (ones with 2 plugs) are wired into the 2 timers, left side being on during the day, right side being on during the night. for breaded dragon or any other animals that needs, uvb during the day and/or different heat source at night. the single gang (1 plug) have power all the time.

my lighting will be 3x 4 foot fixtures that hold 2 bulbs each, 2 fixtures will be wired directly into the day timer to provide day light for the whole room. and the last fixture will have eigher blue or Infer-red bulbs in it, wired to the switch by the door for night time viewing, but not to disturb the animals.

plans also include making the closet hold a baby rack for breaded dragons, refinish the floor (first time doing this... ut oh), new floor molding, paint

Very cool! Will be fun to watch the progression to the finished "product"!!!

That is awesome! I cannot wait to see it all filled.

Very nice, looks like you've got all the bases covered!

I loved building my reptile room, can't wait to outgrow it so I have to build a bigger one! :D

well guess ill update, put up the floor molding, sanded the floor, will be ready for stain tommorow, build the baby breaded dragon rack, ill have room to have 2 more levels when needed. ill post another update after floors done and paints up, gimme about a week.

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Awesome man! Wish I had something close to this at my house!

Those heat lamps directly over the tubs wont trap too much heat, for either a fire hazard or safety hazard to the beardies will they? I'd just be worried about that, otherwise it looks good!

Looks good! Cant wait to see the finished room.

I wish I had a reptile room... =/

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Those heat lamps directly over the tubs wont trap too much heat, for either a fire hazard or safety hazard to the beardies will they? I'd just be worried about that, otherwise it looks good!

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they just need a hot spot of around 105, not worried about trapping heat, the room is a constant 80+ anyways, its no different than a regular breaded setup, just open top instead of a screen (whats the difference really) and the uv light covers all 3 cages. if anything its safer than the current setup we have, no lights to move around when we want to open the cage.

the only fire hazard would be my wiring, and being a electrician i would hope i get it right lol ill be sure to let you know how it works out.

and i stained the floor today, well accually my girlfriend did and it was done b4 i got home from work so later today ill be laying down some poly yay

Where did you get those timers that operate the outlets. Also could you give a little information on how those work with the outlets. I an in the process of turning my basement into a large rep room. I have installed many outlets (cant every have to many) but I still wasnt sure how I wanted to do it. Those timers seem like just the thing I need.

I may have to redo my wiring that i have already done now.

Looks great!!!

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Where did you get those timers that operate the outlets. Also could you give a little information on how those work with the outlets. I an in the process of turning my basement into a large rep room. I have installed many outlets (cant every have to many) but I still wasnt sure how I wanted to do it. Those timers seem like just the thing I need.

I may have to redo my wiring that i have already done now.

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sorry for the late reply

i think i got them at lowes, their 5 dollars cheeper there than home depot for some reason, but both stores have them.

well a timer is just a electronicly controled relay, it has a hot and neutral wire for the electronics to operate and then it also has a switch leg, and the ones i got also have a 4th "remote" wire that allows you to set it up to be used as a 3 way switch by turning the relay on or off. but for what we would use it for, we wouldn't need the 4th wire.

from the switch leg you go to the hot side of all your outlets that you want on the timer, the timer will turn power on and off to the outlets. i also have my day time lights on the timer.

o and also i should mention, depending on your circuit breaker size according to code you can have too many outlets on one circuit. don't qoute me because i didn't look it up, but a guy at work told me for a 20 amp breaker its 13 outlets, but look it up for yourself to be sure. my reptile room is on 2 20 amp circuits

Laid down the last coat of paint yesterday, the green is pretty close to true color, but the orange on the ceiling isn't in the picture, the ceiling is the same color as the trim, hopefully the colors will look better when i have my lights in there,right now their just wires hanging lol.

today im going peel the tape off and im sure theres going to need to be alot of touch up to do, buy some cover plates, put the door and shelving up and hopefully build some light fixtures.

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Ooooh, I LOVE the colors!

Dear lord, this is a bright room! But it looks amazing! Nothing like bright colors to attract attention. :gj:

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i think i got them at lowes, their 5 dollars cheeper there than home depot for some reason, but both stores have them.

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Just a note on the info above. You are correct in that those switches were bought at Lowes. I have used these switches for about 6 years now, and the ones from Lowes are superior to the ones at Home Depot. The ones from home depot have a different type of relay in them, and seem to have problems turning on flourescent lights, due to the ballast needing a bit of a surge to start. Since I have switched to the commercial switches from Lowes, I haven't had a problem at all.

Just a tip for those in the market,

Sweet! There is nothing cooler than your very own reptile room. And it's so much easier to maintain the temp and humidity of a single room rather than in hundreds of seperate cages. Your life is about to get a whole lot easier! Nice job. And I love the colors.

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Just a note on the info above. You are correct in that those switches were bought at Lowes. I have used these switches for about 6 years now, and the ones from Lowes are superior to the ones at Home Depot. The ones from home depot have a different type of relay in them, and seem to have problems turning on flourescent lights, due to the ballast needing a bit of a surge to start. Since I have switched to the commercial switches from Lowes, I haven't had a problem at all.

Just a tip for those in the market,

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both store sell the exact timer i got (lowes was cheaper), get anything intermatic and you should be fine, home depot likes to sell knock off brand of just about everything tho so watch what your buying.

my flourescent lights turn on right away, no flickering or warm up time, so im quite happy with em.

good to hear their working 6 years later lol

Empty room finished

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and putting everything back

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yup next big project will be building cages that stack better, building more racks, get away form the light bulbs and use more RHP, so all sorts of fun :-)

My eyes are burning!... In a good way.

Looks great. I can't wait till I have a room just for reptiles.

That is really really green. :O

Once you streamline some of the setups into better racks and such though and cover some of the wall space I'm sure it'll break up the colour a little. :cool:

Looks incredible! Love the green! :D

Now for the fun stuff! Cages!

I think it's awesome!

We have ball python light switch covers :)

Figured I'd post an update for the hell of it.

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snake racks havn't changed much, built a baby rack thats about it.

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dragon rack has a few more tubs now

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and built some new cages for the dragons

next project will be some new caging for the bigger snakes

love the room looks great

lance

That is a cool setup you have there.

Awesome :clap: