Trying to get glass doors in this, but having problems.
I found a wooden closet in a family member's garage that is untouched and looks perfect for the kind of enclosure I'm trying to create. I want to install glass doors that run on tracks to slide open. The problem is that the doors don't touch when they close; they're divided by a beam of wood that also extends a couple inches into the interior space of the closet. I took a few pictures rather hastily, and between them I think there's one good one taken from the inside that shows what I'm talking about:
http://i.imgur.com/8iPiQKY.jpg
If you can see the beam extending upwards, perpendicular to the closed door, that's basically what's standing in the way of me just putting a strip of wood next to the side of the interior and running a sliding glass door track through it.
I'm wondering if it's possible to use a reciprocating saw to cut a slit through the beam so that I can run glass doors through it, but that would be difficult and might end with me mutilating an otherwise useful piece of furniture.
I'm open to trying anything, so long as there is some kind of seal so that the snake isn't held in there just by a couple of doors. (Although with my lack of experience, I'm not sure that having a glass barrier is even necessary.)
I'm also open to any suggestions from people with experience building enclosures for their BPs. I know that a wooden closet isn't what people typically use for reptile habitats, and that it's fairly ambitious, but I'd like to make it work if possible. I can take more pictures if necessary, too.
(Apologies for any mistakes, I'm writing from a phone.)
Re: Trying to get glass doors in this, but having problems.
Maybe it's ceder since it was for clothing?
Re: Trying to get glass doors in this, but having problems.
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BR8080
Maybe it's ceder since it was for clothing?
That's what I suspect, since it has a hangar up at the top.
Is cedar a problem for BP habitats? Or for sawing through it?
Re: Trying to get glass doors in this, but having problems.
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Originally Posted by
Kinstrome
That's what I suspect, since it has a hangar up at the top.
Is cedar a problem for BP habitats? Or for sawing through it?
Cedar is a serious problem for any reptile. If you can't confirm that it is NOT cedar then don't use it.
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