New Rack Complete

[Halfdawg]

Nice looking rack. Did you go with back heat or belly heat? Do you need any special screws with that construction? What did you use for the back? What was the cost of the rack excluding the flexwatt and Helix (so basically just the actual construction items)?

Jo
I went with the belly heat and I used 4 inch Flex Watt.
I used a #6 x 2 inch deck screw for the main construction, but I found that with the Melimine if you are not careful they will strip. I may at a later date remove them and replace one at a time with a larger screw, but we will see. On the back I used 3/16 hardboard I wanted something thicker like 1/4 inch but was unable to find what I wanted. I found some peg panel board screws #8 x 1 1/4 inch that I used on the back and they worked out great.

32 Qt Tubs 18 X 7 = 126
9 pcs 23 3/4 x 48 Melinine 9 X 10 = 90
50' Melimine Edging = 10
Aluminum Tape = 7
Screws = 5
Back = 10
The toal with out the heat tape and Helix was $248 plus tax and 4 hours of time

I also used a 1/4 sheet of mdf as a spacer between the tubs and shelves as I but it together but I would use a 3/16 if I did it again. A 1/4 was alittle to much.

Here is a pic of the heat tape. I taped the 4 inch flex watt down in a couple of spots with aluminum tape. I then used some 5 inch real thin aluminum I had to go over the flew watt to help protect the heat tape from sliding tubs over it.





Thanks Richard