UTH Question

[RestlessRobie]

Hey guys as I am starting the project of building my custom enclosre with my son so we are trying to figure out what to use for the bottom. I plan on using flextape for my UTH on a t-stat and was wondering if Plexi would hold up to that type of heater. Or should I use glass as the bottom just trying to figure it out and dont want to learn from a mistake that could injure our snake.
Thanks in advance for all the great advice

Robie

[TheWinWizard]

You're not going any higher then 94 degrees so plexi should be fine.

[RichsBallPythons]

Most plexi glass will stand to temps of 300F+ and flexwatt even uncontrolled will never reach above 150f

[RetiredJedi]

Yea I use cardboard covered with a strip of foil tape and haven't had any problems.

[kitedemon]

the issue with plexy is it tends to distort somewhat. I'd look at PVC sheets it is about the same price easy to clean and is a more stable and impact proof. Like plexy it heats well and efficiently. Unlike expanded PVC (PVCx) which is harder to heat through.

[kitedemon]

Yea I use cardboard covered with a strip of foil tape and haven't had any problems.

You mean for the top of a tank don't you? I think you missed the OP asking about the bottom of a custom one... I hope.

[RetiredJedi]

You mean for the top of a tank don't you? I think you missed the OP asking about the bottom of a custom one... I hope.

Well, I was refering to the flexwatt I have under my tubs..I placed strips of foil tape on the cardboard to make a patch the same width as the flexwatt to reflect the heat back upwards. Then I placed the flexwatt on top of that and taped the the edges of the flexwatt down to the cardboard piece. The reason I use the cardboard is because where I have my tubs, I didn't want to use tape on the painted surface of the "shelf" because it doesn't stick really well and if I was to move it, it takes the paint with it.