Well I got tired of my basement (and sometimes the whole house) smelling like rats all the time, so here was my fix. I walled off the back of my basment making a 13 x 7 foot room. eigher used expanding foam or caulked the crap out of every seam and joint that could lead upstairs.

left over paint and some baseboard to make it look somewhat nice. some advise, do not buy self adhearing baseboard, it doesn't stick for crap, also do not buy the baseboard glue, again it doesn't stick that well eigher, liquid nails did the trick, even on my basment walls that were the exact opposite of flat, the baseboard is still up there.

and the rest gets pictures....




2 bathroom fans venting outside, I had 1 but had to put in another, just wasn't moving enough air in the right places. been working great now tho.



timer for the fan and a timer for the lights, another thing I had to fix, I had electronic timers but every time the fans shut off, it reset the timers, and it stated these timers were made for use with lights, fans, and motors up to a certain horsepower, took them back thinking the might be defective, new ones did the same thing

so I switched to the big ass mechanical timers, no problems now. and their cheaper... just was a pain reworking my electrical.

also dehumidifier, a must for such a small room. and a 100 living things inside.



Another great thing, water right over the watering bucket, no more filling up another bucket at the sink, carrying it over there, hoisting it up and dumping it in there... i just fill it up



freezer fits behind the door, also theres big boy, my only pet rat, and founding father of every single rat I own....retired breeder now, hes gotta be a great great great great grandfather by now



the home built rack, Would be nice to build a new one, learned alot building this one tho and it works.

comments, questions, advise, what could I improve? thanks guys.