I have tried to convince the wife to let me convert our spare room into a reptile room, but she says no chance... So I am planning on building a small room in my garage. My garage is fairly deep and I have room to enclose a section to make a room that is approx. 8-10' x 5.5' and sill have room for the wife to park if/when wants to. 5.5' isn't very wide but I think its doable.

I'll have to have my hot water heater in the snake room. Will this pose any problems for the health of the animals? I don't think it will, but I wanted to check with you all before I start. The picture below are my rough plans. The two red walls are ones I would need to construct to enclose the area. I haven't decided what wall I am going to put the door on. There is already a door leading to the side of the house, but I don't want to have to use that door to enter the room. I want to be able to access the room through the garage.

I currently only have 2 snakes, but plan on getting more. I will be picking up a used Vision 1756 32 qt. rack in a couple weeks that will go in there as well as a small work table and any future racks I buy/build. Noting crazy just a 41 qt rack and eventually a baby/grow out rack. I think it will be cramped but hopefully workable.

So what do you think? Too small, dumb idea, asking for trouble? Don't hold back, lol.

Thanks

Bryan