Hi guys, just after a bit of advice or suggestions.

Basically, my current snake collection consists of 2 ball pythons, both of which are currently kept in tubs. The tubs are ace, and are still suitable for both my BP's for a while yet, but Clyde, the bigger of the two is looking like he could be needing more space soon as he's getting to the width plus length of the tub rule.

However, I do not plan to own a massive number of BP's, so have been thinking of making a custom enclosure. I've already made our bearded dragons enclosure, aswell as our water dragons, so I'm not a complete novice and am fairly handy with DIY. My main concern is how I would appropriately heat the enclosure should I make it out of wood? I would prefer to stick to UTH, but obviously, with a wooden enclosure I'm not sure the heat would transfer enough to give the correct temperature hotspot, and I'm not too keen on using a bulb as the sole heat source.

So, what would be the best way heat an enclosure made from wood/melamime? I have 2 spare tv stands which I'll be converting, both are identical and so I thought I may aswell build the 2 together for our new BP for when she's big enough to go in it, and they'll be stacked on top of each other. A heatmat inside the enclosure doesn't seem the best idea, unless I sheild if from the snake so as to avoid direct contact.

I'm just a bit puzzled as to the best way to go about getting the setup correct with a different type of enclosure. Any help or advice will be greatly appreciated!