I am not sure on the spelling....Melomine? lol...Anyways I talked with Brian from BHB cause when I started a year ago I thought I saw conversation regarding the use of this material. He actually uses this for all his colubrids.

My guy grooved out slits for the heat tape and then filled the slits with counter-top material to cover up the exposed area and then placed the tape on top.

Reptile basics put the 3 racks heat tape strips and connected them pre-ship. They did an awesome job and would recommend them to anyone like me who has a medical only background and no life skills outside that lol. I think it was like 225 ish for all three racks of heat tape double strip 4 inch connected and put together. I thought that was reasonable since buying that much alone was close in price without me electrocuting myself in the process.