Today I completed the floor structure for the cages. All thats left to do is the front and the cages will be built, leaving me to just tile and texture the insides.


I cut a piece of wood out of the floor of each cage to the size of the heat mat.


Routed a couple of notches into each board for the flexwatt clips to rest in, providing me a level UTH.


Drilled 1/4" ventilation holes so excess heat doesn't get trapped and build up, then covered the shelf with foil to reflect heat and also keep the flexwatt from touching bare wood. This worked well for me on the first cage I built about a year ago so I repeated it.


The door in place on the bottom of the cage.


Hinges doing their jobs. I used a simple deadbolt catch to keep the door from opening.


Flexwatt in place, small notches allow the wires to come out from the cage.




The floor with concrete board attached. This is for the interior of the cage and the tile will stick to this.


The cages taking up more room than I had anticipated.


Coating walls and ceilings of the cage with Titebond to give the grout something to grip too.


Both cages Titebond-ed and drying.

In a couple of days I will start with the grout hopefully.