OOPS I re-read what I wrote, because I was wondering why you said my snakes could care less weather it was mel. or PVC. I didn't mean the SNAKES have better longevity in a PVC rack, I meant the racks themselves would have better longevity. Also PVC is self-extinguishing, which is a huuuuuuuuuge plus for my peace of mind. Obviously self-extinguishing doesn't mean fire proof, but I feel a lot better about it than plywood.

I don't know how your staff are at Home Depot, but I don't trust the people that works at ours

I did get some cuts done there for our hatchling rack (melamine) as well as our rat racks, and I could have done a better job with one arm and my eyes closed. I don't trust them to make cuts, lol.

And yeah my PVC racks are going to be black and I'm sooooo over the moon about it.

Eventually I want to change over all of our rack systems to PVC, I want a nice, matching reptile room dammit! But in our financial situation right now (I'm barely working and my BF owes lots and lots of taxes due to an accounting screw up) we're just making due with our crappy plywood racks. I had to get something, though. Because I'm stacking tubs in a room right now and IT SUPER SUCKS.