PVC board....WHERE to find IT

[Sasquatch Art]

Ok I have been thinking about building a rack system for my snakes for a while now. I have always just thought about using wood but I would like to use PVC board, however, I haven't been able to find it for sale anywhere.

Does anyone know of a place that sells it?

Thank you

[dr del]

Hi,


Is this any use to you? I'm not sure if its the same stuff your looking for or not.


dr del

[Sasquatch Art]

This may just be it.

Thank you so much....If not for this project I know it will come in handy later.

[pslsnakes]

Call a boat building place. Its going to be VERY pricey. Its called starboard. I get 8' x 4' sheets for free, because I work with a marine mechanic.

But it will be cheaper to buy a comercial rack online, than biulding one outta HDPVC. you need, Atleast 1/2" think material.

[Sasquatch Art]

Cool thank you for that piece of info. PVC board is definitely out of the question then. :eek:

Hmm Iam just afraid to use wood because of the pores and what not in it. But maybe Laminated wood would be good....

Again Thank you

[Kagez28]

i just built a new rack out of melamine covered wood and it cost me $110 for the wood, $40 for the supplies, and $40 for the heat. it was simple to make to. i am going to put a thread on it later, i am waiting for the heat now. but let me know and i'll send you a link to the directions.

[gncz73]

hi i have two rack built out of the pvc foam board and you should beable to find it at any place that sells plastic's

[Blue Apple Herps]

Yup, open your yellow pages and start calling local plastics distributors. I recently got enough to make a rack that holds 7 of the 41 qt tubs for ~$175 for all the pieces of 3/8" PVC cut to size. It is definately not cost prohibitive to build your own out of PVC.

[GirDance]

Could you not use Plexiglass?? That might be cheaper than the PVC.

[pslsnakes]

Once you get into about 3/8" - 1/2" plexi, you start getting into big bucks.

Plus its very hard to cut without damaging the whole edge.

Also, it wouldnt look too good with all the screws in it.