The side of the cage near where the windows are is cooler than the side with the lights by about 6 or 7 degrees.It's been staying about 80-81 on the cool side and 86-88 on warm side,where she spends most of her time so far.As far as price goes I have just about $200 in it total give or take $5.The only place I was able to save was I didn't have to buy glass.I have so many unused glass tanks sitting around here,that I decided after I priced tempered glass in the size I wanted,I would make use of one of them.I am going to replace the large board on top that I am using for a door this weekend.Besides the fact that I cut it crooked and the piece I bought was warped,I'm going with a bit heavier material.I don't know if you can tell from the pics because I don't have them latched,but there are hooks on both ends at the corners to hold it down.I bought a x-large stainless dog dish to put in the corner for water,it seems anytime I give her anything any bigger she just dumps it all over the place anyway.I didn't have much advice to work with so,I painted the interior with 4 or 5 coats of clear latex.It seems to be holding up pretty well and as far as I can tell there are no fumes from it,although next time I will probably go with polyurethane.I will check into your idea about the flexwatt,what I'm looking to do is do away with the small panel on top and get rid of the light housings all together,so on the next build I can start stacking.I am fast running out of floor space with 8x4x2 enclosures,and I have at least three more to build.Obviously once they are stacked,due to the light set up,this one will have to be modified with some kind of opening at one end.I think it was about 5 minutes after finishing that I found the 1st thing I would have done different,but cars are my thing I could disassemble one blindfolded but a carpenter I am NOT,LOL.Any ideas or suggestions for my next round will be taken into consideration and much appreciated!
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• My 1st attempt at building an enclosure - Novice_Charmer, Mon Mar 3 23:23:23 2008
• RE: My 1st attempt at building an enclosure - HappyHillbilly, Tue Mar 4 08:50:11 2008
• RE: My 1st attempt at building an enclos - Novice_Charmer, Tue Mar 4 14:11:04 2008
• RE: My 1st attempt at building an enclos - laurarfl, Tue Mar 4 20:12:21 2008
• RE: My 1st attempt at building an enclos - Novice_Charmer, Tue Mar 4 20:22:17 2008
• RE: My 1st attempt at building an enclos - ArtInScales, Tue Mar 4 23:42:24 2008
• RE: My 1st attempt at building an enclos - HappyHillbilly, Wed Mar 5 07:39:39 2008
• Great Job! n/p - rottenweiler9, Tue Mar 4 19:35:39 2008
• RE: Great Job! n/p - Novice_Charmer, Tue Mar 4 20:22:45 2008