There are a lot of logistics involved with what you are planning in order for it to work and not damage your house. At the very least I hope your home is built out of concrete blocks and is not stick built. You will need to alter any interior walls as well if they are framed with wood (or worse yet that aluminum stuff.) and covered with drywall. That will not cut it with the weight of the dirt and the amount of moisture you will have.

I am certainly not trying to discourage you and it can be done, but you need to go into this project with your eyes wide open. I have done a lot of large cage work, as have several others on here and FR used to build zoo enclosures so there is lots of help and insight available here with the right amount of info. As expensive as it might be don't rule out a custom built small addition or outbuilding more suitable to your needs. You may be better off in the long run especially if you ever need to sell your house someday.

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