Hello All, I'm in the process of having a custom rack made for my larger animals. I'm planning on using 46 gallon Iris Holiday Storage boxes. While there is a great deal of information on constructing smaller racks, theres not much on heating, or constructing larger ones. Does anyone have any suggestions for heating a rack this large? I'm also wondering should I have the tubs which are 53"L x 20"W x 14"H slide out along their length (53" since I plan to be dealing with agile, rear-fanged species. I figure if my rack is 20" W, there will be less room for a difficult animal to get out while I'm trying to get it back in. I would also like to get any feedback on using radiant heat panels in my rack. I was thinking of routing out a large area and mounting it to the shelves of the rack. I plan to use the guidelines from various websites to construct my rack. Unfortunately, I'm not very handy so I won't be doing the construction myself. I'm hiring a carpenter to construct a couple of 3 level racks for me. Does anyone have any potential pitfalls, problems, or concerns that I should inform the carpenter about (since I doubt he's ever done anything like this before). I'd appreciate any input you guys might have.

[ Hide Replies ]

• Jumbo Rack Questions (Long) - BlkDm0n, Tue Dec 2 11:48:47 2003
• lots of advice... - chris_harper2, Tue Dec 2 13:07:38 2003
• RE: Jumbo Rack Questions (Long) - markg, Tue Dec 2 14:21:50 2003
• Another consideration.... - chrish, Tue Dec 2 14:42:44 2003