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Well, after much work and delays from living life, the new room is almost ready.....

From the garage looking into the divided off section....

From the door way looking toward the left, had to make an alcove around the window...

From the doorway again looking right, you can see the rollup door and note all the wall outlets are very high so the cages won't block them.

looking toward the window alcove, the track light had to be set towards that end of the room to allow room for the rollup door.

Back towards the door, it was placed in the middle to leave room on either side for caging.

The other side of the door, pretty cool garage door setup, no overhead opener track, the opener goes on the header, the springs are inside the tube

Now I'm waiting on my Boas to drop litters before moving cages.

Also, have a room AC I need to vent to the outside for the hot summer days
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Dave,

Looks Great....

However it looks a lot smaller than your other room, is this just for part of the collection?

I need to take updated pics of my room now that the cages are in place. Although I am ordering more....

Cheers
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Jeremy Payne
Owner
JB Reptile
www.jbreptile.com **Coming Soon**

"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" July 16, 1945 Robert Oppenheimer

0.1 Motley Het Anery **In aquisition**
1.0 Snow "Khal" RTB
1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow RTB's
1.0 Ghost RTB **coming soon**
1.0 Hypomelenistic RTB
1.2 Pastel Hypo RTB's
0.1 Suriname RTB
0.1 Anerthrystic RTB
1.1 Cream Golden Retrieviers
1.0 Pomeriaian
0.3 Catus Terribilis
0.1 Spouse
1.0.1 Child

Hey Jeremy,

It is smaller 10 1/2' square. It will allow me to divide the collection along species lines, at least for the adults. The new room is for my breeder BCI's, they like it warmer and by moving them will free up space in the first room for more BRB caging and also more baby caging for both BRB and BCI's.

Once the BCI's drop their litters, I will start moving them and their cages. Looks like I got it done ahead of time!!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

That looks awesome! I am planning on doing a room in my basement this fall; I can only hope it comes out as well. I am looking forward to seeing pics of it loaded with animals.

Rob

Hey Rob, Like I told Jeremy, am waiting on my BCI's to drop litters before I move them and their cages. I do have some AP racks coming and will assemble them and set them up when they arrive. That will allow me to start the division of the rooms.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

That looks really good. Any before pictures we can see?

What type of flooring did you use?

Also, are you going to use window AC or a portable AC?
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Currently keeping:

5.8 Gonyosoma oxycephala (Javan, mixed colors)

1.1 Philodryas baroni

1.0 Rhodesian Ridgeback

Well, kinda but the garage is stuffed with crap like most garages

This is a screenshot of the snakeroom layout....

only shows the south east corner of the garage where it goes. The little alcove on the lower right is where it had to jog around the existing window. The large alcove outside the snakeroom (at the bottom of the image) is for my two rodent racks.

BTW, I have changed the cage locations woithin the room several times since this layout

This next shot shows the first wall being built on the floor on the larger section. My garage is a three car garage with a double door (seen in the pic) and a single door, off to the left behind all that crap...

That wall will go between the snake room and the rodent racks...

This image is of that first wall standing up but needing to be moved to the right, not all the way to the outside wall but close. This pic was taken from in front of the double door. Also shows the two rodent racks I use. The snake room window is behind the stuff in the far right side of the pic.

This last pic is that first wall again but now in place. Just to the left at the top of it, that white thing is the snake room window. The rodent racks now have an alcove with three full walls, works great if one jumps out while cleaning, they run under but have no place to escape. If you look closely above the red toolbox, there are two garage door rails, one for the double door and one for the single one. The door wall for the snakeroom goes between those two rails. And yeah, the shown wall does stick out further into the garage, strictly for the rodents.

No more in progress pics, was too busy doing, not enough time or energy to document.

I used the snaplock glueless laminate flooring from Costco, went in like a breeze!!! Only difficulty was I had to level a little of the floor since there were parts of three separate slabs, one joint near the left side wall was higher than the adjacent slab. (that floor joint right near the wall in pic 3)

I have a portable AC unit I am venting through the existing wall vent, built in thermostat goes up to 85 degrees, perfect for those warm summer days.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Thanks for th progress pics its good to see I'm not the only one dealing with crap in the way....

When I re-vamped my garage I built the current ceiling above the other. I had to remove the bottom part of the truss. Anyways the new ceiling was built with a storage loft utilizing 2x6 dimensional lumber over the existing 2x4 cross beams. All of this was done over a garage packed with crap, and I have a lot of crap. It was tricky measuring cutting and installing 20' 2x6's over 2x4' with no lateral bracing without ladders....

I couldn't place any load on the 2x4's the wouldn't hold, I had to build the ceiling like rail engineers built trestles. I even built an elevated platform that attached to each cross beam so I could reach and install the next. It was wicked crazy but ingenious, and fun, best part wife couldn't find me!

Thanks Dave, and I see we stock up on Aspen and Rodent food....
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Jeremy Payne
Owner
JB Reptile
www.jbreptile.com **Coming Soon**

"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" July 16, 1945 Robert Oppenheimer

0.1 Motley Het Anery **In aquisition**
1.0 Snow "Khal" RTB
1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow RTB's
1.0 Ghost RTB **coming soon**
1.0 Hypomelenistic RTB
1.2 Pastel Hypo RTB's
0.1 Suriname RTB
0.1 Anerthrystic RTB
1.1 Cream Golden Retrieviers
1.0 Pomeriaian
0.3 Catus Terribilis
0.1 Spouse
1.0.1 Child

What rodent racks are those? A DIY job?
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Currently keeping:

6.10 Gonyosoma oxycephala (Javan, mixed colors)

1.1 Philodryas baroni

1.0 Rhodesian Ridgeback

I got them second hand but believe they are early maxi-mice units.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Looks good, Dave!

I had the same thoughts as Jeremy at first, "He ain't gonna get everything he's got in that room." Ha! Ha!

Looks like you had your hands full with modifications from the get-go in order to make it work and it appears that you did well. Congrats!

Mike
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American

www.natures-signature.com

LOL, never intended to hold it all, only halfish (and the smaller half at that).

Yeah, there were MANY obstacles working with all the existing non linear and non plumb surfaces. Add to the the need to carve out space for the rodents outside the room and it was a complicated layout....

All I can say is a LOT of planning and a LOT of tweaking the "plans" to fit the area and a whole LOT of cursing at all the crappy garage framing I had to not just work around but in many cases reinforce as I went. Most of the sheetrock was cut to fit and not standard widths between the joists. Most pieces were cut on three side. In the whole room there were only three uncut pieces and those were uncut because I added in lumber where the ends would be!!!!

>>Looks good, Dave!
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>>I had the same thoughts as Jeremy at first, "He ain't gonna get everything he's got in that room." Ha! Ha!
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>>Looks like you had your hands full with modifications from the get-go in order to make it work and it appears that you did well. Congrats!
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>>Mike
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>>Due to political correctness run amuck,
>>this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
>>Appalachian American
>>
>>
>>www.natures-signature.com
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

I need to build myself a rodent space, heated in the winter and cooled in the summer could be tricky....be easier to just buy a new house....

You did well Dave, now lets see those new racks.....
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Jeremy Payne
Owner
JB Reptile
www.jbreptile.com **Coming Soon**

"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" July 16, 1945 Robert Oppenheimer

0.1 Motley Het Anery **In aquisition**
1.0 Snow "Khal" RTB
1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow RTB's
1.0 Ghost RTB **coming soon**
1.0 Hypomelenistic RTB
1.2 Pastel Hypo RTB's
0.1 Suriname RTB
0.1 Anerthrystic RTB
1.1 Cream Golden Retrieviers
1.0 Pomeriaian
0.3 Catus Terribilis
0.1 Spouse
1.0.1 Child

Just got the call from AP, my new racks are done and might be here Friday, I sure hope so, then I can use the three day weekend for snake moving!!!!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

>>Just got the call from AP, my new racks are done and might be here Friday, I sure hope so, then I can use the three day weekend for snake moving!!!!!

That was a great day for me too....

The day of arrival wasn't so good, shipping damage, but they took care of that. Very quickly!!!
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Jeremy Payne
Owner
JB Reptile
www.jbreptile.com **Coming Soon**

"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" July 16, 1945 Robert Oppenheimer

0.1 Motley Het Anery **In aquisition**
1.0 Snow "Khal" RTB
1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow RTB's
1.0 Ghost RTB **coming soon**
1.0 Hypomelenistic RTB
1.2 Pastel Hypo RTB's
0.1 Suriname RTB
0.1 Anerthrystic RTB
1.1 Cream Golden Retrieviers
1.0 Pomeriaian
0.3 Catus Terribilis
0.1 Spouse
1.0.1 Child