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So i am in the process of building a new home for my sav monitor. its gonna be approx. 8x4x4.
Iam using large double pane windows that i want to use. Anyone have any opinions on how to keep them up witjout building an extravagant frame? I want it to be sturdy, obviously because he is going to test it. i just cant seem to think of a simple way to do it. also i am using the cement wall of my basement for the backside and left side and i want the othersides to be the windows
thanks

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If you're using actual windows to make this enclosure, you're going to have a hard time building study safe enclosure, without building a study possible extravagant frame to support both the weight of the windows and be able to keep the monitor where you want him to be...

Got any pics of the window you want to use?

Any reason for wanting to use windows?

Oh, and if the concrete wall is an exposed wall, meaning the other side of the wall is the outside world, depending on where you live, that walls going to suck heat right out of the enclosure. I would suggest making a vapor barrier at the back of the enclosure, a couple inches away from the wall, so the concrete doesn't act as a heat sump. Just worried you'd have a hell of a time keeping the enclosure heated properly, 8 x 4 x 4 is going to be hard enough as it is to heat. My two cents...