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I'm considering converting the closet in my "reptile room" into one large cage for one of my bigger boas.. I could easily install the lighting, shelves for basking, etc... but any ideas on what I could do for the doors??? I've taken the original wooden closet doors off, as they won't really work well.. I'd like to used something like glass patio doors, any ideas?
Thanks!
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A simple solution, the original doors should be "hollow core" doors. These have roughly a 2x2 frame all the way around them. Cut out the center of the doors with a circular saw and you now have frames to mount glass or better plexi glass in. Mount the glass panels by making frames out of 1/4 round or inside cove moulding to hold in place. These would work with the original hardware already mounted and give full visibility.

Glass patio doors would be expensive and require completely different mounting hardware and sliding tracks.
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in addition to using the above method you can compensate for the space/gap under the door by installing a litter dam or raised floor. on a side note i would highly suggest recoving the walls as drywall does not take to kindly to water, although an alternative solution would be to find some quality bathroom paint which is water resistant.

i'd reccomend to just paint in a latex interior satin enamel paint. it's not going to be shiny, it's not going to show as many imperfections in your wall like a semigloss will. for the floor if you cant go wrong with ripping the old floor up and putting down some cheap linoleum. Dont use the tiles...they will be cheaper but they wont be waterproof and you could end up with damage to your floor.

sounds like a freakin awesome idea! Post some pics when you get it done!

-Chris

oh yeah...make sure you seal any possible hole! lol.
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Thanks for the suggestions! I'd already put linoleum down, but hadn't thought about the need to paint the inside of the closet like that... I'm going to look at paint this afternoon! And I'm also going with the suggestion about modifying my original wooden closet doors with glass "windows". Thanks! I will definitely post some pictures when I'm done.

~Ginny