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Here are some more racks I recently built. I keep trying to improve them.....this time I used spacers for the 10 high 32 quart sterilites and they slide in/out like a charm. Once again, I used 1/4 inch expanded PVC for the shelves and added cross-support to the underneath of the bottom shelf. The PVCX board is suprisingly cheap if you find a local manufacturer that makes their own generic version of the Sintra brand. Enjoy!

(oh...final cost of each 10 high rack was appx. $100 each)

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Sincerely, Jason
www.NortheastSnakes.com
NortheastSnakes@aol.com

Very nice!
I really like that design. If I could find a Chicago area supplier for PVCX I'd start building immediately.

Dan

hey, 100$ is not bad for those racks, did the cost include the tubs?
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scaledhabitats.com

nope...I didn't include the tubs in the total cost. I've had the Sterilites for a while. They are fairly inexpensive anyway....Target sometimes has sales on them. I think the least expensive commercial racks without tubs go for abotu $350 so even when factoring the tub costs, it's still a good deal.
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Sincerely, Jason
www.NortheastSnakes.com
NortheastSnakes@aol.com

Very Nice!!! And for that price, that is awesome! Nice job...great looking racks.

Thanks for sharing!
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Michael Rehker

The Snake Breeder

"Which of us has not been stunned by the beauty of an animal's skin or its flexibility in motion?"
--Marianne Moore

how are you heating them?
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1.1 Jungle Carpet Python (both gorgeous)
1.1 Ball Python (normals, he said proudly)
1.1 Corn Snake (Okeetee, Amel)
0.1 Gray band Kingsnake (Blairs)
0.1 Desert Kingsnake
0.1 Pueblan Milksnake (Apricot)
1.0 Bullsnake (my garbage disposal snake)
1.0 Rhodesian Ridgeback (Hondo)
0.1 Spouse (WC)
3.5 hatchling ball pythons minus 0.2
1.1 Checkered garter snakes, one albino, one het

I heat my entire herp room, which saves me a great deal on electric. I still have a gradient since the one end of each container is against the wall and is cooler. Plus, I also have fantastic air flow to prevent stagnant heated cages. However, if I wanted to add heat tape, it would be easy to do for either the back or underneath. I just get so paranoid with heat tape though...every time I have ever tried using it, I have always had a problem.

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Sincerely, Jason
www.NortheastSnakes.com
NortheastSnakes@aol.com

I'm in the northeast too. Where did you get your PVC? It looks like great stuff to work with. Do you ever have problems with sagging?

I'm near Philadelphia. I got the PVC nearby....email me if you'd like the name of the place (northeastsnakes@aol.com).

No problems with sagging yet. I think I built it sturdy enough that I won't have problems but you never know...I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. I added support to the bottom shelf so as long as there are no empty slots without tubs, then there shouldn't be a problem.....and I certainly won't have trouble filling the racks.lol

I'm in the northeast too. Where did you get your PVC? It looks like great stuff to work with. Do you ever have problems with sagging?

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Sincerely, Jason
www.NortheastSnakes.com
NortheastSnakes@aol.com