D.I.Y indoor table build... gonna be a lot of questions!

[johnandjade]

if anyone is wondering why to line wood with tarp etc... here is a screw removed from old unprotected table after only a year

look at the rust! the old table is now in the trash due to moisture rot.

 

[NDevon]

Really nice enclosure John, it's great the amount of effort you have put into it. I think I read you were considering a second level, is that the case?

 

[johnandjade]

Really nice enclosure John, it's great the amount of effort you have put into it. I think I read you were considering a second level, is that the case?

fank ooo ( blushing) second level is still on the cards... have noticed fido likes to 'fall graciously' like buzz lightyear from above his basin, it's always going to be work in progress

 

[NDevon]

I am picking up my daughters Cherryheads tomorrow with her and am terrified I'm going to kill them so I'm reading for a few hours a day trying to work out how I can do it better. Their enclosure is ready but I'm not happy with the temperature yet, most of it is at the right top end but there is a larger darker area that is meant to be humid and dark but is instead dark damp and colder. Spent a month and a lot of money getting their enclosure ready and not sure it's at all right now. I had planned to extend it soon but wondering if I need to start this week or just rip it apart and start from scratch.

I was particularly interested in your enclosure as so many people are in the US, just nice to find someone in the uk, though I'm sure it's a lot milder down here than it is up in Scotland!

 

[johnandjade]

I am picking up my daughters Cherryheads tomorrow with her and am terrified I'm going to kill them so I'm reading for a few hours a day trying to work out how I can do it better. Their enclosure is ready but I'm not happy with the temperature yet, most of it is at the right top end but there is a larger darker area that is meant to be humid and dark but is instead dark damp and colder. Spent a month and a lot of money getting their enclosure ready and not sure it's at all right now. I had planned to extend it soon but wondering if I need to start this week or just rip it apart and start from scratch.

I was particularly interested in your enclosure as so many people are in the US, just nice to find someone in the uk, though I'm sure it's a lot milder down here than it is up in Scotland!

I spent a lot of time trawling through threads as well, this set us was a mix of a few other members, mainly based on toms closed chamber... temps and humidity have held brilliantly! please post up your set up, i'll be pinchin' ideas

 

[NDevon]

I spent a lot of time trawling through threads as well, this set us was a mix of a few other members, mainly based on toms closed chamber... temps and humidity have held brilliantly! please post up your set up, i'll be pinchin' ideas

Well I have just started a topic with a long long rambling post containing dozens of questions, feel free to have a look. I don't think anyone will want to pinch my ideas, I can't get anything stable at the moment! I too pinched ideas from many people, seems I got it wrong though. Usually I rush stuff, but this I spent so long on, yet still it's not working out.

 

[johnandjade]

Well I have just started a topic with a long long rambling post containing dozens of questions, feel free to have a look. I don't think anyone will want to pinch my ideas, I can't get anything stable at the moment! I too pinched ideas from many people, seems I got it wrong though. Usually I rush stuff, but this I spent so long on, yet still it's not working out.

i don't think anybody's enclosures are ever truly finished, always ways to improve. best of luck in your build, I'm sure it'll be great