How to build your own wooden vivarium

[Dirty_Moose]

Excellent thread, def going to try this.

Looks like google sketch you used to draw it up ?

[Spencer95]

im a bit slow, but how do you fit electrical heatmats and bulbs etc in the viv?

[Roots]

spotted a minor mistake;

"1 x PACK OF 1" PANEL PINS
Panel Pins - 20mm - 100g from Homebase.co.uk
2 X ROLLS OF IRON ON FURNIYURE BOARD EDGING TAPE (TO MATCH)"

"FURNIYURE" (MISTAKE)

very very sweet guide im going to print this out bring it too homebase on monday morn and start building thanks

[Trouty65]

Hi all, Great thread and thanks again for posting

i don't know if i should put this post in with this thread so please correct me if i am looking in the wrong place thanks paul,

here goes ....

I have an 8 month old Yemen chameleon and want to build her a new home.
Could you give me any tips on converting something like this to a taller enclosure suiatable for a chameleon.
I am looking to build a tank roughly 6 feet tall by 34" wide with a depth of about 18 inches.
my main concern is what type of wood to use that will be suitable for a humid envioroment that holds the humidity enough but also has a good flow of air to enable the envoiroment to breath ?
I want to allow room at the base around 20" for a couple of shelves for dvd's and the like.

thanks again

paul

[Mountain]

Originally Posted by Trouty65

Hi all, Great thread and thanks again for posting

i don't know if i should put this post in with this thread so please correct me if i am looking in the wrong place thanks paul,

here goes ....

I have an 8 month old Yemen chameleon and want to build her a new home.
Could you give me any tips on converting something like this to a taller enclosure suiatable for a chameleon.
I am looking to build a tank roughly 6 feet tall by 34" wide with a depth of about 18 inches.
my main concern is what type of wood to use that will be suitable for a humid envioroment that holds the humidity enough but also has a good flow of air to enable the envoiroment to breath ?
I want to allow room at the base around 20" for a couple of shelves for dvd's and the like.

thanks again

paul

Are you looking for something like this?



Any type of wood will do well with moisture, as long as you go ahead and treat it.

[ZombieKitty]

Awesome thread Ive been searching for one like this for a while- i have no idea how to follow viv builds just by looking at pictures, i think i can now try and give this a go

Thanks for putting in the time and effort to draw this up, its much appreciated

[LemmyElvis]

Respect Bud! What a really sensible thing to post...
Mike

[chuckie127]

i used this advice to build my stacks i found it very very useful

thanks

[thebaty]

Have made a osb vivarium and wanting to put a heat mat inside between the 21mm board and sand?
Do you think its safe?
Should i concider some sort of fire retardant paint or glass in between etc?

[mrhoyo]

For a more water resistant alternative you could use something like MDF and cover the internal face of each panel with vinyl contact paper.