Hi All,

This is my recent home made triple stack viv, measuring 5ft high by 30inches wide.
Each section is 30" wide, 18" deep by 16" high.
Its heated by Ultratherm radiators and houses my female Royal and male 100% het pied.
There are also 6 sections at the top heated by heat tape for the 6 plastic boxes in there.

All in all including glass this cost me £80 and took about 2 hours

Tom

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cool stuff, nice price and only took u 2 hours? amazing man.
I reckon you could sell them for a double up, say £200 all day long man.

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Entire collection for sale
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erm....free care sheet with all buys? jk
erm... ill have a spliff with you if you give me moneies? layaway available? :P

Hey thats really good. Well done you

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I managed to build it quickly as I carefully made all the measurements and got the wood cut at the local DIY store, so all I needed to do was drill the pilot holes and join it up.
I then full sealed it to prevent damage to the wood, drilled the holes for the wiring and fitted some vents.

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What material did you use? i was goina build one but after i'd priced all the wood up it didn't work out that cheap
where about did you get the wood from too?

Looks like conti-board to me. Like laminated chipboard they use on wardrobes and kitchens.

I used to work for my father as a joiner and he used to go to a timber merchant or try a major kitchen manufacturer and they may sell you some. You need to buy the iron on edging strip which you then sand or cut back to size when cooled down.

To be honest I think a viv would look better using real wood but would need treating against moisture with some kind of non-toxic varnish or oil or something.

Nice viv stack there though. Much more rewarding when you make it yourself. That and your also learning something instead of just going out and buying one.

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1.0.0 Jungle Carpet Python, Brian (CB 06)
1.0.0 Lodger, little Bro (CB 81)

Yeah its conti board from B&Q.

It cost me £40 for the wood, edging strip, stanley knife, screws, and 3 vents.
Then £40 for 6 pieces of cut and polished glass.

I also had a great bargain on the glass runners as they cost £1.70 for 6ft section of top runner and 70p for the bottom (up to £8 online).

It was very rewarding and is all up and running and my snakes love it, plus I still have my glass viv that I used to house my Royal for use.

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oh brilliant cheers for that, i'll be off to B&Q for some retail therapy
what you goina have in your old tank now then hehe

oh brilliant cheers for that, i'll be off to B&Q for some retail therapy
what you goina have in your old tank now then hehe

Welldone on the viv building mate!
I've been thinking about it for awhile now. You have just spurred me into action