Building the reptile house!!! Lots of pics...

[Gregg M]

As some of you know, two of my partners and I, made plans to build a reptile house for housing and breeding...This is just the start... Materials and breaking the ground...

Wood.

Insulation.

Cement for the foundation.

This one is for the ladies... LOL... Breaking the ground...
Trenching for the drainage system, water, gas, and electric.

Laying out 4 inch PVC for the drain.

Getting to the drain that leads to the sewer system.

Tieing in the drainage system to the sewer.

2 inch PVC conduit for electric and gas.

Drain, water, electric, and gas...

Ran and backfilled... This will be where the gas, electric and water will be supplied to the inside of the reptile house...

The foundation will be poured today and the framming will start today as well... More pics will come as the building gets put up...:main_thumbsup:

 

[preacherman]

I'm jealous, Greg. How many square feet will it be? Was getting the permits a hassle?

 

[PaulSage]

Wow that looks like fun. I thought about having a separate building for my reptiles, but then I realized that there wouldn't be any point in having an actual house for me because I'd be in the reptile building 24/7. lol


Hey, how deep is the frost line in NY?

 

[yellermelon]

Nice Gregg. I also thought of building a seperate house for my reptiles...but that would be too much work lol!

 

[mrcsk8ter44445]

dang that sounds awesome,, hopefully i can make one in the future

 

[bro paul]

Looks like fun Gregg...and hard work! Keep us updated (I'm jealous!).

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

Looks like a lot of work but Im sure it will be awesome when you get it all done, good luck and hope you get it all done without any snags!

 

[Leopardbreeder]

LOL! NIPPLE RINGS!!!! WOOT!! lol sorry I couldn't resist. That looks like alot of fun, I wish I had money to do that.

 

[Gregg M]

Here is the poured foundation complete with anchor bolts and brushed grooves to help with drainage...

The building is will be appox. 220 square feet... Plenty of room for the animals and lots of room for more...

 

[eyelids]

That's awesome man! Can't wait to see it done...

 

[paulnj]

Gregg... go bigger and move into it yourself, then make your house the reptile room...... lol.

Keeping the hots in a seperate building may be a good and bad idea. I would hate to hear about one getting the neighbors cat (and it living... hahaha)

 

[PrototypeGeckos]

Awesome Gregg, I am sure it is going to be sweet, and I can't believe how many people are looking at this one thread, you are making everyone want to hit home depot for building materials for their own reptile house!!

 

[crs]

lol, everyone better buy some stock shares for home depot

 

[brandy101010]

Very cool! Can't wait to see pics of it finished!

 

[Kotsay1414]

Very nice Gregg! Like the others, I can't wait to see it finished!

 

[moosassah]

The frost line question--in MA we needed to set our porch supports down 4'. I'm guessing NY is the same.

220 sq ft? I'm still shaking my head out of envy. Best of luck with the project.

 

[MichaelJ]

That room will be perfect.. 220 square feet is awesome..

keep us updated..

great pics of each detail

 

[Gregg M]

More updated photos...

 

[GroovyGeckos.com]

Nice!

 

[ReptileMan27]

Awesome, cant wait to see it when its done