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Lol!! Go big or go home, I guess…

Productive weekend. Finished the cork background, filled the tile gaps and installed the ledges. Time for the enclosure to air out! It’s official, blood 🩸 sweat and tears in this terrarium!

Settled on a shelving unit. This one is a Performax 48”x30” from Menards. This will allow for my Terrarium to to up nice and high and allow for storage / drainage underneath.

Thank you! I started out thinking one weekend combining two ZooMed enclosures! Lots of cool resources on this forum. It’s made the build easier and fun to do!

Next up, installing the background. I chose Cork 12x12” tiles from a recommendation on this forum. Very reasonable. Fastened into place with Silicone 1. Filled gaps with silicone and Coconut fiber. Will finish both side panels next. Question: Need to think about moving this into the...

Ledge supports installed.

Added the acrylic panels and screen sections tonight. Tomorrow will seal the panels within the flanges with aquarium silicone. Things are starting to take shape. I’m going to get some egg crate lighting covers for the bottom screen and reinforce the this section with aluminum bar. I plan to...

Oh yes! We are not rushing into bringing a new Cham into this forever home until late spring (May/June). Lots more building and research to be done. So the terrarium will certainly air out.

Using this.

Will do this! Thanks.

Spent time this evening purchasing and cutting 1/4” acrylic sheets (48”x48”). Luckily my local Menards had this in stock and for a reasonable price. Screens up next, but not until the weekend.

Great advice. I do plan on adding marine grade silicone sealant to the frame flanges. Terrarium looks great, nice and big.

Purchased 1/4” PVC sheets from Home Depot (pic below). Sadly, they didn’t carry a 4’x4’ board for the cathedral I’m building, so I’m combining two on the back. Shouldn’t be a big deal to create a waterproof seal for them. I’ll deal with that later. With all four boards installed, the...

Mounted the door hinges, using clamps to hold the desired position. All hardware is stainless steel to prevent corrosion. This was a good stopping point for the weekend. Next up screen frames (48”x48” mill aluminum kits and mesh inside the terrarium). I’m continuing the PVC board research...

With all of my pieces cut, I assembled the 4’x2’x4’ frame and dual front doors.

I chose to self cut the Quick Frame, in an effort to keep costs low. The Diablo blade did a good job. Straight cuts, then 45 degree with the miter saw. Took about 2 hours to get all of the frame pieces cut.

Blow torch is super smart and less mess! Great tip, thanks!

Great looking enclosure, by the way! Is the back wall shaped foam board insulation?

Thank you for the tips! I’ve been looking at PVC sheets. I’m looking today at this one from Menards. It has a wood grain design. Was thinking to paint it with drylok brown and black/white accents. For those 8020 connectors which were loose fitting (shouldn’t be the case, but I had a few)...