Hi,
I need some advice with renovating my beardie's enclosure, please. It is 117cm wide, 60 cm deep and 39 cm high. A photo of the thing is attached.
You can see there's a divider in it. I need to get rid of it because it seems to be playing merry havoc with my beardie's day-night cycle. If she goes in the dark compartment in the late afternoon, she often doesn't realise when it's morning.
The divider looks simple enough to remove - it's just a few screws. The problem I can see is that the divider is probably acting as a support for the roof. I'm not sure if you can see it in the photo, but the roof doesn't rest on the walls. Rather, it is held in place with nails so that it sits beside the walls. If I remove the divider, the entire weight of the roof will be resting on those nails.
So, DIYers, the challenge is to remove the divider and keep the roof up. Other than a drill (which I am so happy I bought), I have no fancy power tools available to me. What would you recommend I do?
Thanks,
Ren
I need some advice with renovating my beardie's enclosure, please. It is 117cm wide, 60 cm deep and 39 cm high. A photo of the thing is attached.
You can see there's a divider in it. I need to get rid of it because it seems to be playing merry havoc with my beardie's day-night cycle. If she goes in the dark compartment in the late afternoon, she often doesn't realise when it's morning.
The divider looks simple enough to remove - it's just a few screws. The problem I can see is that the divider is probably acting as a support for the roof. I'm not sure if you can see it in the photo, but the roof doesn't rest on the walls. Rather, it is held in place with nails so that it sits beside the walls. If I remove the divider, the entire weight of the roof will be resting on those nails.
So, DIYers, the challenge is to remove the divider and keep the roof up. Other than a drill (which I am so happy I bought), I have no fancy power tools available to me. What would you recommend I do?
Thanks,
Ren