new house /new herp room

[stokedapollo]

i just moved into a new house on about 8 acres
the house is aprox 75 sqaures
the shed would fit my whole house in
so guess wats goin to be converted into a great big herp room lol
to put it in perspective i can park five cars side by side and four deep and still have room to make 600 mm deep enclosures with a walkway of 600mm along the walls
thats not including the raised area to the side wich is nearly as big
best of all i have a dam right next to it on the downside of the shed
olus it cant flood the way its been built so good all round

 

[Jen]

sob, i have to move to perth and leave my glorious plans for a herp room in the old house on my dads property, thanks for rubbing it in stokedapollo! (not to mention i can't take my snakes )


Nah, really, enjoy, and be sure to post pics asap! good luck

 

[Ryan93]

ouch dats a sore spot

 

[cracksinthepitch]

Lucky @#$&%FGHHT* Bugger, i cant complain though some people have no space. Just think u could have a fully functioning rainforest in there for some Green tree pythons etc.Imagine the electricity bill.

 

[stokedapollo]

im sorry you had to do that
im originally from wa
i will post pics
just have to source all me materials
i was thinking of running enclosures along the wall and then building a walkway around it made out of thin trees ( i have bout 8 acres of bush so no shortage there)
then having budgie wire at the top so me kids cant get anywhere near them
then i might be able to get a venomous snake lol

 

[stokedapollo]

wen it comes to the electricity i have been looking at some 12v alternatives have to do some experamenting and testing
12v =less $$ for electricity
not sure wats around but i am a wiz at building almost anything so
the hardest bit would be the uv lights

 

[slip_phreak]

Heres something for you to take a look at stokedapollo 200W isnt much but if you've got the room and the coin maybe you could get a few of them going and use them to charge 12v Deep Cycle car battery's and run your lights off that.

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productVie...d2=&pageNumber=&priceMin=&priceMax=&SUBCATID=

 

[stokedapollo]

cheers slip

 

[stokedapollo]

it looks interesting thats for sure

 

[OdessaStud]

Youve moved to where we came from when youve got time take a drive to boolarra only about 15 minutes up the road,nice place but dam cold in winter.Wind turbine power is the way to go especially down there.Enjoy Yinnar its a nice little town.
cheers Odie

 

[slip_phreak]

it'd be a good idea if you've got the money to set up the battery room + control gear, The generators, the DC - AC Power inverteres to step up your voltage to 240v to run the ballasts in your fluro's etc.. but on the plus side free running lights for you.

 

[stokedapollo]

cheers odie i will do that
were are you now
yeah be good slip
im a wiz with things so i will be able to do something

 

[OdessaStud]

Im in se qld now my eldest lives in leongatha which is about 1hour from you (hes a concretor) let me know if you need any done...love the area to pieces but ive found warm now and would die if i had to do another vic winter lol, the pub in yinnar used to do a great meal as well as a nice cold beer/scotch whatever your poision.
cheers odie

 

[stokedapollo]

lol
i was thinkin of some concreting actualy