Alrighty. Well years back I posted a thread on the construction of my 1000 square foot greenhouse I built for the tortoises(many species) with winters always approaching I always ran out of time to fully complete the work. This year luckily I'm making good. Progress. Also figured some niches and flaws in the design of things.
So I covered the walls with hardi plank 4x8 sheets, trimmed the seams with 1x2 trim caulked and sealed all those.
Here's some crazy Central American paint colors on the walls. Lol. But of course we are giving it a nice jungle feel with painting plants and butterflies and creatures from the rainforest.
So that's about it on paint really.
Now I'm working on the next step ounce the painting is done. I going to break a lot of the animals groups up and diversify in pairs or trios. So this will require smaller pens. But still decent size. Most will break down to a. 4x8' pen per pair, whether it be yellowfoot, Redfoot, elongated, erosa etc...
I'm also going to add soil heating with poly pipes attached to a water heater. I'm going to layer the soil system with a bed 2"+-of gravel over the poly heater cables, then build it in different soils to the top layer of mulch mixed with peat. You can see the exterior concrete beam (below siding)is about 13" tall this will be completely filled with soil. I've mocked up a divider wall for each pen that will recess into the added soil for no digging under or transfer of water or any other pathogens from pen to pen. Also these pens will each have a concrete pond and concrete feeding area at the front of each pen from the walkway tied to a drain for easier maintenance. The water pans I used before works great but was inefficient.
Mock up divider wall for pens. It's 26" tall corrugated galvanized metal with a 1x6 cap. Pretty cheap and should work great. I painted it with enamel paint for longer life from the extreme moisture, water, and humidity this building undergoes.
So I covered the walls with hardi plank 4x8 sheets, trimmed the seams with 1x2 trim caulked and sealed all those.
Here's some crazy Central American paint colors on the walls. Lol. But of course we are giving it a nice jungle feel with painting plants and butterflies and creatures from the rainforest.
So that's about it on paint really.
Now I'm working on the next step ounce the painting is done. I going to break a lot of the animals groups up and diversify in pairs or trios. So this will require smaller pens. But still decent size. Most will break down to a. 4x8' pen per pair, whether it be yellowfoot, Redfoot, elongated, erosa etc...
I'm also going to add soil heating with poly pipes attached to a water heater. I'm going to layer the soil system with a bed 2"+-of gravel over the poly heater cables, then build it in different soils to the top layer of mulch mixed with peat. You can see the exterior concrete beam (below siding)is about 13" tall this will be completely filled with soil. I've mocked up a divider wall for each pen that will recess into the added soil for no digging under or transfer of water or any other pathogens from pen to pen. Also these pens will each have a concrete pond and concrete feeding area at the front of each pen from the walkway tied to a drain for easier maintenance. The water pans I used before works great but was inefficient.
Mock up divider wall for pens. It's 26" tall corrugated galvanized metal with a 1x6 cap. Pretty cheap and should work great. I painted it with enamel paint for longer life from the extreme moisture, water, and humidity this building undergoes.
I used that metal for the fencing in my larger sulcatas enclosure for years. It worked really good for me.
