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mark · Captivebred Communist Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1063

measured up today just got to move a car trailer and car then gonna start digging out the footings for me 12foot by 10foot(internal dimension) reptile house lol cant wait anyone else got one Cool

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Rickeezee · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:22 pm Post subject:

Will have one soon when I get round to it!

What sort of base you going for traditional footings or raft?

I went for traditional trench footings on my last building project, a metre deep, the damn water table though in my area is way high and the trench was contiually flooded at the base so it increased cost as I had to use sopecial mix concrete that was ok for continuos wet conditions!

Also then had to use clayboards to line the trench as the soil is london clay, subject to shrink and heave! So should have gone with a raft base in the first place would have ended up cheaper blasted thing!

Soz a bit of at a tangent there, I take it your going for brick built?
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mark · Captivebred Communist Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1063

yes mate traditional footings my old mans a builder so im covered Wink

and we are going to be building it brick outside then insulation then thermalite blocks on the inside Wink

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Rickeezee · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:53 pm Post subject:

Well sorted then, good luck to ya! Send him round mine afterwards he can build mine Wink

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mark · Captivebred Communist Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1063

cant wait mate its gonna take sometime to do but it will be worth it lol think im gonna live in it Laughing

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Rickeezee · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:52 pm Post subject:

Way to go, half the fun is the planning stage!

Then just fill with herps even more fun!

Then hide in it all day, fridge with beer in, DVD player, surrounded by herps, heaven mate!
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mark · Captivebred Communist Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1063

LOL

funny you say that ive been thinking about a fridge Laughing

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Rickeezee · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:03 pm Post subject:

Good to keep your dusting powders etc in and any veg that you feed to the insects, and of course beer!

How you gonna heat the Rep house?
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mark · Captivebred Communist Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1063

yep Stella's will be on the shopping list Laughing

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Rickeezee · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:29 pm Post subject:

Thats what I drink!

So how you gonna set up the heating in the rep house?
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