So i want to build two vivs out of wood an i never built anything before so i don't know what I'm doing so i would like to know can anyone give me a list of materials i need the thing is I'm on a budget so cheaper the better thanks in advance just so y'all know I'm a female so i don't have any tools but i could buy the simple stuff like a hammer i would have to home depot cut my wood and glass i want to build 4*2*2
Well I've never built my own Viv before but I did buy a home made one off a guy when I got my first beardie. It's just a wood frame with light fixtures in the 2 front corners, he used plexi glass instead of real glass and I have ceramic tiles for the floor. There is mesh across the top for air flow and a normal slide latch keeps the 2 doors shut (the doors make up the whole front of the Viv.
It will be tough without a skill saw. I made a 4'x2'x2' and a 4'x2'x1'6". For the 4'x2'x2' I used half inch plywood 1/2"x4'x2'(I need 5 sheets) and 1" or 1.5" wood screws every 6-8". Nail's will probably split the wood. I drilled pilot holes then screwed them in.
I put the bottom down screwed the back in then the top. After that I measured on the left side back to the front on the bottom, then back to the front on the top. Then on the Right side back to the front on the bottom, then back to the front on the top. They were off slightly so I had to cut the sides out a fraction of an inch.
Oh man this is sounding confusing...
Basically all my measurements were right in theory but in reality the wood is slightly smaller than what it's displayed as. I wish I took pictures on the build process.