how about this for a tarantula enclosure?

[SikmT7]

I will deffo be sharing. This is a pic from a while back on the current spider house.
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I LOVE IT!!! You are dubbed the mad scientist of arachnids! This is truly amazing! I'm sure I will be speechless when I see the arachnomancave!

 

[ilovebrachys]

It is going to replace the original "spiderhouse" which is a converted summer house in the garden. the summer house will then become a bar so win win more beer and more spiders. What's not to like about that.

So @Phil is this bar going to have dodgy liquor and a pole in the middle of the room!? Psml sounds like a place for a party lol

 

[Phil]

So @Phil is this bar going to have dodgy liquor and a pole in the middle of the room!? Psml sounds like a place for a party lol

I wouldn't rule it out tbh...ha ha

 

[Phil]

all insulated without a gap in sight and ceiling now plasterboarded.

Next jobs:
Plasterboard walls
Electrics
door fitted
ventilation
filling and painting
flooring
lighting
racking set up
spiders in
...then relax

 

[Jmcnair8]

A bit too much???? ROFL

Love it!!

 

[Jmcnair8]

I will deffo be sharing. This is a pic from a while back on the current spider house.
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Do you feed all of them at the same time or split it up over the week?

 

[Phil]

Do you feed all of them at the same time or split it up over the week?

when there are lots of babies I usually feed them one night and the adults/juvies another night. to feed them all at once when babies to car for would be 6 to 7 hours....ha ha

 

[Phil]

all insulated without a gap in sight and ceiling now plasterboarded.

Next jobs:
Plasterboard walls
Electrics
door fitted
ventilation
filling and painting
flooring
lighting
racking set up
spiders in
...then relax
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Update:
Plasterboard walls (done)
Electrics (done)
door fitted (done)
filling (done)
painting...1st coat done

 

[Jess S]

Update:
Plasterboard walls (done)
Electrics (done)
door fitted (done)
filling (done)
painting...1st coat done
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Have you been hands on with this project? I'm picturing you plastering and sawing lol. Is this a massive DIY project I'm wondering because I can't imagine you have enough free time to knock up a building in your garden lol

 

[Phil]

Have you been hands on with this project? I'm picturing you plastering and sawing lol. Is this a massive DIY project I'm wondering because I can't imagine you have enough free time to knock up a building in your garden lol

yep all DIY and don't really have the times hence why it is taking so long. Original spider house n the garden. This one us in the garage. Spiderhouse 2 0....LOL

 

[Jess S]

Wow, Phil you sound very handy! You're a man of many talents!

 

[Phil]

Wow, Phil you sound very handy! You're a man of many talents!

just good with my hands

 

[Phil]

Update... 3 coats of paint now.
Painting can now be ticked off the list.

 

[Phil]

update:
Lighting now sorted.
Flooring is next job on the list. then I can start to move the spiders from the original spiderhouse in to their new abode.

 

[Phil]

Spiderhouse 2.0 update
Flooring nearly done. 1st stage went down quickly. Although I expected it would. it is 'underlay underlay' after all PMSL

 

[Phil]

**** NEWS FLASH ****

just some new racking needed and move all the spiders from the original building into this....

 

[Phil]

just got creative in one of the corners.

 

[Jess S]

**** NEWS FLASH ****

just some new racking needed and move all the spiders from the original building into this....
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When I first saw this, I mistook the ivy for a bunch of slings escaping an enclosure and dispersing up the wall...maybe it's time for an eye test @Phil

 

[Phil]

When I first saw this, I mistook the ivy for a bunch of slings escaping an enclosure and dispersing up the wall...maybe it's time for an eye test @Phil

should have gone to specsavers! ha ha

 

[Jess S]

should have gone to specsavers! ha ha

Definitely!!