The task commences!!!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

greg, I have to ask, where did you order the runners for your sliding glass doors? I am building a viv system very similar to this one, and we're having trouble finding runners for the glass.

[drache]

Shannon - remember Greg's in Scotland - his source might a bit too far for you to order from
I'll check around here for you
there's a mega glass place up the hill
you might also want to contact enclosure builders to see where they get theirs
these people are very friendly and they also sell tank frames, sheets of glass and acrylic etc, so they might even sell you some of what they're using Glasscages.com - Home

[gregmonsta]

I think the postage could prove difficult ... but just in case - this is the person I sourced my runners from - Glass Runners, Viv Handles And Air Vents - Essex - Reptile Forums UK - I suppose if you order a lot it might work out good ... they do handles and all sorts of other fittings too.

[reptile_jones]

greg, I have to ask, where did you order the runners for your sliding glass doors? I am building a viv system very similar to this one, and we're having trouble finding runners for the glass.

I was looking for the same thing this weekend. Then today at work i remembered that some one on CS.com posted at link to an online store that sold them.

Here is the link,
Glass Door and Mirror Hardware - Rockler.com

Dusty Jones

[drache]

that is a very useful link
thanks Dusty

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I did find a store locally that has glass runners! But we may also just use grooves cut into slabs of birch mounted onto the cages. My dad is the drywall contractor here so it's up to him!!! I got my glass priced today, it's going to be $123 for my 8 slabs of 1/4 inch thick glass ..... then about $100 in melamine and backing, and $20ish in odds and ends, at the very most it will be $250 when completed, and.....

it's so worth it!!! It's going to be 6' tall, 4' wide, and 2' deep. Four cages, each 1.5' tall. Sliding glass doors, and a panel mounted to the back of one side for basking lights to clamp to. Basking lamps will be angled through a large screen hole on the side of each viv. The other side will be purely ventilation.

[drache]

sounds great, Shannon
if you're just using wood grooves, you may need to wax them and depending on what kind of substrate you're using, it could be a problem later
I myself would try to find aluminium runners, because in my limited experience they seem to hold up better than the plastic ones, but they're probably more pricey too

[Stefan-A]

Where I buy my aluminium glass runners, they cost me about 7€ per enclosure.

[drache]

being that it's a long-term functional upgrade, it might be worth the extra bucks

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

We have decided to opt for a different type of door other than sliding glass. Running into too many problems getting a decent price from these glass people, they want $125 extra JUST to sand the edges down and another $80 to simply drill 8 holes! That was not counting the cost of the glass itself. we are going to build hinged glass fronted doors instead. a fraction of the cost, and actually more secure for smaller snakes because there's no gap between the glass to worry about.