This thread may be long, for the sake that this project will probably take a year to get the final product. But, here is where we are so far. The actual construction will actually start after we return from NARBC Dallas (February 14th Valentines Day).

http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/building1.jpg

http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/building2.jpg

Keep coming back if you dare,

What an awesome thread. I'll be checking back often. Man you've got the life..

This is going to be awesome. I can't wait for the next installment.

Dan

Very cool. Looking forward to watching this thread progress!

Alright Tim, you know were gonna need a full DIY write-up with step by step pics...........so we can all put up a dream building! Haha! But in all seriousness, I've built quite a few CB70 racks from your plans - which are awesome by the way.

Good luck with everything..............that's very exciting! :cheers:

Awesome Tim. Can't wait to see the progress.

Sounds like a great time to start a Youtube page if you haven't already.
Looking forward to following this thread.

Wow man, that's going to be a big project! Can't wait to see the progress reports.

Tim
What are the overall outside dimensions on the building? Different rooms for different species? Good luck with it.

Thanks for all of the comments. I am glad to see this thread may get a good following. As I warned, it is going to be a long one.

Tim
What are the overall outside dimensions on the building? Different rooms for different species? Good luck with it.

Thanks for the luck Bruce. The building is 40' x 50' with 12' walls (roof is a 4:12 pitch). There are three exterior doors and a 10' x 10' insulated roll-up garage door. There will be 5 rooms. A main room for adult Ball Pythons, a baby room, a rodent room, a garage/storage room and an office that will also include a full bath and incubator. I did a drawing of the building in google Sketch-up. I'll see if I can figure out a way to get it loaded on here.

Okay, I think this will work for the building plans. I had started to label some stuff, but I did not finish. Just ask if anyone has any questions.

http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/buildingplans.jpg

Envious as hell. Look forward to the updates.

Now thats the way to do it! I will definitely be following this thread! :cheers:

Glad to see you are finally starting it, that is awesome! Can't wait to see the finished result.

Tim
That should be pretty awsome when it's done. Especially having seperate rooms. Definately keep us updated with tech info and photos.

Nice... I'll be following along.

That is Awesome! Hope everything goes smoothly! Will check for updates for sure!

Very cool Tim! Congrats on starting the new building! Should be awesome once completed!

Thanks everyone. I wish I was a bit more excited, butthe Port-o-Potty made it here today, but I got the run around from the construction crew, and they didn't make it today. Weather may put them off for a few more days, so I might have to wait until next week to get some real progress done. I will be putting up some pics soon (hopefully).

Good luck Tim, can't wait to see pics when you're done!

The construction crew finally showed up here at about noon. They got this done today. I am afraid it will be too wet for any progress tomorrow, but we will see.

Looking good.:yes:

That's pretty good progress for one days work.

I'm going to live vicariously through this thread. Thank you.

Here is the updated pic from today (day 2 of actual construction). Barring any rain tomorrow, they should be done with the building tomorrow.

http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/building4.jpg

Very cool Tim.
I wish I had one.

Wow, great thread. I'll be following your updates!

Congrats on the new building Tim, so far it is looking amazing! Good luck with the rest of the process!

Hot Damn Tim :yes: That went up quick. Weather plays hell on anything that needs to be done outside. Just comes with the territory. Lookin' good though. :D

Very nice. Wish I had the land to build a facility on.

I am thrilled to see that everyone is as excited as me about this. The building is actually finished, but I had a daughter Basketball game to go to tonight, and couldn't get a pic before sunset. I will get a pic in the morning. It will be a bit slow from here, as the next couple steps are underground plumbing, electric and cable. Then we have sand delivery and concrete. However, I will be updating even though it may be a bit boring.

Stay tuned for tomorrow.

Very nice. Wish I had the land to build a facility on.

You and me both, but we live in sunny California bro. What is it with the rest of the country….does everyone live on huge hunks of land and have plenty of money to build extra buildings for reptiles?? :dunno::cheers:

Not yet, but in a few years. Land is much cheaper, and cost of living lower, in places other than the realm of California, lol.

Very cool, I hope to have something similar to this in the future!

Well, here is 2.5 days worth of work. It finally stopped raining long enough for me to go snap a couple pics. The first one is the finished structure. The second one is taken from the garage door opening.

http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/building5.jpg

http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/building5b.jpg

Looks nice and spacious. Cant wait to see it completed

It's really coming along!

Hope I can have one of those someday...

That's awesome.

That was fast! Looking good!

Looking good Tim! :cheers:

Super Job

Great job. It looks very nice.

Dan

Any updates Tim?

As fast as that building went up, you must be pairing up some ball's in that building by now! :greenman:

Well the updates have been slow right now, because this is the boring stage. However, the plumber finally got here yesterday and did his underground work. I also cut trenches on Tuesday, and started burying the conduit for the electrical service, cable service and the water supply. The two trenches in the pic are for electric and cable. You can't see the water supply trench as it is to the right in the pic. Hopefully I will be getting sand delivered next week, and the cement crew will come to form up for concrete pouring and we will hopefully have concrete in about 2-3 weeks. I do have a couple of inspections to pass before that, but I think those will go well. Here's the pics.
http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/building6.jpg

http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/building6b.jpg

It's looking good Tim. :yes:

Looks to be progressing nicely.

Looks good Tim. :yes:

WOW that looks amazing. Congrats. Super fast progress on this.

wow tim !
just noticed this thread.
best of luck to you in your pursuit !
it looks like those steel post feet get buried in the slab, and i'm guessin' you've got hurricane clips on the roof trusses, but if you don't... in light of all the tornado action everywhere... please make sure that baby is tied down hard to the earth !
hate to see your four-gene-morphs spinnin' around the stratosphere with dorothy and toto one day !
good luck the rest of the way.
i'll be watchin' too,
ck

Who is the supplier of the building and what model if you don't mind me asking? Very nice BTW!

Thanks for all of the responses. After fighting with the building company for over a month, I finally have cement poured. I will get some pics of that soon, and post them up. Electrical should be coming soon, as well as some framed walls in the interior, so that we can start electrical and plumbing rough ins. Hopefully the updates will start coming a bit more often, and be a bit more interesting.

Mike,
The company is Mallett Buildings out of Iowa, Louisiana. They don't have models, but build each building to your specs. I do believe the smallest building they will sell is 30' x 30', and unless the building is very large, they pretty much only service neighboring states. They do have a website though. Google them.

Thanks for all of the responses. After fighting with the building company for over a month, I finally have cement poured. I will get some pics of that soon, and post them up. Electrical should be coming soon, as well as some framed walls in the interior, so that we can start electrical and plumbing rough ins. Hopefully the updates will start coming a bit more often, and be a bit more interesting.

Mike,
The company is Mallett Buildings out of Iowa, Louisiana. They don't have models, but build each building to your specs. I do believe the smallest building they will sell is 30' x 30', and unless the building is very large, they pretty much only service neighboring states. They do have a website though. Google them.

Tim,

I sure wish I had a company with prices like that out here. A 30 x 30 only running $9000 with a slab is not bad priced. How do you plan on insulating the perimeter walls?

Mike,
The perimeter walls and roof have bubble insulation already in place prior to the metal being installed. Therefore they already have insulation. However, I will be installing R-13 fiberglass insulation in all of the walls that I will be constructing as well. You should see that coming up in future updates.

While things have been moving slowly, we finally got the cement poured and the first load of materials I picked up yesterday. The plan is to work in the building all day Sunday. So, I should get some more pics posted Sunday night or Monday. Thanks again for looking.
This was after the cement was poured (April 11)
http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/building8.jpg
Interior shot of the cement
http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/building8b.jpg
This is the first load of materials. In the background is the shower base and shower walls. I still need to get the shower doors and the sink and toilet. But I have been buying stuff as money rolls in from sales.
http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/building9.jpg

It looks great. I can't wait to see it finished.

It looks great. I can't wait to see it finished.

You and me both. However, I think the finally complete day is still almost a year away. Hopefully we will start moving some snakes into the main room come October (that is the plan).

You and me both. However, I think the finally complete day is still almost a year away. Hopefully we will start moving some snakes into the main room come October (that is the plan).

Keep plugging along, buddy! The building looks very nice.

What a cool thread!

As stated, the updates should start coming weekly now, unless we have a snake show, and I have no weekend for building work. It doesn't look like much, but here is the days work. We got the meter pan and breaker box mounted, which took a little while cutting the nipple through the wall and siliconing it and aligning the boxes. But, it's done now. Then we spent a bit of time marking the floor for all of the walls and doors. Then I made an adjustment to the hallway width and had to change the opening there. At any rate, we got the bathroom completely framed, except for a very small piece in the back corner behind where the toilet goes. The long wall is where the end of the office goes, and is also the exterior wall for the storage area. The next thing we will do is connect the long wall as seen now to the far wall, completely boxing in the office (two doorways to build in that wall. Then I will frame up the incubator.

Small bits of work will get done during the week, but probably not much, so the next major work will probably be next Friday and Sunday. More updates coming next week.

This pick is looking from the office through the door that leads into the storage area. The breaker box can be seen on the far wall, and the bathroom is on the right.
http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/building10.jpg

This picture is looking at the bathroom from what will be the main Ball room. The bathroom door is in front of you, and the office to the right. The incubator will be between me (in this pid) and the bathroom.
http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/building10b.jpg

Thanks for looking,

:lmao: "Main Ball room" made me think of Cinderella at the ball! Sorry, when I am tired I cannot be responsible for where my mind jumps!

It is looking really good Tim! So how are your blueberry bushes doing?

Thanks for the updates Tim! Keep them coming! Can't wait to see the finished product. :cheers:

Tim
Are you going to go with a dropped ceiling or bring the wall's up to the roof rafters? Also I realize you are in LA but did you do floor heat ? Just curious. Looking good so far.:yes: I went back and read post #10 where you said the wall's were 12'.....:dunno:
Bruce

looking sharp, can't wait til i have more room than what i have now