Can Heat Mats Be Placed Over Backgrounds

If placed inside the vivarium under some sand or substrate your animal may scrape away the substrate and burn itself.

Can heat mats be placed over backgrounds.

Electric underfloor heating mats are on the other hand quicker and easier to install in larger more regular rooms than the loose wire version. Hot water radiant heat pipes are placed on a specialized underlayment like plywood with pre cut channels for pipes. Snakes can get burns from heat mats when they lay directly on them. Matting systems come in 120v to 240v versions.

Does anyone know if i can put my heat on the back panel of my terrarium without melting my polystyrene background. I have reptile carpet and i have the heat mat on the outside at the moment and two 50 watt bulbs. Heat mats and strips can be used on the bottom. Hsut77 jul 2 2008.

Will it provide enough heat through my cork background to make a difference. Iv put some foil over the lamp casing and that s getting the temp up abit but still no where near. Result in the mat seriously over heating. Anyway my question is can i just stick the heat mat to the back of the tank instead it will only be used to provide some extra heat just in case we get some really cold days through the winter.

Also will the heat penetrate. Hope youre not planning on using it for tarantulas. Some heat mats are sold with some sort of tape on the actual mat itself once peeled the heat mat can be stuck to near anything. And will it start to heat up and melt the glue holding the background in place.

With glass or plastic tanks the heat mat can be placed inside or outside the tank. However if the mat has been turned on for a full day or so before the snowfall then the heat from the mat will have absorbed into the ground and spread beyond the mat by about 1 2. For tile floors a cement backer board is placed over this then the installation of the tile can proceed as normal. I bought the exo terra 18x18x18 starter kit and its nowhere near up to temp i rang the shop up where i got it from and they said its fine the lowest it can get is 17 degrees but that is far to cold.

This is because there are no heating elements inside this area of the mat. On the bright side hot water radiant heat is far less expensive than electric to operate. They are called zilla heat mats. In a plastic glass vivarium heat mats should go outside the cage and the heat will be emiited through the vivarium walls.

Cover a big area with a pre spaced electric underfloor heating mat that you can simply roll out over the floor. The mat should be under the enclosure and controlled with a thermostat to make sure correct temps are maintained.