Any thoughts on heat tiles?

I am planning a home-made cage, and was playing with the idea of using heat tiles to heat them. It will be a stack of cages actually. 4'x2'x18" a stack of 5 or 6 cages. Would a heat tile in each be enough, or would I be better off going with wide heat tape? It will be made of a good grade plywood, and the interior of each cage will be lines with the bathroom paneling that is basically coated to look like tiles so that it is waterproof. This is the best solution I could find as far as durability and ease of use. All corners will be sealed with a high quality of silicone sealant to prevent moisture from getting under paneling. Any thoughts of what I may be missing in addition to the heat question? I am totally open to Ideas... Thanks

Do you have a link showing what you mean by a heat tile? I know there are some radiant floors where there are water channels run beneath the tile that hot water runs though, and this probably isn't what you're talking about. Do they have an electric version? That might be interesting to try. I'd like to see what the tiles are like.

Here is a picture of what I did in my boa cages. I siliconed two ceramic tiles to the floor of the cage and layed two feet of 11" heat tape on top. Then I layed two tiles on top of the heat tape and siliconed around all the edges. It has been in use for almost 9 months.

Bill,
That looks great. It also looks like a viable somewhat easy soloution.
I am preparing to refurbish some of my older cages, and I think you have solved a
situation I have been trying to work on.

Originally Posted by Ginger Ambrose

Bill,
That looks great. It also looks like a viable somewhat easy soloution.
I am preparing to refurbish some of my older cages, and I think you have solved a
situation I have been trying to work on.

It actually works really well, it takes a little while for the tiles to warm up the first time you use it. But once they are heated they retain the heat very well also. Glad I could help.

The tiles I was referring to are the Radiant heat tiles that would attach to the top of the cage and the heat would radiate down onto the snakes. They sell them here...
http://www.pro-products.com/proheat.html

Originally Posted by Biscuit71

The tiles I was referring to are the Radiant heat tiles that would attach to the top of the cage and the heat would radiate down onto the snakes. They sell them here...
http://www.pro-products.com/proheat.html

Oooh, radiant heat panels. I think when you called them "tiles" is what confused us.