I actually completed the re-furb on Sunday. The only thing that's holding me back is the thermostats that I ordered more than two weeks ago that haven't arrived.
I contacted the company yesterday and they were very apologetic and sent out a replacement package immediately ... I should get it later today so I'm hoping to do my final install either tonight or tomorrow evening. At any rate I'll be starting a new thread with links to this and the Pro-cages thread.
THe re-furb turned out relatively ok. Penelope's viv will never be the easiest to open but I have more confidence in this stack surviving until I can afford my next stack of pro-cages and the fittings required. One year max.