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Help me design a Wheel House

Duke82

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Lip_Ripper Guy Grand Master

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I think you'll have a tough time getting 2 screws in the ends, but if you want to give it a try, it certainly won't hurt anything. I used 1 screw, and glue-PL Premium. You won't get those pieces to separate without breaking the wood, so the screw is more or less there to hold it in place until the glue dries.

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Got the walls made, and you were right it was a pain getting 2 screws in each 2x2 but I did. One other question i have for you guys is. What is the advantage or disadvantage of running the siding over the frame on the bottom? I've seen it both ways, i think it looks nicer run all the way down.

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Do yourself the favor and spray foam it the house. Spray foam adds an incredible amount of structual integrity. The cost outweighs the performance hands down. Ask anyone who has had there house foamed and if they have had any complaints. You won' find one.

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I plan on spray foam insulation just trying to find the lowest bidder right now. I am also looking for a heater I have one from a friend that is vented but the only thing I am not sure about is all the controls are electric so I am not sure if I want to deal with that. I think I would have to buy a inverter for it. The other option would be buy a ventless heater. Menards has one on sale right now for 150 it is made by ProCom and is 30,000 BTU it have a thermostat and gas sensore on it with a emergency shut off valve if it detecs gas. Not sure what way to go. Any ideas?

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If you want to sleep in it I would go with a vented heater. Evwey year you hear of a horror story from some place. In time safty devices go bad. One thing alot of people don't think about is having there heater checked out once and awhile by a trained person. Every one will go through all there fishing gear, make sure every thing is greased up and the batteries are good and every thing else in the house is working. They say the furnace worked when they checked every thing but there is so many things that could cause it to work one day and not the next. There are to many to mention here but it dose happen.

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Is 3/4" treated ply necessary or would 5/8" do? I just redid my snowmobile trailer and it had 5/8" on it, so that's what I put back on. Someone put a 3/4" sheet on the 5/8 pile at the big box store. I about died when I picked it up. Not that the 5/8 is light, but it's better than the 3/4. Thoughts? Maybe marine ply? I heard it's suppose to be lighter than green treat?

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Look into Advantech. I used it on my house (2010 Fish House Build), and I just started a house for a friend yesterday, and we are using it again. The product specs are pretty impressive, and I like the fact that you don't have to worry about the fasteners corroding as with the treated products.

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Ok after calling every spray foam guy in the area I came to the conclusion its too much money. The cheapest estimate I got was 600 dollars. So I went out and bought all the pink foam for it today on sale which costed me 180 dollars. Which gives me 3.5" on the ceiling 2in on the floor and 1.5in on the walls. My question to you guys is do you think 2in on the floor will be enough? I have room to put another inch down there if u guys think its important.

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Quote "ProCom and is 30,000 BTU"

Procom makes a good heater BUT! 30,000 btu is too much.(unless you plan on keeping the door open) smile I have a 30,000 and never have it above the #1 setting. i have a 8x12 permy and live in North Western Ontario.

10,000 or 20,000 would be good enough.

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