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dewey1980

By dewey1980
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Love my ice castle but there is one thing i have a problem with.

On extended stays on the ice the door starts to ice up,windows are fine just the door,any body have the same problem,and has any one fix the problem,ideas would be nice, thanks.

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backlash 1 Proficient

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Same here. Seems the metal door frame produces a huge amount of condensation. Have added extra ventalation, extra insulation to the door, tried vaseline on the rubber seals, computer fan blowing on the door, nothing seems to cure it.

I have been in rental houses up on Red lake that have metal door frames an had to use a hammer to get out in the morning.

If you set the house with the door facing south usually never have a problem durring the day only at night.

Sure, people are gonna rip on ice castle again, but any house with a metal door frame is gonna be the same.

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Yea we have the same problem. Ours did that and wouldn't stay shut one night on Red Lake (about -30 degrees no less) so we ended up drilling a hole through the door and shoving an eye bolt in that. The we just put a bungy on that and kept it shut with that for the night. Now that that is in there we are kind of stuck with it so we just use a bungy when it doesn't close.

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mine will get moisture and freeze up. I keep the wd-40 on the moving parts and always always always have a can of deicer in the truck and inside the fiish house as well. The deicer is invaluable and always works. My lock and handle loves to freeze up after I pull off the lake and drive it a few hours down the road. This has saved my butt multiple times. It's no fun trying to go through ur fish hole to get inside your house!

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