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Iambjm

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Finally getting around to work on my wheelhouse, I have some questions I hope some of you will answer:

1. Should I worry about venting my battery area?

2. Batteries, front of house or back?

2. What is a good distance between holes? My house is a 6.5 X 12 and I would like to squeeze 6 holes in if I can.

4. When you install the tounge and groove where do you nail it, on the face or in the groove? I bought the bead faced groove.

5. Placement of furnace? I want to put it beneath the window but which side, door side or the opposite wall.

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silverbulletguy Rising Star

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4 holes at the 4 corners and put the other 2 in between along wall. Might want to stagger depending on where you plan to put door/heater/chairs to sit while fishing.

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Something like that will allow room to move and get in/out depending on where you put the door.

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1. I wouldn't worry about venting the batteries.

2. Batteries are better in the front so you will have some tounge weight. You will be much better off with a house that is a little tounge heavy rather than tounge light.

3. 6 holes will get pretty busy in a house that size. Don't put in holes just to say you have holes. Remember they have to be functional, and you don't want a tangled mess every time you hook a fiesty pannie or northern. You might have to build bunks and cupboards before you can really tell where holes will work.

4. I agree with the other post about nailing the T&G. I nailed mine on the face and it looks good. If I were you I would glue it to your furring in addition to nails. I used PL 400 on mine and the T&G is holding up perfect.

5. The furnace placement will depend on what kind of furnace you have. If you have one you can duct vents, you can put it wherever you want. If you have one of the models that blows directly from the face of the furnace, I would put it in the front or the back so it an blow the length of the house. If you don't, you will have cold spots.

Good luck. I hope that helps.

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Nail the tongue for best looks or on the face for holding power. Remember the possibility of furnace exhaust coming back in through an open window if installed below the window.

Wow, I never thought about the exhaust before. Thanks for the suggestion!

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My house is also 6.5 X 12 with a v, I have 5 holes in it and it works good. I moved the cabinets 4" into the v and put a hole on each side of the door. If your have a direct vent furnace make sure you check where the axle comes up, hate to see you install it and the axle hits it. Battery up front works good for me. Good luck with the build. I also glued my paneling to the studs, I think it makes it alot more rigid. Rick

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If your have a direct vent furnace make sure you check where the axle comes up, hate to see you install it and the axle hits it. Rick

I believe he is talking about the outside vent for the furnace, I had to read it a couple times to get the point Rick was trying to make. Just trying to help clarify.

Chad

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All great responses, another thing I didn't give a thought to was the windows are directly over the wheels. Looks like it might be back to the drawing board again. This was how I was going to space everything, but finding out that some of my locations won't work. The heater was going to be under the window by the door. The dotted line on the left hand side of the picture was also a possible cot location. My reasoning for 6 holes, they would only be used if we had a third person with us. I would still love to get a look at yours Rick, but the last month has been filled with trips, family and complications.

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