New 4x5 DELUXE 1 Man Perm-Portable

[Laska]

So after the windy conditions experienced on winnie I decided to make a 1man permenant portable darkhouse for myself.

heres the specs

6ft 3" tall 4ft wide by 5ft long

spear hole is 37x23

It has a mounted buddy heater

carpeted, including hinged spear hole cover

inside is now all black painted

3/4" insulation thru out the whole thing

framed with all 2x2's

7/16th plywood for floor with the new laminated protective metal on one side,they use it on house now instead of plastikc wrap before siding...

It has 3 rattle wheel which il post later.... anyways heres some pics...

bare frame

sheeted

door shut-painted black now

mounted heater

silver ring on bottom for clipping spear line to shack

shelf

Ill have more pics tomorrow, adding vents tomorrow then figuring out ski's then its done...

[Gordie]

I think Ive seen that before

looks good one hint laska keep your heater on the floor as heat rises and it will help to keep the hole open when its really cold

[Archerysniper]

Or add a computer fan on the ceiling . Looks like a nice toasty hose I want to see some pics with fish laying in front of it now.

[hawkeye43]

having the heater that high off the floor, will the red glow shine in the hole?????

[Laska]

the heater is back all the way away from the hole and at an angle where it cant be seen to the hole, plus ill be sitting in front of it, there is a shelf above to move the air forward rather then just straight up, i have been thinking of switching to my milk house heater which would have to sit on the floor I just like space on the floor for my coat or fish or whatev thats why I put the heater up, no matter where I have the heater im still gonna roast like a thanksgiving turkey. Ill be putting vents in tomorrow ill take pics of the placement of everything better tomorrow

elwood you have a pic of your ski system for ur old permport I cant remember but I like how you could remove them

[Gordie]

I have a angle iron frame around the house with tubing welded on each end then the skis are a rounded angle iron with smaller tubing than on the frame around the fish house.

I cannt find any pics quick so I will have to look

check out the ones on Shack Mods

[Laska]

rattle wheels

veiw from hole

all black

floor and back of shack

Outside door painted- yes those are diet pepski's in the corner

milkhouse heater Im thinkin of using

vents in and then the ski's today... pics soon

[Archerysniper]

Be careful with that milk house heater in that little house make sure the flame is burning properly and not a orange flame. I got Carbon monoxide poisoning from that same style heater in a small porty years ago,if I wasn't out with friends probably wouldn't have made it off the lake.

[bassNspear]

I have 5 milk house heaters, and ur right, needs to burn clean

[motley man]

I also have had bad experience with that type heater. They don't burn clean and I started getting drowsy. That heater is only to be used in bigger area .

[Gordie]

I have 5 milk house heaters, and ur right, needs to burn clean

yep I have 5 or 6 of them myslf and I clean them before each season well the ones I'm using along with proper venting

[Laska]

this one was completly redone taking apart and repainted(outside shell) Now after hearing you guys maybe I should just use my buddy heater lol

[Laska]

vents are in there are 4 of them, they are getting sprayed flat black on the inside, light leak is minimal because of the insulatgion and flat black paint...

next are the ski's...oh boy...

[Orlip]

I have put those vents in my portable also. I found they let allot of light in. My solution (because you need fresh air) I bought black pvc that the vent will fit right inside and cut to across the house from one vent to the other, then I drilled several holes (4 in my case) 1" in diameter in the middle of the pipe. Cuts back on light and still vents plus if its to windy put some tape over a hole or 2.

[Archerysniper]

The guy's I spear with also have that style vent,they put one inside and one outside and if you put the fins outside pointing down and the ones inside pointing up you don't get hardly any light shining thru

[Laska]

well i picked up the conduit for ski's, $20 so that aint bad, should have ski's by monday all good to go!

As far as the vents my outside ones come flush with my insulation so what ill do is use dealer's idea but cut the inside ones down to almost just the vent part then caulk and place them facing up like he has it then paint everything black and I should be good to go! pics soon also

[Laska]

Well made plans monday to get the ski's welded up, so thats cool. Vents are caulked and dbl vented over spear hole and painted. Tomorrow will be putting in the pole oln the shack to accept the ski's.

[Archerysniper]

I have been using cross country skis to move the houses the last couple days and OMG they work great, even MJ's big house 1 person can move it without even breaking a sweat. Come garage sale time I know what I will be looking for.

[Gordie]

dont forget to look at the thrift stores and the good will type stores they get rid off them cheeeeeap

[Laska]

haha I have 3 pairs of them, but its easier for me to go with the pipe. Past 2 shacks now I intended on using the cross country ski's and ended up changing my mind.....

[MJ1657]

Down hill skis work well to. Its a little harder finding them long enough though.

[Laska]

Ill have new pics up tomorrow, got the ski framing done today, getting it welded up tomorrow then installing the tubes on the shack then paint and my shack will be done! Hopefully this cold weather will get me enough iceto test my shack out by the end o the week!

[Archerysniper]

The weather report is not looking good for you Laska,back too warm weather end of next week.

[Laska]

All I need is 8" before then its made 2" the past 2 days so I still have hope this is really freak weather this year

[Laska]

Ski's on

front side with ski's

backside with ski's

Ski's themselves

We got 6" of good clear solid ice and my spot is only 50yrds if that from the landing, so Im gonna try and get this out tomorrow, hopefully in the morning then spearing in the pm we'll see I guess Im really glad its done now. Most def dark inside! If I get it out Ill take a pic to complete the project!