building a icehoue?

[sdghsdgj]

i am in need of a permanent ice house but im only 15 and am waiting till spring to get a job, does anyone have any ideas where i could get plans to build a ice house?

[riverrat56]

sdghsdgj ( is there a story behind your name or just random letters )

Anyways i am also only 15 and me and 2 other of my buddies just finished building a permenant house last weekend.

I would talk to some people and see if you can get any of the materials for free or at a discount, lots of people have some 2 by 4's laying around or you can maybe get some ply wood that has been sitting in someone's shop for cheap, we found a bunch of solid pallets from a factory and used that for the floor.

Also if you find someone that has some materials that you can use offer to do some work for them in exchange for the materials.

We built our house for under $300 bucks total and its 7 by 10 with 6 holes all we paid for was the 2 by 4's and the tin corners, everything else we either found at peoples houses or we traded work for.

If you can try to find a few guys to go in on it with you, it makes the work alot easier and more enjoy able.

RR56

[sdghsdgj]

no lol i was in a bad mood so after about 3 names that were taken i did that. Get this, i did the same thing on a different site, and 3 were taken!!! three completely random letter combos i put in were all taken lol, on the serious side, do u think u could post the supplys u used and/or directions? Thanks

[JohnMickish]

Can someone share ice house plans?

[Duffer]

ya go in on it with some buddys makes it more enjoyable and helps cut down on cost. Maybe someone will share ice house plans here.

[Moose-Hunter]

I don't have any "real" plans for my Lil' Green House, but I've had a few people build one similiar with only looking at the pictures. It's quite an easy build and you can vary your plans to fit you own needs and budget. I'll see if I can find the thread and provide a link.

Give this a look....

Moose Hunter's Lil' Green Fish House

[Duffer]

moose hunter nice fish house.

[Moose-Hunter]

Thanks Duffer!

It was a fun project. Small, but comfortable. Fishes two people very well. You can fish three, but they better be close friends! LOL!! And with the "modular" design, during the off-season, stores in a corner of the garage. Skids, walls, roof... The whole nine yards.

It's a GREAT starter house if you're getting into hardsiders. I'm already working up plans for the next one. A dual purpose, drop down, sleeper, wheel house.... Stay tuned..

[riverrat56]

I can try to get a more detailed directions to you but it was kind of thrown together. The floor has 2 by 10s for runners then we screwed 2by4's every 18 inches ( we used 43 by 43'' pallets for the floor cut down to 36 by 40 ) then we screwed the floor down and built 2 stud walls for the front and back, they were 7 1/2 and 6 1/2 ft ( dont do a slanted roof go 6 1/2 all the way around it isnt worth the extra effort and planning ) then we mounted those one the floor by screwing then into the runners and floot joists. for the top we notched out 3 2 by 4's and screwd one on each end and one in the middle. then we notched out the corner or 2 more 2*4's and ran those straight down to the floor. be sure you mount a peice of 2*4 onto the bottom of the wall joist so you have something to screw into on the floor. From there we put 10 ft 2by4's along the front and back roof to finish it off for the tin. Then we just tinned it out and made a door and instaled out windows. Then we insulated the inside and put up some thin ply wood (luan i think its called someone with more knowledge of this correct me if im wrong) that was basically it you can finish the inside how ever you like.

sorry im sure that just confused you more i wish i had pictures of every step but i thought of that after i was done....maybe next year........we are thinking of building another one.

[ScottW]

Can't guarantee this is what you're looking for, or withing your price/capability range, but it's rather simple and inexpensive. If you know the right people with the right tools you might be able to make something similar. I know you were looking for permanent if I remember right, but I had a buddy make one very much like this a few years back and he left it out on ice all season and it lasted still. Just gotta do a little upkeep. Plus, this way you'd have a portable/permanent (as long as you put weight inside to keep it in place! lol) Here's a link to the plans I found.

http://www.fishontario.com/ice-fishing/buildahut/workshophut.html

Happy fishing. ScottW

[BackHerUp]

Here's another I stumbled upon:

http://www.grove.net/%7Enoff/iceindex.html

[sidecar pan fishin man]

I got a very large shipping crate from a place 8+8 and insulated it, put holes it, a window and a door. It was free and it turned out great. Just a thought. Troy Pike

[hanson]

sidecar-

I was thinking about a similar idea. Awhile back, I worked for a Moving & Storage company in the cities. When people wanted to store household goods in the storage warehouse for a length of time, their stuff went into 'Vaults'. The vaults are essentially a 6'x8' or so that is 7-8' high. They are made out of plywood with reinforced corners. The cool thing is the top, sides, and bottom are all separate pieces so you could break the house down. They use metal clips that snap around the corners to hold them together. The floor is already on 4x4 or so skids so you can get the forklift under it. All you would have to do is fabricate a door, and put some holes in the floor.

I never have attempted to make a shack out of one of these vaults but I thought about it many times while working there. It would be an easy 2 man house.

[danny berg]

I hope this link is authorized:

http://www.hickorytech.net/~jbusby/house.html

Moose-Hunter,

If not authorized sorry in advance

Danny