Blocks or no blocks

[CrappieAttitude]

This is my first season with a new/used permanant house. I am thinking of putting it out this weekend, but am wondering with the warm temps coming next week, should I put it up on blocks or will i be ok keeping it down on the ice. With the lack of snow, I wouldn't be able to bank it up enough to stop the draft from coming in. What would be my best approach?

[hawkeye43]

no blocks, I would think about taking the house home when you go, you can never tell whats going to happen with the weather

[Dan Thiem]

If it were me I'd set it down on some 2x8's laying flat. Then skirt the house with cardboard. Or sleeve the holes with pails. That's just me though!

[hill7410]

I would agree, nothing more fun than ice picking your house free

[dirtking]

no blocks just move it 50 feet every few days

[Jeremiah Johnson]

if ur leaving it, i would atleast put some 2x4s. I've chiseled house out before, and its no fun especially in the warm weather, it'll melt faster under your house, then over night she'll freeze in.

[kunk]

I would definitely block it. I don't know what shape the holes are in your house, but I'll tell you what we did with our last fish house. We learned this with our second floor. We cut the bottoms out of 5 gallon plastic pails. We cut the holes in the floor so that the pails would slide down to the ribs around the pail just below the handle. We slid the pails down before we drilled the holes. When we drilled the holes it brought the ice chips up inside the pails and formed a seal at the bottom of the pail. Even if there was no snow we got no draft inside the house. If you have square holes you can make sleeves out of plywood to reach the ice, or close to it. Just put them in before you drill the holes. Hope this helps.

[HarryG]

Blocks. The main reason why I bought my paticular drop down house was because of my old house freezing to the ice a near the end of Feb. If I get water under the house, I can jack it up and keep it out of the water. Or, break the ice from the house. But if the water gets high enough, I do block it. Chipping out a fish house is not as much fun as it may seem. No matter what anyone tells you.