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My turn - fishhouse pics

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Jealousy is eating me up I don't get to start mine til next fall. I've been working on my plans for 2 years now.(I know). But I'm only building one more and thats it. I love the pics you guys put out though. Gives me tons of ideas. Keep em coming along the way. Kid

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Can I ask why you went with wood over aluminum or steel?

Steve, the most obvious reason is you don't need to weld. Aluminum and steel has its advantages but welds can crack.

Nothing wrong with wood as long as it kept dry, just use a 6 mil vapor barrier and seal that at all openings.

While wood will flex along with joints thats not a bad thing. Diagonal steel strapping, along with the exterior siding, and interior paneling make for a strong stiff wall from lateral movement.

House looks nice BTW.

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With the exception of the green treated plywood and 3 of the 5 roof sheets all the lumber was free (hsolist). I picked up a decks worth of unused green treated boards from one person. I also picked up two trailer loads of new scrap lumber from another person was remodeling.

The metal was also free. I got it from another member. (Whom I must appologize to for not taking all the scrap, but I had a screaming baby, 3 year old and a hungry wife, so I didn't have enough time or sanity to get it all)

The two larger windows were also free, and brand new (yep, hsolist again).

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The metal siding on the lumber stiffened it up tremendously. I was on the roof without the siding and man did it sway. After a few pieces of metal siding it's solid as a rock.

I liked the metal instead of vinyl siding because of the additional strength. However, I think I could have done a prettier job by using vinyl.

I plan on trying to spray foam it myself. I'm not looking forward to it, I'm sure it will be a mess. But I like the way it will fill in the cracks and help to solidify the frame.

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Hello all, Thought his question was fitting here - when building a new house on wheels why is everyone going with the V-front other then the obvious reason for wind resistance. In my opinion the few dollars it saves in gas I would rather have the extra room inside. That space is more valuable to me then a few dollars you might save when towing it.

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I went with it because all I've heard from everyone on this is that the V-Front pulls nicer. I wouldn't mind the extra room, but I made it a 14 foot with an extra 3 feet of v-nose. There's alot of room at the moment. To maximize my space I'm thinking about putting the stovetop and counter above one of the wheelwells and saving the front part for more elbow room.

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I wish it was free. My cousin built it from scratch. Probably put about $1000 in (including the electric winches).

I have to replace the winches since the handles cannot be interchanged. This causes one winch handle to be inside the house and another to be outside.

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