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FM Ultimate Fish House


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The house looks great, & it looks like you are doing it right the first time rather than doing it twice. Two bits of advice that I have is #1 make sure that you have enough windows. I have a 16' house with 4 pretty big windows & I really enjoy being able to see out. If I was to do it again I might even think about adding one or two more windows. I relize that its hard to get everything that you need on the walls with all of the windows but if you can do it its great. 2nd is the heater, Make sure its vented above all. I have a Empire that the heat comes out of the top & it seems to work fine. My brother has a forced air in his & it does work well but he seems to have a problem with people having to sit in front of the vent & blocking the air flow. Anyway keep up the good work on it & keep sending in the photos.

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DMC, did you pick out a heater yet? I found a used forced air furnace on hsolist for $75. The person that I purchased it from said that it was in a house that got torn down. It measures 82" tall by 14" wide by 12" deep. I got it home and hooked up the gas, stat, and plugged it into my power inverter. Runs great on one battery. I am running it to see how long it will last on just one. I plan on having three batteries in the house anyway. So far so good. If you haven't purchased on yet, you might consider on of these.

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DMC (or anyone) - Might be something you have not even looked at, but has anyone got any good leads for Foam? I am taking my 2 bed fishhouse into 4. SO I need to make 2 more beds. I have been looking at Fabric stores, and a piece of 4"x24"x72 runs like $80. Anyone know any secret places to get this cheaper?

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I was up at milaca unclaimed freight yesterday, they had all kinds of bunk bed mattresses. They were from 72" to 90". The 30" by 72" is 57.00. The 30" by 90" is 69.98. Not that bad of a price. They also have a lot of other accesories for your house.

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No, this is not a typo. This heater is out of a house. It is 65,000 btu's. It is 110 volt, that is why I am running it on a power inverter. I couldn't go wrong on the price. It is a little overkill, but the furnace won't run as much, conserving on battery power. It is made by Empire.

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I figure that it is going to work out well because of the design of the air flow. It pulls all the air from the cieling, and blows it to the floor. Guess that we will find out when I install it in the fish house. If it doesn't work well, I plan to heat my shop with it.

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Not really. I don't think it even wieghs more than fifty pounds. I don't plan on taking it in and out of the house once it is in anyway. We plan on building into an inner wall between the fishing area and the bathroom, or build it into the cabinetry that will be along that wall.

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Sweeeeeeeeet!!! That looks great. Did you get a good price on the siding? We haven't decided on what we are going to use yet. The lowest price that I can find is $54.00/ 4'x8' sheet. Would you be willing to let me know how much, and where you got it?

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