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Building a permanent deer stand


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I'm in the process of building a permanent deer stand with my dad that is going to be built on 7ft 4x4 stilts. It's going to be fully enclosed with slider windows, insulated, quite cozy. We have the blueprint already I was just had two quick questions for the veterans out there. 1: How much it would help to insulate the floor? 2: How steep of a roof is needed? We live/hunt in Northern MN so it would be nice to make it steep enough to shed some snowfall.

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I built my wife a perm. stand last year,it is6x8 with a deck on 10ft. 4x4s,stairs with a railing,wall mounted heater,tilt in windows.i would definately insulate the floor it makes a world of a difference.I put 6" of slope from front to back.With a steel roof the snow slides right off.

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I built my wife a perm. stand last year,it is6x8 with a deck on 10ft. 4x4s,stairs with a railing,wall mounted heater,tilt in windows.i would definately insulate the floor it makes a world of a difference.I put 6" of slope from front to back.With a steel roof the snow slides right off.

Agree with him entirely. If you are insulating the rest of it you might as well insulate it all. Not much more expensive and it would be better than wishing you would have. We also have steel roofs on ours and have not had a problem with snow yet.

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Insulate the floor while you are building it and you will not regret it.

I have about a 2ft slope but I have it shingled so it takes a bit more slope.

It's been in place aboot 6 years and no issues to date with leaking.

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Thanks for the responses guys! Looks like I will be insulating the floor, and I think we will be using some sort of metal roof. Its going to be nice having the option to hunt in a t-shirt!

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Yeah hunting out of an enclosed stand is awesome! It is a nice option when the weather is ugly. They are a lot of work to build but you will be glad when your done.

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I'm not trying to hijack your thread but I'm going to build a stand like that as well. If anyone has any pics to post for ideas it would be great.

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Regarding metal roofs, I had a semi permanent stand with a metal roof. It was in a bunch of trees, and when any little acorn, branch whatever fell it really rattled through the woods with that TING sound. Out in the open it should be the real deal, though.

DD

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I have some rubber membrane roofing left over from building my spear shack. I would like to use that but not sure how to. For my deer stand I want a pitched roof with overhangs. Any ideas?

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