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Well, here we go! Back by popular demand, I'll be posting the day by day progress/process of building the new fish house.

I'm pretty much finished with all the planning details, and buying of materials. The few details left need to wait until my frame is complete.

Here are some of the details:

Frame-Ice Assault 8'x20' w/3' V front. This will be fully powder coated, hydraulic, with tandem axles. I have a wireless remote setup for this, so it'll go up and down in 10 seconds with a key chain remote.

Wall & Roof Framing-1"x2" 18 gauge steel tube. This lightweight steel is roughly the same weight as wood, but has the advantage of being a lot stronger, and perfectly straight. A huge benefit when it comes time to installing siding. Another benefit is that rather than clamping aluminum sheets and waiting for glue to dry, I'll have instant adhesion from aluminum siding to the metal studs. Siding will be a one day project rather than 4-5.

Roof-I've done rubber in the past, this one will be a one piece aluminum. The weight savings over wood & rubber is about 300 pounds.

Exterior-Smooth aluminum Construction Orange color with diamond plate.

Insulation-Floor and Roof will be spray foam for sure. I am debating on board foam for the walls, to help cut down on the "ripples" caused by the hot spray foam rapidly expanding the aluminum siding.

Interior-The walls and ceiling will be knotty pine, cabinets and trim will be cedar.

Weight-I am targeting 4500#, but it's looking like it could end up a touch under.

Here is the floor plan:

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And a couple 3D shots:

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And the interior:

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The frame should be done around June 1st. Stay tuned!

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I'm really looking forward to seeing this.

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Question about the aluminum roof. Is this a custom one piece deal, or several pieces screwed and caulked like some of the ice castles?

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It is a one piece roll of aluminum secured from the underside by 3m VHB tape.

  • 3 weeks later...
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Getting closer! Voyager Aluminum delivered my siding today. They sheared all 15 sheets for me for only $50!

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Subscribed!

Have you considered in floor heat? I know a guy with the relatively the same size house that swears by it. Might end up over your target weight adding luxury heating thou.

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In floor heat could have some potential, but I haven't really looked in to it. Initial thought is that you may have to do a sandwich style floor, which would be pretty heavy. It would also have a really slow recovery time, similar to radiant systems in houses. On a house that the heat could be left on 24/7, it could be the way to go.

  • 4 weeks later...
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Any progress

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I wish! Waiting on a hydraulic pump, amd the frame to be powder coated. Should have everything early July.

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very cool cant wait to see the finished product

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Keep the pictures coming! smile

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While I'm waiting I've been messing around with a Kreg Jig and building test cabinets to see if I'll be able to do my own in this new house. I'm not much of a woodworker (at all), but this Kreg Jig makes things easy. As long as my cuts are good, the jig and clamps pretty much take care of the rest.

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I was originally going to put two doors on this one, but decided to do a single after the box was already built. It turned out pretty decent, but I'll need a little better saw work on the real ones.

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I LOVE my Kreg Jig......

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I like the looks of that Kreg jig.

I looked them up online and thwy offer several different kits. Which one do you guys have?

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I believe I have the master system.....

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Thanks Eric.

Looks like it could be handy for my wheel house build

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I believe I have the master system.....
+1000!!!

Love mine. The ability to take the "jig" out and clamp it to any workspace is super nice. I dont use mine nearly enough, but its simple to use and the joints are strong. I believe mine was around $150 but that was a few years ago so memory fades.

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MJ - whatever happened to the house last season? I remember reading that you purchased one but it kept getting delayed. Have been interested to hear what happened. Thanks.

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Very cool!!!

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MJ - whatever happened to the house last season? I remember reading that you purchased one but it kept getting delayed. Have been interested to hear what happened. Thanks.

Had a few hiccups but I did end up getting it. Ended up getting it to late to get it done for last season.

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Glad to hear that you got it. You seemed pretty excited last year when you ordered. Please post some pictures when you get her ready for the ice.

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Frame is being powdercoated now, and should be ready to go next week. I can't wait!

  • 1 month later...
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After MUCH delay (this was supposed to be done June 1st), I finally picked up the finished frame yesterday.

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I kept thinking 20' wasn't that big, but it's huge and barely fits in the garage.

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Is that thing turbine powered?

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WOW!!! cool

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how much does the frame wiegh

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That is a VERY nice frame indeed!

also i should point out.... If anyone would like me to make some GoogleSketchup models like the one you have of your house I can easily do so... I have made a few designs on there but mostly the bigger houses... 30ft plus 3ft V

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how much does the frame wiegh

The guesstimate is 1,900 pounds, but I'm going to weigh it in the next few days.

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Last night was spent cutting the majority of the material for the wall and roof studs. The first wall is laid out, and will be welded tonight, along with finishing the last of the cutting. There is a good chance everything will be welded up by tomorrow night *IF* all goes according to plan.

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Wow! Nice job so far! looks like it'll be a real sturdy house when finished! Keep the pic's comin!

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    • rundrave
      that just gets you hdmi out to broadcast to tv otherwise its the same transducer  
    • leech~~
      Yep have one that's been sitting for about 4 years now about to get shipped off to the grandsons to play with.  It was fun for a while, the last time I used it was on a few trout lakes and to fish my digital camera out of Red Lake when it got bumped off the table!  🙃
    • Wanderer
      Yeah but I’ve come to hate using cameras anyway.  Too much hassle.  I have 2 that I could easily be talked into selling.  I rarely even think about em anymore unless something gets dropped down the hole and you want to make an attempt at getting it back.   Like our daughters cell phone last weekend!
    • leech~~
      Kind of like a old school, cheap camera. 🤓
    • Wanderer
      I like seeing what direction they’re going and that I can usually ID fish by profile, movement and speed.  Not 100% but probably 75%+ positive ID based on location and presentation.   I can set the one transducer to cover all the lines fished in the house, see if they’re all set at the depth I want and see how many looks the baits get before being hit - or not hit.   Sometimes it’s the first bait a fish comes to no matter what, sometimes they come through and check em all then go away.  Sometimes they check em all then turn around and go pick the one they liked the most.  Move it or leave it alone?  Are the minnows swimming hard?  Are they crossing lines?  Will fish lift up to check the high sets?  Do they do that more aggressively?  Is a high set a trigger or do they want it low so they can just swim into it?  Is the fish that bites the one closest to the bait or is it one that rushes in from further away to steal it?   That last one has been an eye opener for panfish.  So many times you’re working one fish that won’t go but it’s one that bum rushes the bait from 10’ away that you catch.  All the while with regular sonar you think finally coaxed that first one to bite.
    • leech~~
      You should have bought the $5,000 make um bite Garmin, instead of just the $2,500 look at um Garmin.  🤣🤣
    • rundrave
      It’s so rewarding to see them come in and everything comes together and equally frustrating to see them come in and do nothing lol 
    • Wanderer
      This was our overnight, last night.  The smaller perch were kept because of barotrauma.  
    • Wanderer
      2/3 houses were running them.  And one of them had both a Mega Live and Garmin going at the same time last night.  That house did the best.  We did well.  The one without only got a few fish.     I think there’s also some of this going on.  We just see more.  That’s all there is to it.   I’m always wondering the fish are sensing them too and avoiding or not biting as aggressively but I would shut mine off for periods of time and our catch didn’t go up.  It really went down, but that could also be because the bite shut down and I was tired of looking at a blank screen, hoping they would come in with it off.   Now to say the house with most FFS power won because of that?  I don’t think so.  They were probably on a little bit better spot but they’re also very good fishermen.   The house that had none and did the worst was put ON the spot that did the best last year.  They were also the greenest fishermen that had a loud generator and may or may not have rigged their lines correctly.   What FFS has told me so far: there are no absolutes and things happen differently than we assumed in the past.
    • Kettle
      I think we're just seeing fish we previously hadn't seen. I've realized a lot in the boat on clear lakes in shallow water a fish won't let you get within 50 ft. Last opener i was catching walleye in 4 ft. If the boat got within 50 ft the fish were gone
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