Help me with a Deer Condo

[adjusterr]

A lot of good ideas. I agree with LeadPoison, don't put concrete around the posts, the wood will shrink and water will run down between the post and the concrete and quickly rot the post. When you dig the hole, put a few inches of gravel or small stones in the bottom so the bottom of the post does not contact the ground and wick up moisture. Send pics as you build. Good luck.

 

[EddieWalker]

Eddie,

So far, I'm about half way through your 19 page thread!! What you built seems incredible. You have some serious carpentry skills!! I do have some questions:

1. Are your posts 4x4 or 6x6?
2. What size boards did you use for your joists? 2x8?
3. What size boards did you use for the 8ft long pieces that create the frame
between your posts? (sorry, I don't know what they are called)
4. Would you enjoy a 8x4 (give or take) covered porch?
5. Are you satisfied with the size; 8x8?
6. What would you do different if you were to do it all over again?

Thanks for all your help!! :thumbsup:

My blind is a combination of several things, and really not what I would build for just hunting from. It's too big to see everywhere and to heat up. I might need to buy a bigger heater, but I'm also the biggest baby on here when it comes to the cold. I have my two shooting lanes that I can watch and not miss anything, but that's only have the land that I could be watching. If I was to build a blind for just hunting, I'd be more satisfied with 4x6.

The height is ideal. I don't see any advantage to going taller.

Insulate and get decent windows. The bugs will cause all sorts of damage over the summer, and I just let them go until it gets too bad, then I put a bug bomb in there. A month or so before hunting season, I'll clean it out real good, but from the end of deer season to then, it's just a mess in there.

Robert,

How well has your caulking and sealing done to keep out the bugs? They are getting in through my door, so thats what I'm going ot have to work on.

Eddie

 

[Robert_in_NY]

I have been happy with the caulking, my problem is when I open the windows or the door the flies do get in on warm days. I am thinking of hanging a fly strip out there to catch any of them that do come in but I caulked the door both inside and out as well as under the threshold so they can only come in when invited:laughing:

 

[Brake Weight]

I've never priced one, but would it be cost effective to buy a premade shed and jack it up. It would be more time efficient vs. stick building one. They do houses all the time in flood zones and it isn't that hard of a concept.

 

[kiotick20]

here is some pics of my cabin. may give you some ideas.

 

[trook]

Kiotick20,

Thanks for the pics. Can you give me the inside dimensions as well as the dimensions of the porch. What you have is pretty close to what I am imagining.

If you had to do it all over again, would you make any changes?

Thanks

 

[kiotick20]

the deck is 8' x15' x 10' h and the cabin is 6 1/2' x 11 1/2' x 7' h . the walls are insulated with 1 1/2" pink styrofoam, finished inside with drywall. the wood stove comes in handy for coffee or hot chocolate. even made breakfast on it. thought of a ladder up the side to the deck, but glad i put in the staircase. hope this helps.

 

[trook]

Did you build the building from scratch or is it a portable building you placed on top of the deck?

 

[EddieWalker]

the wood stove comes in handy for coffee or hot chocolate.

YOU WIN!!!!! That is the best deer blind that I've ever seen. Love the wood stove. That's just so over the top as to be genious. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Thanks for sharing, you've raised to bar to a new level.

Eddie

 

[Robert_in_NY]

YOU WIN!!!!! That is the best deer blind that I've ever seen. Love the wood stove. That's just so over the top as to be genious. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Thanks for sharing, you've raised to bar to a new level.

Eddie

This treehouse is what I would love to do for a full blown luxury deer stand. The commercial is for Chautauqua Brick which is one of the local lumber yards. Chris King Productions - Director, Smaller Budgets Reel