New House

[duckmn56]

I am building a house that is 6x14 and i am just finishing up the trailer, this is my first house and i was wondering if you guys had any suggestions on what to do for the design such as how tall, what to use for siding, what to use for the floor, what to use to frame it, anything you guys know or have experienced would be helpfull thanks.

ps. i have read probably all of the shack tips posts so i know there are posts like this one but not exactly the same

I will post pics prolly tom becuase i am painting the frame tomarrow.

thanks

[duckmn56]

well i finally got the trailer done sort of i got it all put together but i still have to paint it so i will show u guys some pice before i paint it to see what u think

thanks for any tips u guys have

[whitebassbenny]

I am building a house that is 6x14 and i am just finishing up the trailer, this is my first house and i was wondering if you guys had any suggestions on what to do for the design such as how tall, what to use for siding, what to use for the floor, what to use to frame it, anything you guys know or have experienced would be helpfull thanks.

ps. i have read probably all of the shack tips posts so i know there are posts like this one but not exactly the same

I will post pics prolly tom becuase i am painting the frame tomarrow.

thanks

use alumanum (sp?) for the wall frame and make 6'4" tall or just shorter then the garage door hight to put it inside. 

i have no experience with making a shanty but just go to the lakes and ask people with shantys for advice . hope this helps 

[bushbunny]

Don't allow any aluminum that you might use to contact the steel frame, as you will have a severe case of galvanic corrosion, where the aluminum will have to be changed out in a very short time!!   

[rendo]

I,m also building a wheeled shanty and when you find your siding if its metal let me know where to get it as havent found any yet.

[mgarvey]

I was thinking of building one . I did a search for RV siding on the net and it came up with a lot of places you can order siding material

[duckmn56]

Well I talked to a RV dealer and he came up with a cost of around $900 to cover my size of house 6'x 15' in rv siding and in colored sheets of aluminum the price was about the same. I did however find out that tin to cover my shack would be about $200 for the whole thing so im gonna go with green tin. I figured it would be a little bit heavier but it would be stronger and more durable.

Bought framing wood for shack and spent around $330 incuding screws but i still need to get 30 bolts to bolt it to the frame.

I also finished paining the trailer so ill post pics somtime soon.

[duckmn56]

well i got the floor on but i still need to bolt it down in the middle

[Mad_Ital]

Make sure your windows are low enough to see out when sitting, I used that plastic/fiberglass wavy stuff for the roof, white not clear, lets in tons of light. I used 2x2's for the frame and 3/8" plywood for the walls.
Its real sturdy. I also used sheets (3 ply) of durock for behind the wood stove.

[duckmn56]

Here is the house framed with the walls up.

[bucketmouth]

Is this shanty finished yet?  Would love to see more pics of the progress...

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[DRabbit]

I am currently getting done building a similar house. I used some grooved wood siding. It is made for sheds and other stuff like that, comes in 4*8 sheets. Its good stuff but tin would be lighter. it cost around 18 bucks a sheet. For the inside walls i used 1/4 inch lauan plywood, looks really good.

[duckmn56]

well unfortunitly i started college this fall so i ran out of money in the summer but i have my windows and door and some siding so i will get it weater proofed and show u guys the pics hope you like them