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<blockquote data-quote="Hunter 257W" data-source="post: 5087196" data-attributes="member: 12277"><p>I built one that's about 5'x8' out of all wood. I used 12' 6"x6" posts that were treated and put them in the ground 2' deep so that the floor is 10' high. I framed around the posts with 2'x12's then made floor joists from scrap 2'x6's on 9" centers. ?Yeah that's overdoing it but I don't like heights and don't like the idea of getting killed while deer hunting so I overbuilt it. The 2"x6"s were scraps and free anyhow. Everything else was pretty much scrap lumber from years of leftover pieces on other jobs around the farm. This was in the Fall of 2010 and it's still in good shape. I put a lot of overhang on the tin roof to minimize the rain blowing in. I always intend to put some kind of wood treatment on it each spring but never have. I'm sure the floor (2 layers of 3/8" plywood) will have to be changed out some day. It's a bad idea to use 2 layers like that because water always gets trapped between the layers but it's what I had. When I do change the floor out I'll buy new deck boards and maybe the synthetic ones and be done with it forever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hunter 257W, post: 5087196, member: 12277"] I built one that's about 5'x8' out of all wood. I used 12' 6"x6" posts that were treated and put them in the ground 2' deep so that the floor is 10' high. I framed around the posts with 2'x12's then made floor joists from scrap 2'x6's on 9" centers. ?Yeah that's overdoing it but I don't like heights and don't like the idea of getting killed while deer hunting so I overbuilt it. The 2"x6"s were scraps and free anyhow. Everything else was pretty much scrap lumber from years of leftover pieces on other jobs around the farm. This was in the Fall of 2010 and it's still in good shape. I put a lot of overhang on the tin roof to minimize the rain blowing in. I always intend to put some kind of wood treatment on it each spring but never have. I'm sure the floor (2 layers of 3/8" plywood) will have to be changed out some day. It's a bad idea to use 2 layers like that because water always gets trapped between the layers but it's what I had. When I do change the floor out I'll buy new deck boards and maybe the synthetic ones and be done with it forever. [/QUOTE]
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