Going up... shooting house

[cecil30-30]

Broke ground on my first shooting house on my property today. Going to be using lowes style pallet races for the posts. Got the concrete footers in today with the anchors in place. I think I developed a fool proof plan to make sure the anchors are in the correct place. Ill let it set till Sunday and go back and put the actual racks on. I'm going to try to document and up date this post throughout the build. Dont kno k my carpentry skills. I dont claim to be a pro.

 

[Gobble4me757]

Keep us updated! Good luck!

 

[BSK]

Cool! can't wait to see the progress.

 

[muddyboots]

By George that will hold it up. Lol

 

[FTG-05]

Tagged.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Looks like you are off to a good start. Good luck with it.

 

[LA man]

Looking forward to seeing the pics

 

[gatodoc]

I bet it'll be great...

 

[cecil30-30]

Got the beams up and braced to one another. The holes and anchors lined up perfectly. Only hiccup is that only 1of the anchors are usable on each foot. The hole on the uprights foot is so close to the corner that you can not get a washer or a nut on the bolt anchor. I may take the mig welder back and weld the anchor to the uprights foot. I intend to brace it a little more once complete. Just not sure how. I am worried about the winds once it's complete. I plan to make my floor at the 2nd horizontal beam from the top. I'm off this coming Friday. Plan to get the floor up. I still don't know what to use for a window.

 

[megalomaniac]

Yes, you are going to need something to anchor the build to the ground. If the concrete footers are only 2ft or less deep, it will get blown over pulling them up out of the ground. (Been there, done that... twice)

 

[cecil30-30]

Yes, you are going to need something to anchor the build to the ground. If the concrete footers are only 2ft or less deep, it will get blown over pulling them up out of the ground. (Been there, done that... twice)

Any idea on what to use? I was thinking mobile home anchors and cable.

 

[megalomaniac]

Any idea on what to use? I was thinking mobile home anchors and cable.

I think those will work! The past couple years, I've been sinking a creosote post 5ft deep, concreting it in, then connecting all 4 corners by chain to a turnbuckle attached to the center post.

 

[Jcalder]

4 foot pillars woulda worked

 

[cecil30-30]

I think those will work! The past couple years, I've been sinking a creosote post 5ft deep, concreting it in, then connecting all 4 corners by chain to a turnbuckle attached to the center post.

I like that idea. I have some like new cross ties. How do you attach the chain to the cross tie? Another chain? Anyway you have a pucture of the brace setup?

 

[Deer Assassin]

Looks cool

 

[Bodine270]

Any idea on what to use? I was thinking mobile home anchors and cable.

That's how I anchored mine. Used a turnbuckle on each anchor to get them tight. The cable also gets a little slack over time and turnbuckles make it easy to tighten it back up. Has kept it upright for 8 years so far. You're off to a great start. Looking forward to seeing it come together.

 

[chris1976]

I used drive in duckbill anchors on each leg and one attached to the bottom center of platform. 3/16 cable and 10" turnbuckles for each anchor. It will take a tornado to knock them over.

 

[Whitetaillane8]

Too much work to the cross ties. The mobile home anchors will hold it

 

[megalomaniac]

Eyebolt at top of creosote post. Turnbuckle to eyeball. Chain from turnbuckle to each corner of shoothouse. I also sink a t post at each leg and attach it to the 4x4s with 3 or 4 screws.

 

[chris1976]

Eyebolt at top of creosote post. Turnbuckle to eyeball. Chain from turnbuckle to each corner of shoothouse. I also sink a t post at each leg and attach it to the 4x4s with 3 or 4 screws.

That is a good system if you have good ground that is not terribly rocky. I would be played out far before I could get that hole dug and driving a tpost to that depth would take a jackhammer duckbills are made for rocky ground and install quickly. 3500# holding strength for each leg. If you have real rocky ground definitely consider them.

 

[cecil30-30]

Got the floor frame up today. I gotta say this is turning into an expensive build. Or maybe I'm just over doing it. Planning on getting the plywood put down tomorrow and start work on the walls and roof. I must say that bolting everything to these beams is a pain in the rear. I wont use the other beams that I have for the other shooting houses that I want to build. I do have a question, I don't know if I'll get the walls or the actual roof metal on it tomorrow. It's supposed to rain Saturday and Sunday. Do you think the rain will hurt the un treated plywood that I'm going to use?

 

[DoubleRidge]

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Got the floor frame up today. I gotta say this is turning into an expensive build. Or maybe I'm just over doing it. Planning on getting the plywood put down tomorrow and start work on the walls and roof. I must say that bolting everything to these beams is a pain in the rear. I wont use the other beams that I have for the other shooting houses that I want to build. I do have a question, I don't know if I'll get the walls or the actual roof metal on it tomorrow. It's supposed to rain Saturday and Sunday. Do you think the rain will hurt the un treated plywood that I'm going to use?

Looking good.....couple of rains on untreated plywood should be fine....good air flow being up off ground and sunshine it will dry out quickly....if you want you could tarp it....but it will be fine.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Another vote for mobile home anchors. They will hold it.

 

[cecil30-30]

Another vote for mobile home anchors. They will hold it.

I got my mobile home anchors and 3/8 inch cable ready. I ordered four 1/2 inch turn buckles rated for 2200lbs each. They will be here Monday. I'm not going to put the siding on it until I get the anchors set.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

That looks like it will be awesome

 

[Snake]

Man your building a mansion not a house. Looking good Cecil .

 

[PossumSlayer]

 

[cecil30-30]

Man your building a mansion not a house. Looking good Cecil .

It does seem to be morphing into that. Wasn't my intentions from the start. Lol I have nicknamed it "hotel whitetail"... should be good for the kiddos to get their first deer. I am really lost on the windows though. I am not sure what route to go.

 

[PossumSlayer]

It does seem to be morphing into that. Wasn't my intentions from the start. Lol I have nicknamed it "hotel whitetail"... should be good for the kiddos to get their first deer. I am really lost on the windows though. I am not sure what route to go.

You need to worry about running electric n gas down there

 

[Antler Daddy]

I might put a floor on 3rd crosstie and and roof across top.

These deer don't have a clue how much thought goes into killing one.