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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #200 on: March 29, 2016, 10:08:34 PM »
Since it is a "Cabin" I went with an aggressive 8" step. No comfort here, but it should give you a workout!

I built the stringers from a single 2 X 12 X 8, cutting out three stringers. The treads are two 2 X 6 and a toe kick of 3/4" pine board
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #201 on: March 29, 2016, 10:10:09 PM »
I cut out all the pieces first leaving that wonderful pine/turpentine smell in the air.

I started with screwing in the center toe kick board to hold everything square
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #202 on: March 29, 2016, 10:11:59 PM »
Then the treads were glued, drilled and screwed in place. The wood screws are HD #10 X 3"
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #203 on: March 29, 2016, 10:13:11 PM »
I added the top toe kick then attached it to the platform with a single screw for a fitting check.
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #204 on: March 29, 2016, 10:14:23 PM »
Next I cut out two back legs so that the steps would actually support themselves
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #205 on: March 29, 2016, 10:15:55 PM »
Then it was time to slap on the elmer's and fasten the center stringer to complete the project
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #206 on: March 29, 2016, 10:17:07 PM »
And that completed that little project. Time to move on to the next thing to build
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #207 on: March 29, 2016, 10:20:49 PM »
Nice!
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #208 on: March 29, 2016, 11:17:01 PM »
Right on. Very sturdy


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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #209 on: March 29, 2016, 11:57:43 PM »
Heck, you could park SD on that.

Thats one of my 1st projects when I am walking some. Patio, stairs and 2nd solar system.
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #210 on: March 30, 2016, 08:53:31 AM »
Heck, you could park SD on that.

Thats one of my 1st projects when I am walking some. Patio, stairs and 2nd solar system.
I bet we are all just like you JR. When we are down, we are planning for the first projects for when we are all better!
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #211 on: March 30, 2016, 12:48:45 PM »
I am chomping at the bit to get out. Getting a couple small things done, but it is slow. Hardest part is not being able to get down to work on thing or grab a tool quick.
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #212 on: March 30, 2016, 04:36:09 PM »
Great work as always Don. Definitely some stout stairs.

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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #213 on: March 30, 2016, 05:02:43 PM »
Great work as always Don. Definitely some stout stairs.
I'm now working on the second rise. Have all the toe kicks and treads cut out, and the pattern for the stringer half cut out. Wife came home early and told me I was done for the day...
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #214 on: March 30, 2016, 05:09:53 PM »
FIFY

BOSS came home early and told me I was done for the day...
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #215 on: March 30, 2016, 08:52:27 PM »
FIFY

BOSS came home early and told me I was done for the day...
Ya, well...
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #216 on: March 30, 2016, 09:16:11 PM »
What kills me is when they ask "are you about done?" Typically I'm in the middle of wrenching on something & the boss wants me to come in sit down & do nothing. The answer in my head is always "well no not really" & at this point (14 years married) I know it's a lost cause then just shrug and say "I guess so...."
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #217 on: March 31, 2016, 07:52:29 PM »
Got the rest of the stairs cut out and ready for installation

Started with another stack of lumber. Under a hundred this time around!
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #218 on: March 31, 2016, 07:53:29 PM »
I cut out the treads and toe kick boards first

These will be assembled on site
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #219 on: March 31, 2016, 07:55:29 PM »
Sketch says seven steps, but there are actually 8.

Using the standard 8" rise per step put me within 1/4" of coming out perfect. I'm happy with that!
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #220 on: March 31, 2016, 07:57:15 PM »
The stringers were marked out and cut as much as possible on the chop saw to keep all the angles spot on
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #221 on: March 31, 2016, 07:59:43 PM »
Genius.
Never though of the chop saw for stringers!

Well done!
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb.  I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #222 on: March 31, 2016, 08:01:30 PM »
I then cut out and attached the stringer "heel" support. This little gem will make assembly a breeze. Just tuck the stringer onto the ledge then slide in the center support structure, which you will see in a second and just like that you're all set up!
I'm liking this glue. I'm using it on everything, even that red dog (Which against my wishes, came home to us after the daughter moved and wasn't allowed to have a dog in the new place.)
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #223 on: March 31, 2016, 08:04:10 PM »
Hee is that center support. It will slide in between the 4th and 5th tread which should eliminate any mid span flex, although with three stringers, I doubt there would be much to begin with. I'm just over building it a tad so that I won't have to mess with it again as I run my years out...
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #224 on: March 31, 2016, 08:06:08 PM »
Now where the center stringer resides this support would be right in the way, so I cut out a little keyway in it, then reinforced the snot out of it
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #225 on: March 31, 2016, 08:09:25 PM »
I think that will suffice, especially when the glue dries on everything down at the shed site. It will become one big monocoque structure which will strengthen up that wall and section of the shed. I don't believe I will see very much "Flimsy" going on it that little building.

And with that, just like that I was done!
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #226 on: March 31, 2016, 08:18:15 PM »
So as for the rest of the site development.

We still plan to burn the house after considering everything.

I think I'll have the cistern reconditioned since that would be most cost effective.

I think I'll repair the basement walls and build the next structure over top of it, but make access to it through some secret something...fake wall, removable floor panel, something.

As for the actual structure. I like this shed construction so much I'm going to do it again.
I'm thinking widen it to 24 feet and lengthen it to 36 feet and build 10 foot walls. That would give us 1728 total square feet  plus the 740 over in the shed, which along with the camper and support building (Rest of the Shed) is all we would need.

Add to that a pump house, a generator and battery room or shed, and throw up some shed roofs on the shed and even the equipment could find a dry spot. Kath says we are adding a pool!
Of course I oppose that idea, but then when I consider the added 30,000 gallons of water just sitting there, with the prospect of staying clean with it, and drinking rain water, it doesn't sound all so bad.

I'll add a porch on both the shed and the cabin, along with a back deck on the cabin and a shed roof on the shed, throw in a gazebo thing to get the picnic table under roof, build a fire pit and a wood storage something like Red Neck made and I think I have the makings of something that we could make a go of it in extremis...or for a weekend getaway!
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #227 on: March 31, 2016, 09:43:32 PM »
Sounds like you got it figured out. Still trying to understand the whole pool thang. I would think that a tennis court would be a priority!
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #228 on: March 31, 2016, 10:51:57 PM »
Tennis, next thing Ken will be trying to do is a fundraiser for Hillary at Don's farm....... ::)
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #229 on: March 31, 2016, 10:58:52 PM »
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #230 on: April 01, 2016, 09:38:33 AM »
Sounds like you got it figured out. Still trying to understand the whole pool thang. I would think that a tennis court would be a priority!
You know the deal Ken...We get this or that thing started...do all the hard work. Then along the way somewhere, the LOH (lady of the house) suddenly notices. You see it has evolved to the point where it is usable or clean, or fun, or someone else is now interested in it as well.

Well anyway, having arrived at this landmark point in time, suddenly your BH (Better half) jumps right in, but not as the adviser or partner, nope, she thinks she is the job superintendent. She is now headlong involved into taking this confused mess (in her view) and misaligned concept, to change it into her concept. Ya know, now that I got it started...

Witness: My "Hide" site. The LOH sees it as a public gathering place far and away from the headwaters of suburban culture. An island of culture in a sea of hillbilly where the cultured (Mostly female) friends of hers can come and bask in the sun while their neanderthal husbands can go off and kill bear and wrestle alligators. So a pool becomes quintessential to her whole IPC (island of paradise concept).

The way I see it, I know all about this subtle psychological ploy, so I simply play it for all it's worth. "Pool you say?" "Of course honey, that's a great idea for a primitive hide site which also might just save our lives while a carnal america devours itself!" "Ya know while we have that pool, I'll need to build in a water purification system, ya know to keep the pool water fresh!" "And I'll need a good supply of electricity, just in case the electrical grid fails. Well, I'll find some diesel generator, add in a sea of solar cells and a bunch of batteries, just so the pump will stay running. But don't worry about those details, just focus on the big picture!"

"And I should probably build you a place to change, right? So I'll add another shed right here and ya, I might have some stuff in there, but we both know it's really a changing room. You'll need a deck to sun yourself, right? I'll put one right here, right over top this big underground chamber that I'll add just in case you need a place nearby to get out of the sun and cool down."

"I also think we should build on the party atmosphere, so I'll just put up these cool infrared red lights everywhere and these cameras so we can catch people here and there with candids that we can add to the family photo album."

"Oh, the guns, you ask?" "Wouldn't normally find them around a spa, I know. But they can be part of the hillbilly resort theme I plan to use in the overall design, isn't that fun? Ya know guns, bullets, knives and things, just to make the place feel authentic!"

Now the cabin...yea the cabin. I'll have to spend extra time on it to be sure it is a complete four season thing. Yes, I know that part of the year we might not be swimming and killin bear, but what if I make a place where the girls can have a "Girly weekend out, a sleepover?" "What about that?" Yea, I can see a fireplace, a way to cook meals, some beds to sleep in, and how about some really cool and trendy bucket showers, wouldn't that be fun?

By now I am off researching the tree saw I want while she is having dreams of Paris in the hills...

It works like that ^^^
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #231 on: April 01, 2016, 01:15:52 PM »
Don, the pool boy. You will be glad you have a tree saw when you start fighting the leaves in the new pool.

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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #232 on: April 01, 2016, 01:58:24 PM »
Actually, just put a good cover on it. Keeps all kind of things out, then you just blow it off.

As for the sheds I noticed no insulation, perhaps that should begin to appear?

Maybe a smallish solar water heater to a small tank so you have showers without power?

 
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #233 on: April 01, 2016, 07:15:10 PM »
Don, the pool boy. You will be glad you have a tree saw when you start fighting the leaves in the new pool.
Bigger tree saw, Bob:

http://turbosaw.com/tractor.php

Might go for the 3200 with hydraulic grapple
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #234 on: April 01, 2016, 07:17:24 PM »
Actually, just put a good cover on it. Keeps all kind of things out, then you just blow it off.

As for the sheds I noticed no insulation, perhaps that should begin to appear?

Maybe a smallish solar water heater to a small tank so you have showers without power?

 
I plan to insulate that small room and the upstairs

A solar water heater is a good idea! Hadn't thought about that. Maybe a small one, as this is not a primary living structure, but I am thinking about a bathroom upstairs
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« Reply #235 on: April 01, 2016, 08:13:02 PM »
Yep, something small with a recirculating that lifts water as it gets heated, all solar, always hot cept when snowing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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« Reply #236 on: April 01, 2016, 09:17:05 PM »
Yep, something small with a recirculating that lifts water as it gets heated, all solar, always hot cept when snowing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
JR, can you point me to a good system for the shed? Maybe I'll score one and see how the whole thing works...get ready for the cabin.

I think I might put that cabin up this fall/early winter.
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #237 on: April 01, 2016, 11:08:54 PM »
Don, the pool boy. You will be glad you have a tree saw when you start fighting the leaves in the new pool.
Bigger tree saw, Bob:

http://turbosaw.com/tractor.php

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« Reply #238 on: April 03, 2016, 07:39:07 AM »
Don... build some large solar water heating cells from tin roof sheeting, some glass ya found on Craigslist or somewhere (old greenhouses come to mind) and you can heat your shower water and your pool. Solar water heating isn't rocket science by any means. Even us old under edumacated farmers can build em.

Some old farmers even bury old cement septic tanks full of drain oil. They then toss in say a half dozen old cast iron radiators from the steam heat era in said tank full of oil. When plumbed to a solar collector of decent size, say 12'x20' they now have a nice large 500+gallon heat sink with which to heat their homes/buildings when there is no/low sun.

Then add a gassification boiler to the mix......I'll shut up now.


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« Reply #239 on: April 03, 2016, 03:21:19 PM »
So when is big red making the move?
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #240 on: April 03, 2016, 03:44:01 PM »
What about a pond? I don't know enough about the topography of your property but I can definitely see having a large amount of water on hand being a good thing. If the pond is big enough you can have fish, and a place to swim. Often you can even get some tax credits to help pay for it.

As for the trees I don't think you're thinking big enough. This oughta do the trick.... ;D


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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #241 on: April 03, 2016, 03:44:09 PM »
Well, for a smaller dedicated system there are many ways to go. I am no expert and more maybe online, but here are some ideas.

Say you want 75-100 gal you want to keep warm for showers, cleanup and little things. I would mount the tank so your only have to pump water in to keep it filled. A small brushless pump running off the solar system with a regulator/invertor 12v would do just fine. Simple water level switch and you are done.

Then a secondary system for heating the water and keeping it moving so it doesn't get nasty and goes though a filter.

I have made coiled water heaters like below and they work fine. Kept my above ground pool warm with 95* water all I wanted and it just used the pools pump.

I now use the flat panels made for heating pool water. You can get then in about any size, but 2x10/12 and 4x10/12 are very common. I use the 4x12 with 4 panels and get 95* water from 80* pool water. Warmer in, warmer out. So a small system could give you water well into the 100s recirculating it.

It is all basic stuff and I am using mostly off the shelf and CL panels new they are way to much. I use a used 1/2 hp pool pump for my pool, but you don't need that flow.
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #243 on: April 03, 2016, 05:02:05 PM »
There are a bunch of good ideas here for the water heater...Seems interesting.

Let me see, mount some sort of heat collector on the roof and build off that. I thought the heat collector and system was a sealed unit with a heat exchanger mounted in a water heater. The water tank water being that which you actually used to wash with. That is the system I would envision due to the occasional sub zero temps we see here.

Anyway, should be easy enough to figure out. I guess I'll mount that under the stair case.

Speaking of which, I now have one!

Yesterday was a tough one for sure. It was in the high forties but we had strong winds all day gusting over 55 mph at times!

I thought it was going to be a warm day and I did not dress appropriately. As a result I froze my butt off!

Fearing there was going to be late afternoon rain, I got to work earth moving right away.

But I had the boys move the trailer full of lumber inside and create this pile for me to work down.
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #244 on: April 03, 2016, 05:04:56 PM »
The idea is to use the rock wall and rock fill to establish a solid foundation and site for rill which is mostly yellow clay. I needed another access to the area behind the shed, so I started digging that out, having to dig an area down some 6 feet and wider than a driveway.

I would have liked to have Sarge to do the heavy lifting, but the tractor was up to the task for this level of work
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #245 on: April 03, 2016, 05:07:44 PM »
From this point, needing to warm up a bit, it was inside to work on the staircase and get that installed

I started with nailing the landing into the corner.

I decided to place the step riser into the outside wall corner instead of tying it to the new wall because after thinking about it, it would yield the greatest use of the space above.
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #246 on: April 03, 2016, 05:08:15 PM »
The short steps were attached next
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #247 on: April 03, 2016, 05:10:48 PM »
Then the main staircase itself...
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #248 on: April 03, 2016, 05:12:40 PM »
Then I dropped in a second floor joist, a wall plate, and connected the stairs to the second floor framing
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Re: Hide/Bug-out site construction thread, Part 2
« Reply #249 on: April 03, 2016, 05:13:59 PM »
Then I continued framing in the area around the staircase
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