Fun times fishing the fresh waters of NC. This is primarily our fishing diary, so we wouldn't loose the pictures or forget the great times we've had fishing. We hope you enjoy looking around. Now, get your gear out and go fishing!!
Yay!!! We have the roof completed, and all dried in. This whole project is totally off the instructions, so probably less then a dozen holes actually lined up, out of the 1600+ holes I had to hand drill and screw. Wow, but it all fits and is the dimensions we wanted for our floating platform. The roof panels are all not installed, sealed, have ridge caps cut and fitted, 3 full size caulking gun-size tubes of calking, and lower ends all cut off. Sorry, these photos keep getting out of order for some reason, but I'll describe them as I go...
Top three photos are: Houseboat 3, Dave 0. While using the carbide saw and trimming the excess roof metal, I got in a fight with the sharp edges and lost. Not too badly, but the houseboat drew a little blood from me :-)
The two photos above are of the roof, all finished and with the overhangs trimmed. Time to install the roof edging, now!
Debbie took a couple of photos of me cutting the roofing with the carbide saw. There's a video near the end of this blog showing the carbide saw in action...
The above 4 photos are of the roof, after completion, but before the overhangs were cut. I kinda like the look, but the windows would be partially obscured by the overhang, so it has to go.
A look down through the structure after it was totally dried in up top, sealed, etc. The interior is about to get a coating of spray foam insulation, once the plumbing and electrical are installed.
The drawing getting marked up for electrical a bit...
Above is another shot of the interior atructure. All of the metal 2x4 framing is my design, the building originally didn't have any of that, only a basic frame and the sheet metal covering provided the strength.
A photo of the port side roofing, the night before the rest of the roof was completed.
A photo of the building just before I started installing the roof. Most of the structural stuff is now done, so I can move forward with the inside build. I can't wait!!
