Thursday, September 29, 2022

Houseboat build, pg21...


 Houseboat weight, to date... I've been keeping track of the entire project, weighing ever piece as the boat was built. I'm not as concerned as I was originally, now that we have over 14,000 pounds of flotation, but I'm still watching the overall weight closely. I don't want the total weight to exceed 50% of the total flotation, but I don't think we're gonna be anywhere close to that. Here's the data so far...

Current Houseboat weight
- Current Houseboat Chassis weight (lightened) = 800 lbs
- 2x4 Metal Tracks (48ft), wall bottom = 26.4 lbs
- Side wall tracks 11502 = 7.2 lbs
- Front Wall tracks = 5.6 lbs
- Front and rear treated track support (2x4 cut, 8.5lbs ea) = 34 lbs
- Wall horiz mid-beams = 16.4 lbs
- 2x4 Metal Tracks, Wall top (48ft) = 26.4 lbs
- 17pcs Trex 5' @ 10.2lbs = 181.9 lbs
- 26 metal 2x4x34.5" rafters = 39 lbs
- 20 lbs of marine epoxy = 20 lbs
- 36 metal 2x4x5' = 90 lbs
- 2 gable assys = 21.2 lbs
- 4 roof beams 16' long = 36.8 lbs
- Exterior wall sheeting, 48' = 106.5 lbs
- 12 side rafters @ 22.5" ea = 9.9 lbs
- 48' rain drip, wall top = 13.2 lbs
- Sheet metal for floor = 72 lbs
- Flat bar for float mouting = 38 lbs
- 7 psc floats, 39 lbs ea = 273 lbs
- Roof panel, 2w = 27.2 lbs
- Roof panel, 3w = 43.2 lbs
- Roof front and rear trim = 4.8 lbs
- Door Jam = 14.5 lbs
- Threshhold = 3.6 lbs
- Door = 50.4 lbs
- Metal Studs for corners, 10 pcs @ 2.5 lbs ea = 25 lbs
- 7pcs brickmold @ 3.8 lbs ea = 26.6 lbs
- 16' stud track for windows = 8.8 lbs
- 3ea Windows @ 14.6 lbs ea = 43.8 lbs
- Latex sand = 9.6 lbs / gal
- Rear Deck frame, treated timbers, 2 pcs 8.4 lbs ea = 16.8 lbs
- Rear deck Trex, 17 pcs 4.1 lbs ea = 69.7 lbs
- 4 sheets of 1/2" b-c plywood for flooring @ 48.61 lbs ea = 194.44 lbs
***Total-to-date*** = 2355.94 lbs

So far, so good....

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