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....
