Re: Plans for Dog House
Terry - Posted this on Sep 1. Hope it helps. "Terry - Just noticed your post. My original dog house was totally rotten, about as solid as a wet noodle, the same as the floor forward of the motor mounts. Fortunately, I had good stringers and transom. Got the best measurements I could off of the old dog house and constructed a new one of 1/2" wolmerized plywood. Used wolmerized 1 X 4's on the inside of the plywood for the framing and ended up with a very solid box. Screwed it together with corrison resistant deck screws. Put 6" 90 degree steel brackets in the bottom front corners to prevent flexing, then covered it with the same carpet I used on the floor. The original box had puny aluminum corner moldings which would not cover the corners of the new carpet.Thought about trying to miter 3/4" aluminum angle ($12.00 for 8'), but decided that would be too difficult and probably not look that good considering the measurements would not be that precise. Was out at Home Depot one day and saw 10' sections of plastic drywall corner molding. Cost $1.98 for 10'. Mitered it with scissors and screwed it to the the edges of the box with #6 1/2" ss screws. To cover the sides, used 3/4" polysytrene batten molding, also Home Depot, cost $1.29 for an 8' section and screwed it to the sides with #6 ss screws. The original box had two part sprayed polyurethane expanding foam for sound proofing and insulation. I covered the inside with 3/4" white polystyrene wall insulation, you guessed it, Home Depot, and it works well. Was worried about heat, but after about six hours has not been a problem. If heat was a problem, I planned to cover the polystreen with metal duct tape. So far, works fine, is very quiet and no problems. Hope this is helpful."
