Bought my Discus a Cabin

[Altum Nut]

No skylight or windows and just a small peep hole that only looks out.... I forgot a large lock inside so no one gets in and no one will know that your inside. That is my dream Discus cabin.

...Ralph

[Larry Bugg]

No tanks in front of unobstructed windows. I'm in the algae camp with Mug on this one. No skylights, they do eventually leak. I'm in the skylight camp with Liz.

No skylight or windows and just a small peep hole that only looks out.... I forgot a large lock inside so no one gets in and no one will know that your inside. That is my dream Discus cabin.

...Ralph

So I like the daylight coming in. If I really run out of tank space I can make the decision then. Lol, Ralph. I live out in the middle of nowhere. I mean really out in the middle of nowhere and my driveway is 1000 feet from the road. My address finally shows up on Google Maps now. Here it is. See the first dirt road on the right on Gordon Rd? Now follow that back till you come to the opening in the trees. That is the building site although if the view was updated it would be much larger as we have cleared about 1 acre. Now zoom out and see what you see. Nothing but forested land and open pastures. Like I said the middle of nowhere. Talk about peace and quite. Went and bought grass seed at the "local" nursery today which caters to farms. You know you have moved to the country when you go in the store looking for grass seed and they don't ask how many sq feet you need to cover, instead they ask how many acres.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Go...!4d-83.6700705

[Altum Nut]

I was just kidding Larry and I figured that from the original description when you mentioned it last year or earlier, I indeed knew you were heading somewhere in the bush. Love the lands on Google.
I think your in Holy Country with all the churches. God bless my son

...Ralph

[Ardan]

That site is amazing! Can't wait to see what you do inside. Really great to add on and have that space for all the extras and water storage is a good idea. Will you heat the room to 82F or will you have heaters in each tank? Will you have A/C for the hot summer months? Just curious how you will do that.

[Larry Bugg]

That site is amazing! Can't wait to see what you do inside. Really great to add on and have that space for all the extras and water storage is a good idea. Will you heat the room to 82F or will you have heaters in each tank? Will you have A/C for the hot summer months? Just curious how you will do that.

The plan is to use either a window or wall mounted heat pump. I do plan on heaters in the tanks but my hope is to keep the room fairly warm so they won't be used much. During the summer it will be cooled but only down to the low 80's so the water temp should be just about right at room temp.

[Second Hand Pat]

Larry, have you considering doing any outside vats during the summer?
Pat

[Larry Bugg]

Larry, have you considering doing any outside vats during the summer?
Pat

I want Liz to send me a couple of those vats she has outside, lol.

[Second Hand Pat]

I want Liz to send me a couple of those vats she has outside, lol.

Road trip

[Larry Bugg]

Started building the 8' x 10" extension to hold the water storage. We should get the roof on tomorrow morning and then I can start next week on the wiring and plumbing

[Larry Bugg]

Here is about version 20 of the interior of the cabin. Oh, version 21............the stand by the 125 that shows 2 x 20 and 1 x 75 is actually 2 x75. No 20's. Total 1255 gallons not counting the storage.660 gallons of storage water. I left the two windows in the center of the building uncovered. If I need to later I can close off those windows and put another 160 gallons in. I don't show it on the drawing but I will have a work table in front of the two water totes. I also think I can get some shelves in the extension for equipment storage.

[Altum Nut]

It coming together Larry and looking great. Glad you thought about storing you tots inside now as I'm sure it's happened to someone in the past who forgot. Your helper...guessing your father in-law did most of the work I would think...Lol

...Ralph

[LostSouth]

You need to tryout Sketchup Larry.

[DJW]

Are you going to install a floor drain for the inevitable floods?

[Larry Bugg]

It coming together Larry and looking great. Glad you thought about storing you tots inside now as I'm sure it's happened to someone in the past who forgot. Your helper...guessing your father in-law did most of the work I would think...Lol

...Ralph

Yup that's my father-in-law and two really good friends/neighbors. Including me that is 4 of the 6 members of the dog pound crew. We meet several days a week in my father-in-laws kitchen for coffee and gossip. We usually find ourselves with a few projects to do every week and we take the pontoon crappie fishing one night a week. It is great to have good friends that don't question........just jump in and do the work. At 74 my father-in-law still works pretty hard but he also has the know how to do all these projects we undertake.

[Larry Bugg]

Are you going to install a floor drain for the inevitable floods?

My storage totes already have float valves so no floods there. I am seriously considering putting float valves in the tanks also.