I Tried Building a Floating Boathouse

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2 жыл бұрын

I attempted to build a floating boathouse. With 50% of the project complete it took a much different turn. This project was built for completely free as all the barrels, wood, strapping, screws and lumber was free. Hope you enjoy!

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@bradkvanbek7148 Жыл бұрын

I have built a dock and a couple rafts with 55 gallon plastic drums. I learned some things, the hard way. You want to seal the drums in the middle of your temperature difference. For MN sealing the drums at 30 degrees works good. The first dock sections I sealed the drums at warmer temperatures and in the winter they caved in some, so I drilled a small hole in one cap above the waterline, but somehow they still can fill with water. So seal in cooler temps. You can't have too much floatation. My first dock / raft had drums has 12sf per barrel, my last has near solid drums at 6.55sf per barrel. There is no such thing as too many drums.

@tom_sassen Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the reply to this video. I agree, the drums must be sealed at the right temperature or else there is a possibility for them to cave in the winter.

@chthulu27 16 күн бұрын

What can a man achieve just tooling around in his garage? The sky's the limit really.

@tom_sassen 13 күн бұрын

Haha that’s true!

@adventurousloner 2 жыл бұрын

What's been done with free materials is kind of amazing

@tom_sassen 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@el6700 Жыл бұрын

Inspirational stuff right here! Me someday!

@tom_sassen Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@bombimbanshow2497 2 жыл бұрын

Nice project , shout out from Phil's,..

@design_with_xoliswa 2 жыл бұрын

This is great, I enjoyed it

@tom_sassen 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@austintown2021 2 жыл бұрын

you do need this.

@tom_sassen 2 жыл бұрын

Haha I wish

@SherrickDuncan 2 ай бұрын

Could these still float if incased in concrete/cement instead of wood?

@tom_sassen 2 ай бұрын

It depends, I don’t think it would float too well since they can only displace 450 ibs of water

@SherrickDuncan 2 ай бұрын

@@tom_sassen what if I also packed said concrete with lots and lots of sealed empty water bottles?

@dontmissthelittlethings 2 жыл бұрын

Great job just the same.

@tom_sassen 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@dontmissthelittlethings 2 жыл бұрын

@@tom_sassen You're welcome.

@anamarieadiova9400 Жыл бұрын

build the deck then frame with metal studs

@tom_sassen Жыл бұрын

That would’ve been nice

@abirhasen8496 Жыл бұрын

Just wow😮

@tom_sassen 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@trendynow1369 Жыл бұрын

Aww your mommy said no :(

@tom_sassen Жыл бұрын

lol