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The MackShack begins!!

icemncmth
icemncmth Posts: 1,165
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
My wife was so impressed with Spring Chicken's Coop that she gave me the OK to build one like it. So I decided to change the dimensions a little. My "MackShack" will be 18'x12' and pretty much copy the famous Coop. Thanks for all the help SpringChicken!!!!

These are the concrete piers that will hold the shack down in the Oklahoma wind!!!

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  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,846
    Like the Armstrong Posthole Digger! :whistle:
    aka marysvilleksegghead
    Lrg 2008
    mini 2009

    Henny Youngman:
    I said to my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?' She said, 'I want to go somewhere I've never been before.' I said, 'Try the kitchen.'
    Bob Hope: When I wake up in the morning, I don’t feel anything until noon, and then it’s time for my nap
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  • Spring Chicken
    Spring Chicken Posts: 10,255
    Sounds like a plan to me. I'm flattered. If you need any more info on how I built mine just let me know.

    You're lucky to be able to build larger. My neighborhood is closely controlled by the homeowners association. I can build a gazebo (with approval) but to build a structural outdoor kitchen probably would not go over well, especially when made of cedar and has a tin roof. The Coop can't be seen from the street and I back up to a cemetery so I figured I'd just go for it.

    As a precaution I plumbed three water hose connections close enough that any one of them can reach the Coop with a 50' hose. One is only 10' away. And I added a fire extinguisher by the entrance. At least I can say I tried to protect it from the risk of fire.

    I've been in Oklahoma wind before and it is not something I could deal with every day. But the Coop survived Hurricane Ike's 125 mph winds. The only damage was to the weathervane which was slightly bent and three wind-speed cups blown off (they were welded on).

    Keep us posted on your progress. Maybe you will invite Spring Hen and me over for a tour. After all, we plan to make the next Oklahoma Eggfest.

    Spring "Coop Didn't Fly" Chicken
    Spring Texas USA
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  • icemncmth
    icemncmth Posts: 1,165
    I am lucky because we can do pretty much what we want where I live. I am going to plumb PVC to the shack and have a quick connect ..I will have one plumbed and one that I can connect a hose to.

    I will also wire the shack. I will have LED rope lights, ceiling fan and I am going to turn a chest freezer into a beer cooler!!!

    I went larger to have seating in it. Nothing like starting a project in the Oklahoma Summer!!!

    I will take pics as I progress!

    Again thanks for the help!
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  • SWOkla-Jerry
    SWOkla-Jerry Posts: 640
    Nice looking project...where in Okla do you live?
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  • icemncmth
    icemncmth Posts: 1,165
    Yep...I had a friend come over an help. Nothing like punching holes in clay!!!!! :pinch:
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  • icemncmth
    icemncmth Posts: 1,165
    I live in OKC...where do you live?
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  • SWOkla-Jerry
    SWOkla-Jerry Posts: 640
    I'm in Lawton...was in OKC yesterday shopping for my 12 yr Dewars at Byrons and 20 bags of Ozark Oak lump at Crest for $4.48 per bag. We also shop at Aldi's for some of our staples.
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  • Desert Oasis Woman
    Desert Oasis Woman Posts: 5,604
    B) sounds like your new "shack" will be the party palace at OKC Fest 2010 :woohoo: Mikey can bartend :evil:
    btw, how are you turning your chest freezer into a beer cooler?? Have an older chest freezer in my garage that will be replaced within the year... your's sounds like an Eggcellent Idea!
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  • icemncmth
    icemncmth Posts: 1,165
    It needs to be working. All you do is buy a thermostat...and either wire it in or use a plug type. You drill a hole in the freezer and run the probe into the freezer. I put the probe inside a PVC pipe and stick it to the inside wall of a chest freezer..

    Set the temp for 36 deg and you are done..

    Doing a quick google search I came up with this thermometer...

    http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_40_366&products_id=1214

    You don't have to do any wire splicing with this one..
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