ScullsMcNasty

im building a big cabin style shooting house on my property and i wanna make it as water tight and warm as possible. im gonna have some comfy furniture in there for those cold midday sits. i just need some ideas on what type of windows i should put in it. i would like to have some that slide or roll out. help me out..

Jason

Ryan, depends on how big you are building....My crew-cab box has truck sliding windows front and back then in the doors they are some type of windows that slide also but smaller to fit in a crew cab door. What ever you get, let me suggest some sheet metal as a visor over the windows to act as a drip edge....if you don't remember the house, here is the link...

http://www.pensacolafishingforum.com...shooting+house

Also BBOB has 1 sitting in his yard that he might sell cause he ran into problems at his lease..... You could probably find some old house windows or go to a junk yard and find old automotive windows....

Remember let's see lots of :takephoto:takephoto:takephoto during the making!!!:letsdrink

69Viking

There is a Building Surplus store on Racetrack Road in Fort Walton Beach that has stuff for cheap that I think they get from builders who end up not using the stuff when the customer changes their mind. Might be a good place to find windows.

LABDOG3

Might try looking at the Habitat for Humanity "re-sell" stores...they have a lot of building materials, windows too,available pretty cheap...there is one in Pensacola on Old Palafox, not sure where you are located, but worth a shot...

slanddeerhunter

ive seen people use windows out of an old school bus. they slide up and are about the right openning for a rifle.

jim t

I'm sorry... still wondering from the original title, why would you want to shoot house windows? Oh sure as a kid it was cool to find an abandoned house and nail the windows with bb-guns...

But real houses, with real guns?...:banghead:banghead:doh:dohokeoke

Jim

PS, sorry, "shooting house windows" struck me as funny...

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Sea-r-cy

We usually just use a piece of plex-glass in a sliding groove. Quiet, cheap, and pretty water tight unless it's really blowing. Windows don't need to be very big, 8-12" tall. Sea-r-cy

ScullsMcNasty

thats actually a really good idea that i havent thought of. even more water tight if you put a small rainshield over the windows. im still gonna look into real windows cause of the warmth aspect but ill keep that in mind! thanks everyone that replied

Rammer Jammer

Same here regarding the plexiglass. You have two grooved (like the female end of tongue and grooved flooring) pieces of plastic on each side and we tie a pull rope to the top of the plexi and pull it up and down and tie it off on a nail/screw in the open position as needed. Also added foam strips with the adhesive on the back around the edges and on the bottom of the window so the plexi is more insulated while in the closed position and trust me there is drastic difference in the temp when that little plexi window is open and closed. I like that set up cuz you can leave it closedon those cold mornings and they are very quiet and easy to open when deer appear. We used the tinted plexi for added camo.

TUBBLAWNS

I have done the same but instead of them swinging open, you make them slide back and forth in a groove made by your two upper and bottom seals. Really draft free, and quiet, and I have put a buddy heater in one and have literally about run myself out of there because of it getting too hot.