Ok, I know it sounds strange but bear with me...
I work in commercial construction and a lot of buildings we build have single ply TPO roofs. Which is basically a reinforced rubber membrane that can be adhered together to make a completely waterproof system.
I spoke with our roofer on the project and he offered a roll of this material if I wanted it.
I first got the idea to make a cattle panel style blind and skin it with the TPO material. But the more I thought about it, I realized I can make a more permanent traditional style bow blind and skin it with this material as well.
Now, working in construction also has perks of getting to use unwanted material that is going in the trash.
There were several dozen 2x6's that had to be ripped out and were destined for the trash. I was able to get about 20 of them. A little cleaning up and removing about 100 screws, they were good as new. Other than the base, the blind would be way to heavy if made out of 2x6's so I ripped them in half.
Here is a little progress of the frame.
I was browsing Craigslist and came across a guy selling new RV doors for $150. I snagged one. They are 3' wide by 6' tall. Should make getting in and out of the blind easy.
I built the frame here in Houston, the disassembled the walls and loaded it up to re-assemble at the deer lease.
Saturday morning I reassembled the frame and started to skin it. The rubber sheeting is much heavier than it looks it probably doubled the weight of the blind.
I was able to wrap it and staple the rubber on the under side of the 2x's. as well as the roof. Used contact cement for the laps and put another sheet to completely cover the roof. Took awhile to get it all wrapped and set on the platform.
After wrapping I was able to set the door and cut out for the windows.
On the way to the lease on Friday I stopped by and payed a visit to the guys at Deerview Windows. I picked up (3) 12x24 windows and (2) 12x12 windows.
Before installing the windows I painted the inside black and did a bit of a camp job on the outside. Not the best, but it will do.
Anyways here is the finished product.
One more showing the surroundings.
Sound be a pretty comfortable blind to hunt out of now.
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I work in commercial construction and a lot of buildings we build have single ply TPO roofs. Which is basically a reinforced rubber membrane that can be adhered together to make a completely waterproof system.
I spoke with our roofer on the project and he offered a roll of this material if I wanted it.
I first got the idea to make a cattle panel style blind and skin it with the TPO material. But the more I thought about it, I realized I can make a more permanent traditional style bow blind and skin it with this material as well.
Now, working in construction also has perks of getting to use unwanted material that is going in the trash.
There were several dozen 2x6's that had to be ripped out and were destined for the trash. I was able to get about 20 of them. A little cleaning up and removing about 100 screws, they were good as new. Other than the base, the blind would be way to heavy if made out of 2x6's so I ripped them in half.
Here is a little progress of the frame.
I was browsing Craigslist and came across a guy selling new RV doors for $150. I snagged one. They are 3' wide by 6' tall. Should make getting in and out of the blind easy.
I built the frame here in Houston, the disassembled the walls and loaded it up to re-assemble at the deer lease.
Saturday morning I reassembled the frame and started to skin it. The rubber sheeting is much heavier than it looks it probably doubled the weight of the blind.
I was able to wrap it and staple the rubber on the under side of the 2x's. as well as the roof. Used contact cement for the laps and put another sheet to completely cover the roof. Took awhile to get it all wrapped and set on the platform.
After wrapping I was able to set the door and cut out for the windows.
On the way to the lease on Friday I stopped by and payed a visit to the guys at Deerview Windows. I picked up (3) 12x24 windows and (2) 12x12 windows.
Before installing the windows I painted the inside black and did a bit of a camp job on the outside. Not the best, but it will do.
Anyways here is the finished product.
One more showing the surroundings.
Sound be a pretty comfortable blind to hunt out of now.
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