The Angled Door

With weight taring to be on my mind I came up with the great idea to make the top a triangle.

This should eliminate all condensation problems as well as 

create less air space that needs to be heated.

This has become a angle nightmare with some boards requiring multiple angled cuts.

Two more hard pieces to figure out and the rest should go a lot easier.

I finished insulating and covering the sides and bottom.

New Door - #2

Put the second door in - which has made working on the tank a ton easier.

Trim this up a bit and build some stairs and the trailer is basically done.

Got a little nervous about the weight so I add some 3000 lb jack stands in the center between each tire.

Hopefully this will prevent any dropping of the trailer frame when I add all the water and salt.

Pumps and Back End

This is looking at the back of the tank.

The red box is where the spa pack will go - right against the wall.

The two red circles are the in and out take for the spa pack.

These will be going through the back panel (no built yet),

so I don't have to cut my liner.

We have Power

Power took a few tries - but it's now done!

Building the Base

I started building the base of the tank today.

Pretty simple platform with a foot between the joist.

Topped it off with a layer of plywood.

The end internal dimensions came out to 8 feet  by 4 feet 10 inches.

I ended up having to cut some off to frame the walls with 2 by 4's.

I then framed it in with 2 by 4's so that it can be insulated with R13.

I have to get a few more boards and then insulate the bottom.

I'll hold off on doing the sides for the time being.

Now that this is sitting in here I'm staring to gain a little perspective.

One thing is that this weight a ton!

May have to think lighter up top to be on the safe side.

The other thing that I kept thinking about today was the possibility of a curved roof.

This would primarily be for condensation.

But also allowing for maximum head room at the peak.

Something like this:

You have to love that heat escape on the top.