gonzalezeb
5 year old buck +
As I've written about it before, I am slowly working on my dream of having a retirement cabin in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Over the past few years, I have build a small 20X24 Garage with an unfinished upstairs living area, ran electricity, and even brought in a 500lb propane tank and small propane heater to try to keep the place above freezing during the winters. The idea was, for the propane heater to keep the garage above 45 throughout the winter as I do have some rudimentary plumbing (a standalone sink with heat/pump, and a portable shower caddy with heat/pump). Well the hopes that this heater and 500lbs of propane would keep my garage above freezing failed me this year - as I ran out of propane in just under 5 months during that dreaded continuous week of <0 temps.
When I make it back out to the place this summer, my plan is to add insulation upstairs and downstairs and maybe start to finish off the upstairs - which really would be to close off the eaves. as I have a radiant barrier in place.
But here is my dilemma...I live 1700 miles from my dream. This year will be the first year I will be hunting on my land. Because of the distance I'm planning to add a gun safe here in a few week and leave a handful of guns at the property so I don't have to continuously transport them. I'm looking for any ideas/tips on what I can do to help create a better climate controlled environment for storing weapons - without having to buy an entire HVAC system. Any help with how I can create a "climate controlled" environment for keeping my guns there would be greatly appreciated. (On a plus, the summers don't get too terribly hot and humid, and the radiant barriers does wonders for keeping the place under 90 - so it maybe more of how to keep it warm, but I also figure once I finish the upstairs more, I might start to lose air circulation and now will have more heat issues than I currently have...)
When I make it back out to the place this summer, my plan is to add insulation upstairs and downstairs and maybe start to finish off the upstairs - which really would be to close off the eaves. as I have a radiant barrier in place.
But here is my dilemma...I live 1700 miles from my dream. This year will be the first year I will be hunting on my land. Because of the distance I'm planning to add a gun safe here in a few week and leave a handful of guns at the property so I don't have to continuously transport them. I'm looking for any ideas/tips on what I can do to help create a better climate controlled environment for storing weapons - without having to buy an entire HVAC system. Any help with how I can create a "climate controlled" environment for keeping my guns there would be greatly appreciated. (On a plus, the summers don't get too terribly hot and humid, and the radiant barriers does wonders for keeping the place under 90 - so it maybe more of how to keep it warm, but I also figure once I finish the upstairs more, I might start to lose air circulation and now will have more heat issues than I currently have...)
