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Furshed - Basement??? #6870540
05/12/20 05:48 PM
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Hello!

I'm planning out a fur shed and I sort of have two options.

Option A - a non insulated barn with a dirt floor

Option B - My basement

The barn would be a lot more expensive to heat and to turn into a fur shed.

The basement would be great except, well, it's my BASEMENT. So I'm assuming I'd have some pretty nasty smells especially if I'm working with skunks.

What are your thoughts, would you recommend fixing up the barn, or would you recommend turning my basement into a furshed?


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Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: MySide 🦝] #6870542
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Box a room off in the barn

Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: MySide 🦝] #6870543
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Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: MySide 🦝] #6870544
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From experience, go with the basement


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Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: MySide 🦝] #6870551
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A lot will depend on who else lives in the house with you. If you live alone, basement will be fine. As long as it doesn’t have a moisture problem.

If other people live in the house with you, do what PineD suggested. Fix up
A room in the barn. That way you don’t have to heat the entire barn.


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Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: wissmiss] #6870563
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Originally Posted by wissmiss
A lot will depend on who else lives in the house with you. If you live alone, basement will be fine. As long as it doesn’t have a moisture problem.

If other people live in the house with you, do what PineD suggested. Fix up
A room in the barn. That way you don’t have to heat the entire barn.

FYI, the barn is about 12x22.


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Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: MySide 🦝] #6870571
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you just have to think about keeping heating the barn, and with the dirt floor dampness, will mold and mildew your furs... or lots of ventilation in the barn...lots of furs been done for years and years in sheds... just a matter of space and costs


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Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: MySide 🦝] #6870574
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Turn that barn into a fur shed don’t ruin your house.


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Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: MySide 🦝] #6870576
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You could easily frame in a part of the barn, floor as well, and insulate it. Warm and kozy. Keep the wife happy too. It's easy to keep a she-male happy.


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Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: MySide 🦝] #6870596
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12 x 22 is about what you will need for fur shed...thats where I would go....in fact in my earlier days I started in the basement..til I skinned a mink and punctured a musk gland..next the wife offered to finance a fur shed..I took her up on it and built my own building seperate from the house and we live happily everafter..trust good advice...

Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: MySide 🦝] #6870598
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Use both. Skin and flesh in the barn. Board em and dry em in the basement. Don’t have to heat the barn the whole time, just while your out there working.

Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: KS Yote Trapper] #6870603
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Originally Posted by KS Yote Trapper
Use both. Skin and flesh in the barn. Board em and dry em in the basement. Don’t have to heat the barn the whole time, just while your out there working.


Good thinking, I wasn't thinking of the skinnng part...lol


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Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: woodtick] #6870610
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Originally Posted by woodtick
Originally Posted by KS Yote Trapper
Use both. Skin and flesh in the barn. Board em and dry em in the basement. Don’t have to heat the barn the whole time, just while your out there working.


Good thinking, I wasn't thinking of the skinnng part...lol

Wow, never thought of that! Thanks, thats probably what I'll do!!


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Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: MySide 🦝] #6870629
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there you go, problem solved


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Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: MySide 🦝] #6870641
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What's the access to the basement? No outside access is no bueno. You can get creative with the ventilation to keep smells out of the rest of the house of you have to go that route.

Just wouldn't do it if you're have to drag stuff hrough the house to get to the basement.

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Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: SNIPERBBB] #6870650
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Originally Posted by SNIPERB🦝
What's the access to the basement? No outside access is no bueno. You can get creative with the ventilation to keep smells out of the rest of the house of you have to go that route.

Just wouldn't do it if you're have to drag stuff hrough the house to get to the basement.

The basement does have outside access.


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Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: MySide 🦝] #6870719
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Walk into a fur buyers place some time and you won’t be working in your house much. 1st year I’d put in a barrel stove in the barn and see how that goes for a season.


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Depends on how much you catch. A couple dozen animals doesn't really stink anything up to be noticeable. Skunk and mink should be skinned outside. Everyone in the house will know u nicked a gland in about 20 seconds (speaking from experience).

I dried a couple hundred coon skins in the basement of my house a couple years. They don't really have that much of a stink.


Re: Furshed - Basement??? [Re: MySide 🦝] #6870962
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I did all my fur work on my basement for years until I built a shop out back. Worked for me. Even hit a skunk sac once. The house aired out and we all lived. Life happens.

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