Cedar smoke house on wheels - questions

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atomicsmoke

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Let me start first by saying I am not good at metal or wood fabrication.

I finally accepted that I need a smokehouse for my cold smoking. Currently using a mofified masterbuild 2 door. It takes me a month to finish all i want smoked from a pig.

I would like to build a small cedar smokehouse (shack?) On wheels. I mostly cold smoked in the winter. In spring I would wheel it behind the house so it won't take space in my not-so-big backyard.

Since it's cedar does it have to be finished? Is there a seal required between the cedar boards?

Ideas for the roof?

The smoke source will be amzn smoker tray in mail box mod setup outside the smokehouse.

Other than the chimney do I need other vents.

This will be for cold smoking only.

Thank you for your inputs.
 
No finish required, it'll weather like a fence will. If you do finish, exterior only.

I butted the wide boards together and then shot a trim strip over the gap. I only shot the trim board on one side of the gap to allow for expansion and contraction when wet and dry.

I used. The same cedar boards for the roof as the sides, but I used high temp silicone in the gaps for water resistance.

With the amazen, I had to make a hole at the bottom for air draw.

That help?

Edited because my fingers are fat and my phone is tiny!
 
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Thank you cranky. Can I bug you in the PM regarding the build?

You lost me in paragraph 2. I have no clue what wife boards and trim strip are. I will look them up.
 
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