Bigfish10
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Hi All,
I'm going to fulltime in my 5th wheel for a period of time while my house is being built. I'm hoping we can get monved in 6 to 9 months from start of the project. Anyhow, what I'd like to do is build a pole barn (30x50) large enough to park the 5th wheel inside. So, if the 5th wheel is couped up in this pole barn are there any safety concerns that I may come across by doing this? That's the question of the day for me. i.e. if I run the heater and fridge on propane, will that create unsafe air to breathe etc...
Thanks for any comments.
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woodburner
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You might want to make sure you have a lot of ventilation when running appliances. Carbon Monoxide will sneak up on you.
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FFPEREZ
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It would be a good idea to get a Carbon Monoxide (CO) dector and place it inside your fifth wheel. Im don't know what knowledge you have of CO but it is odorless and colorless, so without a detector you will have no idea if you are being poisoned by CO. Becareful. Camp Safe, hope your house gets done sooner than later.
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JIMNLIN
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you don't want to run the heater/water heater in a closed structure. The frig will be ok. We lived in our 27' 5er with one big slide in the trees next to our new house construction site for 7 monthes which included one winter. Temps were down to zero but I installed mobile home skirting and added 1/8" lexan over the windows.
have you given any thought to ducting the exhaust outside ?
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sure with a detector..
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Gruffy
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I doubt you can seal the pole barn tight enough to have to worry about CO. Propane leaks would not be good..... so be careful.
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dobbler98
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Relatives did that for over a year while they built two houses on adjoining acreage. They had a fifth wheel with two slides and a 32' toad inside a five stall pole garage. They left doors or windows open depending on the weather for good ventilation and never had any trouble with fumes.
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What about sewer gas?
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oneeyesquare
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Unless you are drywalling the interior of the barn there is no way it will allow noxious fumes to build up to dangerous levels. Were it me, (and I would like it to be me living in my polebarn/5er combo, but that's not gonna happen for quite awhile) I would add a fresh air pipe to the under side of the 5er and a powered vent fan in the attic/roof. Just to be sure...
Heck, I'd plumb in sewer and water while I was at it... Who needs the house???!!! 
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Bigfish10
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Thanks all for the replies. Lots of good info. I will be adding electric, sewer, and water. I had additionally thought about plumbing and electric for our full size fridge and freezer along with our full size washer and dryer. Think maybe I'll partition off those items into a small corner in the pole barn and opt to leave the doors and or windows open in the barn depending on weather conditions.
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