My homemade pontoon boat! this was the first boat ever made but definitely not the last. i prefer to call this my pontoon boat but many have referred to it as a raft...probably because i built. Also building a pontoon houseboat by: larry i too am building a pontoon houseboat, but mine are aluminum, but will be more rectangular. i am building a 12'x34' with 3 pontoons. at 7500 lbs, the pontoons will draft 8 or 9 inches, which i hope will lead to good fuel mileage as we plan on doing more than just staying in one place.. Flooring, railing, canopies and even more for the boat building set. after you have chosen the basic framework – that is, the individual floats + supporting frame – there are a lot of available accessories to complete your recreational pontoon boat, pontoon work boat or house boat platform. all boat kits can be equipped with different deck.
Building a pontoon boat is not tough, though it is not easy as pie. it, certainly involves work, and an elementary degree of understanding the mechanics of assembling the boat. the basic structure of a home-built pontoon boat is like a catamaran or a trimaran boat, where the platform is used as a dock.. In this video we do a little de-construction on the old "sputter butt" and get ready to build the "do -over". this pontoon houseboat has bigger logs, a bigger motor and it will be built using wood. Build your own pontoon houseboat, and escape to open waters. aug 7, 2015 by mike. the pontoonz modular float system is an innovative creation from new zealand that consists of 1.2-meter (about 4-foot) pontoon “pods” with built-in grooves where connecting beams can be bolted. the pods can be securely locked together in any number and covered.