Hawkins Sugar House, Sunapee NH

[SandMan]

Finishing up the last few items on our new Sugar House. Started nearly a year ago, but was delayed with a little trip for our Government (Afghanistan), but it is now close to done!!! I'm looking forward to some quiet time in the woods and boiling with my wife and children....

Mike Hawkins
Sunapee, NH

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[sugaringman85]

Things look awesome! this warm weather is making it seem like sugaring weather!

[SandMan]

I should mention that the metal maple leaf was made by Anderson's Metal Sculpture, Cedar Springs, MI (www.andersonsmetalsculpture.com) and the standing seam roof was put on by Mike Mayo at Weathercheck, LLC, Georges Mills, NH (http://weathercheckroof.com).

[Cardigan99]

Mike it looks great! What are the dimensions?

[SandMan]

The boiling room is 14X20 and the wood/sap storage area is 14x8.

[Cardigan99]

From the inside, (pic #5) the siding looks like cedar.

[GramaCindy]

Looks outstanding…And Thank You Mike for your service. Can you explain to a rookie what is going on in pic #3? Sap storage and wood area…..Is that pipe to pump sap into sugarhouse? Also, Do I see copper supply lines in pic #4 going towards the evaporator? I am adding a preheater this year and will have a "head tank" I guess it's called, 24 gallons, inside. Pumping from my sap storage area, just outside the wall. Trying to figure out the logistics. Thanks, Cindy

[maple flats]

Looks GREAT!!! Very nice job. I might however suggest a set of doors for the wood entrance, critters and security.
Dave

[SandMan]

Dave, I actually took the pic with the sliding doors open....they are tucked away behind the wall when pulling wood into the boiling room. Cindy, the PVC pipe is a "quick-connect" pumping station to a SS holding tank above the wood storage area. I placed it out there so it would stay cool and the bottom of the tank is about 4' above the evaporator. I have copper pipe bringing it from the tank to the flu-pan float box. There is also a "clear-tube" indicator coming off the copper pipe on the inside of the boiling room so I can keep track of how much is in the holding tank (upper right hand corner of pic 5).

[SandMan]

Barn doors!5035

[sjdoyon]

Mike,

Very nice job. Looks great, we set up the same rope system to open up the cupola doors. Thanks for your service to our country.
Where's your sap tanks? Guessing on the back side of the sugarhouse. Good luck this spring.

Steve

3x10 Inferno Arch
4,000+ Taps
7,5 HP Vacuum pump
Lapierre 600gph RO
3 SS 1500 gallon tanks
24x32 Sugarhouse

[GramaCindy]

Great mechanism for the doors. We are working on that same system now. Currently they are screwed shut. Not good for steam! I found that out on my test boil on New Year's Eve. Tim is thinking one double pulley will work, but I think we need two seperate pulleys in the opposite direction of the rope?

[jmayerl]

I like the shack, looks great. And thank you for your "little trip" to the middle east for us!

[Mark-NH]

Mike, sugar house looks great. It won't be long now.