Jimmy,
I'm new here too. Saw the smokehouse and wanted to say that thing looks awesome. There's a place near where I live that is called Old World Wisconsin, it's a sort of "living museum" where they demonstrate how early Wisconsin settlers lived, their houses, stores, etc. It's pretty neat. Anyway, many of the houses have kitchens I would think many here would love. Many houses have summer kitchens (outside). One home in particular has a smokehouse that has the most amazing aroma just sitting still. I would imagine you could take that thing down and boil the wood planks and it would be delicious. They literally just build very small fire in near a corner in the shack for the smoke, and hang the meats wherever.
George Washington's Mount Vernon also had an impressive smokehouse.
Don't know much about using smokehouses, but are you planning on cold smoking with it? Are they ever used to "cook" in, or are they mostly smoke preservation like bacon, etc?