Can I survive winter in a wrecked log cabin? Off Grid living

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  • Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2024

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  • @cliffrichard5086
    @cliffrichard5086 Год назад +2

    Excellent ending! We were laughing. Tights are 50 kr for 3 in ICA Maxi, could fill them up with something for the snake! I don't think you'll find a snake draft excluder in Sweden as most people live in highly insulated homes!

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад

      So many people want me to make tight snakes!! I’m too poor to achieve them unfortunately. I don’t even have anything to stuff em! Yeah dunno why I did that ending… such a ruddy jokesta eh haha.

    • @cliffrichard5086
      @cliffrichard5086 Год назад +1

      the ending was perfecto.@@thenordskov

  • @jesterger
    @jesterger Год назад +4

    Bubble wrap works as an insulator for glass. Spray the glass with water and put the bubble side right on the pane.Then use your poly over the frame.Easy to pull off in the spring.

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад

      Thanks, yeah I’ve seen that method.

  • @barbn1211
    @barbn1211 Год назад +1

    Draft excluders: I just use old towels rolled up. Then you can push them down to really cut off any drafty cracks. Works great.

  • @Rose-ef6ik
    @Rose-ef6ik Год назад +1

    Make your own draft excluders by using a long sleeve from a shirt,or a pant leg filled with paper,grass or most anything. Just need to sew or glue the ends. Good luck. Great video.

  • @brianshields7137
    @brianshields7137 Год назад +1

    The best is canvas fire hose filled with sand work great , the ends are just folded over and riveted or sandwiched between 2 pieces of wood and screwed

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад

      Cheers, yeah I use similar on my poly tunnel weights.

  • @clivewilkinson5394
    @clivewilkinson5394 Год назад +1

    Draft excluders. Pool noodle with the hole down the centre. And a brush stale works. My mum when I was a kid also hung a curtain. Over the doors, out side doors too, makes huge difference

  • @mariegarratt
    @mariegarratt Год назад +5

    I too was thinking where the door snakes have gone these days! Such useful things, reckon you can make some yourself with paper and hay, so long as you have some old fabric to wrap it in.
    If you've not already, it might be worth sealing the entrance to upstairs with plastic too, might help stop the the cold air from plummeting down into the living area. 🙌

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад

      Aye, all out of plastic unfortunately. I’m sure it’ll be a mild one…..

    • @MsCripplex
      @MsCripplex Год назад +1

      Put in a small rocket stov e or find a second hand free one. They can vent out a wintew and be a way of cooking and heating. Carpet s r a great item! You working hard thanks be saf!

  • @2012spacetraveler
    @2012spacetraveler Год назад +3

    As you know every thing cost moola $$$- and Im sure you have seen the old terra cotta pot heaters - I used them in the cabin I had in the Kootenays of BC some years back - I did a couple of experiments and I would get 14 hrs of burn time from a bees wax votive candle and that pot heater would warm up my small room decently - Always preferred the winter in the cabin over the summer for some crazy reason. We also took an old bath tub set up on some cinder blocks and would make a fire underneath it to have a hot tub - but just a heads up even with a bed of coals the bottom of that metal tube gets real hot so we put some cedar planks down and ended up putting a small roof over it, some real nice hot tubs on a winter night in the full moon, sure miss those days..... simpler

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад

      Yeah I hear ya. One of the annoying things about being in a foreign country is that I have to follow every law and bit of red tape- this means I can’t be as back country as I’d like. Hence why I don’t have a stove setup yet etc. The -30c winters unfortunately mean things get pretty extreme when it comes to heating things and dealing with water in general! I used to keep bees and make my own candles etc but I haven’t been able to obtain any of what I used to have YET. Things will get there hopefully.
      How come you left the kootenays? Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching

    • @2012spacetraveler
      @2012spacetraveler Год назад

      At that time wasnt able to make the finances work - I had been working in the oil fields and got laid off, all the work locally paid minimum wage - It would have been quite the stretch to make it work (which I gave a shot ) but I had yearly commitments that a minimum wage job wouldn't allow me to keep @@thenordskov

  • @lukeyetsterjones
    @lukeyetsterjones Год назад +2

    i dont know where you can get a draft excluder snake but you can make one really easily from a set of tights and cut off 1 leg and stuff it with old tshirts or whatever then tie it off.

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад +2

      Indeed, not a bad shout! I don’t have many tights laying about though haha. Thanks for watching

  • @cyndeeh
    @cyndeeh Год назад +2

    Get ya some rugs for your floor. Not as expensive as carpet. TC. Love your setup.

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад

      Cheers yeah , even nasty rugs etc here still
      Cost a good whack.

  • @chrisbrackett9779
    @chrisbrackett9779 Год назад +2

    8:22 I know this is Sweden but I’ve seen those draft snakes at Home Depot here in the states, I live in Poland Maine USA.

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад

      Ah nice ! They still exist. Yeah no home depot’s here . Thanks for watching

  • @deweydeese3699
    @deweydeese3699 Год назад +1

    I've heard of people using pool noodles to help with drafts.

  • @RustyRoseAdventures
    @RustyRoseAdventures Год назад +1

    Came over from ash’s Patreon! Awesome channel looking forward to your winter videos!

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад +1

      Ah nice one bud. (And nice one ash) cheers mate , hopefully it’s a fruitful one! I’ll check out your channel

  • @MindMakeoverYork
    @MindMakeoverYork Год назад +2

    Cute squirrel - so nice to see a red

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад +1

      Yeah tiny compared to the grey

  • @MrSharpe95
    @MrSharpe95 Год назад +1

    Just got recommended your channel 😊 wow looking forward to your journey. Gotta say I'm jealous 😊😊😊

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад +1

      Nice! Glad your watching . Cheers it’s a journey that’s for sure haha! Thanks for watching and commenting . All the best

  • @carolmoore1038
    @carolmoore1038 Год назад +1

    Your little draft thing for under the door make some out of some old socks. Really any scrap material put into a tube would work. With any kind of scraps stuffed in it. Your cabin doesn't look right to me. Wondering where you are that you're worried whether that will be warm enough. And the Great White North Maybe a? Look up the solar can heater that the guy in New Zealand invented. Look up how to heat compost in an old hot water tank in pump it into a radiator or into the floor. Contemplate a rocket mass heater, you can make a portable one for about 20 bucks if nothing else think about putting on your stove pipe one of those boxes that burns the gases attack get the extra bang for your firewood buck

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад

      Thanks it’s Sweden. Cabin is 200 years old and not built well. I may rebuild the chimney stack.. but this isn’t a project that can started without the money put aside. Just like all the other ways that would fix a very cold building in -30c . Requires alot of money here in Sweden. No cheap fixes unfortunately.

  • @f.goossens8118
    @f.goossens8118 Год назад +2

    You'll be fine! Here in Jamtland we've just had our first dusting of snow the past two nights and temps hovering around zero and below. And I miss the sun already! I like the kitchen sink set up, especially the battery pump. Would you have a link to where they can be bought, please? We harvest rainwater here. I realised after the past two nights and mornings breaking ice on the barrels, time to empty them and bring them indoors. Should've done it earlier but every time I thought "tomorrow" it rained heavily all night. We also got "rain dumps" here which my Swedish neighbour, born here, said has never happened in this area before. Certainly wetter than last year. :/
    I have a feeling winter is hitting us early and will be pretty fierce. Stay safe and keep as warm as you can. The window plastic is a great idea too. Have you thought about using a paraffin heater until you can get a woodstove sorted? We have a glassed in fireplace in the basement but upstairs, nothing, so I got two paraffin heaters and they heat a large room for a reasonable amount of paraffin (if you use the lamp oil stuff it doesn't smell, but tbh I don't mind the smell of paraffin).

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад +1

      Yeah -8c here. I am also in Jämtland. The pump is from Amazon I think… I’ve had it a couple of years so I don’t remember where I got it sorry! Yes I’ll be using mainly propane this year unfortunately. I’m sure it’ll be extremely cold soon enough!! Then the fun really begins!! Thanks for watching and commenting

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад

      Forgot to ask where in Scotland are you from?

    • @f.goossens8118
      @f.goossens8118 Год назад +1

      @@thenordskov Originally the north east (just outside Brora, in Sutherland) but we came to Sweden via moving first to the Irish Republic. I remember travelling up from Stockholm on the night train, and looking out at the scenery and thinking Gosh, it's very much like back home! :)

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад +1

      @@f.goossens8118 ah very north in Scotland. I’ve lived all over Scotland and it’s definitely one of my favourite places. Surprised you didn’t stay in Ireland ? Guess the house prices are/were too steep?

    • @f.goossens8118
      @f.goossens8118 Год назад

      @@thenordskov Ah, we loved Ireland..we were in Co. Leitrim. But I missed the Right to Roam from my native Scotland, and when I realised Sweden has allemansratten, and more space, it wasn't a hard choice to move.

  • @ChrisThomas-fm6co
    @ChrisThomas-fm6co Год назад +1

    Looking forward to your survival video in the snow bro 👊

  • @sueetibbett
    @sueetibbett Год назад

    Looking chilly already

  • @claytonwaters343
    @claytonwaters343 Год назад +1

    Are you not breathing in the stale air by preventing the clean air from getting in ?

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад +1

      Nah, there’s plenty of ventilation in the cabin

    • @claytonwaters343
      @claytonwaters343 Год назад +1

      @@thenordskov I would probably have nothing covering them or even a window. All the doors open loving the air ❤

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад

      @@claytonwaters343 the -30c air blowing in through the rotten windows is no fun, hence the covering. It’s mainly to keep the things I have to store in the cabin a little nicer. The cabin is pretty large and has many air gaps etc. plus since I removed most of the internal walls there’s plenty of breathing space!

  • @marywilson3157
    @marywilson3157 Год назад +1

    We call them draft dodgers. I have two. They look like dachshunds. Look them up online. You can still buy them many places

  • @PhillipStewart-k7f
    @PhillipStewart-k7f Год назад +1

    U can long as u have food beans an bread little meat an heat u can

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад +1

      Hah yep. I’ve survived a few over the years… so hopefully survive at least one more!

  • @rudyo8409
    @rudyo8409 Год назад +2

    tube sox filled with sand as breeze blockers.

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад

      Yeah it’s a great idea. I have similar sand bags holding down polytunnels

  • @terencepriestman317
    @terencepriestman317 Год назад +2

    Well the YTube algorithm gods decided I needed to watch you, so watch you I shall, who am I to argue. Great video, looking forward to you freezing your balls off in the name of entertainment. Stay strong and warm.

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад

      Haha excellent! Cheers and I’ll of course try my best

  • @tjerkvandenbos1996
    @tjerkvandenbos1996 Год назад +1

    Carpets at second hand store shouldn’t be too expensive. Just for too here ;-)

  • @catharinabellekom2013
    @catharinabellekom2013 Год назад +1

    you need a nice warm dog to keep you warm and love you.

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад

      I know!! It’s on the cards for sure

    • @carolmoore1038
      @carolmoore1038 Год назад +1

      Cats are also warm. Surprisingly so for their tiny little size

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад +1

      @@carolmoore1038 I have a cat. She require less food than a dog…. Just!!

    • @carolmoore1038
      @carolmoore1038 Год назад +1

      @@thenordskov I have several and they are snuggled up next to me right now and they are warmer than an electric blanket lol

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад +1

      @carolmoore1038 much better than needing an electric blanket for sure!!

  • @deffstar69
    @deffstar69 Год назад +1

    This in the uk ?

  • @annikasandberg5237
    @annikasandberg5237 Год назад +1

    Ingen risk att man får tråkigt finns mycket att göra i ett gamla stuga

  • @geraldineriverRiverever
    @geraldineriverRiverever Год назад +1

    Came back (even if i didn't follow you a lot, I think it was 2 years ago with "dead" facebook page as well) : the baby deer you wanted to save in moving "it" away from the side of the road, thinking the mother will find its "baby", who certainly died because of a fatal error with deers : never touch their offsprings, they abandon them to the merciless wilderness then. I heal with plants, very-very carefully, and I did few fatal mistakes....part of the learning process, hardly forgivable if loved ones (vital when assholes). Anyway, very quickly because my 2 precious solar panels are getting worse & worse with only few hours of electricity per week (before the very winter beginning exactly on november 15th which means this year, winter will be almost without any electricity And heat, not enough money to buy wood this year and not enough birch in the nearby forest on the floor I cut with my american saw, please I'm not a weak woman, lazy sometimes but not weak). So, why do you live in this small cabin like a "last minute" christmas gift ? Not a survival challenge for "fun" obviously ? You might have a wooden stove, at least ? Yeah, just wondering how humans were living for millenia, in complete "harmony" with Nature. Specifically in harsh environment like extreme climates. I'm poor at the moment, aspiring storyteller with a new computer next spring, living with the natural elements but I survive with this simplicity of life. Knowing that north of France used to be far colder, climate change is doubtlessly on its purging way (bye-bye human species). We didn't have any Rosehips at all along the river 2 years ago because of cold summer & sweet winter, rosehips being a highly-nutritional food for Biodiversity including us, exceptionally growing during this season : well done Nature. So no delicious juices full of Vit C....fingers crossed this year ! So why this sudden removal just before harsh winter, if I may ? You build so much for years. Wood stove man, wood stove : you have one in this small cabin, vitally, of course. Is winter in sweden so far terrific ? There's a french couple living in the far north of Sweden in the middle of nowhere, terrible, very terrible, it's like a constant blizzard. Isolation...I knew someone who was putting thick wool blankets on each door (windows ?), but then you kind of live in a grave with no sunlight coming in. However, you're clever, you're strong, you're resourceful : you'll make it, fully Alive next spring !

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад

      Nah the deer lived. It’s not always a certain that animals abandon their young if they smell human scent. If that was the case I’d leave them be.
      No wood stove unfortunately. I can’t afford to put one in yet. I have to keep everything within the law which requires fitting new and getting it inspected … I don’t push my luck when I’m on a visa.
      Glad your living with nature instead of against. A shame more people don’t! All the best and thanks for watching and for all the comments

    • @geraldineriverRiverever
      @geraldineriverRiverever Год назад

      @@thenordskov This is how deers behave, no exception of the natural law really. How do you know the baby deer survived, did you come back in the wild, followed to check ? If it moved....please. If it's true, glad for this innocent living being, Biodiversity is VITAL in addition. And regarding the wood stove, in such harsh winters, wouldn't play with survival like that, specifically when the main house so close to the cabin has a VITAL heating (problems with the roof ? VITAL Heating anyway). Don't know, nonsense Really, specifically for someone so Pragmatic like you. Yeah, Sweden is a strictly ruled culture, specifically in regards to immigration : not very open-minded, isn't it ? But your partner having a safe job in the system enables to be allowed to live there. An single English woman has been evicted by the government, despite her appeal : no safe self-employed job, not enough profitable, go back to your country, NO CHOICE. She did a video on youtube to explain that. The french couple who went from Stockholm to far north of Sweden for financial reason, has only the husband working as a web-designer at home : as the unemployed wife says, in a frustrating way, he is her legal safety. For Nature, fighting against her will lead to a tremendous amount of pain for humans as well, soon. Hysterical unbalance is getting more Intense & Accelerates, consequently. Anyway Merry Christmas all of you !

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад

      @geraldineriverRiverever yes the deer live around the house. I watched it grow up afterwards. I’ve lived three years without a wood stove so it’s not a big deal. The works involved in fitting one is 30,000kr for the tiny house and near 70,000kr for the main log cabin. That is with me fitting it all etc and just getting it signed off.
      Yes as with most countries you move to there are laws and rules to follow. I wouldn’t say it’s any worse than any other country in terms of immigration law. I lived in many different countries and I do not find this one to have difficult red tape to follow.. new laws are of course always getting written.. so you never know! *further more, no it’s not for fun. I can afford what I can afford. If I had the money I’d fit stoves on both buildings. Currently it is the bigger cabin during summer and the smaller cabin in winter. It is why I made the tiny house in the first place. A place to live simply and cost efficient while the larger cabin is renovated.

    • @geraldineriverRiverever
      @geraldineriverRiverever Год назад

      @@thenordskov I am sorry, I am very honestly sorry. I couldn't believe for someone so PRAGMATIC to play with fire (ahah) in such extreme climate, unless to attract people's pity (and money, fair help ?). Where I live in north west of France, winters are getting milder & milder compared to what it used to be even 5 years ago : only few days per month below 0° C. This year won't be easy without any wood, exceptionally, but a bottle of gaz sometimes will be enough not to die of imaginary hypothermia. Mountains of second-hand wool blankets, thank you ! I appreciate your calmness, French are so insanely aggressive-violent for nothing, nothing. Their shit. But why you didn't put a wood stove as a First Priority in the tiny house ? You buy plenty of materials to renovate, you can buy a second-hand wood stove of very good quality for a reasonable price (second-hand, remember). I don't understand, after 3 years ? Sincerely, honestly, purely : anyway. You have to be tough, at any level. How Samis survived for millenia in far north And in tepees....they had a possibility to heat, in vital ways. You have some gaz to warm a bit, in addition to be used to. You'll make it. Not an easy life, I assume as well. But priceless to be FREE surrounded by Sane Life : Nature. Being 100 % self-reliant will be the only chance....scary ! Cannibalism on its way, be a wood's troll. I'll die in Nature, no compromise. Are you legally allowed in sweden to live self-sufficiently ? I mean, like me : no official electicity, no current water (except a well, if only good water from it which is not my case, at least to drink, even with deactivated charcoal : not inside, out but not in) : you have nothing officially except a land & wooden cabins, and allowed to in Sweden specifically foreigners ? In France, legally : no. But the mayor of the village my land depend on is kind, kind of habits here for decades. Another old couple live like that a mile away, for 25 years now. I'm in a Scandinavian wooden cottage of solid quality, no joke

    • @thenordskov
      @thenordskov  Год назад

      @geraldineriverRiverever because a second hand stove here isn’t much different in price, plus they are in terrible states. Not worth it. Everything I show on my channel is honest. You see everything and there’s no hidden stoves etc. My aim in showing reality? Well to show it is possible. I do not need very much and neither do other people. I have survived through worse and the end goal is to not live in this property forever. Hence why I am reluctant to spend thousands on stoves when I know I can survive without. If I am still here next year then maybe I will … all just depends. Remember I have a tiny gas heater, so in a small space it works. Obviously not the best option but neither is a wood stove here as I do not own enough forest to maintain a life time of wood use on heating. It a long game when moving to foreign countries with nothing. * also to say I do this for pity etc is incredibly judgemental and not my goal whatsoever. Believe what you want of course because you don’t know me and 90% of RUclips channels are quite obviously fake or twisting some narrative. That’s not for me.

  • @israelolvera558
    @israelolvera558 Год назад +1

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