SIMPLE OFF GRID CABIN BUILD | EXTREMELY REMOTE - NO ROAD | AFFORDABLE CABIN | PART TWO!
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This is part two of our #offgrid #cabin #foundation build in the great north woods of Maine. Our land is extremely #remote , come along for the adventure as I try and lay out the most simple blue print for a off grid hand built cabin.
I’m in my 70s and my chance to do what you are doing has passed. I love what you are doing and can’t wait for the next video! Build on my brother! Thanxz
I will take your words with me and try to get the most out of youth. Thank you so much for supporting us and joining our team!
So glad that you put wood underneath your insulation. I see people leave it exposed and the wonder why critters are in their cabins
Thanks so much for watching our video! I want to try and build as legit cabin as possible so I’m trying not to skip any steps!
Bubble wrap on top of the joists is so much easier than decking the under side
@@alabastardmasterson sometimes what’s easiest isn’t what’s the best quality. The mice are really bad out here
I agree about the mice. I think that a Sheet metal mice guard would be a better and easier mouse shield. Especially since there is plenty of air circulation underneath. That OSB could soften around the edges from capillary action from the sides.
I used Styrofoam insulation underneath my cabin.
That's it. I'm in. I would drive up to the North woods area from coastal CT just to camp for a couple weeks in the summer. Kayak for the lakes and my chihuahua. Heaven on earth. Several moose. Perfect. Now I am retired in a condo in FL. I paint for sanity. But now I have your build. Thanks so much!
Let’s go man! I would love to throw a line and hook some fish with you this summer!
Sounds like you are loving our dream. We go to FT. Lauderdale twice a year because we love Florida that much.
We also know a guy from CT who has a camp in the same area as us! He says the ride up isn’t that bad!
Was glad to see your Master Carpenter put block bridging between the floor joists. Have seen so many DIY builders not install them. Sometimes on a larger larger project than yours.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much for watching and supporting! We blocked bridged everything in the build! The floors, walls and roof! Just to make sure it lasts forever
Looking good, you work fast considering the remote location! What a great cousin to travel 5 1/2 hours to help out...keep the videos coming!
Thank you so much! Some days it feels like we move in slow motion out there. Looking back on the progress feels nice tho :)
Where I live we don’t consider it remote if you can drive street vehicles to it. We consider remote as something that only has river, ATV or airplane access.
@@Chris_at_Home in the winter is snow mobile only but in the summer we get the truck down to about 300 yards away from the cabin. I’d say the land is off grid but the cabin on the land is remote…if that makes sense to you.
@@Practicalforest Okay. I built a place when we had to park 6 miles from the road and bring everything in behind a snowmachine or ATV/UTV. I built a 12x16 with all 2x6 walls and an 18/12 pitch roof so I could walk around upstairs and not worry about snow on the roof when I wasn’t there. I tried to heat it with a small direct vent propane heater and it would not keep up until I insulated the floor. This was just the start as I made a third gable to add another 12x16 which I did and put a wood stove in that. When I was younger we always had at least a half dozen people come out and ride in the winter and fish for salmon in the summer. We usually get 3-6 feet of snow there most winter.
@@Chris_at_Home holy smokes! 6 miles is no joke. That’s real remote man. Was it in Alaska?
I watched
this as a first visit to your website. I will make a list if suggestions so you can consider on your next build.
1. Goid idea on getting that thing off the ground. I am not a fan if OSB under the floor in case the rain wicks off the wall and softens the edges for the mice.
2. I don't understand cutting those 6x6 so long and then all the trim waste. I would have pre cut them and used a laser to notch the rim joists . Pretty easy to do and it looks like at keast a thirty percent waste factor or more . Hammer drill a center pin to locate the posts accurately and use string lines to get it right. Center pins or galvanized clips after the fact is OK.
3. Those corner posts could have bern left projecting above the floor with full length studs caging them in. That's how the building will not want to walk on those gravel set stones as they move around a bit with the frost. Even better with full height solid vorners, but probably not practical to drag them through all that mud..
4. Window and door location.is what I mark first with a red marker and note the rough opening width noting center line and red arrows to the king studs which are rough opening plus three inches. Then and only then should you lay out the regular on center studs. If I can vary the location of a door ir window a few inches and share an on center stud to save lumber, i will do it to save expense and avoid skinny spaces between studs where practical..
4. I am not a fan of T111 siding. It commonly gets soft at the end grain. If I had to make a horizontal joint, I would certainly use Z flashing where the ends butt together. I would consider using metal siding possibly run horizontally on the building. Use plenty of screws with torx drive to discourage breaking in by thieves. Further security could be accomplished by concertiba wire under the siding or rebar drilled in the walls at least four feet high. Consider a commercial steel door with two deadbolts . Reflective insulation can be had on the interior of roof panels or even on T111 style panels. It makes a world of difference in transmitted heat , but it is not exactly cheap.
Take any or none of my ideas as you see fit. You did very well as a first build. Everyone has their own style. My style would be to show up with completely marked plates or plans with a complete cut list for all the odd short cripple studs and headers. Congratulations on an attitude that you can always learn more.
If you are interested in texting back and firth with a semi retired carpenter with 53 years on the job from roygh to finish work, ket me know
Wow brother thank you so much for exposing me to a mind set in construction that I’ve never heard. Material waste figures wasn’t even in my mind when I was building.
I am going to save your comment and study the methods your outlined. I really appreciate you taking your time to lend years of experience to a very new builder. That’s huge for us and our journey.
We are building on our secluded 30 acre lot in east Tennessee. We moved here from NH to escape the cold. Let freedom Ring brother. Great job. Its your life, your land, so you do it your way. I just found your channel and look forward to seeing more. Take care buddy.
My husband had a stroke and is unable to build. We built our first home and other smaller buildings of which are great together time memories. Blessings to your future. ❤
Thank you so much for sharing that with me. It really makes me want to live every moment of my youth to the fullest. God bless you and your husband. It sounds like you’ve been living a beautiful life with each other. That’s what my wife and I want.
fellow southern NH boy here! I've been slowly and carefully looking at properties in Maine for a couple years now. I feel blessed that you're a couple steps ahead of me, so that I can watch your progress and learn from your journey! God bless you and your family!!
Dave thank you so much for the blessing!
I love the fact that you are from the 603 as well! The ride up to our spot is 5 hours, but there is a lot of affordable land in the area we are in. If there is anything I can do for you to be a resource please let me know. I know the local realtor in the Lincoln, Maine area that sells raw land like our plot.
I just got back from up there and will have a video of completely framing the cabin on Tuesday! Thanks again for the kind words
My off grid property is not far from Lincoln. I reside 1hr from there. If I can ever be of assistance would be my pleasure to assist @@Practicalforest
Ok🤔 I got a few comments. Remember slow and steady wins the race. Also you and your cousin are beasts !! Oh, and your dad from last video !! Next, you are really building your cabin very strong and correctly in my humble opinion !! That cabin will be there for a very long time !! Your determination is second to none, and I love following your videos. Lastly, May the good Lord bless you through out this journey and of course your family too !! 🤗✌🏼😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Bruce! I absolutely love hearing from you brother. Thank you so much for your kind words to my family and for watching our video. It’s awesome to have you on our team!
Each morning we ask that God protects us and every night we give thanks for the blessing. 🙏🏼
This winter will be the test of how well built the cabin is, I’m guessing it’s going to pass with flying colors!
Favorite video yet!! When you were smacking that table had me dying laughing! Keep up the amazing content my friend!
Thank you so much for watching the video and dropping some support!
My Advise for a solid Floor system is to Glue & Screw the Advantagtec Flooring. You can leave the tubes of Glue near the fire to keep it playable. 2" Deck Screws every 12" will give you a solid Floor. And as alway stagger the joint's. Best of luck 🤞 Another 603 friend.
Awesome. Keep up the good work love watching the progress
Thank you so much brother! I appreciate the support a ton
Just came across this!!! Funny because I am at this moment doing the exact same thing in Newbrunswick. Drove across Canada the first week of september and have been running a chainsaw and shoveling 12 plus hours everyday since i arrived. Bought 37 acres last summer in newbrunswick and am racing to have my 12x32 cabin insulated with a wood stove before the snow flies!!!
Absolutely love we are on the same journey!! If you ever cross into Maine most definitely let me know!
Is there anywhere I can see your build and support you?
@@Practicalforest Hey Currently just taking pictures and the odd short video. Not posting anything online right now. As of today got all the floor joists on. Found a good ole boy north of moncton with his own saw mill to get lumber from. Premium stuff!
@@morganmaclean4850 dude for some reason I didn’t see the last half of your first comment until now. 12x32 is going to be HUGE! So proud of you. That’s going to be such a great space.
We are probably on similar weather so I think we’ve both got a month before the snow flys!
Nothing better than real saw mill wood. It’s way more structurally sound and it’s most likely an actual 2x4.
God speed brother!
Great update on your cabin build and you and your cuz Joey did a nice job with the deck and sealing up the floor joists from underneath 👍👍
Thank you so much Tim! I really appreciate your support man! Next video we are going to frame it!
@@Practicalforest right on take you guys time measure twice cut once lol can't wait to watch
It’s so cool watching it all come together! Can’t wait for the next video!
Thank you so much for always supporting us Kelly! 🙏🏼
Wow this is so similar to watch you building this. Im doing something similar down in the Ozarks but also milling my own lumber. I am a few steps ahead and my similar footings are 12 months in and have had zero settling or frost heave even with a -15 zero cold soak after rain. I built a post and beam 16x30 and am no longer needing a tent while I work. I’m not new to building and construction but I was amazed at how much harder and satisfying it has been off grid. The sawmill has nearly paid for itself already and it’s framed entirely with oak. My dewalt nailer worked decent for sheathing, but the nails couldn’t suffer the oak and about 1/2 of them bent so had to use screws at times. Keep up the good work. I can’t imaging doing what you did with no previous construction experience.
Absolutely love hearing from you man. That gives me hope to keep going. I really want to get a saw mill and make my own lumber. It’s on my list. Good luck with the rest of your build. Keep checking in!
Congratulations on your move off the grid. I've been living off grid over 20 years. I have a solar setup for my electric rainwater for water filtration system. And an outhouse. I live a piece of land covered in Timber. I enjoyed your video good luck on getting all your materials back and be safe
Thank you so much for watching! I think living off the grid is what humans were really meant to do. Hopefully one day I will have a set up like yours! Any advice you have is always appreciated.
Video was great, many different kinds of shots to keep interest. B roll awesome, escpecially the camo dog😂
Background music was toned down nice. The narrarating over video was real good!
This build is going to be enjoyable to watch.
Tks for letting us tag along from our couches!
Buddy I love the feed back. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment on the other video. I listened to what you and others said and I’m really glad you like watching it. So happy to have you on the team.
Man I love building there is nothing more satisfying then building. I am looking forward to seeing all your build videos and look forward to more of your great video.
Thank you for all the support man! I had never built anything before. Now I am hooked!
@@Practicalforest That’s awesome brother! Keep on keeping. it’s nice to see your progress and you are learning valuable skills that you’ll be able to pass down and inspire the next generation to get out there and make there dreams come true. I am so looking forward to my next adventure. Maybe you can help me pick out a great name for my next channel name while living on a small hobby farm.
I can’t wait for your next adventure! It’s people like you who keep the damn thing alive, I respect you
@@Practicalforest Thanks brother I respect you a ton too!
Those Advantech panels are no joke. Heavy and slick! Props to you for toting those in by hand! We put the Zip sheathing, taped, under our floor deck to take advantage of the WRB and air seal then blew insulation into the joists before putting the Advantech down on top. Also building ours with cash. You’re not crazy and you’re not alone.
Glad someone else knows my pain about how heavy these are!
Did you do construction before building yours? I’m a painter by trade but didn’t know much so we kept it simple. My next one I want to go all out which yours sounds like you did!
@@Practicalforest, yes, I framed houses thirty years ago until I got tired of working in the Texas heat. Which means I was also thirty years younger!
I am self-building a cottage (1000sf) so we can get on the property and then we will start to tackle the real house. The cottage is great for dusting off the old skills and trying all of the new techniques and building products out there. More interesting than my day job!
Wow, this is exactly how I am building mine and now you made a video of it, totally awesome.
Thank you for watching man! I bet people would love to see your style of building and your process. I’m new and this is my first go so I’d love to see your build so I can learn with you.
True words. Nice work. Looking forward to following along!
Thank you Mark! It’s a learning as we go experience. Glad to have you on the team!
Total inspiration
Thank you so much for watching and supporting 🙏🏼
Can't wait to see the finished cabin
Thank you Newfie! I’m going to try and release the entire framing and rafters video by Wednesday! I appreciate the support
I also started building a off grid cabin in the Maine woods in '23. Anxiously waiting for the mud to dry so we can get back to the property and continue construction
Was excited to go up in a couple weeks but with that last snow storm it’s going to be wet for a while! Best of luck on your build brother. We are in the Lincoln area, not sure if you are local.
@@Practicalforest I currently live in Guilford. I am building my cabin along the bank of the Penobscot River in Howland. You have inspired me to start filming our build as soon as we are able to continue.
New sub ❤enjoying your videos 👍
Thank you so much! I love the feedback
Man i would love to do what your doing me and my wife want to start a new beginng. We both have been clean for yrs and just wanna leave the past in the past and get the hell out of jersey. Nj just really sux atlantic city is horrible. Just need some money.im trying to apply for loans.maybe i can start a go fund me . But your channel is great inspiration for me man. Keep up the awesome work dude.
Just celebrated 5.5 years clean brother. Keep going, it gets better.
I agree get the f out of NJ!
Nice seeing your continuance of your build. I would still put jack studs between the bottoms of the rim joist and inside ledger boards and the concrete pads.
I will get around to doing the jack studs when I go up next for sure! I figured we could put them on before the framing of the walls. Thank you so much for watching the videos and commenting man. I appreciate your wisdom
Enjoying your progress. I live in central Maine and have a small piece of land a bit further west and north. Been thinking about a cabin build for some time, but for now enjoying my camper on the land.@@Practicalforest
@@vicktdock we are up next to Lincoln! Good to hear from someone else from Maine.
A camp and some land is all a man really needs out in Maine .
Sweet! I have friends from Lincoln that have a beautiful camp on a lake in Lee.@@Practicalforest
Killing it man!
Thank you for the support man!
I too probly woulda sawed the posts off after I made the trays to catch all the sawdust. Sigh 😔. Good job, truly, ambitious.
Respect 🙏
Thank you so much for watching and supporting brother!
This is fuckin amazing. So happy for you brotha. Keep it up
Thank you brother. I appreciate you watching it. You are welcome up anytime
Nice job on the footings and sheeting the underside of the floor for insulation. In colder climates not insulating the floor only makes what ever is used to heat work harder because it heats the air closest to the floor first. I found this out first hand. You really should stager the edges of the plywood when doing flooring. I have seen floors start to pull apart because of not doing that.
Thanks for watching and the kind words! It’s good advice about staggering the advantech subfloor. I’ll sink some screws in the edges to hold them together tighter. You think that will help?
@@Practicalforest I don’t really know. I know someone what built a cabin about a mile from ours about 5-6 years ago. He had a bunch of friends come out and help him build and I stopped in and suggested he stagger the flooring. He came to me this summer and said he wished he had listened to me. He didn’t do as nice a foundation as you so it is pulling apart. My suggestion was to put another layer of sheeting over the floor bridging the seams. I told him he could get by with something like 7/16 sheeting with construction adhesive to solve any further problems. I’m not a professional builder and have learned a few things the hard way over the years.
@@Chris_at_Home i appreciate you taking the time to type out a potential solution. I’m going to tuck some screws in it and keep our fingers crossed.
@@Practicalforest No problem. What happens is over time the floor joist under joint will flex with weight on it causing a separation. If your floor is stiff it’s not a problem. When I was in my early 40s I quit my job for six months and worked with some builders I knew for free just for the experience. I had a technical job that was easy to move around and find another job with my experience so quitting and then going back to work was easy. That was almost 30 years ago.
Just be careful and don`t get injured carrying in supplies. Follow your dreams.
Thank you so much for the support! I’ll do my best to be careful when framing this week!
Very nice brother! I’m doing the exact same thing on my property….but we have a sawmill….and we cut our own lumber….it’s been a lot of fun…your hard work will pay off!
That’s so awesome man!! I will subscribe right now. How much do you love having a saw mill? It’s a whole other level when you are making the lumber yourself 💪🏼
The saw mill is a game changer for sure! The best investment for our homestead ever! Got it from woodland mills 😉
@@mikeb3167 our next property I want a mill! This one I’ll have to wait until the trees mature again.
Nice job.
Thank you for watching and supporting!
Nice solid deck
Thank you man! I also put blocking around the 6x6s in the other videos and it’s rock solid
awesome man looks pretty cool might suggest a moisture barrier between the ground and your plywood underneath
Hey man thanks so much for watching and dropping some advice! What do you recommend for a barrier? I’m totally not opposed!
@@Practicalforest you could use something as simple as house wrap you might check out boss of the Swamp he has a great channel and a video on this very subject
@@ervintaylor6508 awesome I will watch his videos! I’ll get some house wrap under it in the next video. Thank you for the advice, it will hopefully be cool for you to see your comment make a change on the build of our cabin.
Over here in the U.P OF Michigan exreme large private land companies like Keewanah, Steigers, electric power company would lease lots for pple/families to build off grid cabins. (Hunting camps) Some leases went on for 30 yrs. You would also pay taxes on it. But the catch was no roads, no bulldozing and no cutting trees. You could use the logging trails only with ATV or snowmobiles. These companies then got huge tax breaks for the public use. These cabins were built off old logging roads and landing sites.
Supplies were hand carried all the time. ATV or Snowmobile was also a choice.
So its realistic of what you are doing hand carrying and ATV your supplies over rutted up skidder trails. Lol
Buts it sure the heck is hard work!!
That’s an amazing idea! I wish they did that around here, I know a lot of people who would love that opportunity. How is the U.P of Michigan, I heard it’s remote and similar to Maine.
@@Practicalforest 2nd best thing to Alaska. Long winters. Lots of Barter and trading goes on, which is nice. The entire U.P Is only about 350,000 lol.
Lots of cheap land too. But along the Great Lakes it's pricy. We have 40 acres with a one room off grid cabin that you ATV for access. Own it.
@@yoop177 have you seen any Bush Radical videos? He did a cabin in Alaska and then a cabin in the U.P
Your cabin sounds like a dream brother. Have you gone out during winter and stayed there? The winters in Maine are pretty brutal but I bet yours are worse because of the lakes
@@Practicalforest yes, I know them. Been at their place in Alaska. My wife's in one of his wife's Alaska video remote camping trips. Eating the fish eye balls lol
@@yoop177 my mind is blown!! He is the guy who got me into off grid cabin building! He is the reason we have a channel today.
Your wife must be rugged to eat some fish eyes! Lol absolutely love it
With the plywood under your deck. It will still get mice. There are a lot of them in the woods. You can still install bubble foil. Mice don’t like likevrating the aluminum foil. Hence they will stay out of your cabin. Good luck
Thank you so much for watching and giving me the advice! I don’t want them in there. I will look at the options to make sure those pesky mice don’t make my cabin a home!
Bro! Love the channel! I am building the same exact size cabin in the mountains in NC, but I am putting in a driveway. So far I’ve got a 12x20 deck built for my tent and I’ll be starting on the cabin footers next month. Keep making videos bro, we can follow each other progress, your size and layout and framing is the same exact plan I have!
Just subscribed to your channel! If I wasn’t from the north east I would have loved to done something in NC. Absolutely love it down there.
I’m really glad that we can follow each others adventures.
Putting that tent platform up was the key move before building the cabin. I’m about two weekends away from being able to sleep in the cabin 🤯
Marty 😍
He is a good boy!!
My girlfriend and I bought 10 acres of raw land just South of Albuquerque in North Central New Mexico last year and were building a off grid homestead, Our cabin is a bit large than yours though, 16'x22' plus we have water access, our land is right on the Rio Grande River. so we just have to run some lines out to the river and buy a pump, were doing Solar electric also. Were going to have fruit trees/bushes, some chickens and maybe some goats aso.
Congratulations brother that’s amazing news! We absolutely love going to NM. My sister lived out in Albuquerque, I loved going up on the mountains.
Sounds like you are living your dream! Keep rocking it!
@@Practicalforest Yep, When I was in the Army I was TDY at Kirkland AFB twice and always loved it because the housing area I lived at was in Los Lunas and I fell in love with the area, when I saw our piece of land come up for sale I had to buy it.
@@TheREALOC1972 thanks for your service sir!
Are you thinking about filming your journey?
@@Practicalforest We talked about it but gf is camera shy
Checking in to say I hope you are enjoying your land!
Is that Job Montoya ? He is an excellent carpenter!
The one and only! He is a lion heart!
I like crazy build's next time do in upside down
Mark you watch. My next one we are going to go crazy with!
What not too many off grid cabin builders don't tell you is building permits. Big brother can see the roof of your cabin by satellite and send some one with a drone and give you a citation and tell you to tear it down and that he will be back in one month to check .the only thing that will run threw your thoughts is how lucky you where living the couple of years before big brother came a knocking. I wish we all can live in a world made of marshmallows and cotton candy but it's not so.
If they come they come brother. I am going to live freely.
Camo green lol its a master blender
See acouple times where you guys were undersheathing and missed the joists lol
Don't be scared of your government. Do what you want with your property. I do. I'm 3 years in and no issues. I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees.
Don't Let the rain get into the insulation..😆
It’s rained 13 out of 15 weekends this summer! It’s all dry now under the advantech. I tarpped it to high heaven before I left and strapped it down! Should be dry for when I come back 🤞🏼
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these thing will be added unto you. God Bless 🙌🙌
love how you wear your tool belt like a fanny pack
Hahahah can you tell I’m an amateur 😂 thanks for watching man!
Congratulations on following your dreams. We live in dark 🌑 time's. Society is not what our Maker had in Mind, the intention was to live off what he created for Us and not have a 30 year Mortgage and be dependent upon a Tyrannical Government. Put in the effort and you will be rewarded.
We feel the exact same brother. If I could voice my entire views in the video I would but I know RUclips doesn’t like a certain amount of truth to be told
I agree 💯% it's difficult in these times and we must bite our tongue's otherwise we will be censored and canceled. Keep doing what your doing and the benefits will appear. As an older 603 neighbor my advice is just be careful what you post, keep the important stuff to yourself and hopefully Society will leave you Alone 🙏 For amazing Homestead advice for being self sufficient look up Off Grid with Doug & Stacy. They share all their 15 year off grid experiences with their follower's. Solar Power, Rain water collection, Gardening, Canning, Chickens, Holistic Remedies, and their own Recipes in a Cookbook. Stay Safe, Stay Well.
Thankyou
You’re welcome 😊
SUGGESTION, u could have forged a small road for your truck to make getting supplies easier on yourself, then let it grow back over when ur done if u want that cabin in the woods appeal. I did that then blocked my road with felled timber, but will eventually open it back up bc in the winter, i dont like trekking in essentials through 20 to 40 inches of snow.
The insulation should be stapled to the top of the floor joist thus hanging from the floor joist providing an air barrier closest to the coldest part which would be the ground or outside. Since its just laid in there, the insulation falls to the bottom of the cavity created and cold air gets in on top of the insulstion which is right undernesth your floor. Your floors will still be cold. If stapled from the top of the joist you would then have (from top to bottom)the wood subfloor, the insulation and the air chamber then the bottom piece of osb providing protection. The air barrier or cavity is essentially what provides the barrier to keep the cold out along with the insulation so you want the cavity at the bottom towards the ground then the insulation closest to your floor.
Great vids and hard work. Awesome job
Thank you so much for watching our video and giving me amazing advice. We are hoping some big bushes pop up around the fields were are making to really hide the cabin.
I felt like I should have stapled it but then double guessed it. Since it’s just the subfloor do you think it won’t be as noticeable?
You’re going to notice it. Hate to say it.
@@LukePighetti we’ve got a decent wood stove and are doing a loft bed. Maybe I’ll put some nice rugs down so it’s not so cold. I can’t image it being that big of a deal but only time will tell!
@@Practicalforest I appreciate the bull headedness. It will take you all the way to the finish line! Just for a little more context, I live in Bangor, which is quite a bit warmer compared to where you are. Taking the insulation to the edges and stapling them off will achieve a few things.
1. insulate every cavity to all four edges
2. maintain insulation loft. It's already compressed in your video and it will get worse
3. provide a vapor barrier which is critical in our area on floors because the ground is so wet
If there's any opportunity to remedy, I would highly recommend it!
@@LukePighetti we are right in Lincoln so not that far from Bangor. I might only spend a weekends or two at it in the winter. Where should the vapor barrier go?
I really do appreciate your expertise man
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the most fun i ever had with a log cabin was cleaning the 2 55 gallon barrel septic tank in the woods :D i really questioned if the plumbing was worth it over the outhouse at the time :D hand pumping 40 gallons of shit was an event :D
Bahahahaha the image you left me with 😝 I’d take hauling wood or pumping crap any day!
@@Practicalforest use 250 gallon tanks... they will last you a decade of occasional use and you will rationalize a small septic truck service :D and its not that much more work digging for 250 gallon containers :D
@@jstefa2 we use a compost toilet because we don’t have to apply for a permit. Once you put a septic in out here they want a permit pulled.
@@Practicalforest well... crap... literally :D
@@jstefa2 bahahaha 😂
If you're going to have only foot-path access to your cabin, maybe that should have been the first thing to make. It would have been less work carrying large, heavy materials over snags and depressions. Less dangerous, too.
Jay! Thank you so much for watching brother. I have put the foot path in twice but unfortunately due to all the rain it keeps washing out into a mud hole.
I am enjoying your build. However, i do disagree that remote doesn't mean inaccessibility for my vehicle. Here in the West, you can drive for 300 miles and be remote, yet accessible for my truck.
Thanks so much for watching. The more that time goes on my idea of remote has been changing. I think you are totally right in your point of view of remote. I guess it’s how far you are from others, not how far you are from machines
I hope you cover that floor up with a tarp so it doesn't get wet
Thanks for the feed back! I Covered it up with two HUGE tarps and strapped it down like a tractor trailer load. It should be water tight. Thanks for watching the video Dave!
Hands down, trekking that flooring in manually had tk be a bear... That ledger board is nice when setting floor joist.. Should have waited till under osb was on then installed lol also bushradical puts little sticks on each side of the joist then lays plywood in from the top then insulate.. Seems way easier than from underneath.. Good job.. I've been collecting materials and plan to buy small amount of acrerage in the UP of Michigan and build a 200 Sq ft cabin, fingers crossed I can start next year... Look forward to more videos on your build
Hey man thanks for watching, I’m really glad you can appreciate how brutal the trek in is with the sheets!
You are totally right about the ledger board and osb, it seems so simple that it would support it all the same. Bush radical has had over 10 cabin builds to get it right haha he makes it look so easy. He was my inspiration to film.
I’d be wicked interested in seeing you build a cabin, I’ve never been to the UP but I’ve heard it’s mini Alaska
@@Practicalforest it's beautiful here, I came up yesterday from down state.. Little over 6 hr drive from my house to my mobile cabin I built during world shut down on a 16" utility trailer. It works till I build slightly bigger... Either way keep up the videos and I'll watch
@@Michigan-thrifter our spot is a 5 hour ride! It’s totally worth it.
You did it the right way by building a little trailer. That will be life saving when building your cabin. Sleeping in the tent gets old after a while.
Brother I hope you see this comment. If I write a letter would you get it to Dave whipple? I would love to fly out to Alaska and do a video with him.
Joey can you tell me the dimensions of the concrete foundation circular blocks and are they working out well for you? Thanks!
I am sorry to let your comment go unanswered for so long! I am drawing a blank right now. I believe they are 18/24 inches across
Damn, you bought 30 acres of swamp?
No it’s actually on a hill and would be pretty dry if it wasn’t just logged 10 months ago and it wasn’t the rainiest rain on record. Wait until next year when the bushes have grown in and the trees are sucking up more water.
7:11 "Wicked" important?! Are you guys from Boston?
Hahahaha I’m from southern, NH about sn hour outside of Boston but lived in the actual city for 4 years
There are two things seriously wrong with your video. 1.) The video was way too short. 2.) I could only give it one thumbs up. Greetings from Florida. I am on the hunt for a piece of land too. Be safe and be blessed.
Hahaha you are the best! Florida is our favorite place to vacation too! I’m sending you a blessing hoping you can find affordable land!!
@@Practicalforest Thank you. I receive that blessing and send blessings to you as well.
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Insolstion between flppr and plywood
Can you say it again?
Nice, what county in Maine? We’re off the grid on 90 acres in Oxford County.
90 acres in Oxford county sounds beautiful! We are up in the Lincoln, ME area! But have a homestead in southern, NH!
@@Practicalforest nice, been enjoying your progress
I just subscribed to your channel!
I enjoy watching your videos, always cool to watch people build stuff but I really don’t get the appeal of off grid living.
Thank you! It’s an off grid camp. We have a regular house but really liked the idea of having our own place
Hello. Have you ever attached wooden posts to foundation pads ?
I’m going to let the cabin settle and then shim it and attach them to the blocks after!
@@Practicalforest Thank you.
Nobody is gonna bring it up, so i will be the bad guy. Did you not build your floor framing to make sure the floor sheeting would come out exactly to the edges? The one side looks to be at least a couple inches short. The wall will not rest properly. Am i the only one seeing this?
Check some of the later videos. It came together to be pretty square!
Hello, How many feet is your cabin off the ground, I will be building a 16x40 with piers
Hey! The cabin is at multiple heights our tallest post is probably 3.5 feet tall. Our shortest being a foot
@@Practicalforest Thank you! I was 3 feet for my piers so this is perfect!
@@williamsdomanika best of luck on your build! I learned so much about myself during the process. You’ll love it!
Did you use a vapor barrier or paint the underside?
I haven’t used a moisture barrier or painted it. I do own a painting company so painting or staining the bottom will be no issue. Can you tell me what you recommend more?
I’m buying 15 acres in February in Maine! Any tips for us?? Permits or since it’s so remote ?
Deed says no restrictions and 30 mins from Holton
We started with Recreational .35 acres in NH but it’s too small for us and our 3 kids
Amazing news! We looked in Holton and surrounding areas. I don’t pull any permits because we are in an undeveloped township and we don’t have a septic system. It’s so far from any road and hidden they will never come to see it.
We’ve got an acre in NH and a regular house but having land that far out is like another world. It’s amazing I can’t wait for you to experience it
How are you going to prevent condensation in your enclosed floor space?
I’ll put house wrap on the bottom? Do you think that’s a good idea?
@@Practicalforestseems like whatever you do that plywood is going to trap moisture. A better choice would be to put screen or better yet hardware cloth on the bottom to protect the insulation while still letting moisture escape.
@@mikemarriam I felt like it was high enough off the ground to get the air circulating underneath it. I got some house wrap that I’m going to put on the under side possibly
@@Practicalforest😊I hope it works out.
He cute
He is my cousin
Are you have a wife
Where does your cousin live I live in canada
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these thing will be added unto you. God Bless Jesus is coming soon!!🙌
Are you permitted or are you under 200 sf?
Thanks for asking man! My land is in an undeveloped township. The only reason to pull permits is for septic or a poured foundation home that’s going to connect to the grid!
Tell your friend I said hi
He said hi back
OSB is for fly by night, builder grade homebuilders.
Stop using OSB.
I used advantech on the top, not sure what grade the osb board for the underneath was!
Take a chainsaw and clear a path for your four wheeler and utility trailer
It’s a lot harder than it looks I guess. We cleared a lot of it by fire! Next year we will put in a road
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Hey!
Does he have a gf
Do you have a gf
You guys are a couple of pimps
Smelly, sweaty, dirty pimps. There isn’t a single girl with a set of full teeth for 100 miles of this cabin build.
Your cousin has a gf
Yes he does
Wrong. So young and dumb. Lol. Put the road in. Build it in half the time and plant trees. you don’t even have to plant the trees, just let them moose, maple take over.
Ed hahahah you got me! I should have put the road in there. But I love to suffer 😂😂
@@Practicalforest well, I’ve had my 60 acres in Dover Foxcroft for 20 years. I retire in a couple of months. Let’s see me put my money where my mouth is. That’s why I’m watching your video. You must be into sledding. Also, don’t be afraid to talk about that.
@@edbaird7687 congratulations on retirement! 60 acres is a great amount of land. Does it have any structures on it now?
My next cabin builds will be starting with a road. I’ve learned so much by doing and then reflecting on it after.
@@Practicalforest no structures, just a travel trailer camper. I have invested every dime, blood, sweat and effort into putting in fields for deer food plots. Now it’s time for the camp to be built. Full basement block built. 20 x 24. Two-story.no power. Second floor will be left open and unfinished until I decide to do something with that.
Checking in now that it’s building season up here to say good luck with the camp build
Do you have gf
I have a wife
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MLC thank you so much for taking the time to offer some really solid advice! I really agree with everything you said.
I’m glad you can tell that I’m a newbie and you are giving me the basics!
No one has said cut the path and then replant it yet. That makes total sense!
Thank you so much for watching and reaching out.
THANKS BUT ISNT BETTER NOT EVEN PUT PLYWOOD UNDER ? THAT IS A PAIN IN THE ASS TO DO : ISNT ANOTHER WAY ? I WOULD NOT CRAW UNDER JUST TO INSULATE THE FLOOR ! ALL U NEED IS JUST LEAV WITHOUT😂
It gets -35 Fahrenheit out there! We are going to fully insulate the whole cabin!
Your entire support is being held up by nails. Not good. Even your ledger board is held up by nails. Am I missing something. Where is the actual support?
Yes you are! They are all lagged in with heavy duty lags and we put bracing under them in the other videos!
@@Practicalforest OOOOOOOHHHHHHHH. Thank you. I couldnt understand...... Why do you make a video such as this leaving out the essentials??? Novices like me will replicate what youve done and wonder why the structure falls down.
@@alfa_romeo55yush82 I still have a lot to learn! But I really feel like this cabin is going to last a long time!