Canada here. Putting an old blanket or towel at the bottom of the door will help keep the cloth out, or use a curtain rod and hang a blanket over the door, then you can just slide it aside when you want to go out. And in the winter we use those clear plastic window kits on our windows.
We have double pane windows and our door is an insulated steel door. You need triple pane windows up here, but we couldn’t afford them. These are double panes out of an old cabin that was gifted to us, so their age definitely plays a role in the problem.
Yes, Well there is "Cold" then there is "Deadly Cold"!! This is Negitive 50 Degree's. There is a Difference. I too prefer the Cold Weather, but not this!!
There are definitely some challenges when it is that cold. BUT it is fun to take a container of hot water outside and toss the water up into the air! There will be an instant cloud of steam as it freezes and evaporates and a sizzling sound as that happens! Stay warm and Happy New Year!
I have been in -47 weather in northern BC when I was younger and we just put more cloths on cause we still had a job to do. Wasn't fun but we did it. The older I get the less I like the cold so am in southern BC now where the coldest we have had so far is about 30. Haven't even dug out the winter boots yet cause we have no snow. Keep the stove cranked up and relax until the coldsnap breaks and you can get back outside again.
Yep, we still go outside to dump water, use the outhouse, split kindling, and Justin was out trying to split firewood in it and our splitting mall handle shattered 😳 at these temps it’s tough to get much done outside for sure.
I have 3 different families that moved here in Northern Lower Michigan from fairbanks and they all say they'd rather have -40° over our 10° with the humidity we have.
I’m originally from Ohio and been up here in the Fairbainks area for going on thirty three years now and yes the winters here are so much better then down in Ohio
Yeah, I grew up in Minnesota where there is a ton of humidity. I would say the humidity plays a big role, but even here in our little valley, which is 3.5 hours from Fairbanks, has been getting and unusual amount of humidity these past two winters. According to the weather channel is was -56° with 97% humidity. So it was COLD. Living through winters in Minnesota, Wyoming, and Montana, I would say the toughest part of winter here is how long it is. We’ve had snow since late September, I honestly don’t even remember what the ground looks like at this point 😅 at least in the lower 48 the snow melts and it warms up, here it’s just snow and cold for a LONG time. Last winter the snow came in October and melted finally at the end of May. 8 months of snow on the ground is a long time to see white 😅
Hey have great new year you guys doing great hang in there for sure you not missing nothing down here we had some fool run over 15 people down here Louisiana anyway the clean and awesome land is a challenge but will get better lot of cold but looks like a lot of Alaska needs snow luck stay warm love you guys videos
Hey Jason! Thanks so much! Happy new year to you too! The lower 48 is definitely a little crazy these days, so sorry to hear about what happened in Louisiana, so crazy! There is a saying here in AK: “Alaska doesn’t so much grow on you, it just makes you unfit to live anywhere else.” And I feel that! 🤣
We want to build one on our addition, ran out of time our first summer here when our son was born 6 weeks premature, and last summer was insanely busy with my husband working a full time job and me running the homestead all while trying to go fishing and moose hunting/processing for an entire month ate up all of our time. Hoping to get further this year 🤞
Subbed & checking out some of your warmer videos 👍, I run a 4" fresh air vent from outside to the wood stove & I always leave my bathroom window open a couple inches all winter even when we had -52c last winter :) My windows don't ice up, I have another video in a couple weeks that will show you what helps :) Have a great evening"
Awesome! Thanks for following our journey! And that is a great tip! We didn’t properly vent this cabin and that is definitely part of the problem, but lesson learned and we plan to vent our addition this summer to hopefully end this problem. We also used really old windows that were given to us for free in this build since we were trying to build as cheaply as possible, I honestly don’t even know how old these windows are 😅 soooo that may be part of the problem as well 🤣
-50 is not bad, as long as there is no wind, and almost no humidity. We live in eastern Wyoming... It gets down in the negative double digits here as well in the core of winter.. But as long as the wind is not blowing, it's not that bad. Last year I learned about clothing called arctic underwear... It is basically long underwear that is designed to help withstand temperatures down to -20.. it sure helps a lot..
Totally agree! We lived in Laramie for a year attending WyoTech, that’s actually where we met! I loved Wyoming, I just wasn’t a fan of the wind 😅 and yeah we wear a brand called cuddle duds for long underwear and we used to be wild snowmobilers so we had a lot of Klim under-layers that keep you SUPER warm! We always say, there’s no bad weather, just bad gear/clothing.
@FinalFrontierHomestead-i5t We live near Gillette Im originally from New Orleans.. i'm struggling getting used to the weather here in Wyoming.... the summers is what keeps me here.
@FinalFrontierHomestead-i5t I have a video on my youtube channel where I threw a glass of hot water into the air to see what happened.. It was a couple of winters ago
I have another video out of us Christmas tree hunting on the darkest day that goes over that a little. In the darkest part of the year we get about 4 hours of “daylight” the sun doesn’t actually come up, it looks like sunrise or sunset for those 4 hours. And then by 4th of July we have 24 hours of daylight!
@FinalFrontierHomestead-i5t That's so cool, er cold rather. Glad your not in total darkness in winter. Thanks for sharing your experiences up there, and your videos are awesome.
Me too! There is no way I could handle total darkness for a month 😅 the darkness is tough, but it feels like once you’ve reached your limit and your desperate to see the sun again, it starts to show up! And before you know it, it’s daylight all the time! Which I LOVE! And thank you! So glad you are enjoying them!
@FinalFrontierHomestead-i5t for real, thanks for making your videos. I would probably die on the way to the outhouse, so kudos to you. We hit 85 degrees last week and can't imagine that cold. In summer, we suffer with 115-120, but it's a dry heat.
@@thereasonableconsumer hahaha yeah, last winter we hit -70 windchill one night and THAT 3am outhouse run was COLD! And 115-120°!?! Now I would die in that!! How do you keep cool? I feel like up here, you can always put more clothes on to stave off the cold, but when it’s hot you can only take so much clothing off 😅
And I thought it was cold here. Anyway, consider a guard fence around that stove to keep the little guy away. Also, cheap/easy reduction in ice around the door: put up a hinged door frame; just the frame, no panels/windows/screen needed, to block the cold air from getting directly into the gaps around your door. Hinges for easy open close, and a simple hook/eye latch to keep the door from blowing open. You can always screen it for summer later. Or, staple/brad nail a rubber liner/gasket on the inside around the inside face of your door (except bottom; use a towel across). Just thinking cheap, quick and reversible. Stay warm!
It does hurt to breathe! It’s funny you mention that, I filmed a clip of myself showing that it was hard to breathe and I was coughing, but I didn’t add it to the video because I didn’t want people to think I was faking it 😅 It literally takes your breath away and hurts your lungs when you first take a deep breath when coming outside after being in our 80° cabin.
The ice comes from the condensation and is going to come in no matter how well your home is insulated and sealed at -60 for 3 days and nights straight. How would you have done the window and door insulation? I want to hear how you would do it and maybe we will do it your way on our addition build and see how it fares next winter.
It was cold, but the whole time I filmed this I was just in a sweatshirt and sweatpants 🤣 last year we hit -70 windchill, and THAT 3am outhouse run was COLD! Where are you at? And what temps do you get in the winter?
New here to the channel, why is there siding on your house? And you guys didn’t insult the house, and is that an out house for you guys? I’m going down the rabbit hole to watch the rest of your videos.
Hey! Welcome to the channel! We didn’t get siding put on the cabin because we ran out of time our first summer here, we got our wood stove installed and I went into labor with our son 1 week later. We had planned to mill our own 1x lumber to make siding and side it. We also planned to build an addition this past summer and then side the whole building but got too wrapped up trying to homestead and my husband had to go get a full time job so between hunting, fishing, gardening, and raising our son we once again ran out of time and money. We’re hoping to get our addition done this summer! 🤞and yes we did insulate the cabin, it is 2x6 build with R21 in the walls and floor and R30 in the ceiling.
Just yesterday and the few days before. We’re down in between Delta and Northway. It got real cold, you can see that in the thermometer reading on our house.
Wow impressive, which diesel do you think will have the best chance for starting up in this cold ? I would think most of them as long as you plug it in thru the night
Well, I don’t think brand matters in this case, even the diesel pumps in town are gelled up. Our diesel truck sat outside through the cold snap, about a week, it warmed up to -12°F today, we don’t have power so we have to run our generator to run our block heater, so we had our truck tarped, a diesel heater blowing hot air under the tarp, generator exhaust pointing under the tarp running the block heater, a battery charger on the main batter since the secondary froze, and it took 4 hours of this to get it started after that cold snap. You need to have vehicles garaged up here if you want them to start, especially a diesel. And you’ll need a lot of additive as well so your lines don’t gel while driving. Highly recommend a gasser up here.
Absolutely! We have a Jotul, I can’t remember the model number but it’s an older stove that was gifted to us from some of the nicest people on this planet. We had to do some refurbishing and replaced a few parts on it but it has been an AWESOME stove! Cooks us right out of this cabin! I remember the first time we lit a fire we stocked that thing full of wood, it was 10° outside and it was 105° inside with the door and both windows fully open 🤣🤣
@@FinalFrontierHomestead-i5t haha awesome! I've heard those are good stoves. I want one with a glass front for sure. About to watch your Q/A video and eat my breakfast!
Haha love it, thanks man! We LOVE our stove! A lot of folks up here run Blaze King stoves and highly recommend them. Most are the Blaze King Princess stoves from the folks we know anyways.
Because everyone runs out of time and or money before winter hits and locks you down. At least that was our experience. Summer here is sooo short and you have a very small window to get your land cleared, prepped and a cabin built that will sustain you throughout an Alaskan winter. In our case, we had planned to mill 1x lumber to make our own siding to save on cost, but our first summer we ran out of time. We got our cabin up, moved in, got the wood stove installed and I went into labor 1 week later, 6 weeks premature with our son and had to spend 4 weeks in the Fairbanks NICU. By the time we got home it was December and winter was in full swing. And we had a newborn, not a good time to be siding 😅 We had planned to build an addition this past summer and then side the whole building, but my husband had to get a full time job to afford living and building, we got the floor done but between him working, me running the homestead, raising our son, planting a massive garden, fishing for salmon and spending an entire month moose hunting and processing those moose our group got, we once again ran out of time. Living off grid with a family and building is extremely difficult. We are hoping to get this addition done this summer and maybe it will have siding by next winter 😅🤞
No thank you, good thing you guys like it I guess, there are pro and cons to live in this icy cold place ,well all the best in 2025 . Ps. KEEP WARM ....😊
Hey Jim!! I was wondering when we would hear from another Tokite! It was a chilly cold snap for sure! Longer than last winter! Now to see what the rest of January and February will bring 💪🏻
Yes we did! Everyone had us so paranoid about cold, they told us to make sure there was no outside air that could get in, and we aren’t professional builders so yeah, our tiny 16x16 cabin isn’t vented properly and creates a ton of condensation. We are hoping to get rid of some of that problem with a vent in our addition we plan to build this summer.
total, is there a reason so many structures in Alaska are all unfinished? I love the videos from there, but they all have tyvek or the home depot stuff on the outside, but no log skins or logs or boards. Just wondering.
Because no one has the time to finish them before winter hits and locks you down. Or you run out of money, this “Alaskan Dream” that so many portray costs far more money than you would think. In our case, we ran out of time. We planned to mill 1x lumber to make our own siding, but I went into labor with our son 3 weeks after we finished the inside. Then we were in the NICU for 4 weeks and then it was dead winter by the time we came home with our newborn. We didn’t side it this summer since we planned to build our addition and side the whole thing. Then we got too caught up trying to do too much and we needed more money to finish our build so my husband had to go get a full time job and worked all summer long while I ran the homestead, took care of our son and grew a garden. This was our first real summer here with Dawson and we wanted to get out and do some Alaska things. So we went backcountry camping, fishing, and spent an entire month moose hunting. We got too wrapped up in everything that we ran out of time and money again to finish building. Living off-grid, trying to start a homestead and building at the same time is extremely difficult.
@@FinalFrontierHomestead-i5t I see that from the multiple "Alaskan Off Griders" I am subscribed to. I will keep watching to see how the finished product turns out. Best of luck in 2025.
Canada here. Putting an old blanket or towel at the bottom of the door will help keep the cloth out, or use a curtain rod and hang a blanket over the door, then you can just slide it aside when you want to go out. And in the winter we use those clear plastic window kits on our windows.
Fantastic advice! We do put a towel down to soak some of the moisture up, but that blanket idea is great! Thank you!
The little dog is loving it. That's bone chilling cold We are at 17 tonight and tomorrow is only going to be around 25. Beautiful place you have
Smoke loves being outside no matter the temperature outside, as long as he’s got his little booties on he’s happy! And thank you! Stay warm!
You need double pane windows and door insulation to keep snow and ice out.
We have double pane windows and our door is an insulated steel door. You need triple pane windows up here, but we couldn’t afford them. These are double panes out of an old cabin that was gifted to us, so their age definitely plays a role in the problem.
I love the cold, always so fresh and clean. I will take this over hot, humid weather any day.
Yes, Well there is "Cold" then there is "Deadly Cold"!! This is Negitive 50 Degree's. There is a Difference. I too prefer the Cold Weather, but not this!!
Agreed! You can ALWAYS put more clothes on, you can only take so much off 😅
That's a whole different level of cold! makes for beautiful views but demands respect too 👍
So true! Thanks man!
There are definitely some challenges when it is that cold. BUT it is fun to take a container of hot water outside and toss the water up into the air! There will be an instant cloud of steam as it freezes and evaporates and a sizzling sound as that happens! Stay warm and Happy New Year!
Haha yes we did that many times last winter! We need to do it again with little man this year! And thank you! Happy New Year to you too!
You sure need a boot room on the front door!
Yes we do!
I have been in -47 weather in northern BC when I was younger and we just put more cloths on cause we still had a job to do. Wasn't fun but we did it. The older I get the less I like the cold so am in southern BC now where the coldest we have had so far is about 30. Haven't even dug out the winter boots yet cause we have no snow. Keep the stove cranked up and relax until the coldsnap breaks and you can get back outside again.
Yep, we still go outside to dump water, use the outhouse, split kindling, and Justin was out trying to split firewood in it and our splitting mall handle shattered 😳 at these temps it’s tough to get much done outside for sure.
Hi, new subscriber here!
Nice to see the sun! Holy cold! That crunch says so!
Hey! Thanks for following our journey! I was honestly shocked to see the sun! Thanks man!
@ Yw!
Thats a lot of condensation.love watching .i love the outdoors .
Yes it is! Glad you enjoyed!
Need a insulated storm door
It is an insulated steel door.
You can hear the cold. We get like that in Montana.
Yes you definitely can, though where we lived in Montana you couldn’t hear anything over the wind 🤣🤣
I have 3 different families that moved here in Northern Lower Michigan from fairbanks and they all say they'd rather have -40° over our 10° with the humidity we have.
I’m originally from Ohio and been up here in the Fairbainks area for going on thirty three years now and yes the winters here are so much better then down in Ohio
Yeah, I grew up in Minnesota where there is a ton of humidity. I would say the humidity plays a big role, but even here in our little valley, which is 3.5 hours from Fairbanks, has been getting and unusual amount of humidity these past two winters. According to the weather channel is was -56° with 97% humidity. So it was COLD. Living through winters in Minnesota, Wyoming, and Montana, I would say the toughest part of winter here is how long it is. We’ve had snow since late September, I honestly don’t even remember what the ground looks like at this point 😅 at least in the lower 48 the snow melts and it warms up, here it’s just snow and cold for a LONG time. Last winter the snow came in October and melted finally at the end of May. 8 months of snow on the ground is a long time to see white 😅
Hey have great new year you guys doing great hang in there for sure you not missing nothing down here we had some fool run over 15 people down here Louisiana anyway the clean and awesome land is a challenge but will get better lot of cold but looks like a lot of Alaska needs snow luck stay warm love you guys videos
Hey Jason! Thanks so much! Happy new year to you too! The lower 48 is definitely a little crazy these days, so sorry to hear about what happened in Louisiana, so crazy! There is a saying here in AK: “Alaska doesn’t so much grow on you, it just makes you unfit to live anywhere else.” And I feel that! 🤣
Holy moly! I can’t imagine that cold. Stay safe
It is super cold! And thank you!!
Excellent Video!
Thank you so much!
@@FinalFrontierHomestead-i5t 👍
Amazing. God bless you!
Thank you!!
When you walk and the ground sounds crunchy like that, you knows its extremely cold.
Yes!! In person it almost sounds like your walking on styrofoam!
I'm surprised you don't have an arctic entry so you could avoid that ice build-up on the inside of the door.
We want to build one on our addition, ran out of time our first summer here when our son was born 6 weeks premature, and last summer was insanely busy with my husband working a full time job and me running the homestead all while trying to go fishing and moose hunting/processing for an entire month ate up all of our time. Hoping to get further this year 🤞
That's a little chilly!
Yes it was!
Subbed & checking out some of your warmer videos 👍, I run a 4" fresh air vent from outside to the wood stove & I always leave my bathroom window open a couple inches all winter even when we had -52c last winter :) My windows don't ice up, I have another video in a couple weeks that will show you what helps :) Have a great evening"
Awesome! Thanks for following our journey! And that is a great tip! We didn’t properly vent this cabin and that is definitely part of the problem, but lesson learned and we plan to vent our addition this summer to hopefully end this problem. We also used really old windows that were given to us for free in this build since we were trying to build as cheaply as possible, I honestly don’t even know how old these windows are 😅 soooo that may be part of the problem as well 🤣
Definitely need fresh air coming in somewhere. Everything you have contains vocs that can emit contaminants, including paint and varnish.
Yes! And that is why we have our window cracked at all times to allow fresh air in.
If not double pane glass, then a layer of plastic does wonders to keep the chill out. 🙂
Bubble wrap will attach to windows with plain water from a spray bottle and still allow some light.
Great advice guys! Thank you!
-50 is not bad, as long as there is no wind, and almost no humidity.
We live in eastern Wyoming... It gets down in the negative double digits here as well in the core of winter.. But as long as the wind is not blowing, it's not that bad.
Last year I learned about clothing called arctic underwear... It is basically long underwear that is designed to help withstand temperatures down to -20.. it sure helps a lot..
Totally agree! We lived in Laramie for a year attending WyoTech, that’s actually where we met! I loved Wyoming, I just wasn’t a fan of the wind 😅 and yeah we wear a brand called cuddle duds for long underwear and we used to be wild snowmobilers so we had a lot of Klim under-layers that keep you SUPER warm! We always say, there’s no bad weather, just bad gear/clothing.
@FinalFrontierHomestead-i5t
We live near Gillette
Im originally from New Orleans.. i'm struggling getting used to the weather here in Wyoming.... the summers is what keeps me here.
The weather in Wyoming is WILD! I remember how crazy the storms were, they would just blow in like a whirlwind out of no where!
@FinalFrontierHomestead-i5t
I have a video on my youtube channel where I threw a glass of hot water into the air to see what happened.. It was a couple of winters ago
I grew up doing that every winter! We did it up here last winter too. Need to do it with Dawson this year!
How many hours of darkness per day do you get in winter? Assuming in the summer, the sun never sets for months at that latitude.
I have another video out of us Christmas tree hunting on the darkest day that goes over that a little. In the darkest part of the year we get about 4 hours of “daylight” the sun doesn’t actually come up, it looks like sunrise or sunset for those 4 hours. And then by 4th of July we have 24 hours of daylight!
@FinalFrontierHomestead-i5t That's so cool, er cold rather. Glad your not in total darkness in winter. Thanks for sharing your experiences up there, and your videos are awesome.
Me too! There is no way I could handle total darkness for a month 😅 the darkness is tough, but it feels like once you’ve reached your limit and your desperate to see the sun again, it starts to show up! And before you know it, it’s daylight all the time! Which I LOVE! And thank you! So glad you are enjoying them!
@FinalFrontierHomestead-i5t for real, thanks for making your videos. I would probably die on the way to the outhouse, so kudos to you. We hit 85 degrees last week and can't imagine that cold. In summer, we suffer with 115-120, but it's a dry heat.
@@thereasonableconsumer hahaha yeah, last winter we hit -70 windchill one night and THAT 3am outhouse run was COLD! And 115-120°!?! Now I would die in that!! How do you keep cool? I feel like up here, you can always put more clothes on to stave off the cold, but when it’s hot you can only take so much clothing off 😅
Wow! Just pine trees ! You’re really “up there”,if ONLY pine trees can grow ! !
Yeah we are pretty far north, but we do have Aspen on our property as well, which I LOVE!
IT's Beautiful there! Why does beauty have to be such a cold and deadly Bitch? Hats off to those of you with the guts to endure such a winter!
Haha thanks man, it is a cold but stunning place to live for sure!
And I thought it was cold here. Anyway, consider a guard fence around that stove to keep the little guy away. Also, cheap/easy reduction in ice around the door: put up a hinged door frame; just the frame, no panels/windows/screen needed, to block the cold air from getting directly into the gaps around your door. Hinges for easy open close, and a simple hook/eye latch to keep the door from blowing open. You can always screen it for summer later. Or, staple/brad nail a rubber liner/gasket on the inside around the inside face of your door (except bottom; use a towel across). Just thinking cheap, quick and reversible. Stay warm!
Awesome tips! Thank you for the suggestions! We are super interested in trying them!
Does it hurt to breathe when you go from inside to -56 outside or is it just something your body adapts to after a while of living in Alaska.
It does hurt to breathe! It’s funny you mention that, I filmed a clip of myself showing that it was hard to breathe and I was coughing, but I didn’t add it to the video because I didn’t want people to think I was faking it 😅 It literally takes your breath away and hurts your lungs when you first take a deep breath when coming outside after being in our 80° cabin.
The lower 48seem so crazy and busy now be good 🔥🔥🙏👍😀
Yes it is! Thanks buddy!
The insulation of windows and entrance door is next to a catastrophe…… very puzzling to wonder why it is kept so bad
The ice comes from the condensation and is going to come in no matter how well your home is insulated and sealed at -60 for 3 days and nights straight. How would you have done the window and door insulation? I want to hear how you would do it and maybe we will do it your way on our addition build and see how it fares next winter.
That’s not bad we get that here too
It was cold, but the whole time I filmed this I was just in a sweatshirt and sweatpants 🤣 last year we hit -70 windchill, and THAT 3am outhouse run was COLD! Where are you at? And what temps do you get in the winter?
How cold is it inside your place?
Lucky for us, we’ve got a massive wood stove so it was a nice 80° in the cabin.
New here to the channel, why is there siding on your house? And you guys didn’t insult the house, and is that an out house for you guys? I’m going down the rabbit hole to watch the rest of your videos.
Hey! Welcome to the channel! We didn’t get siding put on the cabin because we ran out of time our first summer here, we got our wood stove installed and I went into labor with our son 1 week later. We had planned to mill our own 1x lumber to make siding and side it. We also planned to build an addition this past summer and then side the whole building but got too wrapped up trying to homestead and my husband had to go get a full time job so between hunting, fishing, gardening, and raising our son we once again ran out of time and money. We’re hoping to get our addition done this summer! 🤞and yes we did insulate the cabin, it is 2x6 build with R21 in the walls and floor and R30 in the ceiling.
Great video
Thank you!!
What did you guys use for insulation on the house?
We used R21 in the walls and floor and R30 in the ceiling. This is also a 2x6 rough cut lumber build.
Damm, I feel chilly in +56 weather
Haha yeah it was pretty chilly!
Insane....... 😊
Yes it was 😅
Show the Cabin’
Check out our other video called: Building Our Dream in Alaska. It has a full walkthrough of our cabin.
When did we get that cold in Alaska this winter ? I’m out the hot springs rd in the two rivers area and don’t think we’ve seen it that cold this year
Just yesterday and the few days before. We’re down in between Delta and Northway. It got real cold, you can see that in the thermometer reading on our house.
Wow impressive, which diesel do you think will have the best chance for starting up in this cold ? I would think most of them as long as you plug it in thru the night
Well, I don’t think brand matters in this case, even the diesel pumps in town are gelled up. Our diesel truck sat outside through the cold snap, about a week, it warmed up to -12°F today, we don’t have power so we have to run our generator to run our block heater, so we had our truck tarped, a diesel heater blowing hot air under the tarp, generator exhaust pointing under the tarp running the block heater, a battery charger on the main batter since the secondary froze, and it took 4 hours of this to get it started after that cold snap. You need to have vehicles garaged up here if you want them to start, especially a diesel. And you’ll need a lot of additive as well so your lines don’t gel while driving. Highly recommend a gasser up here.
Im so glad we won't see those temps at our property. Haha
Haha yeah it gets ridiculously cold here 😅
@FinalFrontierHomestead-i5t can i ask which woodstovr you have?
Absolutely! We have a Jotul, I can’t remember the model number but it’s an older stove that was gifted to us from some of the nicest people on this planet. We had to do some refurbishing and replaced a few parts on it but it has been an AWESOME stove! Cooks us right out of this cabin! I remember the first time we lit a fire we stocked that thing full of wood, it was 10° outside and it was 105° inside with the door and both windows fully open 🤣🤣
@@FinalFrontierHomestead-i5t haha awesome! I've heard those are good stoves. I want one with a glass front for sure. About to watch your Q/A video and eat my breakfast!
Haha love it, thanks man! We LOVE our stove! A lot of folks up here run Blaze King stoves and highly recommend them. Most are the Blaze King Princess stoves from the folks we know anyways.
Don't EVER lock yourself out by accident, it'll be your last mistake 😳
Yep, gotta be smart living up here! Hypothermia sets in real quick at these temps.
No way I would live there
I get that!
I’ve been watching tons of videos with homesteaders in Alaska and almost everyone lives in an unfinished cabin , why is this ?
Because everyone runs out of time and or money before winter hits and locks you down. At least that was our experience. Summer here is sooo short and you have a very small window to get your land cleared, prepped and a cabin built that will sustain you throughout an Alaskan winter. In our case, we had planned to mill 1x lumber to make our own siding to save on cost, but our first summer we ran out of time. We got our cabin up, moved in, got the wood stove installed and I went into labor 1 week later, 6 weeks premature with our son and had to spend 4 weeks in the Fairbanks NICU. By the time we got home it was December and winter was in full swing. And we had a newborn, not a good time to be siding 😅 We had planned to build an addition this past summer and then side the whole building, but my husband had to get a full time job to afford living and building, we got the floor done but between him working, me running the homestead, raising our son, planting a massive garden, fishing for salmon and spending an entire month moose hunting and processing those moose our group got, we once again ran out of time. Living off grid with a family and building is extremely difficult. We are hoping to get this addition done this summer and maybe it will have siding by next winter 😅🤞
@@FinalFrontierHomestead-i5t good luck hope y’all can get it all done
Thank you! Me too! 🤞
No thank you, good thing you guys like it I guess, there are pro and cons to live in this icy cold place ,well all the best in 2025 . Ps. KEEP WARM ....😊
That is for sure! Thank you so much!
hello fellow Tokite, it was a little brisk the other day
Hey Jim!! I was wondering when we would hear from another Tokite! It was a chilly cold snap for sure! Longer than last winter! Now to see what the rest of January and February will bring 💪🏻
Do you ever wipe your door down?😂😂
Yep, multiple times a day.
You got your house to air tight there's too much moisture in the air
Yes we did! Everyone had us so paranoid about cold, they told us to make sure there was no outside air that could get in, and we aren’t professional builders so yeah, our tiny 16x16 cabin isn’t vented properly and creates a ton of condensation. We are hoping to get rid of some of that problem with a vent in our addition we plan to build this summer.
total, is there a reason so many structures in Alaska are all unfinished? I love the videos from there, but they all have tyvek or the home depot stuff on the outside, but no log skins or logs or boards. Just wondering.
Because no one has the time to finish them before winter hits and locks you down. Or you run out of money, this “Alaskan Dream” that so many portray costs far more money than you would think. In our case, we ran out of time. We planned to mill 1x lumber to make our own siding, but I went into labor with our son 3 weeks after we finished the inside. Then we were in the NICU for 4 weeks and then it was dead winter by the time we came home with our newborn. We didn’t side it this summer since we planned to build our addition and side the whole thing. Then we got too caught up trying to do too much and we needed more money to finish our build so my husband had to go get a full time job and worked all summer long while I ran the homestead, took care of our son and grew a garden. This was our first real summer here with Dawson and we wanted to get out and do some Alaska things. So we went backcountry camping, fishing, and spent an entire month moose hunting. We got too wrapped up in everything that we ran out of time and money again to finish building. Living off-grid, trying to start a homestead and building at the same time is extremely difficult.
@@FinalFrontierHomestead-i5t I see that from the multiple "Alaskan Off Griders" I am subscribed to. I will keep watching to see how the finished product turns out. Best of luck in 2025.
Thanks so much!
Beats living in Yakutsk. 😂
I believe that! You all are some tough folks!
Unthaw = refreezing lol
Yep
Nope, not at all for me
Totally get it! It’s barely for me! 😅