I'm really glad to see how you go about fixing problems like the mold on these logs. I feel like most people would hide that kind of stuff from a large audience, but there's a lot to learn from you guys. Thank you! I had no idea a green cut log cabin could be done, but you're showing me just how to overcome some of the issues I had associated with it.
When i built with three sided logs you want to put them up AS SOON AS YOU CUT THEM........or allow the logs to dry and then mill the log three sided. The worst thing you can do is cut the logs three sided and THEN allow them to dry. They will twist up on you and you will have nothing of value to work with. This is the first "stockade" style cabin Ive ever built and log shrinkage really isn't an issue at all because the logs are screwed into he the top plate and the floor and they don't really shrink length wise.
Enjoy all these videos as brings me back to my mom & dad building what I called a house that Jack built(Jack of all trades master of none). But comfy and on a lake in NH. Lived in it couple of winters. I remember a pot bellied stove in huge living space and a Franklin upstairs for winter heat!. Brings back memories. This is 65-68 years ago😬
Hello Dave. Your technique on building has brought interest to me. Log cabins have that sense of ultimate warmth and coziness to life. Well done on the cabin project, fruits of our labor, as they say.
Love the wood stove! I couldn't imagine going without mine and I live just a tad farther south than Alaska. I learned the hard way about green planks, fortunately the contractor I hired to resurface my deck knew better than me. When he installed the new green planks super tight up against each other I asked him, "Aren't you supposed to leave a gap between each one for drainage?" He laughed and told me, "Give it a few days, you'll see." Boy was he right. The planks shrank and a gap appeared fairly quickly. If I'd have done that project myself (which was my first inclination, before I remembered that I work 50 hours a week at the day job and teach three martial arts classes a week in the evenings and came to my senses) I'd have had to do what you've described about pulling them all and screwing them back down. The project is coming along nicely despite your set back, way better than I'd have ever managed.
Awesome attitude my friend the pioneering spirit is alive and well. Adversity brings out the best in those that can survive, adapt and prosper. You two are well equipped to handle any situation and thanks for sharing.
I have LOVED watching the evolution of this awesome homestead! You place looks amazing. I love the woodstove and the cook stove. The log walls are going to be awesome. I can't believe how fast you got all that work done since you've been back. Congrats, and keep going, Dave!!!
Looks like a home already ; I'm liking it ! Sorry about your tent Dave , but glad you are in the cabin now , albeit under different circumstances than you had originally planned on . Perhaps a blessing in disguise ? (:-) Thanks for the update . All the best to you guys .
Great progress. You have a roof over your head. The rest is the flash stuff. Looks like there is plenty of room underneath for storage. All you need is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. That is part of a cool poem I heard once. That axe and the couple of chainsaws have a home now. The kids can clean up the yard.
nice update Dave! your gaining buddy. It looks to me like your making fairly good time. It all takes time. Never quit persuing your dreams, dreams are made for people like us, and a goal for us to keep reaching for. Hope you have a great week, and cool weather. thanks for sharing with us......Tom n Rocky p.s. make time for enjoyment as you go!!!!!!
You did an amazing job! Love the way you describe the inconveniences you had, because that's life! The cabin looks amazing! You should be proud! Hope to see when it's all finished! Wish you all the best! best regards from Buenos Aires, Argentina! Love your videos! Admire your strength and perseverance!
It is coming along and looking fine. Thank you for taking me along, I really appreciate it. The cabin is going to be a wonderful place to live. I really like that stove. I know that you have a ways to go but I am getting excited to see the finished product. I bet that you are too. Stay safe and God bless your building
I have a plan of Building my own Long Cabin in Brazil soon, I never build anything but I’m sure you helped me a lot and gave me a lot of the ideas, thanks and I hope to see more of it soon.
Looking better Dave. Hard to do by yourself. Be safe and don't work to hard. But the clock is always ticking in Alaska for sure. Winter's just around the corner.
Dam you been busting your ass. Looking awesum. I know it bummed ya seeing your tent demolished but on the good side....what a motivater to get it done. Stay safe.
Keep at it Dave. It's is almost there. What I can't understand is why someone would not like your videos. Just boggles my mind. Looking forward to the next one. Thanks!
Appreciate you discussing the mold issue. I deal with that a lot as well but thought it was just because I'm in a humid valley. Also, people poke fun at me when I say kitty-corner. Glad I'm not the only one to use that term. Good luck on the build.
Just an afterthought, Are you concerned at all about using Clorox and the runoff on your land? I remember in one video Brook showing a blueberry patch right out front. Have you noticed any harm to the plant life from the bleach?
+Bushradical you are correct sir. Even in a sealed container it becomes practically inert (in liquid form) after only one year. So add to that the open air, sun, rain, etc...and it's basically a non issue. Unless you were to to use industrial grade liquid chlorine, you have nothing to worry about.
adam rushing That's the best news I got in a long time. I've always felt so guilty using bleech and have been spending extra money on eco cleaners that cost way too much.
I have now subscribed to your channel, and I also hope that you keep up the good work. I am enjoying your videos very much, once they are no longer interesting, I will truly be disappointed. Thanks for showing these videos, and again I will say keep it up.
It my be a work in progress,but she's looking real good so far, and it's good to have a roof over your head. Those aspen logs look like they would be fun to work with, they don't have sticky sap like pine logs, and they look beautiful. Looking forward to seeing how she finishes up. Thanks for sharing Dave. Take care.
I sawr, a long time ago, a man who roughed in a cabin similar to what you have built there in the wilderness of Alaska. He put in piling's along side of his cabin, and first built a deck onto the pilings. Then bhe built a second smaller cabin onto the deck. He made a simple ladder ,with which to enter into the second cabin from within his living space cabin. He used the 2nd cabin, (on stilts,) as a freezer. I thought that was innovative, and pretty clever. I would think a root cellar for squash, potatoes, and maybe food preserved in mason jars as well be needed; definitely useful. What do you guys do to store food if your electric goes out? ...Beard looks good on ya Dave man! Very handsome! Hehe.
Good question John, we actually DONT have power so we never worry about it going out. You just shop accordingly. I use a cooler all summer with ice from the truck stop 6 miles away
Bushradical wow the cabin is such a radical project I really like the cabin boy it is going to be radical when finished but I already like it .Thanks for being radical be blessed.
The cabin looks great brother. You and Brooke are living the dream. Wish I could convince my better half to move to Alaska but she prefers the triple digit heat here in Arizona. Thanks for sharing
Dave you are so freaking talented and such a hard worker. Would love to see a video of you fitting those last few logs and installing the window. It's a beautiful log home! Great job!!! 🤗👍👍
Actually .....I havent cleaned it up yet. Its been sitting next to the driveway for a couple years. LOL. I'll clean it up good later this summer.....if I get time.
Bushradical cleaner than it was when it was sitting in the woods under a piece of plywood at my place! Little steel wool and a coat of stove paint and will be like new.
Watched again! This is the Premier Cabin (my opinion). Will this cabin also have a luxurious porch to enjoy sunrise/sunset? Bless you guys. Thanks for keeping it real
The metal-besots pipe itself never gets hot enough to heat up the flange. Thanks for the concern though. I knew a guy who got deathly sick from welding Galvanized pipe without proper ventilation.
Looks awesome so far. You made lots of progress. I just started my build this spring and got to say, it's never a easy clear cut road to getting it done
We talked awhile back and you were interested in watching some videos of the build. I managed to get 2 uploaded on my channel. So if you want to take a ot and let me know what you think. Would really appreciate it. Ps. I'm pretty bad at filming and editing lol ru-vid.com/show-UCPj5ddMLf2MRrxmkNkcVmvw?view_as=subscriber
Ever heard of cutting down the tree in winter? Best time is around Christmas. This way your wood wont mould and there will be no insects in the wood. Good luck!
Bushradical you know... I've 100% genuinely been so good! Life is just so much better when you're one with nature and its creator. But enough about me... How you been Dave!?
Well.....Stop by and see! Hand line? I would roll over and Whip myself if the Dave RAD Watched my videos! LOL! Cheers ............How you say? Stay RAD!
My father bought a house at 38 mile on the Richardson. It was built by a Father and 2sons in rough cut lumber “2X4 was 2X4 with no planing. Frame only that set 2 years. I swear you needed an air hammer to drive a nail. My brother and I got so good at pounding nails home it was scary. I spent the summer in a plywood shack with a parachute liner “ it was the 70s, we may have had a Hendrix poster”until we closed it in walls, windows, doors, and roof. Great summer.
