this was really great !! great pacing , great story telling . thank you for sharing 🙏 i typically prefer narrated build videos , but your editing kept me engaged 👌 subscriber #165 of many to come !!
Hello Adventure -Off-Grid, I appreciate the question/comment - the A's were made up of 2"x8"x16's. I responded to another comment on the foundation beams which I'll just copy here: The beams were made by tripling 2x12 treated lumber. The 2x12s were glued using construction adhesive, nailed, and screwed together with structural screws. Since the total length of the cabin and deck is 36 feet, we used six 2"x12"x12's on the outsides of a 2"x12"x8', a 2"x12"x12', and a 2"x12"x16'. This setup gave the outside boards plenty to hold onto to keep the beams nice and rigid. This process starts in the video at around 5:45. Thanks for watching! 😎
I just found your channel and enjoyed the time lapsed format. I stopped it a few times along the way when I needed clarification. I really like A-Frame structures and the MCM vibe of that outhouse with the daylight roof. Is any part of your foundation beneath the ground or are those blocks resting on the gravel pad? Did you consider pouring concrete piers? Nice Vanagon, by the way. I had a yellow one when I was in the Navy. Thanks for posting.
Hello TropicTrdr, thanks for watching! It’s a floating foundation so the foundation blocks are all resting on the gravel pad. I did consider pouring concrete piers, as well as helical piers (quoted $10k). But ultimately decided against it because of cost/time. Our friends in the area have a couple cabins with similar floating foundations and haven’t had any major issues in the past 15-20 years. We plan to check it for level each year after the freeze/thaw cycle and re-level it with jacks if necessary. For one of the other cabins this had to be done the first year but no issues since. The Vanagon belongs to my buddy, but it is awesome. Thanks! 😎
Hi Neon Flamingo! I’m not terribly concerned with earthquakes and the foundation, but it will be something I’ll pay attention to when we get some bigger quakes. Several of our friend’s cabins in the area with similar foundations have held up well for decades, so I’m optimistic on this one.
Not yet unfortunately... I have a few designs I've worked up in SketchUp to help with interior layout, but nothing that would be super helpful for building. For the most part we followed the general design from the Cabins and Cottages book that's linked in the video description. It's a high level overview, but it's what got me started. Thanks for watching!
The A's are secured with metal hurricane ties on every other joist in the A assembly to the outside beams. Every joist is also nailed to the center beam. If you watch the second episode you'll see the metal ties peeking out from under the eaves. Thanks for watching!
The beams were made by tripling 2x12 treated lumber. The 2x12s were glued using construction adhesive and screwed together with structural screws. Since the total length of the cabin and deck is 36 feet, we used six 2"x12"x12's on the outsides of a 2"x12"x8', a 2"x12"x12', and a 2"x12"x16'. This setup gave the outside boards plenty to hold onto to keep the beams nice and rigid. Thanks for the question, let me know if you need further clarification on this (probably easier to understand with a diagram).
Hello from Big Lake, AK. I like your format, broken up by days and the actual date. It gives the viewer a much better idea of what actually goes into seemingly trivial parts, like the outhouse. Better than the before and after of most channels with the details omitted. Good text narration too. 👍
Hello and welcome to the channel! Thank you for the feedback. We're not too far from Big Lake 😉 Also, I didn't realize we spent so much time on that outhouse until I started compiling all the footage. Cheers!
We have a handwashing station there. The extra overhang gives us a covered area for it. The original plans actually call for it to be an even greater overhang but the tree kept us from going much bigger. 🌲
At the point this video ended we had spent around $14,000. But that includes materials we hadn't installed yet like insulation, flooring, sheathing, and roofing. I would estimate the cost of materials to get to the point we finished at would be around $9,000. Thanks!
Здраво! Ја ћу дати све од себе. Троуглови су направљени од дрвета једнаке дужине. Постоји угао од 60 степени где се рогови сусрећу са гредама, а угао од 30 степени где се рогови спајају на врху. Ако користите дрво од 5м за ширину, користили бисте 5м и за рогове.
Great video! Realy Awesome Home! i just subscribed to your Awesome channel and i also hit the bell thing too. i Love the way that you are building your Home. i Love A frames. my Home is a Alpine A frame Home. i Realy look forward to watching more of your Awesome videos. you are So Very Right about building a outhouse first, got to have a place to go. :)
does the A's has something that keeps them fixed to the beam underneath them? Or are they just clipped onto the beam? Could you elaborate more on this, please?
Hello Chico! The A's are secured to the floor beams with hurricane-ties on the two outside beams, and nails toe-nailed through each joist into the center beam. The hurricane-ties were used on every other joist, as there's not enough space to put a tie on every one. You can see the metal of the ties pretty good at 3:14 to get a visual of them. Thanks for watching! 👀👋
Hey guys ,how do you empty the outhouse? Since your using a standard ,roughly 55gal drum ,im sure its gotta be emptied? lol Do you guys have a farely easy way to lift it out of there to dump or a way to drain it while its in place? Then what are the laws up there for where and how to dump it? In all my reearch and searching ideas for when i purchase my land i have never really thought about that aspect of it? hehe duh The one thing my cabin in the woods has ot have if my wife is ever going ot stay in it,is inside plumbing! LOL Im looking into more of an earthship style home for production of food for our selves? With Earthships growing your own veggies and so on is a large part of the climate control and helth of the overall home. This idea is a really good one although the one i must build will have ot be much larger. I am at the later days of a growing family so i have 5 adult children and so far only three grandbabies! LOL So if we are ever to spend time there ,altogether then its gotta have space for all! Im thinking a much parger "A" frame with dhormers for bedrooms. with a loft stle layout. With my master at the rear of the home on the 1st floor for momma and daddy! which wouldl be my wife and I lolA large portion of the lower and read parts of the home will lead into the part that will transform into the earthship. Its more of a dugout style with grey water and self sustained ,active water collecting and re-use. Its a dream i have ,but ill be a bit further south. Looking for the land in eastern T.N. or W.V., i really love West Virginia. Its still close to our home state of N.J. ,which we would like ot flee from ,from time to time. Get away from it all ,if you will..... Looking in the entire state of W.V. but eastern T.N. in the mountains would be fine. It just has to have some kind of year round fluid creek/stream. Looking at Hydro electric vs solar , or maybe both with the Hydro being the primary source and the solar for backup or maybe just for climate control or appliances or so forth. I sold my home in N.J. and we live in my wifes ,childhood home which we only owe for basic utilites right now. Just need the land to be able ot fulfill my dream! About 10+ acres with a creek and a cabin on the babbling brook my wife wants so much! I kind of like that idea too ;>) Good luck with this project and GOD BLESS!
Hello Michael, the outhouse pit goes down about 6' and has two plastic 55 gallon barrels stacked and secured together. The bottom barrel is open to gravel below to allow drainage. The best part is it can be pumped out like a regular septic system- although with our weekend use we likely won't have to pump it for a few years. We're planning to have a compost toilet inside the cabin to avoid those cold middle of the night trips to the outhouse. The Earthships are a cool concept and it sounds like yours will be quite the undertaking. This cabin is kind of our trial run before we decide to build a larger cabin/house. We thought we could build this inexpensively but we've spent quite a bit more than I planned for already. Best of luck on your build, hopefully you find that perfect property soon!
Thanks for watching! Very true. I plan to put out a condensed "Start to Finish" version once the cabin is finished. This was my first video, so it was a learning process. ☺️☺️
Hi Matthew, the majority of the floor joists (and rafters) were 2x8x16s. For the first two As we used 2x6x16s for the joists so the covered deck area would be at the same height as the rest of the deck. Thanks for watching!
This was really good.Amazing 7:57 what you have accomplished so far. So looking forward to watching each phase take place. Talented group of people. As I always say May Peace Health and Happiness follow you and yours
