How we Keep Warm in our Uninsulated Cabin in Northern Sweden 

Thank's for the inspiring video's as I begin my Off Grid journey.🙂

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Staying a keen subscriber for nostalgic reasons, enjoying the videos of an adventure (by a city-boy?). Thanks a lot. I've been moving a lot since childhood, but the place that turns up in my dreams as the one place where I have my roots, is a simple logcabin on an island where my ancesters were born, in a smaller cabin than yours, no electricity, no plumbing, and only two acres, mostly stone (cliffs). I spent my summers there and a few autumn and spring week(end)s. I learned about the life-style of earlier generations living there year-around. A few well-meant comments on how they stayed warm - they had double glass-windows in the cold season, the inner panes they stored away in a shed during the summer, because they had not invested in the opening mechanisms. In the evening they "shut down" the windows both with roller pulldowns and textiles behind which ice could form on the glass, which was wiped dry as soon as convenient in the morning to let day-light in. The windows were wisely directed to save energy. The doors were insulated with matts or duvets hanged up, and the wooden floors were covered with rag rugs, regularly in two layers in the winter season, an inch or two up against the walls. In the summer some of the rugs were used to spare the floors, laid out like paths were people moved the most. That barren look you have inside was a summer-look. They had rugs on the walls in the small rooms they slept in - they used any wool they had at their disposal: goat, wool, horse-hair, even seaweed. The stair-way upstairs was similar as yours, though smaller. Moss was driven into the gaps between the logs. And the roof on the cabin was not insulated at all. But the stairway had an inside cover (ett slags lock) for the winter season. Similar to a door in the floor of the attic. It reminded of the door in the floor to a very small earth cellar in the kitchen. Nearby the stairs there was storage shelves. I could imagine a glass-ceiling to let light down, but not let the warmth to escape up - if it wouldn't disturb your idea of the interior looks too much. Nice addition to a logcabin, would be shutters, painted sparsely in red/blue/white/tar. I mean outside wooden shutters for the windows, without holes of any kind. In small cabins with very little land attached, and the not wholly free peasants with weekly heavy work-duty in the landowners service, the fire wood was not abundant as we might believe, so they did what they could to save it as much as possible. They used twigs and pine-cones and wood that float ashore, and saved laundry to better times than the winter, except for trying to get clean for Xmas. I hope your freezing days are over, and especially Christines. All the best!

Doing van life with no insulation. Luckily I’m in southern US and I have a million blankets and jackets to keep me cozy 😅 great video once again Kalle!

Actual insulation would help.

@@hed2410 , better not to as it's a log cabin - the wood has to be ventilated really well (especially the one shown - not the round logs but with cut-off edges, so insulating floor/roof only, I'd say

Try insulation. We used to insulate with newspaper on the walls. Try it.

I second that. Back in 70s & 80s we used to hang small tapestries over windows to prevent heat loss through the glass. Tapestries are heavy & thick & work great.

Thermal backed curtains and quilts hung on walls will make it warmer and cosier. Please clean chimneys regularly, find out how often you should be if burning wood. Make sure you know how seasoned it is.. Creosote buildup and chimney fires are unfun, experienced one as a child. 6 foot flames coming out of the chimney pot which fully cracked.

This.

We have this water boiler too and it heats the whole house.

best combo ever

I have that too, its great.

i wonder what this water system is called so I can search for it. We could really benefit from that in our simple home.

His English is really good wdym

This is not English. This is Swenglish. We are so good at English that we have our own dialect. 🤣

And for those of us who do not speak Swedish, we enjoy your translations of English words into Swedish.

Nice video

I am an English as a Second Language teacher in the US and I would deem this gentleman to be bilingual.

That's clever! Thank you 😊

Good idea.

Yeah I think that's what we do or my family does back in Scotland. I havent been responsible for keeping myself warm since moving to London but I am going back sooner or later.

Here too we do the same in the Catskill Mountains of New York.

If you have a lot of cheap wood, this is a good idea, but if you pay a lot for the wood, it's a sort of waste. Because fresh wood contains water and water dosent burn, so some of the heat is used to dry the wood before it can burn.

😂 so true

Cutting, carrying and cooking. You got it

You forgot splitting. 🙃

I just heard this same exact saying in another video…

Our family counted sawing, splitting and burning.

I was thinking the same thing. Frequently breathing in smoke from indoor fires can actually harm the lungs and lead to chronic illness. Maybe the cabin has good ventilation that allows most of the smoke to escape? It's a lovely cabin and such a beautiful environment.

I didn't really get why he was so concerned about his insulation material but not about the smoke and all the gases it contains.

You're not supposed to smell the smoke much. It's supposed to be vented properly. I think his DIY pipe thing is blocking it from escaping

Use a hepa filter air cleaner. Removes smoke and particulates.

You kind of have to do what you have to do in his scenario. Thinking he’s okay with a little smoke and debris in the air

Same here. Insulating the home should be an absolute priority and it’s not just about the energy spent trying to keep them warm. When your home gets really cold inside, the humidity increases rapidly and it makes everything worse, plus sitting near cold walls is uncomfortable. Also, a well insulated home will keep the summer heat at bay much better, that and good cross ventilation.

I think solid logs have a higher R-value than the same volume of insulation that would fit in the cabin--plus if you insulate, you'd have to cover the log walls and lose interior space.

You live in a small cabin with no insulation but you have internet?

@@brianwrightsman9609 Naturally, nobody knows smoke signals anymore! There's a mobil net all over Sweden at least.

@@brianwrightsman9609 Yes that’s possible through mobile internet.

Same here!

I'm in a 100 year old cottage will very little insulation and I am hoping to convince my landlord to allow me to restore the fireplace. The whole process of making a fire is so calming and satisfying!

Definitely this. We have a more modern but poorly insulated cabin in Sweden, and the combination of having to keep fires going to keep warm and cook, while avoiding the heat during warmer months is one of my favorite things about being there. We use a grill or start a campfire most of the summer

I would assume that mosquitos and midges are not making this process as pleasant as it may sound if your house is in the middle of the Northern woods :)

@@archi-mendel or bears

Yes. Years ago in rural parts of America people had a "summer" kitchen which was an outdoor kitchen.

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Come back to Portugal

just buy yourself a proper gas fire or a heater, dont make it harder than it needs to be lol

Hello, Selah! We are at the same situation and we use electric mattress pad (or you can find it also as heated blanket). It's very cozy, I turn it on 20 minutes before I go to bed and it's very pleasant to lie down in warm bed. It consumes less energy then the heater and also I love this feeling of sleeping in warm bed and having colder air to breathe.

You can always use lots and lots of heavy thick quilts..........been there and done that.

@@AnastasiaStefanovska I got my mom one and we laid it on the bed from side to side, instead of from the top of the bed to the bottom of the bed, to help keep her feet work. It is down towards the bottom half of the bed. She really likes it.

Exactly what I was thinking...here in Alsace, France, we use the Kachelhofe which is kind of the same type...If properly engineered and built, it radiates the heat for hours and hours after fire went out...Maximum efficiency in extracting all the heat a log can give

We have the same in Romania, is called Teracotta heater. The downside is it takes longer than the metal stove to heat up, doesn't it? But indeed it radiates the heat for hours.

Massonry heater + making sure that chimney pipe goes all around the wall (like a "snake" form). Plus, have a "switch" (simple metal plate similar to the one which closes the chimney pipe) to be able to switch between this "snake" form chimney pipe (for winter) and straight chimney pipe (for summer).

Yes. This. Just don't do it yourself. It's a proper skill tā make it work as it should.

Yes indeed. And allow proper ventilation to. Whole families have suffocated in their sleep because of kakelugnar.

But is there clay available naturally in his area up north? I live in a area where clay isn't common and we have silt and sand loam soil mostly.

Wishing you a healthy recovery! Hope life in the forest helps 🙏

Hoping for the best, Liv!

May God bless you, Liv.

@@ellendolbin3707 Thank you very much, that was sweet of you. Because is cancer free without chemo and living only with healthy things, The next step is to get away from here as soon as possible. Would recommend everyone to take dandelion root as tea or in salad - Can be bought organically and is fantastic. It is healing and works. Many articles about people who have survived the worst diagnosis can be found on the web. And it strengthens your immune system. Just some advice from my own experience.🙂🍄

Oh dear you.. I'm sorry. May God bless you soul and body. May The Lord heal you.

Sounds Like Smelly Global Warming! Quit burning wood and take a shower...💥

Happy you've found your way here to my channel 🥰 You too!

It doesn't get very cold in California

It snows plenty in Northern California

@@gunterbecker8528 Depends where one lives. Live on the Central Coast with five microclimates. Recently moved from an inland small city with winter colds in the 30s and sometimes 20s and the summers about 80-95F average with throughout the summer a few 3-5day triple degree weather. Am an hours drive from that city. My family lives there. Am coastal and grateful that I now live in a very well insulated and built rock solid building where I can afford rent on my tiny budget. This morning about 9am I checked my new towns weather at 55F and the family's still living in the inland town. That temp was 33F. Have already invited them to bring tents and sleeping gear and camp out in my living room. Tents for privacy more than warmth in this place.

It must be so satisfying to live in the house he built! ❤ All the houses in my family were sold, sadly...

@@LonesomeCowgirl very satisfying and comforting. And as I live here and do upkeep and minor changes, I still learn from my Grandpa’s great skill, seeing how he built things.

I'm happy you liked it Lora 🥰 Thank you for always being here!

@@KalleFlodin It’s my pleasure! Wishing you all a nice week 🧚✨

But then it won't look like a nice 100+ year old cabin.

@@kfl611 function over looks. Having a warm home in the winter and a cooler home in the summer are more important than having it look like a Lincoln log cabin. It can look like a cabin with wood siding and be efficient. Plus the extra cost and work of wood for burning would be cut in half, easily.

Just do it. Who cares about a fire

Are you not even allowed to use one of the defra approved stoves?

Lots of support to you! My hubby and I have tried to simplify our lives in a small apartment. Nothing rigid, but it makes a difference for our economy and our conscience at least. Of course one cannot expect any strict persons to be impressed. But surely the right minded people are supporting us. Some have taken more steps than we have, but all can do something. We have bought "parts" in wind-power, that's our biggest investment, and we restrict buying new stuff and consume organic, vegetarian food, second-hand and fair-trade to the extent that it is possible. And of course we stay on the ground. I think it is a great thing to show the kids that the more simple is possible and can mean a very rich way of life, because of the quality time. I'm sure you inspire, too! Your comment made me happy!

The "climate changer" globalists/gnd/nwo in Brussells tries to tell us what we can and cannot do (pretending to protect the environment with fraudulent mandate malpractices and pretending to protect our health). The majority of the masses of "educated" "environmentalists" city dwellers and UNiversity students in SF bay beLieve them. (The chemical tech. war industry's current control scheme "sustainable development UN Agenda 2030 owns msm and edu programming systems (of lies). The public here is blind and beLieve in fake (control) science, and can't tell the difference between real clouds and spray on artificial al oxide, Ba, titanium, etc. "cloud cover' (that also works w/the UNiversities synthetic biology and tons of nano-tech course program plans to push Big Ag, Big pHarma and Big tech. chemical tech. products and services that work against nature (us). The Calif. drought and fires were visibly engineered since 2012. A Swedish friend was saying the same thing was happening in Sweden a few years back.

@@DNA350ppm .

Wood burning stoves are not "good for our health." Smoke that infiltrates the home is just that. Smoke. Like smoking cigarettes over the long term. Just because we used wood or coal or cow poop to heat our homes in the past doesn't make it healthier then what we do now. I guess you live more "simple" while watching youtube

@@jcl5345 Modern and old-fashioned woodburning doesn't let the smoke into the living space. But the "energy-saving" ideas in between are another issue. One has absolutely to know about how to burn wood, also from an environmental aspect. It is not just like, take some tree, chop it down and burn it! Now in our century burning is a huge problem in the the most poor countries, in not ventilated "homes", in ineffective burners, in huts where women are confined to stay indoors, on carbage-dumps in favelas, etc. In countries like the Nordic ones, smoke is highly regulated and controlled. And I am in favour of those rules.

Don't buy into the carbon narrative. Just like with COVID many scientists are being censored in the mainstream but there are enough interviews and studies online if you take the effort to look for it. Always question the narrative when they only allow 1 opinion...

Don’t worry about the carbon from a fire if the wood is sourced locally and from dead or dangerous trees. It’s in the carbon cycle. This is not a fossil fuel. That wood will decay anyway and release its carbon because it’s not sequestered underground. Particulates and other chemicals from the smoke are a concern if you live really close to others or if everyone in your area is heating with wood, but if you’re reasonably alone on both counts, go for it!

That is exactly how the elites want you to think. They want to make everyone feel guilty for trying to get by and maybe having a few small pleasures in life while they drive luxury cars, take private jets and waste thousands of pounds on expensive hotels etc. They live their privileged lifestyle and tell us we are the problem!

then maybe just stop breathing so you put no carbon at all out anymore

@@isadoradurso9491 If this is how you treat people then maybe it's better to follow your own advice.

I've slept in un heated rooms, and found flannel sheets help keep you nice and warm, also when it is too hot for a blanket but too cold for a sheet, flannel sheets are just the right thing.