I Bought An Abandoned Log Cabin that was built in 1780 bushcraft- Part 2 

Subscribed! I didn’t set out looming for a cabin restore series, but by God I am glad I did! Well done :)

We are happy to have people emigrate to this country who live this country.

There is a company in West Virginia that find and refurbish historical log homes,their mission is to save these relics of our past that are being lost to time.Barnwood Builders is the name and you should reach out to them….

Just imagine if those walls could talk! From the hard laborious days of our Country's beginning to the current time. From Indians, British soldiers, wars, wild untamed countryside and it's STILL standing.... amazing!! This cabin needed a family like you! Like you, I've had the pleasure of having 4 huskies, always a lot of fun!

It would be so worth it to purchase a metal detector, you never know what you'll find, money, historic treasures, etc.. They would have had the loft for the children for warmth, parents slept on the main floor. Also, they would have had an outdoor kitchen or another small building for 1 during the hot summers. Good to hear your gratefulness for America, a place that so many of us take for granted. Hats off to all of you, be safe!

Wood on wood. Very heavy! It makes sense why it happened, it was the start of whoever lived theirs life… they couldn’t imagine this… especially how terrible it looks. Glad you are restoring her

I'm really looking forward to seeing you restore this cabin. So glad your RU-vid popped up, for this reason, as I love historical buildings. Thankyou for having a go at it. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

I subscribed to your channel from DrewsLens today- 2.18.24

This is awesome. I was recommended the first part today, then looked up to see if there were any more videos of this. Guess I got here at the right time. Such a BIG restoration, but I believe in you and hope you guys stay safe while working on it.

Yes. I agree once the foundations and some bottom wooden beams are repaired or replaced the cabin would be good and have a more stable foundation. Also. By the looks of the original layout of the cabin and the inside beams it looks like half of the 2nd floor was possibly cut and removed to open up a bigger sealing. That was a typical design in the 1950s through today, So likely with the kitchen layout of the cabin was slightly renovated in the 1950s/1960s. But some parts of it maybe older or original like that wooden cabinet that you pointed out in the first video on the cabin.

That cabin is INCREDIBLE!! So awesome of you guys to save it, like walking into history.

I love History ! This is a jewel, so glad you are going to take care of the cabin.

Glad to see you want to preserve and restore this beautiful old cabin! I look forward to seeing the updates

I can see your guest is like most contractors out there. Saving historic structures takes a special approach and attitude. I recently completed saving a historic summer kitchen a tree partially crushed. Contractors all said "tear it down". Homeowner found out about me and I brought it back to better than before. It seems the previous alterations may have caused more issues than the age itself. The bulging in walls could be due to removal of floor and ceiling joists. The chinking should be convex meeting logs recessed a bit, not concave meeting logs at the face. I would bet the house originally had steps not a ladder. Typically, the stairs would be "winders". A staircase in a corner that takes a turn w/o a landing, by using pie shaped treads. I live in an 1857 log home I have renovated. These buildings can be saved as long as the desire is there!

I am going to enjoy this project immensely. I live in a 40 year old "barn", constructed with 400 year old dairy barn timbers. The "house" is in northern Vermont and the timbers came from the coast of CT. Been sitting at my center pole trying to figure out how I could dismantle it and put it back together on a different part of my property. Hope you can find some great advice on how to proceed with this project. You have something very special in that cabin.

Barnwood Builders are amazing. Disassembling the cabin and reassembling it on a slab will be the best process. They should be able to add the second floor back by replacing the joists.

Sell it to Mark Bowe. He’s located In West Virginia. He will buy it and disassemble it and haul it off to his yard. Google him he’s easy to find. Has a tv show called Barnwood Builder’s.

I'm so proud to have found your videos. I'm starting the playlist!!😊

Wow. That is so Special, Surreal and I'm sure that Cabin has many stories to tell.

This would be very cool to refab. But as soon as someone said termites, it just increased the difficulty exponentially. I'm not sure how much you want to keep original. But if I were doing something like this and money wasn't an issue. I'd probably disassemble it piece by piece. Salvage what can be saved. Have fresh logs cut for what can't be saved. But do it like it would've been done in 1780. All by hand with hand tools. I'd probably re-entend the second floor back to the fireplace. Remove all appliances that weren't part of original floor plan. And even though seeing the original foundation is still there, I'd recommend replacing it with something more reliable. Weather that's using proper motor around the stones or just going with something more modern and trustworthy. Just my thoughts. I'm going to keep an eye out for more videos on this. Because I am interested in where this goes. I'd be excited to stay in something like that. 👍

If you pull up the floors make sure to metal detect under them and also around the outside of the buildings it would be cool to see what could be found.

Can’t wait to see it restored, I have my fingers crossed for your success😻😻

Definitely hire out to shore the cabin up. Experts will know how to safely make the existing cabin safe. Please be careful. Very beautiful home. ❤

So excited to see you finally starting on this cabin. Caught the first episode a few weeks back. I hope you can save it.

I just subscribed to ALL future videos, I absolutely must see how this turns out. Prepare yourselves for hard work/many disappointments that you have to overcome before completion. With your youth, good health, excitement and family I sense success. Good luck, best wishes.

Oh my God I can't wait to watch you work on this house this cabin is gorgeous just the way it is but by you restoring it will make it stand for the next two hundred years for future generations to see it

For a 240 year old cabin is not too bad. Not disintegrating. Once you get finished it will be so nice especially with some insulation. Keep your pot hook because it will come in handy when power goes out . 😉

What a wonderful cabin. I hope you continue posting the progress you and your family are making. Congratulations

nice. looking forward to seeing the place fixed up.

glad to know you are gonna improve the cabin. i love old buildings. most of the time they are demolished. cant wait to see what you do with it. GOD bless.

I can’t wait for your next video about this cabin! So excited!

Liked and subscribed. Looking forward to seeing you restore his piece of history. And, for what it's worth, I really appreciate your patriotism. Thanks for your positivity.

Thanks for the update. I can’t wait to see it as you go. See you on the next update.🙋🏻‍♀️💕

Woo that cabin is in bad shape. Going to take a lot of time and $$$$ to do anything with it.

I hope your channel grows with the restoration of this cabin. Many many people would live to it saved. And in terms of Lincoln, hey you never know. He did travel all over the east coast.

Love it! Can't wait to see what you do with it!

I'm so glad I subscribe to your channel because I'm looking forward to all the videos of the upgrades of this beautiful historic cabin but I agree with you that foundation is the backbone of the whole place slow and steady she's going to be a beautiful place

The area was more beautiful when you first went there because of the trees and green grass around it. Now, you have lawns and I'm sorry it's ugly to look at. But I love that you have preserved some of the trees around it.

Well I figured if you took a good look you would discover where the original second floor tied into the walls....your friend has a good point to dis mantle the structure....or at least take it down to where the second floor used to tie in....then you could fix your foundation & replace any damaged wood and be less likely to have your structure twist or collapse on you.....then you could put it back together with the second floor and put it back the way it was originally if you choose....well good luck however you choose....I will be waiting on updates....

Whoops... looks like big job. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

Cool all the best from Australia can't wait for the next one cheers God bless

Just stumbled upon your channel. So glad I did! Excited for this project. Thanks for sharing this work Russ!

You must save that cabin!!! That’s historic and looks amazing!! It has potential if you have the TLC to give to it!!

This is awesome sauce, Thank You for sharing > Congrats on your new babies 😊 & I wish y’all the very Best on your journey! 🦋

looking forward to the progress here

May GOD continue to bless and protect you and your family my Christian brother

It’s like reaching into the past and touching history.

I love your dogs too I think they’re excited to be there too they have lots of area to run and play and I can tell that your dogs love you that’s awesome too🥰

I am both nervous and so excited! Wow what an undertaking! However I know it will be worth it at its success!

Can’t wait to see more

This is my dream cabin. Can't wait to see your progress with it.

Very cool.. thanks for saving this old cabin

Hey from Australia..I'm in love with this lil old home and very interested to see how it all goes Awesome thanks ✌️🍷🖤

I just found your channel! I'm so happy! What an amazing property! I can't wait to see your future progress! You guys do amazing work!! 🙂

So excited!

Glad to see you get started,hope you have fun with this, what a opportunity.

That is a beautiful old cabin home. It would have had a full upstairs with the stairs being in the center of the home. The upstairs would have had a small fireplace using the same chimney. Also the toilet would have been outside. And also a well for water.

Can't wait to see what becomes of this place when you're done!

I can't wait to take this journey with you all

Wow is this new cabin you bought 😮 so happy for you all!

townsends would love this project

Amazing that someone from somewhere else not the US, sees the value in this Historical Piece to buy and fix it rather than totally disregard it and allow it to crumble and disappear.

This is going to be awesome

I love old homes. So interesting

I subscribed because I’m excited about this restoration! 👍🏽

There are restoration contractors all over the country that specialize in repairing these types of foundations after lifting the house with beams and hydraulic jacks. You are going to have to lift that thing before you can do the foundation repair.

PLLLLEASE Do something about that kitchen ...you are lucky to find this little gem. Frankly im surprised its not on a historical list of some sort with strict regulations on restoration

Woo Hoo so glad to see more about the cabin. I can say the first part that needs repaired is the foundation after a through plan is made for the restoration. Can some type of plastic/polymer be injected into the boards that will stabilize/repair them, meaning the walls? The US is very happy to accept immigrants that work hard to make a new wonderful life and enrich our/your country. Also get your shotgun oiled up and cleaned for when the boys start coming around. LOL Nice looking family.

Excited finally 😅

That thing is scary looking! I think it would be better to demolish it and rebuild it with all new logs and a new foundation, new windows, doors and make it similar to what it looked like to preserve the memory of it or just make it a completely new and improved modern log cabin!

Ok when do we get Started?? So excited can't wait , wish I was there !

Tuning in 💕💕💕

Have you guys considered metal detecting that land? With a place built in 1780, who knows what kind of treasure is in that ground. I'd love to see what you find, if you do that

Have you found the old well for the cabin? Maybe that pile of rocks is really the well. I would say consult with people who have experience restoring historic log cabins, they would know the best way to jack up the house in order to replace foundation beams.

Wow that's a big log home

I don't know how much you paid for the property,but the land is more valuable than that cabin. Tear that cabin down and rebuild it, using as much as you can from the foundations and stone. Something that old is going to continue to have problems,the repairs will never stop.

With challenges come new skills.

Creativity in some older homes came out in the carpenters. My uncle Willis White built his own home including cupboards. He had small space for a staircase to the attic [finished later into bedroom]. His solution was to curl the stairs around a tight circle and the step rise varied and in one place was around 12". It was terrifying to get up and down, but I slept upstairs as a kid and knew things felt solid. He made it work. No problem.

Рада бачити вас у новому році 🙂

thank you for starting these uploads again, subbed

I think you can save cabin by leveling it and put a good foundation.

A YEAR I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

Looks like this old cabin needs to be taken down, logs numbered, replace all the rotten logs, releveled and restored. Quite a job to preserve this cabin. But, mostly just labor intensive.

Beautiful place

The bottom exterior beams are gonna be a mission and a half. I'd say you're gonna need some piling/slabs ( ie foundations ) and a means of temporarily relieving the load. That is raising and/ or supporting the whole structure or at least the majority of its weight. It may be that excavating part of the ground floor of the house ànd stabilising it horizontally to the exterior via steel beams is the way. Not cheap and not a DIY project. You need a proper third party engineer to survey this and expect to spend an amount which will make air bnb income look like chump change. My advice as a carpenter/ rebuilder would be to build a cabin from scratch for a fraction of the cost. Good luck.

I appreciate your willingness to spend the $$$ to save a piece of US history. Not too many 1700's structures still upright here!

I doubt that Abraham Lincoln ever stayed in the cabin because it’s in West Virginia and Abraham Lincoln was from Illinois. Abraham Lincoln was a two-term president but the Civil War happened under his watch and so I highly doubt he ever stayed there. I do think you’re a funny guy and energetic and I came across your channel by accident but now I’m watching all your videos and will try to share them

So happy for your journey fam ❤

Definitely contact Mark Bowe with Barnwood Builders! They are the best when it comes to historic log cabins!

Maybe you could use clay/straw to re-do the clay within the logs.

Ohhh I would love to live there

That cabin has had its top floor added on, it was a one room and at one time it had a full upper floor.

Wow. You're from Russia? My friend had an old homestead with bungalows in S. Fallsburg NY state. His last name was Haishun. Check it out.

You are living my dream 🙏

Very nice. 👍🏻

What a beautiful structure to have on your land. Hope it all goes well. Seems the original undoing was when they took out half of the second floor. They should have left some of the floor joists. How about securing the opposing long sides where the rafters were cut with some cables and turnbuckles. In the end you will find you are going to have to take it apart and put it back together because the moment you move that structure, all the clay is gonna crumble right out.

It'd be great to explore in, under and all around that cabin with a metal detector.

I'd like to know what state you were able to get 22 acres in with all those household buildings & vintage cabin on it ? Has too many trees to be Wyoming.

I can not wait to see this journey , get her done 😂😂 from Nebraska USA . hey Russian dude my prayers are with Ukraine and the Russians forced to fight ! All the rest can wither and be gone forever ! Freedom is the key 🙏

Very cool