Simple off grid Cabin that anyone can build & afford 

woo hoo !

That sounds like a dream come true.

Great job friend 👍🏻

Good job man

A great achievement, well done

Wow, inspiring!

Congrats man! I’m glad when people do cool things!

Hell yeah post a video

Cool! Share some pics

How much did it cost with the price of wood being so high??

That's great!!

I'm looking for land in the good ol'West, curious where you lucked out. Living on roller skates is my specialty, but I'm really yearning for a little cabin like this on some land somewhere.

What was the cost to build?

Awesome congrats

Brilliant!!

How's it going?? I wish I would have had been thinking like that at 18!! DO IT

Same but I'm 16 rn

Same but I'm 21 and failed finding a job for the 2nd summer in a row :)) but I'm not giving up, I'm graduating this year and I will try to make the max out of my career

Hey how did it go for you bought my first land at 19 yr old am 25 now and learned alot

My parents (50ish years married) doing something like this would entail my dad building everything while my mother, who has never swung a hammer in her life, would continually tell him he’s doing every step wrong. They’d bicker the entire day, mom handing him tools or beers all the while, and be completely happy the entire time. Reverse the roles once they get home and mom starts making dinner. Continual bickering lol. It’s really special to see. You’d think they hate each other if you don’t know them but that’s when they’re the happiest.

That is a smart young couple

What do you do now, if I may ask? I'm currently working part-time at Publix, and I'm around that age currently, I don't want to be here forever.

Seems smart at first, but having your bare-bones house exposed to the elements for that longs isn't good for the longevity of the build. Hopefully they kept it tarped or something

@@brettvogel8418 i'm sure they did.....they were very smart!!!

Im sure they were smart enough to.

Me too, except it was interesting!!! Lol!!!

No PBS show tells you how you can build your own house. This Old House doesn't count.

I know right? I can't even take a proper photo...

Why'd it have to be PBS? Why not The Discovery Channel?

💀😂

EXTREMELY LUCKY!!!!!!!

Facts!!!!!

I was just coming here to say this

@@gradstudent3876 said the Women's Studies major university grad

I was thinking the same thing, this is like what my dream life would be

How could it been done faster?

@@DoubleBullet more efficient tools, working faster, precutting material, experience, and not filming / setting up a camera for most scenes’ll probably do it

@@Megadeadpeople I see, thanks for letting me know. I’m interested in trying this out as a beginner so experience will probably be the major factor. Do you have any recommendations of videos or something on doing carpentry in the best way?

@@DoubleBullet Getting a framing nail gun and air compressor would speed up any build exponentially. In the video they hand nailed everything which gave a relaxed dynamic but added a significant amount of time. That’s a start. Also the framing method varies based on the type of foundation you use.

As a builder myself, totally agree. However, I find the love for it shows in his work. He's not for profit, just building with his girl.

Could you make a video of it and maybe a quick price list I'm in Canada as well and I would love to do this I just dont want to get in over my head I dont have alot if experience and I dont want to spend alot either

@@thegardenguy9160 Do you have a piece of land to put your cabin on? If so you should go for it. I did and my house is the only thing I own that I really love.

My wife built our first cabin for $14. She saved us a fortune in actual labor costs.

@@foobarmaximus3506 Man, I built my house with $10,000 and I thought that was some kind of record. That was 35 years ago.

@@thegardenguy9160 I have been meaning to make videos of some of my projects/adventures I build and fab alot of things and just basically live life to the fullest. I tell people all the time to just jump in even if you don't know what you are doing because you will learn along the way. We also have a sailboat that we are refitting as a live aboard. I am going to start making videos in the spring there's nothing too exciting happening in winter so I will keep you posted if you want.

Yeah, this video is awesome! I love it. I also love that his wife is also hands-on with the build and knows how to drive a hammer etc. Great to see. I really like this build, and I love the idea of using the concrete biscuits instead of digging pile holes and filling with wet cement. The concrete biscuits will act superbly as load-spreaders, and it is such a cheap and brilliant idea - elegant in fact. :) Well done, and excellent video production too. Thanks for posting it!

@@VauxhallViva1975 ok dude

Thanks

"Encouraging without being condescending." That is huge.

@Matthew Very agreed!!

Sheet metal union, agreed

agree!

Minecraft kids wondering if this includes them or not

so is eating healthy and moving every day, significant movement.

Stay on top of it if you can. good luck

God bless......keep the faith.

me too . my trailer in NC lies rotting away on 2 acres with well water and generators a stroke has made these plans a pipe dream

Do you have anyone that can help you?? To build it for you? Have you thought about a go fund me? You deserve a peaceful place...

Praying for you, Gerard! May you continue to be encouraged and hopeful

Good thinking 🤔

And very rare to find that partner.

He’s a lucky man:)

This!

Brook is adorable in a tough way

If someone is using the sledge I have a brick lying around.

Framing hammer with long handle. . . Great barn builder’s tool 🙏

You can also swing a second hammer on the backside of the board to counteract the driving nail... timed to the hit. It works, too.

For me, it was finally learning the purpose of triangular files.

I know right!! I just built Feral cat shelters and that skill would have come in handy.

And the beams should be on top of the posts, not nailed to the side. As it is, the nails are bearing weight that should be resting on the posts.

Just persevere and do it again. You will get better. My ex is a master carpenter. I quilt and crochet. I wish I could design things but it takes practices. Build upon basics. Work smarter, not harder. Finally, measure twice and cut once. Hope you succeed in all you wish and dream of. Alot of high schools have adult vocational training. Call a help line near you or call local high school. Hope that helps!!! :)

How did you get property and supplies with no money?

Notice how they work on different things.

Hahaha, same!

And you know that the argument's really about something else! Good learning and luck to you two....😁

None...lot of room to place it w/o real need to cut any

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@@hdmuzzillo So it's just that simple? I'm going to guess you aren't married.

true!

I learnt that the hard way in software development. The real challenge is making both your customer and your boss get that. If you fail that, you'll end up unemployed in no time...

I once tried to build a house in under 2 minutes.. However, I'm not Chuck Norris, so it took me 10 minutes lol

Same. I literally read this as he was saying it. Truth be told!

I have one of these in the cellar. And a sharpening file. For this job I would rent a big enough generator to run an air compressor for the nail gun and electric drill driver.

Same.

I lovvvvveeeeedddd this❤️🌺🌴

I’ve got some of my grandfather’s blacksmithing tools. Not nearly everything he had but the anvil and an old portable forge with a hand crank blower. Until arthritis came along I was slowly teaching myself to make a few items. Now I’m hoping to get my son involved. But I need to build a propane forge. I can’t get good coal here at all, just the soft crap that got a lot of dirt in it. Hard to keep a clean fire and it’s loaded with sulfur. Stinks up the whole neighborhood and the neighbors complain.

Llm

Love the cabin

You might wanna check out advoko makes.

Skill not notching the Post To carry the load not putting hangers in for your floor I’d say amateur hour at its finest

@@jimfix9846 I thought I saw him even craft hangers for the floor?

Indeed friend Wooded 1 acre lot

So many places have foolishness like .12-acre lots. May as well live in an apartment!

@@tmb2226 I'm sure animals aren't worried about reducing their populations for us. Moron

Now if only the Roman Catholic Church would give up some of there 70 million hectares. (161 million acres.)

@@wendull811 wild!!!

Yeah, I was thinking, I'll be happy to get to that far in week one! Having said that, I have a fulltime online job too but that should still leave me 6 - 8 hours to make progress.

Agree 💯👍

And runs a chainsaw too.

Talk more about it! That sounds like a story to tell

The younger generation has no idea of the amount of physical labor that it took decades back just to live. The small community that I lived in was off the beaten track and had no telephone service in the middle 50s. The first telephone in our community was installed in my parents' home. A crank-type device- you turned a crank handle on the side and the operator would answer. The reasoning behind putting it my parents' house was because they were the youngest couple in the community and would be more likely to answer the call. They would then go to whomever the call was for and fetch them to to phone. Telephones back then weren't used as they are today. Most of the calls that happened were to inform families of a death or an impending death. During the fall of the year, our county schools turned out for "cotton vacation". Cotton and Tobacco were the prime cash crops back then in middle TN. We picked cotton every day for the going rate of 3 cents per pound. Our cotton sacks were six to nine feet long and would hold maybe thirty pounds before you'd drag it to the scales wagon and have it weighed and dumped into a mule-drawn wagon. Most of the fields were half to a mile long.

I grew up also with parents who built their own house when it was possible to do so in Ireland back in the late 60's. Most neighbours were tradespeople who built their own houses because the would not get loans from the banks due to not having a steady job but were too "rich" to qualify for public housing. Some could get council loans but these were dearer than bank loans ( higher interest) due to risk of non payment.

@@jgdooley2003 Banks here- (out of town) were not prone to lend money unless you had money in accounts that exceeded the amount that you wanted to borrow. The people who were your neighbors would be willing to donate a few days helping- they knew that they'd get paid back in labor during "hog-killing time".

@@cummings37128 The Irish rural dwellers had a similar communal self help system called meitheal where neighbours helped each other out in heavy labour times such as harvests etc and in building and repairing their houses.

Love it!!

LOL, thanks man, I dont think you know what you'd be getting into but I appreciate the sentiment

She was thinking, ME 2..lol

@Baxter James oh I was referring to their overall abilities not just what you see on this video.

Hi. I currently try to gather people for a good cause project. It costs literally not money; just time (but the time-schedule is ALL up to YOU). Interested in hearing more?

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I agree!! it would have totally tied the wall and floor assemblies together.

It would have been OK for the back wall.....but there would have been a joint in the front wall being a full 8' over the floor.

@@Bushradical I think that the benefits would be worth a seam (with some z flashing).

For those of us who are learning, are you talking about 16:34 on the video? When they built the walls, leave the paneling longer on the bottom then cut it after it's up??

@@Bushradical make the tallest wall 7' 4" then an 8 ' sheet will cover 👍😊☮️

You can. Good luck

They would have been finished if they had a nail gun and a screw gun, they have power, just saying 👍😊☮️

@@colinstace1758 Maybe they're not in a rush!

@@TheCaptainhairdo in a rush to get it dried in 👍😊☮️

That gun really saves your wrist and elbow

*':RickK* *RocKStar:'* : I wish my wife was more supportive, she can’t even. Put her ankles over her head anymore

@@danrook5757 cool story

Being that I’m a wife, I’m quite sure that this peaceful cooperation we are witnessing is merely due to the lack of sound and clever editing

and a saw from grandpa Two winners

Amen to that. Must be nice to have a woman willing to work with you

@@jjfarm9562 you poor thing

The point isnt about OP, dork

Every women needs a guy like this in her life.

Basically you'll lay a board flat on the ground where the wall stands. Put a couple nails in it. Lay your wall down or build it where you can slide the bottom plate to the board you put a couple nails In. Toe nail( nail your wall your standing up down into the ground. Make sure you have a half inch bite so the wood doesn't splinter). Then lift the top of your wall up.

His grandpa looks strangely like Colin Firth haha

Sharpening and straightening tools like that is something you just don't see much anymore. Same for hand nailing.

Iike it

We need to get back in touch with this way of life.

I would love to make that for a washer, A dryer, a folding table on the solid wall and create a sewing center. I would be so happy. Then my husband could have the back room all to him self

right on

Ok....thats just weird...he should learn to be his own man...no growth if you spend your life being somone else. Stop encouraging him to be someone hes not.

@@coffindancer38 You're whoever you choose to be, not what some person on RU-vid says you are.

@@coffindancer38 really? He's just a kid who admired his grandfather & shares some of the same traits. Quit being a prick

@@coffindancer38 you keyboard warriors are so sad, you have to bring down someone else and it’s utterly amazing how thick in the head you all are. Please seek therapy.

you can buy colored screws with silicone washers to match pretty much if not every variety of metal roof you can find. Then clear silicone over those and water shouldn't ever be able to find its way in. with a 1 or 2 pitch like this you really don't have any other option as water would seep in between the shingles of a roof with a pitch like this.

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Great tip. 👍🏻

@@handsomejackcb5083 thanks for the tip 🙏.

@Cyndi Rothrock don't forget the housewrap. Keeps the wind and water out. I've used it myself, it's so satisfying

They must live in a warm state, but still looks like the more insulation the better it would be even if you lived in a warm state, would be less AC to have to use correct ? I can stand the heat, but I can not stand to be cold.....LOL

@Cyndi Rothrock Has more insulation than my place. No underfloor or wall insulation. I should really fix that one day with 26f to 110f temp swings throughout the year.

@Cyndi Rothrock in this tiny space you'll be warm enough.

Zoning

I helped my dad build our cabin at the lake years ago, now I am going to try to build my own, and these guys have tons of good pointers.

She ain't Kardashian lol

That looks so fun to do ....Wow! And amazing duo...and the dog is so cute....

Better than a wife that just shops and watches TV.

Was literally my first thought - where does one find a wife like that, and are there any left?

Definitely a keeper 😎

And I'm sitting here wishing I could find a man that would build my cabin in the woods with me (and go on hikes and camping and etc). Oh well.. I'm going to do this myself someday on my own land! I'm going to learn! (And cuss and cuss when I smush my fingers with that hammer).

@@melaniethomas1000 Exactly my thoughts too - with slight variation- I don’t have any land but know how to use a hummer 🙂

I totally believe that

Might just be some truth to it. My wife and I did build our own house with help from family, but it sure is a bigger task than you realize going into it. Spent many evenings staring up at the ceiling (18' vaulted) and wondering just what I'd gotten myself into and whether I had the steam left to finish what I'd started. That was 10yrs ago and we've been building memories (and a garage, and a cabin in the back) ever since. Never know until you give it a shot.

I have no proof of the DNA part of it, but I grew up on a farm back in the 50s and we ( us kids including neighbors from other farms) worked with our fathers and uncles and other friends of the community building all sorts of things. We had tree houses that could sleep 8 or so and were taught how to plant crop, raise just about any farm or ranch animal, along with hunting and trapping. At 8 I was tilling a fairly large field and helping my dad build all sorts of buildings. After my stint in the army I started laboring with concrete, block, laying water and sewer, and just about every kind of carpentry. Back when I was in school we had shop classes, where we were taught how to work with all kinds of different tools from wood to metal, and rock like marble and even car engines, I remember getting my hunting permit back then also. So sorry to ramble but some of us older vets tend to do that, my point minus the walk down memory lane is that I think that if kids were brought up around men that would mentor them, I think they would find that working with your hands (and mind) gives a person a kind of satisfaction that improves their overall well being. But then I just love to build. And for those that might say that hard labor is a non starter... Well I guess I would only mention that before i was released from the Army I spent eight and a half months in Letterman army hospital being put back together, was sent back to my unit to finish the last six months of my tour. And with a leg brace and crutches was sent back home. It was a different time back then so when my claim for disability was denied I did what most guys back then did, I took the time from unemployment to heal up enough to work and did just that and through all of it God blessed me with a never quit attitude and a beautiful bride that has been by my side for 38 years. All that to say that I'm a very blessed man, and am looking for land to build our dream home. Blessings

@@Bushradical I know of a retired chartered accountant who tried to build his own house. The urge to build may have been in his DNA, but let's just say he was an awesome accountant.

@@freddyfriesen Lmao this comment sent me 💀💀

Hehe!

Yeah, dont forget Dave! 😁👍😉

Thanks Rick, I appreciate that

If you mess up you just take out the nails and fix it. If something's cut wrong or unlevel you just fix it. Measure twice cut once.

Same same i was like half an hour!? No way but here i am.

Same here

A crazy amount of views (705k) for 5 days considering the topic. But do u know why so many others watched this video also? Here's my educated guess. Over 20 years ago on PBS, there was/is a show called This Old House. Well, the host, Bob Vila, built a screen door in about 2 min; and it just so happens a man name David Lerterman, host of Late Night With David Letterman was so astonished by how fast Bob built it that he commented heavily on it. Shortly after that, Bob appeared on the DL show. And this is my theory: it took a little while, but after that broadcast, and with the rise of cable tv, we now have all these rehab shows. It all kinda took off. Do u watch rehab house shows as so many do? If so, between the bird box and the rippling affect of the DL episode, I'd like to suggest, it was why u and other unsuspecting viewers spent 28:38 watching this video. If I'm wrong, it is because I am operating under such limited knowledge of you. After all, the only things I know about u is that u are articulate, logical, u built a bird box and u were intrigued enough to watch the entire video and comment on it. Oh, and ur from NYC. (This is how conspiracy theories ,begin - right?)Either way, statistically speaking, it must apply to a certain percentage of the viewers. Good luck, my friend

Thanks 👍

Me too:)

Me 3!!!

Me 4! 🤓 Vaughn

Me 5 😂

Wow, thank you

She's a good dog

Get a little help & build one NOW ❤

Well said Brother. Stop by Jim and I'll brew up a couple cups

@@Bushradical If the world will calm down just a little I might take you up on that. I have a visit coming up with some friends in Oscoda waiting on the same condition.

On the existentile side. "Deteriorata" - National Lampoon You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. Deteriorata. Deteriorata. You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. Go placidly amid the noise and waste, And remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof. Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep. Rotate your tires. Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself, And heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys. Know what to kiss, and when. Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but that three do. Wherever possible, put people on hold. Be comforted that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment, and despite the changing fortunes of time, There is always a big future in computer maintenance. Remember The Pueblo. Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle, and mutilate. Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI. Exercise caution in your daily affairs, Especially with those persons closest to you - That lemon on your left, for instance. Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls Would scarcely get your feet wet. Fall not in love therefore. It will stick to your face. Gracefully surrender the things of youth: birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan. And let not the sands of time get in your lunch. Hire people with hooks. For a good time, call 606-4311. Ask for Ken. Take heart in the bedeepening gloom That your dog is finally getting enough cheese. And reflect that whatever fortune may be your lot, It could only be worse in Milwaukee. You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, The universe is laughing behind your back. Therefore, make peace with your god, Whatever you perceive him to be - hairy thunderer, or cosmic muffin. With all its hopes, dreams, promises, and urban renewal, The world continues to deteriorate. Give up! stay safe, and make joy

Sip beer

Me too!!! (I’m a 57 yr old woman) 👍🏻😊

I'm 65 this month, and building my 2nd home on my own this spring. You're never too old, if you heart is in it.

Get even a female friend and you can both help each other build your own cabins 👍

Mud puppy and Kimmie can get together and build 2 little homes.

Thank you GAnna I needed that

Nog steeds gelukkig? Hoe is het leven in Frankrijk? Waar verdien je je geld mee dan? Wij willen ook weg, hebben nog geen idee waarheen. Frankrijk wellicht wat te warm in de zomer. Waar haal je je water vandaan? Misschien moet ik even op jullie kanaal kijken haha..

@@lvr5266 we leven nu op de spaarcenten. Maar Anna gaat op zoek naar een baantje. En ja nog steeds gelukkig 😉 Water voor de dieren halen we uit de beek. Ons drinkwater komt uit een bron hier in de buurt. We zitten gelukkig niet zo zuidelijk dus niet zo'n extreme zomer. Ik zou iig zeggen ga ervoor. Life's too short

My yard in the city is more than 4 acres. You can't do anything on 4 acres. What? You must be a very, very tiny person. lol

@@foobarmaximus3506 for us it is enough. And we're happy that it's not in the city.