First part of a series on the small log cabin im building here on my land, i also plan to build a couple more when time allows. so enjoy Thanks for watching ... dont forget to rate like and subscribe ...
BTW if it's available within the area you are planning to build. use clay or very dense mud as a moarter between the logs. under the bottom logs of the cabin should have cobble stone or slate as a resting foundation. it should not be resting on the ground as moisture is one of the worst things for the longevity of timber. if possible you should not be resting on the ground yourself. if you can make an entire later of stone then mud and then a layer of logs as a platform to be living on. it is possible to get sick from laying on cold hard ground. I would myself consider this a very simple log cabin and not something I would use for an extended period of time.
+Casey Selix lumber is still expensive in certain quantities. one log of certain length and width can be a couple hundred dollars. quality comes into place too. why do you think tables tend to be very expensive? If you bring up cutting sown trees for wood then you would have to own the section of forest you get the trees from, which is also pricey. not to mention hiring people to help cut down the trees if you don't want to work alone. plus all the tools involved.
took about 3 days.. only workin maybe 3 or 4 hours per day to get it to the point you see in the vid... ill be doin another vid soon on the roof an finishing it out...
@@thistledomeoutdoors3372 - 3 days X 4 hours = 12 hours. Does that include stripping all the bark as well?? I would have thought that job alone takes longer than that.
Nice cabin! I dream About building my self one but I am only 15 years so I think that is a little to early or is it not hard at all to build? And I live in the Netherlands and here is almost no remote place like that. Or is that your own property?
i own my property here, and really they are easy to build, just take your time.. use winches or get some friends to help you lift and set the logs... and its never too early to try.. Thank You for your comment and questions
How to Build a Log Cabin: Put down some logs. Add more logs. Use your daughter for scale. Top the wall with more logs. Put some logs on top. Use logs for the roof. Go watch "Part 2" to see what happens next!
they are debarked now.. found it easier to debarks em after building it .. plus keeps all the pine sap off ya for the most part, Thank You for the comment
+Joseph Farnham Insects live under the bark or will penetrate the bark as it decays. It will also preclude good chinking and water proofing. This will also rot more quickly since the logs are all touching the ground instead of making a rock foundation to get it up at least 18 inches.
Cody L chainsaw, axe an a hammer for the most part .. used a two handed machette to peel the logs later on... Thank You for the comment and like .. hope i answered your question ...
joe woodchuck they are all just interlocked togather plus there'll be a door frame there that will help hold it all togather, maybe ill have it done by the next video .. stay tuned an Thanks for the Comment
took about 3 weekends, we only worked on it when we had time... if ya really set in on it ... just a few days .. maybe a week to build one that size... Thank You for the comment
i found it easier to strip the bark off the logs after building the cabin.. also alot cleaner you dont get all the pine rosin all over you.. the stripping is so much easier after its all locked in, the parts of the logs that are touching was stripped with the chainsaw to level and make the fitting... Thank You for your comment work smarter not harder
Thistledome Outdoors I am First Nation native I know what I am talking it is our cultures that built North America hard work instead of smarter makes the cabin last long we still built cabins old ways but we learn to adept with modern tools as while...the elders would be telling you the same too..I always like seeing none-natives who say they know how to live off the grid but we still do since 1492 in Canada..we educate people on our cultures..because if you're gonna use our ways at least do it right...not faster and smarter but we know by saying smarter it's just an excuse for been lazy...this is why I tell people they wouldn't last a week in any northern Rez...none-Native call it off the grid but we call it culture....America may not acknowledge native cultures but in Canada they acknowledge our cultures and respect it...
well i guess that makes us Brothers .. because i am Cherokee as a matter of fact... but saying that there's no harm in doing things your own way.. right or wrong.. doing it either way is hard work... and Thanks again for the comment.
Thistledome Outdoors I am dene from denesuline tribe from treaty 8 and we still do and make these kinds of cabin still as I said before we still do this in the north...for a native you sure do lazy work..and not follow traditions of the old ways where I come from it's not easy for none-natives easily claim been native because of our treaty rights and laws protecting our ways and even helps in preserving it too...
Thistledome Outdoors dene is part of Athabaskan language family similar to dine aka Navajo and Apache or any other native tribes who speak Athabaskan....as I said before we still use traditional ways and old ways...feels like people of America always claim to be Cherokee..I bet you get from your grandparents too...
@@lolforshit5197 300 years lol? ive seen wood only last for 1 year before it goes bad. and why will it last for 60 years if logs in nature last for 300 years lol
