A log cabin in the woods built by hand.
Once upon a time I purchased some land in the middle of nowhere with a dream to live off the grid. I cut, moved and peeled logs by hand and built a log cabin in the woods. Then life happened and I had to make some changes.
Off Grid Log Cabin Build – Scribe fitting resumes Part 1
Winter is over and its time to fire the old scribe and get going... only six more months and we shall be seeing snow again. Hopefully this time I can
Off Grid Log Cabin Build – End of Winter Update and felling trees
Well its beginning to feel like Winter is coming to an end... Life is Good! Sadly with the loss of our truck at the beginning of Winter and a fairly
Off Grid Log Cabin Build – Floor Construction
Here you can see how the floor was built on our little off grid log cabin. During this phase of construction we were dealing with several major fires in our
Off Grid log Cabin Build – Update Snow and moving a log
It is official... Snow has fallen. In this video I give an update on where I am on my log cabin build. I have also added a few clips of
Log Cabin Foundation – Using Concrete tubes
Here I am installing the concrete foundation piers for my off grid log cabin build. Before I started mixing concrete we were lucky enough to have a couple days of
Off-Grid Cabin Build and Moving Logs by Hand
Without a doubt, the biggest task requiring the most human effort and time for this cabin build has been the moving of logs. When I say moving logs I mean
How to Scribe Fit – Building my off grid log cabin
Well the foundation and floor are done, now begins the laborious task of building walls and by laborious I mean suck it up buttercup its time to get dirty. Unfortunately I
Insulating log cabin walls
Here you can see me securing the first round of logs to the cabin floor and laying insulation between the logs. Overtime as the logs dry and shrink, small gaps