Installing roof and windows on our POST and BEAM log cabin | Lock up!
We juggle multiple streams of our off grid cabin project at the same time. Can we reach a lock-up state before bad weather comes? Watch bellow!
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Log cabin ROOF sheathing | DANGEROUS but EFFICIENT high-wire act!
We return to our remote offered log cabin in North Vancouver Island to work on one of the most dangerous jobs of the project: installing plywood sheathing on the roof rafters. This is both amazing and terrifying at the same…
POST and BEAM log cabin roof RAFTERS | See why “That was EASY!”
We continue building our post and beam logcabin in North Vancouver Island in the Canadian coastal rainforest, installing roof rafters on the top of the 22 foot high beams. Thanks to our build meister and construction mentor, everything goes smoothly…
POST and BEAM log cabin frame from start to finish | Work of ART by Norse Log Homes
Things are picking up speed at our offgrid land in North Vancouver Island! We took a day off after building the subfloor in just two days. Now it is the time to frame the postandbeam logcabin. The amazing crew from…
Building SUBFLOOR in 48 hours | Can we do it before the POST and BEAM logs arrive?
After fifteen months of planning and preparation, we kicked off the cabin build just a month ago! In less than five weeks, we went from clear pad to a full foundation! We dug the foundation hole, built the concrete forms…
BIG TRUCK having BIG PROBLEMS | Can we pour CONCRETE in remote OFF GRID location?
The big day has come – but can we pour concrete for our off grid cabin foundation? Until now, everything is undoable. The concrete forms could be taken apart, the hole in the ground could be filled. After today, it…
Full WEEK of forming the FOUNDATION! | Integrated Concrete Forms ROCK
We are taking off! After a year of clearing the land, prepping the ground, and figuring out logistics, we are finally ready to start building. Our new hole in the ground is soon to be filled with STUFF – gravel,…
Breaking GROUND! | Digging the FOUNDATION for our OFF GRID CABIN
We commit to the location of our future off-grid cabin! Soon after we start digging, it’s clear we must change our approach. Change is the only constant. But at the end of the weekend, the foundation hole is done, and…
Laying out off grid CABIN FOUNDATION | Can old Greek TRICK help SOLVE our PROBLEM?
We are finally ready to start to lay out the foundation of our future off-grid cabin. Our location presents an interesting challange: how to fit an 18×24 foot rectangle into an oddly shaped building pad that is only a tiny…
The tractor REACHED the beach! | Finishing the lakeside TRAIL
We are racing against time to finish a trail down to the beach. Once we start the construction of the cabin, we expect that access will be cut off for the tractor to do the work. I manage to finish…