Best Cabin Subfloor Idea You’ve NEVER Seen. Joists, Insulation, & OSB.

As a 41-year carpenter & all around construction worker, I would have to say there was some brilliance involved in that line of thinking! Of course, it's easy to watch someone else do something and critique it, but, I won't do that, but, I think I came up with a good idea keep the 7/16 OSB from eventually rotting away. Oil base prime the exposed side prior to construction. Oil base primer dries incredibly fast too! Also, it's a lot less expensive than the new house wrap coated OSB (ZIP, Force Field, etc...) & treated plywood. 🤔👍

I'm a retired builder, and let me tell you, it's a lot easier to WATCH someone do it than do it! BTW never nail the sub floor, ALWAYS use screws to prevent squeaks.

Aahhhhhh the beauty's of working alone. It really is an experience people should have at least once in life.

I’d just like to say…after years of hard work, watching countless hours of youtube, liking videos, commenting, subscribing…the algorithm has finally started to recommend good, wholesome content for me to enjoy and learn. I wish I was building that cabin with you, man. I’ll settle for just watching, though.

When you sheet the walls, let the plywood run past the bottom plate to cover the rim joists; then when you stand the walls you'll have no seam at the floor. Do the same on the wall corners; hold back the wall a half-inch from the edge and use the plywood sheathing on the next wall to tie into the first wall and so on. It'll make for a much stronger structure, with everything tied together.

Did this on our cottage too. Worked well. We also painted the "bottom" of the OSB to give more humidity protection.

It's nice to see somebody think ahead.

We did this to our cabin. We added mesh screen and felt paper between joists and osb to keep the mice out. It's amazing how much of a difference it made

Not sure I would have used particleboard that close to the ground because once that starts to de-lamante it would be very hard to repair. I think pressure treated plywood might have been a better choice.

enclosing the joist bays is a really good idea. I agree with other comments about a vapor barrier on the ground under the cabin. I kept my old F350 on a dirt floor in the barn. Seemed like humidity from dry dirt still rusted the under carriage. My 20' shipping container/secure storage shed was also in that barn. Humidity in the container was still a problem. I jacked it up and rolled a sheet of polyethylene under it and humidity was gone.

iv been a carpenter for about 40 years n i give u the thumbs up its something i would do

Very nice of lunch to deliver itself to you. 😁

I'm just about to build my cabin in Scotland. I'm 70 yrs old looking forward to.more of your very entertaining vids thank you for your extra time and light heartedness. As you teach us all ..mike Scotland. All the best to you .

I built a small cabin as well and did something similar. I pin nailed and liquid nailed 1x2 around the bottom interior, then painted the plywood facing the ground with sealer, then liquid nailed and nailed the plywood in. Filled with insulation and put the 3/4 inch tounge and groove on solid and love it.

You must be doing something right! 1.4 MILLION views in 4 months. I've always told myself: "There should be an easy way to do this!

Your joist flipping party told so much.

I’m fighting the same problem with wood rats here in Kentucky. I came up with a similar solution but I’m going over the joists with plywood like a regular floor and making a rigid foam / radiant barrier floor on top of that. It’s more material cost, but on a small cabin it’s not an issue. I’m not a fan of osb. I wouldn’t use it on my own house if it was free.

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I realize the manufacturers and marketers of OSB tell you it's "just as good" as plywood, it's not. My opinion is based on decades of experience going back to when it was the new kid on the block. I used thousands of sheets of the stuff, sub-floor, wall sheathing, roof sheathing. Some of it was good, most was and is, a compromise. I went back to using a good plywood, the difference isn't all that subtle. Far better moisture resistance (in spite of marketing claims), better nail retention for hold down, lighter, less deflection between framing members and yes, usually more expensive. I've seen OSB fail enough times in situations where it wasn't supposed to that I am reticent to use it. Marketing will always speak "as good as". Another example: Manufacturers of blown-in, loose fill fiber glass insulation tell you how wonderful it is. What they leave out is the performance of the stuff drops to half at severely cold temps, just when you need it the most. J.D. Powers did extensive testing well over thirty years ago to show that. Your choice of course, but be skeptical of claims of "as good as", there is always money involved.

Seeing the buck in velvet and you using the nail gun made me think of when I was building a large log home in Hood River, Oregon years ago. One of the guys on the crew was nuts about calling turkeys. I don't remember what time of year it was, but at lunch every day he was out trying to call in the toms. He wasn't having much luck. We then started putting the T&G decking on the roof. We would lay up about six runs of decking and wedge it all down hill to tighten it up. I would then pull out the big Senco and start to nail off a whole bunch of decking. As soon as I started nailing it drove the Toms WILD!!!! They went nuts and started running out of the woods toward our house site. I never saw anything like it. Mark was absolutely PISSED!! I think the Senco was the best turkey call I've ever seen.