Simple off grid cabin (Part 2).........that anyone can build & afford

It’s actually a very well written and comprehensive book youtube.com/post/UgkxhgbP-6hUnXu_QRaoHgLztgsI0YF3H… . I wanted to pair this with an updated book on local codes to start planning a post-retirement dream shop. I think I have just about everything I need between the two. The extra plans available for purchase towards the end are priced almost as much as full home plans, not little sheds however.

Dude, you are literally the Bob Ross of the cabin building world, so relaxing watching you build these, bravo 👏

I love the way to you talk "to" us, like friends chatting, rather than "at" us, like a lecture. That's how a lot of videos of this type seem to be.

I've built many things and a two-person crew is more than twice as fast as a one person crew. When you were putting on the roof tin, Brook was hauling and handing it up. Saving those up and downs is huge. In addition, another person to grab dropped items, remember things you'll forget, hold up the end of a long piece (instead of building a jig to do it), all makes for a lot more efficiency. You two work really well together and that's a joy.

That trick with the hammer to bend the mild steel bracket was genius

I may only be a highschool student, but this makes me want to go out and find property to live like this.

Here in Finland we never put just one layer of windows but two. The space between the windows works as an insulation. In old houses the inner window is often removable so during summer time it helps to keep the house bit cooler.

I just built my first 10x12 cabin. It is our kitchen. I'm building 2 smaller single pitch roof cabins for living areas. I didn't build exactly what you did but I have watched these 2 build videos a lot of times for ideas and "how you done it" along with the well and a few others. I am almost done building up my first off grid homestead and ready to save money to move to our land in the mountains that we been wanting. Great videos :)

I don't know what it is about Dave's voice, but it's so soothing. He could read me a bedtime story any night.

I've built 49 tiny houses for homeless veterans. I love seeing stuff like this! Can't wait for the final product!

Another great video! Just remember that "easy" is after he's spent 20 years in construction. If you're a beginner you'll be making mistakes while you learn, so go easy on yourself. When joining stovepipe, want the top pipe's tail inside the lower pipe. Creosote from the burning wood will condense (especially from a slow fire) and run down inside the pipe, and you want that to stay inside rather than run down the outside of the stovepipe. Use only special high-temperature paint, if you paint. Glad to see him putting in heat shields! People have been killed by stoves igniting houses.

Something really satisfying about hearing a hammer and nails instead of an impact drill and screws....🤷‍♂️

Love the use of the claw hammer when twisting the steel bracket

Love this series. Adore Brooks touches to it with the pine garland, pine cones, wreath, the sloth painted door….. I kinda have a crush on you two, lol.

Hey man, I gotta say that I am very grateful to you for these videos. My partner has some land that we're building a few tiny houses on and we were struggling to get something up before winter so we ended up just following right along with this video series and it looks like we're gonna have something very similar to this completed in a week or two. This kind of very simple comprehensive guidance that makes it all very accessible is hard to come by if you haven't grown up with anybody who does construction, and for both of us it's set us off on the path towards being able to do even more complex building projects, and I just want to say it's very much thanks to you in this case, so thank you! I'll send you pictures when it's done if you like.

This video and the previous one has opened up a whole new world for me! Thanks guys for changing my life.

This is Zen to me, with understated background music very little talk, just poetry in motion of you and Brooke. Blessings to all. 😃🇺🇸

The amount of trust and coordination between you and your sheila is legendary.

Love the way this guy narrates the video, reminds me a little bit of those old Warren Miller ski movies, but with less cheesy humor.

Love this couple. They work so hard together and appear to get along well. Says volumes about being married to the right person and having similar interests.