We FINALLY Started Our Off Grid Cabin (Building the floor)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- We sold our home and moved into a trailer to build our cabin on our 38 acres of raw land. In this video we FINALLY get started on building the floor!
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20 Gage Metal plate between the cinder blocks and the wood is a great burrier from ground dwelling insects, Termites/ants. Their bodies cannot climb over the edge of the metal plate. Borax powder is a good idea in the cinder block cavity also.
Of course there’s the settling over time issue, but your house is going to blow away before you notice any settling. Unless the cinder blocks crush because the cells are empty.
You should have used subfloor glue and screws, your floor system is poor and will squeak
We are adding screws to our subfloor before covering it up!
You should use screws floor will creak in a few years, go back and put a few in each sheet, you will regret it if you dont
This was a thought we had as we were doing it. Thanks for the reminder to make sure it happens!
A home is only as good as it’s foundation. I’m siting here shocked. All the best.
It is a common foundation for cabins and cottage around here. Thanks for watching!
Cool video but don't you need a better foundation than just blocks on gravel?
A more rugged foundation would be good - for our time and budget, as well as the soze of this build, the blocks will be fine. They also give us the ability to jack up and shim/shift if needed.
Nicely Done. A Habs fan eh.
Thanks! And yes, Go Habs Go!
Watch Perkins Builder Brothers, you will get heeps of tips, im no pro either but have learnt heeps from watching them. Hi from Australia :)
Thanks! Will check them out!
dont let that floor get wet. the material swells and degrades
After our unexpected thunderstorms we made sure to tarp it rain or shine to keep things dry. Although enough to cause a little swelling, it has not been wet since. 👍
There are a lot of homestead sites to watch. I have subscribed to yours for 3 reasons. 1. You are working together, as partners. 2. You include your child in the building process. Believe me, it's rare. It's slso a joy to behold. 3. You engage with the camera so comfortably, and explain what you're doing.
Keep up the great work. I see a TH-cam career in your future
Thank you for your kind words!
@@goingwiththeganongs yes, it's wonderful that you included your son in helping with the wood. Never forget: Kids want to learn...buidling your own cabin with your kids is planting wonderful educational seeds in their minds for when they grow up and will want to build their own cabin. 🌱🌱
Gee, guys, a nail gun would’ve made short work of all those beams, joists and subfloor, in about 1/10th the time.
Just found your channel and enjoying it! But, wondering why are are using a hammer and not a nail gun?
Thanks for watching! There are definitely a couple reasons. A framing hammer was already available and cheaper, nail depth is easier to control, and there is just something satisfying about using a hammer. Thanks for following! 🙂
@@goingwiththeganongs interesting, thanks for the thoughtful response!
Hi! I just found your channel and I'm excited to go back and watch your other videos. Looking forward to see your progress with the build.
Thank you so much!
Can`t believe you didn`t protect the OSB.
OSB can handle some rain.
We couldn’t believe it either! Unexpected storms happen sometimes, though. We protected it rain or shine after that night. 👍 Thanks for watching!
@@goingwiththeganongs I subscribed. Looking forward to more videos.
Great video.😀Hi from Colorado Springs 😀
Thank you!
It’s awesome that y’all are going after your dream. You will make mistakes, but so what? Some might be big enough that you have to stop and address them. Others won’t be. Either you will accomplish your goal and have lots of funny stories about things that won’t seem funny now, or you will have a lot of disappointment because you refused to try.
If you can, throw a tarp over that OSB or paint it with a cheap exterior paint. That will keep the weather damage done to it to a minimum during the build before you get it closed in. OSB is much more affordable,but easy to damage with water.
Yes thank you for your kind words! We did get a tarp for the OSB and have used it lots - great advice!
Good video. Like all your little helpers ❤.
Thank you!
Very cool! Can’t wait to see it come together!
Thanks! Us too!
Is that roll of silver stuff what they call under floor insulation.? Will there be anything else.?? By the way what is it supposed to be reflecting.?? If your joists are say for arguments sake around 6 inchs, why wouldn't you put in batons to each compartment followed by plywood and fill each compartment with 5 inches of insulation, Just a thought and a question.
It is called reflectix. It acts as a barrier from the cold underneath. The main reasons for the choice is ease of install and batts of insulation, even if properly covered, lend themselves to the potential of rodent infestation at some point. We plan to add some type of skirting around the cabin, and will potentially ad ridgid foam insulation on top on the subfloor if we find it is not warm enough.
Thanks for asking and thanks for watching!
Very poor foundation design and execution. The pressure treated wood is too thin and doesn't span the full width of the blocks to distribute the load. Sad to see you building a structure with such a weak underpinning...
We too have realised that the pressure treated wood should have spanned further. On the up side, at least woth thos type of foundation things can be lifted and adjusted/fixed.
Thanks for watching!
Lov IT. Greetings from Poland 😊
Thanks for watching!
Hello from Maryland
Thank you for watching!
Hey what you that's it for the day hey it's still daylight when it's dark then you know when you put in a good day's work lol
Keep working until you can’t! Thanks for watching!
What a good little helper. Thanks Eli! Good job.
He sure is! 😊
I had a cinder block crumble. Are they safe for a cabin to sit on
Sure there may be some risk. Many cabins and cottages around here sit on cinder blocks.
Thanks for watching!
Put bounce under you cap it keeps bugs away
Thanks for the tip! And thanks for watching!
Looks great! Some clearance paints from Walmart or wherever mixed together does wonders to protect the sub floor while your building. Awesome build keep up the good work!
Thats an idea we had never thought of/heard of! Thanks for watching!
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You should have put the reflective on the bottom and laid insulation but also you should have filled in the cinder blocks with concrete and put metal like they suggested over the openings so you don't have termite problems also then you could have also tied down the structure to the ground with bolts. Now you'll have to crawl underneath and put insulation in in a vapor barrier
Thanks forcthe input. I have done the reflectix this way before, and have seen others do it, and it seems to work well.
We may try to go back and fill the cinder block holes somehow!
You always want your Vapor barrier on the warm side of the insulation
I still remember driving nails with my dad when our first house was built when I was a little kid.
that gravel is going to settle over time and as the structure gains mass, might thing about packing concrete on the gravel at the very least...a poured footing a couple feet deep is typical. Some day you'll regret the decision not to. Best of luck to you.
Thanks for the input! We have wondered about the ones that were more raised and are definitely considering our options to keep them from settling too much. Thanks for watching!
Very common way to build a cabin and it’s easy to shim as needed. Most people can’t put the investment into a cabin foundation. Most mobile homes are set on cribbing and adjusted as needed
@@Brian-bt2hi not easy to shim the ones in the middle…
@@bolweval just crawl on your belly under there with a bottle jack. As long as your base is sitting on a solid bed of gravel it might not even ever need to be done
@@Brian-bt2hi wouldn’t need to if you just used a concrete footing in the first place, but hey, if you like crawling under houses with bottle jacks, then more power to ya!!
Use tarps to cover the floor to protect from rain
Hallo
Ein sehr schönes Video von euch und saubere Arbeit. Weiter so. Grüsse von Rudi aus
Spain 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸
Y’all need some framing hammers if you don’t plan on using any air nailers.
We have a 22oz framing hammer and it is working great!
Well done
Muy bueno ❤❤❤🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸
Thank you!