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Offline wildman

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Cabin on the cheap
« on: September 18, 2014, 12:06:51 pm »
This will be an epic build along. My wife and I have a small farm that we own debt free. That being said we are building a small cabin/home without debt. The current plan is for 400sqft. All the wood with the exceptions of a few boards have been salvaged from old buildings. Bear with me guys this may take awhile.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Cabin on the cheap
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2014, 12:08:15 pm »
Good start!  ;)
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Re: Cabin on the cheap
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2014, 12:11:08 pm »
Clearing the land and hauling in materials was labor intensive and we had to be creative. Atvs and trailers were used a lot. The joist came out of an old grain storage facility. They are pine with very tight growth rings.
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Offline wildman

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Re: Cabin on the cheap
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2014, 12:13:16 pm »
I took down a building that was a fishing camp my grandparents owned years ago for studs and T&G.
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Offline wildman

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Re: Cabin on the cheap
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2014, 12:15:50 pm »
Slow going , this has been over a few months as you can tell. The thing with salvage is gleaning and cleaning materials. The windows are double pane vinyl windows that came out of a Mcmansion in town for free when the homeowner wife wanted new ones.
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Offline PrimitiveTim

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Re: Cabin on the cheap
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2014, 12:16:11 pm »
I like it!  I like it a lot! :D
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Offline YosemiteBen

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Re: Cabin on the cheap
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2014, 12:18:39 pm »
very nice! I could live in a cabin like that and run my house like a workshop/museum!
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Offline JoJoDapyro

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Re: Cabin on the cheap
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2014, 12:23:17 pm »
Love it! I will stay to the end of this one.
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Offline wildman

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Re: Cabin on the cheap
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2014, 12:24:13 pm »
The loft flooring is T&G pine from 1940s. The sub floor on the main level is 1" oak from a home built in late 1800s.
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Offline wildman

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Re: Cabin on the cheap
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2014, 12:25:35 pm »
The floors will be tung oiled and left as is.
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Offline Billinthedesert

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Re: Cabin on the cheap
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2014, 12:57:06 pm »
Wonderful project! I am glad you live in an area where "the authorities" are sympathetic to this sort of creative recycling.
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Re: Cabin on the cheap
« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2014, 01:31:22 pm »
Kudos to you for marrying a wife who will bear with you through this project! Get er done! ;D
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Offline wildman

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Re: Cabin on the cheap
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2014, 01:55:51 pm »
Stringman, it was her idea.
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Offline Knoll

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Re: Cabin on the cheap
« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2014, 02:33:56 pm »
Your structure may be a bit small in footprint, but calling it a "cabin" is understatement.  Gonna be very very nice, me thinks.
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Re: Cabin on the cheap
« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2014, 02:37:28 pm »
Your livin the dream man!.... Brian
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