Bought it this summer. It's a small lot but it borders thousands of acres of national forest land that doesn't have much public access. There is a rough trail that goes upstream from my cabin to some swimming holes. One of my goals is to backpack upstream all the way to the alpine lake. The stuff of daydreams...

My Dad built this cabin with friends as a 17 year old in 1963

Now we have to take it apart, load it onto our boat, go across two lakes, through a narrows and up a cliff to our site. No Problem!

Bought some land last fall and have been working on my dream.

Trying to get it wrapped before winter.

Really interesting to see our pup in the suburbs vs out at the cabin. She doesn’t exhibit the same kind of anxious barking, jumping up on people, pacing, etc. Just seems more tired at night and mellow during the day.

Is there a standard to evaluate a dirt road's ability to handle a well-drilling rig?

I had a local well-driller (Northern Wisconsin) suggest -- sight unseen -- that I'd need to improve my 1/4 mile dirt driveway that's a flat old logging road that's recently had dozers, skid steers, loaded trucks, mini-vans and little front-wheel drive cars all driving on it just fine. I'd be glad to improve the road for his sake and mine, but from what I've seen that's expensive and -- at least for the rest of us -- unnecessary.

Appreciate any experience people have with evaluating/improving roads, especially for something as heavy as a well-drilling rig, apparently up to 60,000 pounds. Any way to evaluate the road, or ways to improve it for a rig without breaking the bank?

Do I need a fuse between victron 150/85 mppt and battery. I have fuse between battery and inverter and also fuses on all panels connected in parallel. 1200watt max solar

Just a hang crafted shelf and cutting board for a customer. Any requests taken at anytime!

I have some land on a boat access small island. I am getting a custom built SIP panel tiny home that I am planning to barge over to the island. It is an 8ft x 12 ft foot print and 14ft tall at the peak.

I currently have a small greenhouse built on a 6ft x 12ft concrete pad which is about 4” thick. It’s is sitting directly on rocky soil that was flattened and tamped by an excavator many years ago.

I am thinking of extending the pad to suit the footprint using rebar and bagged premix. I estimate the weight of the building to be 3600-4000lbs.

Any thoughts?

I made this happen, much to my surprise.

I just had a clearing made on my property in northern Michigan. I’d like a low maintenance option for the yard but also don’t want a mud hole or ferns and weeds to take over. Has anyone tried seeding with clover or grass?

Some work in the bedroom on some built in bunk beds I mostly prefabbed at home, several side quests including skirting in and bracing the front deck, boarding up the kitchen and then the general maintenance and starting to think about closing up for the season in northern Ontario 👌

I have 4 lifepo4 in parallel. 1 set of my cables red and black are about 1 1/2 shorter than the rest will that cause any problems?

Hi all, we’re having some issues on our log cabin’s roof. PNW (BC) so very wet winters. The roof itself is only 10 years old but the sheathing is rotting at the edge here.

I’m thinking we’ll need to rip up the sheathing here and replace it.

Any advice on whether other action should be taken?

Also what can we do to avoid this happening again? I suspect it’s getting wet from the edges where the water drips down and the water is then percolating into the rest of the sheathing.

I'm seriously considering buying one of these kits to put on some land and Colorado. Does anyone have any experience or know someone that has built one of these?

Another busy weekend at the build. We took delivery of the 2-ply 1 3/4" x 11 7/8" LVL beam (30’ long) along with all the rafter material. A couple of family members came out to help, and just getting everything carried onto the deck was a workout in itself. The beam was assembled with 50 structural screws and about a tube and a half of PL.

Hefting the last 16 feet of it up onto the supports and lining up the overhangs was an adventure — a couple of ladders, some improvising, and a few choice words later, it was in place.

Rafters went on fairly smoothly after burning one board to get the math right for a template. Unfortunately, we didn’t realize until all the loft rafters were up that the loft walls were missing their double top plate. That meant pulling every one back off and re-cutting them to the adjusted wall height. Frustrating, but that’s part of the process — shit happens.

One thing that did catch me off guard was the hardware cost. The Strong-Tie brackets for the rafter-to-beam connections were $17 each, and with those, the hurricane ties for the rafter-to-wall connections, and the proper screws, the total was over $1k. Painful, but necessary.

Next steps:

• Install doors and windows
• Build out the gable ends
• Sheath the roof in prep for metal
• Call for the framing inspection (which I’m sure will come with a few fixes to address, although theyve been very reasonable so far)

All in all, progress is moving along nicely — it’s starting to feel like a real cabin now that the roofline is taking shape.

We are very much amateur builders and this is an off grid cabin in the woods, be gentle.

I recently was gifted a sweet Container cabin made by Xcaliber Containers I’m looking to get water, sewer, and solar set up It’s mainly a Hunting Cabin, powering a weekend here and there in the winter (West Texas)

But I’m lost on how to collect/store water for longer timeframes Battery bank w/ solar panels Sewer, septic?

What costs should I assume? Pic of container for attention!

Sooooo much work needed. It’s worth it, but my back sure aches after 6 days there.

hello...I purchased an off grid cabin a couple months ago and have been learning a lot! I have a 1,700 gallon underground water tank. I pump water from the nearby creek into the tank, and use it for dishes, showers, toilet, etc. I do not use it for drinking water.

I've read a lot of conflicting information and am wondering approximately how much bleach to add per 1,000 gallons? I know to use ordinary, non scented, non concentrated bleach. also, I'd like to test the water to see if it falls within the .5 - 4 ppm I've been reading about. all of the test strips I've been looking at are 0-200 ppm. do any of you have a link to the strips I should be using?

any info would be appreciated. thx!

A little bit of an aesthetics question, a little bit of how to- how would you paint/stain the inside of this (almost finished) outhouse? Like you, personally. Opinions on colors, products, etc. The walls are rough cut wood with regular untreated framing, plywood seat. Shelves, supplies, less janky lights, to come…