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Yes! We had all of the materials here to construct the floor on Thanksgiving last year but the winter weather came on so fast that we decided to halt construction until winter was mostly over. We quickly found It's fairly difficult to work when your fingers are numb, the days are short/ dark, and most of the tools don't work properly in the cold temperatures. Just not worth the aggravation since we have a comfortable temporary living situation. We are happy to be making progress again 🙂

Thanks Dan! Glad you are enjoying our videos. We do the best we can on these projects. We hope it will last us a lifetime.

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Thank you, happy to share our experiences with you 😊

Thank you 🙂 Benneli does love to be with us! He is a sweetheart.

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It looks like we will get about two weeks of spring weather before summer starts. The buds on our trees just started to leaf yesterday!

Yes! They will be here soon 🦟

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Hello 👋 🙂 thank you, we are excited to complete the construction. It will be an interesting experience! ❤️

Thank you, we are glad winter has subsided and we are back on the outside projects! I think our next cabin video will explain why we decided to go longer on the structure, with the change of plans the loft will be much smaller but slightly larger first floor.

Thank you! Benelli would move every piece if he could! 😆

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Thank you for your kind words 🙂

We will post them as soon as we can 🙂

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Yes! We toe-nailed almost all joists.

Yes! Our trees just started getting leaves yesterday, excited for summer 🙂

Thanks! The mud can be difficult 🙂

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We hope it lasts us many years 🙂

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Haha 😄 never thought of it that way but you are right!

Hello 👋 glad you found us! Please don't be jealous of the tools we have acquired over the last 15 years, there were many miserable 60-hour weeks, sacrificing my health and youth to have what we do. Working hard is the only way I know to get what I need so it was necessary unfortunately. KZfaq is interesting because viewers get to see people at different levels of skill and budget doing their best to build a dream. I often time find comparing what I have to others just kills my joy so it's good to avoid. There are people on here with nice new trucks, helicopters, and tanks 😆 it's wild out there. Judging by your Alaska freedom emblem I'm assuming you are in the same climate as us and building here? If so check out the Cold Climate Housing Research Center, it is a great official source. It Is quite boring but they have some great guidelines for cabin construction in all zones of Alaska. If you are building a log cabin most of the information is not of use other than the roof structure. For stick framing, they have great guidelines to help prevent mold issues in wall and roof cavities with proper insulation and vapor barrier. This was all new to us because we did not have the relative humidity issues like Alaska and Canada do where we lived. Hope this helps, good luck with your adventure!

Thank you! Yes with winter over it has been a welcome change of pace 🙂

Thank you! Benelli is such a good boy always trying to help 😅

Hello 👋 the plan as of right now is once the cabin is dried in and rain will not ruin the insulation, we will box in the underside to fill the cavity with blow-in cellulose insulation. If funds permit we may install a layer of rigid foam on the very bottom to stop thermal bridging through the joists. I do not want cold feet for 6 months of winter for the rest of my life 😅

Thank you! We are excited as well!

Hey Tony, we are glad to be working on it again. Will be glad to get it dried in. Hope all is well! The grass is finally starting to grow here, no mosquitos yet, the snow is almost gone, and a lot of rain.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed this video 🙂 Benelli is such a good boy!

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Glad you liked it! Thank you 🙂

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Us too!

Thanks CcRider 🙂 we are glad to be making progress again now that the weather is warming up.

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Hey! The big box stores are a few hours away, but they usually can get all the needed basics here in alaska. Sometimes we have stock issues that slow us down but we are trying to place orders for materials when they are in stock so we have them. We did make the lower floor plan slightly bigger but our loft will be smaller now than originally planned. The ground gets so soupy here when the frost won't let the snow melt drain off. It is a real issue. Thank you! 🙂

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Always at our service bringing us the sticks we didn't know we needed! Haha! 🌳 🐕

Hello 👋 we do try to do things to the best of our ability and the best way that fits our budget. Mistakes can be costly setbacks and we are trying to avoid future issues. We do hope to live in this cabin for a long time with minimal maintenance. KZfaq is an interesting platform to see DIY cabins and homes, everyone is working on different budgets and at different skill levels. Some are executed well some not. Unfortunately, a lot of the super-popular cabin builds that I have seen a few years back have some misinformation on proper building methods using short-term durability designs and others see that and copy/paste it for their home build, not realizing that what they have reproduced is a recreational summer cabin that is not going to last for the long haul, or take into account for important matters like foundation footing, structural strength, proper insulation values to save on energy and be comfortable, as well as vapor barrier in a northern climate to prevent mold in the wall and ceiling cavity. None of these are a priority if the cabin is only being built for KZfaq entertainment income or just used recreationally. I think that is what Is showcased more often than not on this platform. Thanks for watching, and for your support!

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Thanks Jason! Good luck with your move up! It has been raining a lot in our area but the buds on the trees just started to open yesterday. Summer will be here in a few weeks!

We are happy to be back to working on it again! Time will tell, glad you are enjoying our videos 🙂

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You are correct! Once the cabin has a dry roof overhead we will come back and blow in cellulose insulation into the floor cavity. The walls and roof will have a full plastic vapor barrier as well as insulation exceeding this area's minimum requirement. Having vapor in my insulation causing mold buildup is not anything I want to deal with 🙂

We think so too 😊

It will be a simple 750 square feet cabin with good insulation that can last our lifetime is the goal. Thank you and God bless!

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Yes, we think so too 🙂 thanks!

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Andrew Camarata has two labs, Cody and Blue. Levi passed away a year or so ago. His dad still has Lacy which is older. He has a Great channel tho

Haha, he does need a buddy! Great names 👌 when we have time for proper training in the future we will take on another puppy!

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Thank you! Having been to Maine, alaska has alot of similarities. God bless!

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Such a small world! It seems to be pretty decent 😀

That is an option! We are choosing to tackle this in a different way, we will document it in future video to share. Thanks!

Ahh, nice the metal handle is great, we had a plastic one that snapped like a twig the winter in minus twenty so this one is a better option. It is wild how fragile plastic becomes here in the cold.

We had a bungee on prior but we have broken a few of them and a few cables. They seem to be a constant maintenance issue when driving in the rock and mud.

Unfortunately, our dream home is unaffordable at this time, but we can't wait to finish our cabin! We hope to enjoy it for many years to come!

Thanks, I think you are referring to blocking. We showed a teaser at the end of this video of the blocking, and the full blocking is installed in the latest video.

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Hi there! 👋 that's our rooster in the background. He loves to crow the entire time we are outside working. 😆 🐔

We plan to add more deck foundations at a later time since we had to change our plans 🙂