Tyler Danann
12-15-2014, 04:39 PM
This is my little storage cabin in the mountains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Z95wkdF3s
There's no immediate road access, everything has to either be brought up the mountainside or made use of nearby. Yet it's got some of the best views in the land and is far from the nanny-state's clutches.
It took me a month to build and I am going to show you how I did it.
This is what the land looked like before I even touched it!
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc174/Ulysses3100/Cabin%20in%20the%20Mountains/DSC00338_zps78a250bc.jpg
While the leveling of the land and preparing for a full-scale cabin can be told, this thread is more on the small-scale cabin shed.
The storage cabin was essential if I was to have a bear-proof, rain-proof, snow-proof refuge for my stuff while I was away for whatever reason.
It had to be simple, rugged and take me less than a month to build (as that is when I'd be leaving the land).
Unlike my primary cabin area which is a sizable 14 x 16’ this one would be tiny – only 4 x 6’. Nor would it be too fancy or require sophisticated lifting methods but it would mean I’d have to put my cabin build on hold until next year alas.
So I started it with four holes about two feet deep with posts about 6" thick forming my four uprights.
http://i.imgur.com/2bme7n8.jpg
I put in some extra posts for a small porch effect, and reinforced the footings with rocks, then made a floor frame. This was out of 2x4s but 2x6s are better. With 2x4 joists for plyboard on top. All of the lumber was either treated or painted, including the plywood.
Once I’d leveled it I set about building the walls.
For this it would half-log cladding, I’d use froe, mallet and splitting wedges to achieve a true rustic, rugged effect.
Here’s one wall almost done.
http://i.imgur.com/O6UGMVp.jpg
For the roof my neighbor generously let me use plenty of his left-over lodgepole logs that were between 6’ and 9’ long. After many trips up and down the slope I had quite the stack building up, nevetheless there never seemed to be enough.
Back wall is up, this will be braced later hopefully, otherwise the snow drifts and pack could push it in a bit.
http://i.imgur.com/kT1pQ5u.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Z95wkdF3s
There's no immediate road access, everything has to either be brought up the mountainside or made use of nearby. Yet it's got some of the best views in the land and is far from the nanny-state's clutches.
It took me a month to build and I am going to show you how I did it.
This is what the land looked like before I even touched it!
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc174/Ulysses3100/Cabin%20in%20the%20Mountains/DSC00338_zps78a250bc.jpg
While the leveling of the land and preparing for a full-scale cabin can be told, this thread is more on the small-scale cabin shed.
The storage cabin was essential if I was to have a bear-proof, rain-proof, snow-proof refuge for my stuff while I was away for whatever reason.
It had to be simple, rugged and take me less than a month to build (as that is when I'd be leaving the land).
Unlike my primary cabin area which is a sizable 14 x 16’ this one would be tiny – only 4 x 6’. Nor would it be too fancy or require sophisticated lifting methods but it would mean I’d have to put my cabin build on hold until next year alas.
So I started it with four holes about two feet deep with posts about 6" thick forming my four uprights.
http://i.imgur.com/2bme7n8.jpg
I put in some extra posts for a small porch effect, and reinforced the footings with rocks, then made a floor frame. This was out of 2x4s but 2x6s are better. With 2x4 joists for plyboard on top. All of the lumber was either treated or painted, including the plywood.
Once I’d leveled it I set about building the walls.
For this it would half-log cladding, I’d use froe, mallet and splitting wedges to achieve a true rustic, rugged effect.
Here’s one wall almost done.
http://i.imgur.com/O6UGMVp.jpg
For the roof my neighbor generously let me use plenty of his left-over lodgepole logs that were between 6’ and 9’ long. After many trips up and down the slope I had quite the stack building up, nevetheless there never seemed to be enough.
Back wall is up, this will be braced later hopefully, otherwise the snow drifts and pack could push it in a bit.
http://i.imgur.com/kT1pQ5u.jpg