Building a Dovetail Log Cabin | Start to Finish | One Man

Hello and welcome back! During our absence, we've put together a video that's a bit longer than usual. Rémi has built a dovetail log cabin from A to Z in just two months. We'll be showing you every step of the construction process, including the dovetail walls, rafters, insulation, and roofing. Grab a nice cup of coffee, get comfortable, and enjoy watching the work of an entire summer unfold. Our aim is to inspire you to pursue your dream construction projects while you relax.
Here's the link to the online course on this exacte cabin:
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This course includes a step-by-step guide, a plan, all the necessary cuts, a 3-hour KZbin video, and much more.
Enjoy !!
#diy #cabinbuild #dovetail

[@rorycolgan]

Just saw you guys on exploring alternatives. New sub!! Love what you guys are doing

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank You so much!! Welcome to our channel 🧡✨

[@kalahill3702]

Hi Remi! I am so happy to see your video again. Its been a while. You are a true craftsman and I hope you will inspire future generations. I like that you give clear explanations. You are a good teacher. That is a beautiful cozy cabin. I say hi to Noemi❤ Hope you are all doing well. XOXO

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you for the comment, it’s always a pleasure to read you :) Everyone is feeling good around here :) Xoxo

[@austinclarke2514]

Nice work, beautiful little cabin.

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you! :)

[@paulouellette7694]

Wow!!! Simply gorgeous and your workmanship is impeccable. It's so nice to see that you're still producing your amazing videos. It was worth the wait. Can't wait for the next one.

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Wow thank you so much for the comment:) We love when people love our videos, and it’s better when they told us!!! ;) We have nice projects already film for you. Very soon we will share them :) ✌️

[@augustomarotta3659]

Admiro muito seu trabalho. As técnicas de construção e as soluções são muito interessantes. Bahia , Brasil.

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you!!

[@user-ob7zj1cq2l]

Remi, that was a beautiful 55 minutes. Thank you!

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you so much 😊

[@yannickpaduano]

Beau travaille. Un jour je vais m'inspirer de ton travaille pour me construite une cabine comme ça. Félicitation.

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Merci beaucoup, quand ce jour sera venu et si tu as besoins d’assistance, viens jeter un coup d’œil à la formation , tout y est expliqué en détail :) Bonne journée à toi! :)

[@jered1940]

Beautiful work

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you!!

[@rhondasplace3529]

Found you fri. Exploring alternatives. Just subscribed look forward to following your journey!

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Welcome 🤗 we are happy to share it with you !! I invite you to go back in time to start the story at the beginning :)

[@shortsweettoo]

C'est beau mon friere. Thank you for sharing your build with us. You are very skilled. Look forward to seeing many more of your videos. Merci.

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you so much!! ☺️

[@billgilbert8130]

Excellent video You are a true craftsman !

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thanks a lot!! ✨✨✨

[@denniscarreno5882]

Beautiful work! Greetings from down under Australia….stay safe!

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you! ☺️

[@carolewarner101]

I have never seen this technique of putting a spacing board in between the logs of a log cabin. I thought that keeping the gap between the logs and filling it with the clay/straw chinking was very important to keep moisture from getting stuck between the logs if they were touching each other so the logs always can dry out completely. I thought this is why so many log cabins last for 200 years or more. So how does this wood on wood sandwich technique affect the longevity of the logs over not just decades but centuries? Also, does your kit explain how to cut the dovetail joints freely (without using a jig) so that a more rustic cabin without uniform logs can be built? I want to learn how to build a more rustic version of your beautiful little cabin. Thank you for sharing this adventure. The sweet potato looked very delicious! : - D

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Using a dry wooden board (here, it's important that the board is dry) helps to maintain the humidity level between logs at an acceptable level. It's the same principle as air-drying beams; spacers must be placed between them, and these spacers are dry to absorb the moisture coming out of the beams and release it slowly. My training does not explain how to carry out your type of construction, but if you have never made a dovetail joint, my training can certainly help you understand the basics. After that, it's just a matter of making small adjustments to each log. Good luck with your projects :)

[@pre176]

You'll have to do the math for each log. Here's a good starter, and he offers a document showing how to do the math for a variety of log sizes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/faDEe5ygormVhLM

[@angelbmann3531]

Super intéressant. Quel beau travail.

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Un grand merci !

[@Nena84734]

Beautiful!

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thanks! ☺️

[@steveoston]

Excellent vidéo sur le sujet! Et presqu'en français... Hi H... Pour vrai, l'anglais utilisé est enfin à ma portée. Parler à la George Saint-Pierre a vraiment son charme aussi. Bref, le plus important est sans contredit le contenu apporté. Les détails sont suffisants pour quelqu'un qui souhaiterait se lancer. Ça vraiment le mérite de faire rêver. Grand merci. PS: Vous êtes d'où déjà? Je me souviens d'avoir été impressionné lors d'une épisode de Go van.

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Content que ça te plaise! Merci d’avoir pris le temps de le dire ! :) Nous somme dans le bas Saint-Laurent !

[@stevevigil1395]

Wow! That is amazing craftsmanship and beautiful woodworking

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you so much!!! ☺️

[@mtnbikekid8]

Wow! Gorgeous. Nice work brother.🤠

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you :)

[@isaacbrown4990]

Recently came across your channel. Loved the video! I appreciated all of the little details (especially with it being in English…although I would likely still have watched the whole video if it were in French👍). I admire the amount of skill that goes into building such a quaint little cabin. I hope to build something like this one day. Cheers from Idaho!

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you so much for your beautiful comment :) We encourage you to live your dream :)

[@trevorfulton2541]

Spectacular!

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you so much :)

[@callmejs]

Impressionnant, y'a du travail et l'amour là-dedans. Bravo!

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Merci beaucoup

[@twistedfireman]

Bien heureux de vous revoir ici et surtout de pouvoir suivre l’évolution de ce superbe projet ! ❤ Merci pour le partage de ces magnifiques images. Nous sommes choyés de pouvoir suivre vos projets en ligne. C’est grandement apprécié !

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Wow merci beaucoup 🤩 Nous avons travaillé fort pour rendre le partage de ces images possible . Nous sommes contents de voir que c’est apprécié. À bientôt ;)✌️

[@TheRealBigfeet]

Beautiful work matey love the musical logs and your chisel work is beautifully accurate, I’ve followed about 20 builds now and your videography is superb just superb. May I offer a suggestion that may assist you in your chinking, I noticed you used a plastic bag, there is in the baking industry large piping bags made in canvas style material that you could pop in a metal nozzle that can be as wide as you make your gap eliminating the need for a dirty plastic bag whose only destination is land fill and a second pass as shown in your vlog, these bags would obviously need washing at the end of each use but I hope this will help you in your endeavours It truly is a beautiful piece of crafted home. This is my first vid of yours I’m now going to watch your playlists and any vids I can find of yours not put in any playlists. And yes I’ve hit the like and subscribed,

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you for your wonderful comments and suggestions! We are always open to improve our methods!! Happy to welcome you on our channel! 🧡✨

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Bonjour Noémie et Rémi, je viens de voir votre vidéo à Exploring Alternatives! Quel beau projet!

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Merci beaucoup!!! 🤩

[@remibernier2953]

Hihi amazing!!

[@purecanadianlifestyle]

We have been looking for log cabin builds with dovetails, not many good ones on youtube, this one was excellent, nice channel just subbed. Did you dry the logs in the solar kiln or how long did you wait to use them to build?

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you so much :) No the log was pretty green, it’s why there is a gap on top off the window and door. If you build correctly , you can totally build with green log and beam and it’s usually a better idea 💡:)

[@carole4485]

Hello to you both I have a question about the water filter on your kit counter. Looks like one to me. Did you diy it and if so could you explain on another you tube. Thank you

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Yes we made it couples years back! Yess we could definitely maie a video on that! :)

[@homesteadfromscratch]

Do you have a revised link for the build kit? The Etsy link is kaput.

[@patrickmccormick8689]

Hi Remi, loved the video. Amazing craftsmanship! I was hoping to get the plans and course but the link doesn't seem to work. If there is another way please let me know. Cheers

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Hi!! Thank you for letting me know, yes unfortunately our etsy shop got Closed for no apparent reason, so we are in the process of transferring the course on Noemie’s website :) we will announce it when everything is ready to be relaunched. Thank you for your interest and support!

[@patrickmccormick8689]

@@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503 Thanks Remi, and looking forward to the relaunch!

[@Dinsdale2020]

Great channel. Bonne Chance!👍👍🍀🙏

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Merci :)

[@user-qn1qm7yt2p]

Great video and inspiring work. I am trying to find your plans/online tutorial, but the link seems to be broken.

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Yes we had a problem with Etsy, we are relaunching on my website very soon! Thank you for your interest :) if you want to email us we can send you the new link very shortly! [e-mail]

[@traceaxtell4307]

Hello, I am planning to build a cabin very similar to this. I tried the link mentioned in the video, in the description, and nothing was available on Etsy. Is there any way to connect with you possibly get the plans / ask some questions? I really appreciated your video.

[@cyrilmoussoki3193]

Bonjour Rémi, je viens de découvrir votre chaîne KZbin, mais le lien ne fonctionne plus. C'est dommage, j'aurai aimer construire une maison comme ça. Merci pour le partage. Je regarde depuis la Drôme en France.

[@thesheff79]

What are the dimensions for this cabin? Beautiful work.

[@frankpohl4377]

Also good to know: Shutters Energy-saver- protect the Windows with traditional shutters. For remembrance: I am a facility manager and 30 years in building houses homes and office buildings also expert in “Clima-stuff” concerning healthy building. Everyone how was on vacation or lived a time in Scandinavian countries, in Germany Austria Switzerland or other country’s know, how many house owners in colder areas protect there windows from cold, from storm, from wild animals or thefts. We call them “Fensterläden” they are out of wood and “work like a second window from the outside”. Windows like many use in the US or CA are not allowed in Germany because they have not good “isolation capability’s” in Germany it is law to “safe heating energy” so we must use windows with 3 glasses so called “thermopen window panes” between the glasses is a special gas with power to isolate. All 3 glasses are perfect tied- so no gas can escape. But there are windows that have 5! glasses! Bad windows cant keep the heat in the room and the cold presses into the room. So you can lose hour by hour expensive heat and the goal must be “to optimize the window” To gear up such window protection cost not much but the cost will be returned very fast. Also it looks traditional with such a shutter in different colors. As lesser wood must be prepared for the heating, for the oven, as better it is. Some don’t think about the work of preparation of the wood. I love houses with the best isolation that is possible. Even with high energy saving windows- the cold presses 100 centimeter into a room! And when the window is not perfect put into the walls, then much more loosing of heat and cold bridged and later fungi will fellow in that part of the window. The humidity in the houses looks for the coldest places- that’s often “cold bridges” and then the dew point comes and fungi grows. Fungi are a danger for the health. Can produce cancer, allergy’s and lunge problems. Shutters are cheap but in cold days (special in the nights) they work as a second isolationpower if they are build correct. 2 or 3 centimeter strong wood, build like a real door (google in German Fensterläden and you will find inspiration) If they are build right they build a “air-line” between the window outside and the cold. It keeps the cold away from the window and the heat in the house. It looks cool-traditional made, you can close them from the outside and the inside. Here videos for self-made wood protection in German but I think that there must be many in English. On YT: “GAH-Alberts: Fensterladen selbst bauen” or “Fensterladen mit elektrischem Antrieb“ there you get an idea. PS: A mudroom is also a cool solution for saving heat in the wintertime. In Germany we call them "Windfang" its a smale room that protects the inside of the house from the wind cold and rain.

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you for all this information! You seem like someone with a lot of knowledge and experience ✨✨🧡

[@frankpohl4377]

I am an older men :-) and I love to give information out for free. I love cabin live style and IF I could build one in Germany I would do it but we are not a free country only rich can build what they wont. We have such communist regulations that you are not allowed to build a cabin on or in your own forrest. And you mus accept that other run over your land or drive with bikes over it because of the communist doctrine. The rich build a fance around the forrest and a fence cost hundrets or thousends euros ...@@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you it's appreciated :) good luck with you projet :)

[@chloecook4511]

I think you insulation not isolation. Isolation is being alone.

[@frankpohl4377]

yeah insulation of kors. In German boths words have the same meaning@@chloecook4511

[@swampdonkyy]

Bonjour Rémi, le cours est il encore disponible?

[@willywilliams7077]

Are your Esty plans/video detailed enough for someone to fabricate the jigs and cut and stack the logs?

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Yes of course :) You can even use different size log than me and I explain how to calculate everything :)

[@CraigSabean]

What are you using for insulation between gap

[@oliviagromova7356]

You guys seriously need better microphones. It would improve your channel sooo much which would for sure bring in more trafic to your channel because the content is great!

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Oh thank you for this suggestion, we haven’t yet found a good set up for when we work outside, with the dust and everything, we have a good mic for inside but we’ll keep working on this :)

[@Jeff-vt8kn]

I was wondering why you built the cabin on cement blocks instead of the traditional way.

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

The reason is really simple, the cabin was for a customer and sometimes we need to make compromises for a specific price ranges :)

[@willywilliams7077]

Do you offer courses in dovetail log building and if you do where can I find the class schedule? Where in Quebec are you located?

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Yes I do! I made an online course where I offer plans, methods as well as all the tools and list of materials you need, it is on our new etsy shop :) you can check it out, we put the the link in the description of the video! We are located in Bas-Saint-laurent :) we don’t offer in person course at the moment but we might do in the future! ✨✨

[@frankpohl4377]

Love and greetings from Hamburg in Germany! I am a facility manager with carpenter backround 30 years in the buis. Of course high end building appartements blocks or malls- office buildings. My grandmother had build a traditionell log house with stone foundament in the year 1925 She hide herself in the holocaust in that cabin with 4 rooms. Cabins are my hobby... Yours is wonderfull. The greenhouse perfect the foundament very good. I like on floor cabins and I dont like high ceilings because the heat rises to the top its energy lost. (Northmen on YT and his "the brith of a wooden house" one of the best He has alot traditinall technics for learning by watching Insolation with wood dust never using fake insolation like spray foam (cancer and fungi) or rockwool- real wool is healthy. I like more the traditionall space system with all rooms on one floor because "of the age and times of possible handycups" or so. There are more then one solutions of stepp support in times of multiscleoses- kickbacks (a friend of my mother had it for a long time) 1: Build strong handrail stairs! And a safty first system with catching rope like the tree climber or roof builders use them for the case of falling. It catches you in a second and you can not fall deep! MS is tricky and weak muscels can let one fall from the stepps.. 2: stair lifts are cheap and used on the market. Its the second help to reach the first floor. 3: Room elefator like the lifton is expansive. My handycup oncle bought one to came from the 1 floor into the second. You can buy them used! In the end it can be that you need some more space and build 2 rooms for you and your wife. Long term the best way. New foundament and logs for a sleepingroom and a creative room! The girl needs also more space in the future! It canbe that you need more protein. 3 times a day. Its good for muscels nervs and bones, if you can get Vitamin d take it speak with the doctor. I take 5800 units a day. Its good for the bones system... Dont give up! Frank

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Wow thank you for sharing:) our house is in evolution, we will adapt it to follow our need in life. We really love the work of Northman to!!! We are happy to share our story with you, welcome on the channel :)

[@frankpohl4377]

I love the way you work. There is still a time of freedom to live in nature even with not so much money. The illness of your wife is diferend and must be considert. I would build a water toilett into the bathroom :-) And dont forgett: Tattoos can destroy the nervsystems. I grow up in the red light district the biggest in the EU. (Hamburg Reeperbahn St Pauli) Chemicals or other kind of "colour" has nothing to do in a body. They made forensics with tattooed bodys and they found tattoo material black stuff in the lymph nodes. They where full with this poison! Please consider this because of the illness of multi-auto imun...Paint is a poison that the imunsystems has to fight. I am not tattooed even if I was a red light worker. But I got also an autoimun illness called "Morbus Reiter" a form of rheumatism I was blind on one eye 33 years ago I could not walk...1 year hospital. I overcame it by the grace of god. No more drugs alcohol much water good food and some sport for the bones.Frank@@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you for sharing your experiences :) and thank you for wanting us to be happy and healthy! it's very sweet of you :)

[@JamesEnTennessee]

The video and plans are not available on Etsy. Are they still available anywhere else?

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Yes we had some technical trouble with our etsy shop, we decided to move them up on out website! We’ll send you the link here tomorrow :) thanks for asking!! ✨✨

[@radicalgastronomy]

⁠Can you change the link in the description also, SVP? Excellent job on this. The build, the video, the sweet potato, all of it!

[@gladkey3578]

Tell me, please, what were the seams between the logs covered with?

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

It’s a product called log jam, it is made from wood pulp and latex :)

[@gladkey3578]

@@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503 Thanks! Cool house!

[@alexch5106]

Hi, In episode 73 you where drinking Mate. Are you from argentina or uruguay?

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

No! We are both from quebec Canada :) I traveled in south America when I was younger and started drinking mate in my twenties :)

[@alexch5106]

@@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503 Wow Interesting, I am american and argentinian so I drink mate all day long.

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Awesome! Mate is life force!! :D@@alexch5106

[@user-os1es8ul3t]

Talk less, work more!

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you for your feedback ⭐️

[@user-os1es8ul3t]

@@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503 👍🤝

[@brainstorm3446]

Can you please talk less and show more work!

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

❤️

[@regholwill8476]

Too much of you talking and not enough of us seeing what you are doing, won't be watching anymore of your video's.

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Wish you all the best in your search for content that meets your needs! :)

[@tturner7786]

Rude, 🙄 his explaining is actual helpful to people who want to learn.

[@regholwill8476]

@@tturner7786 You people are always the same, as soon as you get a negative comment you start crying, offski.

[@tturner7786]

​@@regholwill8476well there's negative then there's helpful criticism. Like hey I liked the building part of your video would have loved less explanation and more visual content... Simple as how you say it. Instead of your comment which I thought was rude. He said on the video he puts his heart and soul into this. And it shows. Anyway pointless for us to argue. But I like to give criticism a content creator can use to make his channel better. Like you should do a video only version. Or hey would love to see this as a time lapse. Or hey you may want to try a lavaliere mic to reduce your outside noise and so we hear you clearly on longer shots. Anyway back to the content. 🎉

[@KanoeKing]

⁠Hi Remi, new subscriber here. Just found your video and loved it. Not only are you an exceptional craftsman, but you’re also a very polite and professional individual (with rude and unhelpful people that have no business commenting on KZbin). You offer just the right amount of verbal instruction and non-verbal video clips. Keep up the great work and I’ll keep watching.

[@joshualawrencestudios]

This is amazing, dont let the negative people get you down. Ive never understood people complaining about something they got for free. Quick question, what was the product you sqeezed in for chinking?

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Thank you so much for your beautiful comment :) sometimes people project their sadness into the world, we just need to give them some loving thoughts and after that we can continue our day in happiness :) The chinking is name: “Log Jam “ if you want to read about it :) ✌️

[@FUCKEDUPTROT]

Fait les en francais le video lol sous titre en anglais lol mais cest ca coche haha

[@remiandnoemiethewildcrafte7503]

Merci! :)