WALLS UP…OFF GRID CABIN IN THE WOODS BUILD Ep 2

[@14mattomatto]

the solar charging station is really great. Its really nice not having to listen to a generator all day long.

[@dannyhutcheson9932]

Dan & Chad did an awesome days work and didn't have to rush or run over one another to get it done, you must feel extremely fortunate to have these guys at your side Ken. Great video!

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks 👍

[@billstobie4872]

I like the 'trick' of picking up the bottom of the t-111 siding with the claw on the hammer!

[@glennyork6800]

Chad & Dan got their workout today for sure. Framing walls going up is always most satisfying point in any new building project. IMO.

[@sunriselovetv8860]

Sooo amazing work and very nice place they worked 💪 👷‍♂️ sooo fast.❤❤❤❤

[@gaylewatkins4685]

I love seeing Nugget in his new huge pasture. 🤗 He is a good emu and you did an excellent job walking him over. Thanks for letting us know not to expect to see Nugget running like he did when he was young.❣️ Glad you finally got the much needed rain.🎉🎉 Take care 🤗

[@kenskarpentry]

Haha

[@philheath9391]

смотрю перед сном)) успокаивает, ваша работа

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Better than the TV show, This Here House.

[@kenskarpentry]

Haha thanks

[@rickwhiterock2681]

Both Chad and Dan really work hard and make a great team to get things done. I admire all your work ethics. We live at 6,400 ft, our entire house has 2x6 walls and very large structural beams. Last winter we 601" of snow for the 22/23 season. Love watching you guys, never built a house, have done many carpentry projects around our house, our sons and daughters houses. During winter we get power outages, have EcoFlow River Pro Portable Power Station with solar panel and a Champion’s generator 8000 watt with electric & pull start, dual fuel, runs on either gasoline or propane to keep lights and appliances running. Keep up the great videos and loved yours joint projects with Al & Gina of Lumnah Acres. Stay well.

[@henrybusjahn5788]

from 1 carpenter to another .its always a joy to watch you I'm 70 also --doing trim in florida with oldest son.

[@jimgriffiths9071]

The absolute brilliance of this layout was the dimensions were perfect. No waste. No trimming. Pure efficiency. Master builders at work!

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks

[@philtucker1224]

I just love the T111 panels, it suits the country aspect so much nicer than just plastic or metal siding. Such a tasteful option by the customer ✅

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks

[@michaeltorres3231]

Looks great Ken, " PERFECT."

[@tobymeade3222]

❤ Good Morning Ken& Crew🌞🌻 Beautiful Job there& Black Window Trim looks so Awesome 💯👍🤞✌️👌🙌🙏🇺🇸🌅🌄✝️🤩🌟💫✨

[@kenskarpentry]

Good morning

[@timcouch2077]

I’ll be building in the spring of 2024 hope to learn alot from you and the guys, thanks for the videos.

[@kenskarpentry]

Hope your project go well

[@johncornell3665]

Coming along nicely, Ken. Another great build. Thanks for the video!

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks

[@davidrogers-b1r]

Hang-in there Mr. KEN it only gets better with age..

[@kenskarpentry]

Haha

[@williamhanna5224]

Excellent video!

[@kenskarpentry]

Thank you very much!

[@stevenwarner7348]

These videos create Dreams! Thank you Ken and your crew for sharing what you do! Just great. Wow. ✨🌸✨. 🇺🇸

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks so much

[@barriesmith3489]

Chad and Dan work like a well oiled machine they are a perfect team Ken you must be so great full to have them both the complement you so well

[@gvnumber3200]

Good morning, Ken !

[@bobt3374]

Hi Ken Dan & Chas. Another excellent job done as always.

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks 👍

[@cathiwim]

It must be nice to live in a place where you dont have to worry about termites! I still cannot get over the length of Dans arms, and how he can pick up an entire sheet by himself!!,

[@rdyardie]

It is always a pleasure to see the walls going up. Thank you for showing us how to build walls so efficiently.

[@kenskarpentry]

Glad you like them!

[@StoneKathryn]

Wow, that's pretty good size 28' x 32'. Those 2"x6" walls look heavy! Twelve foot sections sound hefty. The walls sit over the foam nice. Are you drilling a little farther inside to put the anchors down? It's nice that you can run the drill off of the solar power. It always amazes me how fast the walls go up! They always look so straight too! You even have the wall notched out too. House wrap and then the T-111! Whoa, not enough bright sunshine because of the smoke. Wow, really bad air quality! It's looking good with all the T-111 up and the windows and doors cut out. Wow, windows going in too! Lots of progress in this video. Thanks for sharing Ken and crew!

[@jdgibs3446]

Another great video Ken. Appreciate your sharing your experience and wisdom. Great crew with Chad and Dan. Blessings to you, family, employees & certainly your customers along with the suppliers. Praying for your health, strength, safety, wisdom, and success in His Holy Name. ☝️🙏🙌💪🎯

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks same to you

[@floriodivalgioconda9939]

Super! 👍👏👏👏

[@loucinci3922]

You make it look so easy. All the years of doing construction shows up in the attention to details. Great job. Super teamwork. Thanks for shairng

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks 👍

[@PaulAsselstine]

Nice work Ken!

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks!

[@amendippanesar]

You make it look so easy! Fab job guys

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks

[@dmark6699]

Can't wait to see the fall colors coming.

[@markholmes1346]

You guys make it look easy, great job! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼

[@kenskarpentry]

Thank you! 😊

[@RUDOLF1929]

Лучший работник года 👍🏆🙂

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks

[@oleman490]

love them ten foot walls except for installing them;;;lol;;;interesting how shop built and fit when installed;;;we always built in place and sometimes went too far with one wall and had to call in the skyhook to help raise them;;;;lol;;;;amazing how times change outer wrap;;;various wraps we used;;;celetex;;gyp rock;;;felt;;;even roll roofing with gravel toward studs;;;what a mess;;;but home owner wanted so that's what he got;;;I never see you strike chalk lines to square peremiter of structure;;;guess that done off camera;;;have had slabs a foot out of square';;;;concrete installer had to add extra ten feet to square and pay for extra framing;;;lol;;;wasn't happy but his crew helped pay as one side burned a foot to get the distance and the other didn't ;;;costly;;;;lol;;;good one;;;thumbs up and keep em coming;;;

[@rupe53]

if the cement forms are square and level, then the walls will be square and level.

[@bay9876]

The team is just going to town on the build. It's very impressive and really good planing. Nice video and build.

[@mlj6419]

Great video guys. What's the cost of a 28x32 similar to this one please? It looks like an ideal size for a get-away cabin. Also, these fires just don't add up. I unfortunately believe there is something more to these than being "natural" of having to do with "climate change".

[@kenskarpentry]

It’s hard to put a price on this one. There are a lot of variables.

[@RoyBrown-w6r]

Good morning Ken and crew. You make it look easy.

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks 👍

[@Flowing23]

great work 👍👍

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks ✌️

[@josefreck1103]

Ein super Team und auch super Arbeit von euch 👋👋👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍👍👍😉🤗😁😊😂🙋‍♂️

[@marymontalvo4413]

Hey just a suggestion on cutting the windows out use the router straight bit with the bushing go outside and cut around the windows /doors no problem

[@mehmet284]

amazing job ken greetings from the netherlands

[@kenskarpentry]

Hey greetings

[@richardroyles1423]

A lot smaller than Al’s workshop. God bless.

[@richardroyles1423]

Watch out for splinters

[@kenskarpentry]

Haha

[@evalinawarne1337]

Good morning KEN and KREW Another fabulous day watching you building a home for a family. What a special gift GOD has given you 3 men to help so MANY people. GOD BLESS EACH of YOU. I'd love for you do build me a home. Guess I would have to live MICHIGAN. L.O.L. I TRUST you 3 and AL Praying with you in JESUS'S NAME AMEN ✨🛐✝️🀄🙏🌟⭐🐦🐦👍👏☕☕☕☕🍉🎉

[@kenskarpentry]

Haha thanks for watching

[@guppy2129]

Looks fantastic! Awesome teamwork!

[@CW1116]

I've built a couple of shops/garages with thickened-edge slabs. Two have had fairly heavy clay to over 2 feet deep but both garages were to be heated to 45 degrees or more all winter long (mid-Minnesota). What I did was dug a 2' deep trench that was 2' wide from the garage edges out. I placed 2" foam board vertically on both the inside wall and the bottom. This was very much cheaper than excavating 2'-3' of clay from a 600-800 sq. ft. area and haul in a lot of fill! The clay under the slab never freezes so there is no movement and the slabs have stayed crack free for these past 23-27 years.

[@LI-FLKayakFisherman]

We also have smoke cover this morning down here on Long Island from the Canadian fires.

[@wingman8447]

Looking great!

[@thomasryan8218]

Love the cabin builds.

[@JimPeachley]

Love watching the walls going up so fast. Sure helps us visualize the final structure. I know that sometimes we gotta do what we gotta do, but please keep a close eye on the air quality, especially as far north as you are. Some months ago here, just above the central NY-PA border we had a 492! FOUR NINETY TWO. Made it impossible to see hills less than a mile away, and it smelled like burning paint. Didn't taste very good either. Take care of yourselves.

[@clarencewiles963]

The only way to make the 2 x 6 walls lighter is to make more section. But from the perspective we’ve got it’s seems that the walls went up ok. HOBOTEC was showing some new solar panels that were amazing on durability issues you might take a look at. They’re $ but when you see his demo video you’ll see what they have. Thanks for sharing your work today.

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks Clarence

[@jacksanders7018]

That job is going great, thanks.

[@peterhenderson3694]

Hey Ken your T1-11 looks real nice. Down here in the South East ours are full of repairs with putty, large cracks and football patches. We can’t use it anymore other than sheds. Nice job..

[@cestavendre7673]

Good job, i would like to know why to put the tyvek before plywood, in canada we put tyvek on plywood for the exterior wall.😊

[@kenskarpentry]

The T-111 is the finished siding so we put the house wrap behind it. Thanks for asking

[@barbaracranfield6703]

BE BACK SOON KEN.....GOTTA GET TO BED HERE IN MONTANA!1 CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE BUILDING!

[@kenskarpentry]

Haha sounds good

[@brotherbruce]

if you sheath the wall prior to house wrap you can glue the sheathing to the studs and prevent sagging years down the road.

[@dougpeak7591]

What’s going to sag?

[@jamescole3152]

500 of them. I wish I had that much experience. Even better I wish I could just have you build me a cabin. It must get really cold where this is?

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks

[@billk8780]

Morning Ken, Would you be so kind and remind us what specific concrete anchors do you prefer. Thanks.

[@kenskarpentry]

3/8 x 4 1/2

[@sherpa972]

Good day gents. What do you use to protect the foam around the perimeter?

[@georgeeighmie5214]

good job guys

[@DavidNelson42]

Seems strange to install windows without any kind of flashing on the sides or top. I see at 22:18 some kind of flashing on the bottom. Does the use of that T111 siding prevent exterior window/door flashing?

[@kenskarpentry]

It hadn’t been put on yet

[@rupe53]

Got a lot done in a day here! Would be curious to know the charge rate for the solar system on an overcast day like that. Are we in the 25% range? (100 watts versus 400 watts?) That hammer drill probably draws near 1,000 watts, but that's 20 seconds use with a minute or two between holes. Intermittent use is where that works out in the long run.

[@ronkolacek9645]

Why do you set walls in your way of the other ones? Don't you think setting the walls on the far side of the slab furthest away from the truck and trailer would be easier? One last thing why do you set your windows on top of the t1-11? as a custom home builder for 50 years I always put all my windows in first...then the wall finish. Not sure how water tight your method will be?

[@learningjournalmentawai]

Good job sir

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks

[@Thatcanadianguyehh]

Morning Ken. We are also affected by the smoke all the way over to the east in Newfoundland. Curious, is the foam at the base left exposed or does it get covered with something?

[@kenskarpentry]

It will be covered

[@Z-Bart]

I miss The Corgi antics. Lol.

[@bobainsworth5057]

Question, why cut out windows and door openings, I know you need at least a door to work on inside, but it seems to me it keeps the house water tite if you wait to cut out windows &doors first.

[@thetradeshocgannel]

What's the total cost on this one KEN. Looks like it is better built and less expensive than a pre-built cabin kit. I like the quality of the materials too.

[@kenskarpentry]

There are a lot of variables on this one, so I don’t have an exact cost

[@philtucker1224]

Ken, (as the gravel surround spreads away pretty quickly) will the customer build up with a walk round path way?

[@kenskarpentry]

Yes, they will do final grading afterwards

[@richardwhite4277]

Ken solar panels on the tool trailer with lithium batteries and inverter is going to save you setup time every day every job, and will charge on you days off and driving down the road. I bet a system would pay for itself in a year

[@kenskarpentry]

Interesting thanks

[@ourkentuckyvalleylife2333]

Are the 2 x 6 walls code or for more insulation ? I thought if i built a cabin maybe do the same for my outside walls

[@kenskarpentry]

It does allow for better insulation

[@scottb6098]

I would like to know the approximate foundation cost ....thanks

[@rupe53]

If you back up one or two videos, you can kind of piece together the cost. Recalling $175 a yard for concrete, (he mentions the total yards) $57 each for insulation board, he mentioned the cost per stick on the rebar, (you'd have to count) and a few days labor for the crew of 3 guys. Also, figure the 2x8 forms, and (guessing) 10 yards of gravel, plus a roll of plastic sheeting. (vapor barrier)

[@michaellane4762]

If you are building on a level site, how much would you raise the pad before you pour your slab so you can grade away from the building ? Mike

[@kenskarpentry]

At least 6”

[@IRAKLICHIKHLADZE]

What makes concrete to stick to insulation on sides?

[@kenskarpentry]

It’s very tenacious. Sticks to almost anything

[@JVT-my5gi]

Hello Kent would like to know what nails do you use for t1-11

[@kenskarpentry]

2” ring shank galvanized

[@CW1116]

Why isn't there sheathing on the walls? Does T1-11 act as bracing? Doesn't seem very strong to me.

[@kenskarpentry]

It’s structural

[@Kennybobennyable]

Hey Ken, Im in the process of starting a garage build and im doing the same type of slab. My backyard is made up of sandy soil, would that be suitable for a thickened edge slab? Thanks! Cheers from Canada

[@silviabrown3013]

What size wedge Anchors?

[@kenskarpentry]

3/8 x 4

[@howardemery1443]

love eco reports air quality reports not so much could be worse could be building in china much not better looks great as usual guys

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks

[@shirleyannconfer9651]

That T-111 is pretty nifty. Will it stay that color, or is the plan to use siding for the exterior? I noticed that you have a couple of canine supervisors. They’re beautiful dogs, and seem to be well behaved.

[@gregpaterson330]

Hey Ken, did you just say “you all”??? From Greg in Atlanta Ga

[@kenskarpentry]

Haha

[@michiganjfrog5714]

♥

[@bobainsworth5057]

I should have waited until end of the video before I opened my mouth😊

[@kenskarpentry]

Haha

[@oleman490]

gee lots watch and enjly but few punch that like button;;;;;wonder why;;;;we did

[@kenskarpentry]

Thanks

[@davidking606]

What happened to the other younger guy you had working with you?

[@kenskarpentry]

He has a different job

[@curtisdoyle3598]

Do you build in Texas 😂

[@kenskarpentry]

Haha sorry

[@oleman490]

oh me;;;that was supposed to 2x6 w'alls;;;lol;;;don't matter 8' or 10' they all heavy;;;lol';

[@Harold-w9o]

Whose Border Collie is that ?

[@kenskarpentry]

The homeowners

[@joeromanak8797]

You guys do great work. You’re so good at pre-planning that things go remarkably quickly at the job site. I can’t believe how far you got on framing day one. Chad and Dan are a building team par excellence and you’re lucky to have them. Looking forward to the rest of this series. 🥸👍👀🔨✅

[@dmfor9001]

prec·i·pice /ˈpresəpəs/ noun plural noun: precipices a very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one. "we swerved toward the edge of the precipice" I kinda knew the meaning but looked it up. Lotta learning happens with KK

[@kenskarpentry]

Haha