Making our Tiny Cabin a Home

[@henryswope7734]

Oh I absolutely LOVE your candle centerpiece: Rustic yet elegant. Did you you make it or purchase it?.

[@50Acres]

Hi Henry, than you so much we bought it from a little shop in our hometown of Dayton Ohio called 1880 candle co www.1880candleco.com

[@garya3056]

@@50Acres cool. How long is the drive to the cabin from your home? We’re sorting out something in the way of off-grid property at our end and wondering how often we’ll get there.

[@50Acres]

@@garya3056 My drive is a bit long for my liking. IMO you'll get maximum use under 2 hour drive, with under 1 hour being really ideal if possible.

[@garya3056]

@@50Acres ok thx. Makes sense... and then there’s the hauling of our power tools back and forth. 😳

[@barbaramoncrieffe1026]

Nice cabin 👌👍

[@ericglover2744]

As a fellow Daytonian, I really like how you guys support local business, especially given the trying times they have had to endure. New sub, ironically heard about you guys from Jay and Jen's channel. Been binge watching your content, love the craftsmanship and attention to detail... not only on your cabin but your videography and editing. Great work looking forward to more!

[@50Acres]

Hi Eric, great to hear from a fellow Daytonian! Welcome to the channel. Jay has been out to my cabin, he helped me install my wood stove. Hope you continue to enjoy the channel.

[@TheMrBenjaminz]

I enjoy your videos, would watch with "premiere" notice or not. Hope it gets you some additional subscribers in the long run, keep the videos coming. I'm likely not alone saying your content, delivery and production is terrific.

[@50Acres]

Yea, seems premiers annoy people, I had no idea, I have never done one and figured I would give it a try. I'll keep making videos, the only issue I need to decide in the future is how often I come out with them. Its hard for me to get the quality I want on a weekly schedule.

[@msmtnsunny958]

I think it's beautiful watching the snow fall outside. Beatrice is a great dog, she'll learn, with patience and training. Your doing a great job on the cabin, your a good husband and provider.

[@50Acres]

Yes she is! Thank you so much!

[@medtech1a]

Great video as always. And Beatrice is a awesome pup.

[@50Acres]

Thanks she is a sweetheart!

[@ronbucchino7167]

I enjoy you and Sarah together -- warms my heart to see you both -- live a long happy life together -- best of everything -- just one more suggestion -- install back stairs and railing and front railing -- one slip trip or fall -- and you'll be wishing you had -- include the shower. step and get some ice melt for the same reason -- you have done well. and Thanks PS just want the safest for you three.

[@50Acres]

Thank you Ron, those stairs and a railing are a high priority for us!

[@alluchterhand746]

Sarah quit rippin on Mike, the shingles will get done! That place is unbelievable, the true craftsmanship and heart equity is bar none!!!👊🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@50Acres]

ah she keeps me going!

[@1STGeneral]

Mike better stay away from the singles 😘😯😡

[@chrisray1567]

I don’t think Sarah wants Mike to do any singles. 😜

[@georgedemean2228]

👍

[@Melicoy]

DONT you love how SOMEONE does less than 10% of the WORK tells you what you SHOULD have done by NOW. I'm GLAD to be FREE of those people in my life !!!! Even jokingly is not enjoyable. Thanks for the Videos. Always enjoy them ! Your hard work ethic is commendable

[@bobbieyounce3851]

I'm originally from Dayton, Ohio but lived downtown. I moved to Florida in 1982. My family live in West Alexandria, in Preble County..The part of Central Florida that I live is very hilly like the Miami Valley. Beautiful!

[@50Acres]

Nice, I have not spent much time in the hilly part of Florida.

[@benniemathews9624]

Look at you with more than 60K subscribers already!! Great videos! Thanks for the upload!

[@50Acres]

I can't believe it myself!

[@rjwilliams1986]

Watching the progress you and your family make in each video is a highlight of my weekend. It is great to sit down with a cup or three of coffee and watch 50 Acres and a Cabin. Or a Cabin and 50 Acres. I think it switched a while back. Anyway, love your videos!

[@50Acres]

I'm so glad! Have a great weekend! Yea we switched it a while back.

[@brettn4337]

G'day from downunder again. Hey Mike in regards to the bed, could you make a frame and cantilever it over the edge. Obviously you'd make it to support a queen mattress? Good to see Sarah and Beatrice in the video again too. Keep up the good work champion

[@50Acres]

Hey Brett, yea we could do that, thank you!

[@1STGeneral]

That's how our queen bed is in our rv

[@OffgridwithJayandJen]

Great video Mike. You found lots of beauty surrounding ya, thanks for sharing it with us.

[@50Acres]

Thanks for watching guys!

[@sindibad60]

Good job ! I think you will need to fully enclose the crawl space insulate around with R19 insulation and build windows /vents that you can open in summer time to avoid mold growth and close them in the winter to keep the warmth and avoid the freezing of your pipes . 25 years ago I did the same to my home in Vermont where as of right now the temperature outside is -10f and the temperature in the crawl space is constant 42f due the geothermal nature of the bare ground. and not only it is -10f for one day but the temperatures didn't go above freezing since January 3rd with many days of below zero f (-18C) and still going with no end in sight of the freeze onslaught . Insulate! insulate! insulate! and seal any gaps of cold air and let mother nature work for you for free!!!! Good luck

[@50Acres]

Thanks John, in the future I am planning to spray foam the entire underside of the cabin with a kit.

[@frododavis9082]

Insullating crawl space and heating the crawl space with the ambient from the cabin is the smart way to go

[@50Acres]

Thanks, it really works. People were skeptical but the temperature sensors tell the truth.

[@lenahedger]

Gawd I love those windows!!! I am so jealous of them.

[@mariawilbur3069]

I hope you finish the shingles soon, so we all can celebrate it with you and Sarah😊. Coming along nicely.

[@50Acres]

I hope so too! Thanks!

[@johnnyp9416]

Sarah with the two finger flip off,truly made me laugh out loud and am now a subscriber. loved that, my kind of people.

[@50Acres]

lol, that's how she acts when it's just me and her...

[@snowiejames]

So nice to see you enjoying our national 🇬🇧 drink and good old Yorkshire tea too!

[@BrianAspinall]

Waving from just across Lake Erie in southern Ontario!

[@50Acres]

Hello!!

[@olberarosa2346]

LOL MY GRANDSON JUST COULDN'T STOP LAUGHING WHEN YOUR WIFE DIDN'T WANT YOU TO TAKE HER PICTURE EATING HE SAID YOU ARE BOTH SO FUNNY I ASK HIM WHAT PART OF THE VIDEO HE LIKES HE SAID WATCHING YOU AND YOUR WIFE ALWAYS SO HAPPY AND HE JUST LOVE YOUR DOG GOD KEEP ON BLESSEING YOU BOTH WELL LIKE YOU SAID YOUR 2 GIRLS WE LOVE YOU 3 ❤💙❤💙❤🤗🤗🤗

[@50Acres]

Hi Olbera, we are so glad to hear that he enjoyed it! Have a great week!

[@olberarosa2346]

@@50Acres Aww YOU BOTH STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE

[@huskerjpg]

One of the sweetest episodes.

[@DebbiesHomeplace]

So love your Cabin. Very rustic and homey, love the special touches that make it so quaint. Enjoy!

[@50Acres]

Thanks so much!

[@pippaseaspirit4415]

Tip on tea-making: heat the mugs up by pouring boiling water in them and let them stand for a minute first! Then empty them and make your tea. The same thing goes for teapots- heat them first.

[@50Acres]

Ah yes that is a very good tip. I sometimes do that when I am not lazy!

[@stihlthepower]

@4:12 SHOTS FIRED! I REPEAT SHOTS FIRED!!!

[@50Acres]

Oh it's a regular shooting range at our house!

[@froberget1]

I told you about the floor insolation, excuse my spelling. Where I live in Sweden it´s minus 20 today!

[@50Acres]

Oh yes, its going to happen, just a matter of when

[@carolsuesamuelson7935]

@@50Acres Before or after shingles?

[@angelinaklineburgess5286]

Always glad to see you guys !

[@50Acres]

Thanks!

[@ED3]

HI Mike and Sarah, We felt like we came to visit and helped and hung out by way the video came across. Had great time watching. Command center sounds like a great way to keep track of cabin systems. Will it be displayed or in some kind of cabinet?. Have a great week ahead. 👌 😎👍

[@50Acres]

Hi Earls! Glad to hear that, it means Im doing my job with the filming! I think I will have the command center displayed.

[@gregu4791]

Ontario Lakeside sent me your way. Great channel! I look forward to going through your back catalog.

[@50Acres]

Hi Greg, thanks for checking us out!

[@christopherknorr9794]

This is like when I was a kid. Saturday morning cartoons but now I watch your videos. Always look forward to them.

[@50Acres]

Nice! Glad to hear that

[@tommillichap8544]

Another fine video....and your cabin is some darn fine work!

[@50Acres]

Thank you very much!

[@vivianwilliams2216]

Thanks for sharing a very informative and fun video 📹!! 😊👍💕💕💕

[@sellC1964]

I enjoyed this. Can you add a section of pipe to raise the intake point higher into the cabin where the warmer air tends to stratify at? The air on the floor is a bit colder I bet. Keep up the great work!

[@50Acres]

Yea for sure, I was thinking of even trying to take the air from the loft. Maybe put a pipe and another fan in series up top.

[@charliehobson33]

great filming and music at the start, I need me a cabin!

[@50Acres]

Thank you, yes you do!!

[@royworks28]

Mike you should get the shingles done😂just kidding. I love seeing people in the victory lap of there projects. You guys remind me so much of Tracie and I. Great video 👍

[@50Acres]

Thanks Jason, happy to be this far in .

[@Off-Grid]

Nice place, hope ours turns out just as good. We're about ready to pour the slab in our videos.

[@50Acres]

Good luck!

[@jlsinchina]

Well done!

[@eddygoodwin7089]

Haha when she flips you off that was the best part of the video

[@50Acres]

lol, I liked that part too, thought it was funny

[@saltygreek3870]

Add some pipe insulation on any water lines under crawl space and like Sarah said finish the shingles 😂😂😂

[@50Acres]

Will do that too!

[@Olly3pow]

Beautiful puppy

[@Flyingscottyman]

Good old Yorkshire Gold makes another cameo!

[@50Acres]

Ha ha I love it, I drink Lyons at home and Yorkshire Gold at the cabin!

[@Military-Museum-LP]

I firmly believe in spray foam. I think once you get the crawl space foamed in it will change your winters.

[@50Acres]

I think it will really make the place feel a lot warmer!

[@wadeh3574]

There is no way you're OCD with that spiders web of wires you have going on in the back room! lol

[@50Acres]

lol, not about wiring, as long as I know how it works and I've got circuit protection I'm good with it.

[@jeepsanddragons]

this is so cool found 3 new vids and they are captioned

[@50Acres]

Glad to hear it lee, I think it just takes some time for the captions to show up.

[@robertnelson8479]

I wish we got just a light dusting of snow, but we got 14 inches on Monday here in Nebraska. Still digging out.

[@50Acres]

oh wow!!

[@AnAlaskaHomestead]

Ha that’s right, get them shingles finished. 😂

[@50Acres]

lol, she commands, it will be done

[@danielponchateau7475]

HELLO DE PARIS,AVEZ VOUS PASSER UN BOON WEEK-END 👍

[@50Acres]

Bonjour Daniel même à toi!

[@frankpohl4377]

Heating, insolation and health: How to build the right way. Greets and love from Hamburg in Germany. I am a facility manager for 30 years with carpenter back round. Also building expert and building supervision always for the owners. I love the topic of cabin building even if I have not an own cab because we in Germany have not the same freedom of building like in the US or CA. We have much more people in our country then the US have. Building cultures in Germany is another then in the US or CA. But my grandfather in another state had built one 120 years ago for 10 persons- he had 6 children. Traditional hunting house. With stone foundation and big logs. I have a lot US friends visiting Germany for many years and they wonder about the building quality of homes or houses or even hunting cabins. Germany love to build for 100 or more years. We see the real estate as an investment that’s way we pay more $$$ for a better quality but not so big like Americans love to build. Americans build fast light much with slats chemical fake insulation like mineral wool or other stuff like Styrofoam. No one things about the physical facts that foam shrinks year by year and it breaks and produces air pollution. Many Germans build a brick wall that can be 50 centimeter broad. The goal is the keep the cold out in winter and the heat out in summer. Germany produced 2 WWs and they learned to build traditional with a solid insulation because wood for heating is a rare thing. Building cost for one square meter: 2300 Euros ca. Normal quality. So 100 SQ- 230.000 Euros plus ground price and tax. The best way to understand the building physic (cabins and traditional homes) is to learn from the masters of the past. There are wood houses older then 500 years- in Germany. In US Santa Fee- the oldest home was build in 1625-it’s still standing. Surely in the building style of the natives. I love it. Bricks clay stones straw wood- all natural materials “proofed in hundreds of years” 4 Elements are the enemy of an house- winter cold, heat in summer, storm all the times rain and water from the ground. The natives learned to build with clay with a natural circulation ventilation in summer. Its hot outside but cool inside. And a traditional build log cabin can be a home for hundreds of years it the fundament was build in the right way. In times like these- many YTubers produce content with there dream cabin that ended as a nightmare because they don’t know how to build right nor they ask for advice nor did they watch videos from experts like NORTHMEN. He has the best canal about traditional building. How do know the power of cold in winter that goes through a bad floor- only 5 centimeter wood as an insulation? Traditional build can be easy and NORTHMEN showed a video that will open the eyes of everyone how loves to build one Cab or loves to understand the old school building technics. How needs mineral wool that cost a lot if wood dust and wood ships does a better job in the floor and they cost nothing? “Traditional Finnish Log House Building Process - 16mm Film Scan - English Version” is the title of the video and also “Birth of a wooden house” 50 centimeter floor insulation out of wood logs- wood dust? One important consideration: If you plan a cabin- how many people have to stay there for how long. If we consider Dick Proenneke (German rooted carpenter) his cabin- it was planed to good- with a stone fundament with only 10 centimeter logs- with self-made doble windows- With bear prove door with 2 kind of heating systems one real stone open fireplace and an oven for extra heating and backing and cooking. How much place do you need if? To many build a cabin to big and as bigger a cab as more firer wood is needed day and night. Here is the trick- thing about the simple old school method or the way the poor people had to deal with this question: Heat rises to the top. No one build a traditional cab with a high ceiling of a room. Max 230 centimeter high. The heat rises to the top and then goes back to the floor and circulation creates turbulence so that the room is warm there where it needs to be warm- on the floor but if the floor is not perfect insulated the feed will be cold the legs and there is not chance to get them warm. Many build a wrong floor system. Cold floor: Wrong insulation. Warm floor right insulation. Only dreamers build a cathedrals ceiling with an high of 20 feed or more. The heat rises to the top and the roof will be hot. Also the loft is like a sauna. Also in the summer. Cold air goes down hot goes up. Again how much space do you need for a bed, a kitchen, a table? 12 feed x 16 feed? Dick Proenneke did it right and his cab was so good buildet that it still standing. As smaller the room as warmer it can be as letter wood is be needed day and night. As bigger the room as colder it will be or you must build 2 oven. Every oven has his limits in the capacity of heating space. If a room is to big then the oven cant make the room warm. Never. Build a 2 windows one for the outside and on for the inside. The air between is the insulation. Air is the best insulation. Air in wood fiber is the insulation and fake insulation like mineral wool will never become dry if once got wet but wood will be dry very fast. Shutters are also an insulation and protection from storm bears and cold. Mudroom a “must have” its like a floodgate that keeps the cold out and the warm air in when you enter the cabin. You like it warm and cozy in a cabin? Then plan a small one. What a pleasure to sleep in a good insulated cabin where the oven has enough power to produce heat for the night without you have to refill it! Overhang of the roof: If build with wood it must be protected from rain and wet wind. Overhang roof is a must have. Health: Wear warm clothes like merino wool or wool things. Jeans and other cotton clothe are cold products that make you colder/ also linen. Wool has insulation power. If you don’t want to develop a form of rheumatism (I got it in the army in the cold war times. To long in cold temps outside) then plan a good insulation. If the cabin is not good insulated the oven must burn full power and that is also not good for the skin the lunges the eyes. Make it dry. Last word: If you plan a fancy cabin where style and design is more important then basic building facts then don’t wonder yourself if you never feel warm in such a cabin or your friends or family. Rustic look will be a side product if you build traditional with needed space. If you build more space then you could heat then you get cold. As smaller a cab as more cozy it will be. And for those how are cold right now: Rebuild the cab.- build a ceiling in the cabin build a mudroom insulate the floor from the outside with 10 centimeter wood. Use screws not nails. 10 cm is the perfect natural insulation for a warm floor. Never use laminate for a floor in a cabin. It has no insulation power. Only wood fiber has insulation power so a warm floor is wood on wood with air between. Never laminate. It’s a “cold product” and a death one a fake wood copied look. And it cant keep heat inside because it’s a fake wood thing only real wood opens up for heat and gather it while you heat the room. Frank

[@50Acres]

Wow thanks for all that info! I usually get my ideas and direction from Fine Homebuilding Magazine published by Taunton Press. However I also like to expirement from time to time.

[@frankpohl4377]

@@50Acres Fine is fine. But right is right. Or oldschool. Building is not an experiment its a choise. If your foucus is not on tradition or professionell then dont wonder if you build a fantasy home that cant handle the reality of the nature and the elements. Foundament is the first -here you set the tone for the rest. Fine homebuilding is a magazin that pusches wrong building with build fast cheap with nails instead of screws- with fake insolation insteat of nature once- they teach the typical "fast building" in the US.A cabin in the forrest needs a diferend plan then a DriveIN House. If you dont correct your housebuild and if you dont insolate it better- then you will never find rest in it in wintertimes. Nor your girlfriend. Frank

[@yummboy2]

Have you considered placing the head of the bed at the back wall? It looks like there is enough room to center the bed and have enough room on both sides for use and making the bed. Also, with a cathedral ceiling, most of the heat is trapped at the top. I would think of ways to re-circulate that trapped warm air, putting it at floor level where you need it.

[@50Acres]

Thought about moving it around but I only finished about half the floor! I made it all myself and it was so labor intensive to mill it from rough stock.

[@yummboy2]

@@50Acres That's a tough decision. I just cannot think of any other solution. If i had to make it, I would ignore the situation until I had no choice.

[@shartne]

The dog is always wanting to be in on the action is because you allow it. Tell it to go lay down you are the master.

[@50Acres]

She can do almost all commands about 60% of the time, but she has never been able to be consistent.

[@shartne]

@@50Acres She is young she might grow into a really good dog as time goes by. Too much energy and not enough experience.

[@joharmon2148]

Love the little touches Sarah, does. I also love the candle centerpiece.

[@frankpohl4377]

Again: Many build a cabin in such a good quality that it becomes a home. If one will live in such a cab it must be insolated like a home not for part time living. 7/365 Home needs other preparation then "some day living". By yourself a Bosch or other infraredpistoil for temp and humidity controll and then check the walls the windows and the floor. As I wrote one year ago- the KNAUFinsolation-with the brown paper in the kitchen was wet after cooking sometimes. That you never READ the manul. for using and building with mineral wool is clear. After instaling the mineral put the wood over it to profect it from humidity. If not the humidity goes IN the wool and then it stays ther for hundret years and starts to rotten all parts of wood that is in conection. Fungi and allergies and lungeproblems. If once wet it has no more insolation capebilitys. So one more point why the cab never will be hot. On wicht page in the Wall Disny Building magazin did you read about "to masure the heat need for a room or a cabin"? Where did you read about the right way of working with mineral wool? Or is that magazin only a lobbymagazin from the chemical building industry complex? For thouse how dont want to make the same mistakes like this styler: Wood and air- the best isolation for a log home or a cabin. In Germany and other country’s we have log homes or wood houses in cold areas that are older than 500 years. Also thousands of “only wood houses” like the one from Albert Einstein. One of my “Building engineer-mentors” a professional in restauration of old castles and old homes (stone or wood) told me, that a had inspection of real old homes that never had a problem with moisture, fungi, or rotten parts- when they were right build in the beginning. (Konrad Fischer Info that is his name) For example: The house from Albert Einstein had a wood structure with 10 centimeter X10 centimeter planking’s (or call them logs) and then for protection from the outside another pin wood that protected from rain. Always an overhang of the roof and mostly a rain gutter wood because this is also a good protection. A rain gutter is a “must have”! So, first the structure of the house, then 2X4 outside and then on that the pine- horizontal assembled so that the rain could flow faster and will be not come behind the pine. There, where the pin touches each other must be nail a wooden slat to cover this. Wood will expand and wood is a living thing that expand in rain time and in heat summer time it can shrink and if a house is in a real wet forest- it keeps much more humidity than a house in the desert where the air is dry. Hard wood very seldom shrinks,(its hard for the humidity to come in the fiber we use oak for windows or mahogany or beech) but others wood can that has a bigger wood fiber and bigger air parts. Only air circulation/barrier between inside and outside was the “isolation” Wood breathes and wood regulates the moisture in the house. 10 centimeter log is enough for a real winter cabin, but as thicker the wood or the log, as better is the isolation power. Keep the heat in winter inside, and the cold outside. Some build their homes with cellulose as isolation between the 2 different wood- arts- Cellulose also “breath” it can soak moisture and give it away later. Others use wood ships in different sizes. Again, the air between the pieces are the isolation and it also breathes! Danger of “fake-isolation” in wooden houses? Yes, health problems-lunge infections- allergies and fungi and rotten problems in the house. Mineral wool (glass or stone) or other synthetic Isolations are “fake isolations” Mineral wool is often wrong uses and from “nonprofessional misunderstand” many customers are manipulated by the PR and marketing of the building and isolations-industry. Many tread this stuff like “a wool from a sheep” but they don’t know that there is no function in the mineral itself. It’s the dry air INSIDE the wool that isolates. And if the mineral wool has contact with rain or moisture then it soaks this and keeps it like a stalactite cave. After some months the moisture in the wool starts to rotten and produce a danger cancer producing fungi. If it is wet or had it soak moisture, it had lost its isolation capability. And once in the wool it never goes out. NEVER. So that is a reason not to use it between real wood logs or beams because wood always has moisture inside and this moisture will go in the mineral wool and then the mineral wool starts to rotten and then the wood starts to rotten. Today there a biological. Paper barrier? Can bring destruction to the house. 1: We must consider the constant humidity from the forest, the rain. This is called “Umgebungsfeuchte” in German surrounding-humidity! This humidity sticks on everything from the outside and goes into the wood that is breathing. 2: We must consider the humidity that is produced when people live in the house- in summer and in winter. Everyone is breathing how much liter water in an hour? Cooking inside? Not a clever thing in a cab that is not used 7/24. Better building an outdoor kitchen bear secure or wolve secure. Keep the cooking moisture outside. A “airflow barrier” is contra because it don’t allow the natural air flow of an house to bring the moisture out of the wood/ clothes) bed/ furniture/ the logs the walls and out of the house. Often “opening the windows and doors for air circulation” will also help to dry the house winter and summer. Remember: heat binds water in the air and wind flow must bring that package out. A barrier is wrong. A wood house must not be sealed. The sealing of a wood house is dry wood and air between the inside and outside. Styrofoam is also a bad isolation in the “wooden house”. It shrinks through heat and it becomes porous after some times and then it loses contact with the “walls” and then cold bridges can lead to fungi. The best was and is to build traditional. Only wood and air as an isolation! So “don’t give moisture a chance!” Take a look at some of the teaching videos from NORTHEM traditional building. I belive the best way would be- an wood lath outside but horizontal- then the inside with another wood blank and fill the space with fine your air dried wood dust from the saw! Or by it from someone else. 1: The wood ships or dust can breathe. In times of much humidity from inside is soaks it and later when the climax inside and outside is changed it dry’s automatically. A mineral wool with a barrier can’t do it. Whenever a mineral wool “is open and in touch with wood” the moisture goes in and never dry’s. Such wood ships as isolation can be used for floor roof and walls. And they don’t need or like barriers. Respect the laws of “nature” and the physic of naturel building material and you will have much fun with a house! Frank facility manager with carpenter backround from Hamburg

[@kevinharding2099]

I heat my three season cabin in Maine with a wood stove so I have some understanding of how it works. I’m puzzled about why you don’t seem to be able to get the temperature higher to a more comfortable 72. My cabin is a bit larger with very little insulation and yet I can certainly get the inside temperature to 70 degrees when it is 35 outside. An overhead fan in the peak would help circulate the warm air in the winter and keep the cabin cooler in the summer. I have a high peak and the fan makes a significant difference. I don’t know if you could run such an appliance on solar.

[@50Acres]

When I read off the temps the first time the cabin was still warming up, the second time we we’re getting ready to leave and had let it burn out. This was a 1 night trip. Also have large portions not insulated yet like the floors and above the top plates and a couple stud bays in the utility room.

[@brettn4337]

Nice, I was getting withdrawals.

[@50Acres]

No prob

[@hithere7382]

I spy a Duluth Shirt-jack. I have them in ~olive drab and that color, they're made of win. RE. thermostat for the water infra there is a company called ac infinity that makes ventilation things for servers, grow boxes, home theater systems , homelabs, network closets, in-line booster fans, register booster fans, probably some other types of fans. They also make clean looking thermostats that can sample up to 6 zones. If you could read our links i'd link you but if you search "acinfinity" it should be the 1st hit. Regarding the loft temperature vs kitchen/living room i'm not sure what to do about that in a place that doesn't have mains power except to build it again differently with a large wood stove in the basement or ground level and everything else above it with large registers in the floor to convect the stove's heat throughout the building. In places with mains power we use ceilings fans running clockwise at minimum RPM when people or pets are in a room. flip the switch back to counterclockwise when it gets hot again.

[@50Acres]

Yea it is Duluth, and I love that jacket, my brother in law got it for my birthday for me. I call it my fancy jacket. they are Duluth pants also. Ill check out that AC Infinity.

[@1gatomon]

All you need is a couch and a couple of nice Ezy chairs and your set

[@50Acres]

yes indeed, getting there.

[@bradirwin5345]

Hows about a 250 gal tank buried in the ground and back drain the water into it. Use as gray water. Drain the line when you leave. Till you spend more time there? Becareful to use it for gray water only .Not even dogs water ... if not for pumps try a sump pump or shallow well pump for drinking water. If plumbed right you just put a valve on the lowest point . Let it gravity feed. Try and use food grade tank. About 100 on Craigslist. .Already have a valve installed. Stay safe and healthy. .

[@50Acres]

That'd be a good idea. My original idea for my water tank was to drain it all back to the tank but I'd need a submersible pump and I ended up just buying a cheap surface pump.

[@bradirwin5345]

@@50Acres read my updated post. Hope it helps..above.

[@metalmyke1]

First Bank of Sara says fix the shingles!

[@50Acres]

Hey metal myke1 I mentioned you a couple videos ago, honorable mention for the lens giveaway.

[@robertfeliciano5723]

Would one insulated 4x4 formed concrete column to handle water solved the issue? That's what I'm thinking of doing if I ever build a cabin.

[@50Acres]

Yea it definitely could if you placed and designed everything properly, I wasn't able to get my water tank buried deep enough to do that so I planned on a larger area.

[@douggibson9084]

Great video Mike. Sarah thinks you're number ONE, Hahahaha. It's okay my wife does too sometimes. Thanks

[@50Acres]

lol, I'm number 1!!

[@ChasingForever]

I laughed coffee through my nose with Sarah's shingle comment and your response. You better get with it buddy. Remember loans, interest rates, and lines of credit are at stake. LOL

[@50Acres]

I need to get on that!

[@deannehuizenga4845]

Lovely...

[@50Acres]

Thanks 😊

[@anpassungmanager]

Буду ждать с нетерпением!!! 🙂

[@50Acres]

Я надеюсь, вам понравится это!

[@DirkGorgiel]

Grüße aus Berlin, Deutschland! Gute Arbeit! Nett und gemütlich. Greetings from Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪. Good job! Nice and cozy.

[@___PK__]

I don't wanna start a brawl here ... BUT: Have you considered putting some timber oil (with UV protection) on the outside of the cabin (boards and shingles) before it gets weathered or bleached?

[@50Acres]

I have thought about it, last time I did that it looked like crap within 3 years so Im just not sure what product and hate taking a gamble.

[@___PK__]

@@50Acres Fair enough, I know what you mean.

[@Manoffire260]

Feel the LOVE! 🤣

[@OldJoeF]

What is the song you used for the beginning of the video?

[@50Acres]

It's Mountain Air by Cody Francis

[@OldJoeF]

@@50Acres Thank you

[@annesweeney5552]

Wont mice eat those wires? What do you do to keep mice away peppermint??

[@50Acres]

I haven't had any issues with the mice eating it. I know they go in there, but have not found any chewed wires since I've started.

[@scottmeredith8409]

Shingles....!

[@kwarts]

I wonder if you did do anything with science like physics or chemistry. From your measuring and testing I would guess so. Kind regards Christiaan

[@ralphtaylor3796]

you also need too skirt that whole cabin. even if ya have too use stone too do it.

[@50Acres]

Yea, hopefully I can knock that out soon!

[@markneill100]

Why is your cabin temp so low? Do you just like it at 60? Seems like it would be cooking in that cabin over 2 day!! Not bashing just asking? I love your cabin!

[@50Acres]

It gets warmer over longer trips, on this one it was one overnight so by the time it got up to temperature we were letting it go out to leave. I think we got there around 3 and left around noon the next day.

[@nobblynobody]

The CCCCP?

[@50Acres]

yea pretty much, feel like I am back working for the Air Force, they love their acronyms.

[@solid_jr]

Has anybody told you that Sarah looks a lot like your banker? On second thought that may not be.the kind of thing you bring.up with your partner. Its nice that she thinks your a "fun guy" too : ) Cabin is looking awesome. So many YT cabins are total dude hangouts. Yours is super homey.

[@solid_jr]

And you're right, the Boss is awesome. Learned a lot from him.

[@thomasspainhour1112]

Great mates😁

[@jmar5787]

lol "she's a flunky! Same as my dog rarely runs around at the cabin more like a house dog!...if I leave my truck door open she'd be there if I had to look for her!

[@50Acres]

She's a total sweetheart! Love her so much.

[@SeanInAlaska]

I cringe every time you cut that foam! Lol..I am really surprised that your woodstove does not have the place much warmer that 60? Especially after seeing how insulated the ceiling was when you built it. Is that from the lack of insulation in the floor?

[@50Acres]

Oh yea that sound is horrible! This trip was a bit deceiving, we got there mid day, got the place heated up some, went to bed then let the fire burn out in the morning so we could leave. so it never really heated up the walls or when it did it was time to let it burn out. Probably also lack of floor insulation and lack of insulation in the frieze blocks.

[@janebrommet7942]

Sweet homy cabin...are you having oatmeal? Jammie

[@50Acres]

Thanks, yes, we had oatmeal for breakfast.

[@lindamaskus5142]

Where's your fridge??

[@50Acres]

Right now we use a cooler but I have plans for a fridge eventually.

[@charlessessions7293]

Does she got a license to FLY that Double Bird she just shot ?

[@50Acres]

lol!

[@DillRidge]

Are you going to live there?

[@50Acres]

Eventually, this video is just about adding some touches that make it feel more like a home.

[@dreamart3395]

Zip two LARGE sleeping bags together and call it good.

[@50Acres]

that'll work!

[@nathansmith6914]

Muddy and gross maybe, but it sure is purdy looking at it from the cozy inside out.

[@50Acres]

Oh yea, it was nice from the warmth inside.

[@anitahurler9266]

Super schön macht deine Frau es so Gemütlich schönes Wochenende

[@50Acres]

Danke, ja, es ist viel schöner, wenn sie da ist!

[@anitahurler9266]

Ist das ein echter Pilz????

[@50Acres]

Es ist echtes Moos, der Pilz ist falsch.

[@mommybooboo1]

Nice job.. What temp are you looking your cabin inside to be? Higher than 60’s? Thanks brrrrr

[@50Acres]

Oh we usually crank the stove till it hits 70 but we were leaving in a couple hours so we let it burn out. This was only a 1 overnight trip.

[@Mikefestiva]

Your cabin is looking really nice 👍 thanks for posting 🙂

[@50Acres]

Hey thanks Mike, can't wait for your next video!

[@Jeff-vt8kn]

Nice cabin would like to see couples work together

[@bill8784]

I really enjoy watching these cabin builds and this is probably my favourite for a variety of reasons (skill, attention to detail, etc) but in particular is it looks like it will be comfortable to stay in with no need to rough it.

[@50Acres]

Thank you Bill!

[@wyliec0y0te]

It’s looking so nice. I can’t wait for a new video to drop each week. I think we all would like to see more shingle videos though🤣.

[@50Acres]

haha! probably will film it as a time-lapse and put the shingles into videos that are about other stuff.

[@mentalneil]

Sarah knows exactly what jobs you've been avoiding, 🤣🤣🤣 come on make her happy and get the shingles finished

[@50Acres]

I worked on shingles the very next trip because she is the boss!

[@flynnjp19]

@RAH Capital Funny comment, love it

[@billbye2427]

hmmm; someone has a cute faithful dog named "Dumbledorf" from somone that didnt finish the shingles before a snow! but i digress.....

[@jerrybowen1635]

Will the "magic hammer" make an appearance?

[@50Acres]

????

[@bay9876]

@@50Acres You know when it's Hammer Time or it's time to get Hammered

[@1STGeneral]

Oh my he got hammered 🔨 🤕⁉️❓❓❓❓❓❓❓

[@billytingen3567]

So relaxing and enjoyable. I'm sure you guys hated to pack up for home. It's great though, to have a place to sneak away to. I enjoy seeing you both enjoy the Cabin. Thanks for sharing.

[@VelvetRedRoses]

What a difference a month makes. We're all excited on Dec 24th to have snow, but by the end of January it's unwanted. Love your videos and your place is really progressing with lovely craftsmanship.

[@davidc4764]

Congrats on 60K subscribers!!!!!

[@50Acres]

Thank you!

[@MikeL-vu7jo]

Just an awesome job with the cabin and very well thought out , great workmanship , what a tranquil and peaceful place you and Sara have built also love the dog she's good girl ,

[@50Acres]

Thank you very much!

[@mikesparks3398]

love dateline/48hrs mystery, and when you put those gloves on all's i could think about was bernie!..lol

[@crazycritterlady8788]

Always nice to see your videos come out. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love you work, attention to detail, the love and time you spend on everything. Id never be able to do that, i'd make things the right way just faster! I was brought up to achieve results as quckly as possible so slowing down to show attention to detail is like the most difficult thing for me. I also love Boss of the Swamp been watching him for a few years now. Happy to see the ladies came with you this time. Waiting excitedly for the next installment of you cabin build. Take your time building I enjoy your journey! Much love from So.Cal.💟

[@hkeg80]

You're a lucky man, that's one amazing girl you got there, oh and Sarah seems pretty awesome too.

[@coreygillum12]

Skirting the whole cabin will greatly help too . Keep up the great work.

[@50Acres]

Yes it will

[@nata3467]

I have a seasonal cabin that I hope to use more throughout the year when I retire. So inspiring to watch you guys get to work on yours - helps me plan my next steps

[@50Acres]

Nice! Hope your retirement comes soon and you enjoy it!