Off Grid Tiny Cabin Tour - Inside Our Forest Retreat!

[@jillbrookes9342]

It looks great you have done a great job well done 👏 😊

[@mattandmouse]

Thanks Jill!❤️

[@littlegriffoffgridalberta6837]

Awesome little tour :) You have your bunkie fixed up pretty nice 👍, Everything you need for a great weekend :) Take care stay warm"

[@mattandmouse]

@@littlegriffoffgridalberta6837 thanks Don! It’s so cozy :)

[@lorettaandjasonoffgrid]

Love this you guys! Loved Mouses's heelllooo...welcome 😊. Omigosh the creepy waving dude in the window was fantastic. 😂😂😂😂 can't tell if it was one of your kids or what. Too funny. ❤❤❤ Sharing this one! ✌️🇨🇦♥️

[@mattandmouse]

@@lorettaandjasonoffgrid yeah, that was my daughter adding a ‘hidden background extra’ ! I totally missed it until editing. 😂🇨🇦❤️

[@JustJasonKeto]

Great tour Mat and Mouse! Thanks for sharing it with us!

[@mattandmouse]

@@JustJasonKeto thanks! Just working on powering my Dash Mini 😊

[@TheSimpleAlaskans]

Legos, or Lincoln Logs? 🤣 I love the drying rack! Everything looks so cozy. You guys have worked your butts off!

[@mattandmouse]

@@TheSimpleAlaskans thanks; it’s our “happy place” 😀❤️

[@rushingwindmountain]

Pretty cool and nice looking. Have a great weekend.

[@mattandmouse]

@@rushingwindmountain thanks! You too! (We just got our first snow fall at the tiny cabin :) )

[@ThompsonKell-xc5mz]

Awesome job😊

[@mattandmouse]

@@ThompsonKell-xc5mz thanks Thompson!

[@cindysegar1426]

Love the cabin!

[@mattandmouse]

Thanks! It’s a continuous work in progress but we’re enjoying every minute 😀❤️

[@davesanders9203]

Really nice and sooooo practical!

[@mattandmouse]

@@davesanders9203 thanks for watching, were love the tiny cabin 😀❤️

[@MWIKWABEMogere]

Wow so beautiful Mach love

[@mattandmouse]

@@MWIKWABEMogere thanks for watching !

[@brendafarrow3117]

Thank You good Video . build a extension out the front door for your coats hats boots to keep the heat In . Build two lofts 6 feet up place to keep water tanks . Build an outdoor shower by the kitchen window . You can pass the water wand thru the window , yea ? When can you come over and build ours ? lol 😂 You should review diesel heater too plus add the price with sale . We have friend that reviews everything they buy & advertisers products. When companies caught wind , they got more free stuff to sell with video brought to you by new free stuff .❤

[@mattandmouse]

Thanks for the feedback! Yes Im keen to build some sort of porch/entryway; last year the snow sloughed off the roof and caused a little trouble blocking the door. Thats going to be a spring job. I love the idea for the lofts and water - I hadn't considered that. I am planning to build a storage system up there so I should incorporate it. Good idea on the diesel heater review, I should do one on the mini stove too! Thanks for watching and have an amazing weekend! ♥️🛖

[@exploringmybackyard]

Awesome job guys one quick question what is your square footage? Also, do you remember the name of the tape that you used at the base? OK well I have another question. Have you had any troubles with the diesel heater igniting have you had to clean it yet?

[@mattandmouse]

Thanks Thompson! It’s a 159 sqft bunkie. They now make larger ones and a version with a loft! The tape I used is here; amzn.to/3O7YVor I’ve not had to clean the diesel heater yet, but I suspect that is coming up in the spring! Only issue with it not starting was because the batter didn’t have enough voltage. This was after 4 nights use.

[@exploringmybackyard]

@ awesome I’ve looked at the Bunkys. I have a different one. It’s just shy 500 ft.². It will now be springtime before I get to build. I’m going to be setting a diesel heater up under my fifth wheel. Just trying to figure out the best way to do it thanks for the info.

[@mattandmouse]

The tape link I posted earlier is a multi pack. This is the extra wide tape amzn.to/3YQVXJU

[@exploringmybackyard]

Oh, I forgot. Have a great weekend.😊

[@mattandmouse]

You too!

[@codraven57]

I love the tour.......the diesel heaters are great we have two of them in our boat......works awesome........How will that mini stove do in the dead of winter........have you tested that yet or will this be the first winter for it??.........I am guessing that you may need something larger for the minus 20 or 30 degree temps........great tour as we have only started following your channel recently and the update was informative Matt.....thanks....

[@mattandmouse]

@@codraven57 thanks for watching! Funny you should ask about the stove in winter, we’re at a mild -8C right now and the stove is keeping the Bunkie at 19C. Overnight it dropped to 9C without more wood.

[@codraven57]

@@mattandmouse Impressive!

[@canajian]

🖐😎👍

[@mikecrawford9946]

Love your setup in the bunkie. Was there a video on the install a the diesel heater? I was wondering what brand it is and where you got it

[@mattandmouse]

@@mikecrawford9946 thanks for watching. We got it from Amazon. This is one of the 5-8kw heaters. Amazon link: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CBLM7V6Y/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_AB3KDPDJ63Q0MYWHTS51?linkCode=ml2&tag=mattandmous08-20 The install video is here; Tiny Cabin Diesel Heater Installation kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIPVpHibh96ebbM We also have a couple on a slightly different model I use with my truck roof top tent.

[@mikecrawford9946]

Great, thanks for the info

[@EntertainmentKorner]

I don't mean this as negativity and I'm certainly glad you've made it comfortable but I find it hard to imagine myself wanting to live in a cabin with such thin walls and no real insulation. I just figure it's worth the extra cost and materials to retain more heat. I know I would still rely on wood fire to heat but I might as well camp outside with a tarp or a nicer tent with a wood stove. Just my two cents. I know one day I will be building an A-Frame but I always like to see what other people are working with.

[@mattandmouse]

@@EntertainmentKorner I hear you. These cabin kits are marketed as ‘3 season’ cabins. With the extra roof and floor insulation we have added to ours, we’re comfortable at the moment. So far we’ve been at -8C/17F outside with the cabin maintaining 9C/47F unheated and 22C/71F with the stove. It’s not a long term solution but gives us somewhere to stay while we build our full size cabin.

[@EntertainmentKorner]

@mattandmouse oh, that makes much more sense.

[@MsAnon4223]

Bathroom situation? Outhouse?

[@mattandmouse]

@@MsAnon4223 yeah. We have an out house behind the Bunkie that currently has a cassette toilet. In the spring we’ll move to stage 2 and get a composting toilet and shower installed.

[@MsAnon4223]

@@mattandmouse Cool thank you for responding.

[@cindysegar1426]

Instead of having the to buy diesel and get firewood, why not just get a bigger fireplace instead of having 2 different heat sources?

[@mattandmouse]

@@cindysegar1426 great question. We wanted a wood fireplace for the ambience and character as well as the actual heat source. The cabin itself is only 159 sqft, so even by the numbers the Cubic Mini stove is overpowered for the cabin. So we don’t need a bigger one. It would overcook the cabin (and be more $$ to buy). We also added the diesel heater because we’re a little remote. And having a backup heat source in the dead of winter is important. Thanks for watching and have an awesome week!

[@GF-pc5bt]

I just hate all the rules in Ontario with putting one of these in…

[@mattandmouse]

@@GF-pc5bt BunkieLife have some smaller square footage options that are under the permit size that may be of help

[@GF-pc5bt]

@ in my investigating it seems most areas you need a main structure first then a shed can be installed without a permit…