Will 1/8 INCH of Bubble Wrap Insulate a Cabin Floor? (Man, I've Got Sore Abs!)

[@jesselynch1844]

Skirt the cabin and use the bubble foil on the skirting, that’s how it works the best. Cabin is looking great Ryan nice job 👍

[@jljmonky]

Came to the comments to recommend skirting of some sort to keep wind and cold air out. Creates a column of warmer radiation from the ground until it completely freezes. Also makes storage underneath more secure.

[@David.-_-]

That's a good idea. It's all about spacing. Plus you'll get less moisture on the floor pieces.

[@dubehigh]

Yeppers skirt the bottom. This stuff is amazing. We used it on our cabin we built last fall. Boss of the swamp rocks.

[@johnhubble5373]

⛔️ A ‘BIG,’ Astounding ‘YES on the refrigerator ⚠️ : J. ❤

[@wesswainson254]

Skirt the cabin and use styrofoam insulation on the skirting. You should dig down and put styrofoam insulation down 2 feet and out from the wall if you can. You will get some ground heat that way. Bubble wrap has almost no insulation value. Research independent studies.

[@heathbecker420]

You should skirt the cabin so the wind can't move under it. That alone would probably do as much as this insulation. You can make panels that hinge on old door hinges so you can flip them up for storage access.

[@ebony5766]

Agree. I skirted my cabin with the same material as my metal roof. I built a frame of treated lumber floating on the ground. Whitewood 16" on center with three access panels . 2" rigid insulation behind. WOW! What a difference!

[@radagast6682]

Another thing that skirting would do is, make a home for skunks, and raccoons.

[@ebony5766]

I suppose it's possible, but my cabin is in the middle of the woods, and I have a lot of raccoons and opossum's and skunks. Not once has one dug under it or in any other way gotten into the crawl space.

[@MrThenry1988]

Critters will make a home under it if it's closed off.

[@BiasOfficialChannel]

@@MrThenry1988 As long as they don’t do any harm critters aren’t a problem!

[@jimgoshey4103]

Thanks for posting early every week. Great way to wake up and have morning coffee. Keep doing what you’re doing!!

[@QuarterAcre]

Thanks for sharing the Boss of the Swamp video! The key to his success was adding foil-insulated skirting. It created a warm zone under the structure.

[@Rainetree]

Or...use the KISS method.. try the old fashion instant instalation...line the outer perimeter of building with fresh bales of hay, to act as wind, cold & critter barrier, as well as an outside heavy plastic acting as storm windows. With rubber-lined drapes holding heat inside...

[@frankg43]

If you ever wind up doing this under another deck or cabin - I'd suggest not bothering to cut off any nails from above. Just drop down a couple inches and staple it across, trapping an air pocket between the floor and your insulation. The air pocket will act as additional insulation.

[@davidestrich7055]

But then the little critters once they find an entrance will live in there.

[@AmsterDanTheAmerican]

Critters or mold...take your pick.

[@patrickday4206]

Plastic afterwards

[@PhilLesh69]

I would go even further, and simply stretch one entire roll across multiple joists and staple it to the joists, creating large pockets of air in each joist space. You could even soak old cotton rags, blue jeans, t shirts in borax solution (for fireproofing), shred those, and stuff each joist gap with the cotton batting and then cover the entire underside with the bubble wrap or even thick plastic drop cloth.

[@heyreddin2.0s10]

You're awesome. I respect all your hard work. In my 40+ years of rolling around under stuff and working over head, I've found a "pillow" under my head helps tremendously. Usually is a piece of wood or an old coat stuffed under my head. Helps with the sore neck my brother! Good job.

[@mrgreengoldthumb]

AFTER THE BUBBLE WRAP INSTALL, ITS A MUST TO ENCLOSE THE CRAWL SPACE. IT WILL BE A NIGHT AND DAY DIFFRENCE. I DID THIS EXACT INSTALL ON MY CAMP LAST SPRING, AND I WAS ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY ON THE TEMP DIFFERENCE THIS WINTER. GOOD LUCK

[@eliinthewolverinestate6729]

It is easier to roll that out and then put subfloor on over it. Makes a huge difference on floor temps.

[@steveseymour9380]

The Boss of the Swamp is a pretty smart guy , I have been watching his channel longer then any other you tube channel.

[@mazdarx7887]

That will help a little, but skirting all around the cabin is much warmer. Especially if insulated as well.

[@nahnotsomuch2292]

It'd suck to do it all again, but if you put a 2nd layer and have roughly a 2" to 4" air gap between the two layers that should make a big difference.

[@LeNeovein]

Came here to say this, this is the way, as much depth as he has he could potentially run 2 more layers, one about half way from the floor, then the third at the bottom edge of the boards.

[@rickkern5785]

Tape seal the edges of the second layer also will help significantly.

[@davidpeiffer8989]

Used for duct wrap ductwork won't sweat in NJ attics in summer keeps cold out of attic ducts in winter ,I would use 4" foam boards then cover with duct wrap and make insulated skirting. Yes installing with air gap and 2cd layer helps .but following manufacturer specs is the way "real " pros build

[@dper1112]

Other ways to help with heat loss off the bottom... First, skirt the cabin. That will do a ton on its own. Second, you can still use rolled insulation, if you use some kind of nylon and/or wire mesh to hold it up there, for example. Not that you should do any of those, of course, but you could if you wanted to. Probably the XPS sheets on the floor will be more than enough, and it's not like you have any plumbing that needs to be kept above freezing.

[@dougrobins8291]

the downside of a skirt is that the enclosed space might attract critters like skunks.

[@Jarjarjar21]

The Boss (see vid he referenced)...suggests raised cabin with skirting complemented by more bubble wrap on inside...Boss of the Swamp; the bubble wrap cabin guru

[@silvursprings]

You're talking about The Boss of the Swamp...he's a very wise man. Been watching him for many years now. I'm so excited for you to get a dog!!! ☺️ I love spending my Saturday mornings sipping coffee, relaxing and checking in on the worm. Take care.

[@phillipg7315]

That’s exactly who I thought he was referring to as well! If Ryan taps into the Boss’s ideas and puts his own crazy spin on things - holy s***!

[@superiorbuds]

​@@phillipg7315 Haha right? The Boss has been doing this for so long he has his methods well dialed in. (I think I've seen him do 3 homesteads now?) I would love to see Ryan take his ideas and add the wild Ringworm/Yooper spin!

[@silvursprings]

@@superiorbuds When I listen to the Boss I feel like I come away with a larger brain...he's very intuitive, wise.....experienced. Ryan has is own gig going, I appreciate his rogue style of building which is what people need to see if they're doubting their own abilities. He says it all the time, "You can and should do this, try it!" Both enjoyable KZbinrs. ☺️

[@rudyfisher7660]

Take it to the bottom of your floor Joyce. Then you'll have a dead ear space between the bubble wrap and your floor up a top and then that way you can wrap it on the outside edge of the rails on each end of the building. Just bring it over and down and then you just have to go down one side and then up the other side.

[@StratOvation]

Looks nice Ryan, but that double bubble foil wrap is a radiant barrier, not insulation. you can quadruple the R value of it by trapping a 2" air space between two layers of it. however, that will only jump the R value from about 1.5 to about R6, but then you would actually have an insulating radiant barrier. You could easily test this theory by hanging another layer a couple inches below the current layer on one joist void and test how much difference the floor temp is in the run. Spring is arriving here in the SW LP, so not far behind for you.

[@dubehigh]

As long as it has a air gap it works great. Air is the insulator. Bubble foil radiates the heat back up and the cold back down. It serves a double purpose. It’s well underrated. I preach this in our KZbin channel Earthbound finding our roots. Off grid living.

[@AvisGrant-mu1hc]

2" air gap to floor, 1 layer bubble wrap =R6. Add 1 more layer with another 2" air gap = R21. Try it for 3 or 4 joists under the bed. The plastic you use for patterns would make good skirting. Insulated skirting is awesome, but just stopping the wind does wonders.

[@kevinmckinzie]

@@dubehigh Bubble wrap has zero insulative properties.

[@dubehigh]

@@kevinmckinzie it’s not designed to retain heat. It’s a radiant heat barrier . It reflects it back. I’m not going to argue with you. We use it in our cabin and I wouldn’t go any other way. We have a block and pier foundation. Our floors were 65* when it was -30 below zero. And under the cabin never froze. As Boss says, proof is in the pudding.

[@kevinmckinzie]

@@dubehigh That's fine, don't argue, it would be a wise decision. Because bubble wrap is not insulation.

[@martinm15]

10 - 12 years ago there were a bunch of people trying to create YT channels in the Van life community. A small portion of them were misinformed on the use of mylar covered bubble wrap as insulation. These so-called van dwellers learned the hard way. All they did was build a giant Easy-Bake oven. You can use this stuff as a barrier, which is what it was designed for, but you can not expect bubble wrap to keep you warm.

[@TheRealMycanthrope]

So what actually are you saying here? You seem to contradict yourself

[@KPHVAC]

The way you installed it will only really be an air barrier with maybe R1. You want a whole sheet nailed to the bottom of the floor joists. So it traps 5"+ of air between the floor and outside. You also want it as air tight as possible. Trapped air between the top and bottom of the floor joists would be at least R3 to R6. I'm an HVAC system designer and insulation is so important for comfort! As it's installed now it's an air barrier and a reflective barrier; that's a good start! Fill the floor joists with R30 insulation and then put another monolithic and sealed layer of reflective barrier or air barrier. Blocking airflow is just as important as Insulation.

[@greggwalker9375]

Thank you for your life! It's funny today that you would use this product, because I have it glued to my exterior cement walls to reflect the sun... It has worked very well to lower the inside of my house by 15 degrees. Like you I live outside 80% of my day...I live in Vietnam,but I have really enjoyed your winter... Cheers from Vietnam

[@martykennedy3962]

The insulation idea makes so much sense and it looks great. Hang onto your little piece of tranquility and forget about going for an office job. Take care and be safe.

[@leonhart2452]

As others have mentioned skirting will greatly improve your cold floor situation. Stopping the wind under the cabin is a great help in this. An example is when your outside during the winter is it colder standing out in the wind or behind something that breaks the wind? Not hard to do. On these rim boards you can nail up a inch board along the lower edge. Where the rim doesn't have the joists it will be easy, on the rim where the joists are it will take a. Bit of work fitting around the joists. This will keep the raw edges of the rim boards. Now add 2x pieces on the inside of the boards you just added running down to the ground into a shallow trench deep enough so the bottom board can be back filled to seal out the wind. Thee pieces can be on 2 ft centers. Nail up boards on these 2x pieces to complete the skirting. Insulating this skirting will improve things even more. The 2x pieces on 2 ft centers you can add doors to access the underneath for storage and inspection for damage. During warm weather you can leave doors open for ventilation to dry out any build up of moisture underneath your cabin.

[@cassmacdonald-perfectlyimp2486]

Epic as always. I did think a solution to the fold out bed bowing might be storage boxes - hear me out. If you make them so that one way they fit under the bed, but turned the other way they’re just the right height to support the fold out, then less bowing. Yeah, you probably need mesh or a lid to keep the box contents inside, but that was a random thought I came up with

[@faithrada]

​@My Cancer Journey Do whatever brings YOU Joy and Peace of Mind. 🌸 🌳

[@SouthpawDavey]

It does not seem that long from you starting this. Time flies when your having fun.

[@jimcraig5208]

Looks great keep going. Everything will help the people that complain haven't been in your shoes.

[@dubehigh]

Thanks for trying this Ryan. You will be surprised how well it works. We used it in our cabin last fall and our cabin was warm all winter. I could walk barefoot on the floor all winter long. Radiant barrier foil works. Credit goes to JC, Boss of the swamp. 👍👍

[@Allandnothing235]

Your channel is awesome Ryan! Big fan! I watch every Saturday when I get off work. I'm trying to move away from KZbin due to all of their massive censorship. Here is to hoping you start uploading to rumble as well. Keep up the great videos. Just food for thought.

[@jayleit6881]

it will actually make a huge difference. not so much in R-value but it will stop the cold air from coming up through. i have a cabin that half was built with nothing in the floor and the other half has this stuff and its a big difference.

[@markholmes1346]

Ryan if your worried about the middle of the bubble insulation drooping down get you some of those insulation rod supports for holding up insulation on floor joists, less then 20 buck for 100, that would solve the wind problem. I think the bubble strips will help a lot, great job 👏 Like other’s have said, skirt the cabin and it will make a huge difference! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼

[@chriscmoor]

Ryan, if you'd like to insulated with faced fiberglass rolls, you could easily suspend them between your joists with either poultry netting (chicken wire) or even Tyvek stapled to the irregular lower edges of the floor joists. If it were me, I'd probably use both. The Tyvek first to provide more of an air barrier and then the poultry netting to discourage the larger critters. The holes in the chicken wire would not be small enough to stop mice, voles, and even ground squirrels. To get that level of barrier, you'd have to use hardware cloth and that could get pricey.

[@sandratweedale2579]

You’re the best bud! So much work, hope your ribs are ok after all that. Everyone has an opinion, you just keep doing you, that’s why we’re here in the first place. Looking forward to the first houseguest 🥰. Ottawa Canada 🇨🇦

[@adammeredith18]

My apologies in advance for the unsolicited advice. Now.. I've never done this, but it sounds like it would work. Add the reinforced foil tape to edges, then add another layer of that wrap with a 1-2" spacing and tape all of that. The spacing offers its own R-value.

[@lanceromance6793]

FYI, I installed 8" unfaced fiberglass insulation under a porch area in my house. The friction fit held the batts up against the floor but I insured aga9nst their drooping by stretching some mechanic's wire nailed to the joist bottom edges. It was an easy solution to keep the batts in place. I think you'll find that the foiled bubble wrap doesn't prevent a lot of heat loss. The best solution in your cabin may be to install foam board that is protected against rodent infestation. As mentioned, skirting would result in better heat retention.

[@nitcat1]

Good stuff. I like the idea of adding skirting around the perimeter, but why not staple some heavier mil clear plastic to create an air pocket between the insulation and the added plastic would be cheap and not much more time to do it. Maybe do a test, staple plastic under one section and see if you get any better insulating from it. Oh, and build something you can rest you back/neck against while you’re doing this kind of work.

[@yvonnesimmons9001]

My husband and I had a cabin in northern British Columbia. Clean out underneath cabin, let ground dry out. Put down a plastic moisture barrier over ground and then skirt the cabin, in prebuilt panels with one serving as door on hinges. Insulation board stapled to inside of panels. Difference in warmth of floor and loss of heat was like night and day. Try it, you will be amazed. Cabin will be also cooler as well in hot summer days.

[@MarkDurbin]

My Saturday routine can now commence :)

[@andrewmoore6603]

Appreciate the data as I’ve used the bubble foil in our cabin project. Lots of interesting info here.

[@garyspainhower7478]

Run the reflexives on the bottom of the joists perpendicular You would add an air gap. You could suspend insulation that way also.

[@KalujaFlizck]

I thought that was what he had planned. Trapping air, cold air? I have no clue.

[@silvursprings]

Seems right...but it creates a cavity for vermin.

[@superiorbuds]

@@silvursprings Exactly. Same reason he isn't skirting the cabin -- you're just giving raccoons and squirrels a warm place to hold up. They will chew through just about anything you put in place to try and stop them, too.

[@marks-0-0]

A space for vermin or not without an airspace this product is useless as its a radiant barrier not an insulation

[@happypheetphotographyBYWILEY]

Never thought I would see the day where you were laying down on the job. Regards, Randy in Arizona (90+ degrees next week)

[@alexadrianov8357]

Do a skirting around the crawl space and insulate it with the same bubble wrap. That's the Boss' idea. Insulating just the floor won't do much.

[@scottfree8726]

Hey Ring you should also skirt the cabin, will keep it warmer.

[@stevegray9674]

Great job Ryan! I feel your pain. Neck & arms working under the cabin.

[@MarciaStanfield]

My folks had an old icebox in one of our farms when I was very young (4). I remember the iceman coming by once a week with the block of ice for it. Worked fine for keeping the food cool.

[@bpatton3671]

Ryan, sorry I haven’t been able to be online for a couple of weeks. I was hospitalized with blood clots and bypass surgery! Now to rehab! Sucks! Went back a rewatched this video. It appears to me that in a large portion of the floor joists you have space for another layer of the foam insulation as well as 1-2” of additional dead air space between the layers! The extra bubble wrap insulation w/foil backing and dead air space might give you an almost 10 degree rise in temperature at floor level! Here’s another thought! Siding! House trailers have their plumbing ran under the floor with ONLY siding and heat tape to protect critical joints! If it works for them it could work for your situation. BUT that would have the effect of more rodents trying to nest underneath the cabin! So I guess a second layer of the same insulation would work best! Hope that helps! ❤

[@halfabee]

Next project should be a "Barn" with a waterproof roof and semi open sides to dry your milled lumber in. Semi open sides allows the wind to blow through.

[@cabinman]

Reflectix works better if it isn’t touching the surface…the radiant properties work instead of conduction heat loss. I know you just finished but it wouldn’t be too much hassle to move it down an inch. But I don’t have broken ribs so it’s easy for me to say. Also can add Tyvec onto the bottom of the joists and tape the seams and this will have a similar effect as skirting the cabin but you won’t see it unless you’re laying on the ground. It will block the wind which is undoubtedly getting behind the reflectix some. Also allows moisture to escape so you won’t have to worry about that element.

[@philsandler]

You are hilarious, always excited for saturday to come to watch the latest and greatest. keep up the amazing

[@jeffwells641]

Man I'm really looking forward to seeing how well this works (if at all)! What I know about that foil is that it's very, very good at reflecting radiated heat. It should do pretty much nothing to convective heat loss (heat via contact), but I could see this bouncing some of that radiation back up into the wood board and keeping the floor a handful of degrees warmer. If you get 5 degrees out of this I'll be impressed, and I think that would probably be worth it.

[@ldh10647]

I more item , you should shirt the lower part of the cabin. It will help make the real difference on the inside temperature . I used the bubble wrap on my cabin and after I shirted it. It helped, but the bubble wrap made the real difference.

[@larrylabat8619]

That bubble insulation with add R value, you can also add R19 insulation. Then put you nailer strips and add you scrap 1x on top of nailer to keep critters out. The bubble will act as your vapor barrier. Night and day difference.

[@BissellMapleFarm]

I've been wondering this same thing... I put the foil faced bubble wrap over the joists. Then, put the floor on top. I figured it was better than nothing!

[@pennyoliver7799]

Thanks Ryan always look forward to Saturday afternoons with my tea watching the latest updates on the cabin and whatever else you’ve been up to 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@katsinky5762]

You could use tyvek to hold up insulation and then skirt the cabin. We built our 28 by 30 addition and thats how we did it. Worked great. Love your cabin.

[@RGWhite53]

I see comments recommending skirting around your cabin. I would suggest that you just continue to follow the experience of The Boss of the Swamp. I just watched the video you referred to from The Boss of the Swamp and it is certainly working for him.

[@thomlindgren6253]

Great video. Watching you putting in that foil wrapped bubble wrap made me think that the right way to install it was exactly like you did it. Under the cabin gives me a vary off planet homesteader… ready for solar flares. Thanks for sharing!

[@anthdez8055]

You are making it work, thumbs up! You're as real as it gets my man, ..I can totally relate to your construction build experiences.

[@holyfireoutdoors53]

I absolutely love Refletix. I love winter camping. I throw some Reflectix on the snow then my Klymit. I stay cozy warm. It stops the convection and reflects your heat back at you. Started giving it to the homeless in my community and it has become a quality of life changer and saver. This stuff that Ryan is using is on the thinner side but it should work great.

[@patrickretsel7048]

Your dry humer is hysterical…….love the natural look of the boards on the outside….huge puzzle look just fantastic……😎

[@___PK__]

Boss of the swamp knows his stuff. Options are open for more insulation if you decide. Could use rigid foam and then some chicken wire to hold it up, or stick it up with fence staples? Or stick it up with the foam stuff?

[@tomfl58]

The bubble rap works really good if you leave an air gap between the floor and the bottom of the floor joists, I used on my garage ceiling and left a gap and cut the radiant heat and half when you have metal roof in Florida .

[@VinnieRed71]

Great job. Like others have mentioned tho, skirting the cabin in addition to the reflectix will make a world of difference. Keep up the great work.

[@jeffallen3382]

One difference I see with his cabin is the skirting he has around the crawl space. That creates an air layer as well as the bubble foil under the floor boards. I wonder if that would help even more Ryan? Also I remember the builder Mike Holmes talking about using the 4x8 pink foam boards taped and seemed to form an air tight area when doing basements. Basically making an interior insulated foam cooler. He always said you could then heat the room with a candle. I know you would lose even more head space when doing the floor like that, but I think the benefits would out weigh the lose in interior height?

[@dennisbeaver5958]

You won’t be disappointed with that foil wrap insulation, if you saw the Swamp Boss video. Nice job! Love those shelves and the transformer bed!

[@wandacox9540]

Love the refrigerator idea! Really interested in seeing it work!

[@vivianwilliams2216]

You were amazing how you put that insulation up under the floor, and withstood all that discomfort, I'm so looking forward to seeing the next video! And please continue to take care of yourself, 😊👍💕💕💕

[@rastagrastag7784]

Bubble wrap is nice stuff. We use it to wrap our ductwork I think it's only rated r4 but with air space, I can go up to R6. It's great for a base insulation and you can always add to it later.👍👍👍 good job

[@toododd]

Thanks for proving the boss was right. Use the leftover wood to add to skirting for your cabin and insulate it. You won't regret it.

[@boltholeonabudget6526]

You have added a moisture trap under your floor. A perfect place for mold to grow. Dual moisture barriers, the house wrap allows moisture to settle down and not rise, then the foil will seal it in. With green wet wood and your propane producing moisture also.

[@american_dane]

Hey Ryan love the channel. Long time subscriber from wa state. My family were loggers, millwrights farmers and land barons. Grew up with Chainsaw work as a boy. Much respect for the mastery of the machine. Keep up the solid work. Next project needs to be a pole barn with metal roof and sides/ sliding doors for wood storage. setup a kiln with clear plastic and 2x4 setup 20’ long 4’ wide and 4’ tall air fan and small heater. Run off the jackery or generator for a few hours a day. Speed up your process/ cycle time for wood drying/ usage

[@thomaschandler4831]

Good day Ryan … hey body , once you insulate the bottom … with your wood cutting talent , you could cut up some wood and boarder around the outside of your cabin … maybe put a bunch of hinges on them so they lift straight up or side to side with some nice handles .. and that would help keep your floor and the cabin even warmer …. And you can still store things underneath 👍🏆😁

[@lynneb.2357]

We used this on top of a cement porch floor that was unheated but enclosed. Made a huge difference, so it was a plus for us.

[@wakcedout]

I gotta agree with what someone else suggested. Build something around the bottom to block wind and trap in any heat you get from natural ground temperature. And seeing as you’re storing stuff under there I’d also suggest make it with an access door so you can still have the storage. The ground is naturally warmer than the surrounding air, it’s the wind hitting it that’s chilling it.

[@AndrewBryantPianoTuner]

where's your building winter skirt? Something you really need to make.

[@kllisk]

Have a layer of double bubble and 3/4" foam with 1" pine siding on our cabin and it insulates pretty good!

[@MichaelMori-sf4fi]

enjoy your videos,keep up the good work.I would suggest to skirt the cabin and use the bubble foil on the skirting like another person commmented and also would put down 6 mil plastic on the ground for moisture and freezing and storing whatever underneath the cabin.Peace

[@jordanlevitt6639]

Regarding the other video that you linked. All that is happening is that he has so much heat loss through his "insulated" floor that he is heating the crawl space. The heat lost through his floor is contained by the skirting he has in place. Your cabin is raised, without skirt boards. The wind will whisk away any heat that you lose through the floor. The best answer by far would be closed cell spray foam. It would also be helpful to have ceiling fan mounted high pushing heated air down onto the floor. Good luck!

[@ronaldclark2624]

Love your doings! Thermal blankets work well. Pit Bulls are not fuzzy but they are protective and friendly to those they know! Ron PTL USA

[@JJBrown-lw1dv]

I put it under the floor of my little cabin, and It made a difference I'm in Virginia, and don't spend a lot of time there in the winter, but my floor doesn't freeze. I think it's less about insulation and more about an air tight barrier and keeping insects out. Along with your propane heater, the bubble wrap will likely solve your freezing floor problem. It'll be a big improvement over the floor you've got right now. I also had to grind off all the nails that came through my roof. It's an odious job.

[@lescallus7865]

Just try it it definitely works. I watched the video and I’ve ordered some. It definitely works but you need to skirt the bottom of your cabin. You will be well happy.

[@ruthscott5166]

Use the leftovers for all types of cooking/warming items - a pouch to put a dehydrated meal in, around a mug to keep your drink warm, covers for an ice chest, line your crates to keep water from freezing, etc. Love this stuff - can you tell :D

[@collinmc90]

Nice build man. I've been repairing a 1970s single wide trailer that was inhabited by drug addicts for years. The stuff I find in this house is insane. melted outlets and connections, t shirts stuffed in walls for insulation, a toilet bolted to a piece of plywood screwed to the drain supported by a log underneath. We get temps in the sub zero region every winter and there is really no insulation to be found on this trailer! So yeah I can appreciate a well built home at this point and yes I consider this home!

[@quaileggsvermont]

Yep The Boss of the Swamp in my area uses this bubble foil in his cabin/house. He swears by it!

[@stefano1488]

Now your cabin, from below, looks like a giant Easter Egg 😛Like it!

[@SouthpawDavey]

Why not make some covers for the water buckets if you have some left after the man cave. Like beer koozies that keep the beer cool and your hand warm. They will just have the opposite effect and stop the sweating.

[@naps3386]

I did this on my cabin after I installed hydronic heating from under the sub-floor, a 4" airgap under the hydro, then fiberglass, then plastic sheeting. I put skirt around with plastic on the ground for vapor barrier. I can walk around in socks all winter long when it's -30F outside and howling wind (I'm on a lake and get the brunt of winter winds out of the west.)

[@KPHVAC]

You have to create a few inch air gap between the floor joists and floor for that to be insulation. Trapped air is the key to making that work! Plus it can create an air barrier if you seal it all up with tape. It will help a little as it's installed right now, mostly as an air barrier and reflective barrier.

[@CampervanKevin]

I saw Old Man In The Swamps video years back as well. When I built out my 10x20 Purple Tiny House I did the same as you and put between my bottom floor joist. I also wrapped the bubble foil behind my metal underpinning. When putting down the interior snap together floor I put silver foil down under it. I believe it made a huge difference. CVK

[@KPHVAC]

Yes!! The super insulated wooden icebox fridge sounds amazing! 8 inches of good board insulation should do the trick. The more insulation and the more air tight the better!!

[@livefreelivewild]

A sauna would be a cool build for out there!

[@stanleykeith6969]

Maybe you don't know it but there is a recall on some EYE drops. It has caused blindness and several people have died. Please go on line and find out. This is NO JOKE ! 4/8/23. We had those at a steel mill where I worked. Ice Boxes were filled every couple of days in the summer months. Ice company would come and fill them all over the plant. Bushradical use fiberglass wall installation under neat his floor and then put plywood to keep the rodents out, its a lot of work but he said the cabin stays much warmer.

[@turn-n-burn1421]

I've now got a few things to say about this stuff. I just completed installing this underneath our sunroom/3 season room and I'm not impressed. First off, we don't have actual floor joists there, so it was interesting to put up. Also, there isn't a consistent spacing between the 2X4 studs used to create the floor. I admit this whole thing is odd, but I didn't build it. We bought this house which was built in the late 70s and owned 3 or 4 times prior to us. I've heard of a few iterations of this place from locals. Every year so far, especially during winter, there is a sliding glass door that separates the main part of the house from the sunroom that we keep closed and just let the cold air have it to itself. Once Spring arrives, the door is open more than closed and once it gets consistently warmer outside, the door stays open all day until bedtime. That lasts until about late September when we begin to reverse the process. I realize that you and others who have done these videos are in the likes of Alaska, possibly other well known cold climates and you are using various heating elements to heat the spaces. Such as wood stoves. Our wood stove is in the main area of our house. We put a silly fake fireplace heater out there a couple years ago but since moved it to our bedroom. We've never taken the temperature in that room before, so it's too late to do a comparison. The only possible upside here is that the whole thing gets cold air blowing under the room during the winter and of course more seasonal winds during the warmer months, so if I put this same stuff on skirts where all the openings are perhaps that will make a marked difference. But it's only mid October and it's already chilly in that room. I'm in the upper Midwest, not quite to Canada. So we'll see how it goes this winter. I can already tell we'll be closing that door again for the winter before long. Also, I can't say I did the best, most professional job of putting this stuff up, and I'll use the excuse of lack of proper joists, but actually what I encountered should have made it easier. I think anyone doing this alone and I certainly thought of it, but was too lazy is to make a template of the width of the space between joists to help hold the stuff in place while you staple it. I can't recall without watching again what you used to attach it, but I bought a hammer stapler which made it fairly easy. It's a two part issue with holding the stuff in place, tightly against the surfaces and stapling it in the right spots so you aren't making unnecessary holes in the insulation. It would be best if anyone doing this had a second pair of hands. Additionally the size these rolls come in doesn't help. This room is roughly 10 or 12 feet by 20' and those rolls while 50' long are only 4' wide. I'd prefer a totally different size, but you can only buy what's available. I wound up making about 3 1/4 runs. I made one run from end to end on a main separated section, then did the other section the same way, which left a gap in the middle of about 2 1/2 feet, so I made another run lengthwise down that strip. Also there is a spot on each end, one where there is kind of an alcove inside the house and the other end where there is a closet, which I went ahead and covered. Without me paying attention and someone to help, the rolls, once they took off didn't go straight, so the strips weren't installed straight. This made it more difficult as well. When I was essentially done, there was about a 7" space out near the outer most edge that needed protection, so I cut ridiculous looking strips and tacked those on as well. Then I bought some aluminum duct tape and taped all the seams. I'm not happy with any of it; the way I installed it, or how it seems to perform. Although as I may have said, if I had a cabin in Alaska and was trying to keep it warm with a wood stove, I imagine this would help a lot.

[@Jakem1872]

Big fan I’d like to see ya build a pantry and also a stone or block cooking pit it’s a lot of work to put in but they last a life time cheers to spring

[@davidgreen144]

It’s looking great. You might consider using a styrofoam insulation for under the floor. You can cut them as wide or as thin as needed and can be just pushed up into place.

[@diydarkmatter]

hey buddy watch the video he has linked in the description . its pretty good and explains why not to use foam . have a nice day .

[@MsBee777]

I have noticed on a few other cabin builds, that when they laid their floor frame & joists before they laid the floor on, they put in the length wise, wood support strips to rest the pink foam insulation boards on. Then they filled up the remained of the floor cavity with the paper lined insulation and then they laid the floor. Totally insulated floor from the build beginning.

[@davedye9598]

Ryan, I am talking from experience your best bet is to use the blow in foam inulation on the bottom side of your floor. Then install skirting around the bottom of cabin and use blow in insulation on the inside of skirting. This was the only way to keep my cabin truly warm in the winter. The bubble foil you are installing will not do what you want.

[@evalynchuran8684]

For the winter months, I use foam puzzle pads for the inside on the floors in Canadian winters and it helps. I take them out in the summer months. I also have bubble insulation under the camp, it works in -40c weather. My cabin is also skirted.

[@daleval2182]

I have a cheap solution, go to around the bottom of the cabin skirt, go to a lumber yard, they give thermal water proof tarp as a temporary solution to cover everything up with T 50 staples, for that stink cut some onions cut in quarters , they remove the varnish smell. Good job out there

[@brianegeberg8497]

Seeing what the cabin is sitting on I recommend some structural connections between the posts it's sitting on to increase rigidity. Big winds at some point may cause you a big problem.....

[@cmackscott761]

I bought 2 big rolls of this bubble foil wrap at a garage sale for $5. I plan to do the underside of my crawlspace. Currently, mice are tearing up the traditional insulation.

[@shook483]

That chain saw helmet is awesome there's been so many situations where I wish I had that

[@davep9199]

You look fine. Can't smell a thing. Take care. Thanks for the Sat night entertainment in Australia.

[@katherinenicholas7116]

Reflectics are popular in RV's/Vans too. Helps to keep temps cooler or warmer depending on the season. If you have extra you might try creating some for your windows if needed during extreme temperatures. (Maybe around cardboard or something sturdy)

[@mikefeddersen2476]

This foil bubble wrap made all the difference in a 39 foot travel trailer we lived in year round in Phoenix Arizona. I put it in all the windows and the dome of the vents. Our air conditioner finally stayed ahead of the sweltering Summer heat. It would even shutoff for awhile during the day.