Three Years Building an Off Grid Dovetail Log Cabin in the Canadian Wilderness | Start to Finish

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  • @haroldholland1316
    @haroldholland1316 2 місяці тому +5

    By far the best looking and built cabin on Utube 👍

  • @pd9971
    @pd9971 Рік тому +10

    That log stencil is a freaking brilliant idea!

  • @stephaneplaza3949
    @stephaneplaza3949 Рік тому +20

    When a person strives, and completes his endeavor with success, he will have provided a service to himself and to humanity 💞👍

    • @johntillotson4254
      @johntillotson4254 10 місяців тому

      Agreed

    • @moh3enabba30i4
      @moh3enabba30i4 Місяць тому +1

      بله یک جنگل برای ساختن یک کلبه بینهایت چوبی،😂

  • @jacquelinedixon6438
    @jacquelinedixon6438 Рік тому +2

    This is the prettiest cabin on UA-cam.

  • @heyyoubuddy6749
    @heyyoubuddy6749 Рік тому +2

    Hi sweetie it’s nice to see you again. I use the double hard on my sawmill. It lasts so much longer. The cedar I saw is kind of abrasive so regular blades last about 45 minutes in the wood. I got the double hard on sale in December for about 22 bucks a blade shipped in the 15 packs. Can’t wait to get sawing again, everything is under 4 feet of snow. God bless you and the family.

  • @ar1701
    @ar1701 2 роки тому +3

    Hmmm nothing like hand crafted, precision, bark included, craftmanship, attention to detail, yup a mechanical, marvel, 🙂

  • @DrBombay911
    @DrBombay911 2 роки тому +9

    Beautiful work! It's inspiring to see someone's dream come true one nail, screw, and board at a time.

  • @rosaolbera8768
    @rosaolbera8768 2 роки тому +2

    What a beautiful home you built it's just beautiful and I love the water that goes by so close I just found ýour channel and joined it Rosa olbera from America 🇺🇸

  • @johnmcfarland4700
    @johnmcfarland4700 2 роки тому +7

    Turned out amazing. From one builder to another, exceptional craftsmanship and the idea of the pennies in the floor was great!!

  • @buffalolizard
    @buffalolizard Рік тому +3

    Oh my gosh this is extra ordinary!!! This young man deserves an award! I wish you were my neighbor and could help me finish my log home (-;

  • @jamesfearing9459
    @jamesfearing9459 Рік тому +2

    I love the penny thing, wonderful hallmark of a Canadian cabin.

  • @laruedouglas7972
    @laruedouglas7972 2 роки тому +5

    What a beautiful cabin and I love that you put the Canadian coins in the wood floor. What a awesome idea.

  • @dl4784
    @dl4784 Рік тому +2

    Superb forest cabin. Congratulations

  • @wandaeades7274
    @wandaeades7274 Рік тому +2

    WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CABIN! ITS MAGICAL!!!!

  • @FlyerPatty29
    @FlyerPatty29 Рік тому +7

    You’ve done an amazing job you have a lot to be proud of

  • @paulerwin1263
    @paulerwin1263 Рік тому +1

    An absolute fantastic job on your dovetail! Every addition and finishing touches are perfect for the setting and the pennies marked a job well done! 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @Dillybip
    @Dillybip 3 місяці тому

    Great job. Nice attention to details. Love the countersink penny idea.

  • @MarciaHogan-m3b
    @MarciaHogan-m3b 11 місяців тому

    Absolutely brilliant you should be very proud of your achievements and hard work and I wish you much enjoyment in what you have built together

  • @williamskris6335
    @williamskris6335 Рік тому +3

    Beautifully crafted!!! TY for sharing!!! God Bless!!! I would love to see what you do for making an off grid greenhouse that is dovetailed!!!

  • @pre176
    @pre176 Рік тому +3

    Great job out in the wilderness and the cabin looks great. Watch those windows and doors though. You secured the vertical window and door bucks to the log courses and appeared to leave no gap at the top for vertical settlement. With green logs (I assume) you’re going to have problems.

  • @Tomhohenadel
    @Tomhohenadel 2 роки тому +11

    Jon, impressive to see the build in its entirety. Great job, nice to have family, friends to help out and they can enjoy your amazing progress as well.

    • @PenniacWilderness
      @PenniacWilderness  2 роки тому

      Thank you, Tom. The connections I've made to others through this build is one of the most rewarding parts. I appreciate your support :)

  • @MagdaPeggy
    @MagdaPeggy Рік тому +1

    Solid, comfy, creative design. Bravo

  • @janreynolds3794
    @janreynolds3794 Рік тому +1

    Turned out fabulous!

  • @PrimitiveHumanLife
    @PrimitiveHumanLife 3 місяці тому

    I really like the style of house you are doing

  • @LyThiHoa1987
    @LyThiHoa1987 Рік тому

    Your video is excellent
    Your house is assembled very firmly, meticulously, and is very beautiful ❤❤❤

  • @debramayoh1434
    @debramayoh1434 8 місяців тому +1

    Awesome! Beautiful craftsmanship. I helped my partner build a small cabin in the PNW when I was 17! enjoyed all of it! Even hauling water 😊✝️🕊💜

  • @timothylondo
    @timothylondo 3 місяці тому

    I've watched this video many times, never gets old. Thanks.

  • @charlestonsasha
    @charlestonsasha Рік тому +1

    Great weekend house. Quick question about you building method if you dont mind. Why such i lange gaps and clay? I figer your boards not calibrated enough to lay them gapless but 2 inch look loke an over kill. Im planning to build same size cabin and interested in different method Thanks in advans.
    P.S. little wood burning sauna would make a great addition. )

  • @Angela-us8zh
    @Angela-us8zh Рік тому +1

    Good work man!! Amazing wood working skills!!!Nice Job!! Keep thriving!

  • @denniscarreno5882
    @denniscarreno5882 2 роки тому +4

    I’ve watch your videos many times over….And I love your passion for building a perfect cabin….3 years to build….wow ! I would have given up after 6 months…..well made and well done….

    • @PenniacWilderness
      @PenniacWilderness  2 роки тому +2

      Hi Dennis - I remember you well and appreciate you watching! Hope you are doing well, my friend.

  • @robertbonn1481
    @robertbonn1481 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome, Beautiful Workmanship, Outstanding !!!..

  • @grahamball364
    @grahamball364 2 роки тому +1

    Sir , I’ve only just found your channel,you’ve made your and family a beautiful home , wish it was something that I own but I live in the UK 🇬🇧. Enjoy life stay safe .Graham.

  • @sanantoniofurnituredecor9560
    @sanantoniofurnituredecor9560 Рік тому +2

    I love all this great wood stock! You are truly doing a fantastic job and doing justice to the natural wood.

  • @janetwood9106
    @janetwood9106 Рік тому +1

    Absolutely love it extra details Make it take on a life of its own. Marvelous

  • @CarolAnne-h7v
    @CarolAnne-h7v 3 місяці тому

    I can handle your choice of music! It makes it easier to focus on on your build and how you do it and what you use,I appreciate that! Thank-you, Canada

  • @kevinh.w.crabbe8748
    @kevinh.w.crabbe8748 Рік тому +1

    You done a beautiful job building in the cabin is very beautiful and well thought of

  • @starsoldier3643
    @starsoldier3643 3 місяці тому

    Very nice place. Excellent craftsmanship.

  • @richardstephens8541
    @richardstephens8541 Рік тому

    Wow. You have a lot of skills there my friend.

  • @kensebring3683
    @kensebring3683 2 роки тому +2

    Been around woodworking for 70 years. Sure enjoyed the video. Thank you. Stay well and be safe

  • @thomasspainhour1112
    @thomasspainhour1112 Рік тому +4

    Awesome build, NC USA 🇺🇸

  • @gailh9749
    @gailh9749 9 місяців тому

    I was so happy you didn’t fully enclose the upstairs porch as you did with the front porch. At least screens allow for fresh air. So sad to have lost that downstairs area for porch-sittin’. The house is beautiful.

  • @dawnchrysostomou5782
    @dawnchrysostomou5782 2 роки тому +2

    I subscribed to watch your videos from the very beginning , you have a beautiful home and I have followed your journey with avid interest, thank you so much for sharing.

  • @jarcmhomedesignandengineer4348

    Nice and excellent Job. Two thumbs up.

  • @rubymckinley4909
    @rubymckinley4909 9 місяців тому +1

    Love, no talking. Cute dawgs and cute couple.😊

  • @keithpatterson6365
    @keithpatterson6365 2 роки тому +1

    That dark stain on the trim and lighter walls was amazing. NICE!!

  • @BuildingCabinbytheLake-e4p
    @BuildingCabinbytheLake-e4p 2 місяці тому

    Great video! Thank you! Gives a lot of ideas to projects.

  • @yourlongtimefan
    @yourlongtimefan 2 роки тому +23

    Unbelievably fabulous job building this cabin. I do think I would have never closed in the upstairs balcony. It overlooks the creek and was your money shot. I would have been up there every day outdoors, but protected from the elements while enjoying my favorite cocktail.

    • @PenniacWilderness
      @PenniacWilderness  2 роки тому +9

      Yea, I hear you and partially agree. My reasoning to close it in was mostly that I wanted to be able to have an area to sit that was free of bugs during the month we have mosquitoes and blackflies. This will give me that.

    • @SmyrnaApostolicMission
      @SmyrnaApostolicMission 2 роки тому +3

      @@PenniacWilderness I read this comment before I got to that part of the video and my first thought was "screens." I am in the deep south US and insects can ruin me sitting outside too. Although here, bug season is anytime over 60F, so, most of the year lol.

    • @MamaK65
      @MamaK65 Рік тому

      Yeah, I was sad to see them closing in that porch.

    • @carlosd4863
      @carlosd4863 Рік тому

      😅😊9😊

    • @TruongTien-fz7ru
      @TruongTien-fz7ru Рік тому

      Hi I love your video

  • @CanadianDreamer
    @CanadianDreamer Місяць тому

    WoW love it!

  • @hoangthichien1991ideahouse
    @hoangthichien1991ideahouse Рік тому +1

    the house is perfectly designed congrats I like it❤🧡

  • @JDK45ACP
    @JDK45ACP Рік тому

    really great episode! Thanks, Brother.

  • @LostCaper
    @LostCaper Рік тому

    Lived in NewBrunswick and Nova Scotia. Looking at building a cabin for a long time. I’m old but never could seem the priority the follow my own dreams.

  • @johnbutler5208
    @johnbutler5208 Місяць тому

    Fantastic job. Beautiful.

  • @kaipaioutdoors
    @kaipaioutdoors Рік тому +1

    Beautiful! I love the location next to the river. Good job! 👍🏼

  • @bvfarm3
    @bvfarm3 2 роки тому +1

    So pretty...such a beautiful place!

  • @eileenallemm1835
    @eileenallemm1835 2 роки тому +1

    Tina ,Parker and Joe it's all good you guys are doing it right keep up the fight love you guys 🙏

  • @sqd37l
    @sqd37l 2 роки тому +1

    how beautiful! what great craftsmanship. outstanding.

  • @leniedejong9224
    @leniedejong9224 Рік тому +2

    Beautiful work. GOD PLEASE BLESS THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME!!🙏🏻👵🏻❤️

  • @jennifergraham9679
    @jennifergraham9679 2 роки тому +1

    very nice and well built cabin,,enjoy for years to come,,

  • @jampasurprenant1794
    @jampasurprenant1794 2 роки тому +1

    One of the beautiful cabin home I have seen so far looks
    Fantastic you did absolutely beautiful job on the house.

  • @soldier-Dave
    @soldier-Dave 2 роки тому +1

    Loving watching this! beautiful!

  • @appamtnculture1302
    @appamtnculture1302 2 роки тому

    Most amazing video I've ever watched on youtube.

  • @geoffparker6956
    @geoffparker6956 Рік тому +1

    Quality craftsmanship from start to finish. I do believe that there is a tremendous amount of unnecessary overbuild. Bording over the stack wall main frame defeats the purpose and is a extra consumption of material. At what point does solid become a waist of lumber? I believe this building could have been built solid and structurally sound using 35 percent less lumber. And the result would be just as beautifully finished as this building is. You get top points from me however I'm just saying there is a line of nessary ,needed and practical that is important to know that line and when and if its worth crossing.
    Thank you for the detailed look at the project . I am in the process of a similar build. I've just cut my logs and moved them to the site and in the process of purchasing a mill. I have operated wood mizer mills for a few years in the past and enjoy sawing as much as building. This will be my retirement home off grid to enjoy the rest of my days in . My goal is to build it to my needs and to what looks good to me not others and efficiently used material to standards of common scents not county building bylaws. Ie. A log carrying beam opposed to a laminated engineere beam . And my log wall will be my finished product. This is what makes a log house practical to me and a post and beam house simply an extra 30 percent more money to build. That's just a simple hill Billy mountain boys opinion tho .

  • @Keekers3299
    @Keekers3299 Рік тому

    Looks great! Thank you for sharing your journey with us! ❤🎉

  • @rebeccainfante1882
    @rebeccainfante1882 Рік тому +1

    Now wonder it takes 3 years to finish, amazing job.....

  • @BEV0323
    @BEV0323 2 роки тому +1

    AWESOME! GREAT JOB!!!

  • @brianscott9861
    @brianscott9861 2 роки тому

    Loved the tongue and groove form. Never seen that before.

  • @mikebateman8021
    @mikebateman8021 Рік тому +1

    Not exactly the way how I would build something but that River sure makes up for it all

  • @joannak4640
    @joannak4640 2 роки тому +2

    What a fantastic video!! I am sharing on FB ❤️
    I look forward to seeing how the shed is coming along, also. Thank you

    • @PenniacWilderness
      @PenniacWilderness  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks for sharing! Really appreciate your support Joanna. More to come :)

  • @ronaldclark2624
    @ronaldclark2624 Рік тому +2

    Very nice, thanks for sharing. Ron PTL USA

  • @Big-Dawwg
    @Big-Dawwg 2 роки тому

    Ok,,,, Very Nice Job for sure,,,,, and the thing I like the Most, was that your Door Opened Out,,,,, as does mine.
    BD in Alaska...... 😎

  • @lesleycarswell5207
    @lesleycarswell5207 2 роки тому +1

    Incredible build, I'm so jealous 😂

  • @Kathyskollectables
    @Kathyskollectables 2 роки тому +1

    Incredible!!! A beautiful build!!

  • @Zippy1wood.
    @Zippy1wood. 2 роки тому +1

    You guys really did a great job

  • @ruthiewilliams3482
    @ruthiewilliams3482 Рік тому

    I love watching the process of building❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @jerrystout3032
    @jerrystout3032 Рік тому

    Outstanding job guys 👍!!!

  • @ryon1987
    @ryon1987 2 роки тому +2

    what a beautiful house 🏠❤️❤️❤️😱👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @Banvanco
    @Banvanco Рік тому

    What a wonderful winter shelter, come to the Tropics to see if I can share! ok 👍

  • @ЮрійКащук-ч5у
    @ЮрійКащук-ч5у 4 місяці тому

    Прямо, авангардісти! Шаблон зробили! Це дуже спрощує будівництво! Супер!

  • @kevinh.w.crabbe8748
    @kevinh.w.crabbe8748 Рік тому

    I’m watching you from southern Alberta Canada

  • @denniscarreno5882
    @denniscarreno5882 5 місяців тому +1

    Man! I must have seen this 5or 6x , still manage to enjoy every part of your build….well done a true masterpiece!

  • @REB-forever
    @REB-forever Рік тому

    Beautiful job and cabin 👌

  • @dhgifts
    @dhgifts 3 місяці тому

    Great skills.

  • @vonheise
    @vonheise Рік тому +4

    Great home creation, have to wonder if you designed it yourselves or used a plan as it is built differently than many I have watched. You didn't appear to use much insulation but maybe not needed with the heavy wood. I also wonder if you have to deal with building codes when you build a cabin yourself...?

  • @oldierockervy7362
    @oldierockervy7362 Рік тому +1

    A lot of good and heavy work, congratulation!!!! But I cannot understand, that building a wooden house the gaps between the trunks are filled with concrete and gridwire which should hold the "insulation" over a a long time. That would not work, because of shrinking the trunks and concrete is not insulating. Pitty forthe work.
    The dovetail is very good done! and good looking and precise work!!! The cabin is looking outstanding.

  • @cleusagouvea2585
    @cleusagouvea2585 Рік тому +4

    A casa dos sonhos ,uma maravilhosa obra de arte, parabéns a toda equipe que construiu.

  • @joannconfer1144
    @joannconfer1144 2 роки тому +1

    This is absolutely beautiful. Excellent job. I’d live there in a heart beat. I love it. 🙋🏻‍♀️💖🦋💖

  • @VannKY1
    @VannKY1 Рік тому

    I see a lot of "The Outsider" influence. Great Job!

  • @dubemccready7438
    @dubemccready7438 Рік тому +2

    You most certainly built yourselves a lovely Log Cabin in the bush. Very nice how it all came together, the what/ the how/ the finishes, I wish you all well in your adventures & I do realise you have been there for some time but all the same Well Done.

  • @AnAlaskaHomestead
    @AnAlaskaHomestead 10 місяців тому

    Gorgeous cabin. I’m thinking of building one. I do have one question about the gaps that have chinking. In the winter months does the chinked areas let in more cold air? I’ve watched a few videos, very well done.

  • @joyceadkins
    @joyceadkins Рік тому +1

    Beautiful cabin 😊

  • @enricocolagrossi7780
    @enricocolagrossi7780 Рік тому

    Che dire ottimo lavoro,posto fantastico

  • @georgewhitehouse8630
    @georgewhitehouse8630 Рік тому

    I am glad you did 😊

  • @nickrakemer9277
    @nickrakemer9277 2 місяці тому

    Even one handyman to assist would cut down the time to under a year. I often work alone on such things (not at this level though) and I know the challenge.

  • @johnwilliams294
    @johnwilliams294 2 роки тому +1

    Really nice build, way to take pride in your craftsmanship. Glad to see the felt paper and styrofoam.
    New sub here.
    John in WV

    • @PenniacWilderness
      @PenniacWilderness  2 роки тому +1

      Hi John, thanks for subscribing. Would love to get down your way, one day :)

  • @Tamrungchanel
    @Tamrungchanel Рік тому

    Rất công phu,xây dựng một cabin kiên cố,vật liệu có phải là gỗ thông không bạn nhìn rất đẹp mắt

  • @Андрей-с7ь8п
    @Андрей-с7ь8п 5 місяців тому

    Спасибо за труды! Классный домик получился!👍

  • @sylviabursa7639
    @sylviabursa7639 Рік тому +1

    Suuuper klasse ,das ist toll 👌👌👍👍🙏🥰👋

  • @41murphy2
    @41murphy2 2 роки тому +1

    What a beautiful cabin. Anyone would be proud to live there.

  • @brianscott9861
    @brianscott9861 2 роки тому +1

    Great job 👍

  • @jimbussey1888
    @jimbussey1888 Рік тому

    For Sale? Probably the best I have seen onUA-cam.