Off-Grid Cabin Build | Constructing the Lower A-Frames
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Welcome back to our off-grid cabin build! We know you've been eagerly waiting for another update, and today, we're excited to show you our progress. Join us as we construct and stand the lower portions of our A-frame cabin.
We can't wait to continue on our build and take you along for the journey.
Thank you for supporting our channel!
Katie & Chris
I don’t know the background of the majority of your audience but as a contractor for 40 years I’m often asked about truss angle and how we figure it out. Thanks to technology measuring rise/run for slope ratios and Pitch then using a construction calculator saves brain cells for sure. No more homemade protractors and plumbers bobs. Could be a good tutorial for a short for your viewers?❤
Where our grandparents smarter than us? They used mathematics, a well trained mind...paper and pencil to figure it out. Ah the good old days.
Plumb bob. Plumbers had nothing to do with it 😂.
@@chuckd5819 fat fingers or spell check?? lol
It's not rocket science. You can simply do it with a framing square , that's why they named that square a framing square
@@jefflinnell8492 it may as well be rocket science to someone with no construction experience. You and I may know how to figure out angle from rise and run but most with no experience may not. My entire point
To you, sir and madam,
Congratulations on planning the assembly of the A Frame, now the way the foundation is assembled makes sense, I really liked the way you are carrying out the construction services and it helped me think in an unexpected way. I look forward to the continuation and completion of the construction of your home.
May God bless you and continue the good work both in construction and filming.
I appreciate that you explain what you are doing and why. Thank you for a great channel
Looks good. I would suggest adding another row of fire-block between the floor and what you have now. Interested in how your splice will be made for the rest of the skeleton framing. Be safe.
The long anticipate building of the cabin has come true. It's unbelievable that of what you two have accomplished in lifting the heavy wood. Very proud of you all. 😅😅😅😅
Amazing work
That's really going to be so nice. I can't wait till the next video. Great job 👍
This is awesome guys! Hopefully you are super proud. You busted your butts. Have a great week.
I really appreciate how you explain what you're doing and why. You two work together like a well oiled machine! Great progress made!
You are doing a great job. At least your not shy on the fasteners. As a carpenter of almost 50 yrs. I enjoy watching. Thanks Dan in Alberta , Canada.😂
Exciting times. I look forward to watching you build your A frame cabin. You work so well together. Great team. Thank you for sharing. Take care from Cape Cod Massachusetts ✌️🇺🇸
So far you have done a great job, just the two of you, great work😅😅
Looks so easy from our side. Fantastic to see you both working so well and fast together. See you next week! Thanks
Thanks for sharing another great video you two, oh let's not forget the supervisor of building & chief of security Nelly!!! Progress is a beautiful thing
I am enjoying watching your home come together! Nice work.
O, how this video takes me back apx 40 years. My husband and I built our cedar home together and had a wonderful time building. This video touches my heart and is so poignant. Enjoy each other and your youth. As wonderful as it is, it, too is fleeting. Yall are such an inspiration that I long to be young again ☺️☺️
May God continue to
Bless you guys !!!!
Looking "A" mazing! 🤣😂 Great job you two. 💯👍🍁
Wow! You two are doing a great job
I'm so excited for you two! Thanks for filming. You've got some beautiful scenery there, and the fog is kinda enchanting.
I'd love to see some more of your goats, and how's your garden doing? Keep on keepin' on.
Oh wow that looks so much bigger when you stood it up. Great job looks awesome
Amen. I'm so happy for you many blessings, and keep safe, and thank you for sharing 🙏
It looks so nice I’m so happy for the two of you it’s going to be beautiful. 💯
Wow, what great progress you two made on your cabin. The view will be awesome. Good job.
HUGE amount of progress for one video. Great job🎉
I really like the way you are building - enjoying it
You guys are doing so well and it's so beautiful there. Be very proud of yourselves
What was the time-frame? Looked like 4 days to me.
And that is one heck of a lot of progress for two people in 4 days if you ask me.
Congratulations and well done you two.
Framing your walls and ceiling at the same time. Pretty cool
Now that’s teamwork well done looking great . All the best from outback Western Australia
Dam I always knew you two had a lot of grit. However this was truly a lot of work. You two had to have been sore building everything by yourselves. No complaining just working for the goal. Very impressive job. Just shows what you can do if you want something bad enough. Great video thank you for sharing your lives with us ❤.
I really enjoyed this first for me video. I subscribed and hope to follow you on every post. Thanks from Central Oklahoma
What I saw today was not only a very well thought out plan and execution. But a great marriage tool. Seemed to really minimize the complaining and arguing. Well done, kudos to you both!
im very impressed great job folks keep it up have a great week god bless 😁😁😁😇🤩🤩🤩
Great team work and on sync. Well built cabin Katie and Chris. What your spending 9n material and insulation will benefit your heating expenditures. AMAZING WORK from Ontario, Canada
I could clearly see the inner volume getting in wonderful shape. looking so nice!
What’s great about A frames is because of the fact that your roof is basically walls you really don’t have to worry about snow load, so you can essentially just build walls and not worry about most of the typical concerns with building a roof.
WoW I watch a lot of UA-cam and this is the best setup so far!!! YouTWO are great, be safe have fun!
The shoe on the saw has a wide side opposite the blade if you use the widest side of theshoe thesaw will cut better and safer safesafer
“Are you fake sleeping?” Thump thump thump. And his head sticking out looking at you- great shots and great progress on the build. Thank you for sharing.
That really looks good - A lot of planning - Smart...! Thanks for sharing - Stay safe... Loved seeing the lab....
Good afternoon from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. How often do you put your UA-cam videos out? 🇺🇸
Hello! We do not have a set schedule. We are not full-time "UA-camrs" cranking out weekly videos for monetary benefit. This is just us documenting part of our real-life experience here. We work on these videos in our free time and put a lot of effort into sharing them when possible. If we posted weekly the videos would be fairly incomplete, lacking content, and would need to have a lot of filler or talking so we wait until we can make a more complete video.
a cowboy and his toys and his beautiful ,helpfull cowgirl building a beautiful house in the woods.blessing.❤🙏💕
Herramientas NO juguetes
Good morning guys and your A-frame is looking great so far and I really like how your doing the two section build. And once you guys but down the sub floor it is going to make it a lot easier to finish the rest of the top of the A-frame. . Can not wait to see the next video.
Wow what a gorgeous home plan and location!❤
This is going to be a great looking home nice location for a home good luck to you both 😊😊
I'm not a home builder of any kind I've never seen this style before but for two people it's ingenious. 10 ft sealings and the loft I can't wait to see it done great job in the work and finding the design.
Wild wonderful off grid channel built an A frame, its beautiful
Lumber always cracks at the ends. Especially when you get over 2×6 in size.
A lot of it does, I made them return the ones I needed full length and used what I could otherwise.
Will you be adding dormer windows to the roof? This could make the loft space feel much bigger and increase the headroom for each bedroom.
We did have thoughts about this but for now to not further delay the project we are keeping it simple and compact to fit in our budget.
Cool A frame would be my choice.
Your 2 flew threw that !! Sweet job !! Going to be a gorgeous cabin.. the old one you can make into a barn and storage
Very nice progress,I like the direction that you’re going!
Well done. Much respect for your skill and hard work. A frame is the way to go up north where snow load is a concern. And they look good too.
Thank you! Yes, we would prefer to not need to remove snow from the roof in our older age.
You guys really work well together it’s nice to see that really helps to build a strong bond which intern strengthens your love for each other.🥰
Yeah that’s why I really enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work and above all stay safe! 😉👋✌️ God bless.. 🙏
Great job, looking forward to the upper A build video.
We miss seeing you guys. Been over a month.
Wow you guy's are good that looks so good very inventive to do it with just you two great job !!!
Nice the cabin is on it way! How exciting for you guys 😊
Great job. "Team work Makes the Dream work" Defiantly a marriage builder.
Or a test of a marriage.
"Defiantly"?
Great job, guys! I love how you occasionally stop and tell the audience what you're doing and why. Keep it up and best of luck. Kind Regards!
Impressive on how quickly the lower part went up. Thanks for all the explanations of why you are doing what you have done. So many questions but I know they will be answered as the build goes on! Stay safe until next time.
Hello i got a question so the a is all made with 2'x8' is that right? Thanks :)
2x10 for large enough cavity to fit r38 blow-in insulation.
Excellent Construction Method
For Just 2 Individuals !
Thanks for Sharing !
This build is an inspiration. Thanks for sharing the process. 10’ ceilings!!
An engineer should come reassess he foundation based on the insane number of fasteners yo used! LOL
I won't pay for it but would happily allow it haha
>11 at night
>looks like 2pm
Alaska is crazy
Summer days seem to never end. Love it
5 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 + 🌟 Stars
Viele liebe 💘 Grüße
Alexander
When are going to record the finish?
Katie, if/when you guys decide to have children, I am confident they will be beautiful/intelligent babies!
I watched wild wonderful off grid do same maybe 5 - 7 years ago. You two are living an awesome life. So proud of you both
This is a really awesome cabin design. I love taking into consideration all the different styles and techniques I see in all sorts of cabin building videos I see and so far this is one of the most appealing. One day when I build my first cabin, I may just have to go a-frame!
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?
Wow, it's looking good.
You work so well together!
As an old carpenter once told me "You can never brace enough, if it blows out or falls down you should have braced more" 35 years of doing concrete work I've never had a blow out thanks to his teaching.
I would have done more diagonal bracing. Enjoy the dream and the ride. Your doing more then most people your ages can ever dream of.
This is great! I've been watching you guys for a bit now and just subscribed. Coincidentally, my wife and I are also building an A-frame home in British Columbia this year. Really excited to see your progress and take inspriation from your work. Godo stuff!~ Justin&Violet Rain
Check out Havelock wool insulation. A tiny bit more expensive, but non-toxic, fireproof, insect resistant, and renewable. Also don't need masks or gloves. James Alofs of "Wild Homestead" just used it for the floor of his log cabin. Great video! Love your channel.
Wow, you guys are crushing it! 😂 I think you had previously mentioned you were doing a different style of cabin (that one from ohio?). But I'm kind of happy you went with the A-frame. I have a lot of fond memories of my great uncle Bill's A frame in Colorado as a kid (back when it was affordable).
And you two work so efficiently together as well. Well planned. Well executed. You guys are giving a masterclass comapred it some other channels I follow.
Always IMPRESSED with You Two! Your team work is inspiring ~ Well thought out plans, details are appreciated for ((74 y/o Grama)!
She looked terrified putting that first upper on...
Definitely was!
Our much larger family cabin in Mammoth mountain is an A Frame built in 1974 . It’s very well insulated and the biggest problems are 1) heavy snowfall like last year @20ft completely keep us in the dark and was still 3 ft leftv in September . 2) Mechanical systems are very tricky and heat is a must in winter. We ended up installing exposed hot water supply and return to individual terminal units which are noisy as hell but forced doesn’t really work. I’m curious how you plan on handling your heating system.
Hello what a beautiful A Frame building happy Fourth of July coming up here from Ontario Canada ❤️❤️❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦😎
I have land I'll eventually be building on and I've always loved A-frames, I think they have a great aesthetic. They're also easier to build, IMO. The downsides are of course less usable interior space due to the sloping walls, which you can't really do much with (the interior walls are very impractical). While you'll no doubt love the snow shedding of your roof, if you have to do maintenance on it, you'll hate your roof, lol. Where the A-frames really pop, IMO, is when the front of them is pretty much all glass, that's the real "wow" and "cool" factor.
Nice templates, Chris. Templates are so effective for speed and consistency. Nice progress and nice job. Love the preciseness.
I don’t know how long your videos have been aired. I watch several Alaska or Canada ones. The video channels getting very large subscribers have more work and less talking. The viewer can see what you’re currently building and as far as down the road building “suspense” brings viewers back for sure. My humble opinion, but your channel. ☮️ on 🌎 I did subscribe. 🙂
Its going to be an amazing i love that youre going to have bedrooms, but so many people build tiny cabins and then regret its not big enough later so please make it a goodsize for a family, you both work great together xx
Would be so weird it being almost midnight and it's still light outside ha. I know it the way of Alaska but it would be cool and different to experience. Definitely want to see/experience aurora borealis one day too.
Your teamwork makes the work look easy, nice work guys!
-also, I think it made more sense on day 2 and 3 when you built the A-frame and then put it up versus day 1 where you stacked em and moved em. Guess ultimately it's only touching the frame one more time but whatever ha
Another documentation of hard work by you guys, Chris, I can't help but wonder if using more of a Gambrel approach to your frame to increase inside volume and improve wall space. I am confident you know what you're doing, just wondering out loud.
That 600 sq ft looks pretty big! How are you going to transfer the load for the second floor? You did such a good job with the rim beam I can't imagine relying on nails. I've never seen an A frame build. Pretty impressive!
Looks like .40 Cal or maybe 10mm that you’re carrying? I used to carry .454 Casull. Thankfully, never had to use it!
Construction supervisor Benelli signed off on the building framing ❤🐕👍🏴
I really appreciate your expiations. There are far to many channels that just video without letting those of us who can no longer do what you are doing. Thank You.
Great job. Crazy having sunlight all day. How long are those periods and then what’s the flip side with dark all days? Really enjoying your journey. Your friend in Virginia.
Love seeing the videos of progress!! I’m a musician and maybe my brain responds better to the build process and seeing results?? Anyway, looking great!!
The A frame design looks great but really sucks for head room and useable space. The Gambrel truss is where it's at. With your 24x32' cabin you would have the same amount of space in the downstairs as the whole A frame. A gambrel roof truss is really easy to make too. 4 equal length rafters with equal angles. Makes a strong circle like truss with huge head room.
I hope you add some temporary diagonal bracing on the underside of the A-frame members to keep them from being blown over by any strong winds. But then you probably already know to do this. I like the design, excellent work. All I had to do was wait until the 17:09 minute mark to see you are actually doing this.
Would of been best to screw some straight 2x4's down to the ground to make a template, would of used a few more spacer blocks along the frames and periodically checked plumb w/ an 8ft level. Hope you crowned your lumber up as well. The way you ran that bottom chord is unusal as its a lap joint that puts the load all on the fasteners and is out of plane w/ the uprights, probably would of doubled that up on either side and just through bolted up to keep all things equal. All that being said, bet its gonna be a really cool A frame structure.
I like it but you need to do get the big long 3 ft I think they make them 5 ft Simpson straps they're 2 inches by 5 ft go and a 45° and strap at 45° angle and tie each of your verticals together it'll help especially when you have earthquakes. And if you build in sere walls that also helps believe it or not do it while you're building and your place will have less damage when you do have an earthquake and you will have earthquakes in Alaska. Also I know that you screwed everything to the foundation strap it to the foundation too it's a little bit more money but it's strapped and that will toughen your foundation from the big one but I like that building
Nice job for only two of you. Only suggestion I have is you could’ve put 2 blocks loose on the bottom to snug the bottoms against. Then because they weren’t screwed down you just move for the next truss. Or even put one screw in. But it’s all moot because you’re done.
how high frame is it??
Looking great and the videos get better and better.
So you never checked the initial template 'A' by putting it up (even partially) and see if it even fits, once stood up and went all in just off of measurement and a single template cut for all the angles? That's really courageous!