Arnold, CA…Every Off Grid Homestead needs an outhouse! No, not the old-fashioned kind where you dig a hole and put an outhouse over it. This is a composting outhouse where everything goes into the compost bin and remains until it is safe and ready for use. About The Chainsaw Cabin The Chainsaw Cabin is our […]
Arnold, CA…Much of our time the last few weeks has been spent just battling winter, cutting firewood, shoveling snow & seemingly endless tasks just to keep the project moving forward as mother nature and the winter storms try to push it backwards. In this video we did manage to make most of the boards for […]
Arnold, CA…As we spend more time at the Chainsaw Cabin being able to do the daily chores in a convenient way is becoming a must. Up till now we have been gathering and processing wood basically all over the place. We also have not had a spot other than inside the cabin to store even […]
Arnold, CA…Morning from the Chainsaw Cabin. More Videos coming soon…been working on water system. Not very fun…
Arnold, CA…We are on a 40 Days & 40 Night sprint to get the Chainsaw Cabin Tiny Home maybe not completely finished but livable. For Days 20 – 30 we worked several hours per day on the project. As with our last video much of wasn’t camera worthy. Much of it was clearing brush & […]
Arnold, CA…For Days 15 – 20 we worked several hours per day on the project. Much of it wasn’t camera worthy as we dug a hole for the spring sump tank & pump installed so it push water up to the water tanks. In this video we started lunch and finished up getting the roof […]
Arnold, CA…Well it has been waaay to long since we have posted an update! We have been doing quite a few things on the property that were not Chainsaw Cabin specific. Primarily we now have a rudimentary water system in place. Here in the mountains of Northern California is is peak fire season and making […]
Arnold, CA…The premise of this video series is to see if in 2022 can you build a livable small mountain cabin for less than $1,000? Using just a small electric chainsaw to mill all our lumber we actually believe we can do so. In this video we start filling in the walls of the Chainsaw […]
Arnold, CA…The Chainsaw Cabin is going vertical as our walls are finally going up. The Chainsaw Cabin is a 2022 take on Thoreau’s Cabin on Walden Pond. Can we build a small livable structure for less than $1,000? I believe we can. All the lumber used in the Chainsaw Cabin so far has been hand […]
Arnold, CA…This is just a quick update as we get ready to finally start putting walls up. The Chainsaw Cabin will be single wall construction where the wallboards are a structural component of the build. Many of our primitive and pioneer building were constructed this way. The outside wallboard is also the interior board as […]
