philpom
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# Posted: 29 Apr 2026 07:34pm
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We've been through some big storms up at the cabin. Truth is that sitting on our screened in back porch 10' off the ground at 2am with a clod brew in hand while a wild thunder storm comes through is about as great as it gets but.... we have nowhere to go if we really needed to. We could climb down the ridge but I hear trees falling on nice days, we had a large hickory that was 5' from the porch fall 2 years ago during a storm right in front of us.
Got me thinking about a solution, I could buy one of those steel tubes you can just barely fit in for $4k or maybe I could make something a little more comfy at a lower price. Wondered about a 5'x10' foot print on a 6" cement pad at 5' tall using 6x6 lumber with 3/4" threaded rod out of the slab every 20" that feed through the 6x6 lumber stacked log cabin style so it's bolted down tight. The roof would be similar with a 6x6" lumber lip, rods go throught the roof also and a reinforced cement slab poured on top. Everything glued and lagged together etc, etc. There are details I won't immediately get in to but it's stuff like venting, door, comfort etc.
Has anyone come up with a solution, what did you do and how do you feel about it? Looking for ideas.
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