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Alaska_Dry
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# Posted: 14 Mar 2021 21:25
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I built a couple tiny cabins and wanted to share some pics!
The log/wood sided cabin was my first and is in Estes Park, CO. This was a family project, lots of help from the kids! It is 7x14 with a double loft with 2 queen beds. We sleep 7 comfortably. I milled some of my own and had the larger logs milled for much of the construction using downed trees from the property.
I installed a solar/diesel heat, and ended up installing them for friends and family as well. I had so much fun I even started a side business, mostly pro-bono in North Pole Alaska - www.Efficient-Home.com If anyone wants to bounce solar/cabin automation ideas off me I am glad to help!
Anyone else loving the chinese diesel heaters?
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Alaska_Dry
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# Posted: 14 Mar 2021 21:34
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Shots of the second cabin, mostly built by my brother in North Pole Alaska. Duck panels are for their heater  I think they had heat before the cabin did.
Heater!
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Alaska_Dry
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# Posted: 14 Mar 2021 21:52
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Found some more gems from construction in Estes.
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Alaska_Dry
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# Posted: 14 Mar 2021 21:56
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We slabbed the counter out of a douglas fir that downed during a spring storm. Epoxy and hundreds of little sticks with hidden positive messages.
The ladder is from some aspen trees that didn't survive us dragging the 4000 lb logs out of the creek bed. The old lady gets very angry when I sacrifice living trees lol!
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Alaska_Dry
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# Posted: 14 Mar 2021 22:03
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Final shots
The layout turned out perfect. Under the 120 sq ft maximum for our 'building codes', and we all sleep comfortably... at least until the kids can't sleep comfortably 3 across on a queen!
If anyone wants the designs I would be happy to share. We were extremely limited height, and sq ft and I am sure a lot of you are in that boat as well. We built a cardboard template of the loft and fully tested it before going ham on construction
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FishHog
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# Posted: 15 Mar 2021 08:12
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very nice. Love the counter top. Thanks for sharing.
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Aklogcabin
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# Posted: 15 Mar 2021 12:11
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Nice job
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