Building Made Simple

Building a cabin

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• building
• cabin
• house
• home
• off-grid
• www.san-luis-valley.com
• Alpine
• Acres

[JimmyRiotNY]

That's a great photo montage- thanks! I'm thinking of building an off-grid shack; 120 sq feet, so no permits required. Congrats to you!

[MtnTracker]

JimmyRiotNY - Congrats to you too! Building affordable living, this day in age is priceless and if you're going to be building off the grid, I strongly recommend looking at partsonsale (Dot) Com for the solar stuff! You'll get the absolute BEST deal with them! First, check out a local solar dealer in your area so you too will know this to be true!

[Lifan200]

Did you set in on blocks for tax purposes - since it's not attached to the land?

Nice work!

[MtnTracker]

Lifan200 - I only set it on blocks to be able to access the plumbing and keep it off the ground. If there were any tax breaks, I didn't notice them because I pulled a permit for a cabin rather then for a house based on the square footage.

[Fire4FX]

Do you have building experience? Also is that fibre cement sheeting on the outside? I don't know much about building materials so I'm guessing it's also water resistant to a certain point & the backing board also helps keep out the moisture if I'm right.

[MtnTracker]

Fire4FX - I owned a remodeling business for years but never built an entire home prior to this one. I didn't use "Hardy board" or cement sheeting, it's a composite of sorts with a 75 year warranty. I then used TyVek to wrap the house as a moisture barrier. I caulked every nail and every seam which was probably over-kill but I didn't want issues later.

[okiemill]

Ever see housing in other areas of the world?? Concrete here is over $100 per yard. That aside, the area the building is in looks remote and possibly unreachable to a mixer truck. Also, say there is $40,000 in materials in this house, a similar home would sell for over $100,000 easy. $1000/month over 30 years is $360,000. If the home stands for 10 years he is way ahead of the game in money savings. Mtn Tracker, Bravo for what you did here. Well done buddy.

[dasenuff]

building codes? yeah..just what we need..more gove telling us how to do everything!

[dylanedwards843]

CAN YOU GIVE ME THE DEMETIONS ON THE CABIN ????



[Rhinoch8]

Now with hot days you will be able to breathe toxic vapors from the glue in the bound-crushed wood panels.

[angetodac]

beautifull job!

[dimebag699]

great job

[46ace]

Hi Westcliffe Colorado? Your view looks familiar..

[BigFishingShop]

Beautiful, the Baca Grande ?? Does the floor bounce much ?

[RESISTCONTROL2]

High, you are living the dream, nice property. Looks like all the right angles are in place. WELL DONE !

[adsense1]

They should be able to build it how they want...I hate building codes...Sure it isn't attached to the ground and the first wisp of wind will make it look like dorthy's house on the wizard of Oz. I say hang the codes....Let Darwin get back involved in the game....

[Jakewelborn]

There is no down structure support for the second floor joist, they are just kind of floating above the window opening. There is also no lateral foundation bracing or tie in. This cabin probably moves all over the place with any kind of movement inside of it.