Building a Small Cabin Stage One

The cabin is almost complete. As you may know, if you’ve have read https://www.small-cabins.com/building-a-small-cabin-2020/ (Building a Small Cabin) I began building in 2020, and here we are in July 2020. This is an update of progress so far.

Let’s say it’s very liveable but not yet complete.

Construction

Building a Small Cabin – The only way to begin is to start.
Building a Small Cabin Stage One – The Platform (on which to build the rest)

Journal

The Cabin, (some time ago in my journal)

I have made some progress, or let’s say that the base in very nearly complete, and I expect to have the sides and roof structure up this weekend, ready for the cladding and roof. If I say so myself it’s pretty well constructed so I reckon I could make another more easily and quicker. I am being careful to do it as inexpensively as possible, but still maintain the quality, also I being careful to modularise it. So things like buying in 6 m lengths and then cutting in half saved some cash, and using standard sizes.

Mistake #1 Don’t build in the shade, I should not have built under a tree, while this seemed like a very good idea in the heat of summer, when the winter set in it was very cool, even cold, which put me off working in the morning, since I’m a sunshine person. The tree also dropped it leave on the construction, and generally created a moist damp environment. It ended up being a pain, and I choose to move it to the sunshine later. So try start, build and finish in the right place place first time.