Building Root Cellar (Hobbit House) | Primitive Food Preservation at the Off Grid Cabin!

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Watch as I build a root cellar out of a metal culvert that will be used to preserve foods at my off grid cabin in the woods. The full Season: • Building a Small Cabin...
While I'm busy building a cellar, this channel is more about building interesting things using all kinds of tools, from excavators, to chainsaws, and all kinds of hand tools, and power tools.
The cooling properties of the earth help keep food from spoiling much better than when they are exposed to high outside temperatures.
Root cellars are an ancient form of long-term food storage for root vegetables and other preserves such as jams, jellies, and even fermented beverages. Of course, these date back much before the invention of modern refrigerators. Early records show root cellars being used back 40,000 years.
Australians were believed to have been the first to use cellars, while walk in cellars were used in 17th Century England.
With more modern agriculture and bountiful crops, people needed to find a way to keep food cashes from spoiling so they could be saved and consumed throughout the year rather than simply experience feast or famine.
Root Cellars are essentially refrigerators, under the earth, foods can be covered from the sunlight and therefor inhibit spoilage. A good root cellar can often be 40F cooler than the outside temperature.
Some foods do better in high humidity while others do better in low humidity, so it's important to know specific food requirements so they can be sorted into different types of cellars. Canned foods and grain do better in lower humidifies, while carrots, potatoes, and turnips do better in high humidity.
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  • @ModernSelfReliance
    @ModernSelfReliance3 жыл бұрын

    *New Tiny House Build:* kzread.info/dash/bejne/eIJ3mMujhZrWgKQ.html *Instagram:* instagram.com/wood_chucker_987/

  • @TroyGabe

    @TroyGabe

    3 жыл бұрын

    Im guessing you us Cinder block wall in back still watching but a big guess no matter what you do it going to work great I might get lucky keep up the great videos 👍

  • @TroyGabe

    @TroyGabe

    3 жыл бұрын

    That Cedar will work great in so many ways

  • @brandonlacour1277

    @brandonlacour1277

    3 жыл бұрын

    your hole alignment punch lol we've always called them a spud like a spud wrench you would use on red iron work 😁 could be wrong though but that's what we've known them as. love the channel by the way so keep uploading and stay safe out there.

  • @jordan-pl4yu

    @jordan-pl4yu

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TroyGabe rrr❤️❤️r

  • @Daddy-vh8ct

    @Daddy-vh8ct

    3 жыл бұрын

    The trail you use is for pools

  • @Sabamonster
    @Sabamonster2 жыл бұрын

    I have watched a ton of these videos and I gotta say, Don seems like a super good friend. In one video you asked him why he comes out and helps and his answer was a simple "It's something to do and it's outside." The man is very obviously a reliable friend.

  • @fernandchristiaens5349
    @fernandchristiaens53496 ай бұрын

    This guide is a good resource of videos, pictures and drawing. It does not have plans, so if that's what you're looking for don't bother with this book. kzread.infoUgkxLum--iPp9YKZ09j1BMdHaBMLkrGfIbcm What this book does have is a lot of great information on the building of sheds, design ideas, building options, etc. The author goes through the steps to build a foundation, framing, roof, even ideas on internal storage and external finishes. The text is easy to follow and understand. There are many sidebars that give tips and advice which most laymen probably wouldn't have considered. The photographs are great quality too. This is a great book and I'd recommend it highly for anyone needing or interested in building a shed.

  • @williamwalsh3779
    @williamwalsh37799 ай бұрын

    The man's a building guru. Self taught, ingenious, ambitious yet personable, humorous and humble. Helluva human being! And can we get an AMEN for Don!? Always ready and willing to help.

  • @debwilson5236
    @debwilson52362 жыл бұрын

    I don’t know how I found this I nodded off woke up and this was on now I can’t stop watching them I love what you are doing I am sorry people give you negative comments when you built the cabin I think you are fantastic

  • @valeriechaumeziere377
    @valeriechaumeziere3773 жыл бұрын

    The idea of shooting game from your new toilet "22:30" brings back happy family memories. When I was about 8, we had a big house with out buildings, a huge garden, and woods all around. My Father used to sit on the loo having his morning constitutional. He would open the huge sash window and shoot pigeons with his 12 bore while he was pooing! I still cook his recipe for Roast Pigeon with lardons, shallots and petit pois. Delish! I still have visions of the old boy sitting on his throne and the barrels of his shotgun poking out through the window. Barking mad of course, but great fun!

  • @taraschweizer
    @taraschweizer3 жыл бұрын

    Swearing in the forest with Kevin, brilliant. Great work. Form and function at its best!!

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Tara!

  • @seansysig
    @seansysig3 жыл бұрын

    17.4 is getting close, 10°C is a better root cellar temp. Very cool excavation design and implementation.

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @stephenx2857
    @stephenx28573 жыл бұрын

    unless you have a system to dry the air. the condensation is going to happen. It's a hassle a lot of people don't consider with container houses. it's basically just a natural cause/effect from humid air contacting the cold metal. and transitioning to liquid.

  • @ModernSelfReliance

    @ModernSelfReliance

    3 жыл бұрын

    and I'm okay with that! It's a cold damp place!

  • @flukeoutdrsy650
    @flukeoutdrsy6502 жыл бұрын

    Love the design! If you make a floating walkway in the root cellar then you can start your milk crates easily to each side and yet still have a walkway.❤

  • @janeirvine8391
    @janeirvine83912 жыл бұрын

    It's been a year. How has your cellar worked out? What changes would you make if you were to build it again? Do you have plans to lengthen it? Thank you for posting! Blessings, health, prosperity and peace to you and yours and to all who read this! 😘👍😇💖

  • @ModernSelfReliance

    @ModernSelfReliance

    2 жыл бұрын

    If I had the budget for a larger tube at the time I would have made it longer. But otherwise it works are designed.

  • @lisavincenti4688

    @lisavincenti4688

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ModernSelfReliance where did you get your tube? I'm struggling to find one

  • @Lilly-mq2uk

    @Lilly-mq2uk

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ModernSelfReliance where did you get the culvert???? I’m looking around but can’t find any

  • @lindsayalisonstevens3592
    @lindsayalisonstevens35922 жыл бұрын

    Such craftsmanship! Love your channel, Kevin 😍👏🏽

  • @mitchio83
    @mitchio833 жыл бұрын

    This guy is just the right amount of Canadian, not full AvE.

  • @stephengile530
    @stephengile5303 жыл бұрын

    The tool used for lining up the holes is called a drift pin or drift and is the pointy end on a spud wrench. At least that's what i was taught.

  • @SirGrumpalot

    @SirGrumpalot

    3 жыл бұрын

    At our plant, we call it a spanner.

  • @wilbearworks

    @wilbearworks

    3 жыл бұрын

    In England we call them a "BODGE"

  • @seanhoude
    @seanhoude2 жыл бұрын

    Only thing I would have done differently was put the pieces together to overlap like roof shingles, so water won't tend to enter. Top over bottom, and rear over front. Otherwise, seems like a good way to quickly build an underground structure.

  • @slevinchannel7589

    @slevinchannel7589

    2 жыл бұрын

    You would really think Preppers would be all over websites like $killshare or Brilliant, but no, not that i can tell. Apparently ‚Knowledge = Good’ is not that much of solid-understood by many Preppers. And that’s not even mentioning the dire need to support Science-Channel and Conspiracy-Debunk-KZreadrs... cause: obvious reasons? Anti-Science and Pseudo-Science erode Society so much that, IF ANYTHING, one should be aware this is most likely where Future-Disasters are coming from. I genuinly do not understand why, what from what i can observe and gather from interactions, many dont ‚prep Knowledge’ or PREVENT the actual Disaster from coming. Yeah, prepping for the Disaster is nice and good, but how about decreasing the Likelyhood of Disaster?

  • @lararabb8888
    @lararabb88882 жыл бұрын

    Love your cute little supervisor. Like 'SWEARING IN THE FOREST'

  • @wanderatnight4035
    @wanderatnight40353 жыл бұрын

    You could always add a floor with a hatch to store stuff underneath if your worried about losing space.

  • @bertieboatright1206
    @bertieboatright12063 жыл бұрын

    I’m so jealous. That’s amazing.

  • @richardlwellington
    @richardlwellington4 жыл бұрын

    I personally would have put gravel down as an extra precaution for drainage.

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    4 жыл бұрын

    It was a thought... We've had crazy torrential rains the last couple of weeks and it hasn't flooded yet. Time will tell.

  • @cookiecrumbles4024

    @cookiecrumbles4024

    3 жыл бұрын

    I would of sealed the have with a tar like seal as well then and insulator then the gravel then fill in....and concrete the back panel as well to keep rodents and snakes from chewing in to the w/o is.love the concept though very much.

  • @cookiecrumbles4024

    @cookiecrumbles4024

    3 жыл бұрын

    The tar will help prevent the fab from rusting over time...which would allow it to give in or at least build a concrete wall around the thing beforfilling in that would help keep it cool in summer months toohaving pockets of cool air around it maybe lay a concrete pad on bottom too.

  • @imurderuh

    @imurderuh

    3 жыл бұрын

    French drain would of been easy and effective. It might be fine as is without the extra work. Time will tell, also the stuff over the backside wood, run left to right with an overlap instead up up and down. Love the build though

  • @elizabethhestevold1340
    @elizabethhestevold13403 жыл бұрын

    Amazing!?Reminds me off my Dad in Denmark. Was not a thing he could not do,build .Before we moved to the Country side, where he build our 🏠 That too is another story. But , in Copenhagen , while in apartment, always pleasing my mother! For her Jams! etc.he welded , build her a refrigerator.. and room for Ice. So he had a Brewer co..come by with blocks off ice , measured for her fridge. Newer forgot those beautiful Belgium horses, pulling that Ice wagon! What a sight! And the guys with their leather aprons slicing ice, with electric cutter! We kids in summer standing by cacthing Ice pieces!! What a life!! And , yes in the Country we had Chickens.. First time he slaughtered a hen, I would not forgive for a week ,or speak to him!! When the others that Sunday had Chicken upstairs, I sat on the basement stairs and bailed my eyes out!! So don't let your daughter see you fix chicken dinner. Just a off side suggestion. 🐣🐓🐔 😀🎃🦅🇩🇰🇺🇸🐴💫🍮 tv

  • @ModernSelfReliance

    @ModernSelfReliance

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's a great story!

  • @notsure5702
    @notsure57023 жыл бұрын

    OMG she is soooo SoooooSO CUTE!

  • @dillonsouthard7785

    @dillonsouthard7785

    3 жыл бұрын

    Who

  • @ebonwalsh7149

    @ebonwalsh7149

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dillonsouthard7785 the dog

  • @springgoodhart8676
    @springgoodhart86764 жыл бұрын

    your wife was right - the hobbit door was perfect! Love it!!!

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Shhhhhh. Thanks for watching.

  • @stevek9844
    @stevek98443 жыл бұрын

    kinda surprised you didn't have a layer of gravel under the culvert.

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    3 жыл бұрын

    My thoughts are..... How much surface of a circle touches the ground at any given point? For instance a car tire.. how much actually touches the road? So with this culvert the lowest point of the culvert has a weeping directly below it. Water will weep to Lowest point and find the path of least resistance and weep out the front of the pipe.. also I didn't have any gravel...

  • @ateamofone
    @ateamofone3 жыл бұрын

    Love the dog. Smile

  • @diantope6750
    @diantope67502 жыл бұрын

    ●COOL DUDE, GREAT PUBLIC APPEAL SENSE of HUMOR... ENJOY, GOOD LUCK !

  • @villijs33321
    @villijs333213 жыл бұрын

    Yeah fine sand on back wall was a mistake - as ruff as possible and geo cloth over to prevent fine sand to get down that a proper drainage. Next what I think is bad to use those black drywall screws outdoors - they gonna rust away in a year..

  • @Favorite-catNip

    @Favorite-catNip

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's the only thing I have knowledge about. Like put some silicone on it or something.

  • @atamanatlas3098
    @atamanatlas30984 жыл бұрын

    “Why else would you dig a 6 feet hole?” hmmm to get rid of the evidence? 😂

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @Thisismycomment.

    @Thisismycomment.

    3 жыл бұрын

    6 ft under as they say

  • @angelbear_og

    @angelbear_og

    3 жыл бұрын

    Utterly too shallow. You gotta go 8, 10, 12, 15 feet deep. And make sure you dig ahead of time. 😉

  • @JLOFlix
    @JLOFlix3 жыл бұрын

    What an adorable lil ginger!!

  • @avidhunter6169
    @avidhunter6169 Жыл бұрын

    That hole alignment tool looks like a Pittsburgh pry bar. It is one of a multitude of tools that fall into the category of "hole alignment tool".

  • @candacelemming858
    @candacelemming8582 жыл бұрын

    You two are like the Laurel and Hardy of creative outdoor adventures. 😂🤣 😂 Watching you could become an addiction. 😍

  • @johnbuelow4739
    @johnbuelow47393 жыл бұрын

    My dad was born in 1918 so he was from the oldtimey generation befor refrigeration in Minnesota where winters get very cold and it was mostly farming communities and they pretty much all had root cellars. He moved to Washington state were I was born, and we lived on a little farm on the flat were my dad dug a root cellar. I was very young at the time but I remember him saying that you have to have at least 3 feet of earth above the roof of the root cellar and a vent pipe to prevent spoilage and freezing. The convection from the earth will cause condensation and it needs a place to escape otherwise your food will spoil and or freeze. But you are welcome to try it without and see if he was right.

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think he was right. Vents need to be added.

  • @marknickerson3645

    @marknickerson3645

    3 жыл бұрын

    Vents are pretty much the key ingredient to a proper functioning root cellar, hot air rises and it needs somewhere to go!

  • @donpayne562

    @donpayne562

    3 жыл бұрын

    If no ventilation it will mold also

  • @pkendall99

    @pkendall99

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is under a tree canopy and partially exposed.. plus, his refrigeration needs are not totally dependent on this root cellar,...

  • @anitamarsano158

    @anitamarsano158

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think a row of small holes in the deeper rings of the "floor" from back to front for condensation to run down and drain to the awaiting drain pipe.

  • @cindyblair1283
    @cindyblair128310 ай бұрын

    I totally Love your work and your charm! I have watched all your videos and they are just interesting along with your awesome friend Don! All your friends are fun to watch with their cooking and it all looks so good. Anyways keep it up cause I enjoy your love and laughter of life and building from your own land. God Bless you and family and friends. From OHOI

  • @sitgesvillaapartmentneilsc7924
    @sitgesvillaapartmentneilsc79242 жыл бұрын

    Its called rendering and weve been using those styrofoam block for years , before the compressed styro just normal polystyrene and before that wood also works, the trick is not to bring the water to the surface. If you do it will delaminate from the under layer. Its a really nice project but it really needs to be 2 metres underground to protect it from the frosts and to keep it at a standard temperature. we used to have a lot of these in Europe and still do in the rural areas, also you can still see ice caves or houses that were built to keep ice all the way through summer. those however are very large buildings underground and normally next to a lake where the ice could be dragged into the ice house.

  • @patriciacallen9653
    @patriciacallen96533 жыл бұрын

    Love it! I have been looking for a way to make a root cellar I have been thinking Earthbag but this is a great option...

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Earth bag is another option... Thanks for watching.

  • @SirGrumpalot
    @SirGrumpalot3 жыл бұрын

    That sock material will clog when covered with dirt. Sand on bottom with pea gravel surrounding pipe, then dirt, will do the trick.

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    3 жыл бұрын

    I put a couple of buckets of filter sand on the pipe.. I think that might have ended up on the cutting room floor..

  • @THCH62

    @THCH62

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cmosphoto1 no idea iki I'm

  • @mikecurliss848

    @mikecurliss848

    3 жыл бұрын

    That is exactly what I was going to say. I do NOT trust that black corrugated pipe. Have replaced too much of it over the years. Solid sewer and drain smooth walled pipe covered with a sock and pea gravel.

  • @brucejgallettajr1014
    @brucejgallettajr10143 жыл бұрын

    You should take three in” of dirt off the top put some heavy plastic down to the end off your front a frame then put the dirt back this will help with your water leaking in and help with the dampness and also condensation inside

  • @dwightherrington7793
    @dwightherrington77932 жыл бұрын

    I really like that culvert idea.

  • @TheWolfster001
    @TheWolfster0013 жыл бұрын

    On the wood, even though that type is basically root resistant, a way to make it last much, muck longer is to char it, that brings out some oils causing it to me very water resistant, and it just looks cool... Loved the video... Have fun brother..

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Next time I sink posts I'll charr em.

  • @TheWolfster001

    @TheWolfster001

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cmosphoto1 The practice is called "Shou Sugi Ban" You burn the wood to char it, not burn, use a wire brush to clean it, then you can just leave it or coat it with some oil.. You can google it or search youtube to see how it's done.. I have used it many times and it doesn't matter what type of wood you use, it seems to make all look good.. And for something that is going to be outside, it is a great protector, lasting many many years with minor care.. Just thought I'd throw a tip to ya.. Have fun and Be Blessed...

  • @Chris-gx4cg
    @Chris-gx4cg4 жыл бұрын

    Its called a drift pin nice work on the gopher hole

  • @raymondsoutherland86
    @raymondsoutherland863 жыл бұрын

    Shows off every skill a Canadian man is born with.

  • @georgeanacook2037
    @georgeanacook20373 жыл бұрын

    Plant tulips on the roof. It will hold your soil in place!

  • @terryrobinson1416
    @terryrobinson14164 жыл бұрын

    Its called a drift pin. To align holes

  • @AnxiousCowboy

    @AnxiousCowboy

    3 жыл бұрын

    We call it a chickee pin where I’m from

  • @Kmurray9244

    @Kmurray9244

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep 'drift pin' or slave pin... Do a search... Im sure there are many colloquial terms but formally, a drift or slave pin ... Drift pin more so for larger projects like iron work and building erection projects, slave pin more so for small pinned tools like firearms.. as a shipfitter I've used many ...

  • @bar-bv1de

    @bar-bv1de

    3 жыл бұрын

    We call it a spud bar

  • @linmal2242
    @linmal22423 жыл бұрын

    Look how deep your topsoil is; we are very jealous in Australia!

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's very clay like, solid.. topsoil.

  • @kinglex2805

    @kinglex2805

    3 жыл бұрын

    I feel like theses days coming back again... where man going back to the wilderness and underground 🙋🏾‍♂️ very soon with in the next up coming years possibly months 👀 who knows

  • @rachelcharlieboy6340
    @rachelcharlieboy63403 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for helping me through this tough time. Woke up hot af. Not knowing what year or day it is lol hate heaters... raised Canadian hate hot temperatures

  • @bencowles2105
    @bencowles21053 жыл бұрын

    5 gallon bucket of lime will keep moisture down in your root cellar. Stick in the back on the floor and let it do its job. Replace once a year.

  • @ModernSelfReliance

    @ModernSelfReliance

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good tip thanks!

  • @bmaccrypto
    @bmaccrypto3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! All that sawdust at the wood mill is great for the outhouse.

  • @AnxiousCowboy

    @AnxiousCowboy

    3 жыл бұрын

    What? You sprinkle it on the poop? Does B M stand for bowel movement I like fecal advice

  • @richardsolomon8076
    @richardsolomon80764 жыл бұрын

    Your alignment punch in the engineering world is called a drift. Awesome job Kevin, well done 👍

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    4 жыл бұрын

    I've heard it called that before.

  • @Neon_Caveman

    @Neon_Caveman

    4 жыл бұрын

    Knew someone would have gotten to it before me! Just had to scroll down past the pudges, pokey bits and such. My dad was an amateur machinist, picked up a lot from him.

  • @tabithaadams7875

    @tabithaadams7875

    4 жыл бұрын

    we call them ladies foot

  • @princezzpuffypants6287

    @princezzpuffypants6287

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Tabitha Adams I thought a ladyfoot was a little pry bar ?

  • @anthonypiligno7618
    @anthonypiligno76183 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate these videos very much.... because you show the whole build.... there's not five episodes of it.... thank you......JJ.....

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    3 жыл бұрын

    There may come a time with larger projects they will need to be broken up into pieces..

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    @user-rl3up5eh7x3 жыл бұрын

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  • @glg3945
    @glg39453 жыл бұрын

    That is awesome! Peace and Good Fortune and Good Health to you and your family. Might want to put locks on the doors of your buildings, deter the bears and other animals. Nice project.

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not a bad idea. Thanks for watching!

  • @summerWTFE
    @summerWTFE3 жыл бұрын

    I should buy some tools. Like a mini excavator and a saw mill.

  • @ModernSelfReliance

    @ModernSelfReliance

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good toys to have.

  • @moneybags179

    @moneybags179

    3 жыл бұрын

    The thing is so cute I want one too

  • @AnxiousCowboy

    @AnxiousCowboy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Money Bags how much is it

  • @moneybags179

    @moneybags179

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AnxiousCowboy Not sure I would prob buy from a police auction. And didnt move to my land yet.

  • @viviancatharinaseitzinger1841
    @viviancatharinaseitzinger18412 жыл бұрын

    Wow!!! Nice rootcellar. I hope you build a flat floor in it and more shelves in it.

  • @didiermeister98
    @didiermeister983 жыл бұрын

    Podger - Great Tool

  • @marywitt4597
    @marywitt45974 жыл бұрын

    Loving those fancy pants you're wearing. You're amazing! You make it look easy and fun. Will you come build stuff for me? Ya right. Loved the video, love the root cellar.

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    4 жыл бұрын

    They are my favorite pants... ;-)

  • @TheTaylorwailer
    @TheTaylorwailer3 жыл бұрын

    “And... well...... You gonna help?” “No.” 😆

  • @danieltranchida4009
    @danieltranchida40092 жыл бұрын

    Great idea...Should have saved your saw or sanding dust , mix some glue and fill your gaps! And placed 8 inches of gravel under everything use the hole bottom as a drain field.

  • @mikescomputercorner1204
    @mikescomputercorner12043 жыл бұрын

    Lol the tool is called a Podger and its mainly used by Riggers when they are putting together steelwork on a construction site.. they use it to line up the holes initially and then put the bolts into the other holes and eventually remove the Podger and place the last bolt.

  • @RexORackZ
    @RexORackZ3 жыл бұрын

    8:20 *Plot Twist* The puppy is actually the manager of the operation checking in making sure everyone’s doing their job correctly.

  • @rosenpetrov1422

    @rosenpetrov1422

    3 жыл бұрын

    what breed is the puppy?

  • @GTturbo_
    @GTturbo_3 жыл бұрын

    I love how he said "how are you"

  • @douglashanson7489
    @douglashanson74893 жыл бұрын

    A root cellar should be deeper than that. That's what keeps it cool in summer, and prevents freezing in winter.

  • @ModernSelfReliance

    @ModernSelfReliance

    3 жыл бұрын

    We over wintered and didn't freeze inside.

  • @robert4027
    @robert40272 жыл бұрын

    Alignment punch lol. Philip screwdriver works for me. Great video thanks

  • @garyhunter6030
    @garyhunter60303 жыл бұрын

    Never heard a man say he is proud of his hole. That is a new one for me.

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Brave new world our there! ;-). Thanks for watching!

  • @forrestloy4243

    @forrestloy4243

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's funny!lol!

  • @robertmarrs386
    @robertmarrs3863 жыл бұрын

    Looks awsome. Hopefully you never have to change the hinges

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    3 жыл бұрын

    I thought about that... Get to try out my parge patching skills.

  • @albertmills4435
    @albertmills44353 жыл бұрын

    Caulk and paint make a carpenter what he ain't. 😏 Great video. I like your style.

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    3 жыл бұрын

    So true!

  • @athenarockett3088
    @athenarockett30883 жыл бұрын

    Watching you and 👪 and friends was a learning school thank you

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @williamnelson4066
    @williamnelson40664 жыл бұрын

    I know it's expensive but I do however agree with the woodedbeardsman. Your going to find out that your root cellar( great start mind you) will need to be be longer ideally a bit wider too. It's a great idea, exactly what I would do however I would have gone a bit deeper and wider. The only reason I'd go wider is that with room to move around and storage a 6½ft will soon be cluttered with shelves and preserves of food like carrots potatoes and onions.

  • @gedreillyhomestead6926
    @gedreillyhomestead69264 жыл бұрын

    The tool you need to line up holes is a podger. You won't see scaffolders without one. 😎 👍

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Must be regional names for special tools.

  • @ZrubekFamily

    @ZrubekFamily

    4 жыл бұрын

    I thought it was called a drift punch.

  • @lukedarsey404

    @lukedarsey404

    3 жыл бұрын

    In a union weld shop I worked in we had them with a cresant wrenge on one end

  • @SDTribal
    @SDTribal2 жыл бұрын

    U, Kevin, art the king of creativity, including your now infamous quote… “Now, always do your best! Then caulk the rest!

  • @noninoni9962
    @noninoni99622 жыл бұрын

    I'm blaming my insomnia on you guys... Binged all last night, and starting to binge late again.tonight...

  • @ModernSelfReliance

    @ModernSelfReliance

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad we can keep you company.

  • @lapislazarus8899
    @lapislazarus88993 жыл бұрын

    Makes me think of my best friend's family's cabin up in the Jemez, the outhouse has a sign above the door, "The Reading Room" and there's 2 seats in there, so we always went potty together as kids. Last time we were up there it a big group of us, no adults we were all around 17-18. Good times!

  • @NeedsMoreToys
    @NeedsMoreToys3 жыл бұрын

    You must have a large storage building for all the scrap you keep around.

  • @elsie9649
    @elsie96492 жыл бұрын

    I'm a year late to the party but, I just learned how to make a frame around the round door. Cool!

  • @mirandarae8722
    @mirandarae87223 жыл бұрын

    I love the little cupcakes, I love them gooooood - GIR.

  • @dmbfan19711
    @dmbfan197113 жыл бұрын

    It looks really cool, but a root cellar should be 0-4.5 C and 95% humidity to work properly. Food will spoil at 17.4 C (63F). Good luck with that.

  • @Herschel1738

    @Herschel1738

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, that is the temp in the middle of summer, when temp was 32.4 C (90 F). I assume it will be cooler in the winter, which is when it will be filled with the fall harvest.

  • @jamesgoodman6243
    @jamesgoodman62433 жыл бұрын

    Your Hole Alignment punch is ACTUALLY called a Drift Pin does the same as

  • @tillytyler2871

    @tillytyler2871

    2 жыл бұрын

    A drift pin is for localising a hammer hit. He's using it as a Podger to align bolt holes 🧐

  • @kgeorge6713
    @kgeorge67133 жыл бұрын

    I’ll have to give you props for all your ingenuity and trying new things BUT, Me and my construction buddies are watching this and we find it absolutely hilarious the way you try to sound like you know what you’re doing… Good on you though mate … Keep it up

  • @ModernSelfReliance

    @ModernSelfReliance

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tell your buddies I say Hi! I'm going to need the sky hook for the next one.

  • @KeeperofTheMountain
    @KeeperofTheMountain3 жыл бұрын

    My friends down South build what they call a Spring House. They build a root cellar over a spring. The flowing water keeps it cool.

  • @ModernSelfReliance

    @ModernSelfReliance

    3 жыл бұрын

    That would work well.

  • @claytonholmstrom5708
    @claytonholmstrom57084 жыл бұрын

    Kevin that is the most amazing display of Canadian ingenuity I have ever viewed!, Reward yourself at McDonalds!! That's an old joke as I know you enjoy their burgers rather than what Chris concocted??? Greeting from an entertain fan, and I even gave you an A plus a like... Bluff Country Iowa Covid dodger out????

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Don't mind if I do... One might say that whole build was fueled by McDonald's...

  • @johnvandenakker3245

    @johnvandenakker3245

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well done Kevin!

  • @trendinvestor2893
    @trendinvestor28934 жыл бұрын

    I think it would have worked better if you covered the drain pipe with gravel.

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    4 жыл бұрын

    I agree.

  • @chadburke1938

    @chadburke1938

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agree, it’s a waste of time digging the trench if you are going to cover it with native soil. You have everything sloped away from the cellar anyhow it should keep the place dry anyhow but if going to put a drain pipe below it you have to fill around it with free draining material.

  • @johnpierce6025
    @johnpierce60253 жыл бұрын

    love your outhouse design but i have a little bit of historical knowledge for you to take into consideration. the crescent moon was a designation of this is a womans outhouse and a sun was for the gents

  • @brandonbrownell8833
    @brandonbrownell88333 жыл бұрын

    All that work for one small shelf worth of space? Brilliant. Without squared off walls, , allowing for stacking of numerous boxes while still leaving enough space for an access path in the middle, this root cellar is not but a glorious waste of space. You’d have done just as well digging a small cache hole in the ground. A for effort though.

  • @markbergquist4439
    @markbergquist44394 жыл бұрын

    What a fun project. And, Yup. People love to watch dirt being moved.

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's like watching a camp fire.

  • @tnoutlaw73
    @tnoutlaw733 жыл бұрын

    that handy tool be called the drift pin punch

  • @gss7271

    @gss7271

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, or "pin" for short

  • @IWH777
    @IWH7773 жыл бұрын

    NOW THAT YOU HAVE THAT PIPE MADE; GET A CEMENT SEWAGE PIT BOX AN MARRY THEM TOGETHER AN IT WILL BE A FANTASTIC SET UP FOR AN UNDERGROUND CELLER.. BLESSINGS & BE HOPE FILLED FRANKI

  • @amathonn
    @amathonn2 жыл бұрын

    I got a chuckle out of your outhouse with a hunter's blind door in top. When I was a kid in Iowa several decades ago dad bought a farm that still didn't have running water. So we did our business in a two-holer outhouse for most of a year. Door of the outhouse faced side of corncrib 50 feet away and corncrib had rats - which were great target practice for my brother & myself from our position while on "the throne."

  • @phillipkarnehm7712
    @phillipkarnehm77124 жыл бұрын

    I am 50 years a carpenter, and I approve! And good editing!

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Phillip!

  • @medtech1a
    @medtech1a4 жыл бұрын

    Your root cellar is a grade A job. I simply love it.

  • @bobburger2192

    @bobburger2192

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @wtfdunes2727
    @wtfdunes27273 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE BEAN !!!! 😍

  • @ModernSelfReliance

    @ModernSelfReliance

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bean just got a haircut! she's even more adorable now!

  • @Ernie_Centofanti
    @Ernie_Centofanti Жыл бұрын

    At 53:06 , what you made is called a float. The process of smoothing over the cement is called “floating.” (My dad was a plastering contractor for 40 years.)

  • @Chef_Josh
    @Chef_Josh3 жыл бұрын

    "Why else would you dig a 6 foot hole?" The casual way you said this and moved on made me laugh a bit harder than it should have

  • @aitor.online

    @aitor.online

    3 жыл бұрын

    im like "i can think of a few" haha

  • @vincentkeim2208

    @vincentkeim2208

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aitor.online well we aren't killing now.....but I do find that funny

  • @boyharmon357
    @boyharmon3572 жыл бұрын

    Awesome stuff,if I may make a suggestion,when doing your door if you had a big enough sheet of wood could you have marked out your trim first then the actual door, and that way you would have a one piece trim around your door that would be a near perfect fit, would that work? Awesome video anyway totally enjoyed watching

  • @thejarhead0313
    @thejarhead03133 жыл бұрын

    I start my campfires that way too!

  • @ModernSelfReliance

    @ModernSelfReliance

    3 жыл бұрын

    I feel it's the only way.

  • @erikaalisauskaite7697
    @erikaalisauskaite76973 жыл бұрын

    in my country still popular root storages. its basically smallest 20 squares metres deep pit in the ground with brick walls, doors, ladder, small side window, roof. it's like a house in the ground 3-4metres deep in the ground,with warmth insulated roof. and padle lock on door covered by piece of rubber from broken car tyre so it will not freeze, easy to unlock. in all Lithuania, Russia we store 9-12 bags of potatoes 50kg each bag, 2 bags of carrots, 4 bags of beetroot-for all winter till springtime. Downcellar for natural sand, ground that regulates wetness of root cellar. we make shelves for home made jams, chutneys, marinated cucumbers. Always have big pot 4buckets sauer kraut - salted sour, chopped cabbage. We dig carrots in to the cellar's ground to keep fresh. we build in one side of cellar 1/3wooden board 1yard tall to put potatoes properly. And have old duvet to cover them if cold-20Celsius,or-35Celsius cold. But if cellar deep & roof insulated vegetables is protected from get chill & spoil. Window covered by thick peace of wood at winter, is only needed to open at summer with doors open too to get cellar dry all summer.Down cellar can be build by bricks & cement or by natural rocks and clay, sand, salt, wet building lime instead of cement. Roof, attic filled by wood chips.

  • @randylanhart1796
    @randylanhart17963 жыл бұрын

    Oh the Kubota is just the tool ya need for that job. I really want one

  • @xscitobor1233
    @xscitobor12333 жыл бұрын

    I wonder what a hobbit would think when they hear someone compare their house to a fire pit, And I say "think" because they wouldn't want to say anything after hearing this 12:20

  • @carmike17
    @carmike173 жыл бұрын

    I'm very well Don, thanks for asking. It's nice to meet you sir.

  • @heru-deshet359
    @heru-deshet3593 жыл бұрын

    Great job Frodo and Bilbo.

  • @timhyatt9185
    @timhyatt91853 жыл бұрын

    "swearing in the forest with Kevin"... I'd watch it.. ;)

  • @cmosphoto1

    @cmosphoto1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Baha

  • @one234569and10
    @one234569and103 жыл бұрын

    I like that the entry is faced away from the cabin, so if someone sees the cabin they wont see the cold cellar.

  • @Mrs.Tincher
    @Mrs.Tincher3 жыл бұрын

    Don is the MVP

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