Hi from Russia Moscow. Привет!! We are couple - funs of you! You are so lovely and hardworking! It is nothing impossible to Chris to do ore operate. We learned by you to do foundation of our house in a kitchen garden. We glad of your progress and goodness. Our husband impruves his English by your video. We wish you our hearts. Serg and Marina

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Hello Sergey and Marina! 👋 😃 it is great to hear that you find our videos so helpful in your life ❤️ very heartwarming 😊 thank you so much for your kind words!

@mikeduda3173

5 ай бұрын

Great way to learn English. Fun and easy. Enjoy. We do

Building in the snow in Alaska is quite the task.... Stay warm....Thanks for sharing

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

It does present some new challenges, 🙂 but progress must go forward!

Brother you got one good ones. your wife that is not afraid to work. been watching from the start of build.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

This is true, we make a great team. Without each other, we would be lost! Thank you

@mikepagliei426

6 ай бұрын

Love watching you young husband and wife working together! Is this your first build together? Can’t wait to see what’s next

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! We have been together for about 12 years, so we have had many DIY projects together at our old home in Pennsylvania. But this is our first time building a home to live in 🙂

That dog is having the time of his life 😍

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Benelli loves living out here! It has brought him much joy 😅

Im so impressed what you build the foundation polls , the way you put a plastic to prevent the moist from the ground add gravel on top is a great idea , so professional, great channel , its very interesting 👍

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 we are doing the best work we can, and hopefully it will last us many years.

That looks solid. It’s not going anywhere. Good job guys. I hope we still see videos when the weather gets bad.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you Diver! We will continue to make videos of our progress to share all winter 🙂

You can definitely tell Chris is an experienced equipment operator

@rolandhiltz5197

6 ай бұрын

Good job you guys. Great start to a strong structure. Wish you God speed.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, We used to have an old worn out Kubota excavator on our Pennsylvania property for about a year to do dirt work and property maintenance. Those hours spent in the seat are still coming in handy to save money.

I love the way you guys work together! I hope you can get it at least dried in before the snow starts piling up.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I am sure we will be shoveling snow off of the structure until we get it under the roof but as long as we can keep the subfloor semi dry it should be ok 🙂

You must have spent nearly a fortune on those pressure treater 2x12s. Nice foundation for sure. You two are doing magnificent work.

@Chris_at_Home

6 ай бұрын

They do everything right, from building the driveway to a good foundation., nothing is done half ass. I can’t wait to see how it’s framed and insulated. It’s going to be a pretty big place.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Haha, treated lumber is not cheap. Hopefully, it is a good investment for the long-term durability of the cabin!

Your channel will definitely be successful. You both are absolutely capable and you have all the ingredients that people want to see: the dog, tools, wife that’s tough as nails, yet sweet commentator, husband who knows how to build, and, of course, righteous beard! You’ve picked Alaska and are building off grid. I really look forward to your videos to watch your progress. I learn something each time. God bless.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Our channel seems to be growing faster than anticipated and we have had so many nice folks like yourself commenting 😊 possibly some of the attributes you mentioned are helping! It is great to hear you are enjoying our videos so much! Thank you for your kind words 😁❤️

Beautiful dog

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! ❤️

Very stout foundation. It'll be interesting to see if that vertical culvert will work to keep the water line from freezing. The closed in and insulated crawl space should help as well to keep things under the house from freezing. Looking forward to seeing your house going up. Have you shared the house plans? Thanks for the video.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! There will be more to the culvert pipe at a later time that we will share. We have not shared the plans of the home because we have had to make several revisions to our final plan due to certain material availability and costs in our area. It will be a small cabin with a partial loft, we are working to keep it lightweight but insulated very well to reduce heating needs from wood or alternative. We will be building a cold roof system even though it is a cathedral ceiling. Ice damning is a big issue here. Thank you for your support!

You aare going to have to do a two hour video to make up for us missing you so much!!

@northtoalaska2022

2 ай бұрын

We have one coming out soon which is over an hour. We hope you enjoy it 🙂

Great barrier prep work for future installs to go in later down the track. Look forward to the rest of the build as you go guys!👍

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! 🙂

Same system I used building my home almost 20 years ago... Still holding strong as ever...

@northtoalaska2022

2 ай бұрын

Good to hear! Hope ours stands many years too!

Looking good, hope the weather holds off for you guys to get more done.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Us too! The weather has been quite the roller coaster ride this year 🙂

Awesome love the progress !!! 😁👍🏼

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you CcRider 🙂 👍

GREAT JOB YOU TWO WORK WELL TOGEATHER HAVE A BLESS DAY LOVE THE DOG

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤️

I think that is a smart idea putting the plastic vabour barrier I take pics of that and show the Inspectour very smart.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, we think it is worth the extra effort. Our area of Alaska has no building codes or inspections, but we do work to make a strong durable cabin. We want to live in it for a long time.

Great video

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Calling from the lower 48 ,love your dog aney stick will do, stay safe, really enjoy your videos thank you.i got to say my grandfather was Gunner from Denmark,He would definitely approve of your foundation I mean that's old school heavy duty wow thank you.love your content, may God continue to richly bless you.

@northtoalaska2022

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! And God Bless!

Thanks for the upload. I really enjoy watching you guys living your best lives. Keep up the good work! 🇦🇺❤

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you are enjoying our videos 😊❤️

Your foundation looks great like all the thought and detail you both put in what you do can't wait for more progress All best wishes from Southampton England UK

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the best wishes, Much appreciated!

Good life,good people and awesome dog..

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

Hey guys, really happy to see you continuing on with the cabin build

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Us too! Progress has been slowed down because of the weather but we will keep working on it whenever possible 🙂

Good luck building your cabin

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

❤️

You are putting Milwaukee drills to the test. They should sponsor you guys. Looking great. Love the channel.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

That would be great! 😅 we don't normally accept any type of sponsorship but that would be very helpful. Thank you!

Nice work guys 👌🇦🇺

@northtoalaska2022

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

Thank for sharing your projects and I been wanting for you to post this part ❤

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

You are most welcome 🙂 glad we can share with everyone!

Hello friends. I hope you will complete your house soon. I felt cold even while watching it🥶. Greetings from Türkiye.🇹🇷

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Hello friend! We will probably work on our home for most of the winter 🙂 we will try to stay warm. 👋

@gokhanpolat1286

6 ай бұрын

@@northtoalaska2022 Since the language I speak is Turkish, I also use English translation. I want to support you by commenting. I hope I'm not writing anything wrong.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

You are doing great! If you prefer to respond in Turkish that works well for us too, the translator on our end works very well! 🙂 thank you so much for your support ❤️

@gokhanpolat1286

6 ай бұрын

Tamamdır . Birazda siz çeviri kullanin😊

You guys are doing a fantastic job 👏👏👏👏. Wonderful video, the vapor barrier was a great idea and it’s done right

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊❤️

Nice work!!! You make a great team.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Professional grade

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

Whew...that's a deep frost line. Good looking job on the plastic and gravel. That will work well in the future.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Amazing progress! Love watching the work that you two are doing.

Looks like you got just enough of a break in the weather to make some good cabin progress. Looks like the top eight to twelve inches of ground was frozen. You made quick work of the plumbing with the backhoe. That size backhoe was perfect for the size of your work footprint. The piers look really good. The vapor barrier was a nice idea. I haven't seen an update on the status of the spring. Is that going to be able to get you enough daily water? Nice job once again. Thanks for the video.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

It was frozen! The excavator had a difficult time cutting into the frost. We were cutting it close but were able to finish just in time. You will be happy to know our next video is about the spring and where we are currently with it. Spoiler, it has been working out great for us! We are excited to finish the final part in the springtime but for now, we are just thankful to have a water supply within walking distance 😀 thanks for your support!

Great progress guys, very exciting!

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Another good episode, the house/cabin has a great foundation.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! We are hopeful it will last us a long time 😊

Excellent job - Should be nice and stable - And, smart using the plastic to prevent moisture - Thanks again for sharing....

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 ❤️

Congratulations on getting that foundation done!!

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

👍👍 thank you 😊

You guys planned that well getting the plastic down and rock down before the snow GREAT JOB

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! We lucked out by beating the weather. It went from fall to winter overnight.

Good job. I enjoy your videos!

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙂

Excellent job guys good luck with it you're doing a fantastic job

@northtoalaska2022

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

That's the best built foundation I've seen built yet on any of these Alaskan adventures

@northtoalaska2022

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, we want it to last our lifetime.

Wow brilliant idea 🇬🇧😊

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! 🙂

Looks great. Good work you two 👍👍👍

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙂

Cannot believe how much you accomplished

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Still a long way to go! But we are getting there 🙂

Good afternoon you guys hope you guys had a great Thanksgiving keep up the good worker one step at a time you're getting it done slowly but have a great day and God bless you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Good afternoon 😊 we had a great Thanksgiving! Hope you did too! God bless 🙏 ❤️

Awesome job

@northtoalaska2022

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

Bought them carriage bolts and nuts at Home Depot for between $5 and $10 each depending on the length for my 100 foot deck. Then found out you could buy the exact same ones by the small box at the nut and bolt store for about $1 each ! Boy was I pissed . So do not forget to shop if possible.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. Our location is limited in options but I will research if we have a nut and bolt supply anywhere local with better prices.

Just found your videos. Love them.

@northtoalaska2022

Ай бұрын

Glad you found us! Thank you 🙂

Keep up the good work it looks very good so far I enjoy watching you very hard workers so I will be watching god bless

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you and God bless 🙏

hi just found the channel great to see your early work looking great

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Glad you found us 🙂 thank you!

Great progress

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

🙂

That is excellent work!

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙂

BRAVO! You two ROCK!! I love how you have calculated everything out, you make it look so smooth & easy. Dealing with cold and less sunlight is a challenge, but I do believe you two have observed from past winters what it is like and you just keep on!!! GOOD JOB!!!

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words ❤️❤️

Well done

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

True pioneering spirit. I admire your dedication to forging a homestead in such a rugged and beautiful part of America.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊 It is a hard path to go but it will be worth it in the long run!

You two make it look so easy - you don't complain - everything you both do is to perfection - thanks for another great video

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

We do our best 🙂 thank you for your kind words, we appreciate it!

Just found your channel. Wow! Hard working couple. Looking forward to following your journey and build. Blessings.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you could join us on our adventure! 😊 🙏

Hang on enything 2 or more inches will push out!

Looking good

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Don’t mess with the bearded Alaska dude with the gun outside his pants for all the honest world to see. (It’s a Pancho and Lefty thing). Love the channel

@northtoalaska2022

22 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoy our videos 🙂

Solid 👊🏻

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 💪

I like what you did guys especially putting in the tarp down and then gravel over that's really smart it won't have any vegetation growing underneath your place also somebody told me Alaska also take small gravel like you had and the first five feet around the house gravel it and then roll it multiple times and compact gravel really tightly you will have no vegetation grow around your house you'll kill it it will kill the vegetation if you have a 5-ft gravel strip from the house out and then compacted really really heavy

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, that is interesting thanks for sharing 👍 😊

What a amazing job guys( Kisses from France

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! ❤️

looks great, should last the long haul!

@northtoalaska2022

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Интересное инженерное решение. Отличный фундамент получился! Распорка, Балки! Хорошая работа! Классное видео! Мне понравилось! Круто Круто!!!👍👍👍

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thanks 😁

Nice progress!

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙂

The best foundation covering I seen on KZread, Best of luck to you two.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙂

your video's are great! i like it when you explain what your doing and keep them smiles coming!

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Glad you are enjoying the videos! We do try to explain important parts if it seems it will help everyone understand what we are trying to accomplish 🙂

Great progress. Love your content and look forward to each video. Thank you for sharing. Stay warm and take care from Cape Cod👍🇺🇸❤️

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you 😁❤️❤️

this channel is excellent and also you guys are pretty bad ass out there in the wilderness building a home. thank you for the video

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙂 glad you are enjoying the adventure with us!

great job!

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Hey Gang 👋, great posting, you guys are amazing, inspirational and motivating for others to follow ìn your footsteps God's Good Blessings to you and your beautiful family keep up the great work love U guys XOXOXO stay safe and healthy

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 glad to hear you enjoyed our video 🙂 thank you and God bless🙏❤️❤️

You are up against the AK winters. I wish you the best of luck building in a harsh environment.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

The weather is becoming very challenging now, thank you for the good luck wishes 🙂

Have you thought about getting a bandsaw mill to make lumber from your own trees? Some other channels do that and it looks like a good idea.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

We have! Check out our other videos if you are curious we built a sawmill stand and assembled our mill in that episode. They are nice for many small projects with smaller-dimension lumber. With us needing a cabin to live in for the near future we do not have time to properly dry wet-milled lumber for our home construction, building logging roads on our property to access the trees needed would also take a lot of time and may be impossible with the several feet of snow we now have. But we do have several outbuildings planned in the future that the mill will prove to be an asset for low-cost lumber.

Great work

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Love the Lam. Beams!!! That Cabin will be there for Many Decades. You guys do such great work. Your Videos could be 2+ Hours & I'd still watch every minute. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. Cheers from CA 🍻

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

We are doing the best work we can 🙂 we hope the home will last us many good years! 🍻

So good. The foundation is the toughest part and most people do not spend 1/10th the time you guys did and that's why most places have trouble.

@northtoalaska2022

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! We hope it will last more than our lifetime 🙏

Very clever idea with the water line culvert. You mentioned "if" you insulate the crawl space. Will you use the crawl space as a root cellar?

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

We will only insulate the subfloor, the crawlspace will be vented to prevent moisture buildup which can be an issue here. We are hopeful that next year when we construct our spring house it can work as a root cellar too, time will tell 🙂

Nice

This is a wonderful video.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you liked it! 👍

That's the strongest looking cabin foundation I've ever seen.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

🙂

Great start. Lots of smart fixes in the beginning will keep big problems from popping up later. Nice work.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Agreed 👍 thank you 😁

Nice build guys! Stay safe n warm….greetings from down under Australia…

@northtoalaska2022

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙂

Foundation is looking good. Those three rows of columns will mitigate the racking in an earthquake. Good job catching that.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙂

Thanks!

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! You are the first person to ever give us a tip here, 🙂 glad you enjoyed our video!

No snow yet in Ketchikan Alaska we are still waiting can send some snow to us thank you 🙏🏻

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

All of our snow has mostly melted, it has been very warm this week with a lot of rain in Kenai! 🙂

So happy to see your building standards and quality. Even the overkill in some places. You see too many trying to go on the cheap and cut some corners that shouldn't be cut.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! We are giving it our best shot to make it last, and work well as a permanent living solution 🙂

Wow! So much honeycomb even after all that vibration. I just used a palm sander on the outside of the Sonatube and got great results

Excellent video and very enjoyable. I am always impressed watching you on your skid steer.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙂

Way to go day to day you guys doing hang in looking good great progress

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙂

I'm enjoying your video's and I look forward to seeing your cabin done 👍. You two stay safe and warm. Thank you for your video's.❤❤😊😊.

@northtoalaska2022

3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

All the best and stay warm. Give the pup a "pat on the head" for me. From Petawawa, Ontario.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, will do! 😊

It may look a little like overkill but you're doing a great job.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙂

Good job guys, great team work. The foundation looks solid with the detail you both put into it. Hope the snow holds off, want to see more progress. God Bless.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 and God bless 🙏

You missed a big opportunity, instead of the ribbed PE pipe water line chase to bring your water line from underground to the cabin floor you should have used a piece of 12" diameter sonotube and secured a piece of 1.625" OD, 1.481 ID "K" copper pipe vertically in the exact center of the sonotube, then purchase 2lb density two part, closed cell, insulating, pour foam to fill the void between the sonotube and the exterior of the pvc pipe. Part A and Part B of the pour foam are mixed quick and then poured in expanding very quickly. It would take a few batches to fill the void but very quickly you would have a fully insulated vertical water line chase and be able to back fill it. Then your water line with the heat trace goes down through the copper pipe and out the bottom into the trench to your spring. Once the foam is cured you can remove the sonotube if you like or not it is not necessary and in the event of a repair in the future you can always pull your water line through the pipe in the center without unburying the foam column. An 12" sonotube with a 1.48" copper pipe center tube would give you 5.19" of foam thickness surrounding the copper center pipe, polyurethane foam is usually an R value of R7 per inch of foam so your insulated column would be an R-value of 36 which is excellent and even better insulation than the 5.5" of fiberglass insulation in most home exterior 2x6 walls. Leave a few inches of copper pipe exposed at the bottom and cut a notch(add a rubber donut acting like a grommet in the notch to assure you do not cut the water line) for the water line to turn 90 degrees into the trench. Why copper pipe? Copper is the most heat conductive metal it will take 'heat' from the earth and keep the temp inside that copper pipe above freezing as the outside of the copper pipe is heavily insulated from the frozen soil near the surface and especially between the ground surface and the underside of the cabin. Seven feet below the ground surface the temperature of the earth is 50-60F constantly winter or summer and the copper pipe with move that heat up from below to keep that water line flowing freely.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Interesting idea, thank you for sharing. We have a similar plan we will be using to finish this installation minus the copper pipe at a later time. Copper pipe is prone to cracking from frozen water and I would worry it would be near impossible to replace if it were to burst in this situation. The Pex tube is flexible enough that it should not burst in most situations where it would freeze.

@chrisdaniel1339

6 ай бұрын

@@northtoalaska2022 The copper pipe is not for the water to travel through it is only for the PEX waterline and heat trace to go down through the center of the foam insulation cylinder. The water never touches the inside of the copper pipe. The copper is specifically used just to 'pull' heat out of the ground as a passive way to keep your water line from freezing without have to turn on the heat trace reserving that for the absolute coldest nights vs something like pvc pipe that is an insulator and would not draw heat from the earth.

Came in from processing our pigs and seen your video was up 😀🎉. Holy crap you can drive your skid steer on that floor with the joists you built. Hope you both had a great Thanksgiving in the great white north. Stay safe friends, looking forward to the next video.

@northtoalaska2022

6 ай бұрын

Yum fresh bacon! We calculated the wood beams to hold 70k lbs combined weight. We should be nowhere near that with the small cabin and snow load. 🤞 we are working on our floor joists and subfloor now. Hope you guys had a great Thanksgiving too! We had dinner with friends and family here in Alaska it was a good weekend 🙂 we had unusually warm weather this week, we went from negative 3 as a low about two weeks ago to a high of 38 rainy and windy this week. Most of our snow melted from the rain and now it is an icy mess 😅

@goatstead814

6 ай бұрын

@@northtoalaska2022 Awesome ‼️. Our Thanksgiving was quiet just as we like it. It was in the fifties here and dropped into the low 20’s with wind chills in the single digits 🥶.

Been watching Simple Living With Biata and her home build and the different approaches you both have in home builds , keen to see how you get on , binge watched all day and almost catched up , cheers from Scotland

@northtoalaska2022

4 ай бұрын

Interesting! There are a lot of ways to get the same result undoubtedly. Even though our area has no codes, regulations, or inspections we still work to follow the correct guidelines and advised construction methods for this sub-arctic region. We want the home to last our lifetime and be comfortable for many years living inside it full-time. It is quite the possibility we will live in it for the rest of our lives. Glad you are enjoying our videos 🙂