My advice, protect the foam insulation on the underside from rodents and other critters with chicken wire net . You won't regret it. Keep going strong with the build!

@Greenacres1958

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking that. How would you do that. Materials?

@geo_walters

10 ай бұрын

1/4 inch square metal cloth, and staple it up under every bay so the critters won't chew through.

@MitchellsInAlaska

10 ай бұрын

That’s a good idea

@MitchellsInAlaska

10 ай бұрын

Good idea

@chris2pher44

8 ай бұрын

Beat me to it. Ya the rodents will make your hard work go to waste. Otherwise looks great and doing great job

Looks great! An love the out house!

Tyler's cabin is coming along with a great foundation insulation , you guys do really great work 👏! 😊👍💕💕💕

Love watching from Missouri!

Looking great!

DAMN, THAT IS ONE PRETTY OUTHOUSE‼️ LIKE YOUR BUILDING TECHNIQUES‼️ GREAT JOB GUYS‼️ Vinny 🇺🇸

@MitchellsInAlaska

7 ай бұрын

Thank you

Bloody hell you ain’t half cracked on there, keep up the good work , respect from across the pond in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Handy stuff that foam insulation. That outhouse was just made for reading the newspaper.

Looking good ! You know, ten foot walls are Tall ! Way up there !

Darn good job on insulating the floors. I agree with the wire mesh on under side of floor. You'll be glad you took the time with an air stapler. Be worth every penny of it. Great looking build my friend. Steve

@MitchellsInAlaska

7 ай бұрын

Thank you

Amazing job

@MitchellsInAlaska

5 ай бұрын

Thank you

BEST LOOKING OUT HOUSE IVE EVER SEEN. U GUYS DO DAMN GOOD WORK. VERY IMPRESSIVE‼️‼️ THAT’S A BIG CABIN GOING UP. LIKE THE WAY YOU ARE INSULTING THE FLOOR, NICE WORK GUYS‼️‼️ Vinny 🇺🇸

@MitchellsInAlaska

10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

Well I watched the videos backwards, enjoyed them both....You were looking a little pink Tony... hehehe

Thanks guys!

looks good BUT from experience i can 100% positively say you will have critters of every type living in your well insulated floors, been there done that, had to crawl under and install plywood to cover all the foam and insulation was a beast.

@MitchellsInAlaska

10 ай бұрын

I hope not but it possible

@kinggzz

10 ай бұрын

@@MitchellsInAlaska well maybe it’s too cold there on average for critters to enjoy life very much idk, i just know i did the same kinda thing and two years later we had mice, snakes and even an entire family of groundhogs inside our floor! it was ridiculous! had to do the plywood and that pretty much fixed it. nice looking cabin so far, i subscribed and will be following what y’all are accomplishing. thanks for posting! 👍🏻👍🏻

@MitchellsInAlaska

10 ай бұрын

@@kinggzz I just added a room on my cabin and did the floor just like this. I almost built it with plywood on the bottom so maybe I should have. We don’t have snakes or groundhogs here but we do still have mice but the haven’t been a problem in the cabins so far anyway

@kinggzz

10 ай бұрын

@@MitchellsInAlaska did you make a series for yt about the addition? would enjoy watching that….

@MitchellsInAlaska

10 ай бұрын

@@kinggzz one video is out I’m currently working on the inside now

Interested in seeing the inside of the outhouse! Bathe tmi but the outside is awesome. Lol

@MitchellsInAlaska

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Good to see the insulation going in, I would like to see the laying of the floor. The water pipes fitted and the waste pipes, It is good that you are concentrating on getting each building watertight and then moving onto the next building.

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

They are both dry cabins

@barrywhitlock141

2 жыл бұрын

I thought you would be using a rainwater collection system for the washing.

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

@@barrywhitlock141 we will at some point after the building is done

you guys seem to work well together

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

25:35 WC = Une oeuvre d'art ....

I think I would use a two inch wider rim joist and lay full 4x8 foam directly on your timbers with the joists then attached with hangers or ledger boards to the rims in the normal way. That way it would go quickly as well as eliminating all the thermal bridging going on with the joists. For me I prefer 1 1/8 plywood for the floor. It is tongue and groove as well and eliminates the finish flooring while making a stronger floor system. Just saying....

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

That is some good ideas. I sure wish we had more carpenter skills

@Greenacres1958

Жыл бұрын

@@MitchellsInAlaska are you using 2X6 on the joists? Newby here

@MitchellsInAlaska

Жыл бұрын

@@Greenacres1958 yes

I’ve noticed that Tyler’s footings are different to yours is there a particular reason for that?..or is it down different soil conditions and cost? Asking because won’t the cabin move when the ground freezes over winter I’m no builder but just observing and learning from all the different channels out there in KZread....Anyways god bless you all looking fabulous as always keep up the hardwork...fingers crossed both cabins will be dried in before snow flys...your channel is a great source of knowledge and entertainment love it...

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

His sits on pads. We did put a heavy base on road fabric so it is solid but ground heave might be an issue we don’t know. We see a lot of them here on pads

Saw when you first got to Alaska but am confused about the cabins, I saw the ijnital cabin with all of you, then the the one you just were roofing, but now is Tyler’s a second or third cabin? Oops, went back and read that you are building two more cabins so now I got it. 👍

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, I live in the old one so the others are Perry’s and Tyler’s

Good morning gentlemen, another amazing build in the works.... I have a question. I am seeing a lot of beetle kill around the various channels I visit in AK. Id the state taking steps to control this issue or is it left up to the landowner?

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

To be honest I don’t think anyone does anything but I don’t know if you can really. It has killed most of the spruce in the whole area

Have you finished the metal on Perry's roof? Sure would like to see it!

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it’s finished now

you should run OSB below the floor to prevent rodents from stealing the insulation.

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

We skirted with metal

Been there done that. But the only way to get a truly warm floor is in a climate like (Canada) this is an heated airspace underneath. I'd raise the cabin 2-3 feet and close off the crawlspace with heavily insulated walls and put in a space heater that blows air into the crawlspace. Problem solved. Oh yeah and take out the foam from between the joists. It fights against the heat coming through the floor. oh yah #2 throw down 6 mil poly on the ground in the crawl space.

@MitchellsInAlaska

10 ай бұрын

We got part of it right. We did put 6 mil plastic down and skirted it

@MrNewcarscott

10 ай бұрын

I’m with ya brother. It’s a tough question. It’s just we been though this with poor results Anyway wish you the best with it

It looks good but i do have a question none related. when you are out and about do you see anybody riding around in hot rod cars

Question. Did you do a video for the joists and floor frame too?

@MitchellsInAlaska

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think we did

What will stop animals from pushing up the foam & living in the floor space?

Y'all should be putting some wood down before any insulation. If not the squirrels will have a field day under there. Weasels too.

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

We are putting metal skirting on it

Will the mice not chew on the foam board?

👋 hi. I'm planning on building a stud wall cottage in the UK. I'm going to go over the top and follow the insulation techniques that they use in Alaska and other places. The UK is a very wet place, Scotland in particular. What would you suggest for floor insulation?

@MitchellsInAlaska

Жыл бұрын

The way we done this one is the way we see a lot of them done here

@Greenacres1958

Жыл бұрын

@@MitchellsInAlaska good to know. I’m building my house and am going overboard too. Getting older sucks. Staying warm helps!

😯👍👍👍👌

What is the expected temperature in the cabin in the winter? Asking because in my country everybody is obsessing with insulation, yet our temperatures are not anywhere close to Alaska's.

@MitchellsInAlaska

13 күн бұрын

@@Tom_Azin inside usually 75 degrees Fahrenheit Outside as low as -40

Wish you had filmed this clise up. Is there a plywood bottom to this? It seems so

@MitchellsInAlaska

4 ай бұрын

No plywood bottom just the hard foam on the bottom and fiberglass insulation on the top

what side did you put the Vapor Barrier on?>

@MitchellsInAlaska

19 күн бұрын

On the top side

How do you make it

👍

How do you sheath and/or weatherproof the underside of the floor?

@MitchellsInAlaska

Жыл бұрын

The hard foam board is sealed with spray foam and that’s it. It will have skirting around the cabin

@benjaminbunny99

Жыл бұрын

@@MitchellsInAlaska any concern of rodents chewing through the foam? I’m building soon and trying to sort this all out. Thanks

@MitchellsInAlaska

Жыл бұрын

@@benjaminbunny99 it hasn’t been a problem yet anyway. We used metal skirting and it is about 5 to 6 inches into the ground

I watched a video showing toxic smoke from the purple foam as it burned....BAD stuff

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

You are right so if it’s on fire I’m getting out. Lol

How were you planning on keeping the rodents from setting up housekeeping?

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

It will have metal skirting like the other cabin

How is Tyler's cabin going to be attached to the ground? Curious.

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

It won’t be attached to the ground at all

@randallweaver7718

2 жыл бұрын

@@MitchellsInAlaska of course not. Just let Tyler blow away. Man... Y'all did turn out to suck. This is horrible content.

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

@@randallweaver7718 you obviously don’t know anything about the weather where we live

@randallweaver7718

2 жыл бұрын

@@MitchellsInAlaska your right sir. I do not. Nothing personal.

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

@@randallweaver7718 we just don’t have wind in our area at all

How is the floor temp in the winter?

@MitchellsInAlaska

Ай бұрын

It stays about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than the room temperature

Using a saw for cutting insulation? Why not install Scribfacing Vapor barrier and sag it between the joist, spray foam between, then saw cut the foam flat to the top of joist, then the 2" foam on top of the joist to prevent thermal bridge, use 1 1/8 T&G on top of the 4x8 sheets, and use 2 -2x4's Dbl. Rim Bd. At the edge of the floor screwed down to your joist using structural grade screws? Don't get me wrong, you guys seem to do quality work. But looks like maybe just an older technology form of style, that would not pass Energy Codes in the Lower 48.

@MitchellsInAlaska

Жыл бұрын

I understand what you are saying and no doubt a better way to go but where we are some services are hard to come by and working on a budget as well.

Why wouldn't you build a pony wall on the perimeter for your base.

@MitchellsInAlaska

7 ай бұрын

Pony wall for what? To raise the wall height? Not sure what you’re asking

P.S. Too late now but I would have raised the crawl space. Seems you invariably need to get under there to work and slithering like a snake is no fun and hard to work in. For a small bit more in materials it makes living in much nicer down the road.

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

It would have been better for sure

@Greenacres1958

Жыл бұрын

@@MitchellsInAlaska would have maybe left more room for cold air? Lol. I want mine low as I can get it too. Without pouring a pad

Carpenter ants LOVE that pink/blue foam... yikes!

@MitchellsInAlaska

13 күн бұрын

@@alaskahomesteadadventures7579 we haven’t seen any yet. Hopefully we don’t

The Alaskan nature thanks you for dumping all that purple insulation powder straight from the saw onto the ground...where, due to the nature of the material, it will never decompose, but end up in animals intestines for years to come...

@robertshelton9677

Жыл бұрын

We can only hope.

why not do sepitic tanks

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 жыл бұрын

Freezing too deep

I wonder since you have installed it if any rodents have crawled in and chewed your pink foam that's exposed under the cabin? I'm just curious

@MitchellsInAlaska

Ай бұрын

Not at all. We were actually under there late this last fall doing some plumbing. Maybe in other parts of the country it might be a problem but here in Alaska it’s very common the way we done that. It’s been almost 4 years now

What will stop rodents getting into that cavity?

@MitchellsInAlaska

2 ай бұрын

We have not had a problem with that at all so far anyway

Will rodents be able to chew it?

@MitchellsInAlaska

7 ай бұрын

I have had people say they will but this has been in for three years and so far it has no issues. This is very common here in Alaska.

Sorry, but you are building that cabin in the middle of the wood, and is a nice work, but the squirrels and raccoons can break your insulation right under neath, unless you cover that

@MitchellsInAlaska

5 ай бұрын

When complete it will have skirting that goes to and is buried in the ground. So the crawl space is sealed up. It has been almost three years since to build with not damage so far

I had something to think about, but this video isa year old do I'm sure your finished now.

@MitchellsInAlaska

11 ай бұрын

I’m adding a room on my cabin now so if you have any good tips I’m interested

@jasonbourne1596

11 ай бұрын

@@MitchellsInAlaska Well my earlier thought was on the height of your room. 10 foot ceiling looks more roomier but you have to burn more wood too since heat goes up and most of it is above you now. I'm in Tennessee so I don't know everything about there, but I have noticed some things about what I've saw on people's houses in Alaska so far. I haven't saw what you did so far, but I noticed everyone pretty much collects water from the roof and has a wood shed. I would personally for functions sake add more roof overhang and store wood beside the house, it's closer, acts as a shield, helps keep house temperature up with less wood as it acts as outside insulation, then you collect more water too. If you put a door on that other room and built out a few cords in size bigger for most of the winter you could just open that door and grab some wood, plus more water collection too. I would stack it just like a door didn't exist there and work my way into the pile over the course of the hard winter. I don't know if any of this helped you at this point or not.

@MitchellsInAlaska

11 ай бұрын

@@jasonbourne1596 we used 10’ walls and 8’ ceilings to have more height upstairs. We have two big wood sheds now. One is 12’x20’ and the other is 10’x20’

@jasonbourne1596

11 ай бұрын

@@MitchellsInAlaska I watched the one woodshed video tonight, that you temporary used stacked wood for walls on.

I don’t know why people insulate the floor. It just makes a nice place for rodents. Walls and roof of course makes sense

@mnmike6884

11 ай бұрын

Apparently you have not been in a building in the cold of winter where the floor was not insulated. Your boots/shoes will freeze to the nail heads in the flooring.

@desmondrochon1351

11 ай бұрын

@@mnmike6884 I grew up in Northwest Washington. So yes I have known cold winters . I tore out all m’y crawl space insulation because of rats.

@MitchellsInAlaska

11 ай бұрын

The cabins have skirting buried in the ground and the won’t chew the hard foam board anyway. At 30 below 0 you want the floor insulated

Watched the video,to darn long !

@Greenacres1958

Жыл бұрын

Disagree. I was hoping it was longer. I’m building my own house too. Looking for expert opinions. I was going to use 2X8’s on 12’ centers! Ummmm. No.