Building a few small cabins

04/18/2024

How not to build a cabin: $2100 to get 4 matching patio door handles with 1 keyed lock. Wow.

What a waste: how NOT to build a log cabin. Our first-ever house build, a cedar log cabin, ran 250%+ over budget. This is just one example of many, many, car...

04/09/2024

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There were a lot of vendors involved with our project. Few were as responsive, helpful as Best Buy Metals was for our roof materials. Wow A+ #1 5-stars ⭐️⭐️⭐...

03/28/2024

Even came back to fix some other mistakes not shown here. When these extra issues pointed out, they said this is how all the plastic switch plates and recept...

03/27/2024

Cedar cabin kit. Almost every deck post, which should be milled to 6" from the manufacturer, need additional work to make caps fit.

Finally picked up proper 6" metal post caps for the cedar deck posts. Only a few fit. The rest will need ground down or maybe will use a hole saw. ...

03/22/2024

I wasn't a contractor, but I built my first log cabin up on a mountain in Western North Carolina. Follow my YouTube channel to see the costs and learn my story.

I'm not a contractor by trade, I don't do contracting for a living. I did get licensed to build these cabins. Learn about my experience building a cedar log...