In 2022 we challenge ourselves with the project of building our own cabin at the Upper Sunshine Coast.
Cabin Life documents our journey covering all aspects like finding land, purchasing in, finding and planning the cabin design as well as the building process.
Timeline with all blog posts of the Category
Trees, a Wood Stove, Lumber and Paws
Vapor barrier - cabin interior
Thermal Insulation and What it Takes to Get There
Roof – The big Finale
Roofing for Dummies
Roofing - shingles or metal roof?
Cabin - New Year Progress
Installing the Windows
Roofing – Part Two
Roofing - Part One
Gable Walls and LVL
Lofts
Header Beam – Ein dicker Balken, der alles zusammenhält Zum Bau der Außenwände hatten wir aus einzelnen 2×6-Balken einen Holzrahmen zusammengesetzt und den aufgestellt. In Summe haben wir so neun Wände in die Landschaft von British Columbia platziert. Auf dieses Grundgerüst der Cabin kommt nun eine zweite Ebene. Allerdings bauen…
Things we learned so far
Framing the Cabin
Basecamp
From concrete piers to the finished subfloor
It's amazing what you can accomplish in a few weekends. During the construction of our Cabin at the Upper Sunshine Coast we made it from concrete piers to a finished subfloor.
Demolition, Homework and some Problems
Progress - Getting Rid of Stuff
First Steps in Lund
It is the first long weekend and we put stuff in our MINI and finally conquer our new property at the Upper Sunshine Coast.
Lund - The Property
Ravenhouse Design - Cabin Plan
Design – Choices to be made
Equipment and Material List
From Contract of Purchase till Closing Date
Powell River - Where it all began.
Cabin Playlist
Music is Emotion. Music holds Memory. This is the soundtrack for the build of our Cabin at the Upper Sunshine Coast.
Just listenig to the songs of this playlist will bring us back to the challenges, the joy and the satisfaction of creating our own home.
