The Minimalist Cabin

[chicom]

Cost......Less than $1000.

Time......About a week to construct (spare time).

Better than a tent, warm and dry, more than enough room to store gear and provisions.

[RedJohn]

I have to say that you're the shelter master here. Very good job.

[chicom]

A rougher example. This structure is currently being used as a wood shed.

Cost......roughly 50 dollars in fuel.

Materials.....free.

Time.........3 days from smoothing the foundation and getting the timber to screwing down the tin roof.

Butt and Pass method.

[The Stig]

Butt and Pass method.

Are we going to have to write a new rule for the website now?

On the bigger one, I know it's being used as a woodshed, but how easily could someone inhabit it? How does the log design do with preventing air/wind from passing through the spaces between the logs?

Those are great.

[gunbuilder69]

The Zen of chicom...perfect!

[chicom]

On the bigger one, I know it's being used as a woodshed, but how easily could someone inhabit it? How does the log design do with preventing air/wind from passing through the spaces between the logs?

Those are great.

You would still have to chink the the gaps between logs with either moss, clay, or modern chinking products.

The old way was to pound wedges into the gaps, then cover with a straw and mud mix.

[LUNCHBOX]

I would take the second one on looks alone. Both are very nice.

[bacpacker]

I realy like both of them. The first one has some nice features built in. I like the wood storage area inside the doorway.
I love the overhang area on the second one. IMO would be a great area for an outdoor kitchen to do canning/preserving in.

[Kodiak]

Very nice.

[GunRunner]

Are we going to have to write a new rule for the website now?

On the bigger one, I know it's being used as a woodshed, but how easily could someone inhabit it? How does the log design do with preventing air/wind from passing through the spaces between the logs?

Those are great.

*Snicker*...He said butt...