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TrentOhio
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# Posted: 11 Mar 2022 10:10am
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Hello everyone.
I recently purchased a piece of land near a state park in Ohio and I'm planning to build a small cabin there.
Im going to use 6x8 D logs and make a 16x30 Shed roof cabin with a 16ft front wall and 10 ft rear wall height. Exposed rafters and a 10-12 ft loft area over bathroom/laundry/utility area. open living and kitchen with one main bedroom closed off and another sitting loft above it.
I just need to tare down the existing cabin and garages to give me a clean slate.
I plan to put this on 8 inch wood piers with 2x10 floor joist system. wrap it with a deck and hot tub.
and the current exterior we are thinking black log stain and a copper colored metal roof.
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frankpaige
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# Posted: 11 Mar 2022 08:07pm
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Welcome! Most exciting time, purchase, planning and constructing. You came to a great place if you need information. Show us your progress. We all love that. Have fun
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Aklogcabin
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# Posted: 12 Mar 2022 09:30am
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Congratulations, have fun n share
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moneypitfeeder
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# Posted: 12 Mar 2022 10:29am
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Wonderful! Please keep us posted we do all love seeing pics!
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Alaskajohn
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# Posted: 12 Mar 2022 11:36am
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Welcome to the forum! Enjoy your land and keep us posted on your progress!
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Brettny
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# Posted: 12 Mar 2022 05:50pm
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Welcome. What's wrong with the current cabin?
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paulz
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# Posted: 12 Mar 2022 08:25pm
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Yeah that cabin looks good from here!
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2022 02:04pm
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Save all the wood you can, I dont think it will be getting any cheaper and having to chase after and buy sticks gets expensive in time and money.
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TrentOhio
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2022 07:27pm
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Quoting: Brettny Welcome. What's wrong with the current cabin?
It is completely rotten and has been falling apart for a decade. Everything inside is pretty much destroyed.
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TrentOhio
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2022 07:34pm
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the floor inside along with framing is completely gone. I'm planning to get an excavator and make a big burn pile for most of it lol
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BRADISH
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# Posted: 14 Mar 2022 12:49pm
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Wow, I'm not generally one to save things needlessly, but I would think even with a rather careless approach on a sawzall you could assemble a pile of dimensional lumber from that place worth a few hundred $$ to someone. Not sure if its worth your efforts, but it seems to me there is some salvageable stuff there...
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 14 Mar 2022 01:17pm
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I like demolition/salvage better than building, I dont have to be near as careful! LOL I get a certain satisfaction from re-purposing rather than wasting lumber too. As to 'save hundreds of dollars worth of lumber' YES, as long as you then have a dry place to sort and stack it by 'sizes' so you can actually get at good pieces you need. Old(er) lumber can be much better quality wood also.
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Tim_Ohio
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# Posted: 21 Mar 2022 09:33am
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Salvage every part of it you might not think you will need, unless you have an infinite budget on rebuild. You may not use what you salvage, you may not think of something right away and you may cuss at yourself for it being in the way or in disarray (not well organized). However, if you are like most of us on this sight and enjoy tinkering or building other useful things that you don't want to pull money out of your wallet for, but just want to experiment with, then it will come in handy, after the fact. Examples might include a lean too for firewood storage, a dog house, an insulated generator shed, a roof over a root cellar. I dunno, I tend to find ways to make something out of nothing to keep costs low, but with a keen sense of not displaying a junky environment. What is the saying, "one mans junk is another mans..."
Good luck.
Tim_Ohio
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TrentOhio
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# Posted: 24 Mar 2022 06:26pm
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Ill have to upload some pics but pretty much all the wood is completely rotten. I fell through the floor today lol
But I did salvage the electrical boxes and a lot of wiring etc today. I have a crew coming out next weekend to Demo and remove everything.
I actually have completely shifted gears due to lumber prices and have ordered a Yurt.
Money to SQ Ft it was hard to pass up. Ill keep you posted.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 24 Mar 2022 06:45pm
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Interesting! If our land had not already have a useable cabin I would have seriously considered building a 'deck/platform' and done a wall tent. The deck would have been useful long after the tent may have been. Learned long ago that a 'roof' over the tent roof saves the tent far longer than otherwise. Same with 'camper' roofs.
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TrentOhio
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# Posted: 4 Apr 2022 08:45am
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Before and after pics.
Now the site is ready to get started.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 4 Apr 2022 10:45am
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Wow! An empty palet to paint yer own picture on. I suggest you start a new thread for your new build
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