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Jabberwocky
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# Posted: 18 Aug 2017 08:38am
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Very cool. Looks good!
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Cracy
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# Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:17am
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Quoting: benny8 The excavator then went back to work on the driveway and cabin site. We took a ride back up that evening and was very pleased with his work. My dad and I spent yesterday building a jamb for the Shamp door. We prehung it and bored the knob and deadbolt papers please apk holes. Fingers crossed that things will dry out a little more this week so maybe, this weekend we can pour sonotubes. Driveway looking towards road Shamp site Driveway looking towards Shamp site Road looking down driveway
It looks really wonderful. I think that's an unforgetable experience. I wish I can do it
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newfoundcamp
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# Posted: 10 Oct 2017 08:31pm
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Looks great. Any interior pics? Anyone here knows...building a cabin is a labor of love! Awesome job.
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benny8
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2017 03:56am
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We wrapped things up for the year the first week of October to concentrate our time on hunting and filling the freezer. We are way ahead of our original schedule.
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benny8
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2017 03:58am
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Heres a few more with the cabinets in place.
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Borrego
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2017 07:02pm
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Super nice!!! Keep up the good work....
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Redneck7
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# Posted: 30 Apr 2018 09:32pm
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Looks awesome, great work and fast too. I have a question, why do you refer to it as a “Shamp†? Keep up the great work and keep the pictures coming!
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benny8
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# Posted: 23 Jan 2019 08:59am
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Quoting: Redneck7 I have a question, why do you refer to it as a “Shamp†?
Sorry for the delayed response Redneck. It is our Shed/Camp=Shamp.
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benny8
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# Posted: 23 Jan 2019 09:05am
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Here are some updated pics.
Purchased a dent sale RV cooktop/oven and built a cabinet for it to put on the porch for our outdoor kitchen. We installed our ceiling and got the interior trim work up. We also got sick of the uncomfortable futon and built a platform bed for our queen matress with drawers underneath for storage and clothes.
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benny8
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# Posted: 23 Jan 2019 09:14am
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We had our Labor Day get together up there and we added some décor and put up temporary panels for Deer camp and winter.
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benny8
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# Posted: 23 Jan 2019 09:17am
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This was the enclosure. it looks a bit hob cob in front, but it was built with free materials. I can deal with it.
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benny8
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# Posted: 6 May 2019 04:13am
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Shamp life is great! For those wondering, we call our cabin the Shamp=Shed/camp. Its our slice of heaven!
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OraLabora
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# Posted: 7 May 2019 10:22am
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Wow, I'm pretty impressed; especially for the price. Looking sharp!
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Brettny
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# Posted: 7 May 2019 12:11pm
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What size is the cabin and what size porch is that? Looks like it fits the family real well.
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benny8
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# Posted: 14 May 2019 10:26am
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Cabin is 16x20, porch is 8x16. It works real nice for our family. Enclosing the porch this year to a 3 season to allow escape from the NH state bird(mosquitos) and a place for added sleeping area.
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benny8
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# Posted: 6 Feb 2020 09:13am
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During 2019, we got the three season porch finished. I built two screen doors and carved in a deer scene on both of them. The buck side is on pocket door hardware. The doe side is on a hinge, but is locked in the stationary position until needed. Then the opening week of NH Muzzleloader, my wife Sarah, christened the Shamp with its first deer kill. Now we can officially call it a deer camp. She got a beautiful 130 lb doe. The following evening, I shot a nice 185 lb 8 point.
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Aklogcabin
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# Posted: 6 Feb 2020 09:52am - Edited by: Aklogcabin
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Benny you’re place looks fantastic and your story about your journey enjoyable. Bet you felt proud of your daughter. And cool that she got to christen the camp. I was also blessed to be with our son when we were moose hunting year before last. I was able to call in a huge bodied 58†non typical bull. And he was able to harvest his first moose. We are still working on using it up feeding our families . And christen our camp meat pole.
Keep us up to date and I know that I enjoy reading stories about the cool stuff folks do enjoying cabin life.
Oops almost forgot, my beautiful wife got to christen the meat pole with a beautiful blueberry black bear.
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Nobadays
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# Posted: 6 Feb 2020 10:16am
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Benny.... great build! Love those front screen doors!!
Question for you... do your floors stay warm with the bubble foil under them. I know there are a lot of arguments as to whether bubble foil is useful or useless! I have watched several YouTube videos where folks say that it is a good alternative to rigid or spray foam. Though it has little R value the reflective properties make up for that.
Would love to hear your perspective!
Thanks!
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benny8
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# Posted: 6 Feb 2020 10:18am
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Quoting: Aklogcabin Benny you’re place looks fantastic and your story about your journey enjoyable. Bet you felt proud of your daughter. And cool that she got to christen the camp. I was also blessed to be with our son when we were moose hunting year before last. I was able to call in a huge bodied 58†non typical bull. And he was able to harvest his first moose. We are still working on using it up feeding our families . And christen our camp meat pole. Keep us up to date and I know that I enjoy reading stories about the cool stuff folks do enjoying cabin life. Oops almost forgot, my beautiful wife got to christen the meat pole with a beautiful blueberry black bear.
Thanks AK! Sarah is my wife. But I am very proud of my daughter, as she is a hunter as well. Here is a picture of her deer from Thanksgiving morning 2015.
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benny8
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# Posted: 6 Feb 2020 10:19am
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AK-Congrats to you and your family on loading the meat pole!
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benny8
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# Posted: 7 Feb 2020 03:33am
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Quoting: Nobadays Question for you... do your floors stay warm with the bubble foil under them. I know there are a lot of arguments as to whether bubble foil is useful or useless! I have watched several YouTube videos where folks say that it is a good alternative to rigid or spray foam. Though it has little R value the reflective properties make up for that.Would love to hear your perspective!
After watching my buddy, JC Desclos aka Boss of the Swamp, I opted for it solely for the purpose of the rodents and ants that like fiberglass and foam. We have stayed at the Shamp during hunting season, but not thru bitter cold in the winter. I think it helps keep the heat in your building. We wear slippers or wool socks most of the time, but once the heater gets going it is comfortable. 3 years and no ants or mice(knocking on wood).
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Nobadays
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# Posted: 7 Feb 2020 08:50am
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Benny.... thanks! I have watched all three of his videos about bubble foil insulation and others by different folks, as well as those by Reflextix... but they sell the stuff. I really need to insulate under the cabin and just thinking about giving this stuff a try (I could always spray foam over it later and still have the reflective side up... it would then be like foil faced foam). We don't live year round up there but do spend a good deal of time thrre in the winter. I'm looking at probably $2,500 - $3,000 to have it spray foamed, or around $2,000 to do rigid foam. I know the foam would provide much more R value but if the bubble foil will reflect enough heat back to keep the floors warm that would be a win for less than $300.00.
Decisions, decisions! Thanks!
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benny8
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# Posted: 7 Feb 2020 09:36am
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Quoting: Nobadays Benny.... thanks! I have watched all three of his videos about bubble foil insulation and others by different folks, as well as those by Reflextix... but they sell the stuff. I really need to insulate under the cabin and just thinking about giving this stuff a try (I could always spray foam over it later and still have the reflective side up... it would then be like foil faced foam). We don't live year round up there but do spend a good deal of time thrre in the winter. I'm looking at probably $2,500 - $3,000 to have it spray foamed, or around $2,000 to do rigid foam. I know the foam would provide much more R value but if the bubble foil will reflect enough heat back to keep the floors warm that would be a win for less than $300.00.Decisions, decisions! Thanks!
I would think for $300 that would be the way to go. Some other factors I think would be, heat source and insulation in the ceiling and outside walls. Bossman proves that nothing freezes under his cabin. Good Luck to you. Let me know how you make out.
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Nobadays
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# Posted: 7 Feb 2020 10:11am
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We heat with wood in a pretty efficient Vermont Castings Aspen stove.... our primary wood is Aspen as that is what is on the property. Not the best wood for heating but we have lots of it! The cabin is made with 6" D-Logs so not much we can do for the walls but the ceiling is well insulated, snow holds on the north side for months with heat in the cabin. Slowly slides down but in the 1.5 months we were up there this Dec/Jan the snow never completely cleared the north side.
We did notice though when it was single digits and below 0 it was easy to find places where the sealant between the logs was not done well. I wish I would have marked all the air leaks, there were many. We will be back up in March so I hope to do so then. Don't want to make the place too tight but gotta stop the drafts.
An outside intake for the wood stove would be a great addition but not sure how to build that... I think the stove is too old to be able to buy a factory unit... besides I probably wouldn't spend that kind of money if I can build it myself.
Thanks.... enjoy the cabin life!
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