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SteveN
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:20 - Edited by: SteveN
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Here's a link to a web-site that details the efforts of 4 college guys in building a cabin in only six days. I think it looks pretty good!
http://www.sixdaycabin.com/
Although my cabin isn't built yet, I think that this style (maybe a bit bigger) would do just fine.
Steve
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Steve_S
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:43
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A quote from their "Mission" page that says it very well: "We are now convinced that, if you have a week to burn, a cabin-build will beat a week in Cancun every time."
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leonk
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2015 11:44
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cool. I noticed the same sentence, Steve 
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2015 16:40
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OK, wait. This is near Portland, OR, and they put it on the Internet?! Hahahahaha, the fools! I don't see a word about getting permits so they're not going to be able to stay in the thing for any length of time without the town or the county swooping in and fining the crap out of them.
It's not big enough to be "habitable." And to be "habitable," you need septic. Even for recreational use. They should have kept this very, very quiet.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2015 19:32 - Edited by: cabingal3
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we could build that in 6 days..me and the old guy.maybe not the inside finished but we could get the shell up and get it covered.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2015 19:40 - Edited by: cabingal3
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but i think it cant be over ten feet tall.so this may be is.
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2015 19:47
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Are you serious, cabingal? So Klamath County is more restrictive than Portland? Sheesh. They told me you don't need a permit for anything under 225 square feet, but a human can't stay in anything under 225 square feet. Catch-22.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2015 19:57
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oh Julie2Oregon.i dont know about much.i know at our park thats in the Portland,oregon metro area let us build a work shop at 200 sq.feet.we dont live in it but we use it.maybe these fella's will get a port-a-potty and have them come suck out the poop .and maybe they will haul water and just camp out there from time to time.its done...
those young guys sure did a good job didnt they?
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Gary O
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2015 20:13
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4 guys? six days?
whud they do the other three days?
Hey, that's a great build.
Proud of young men doing worthy things...yessir
Nice 'tea room'
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2015 22:11
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Oh, yeah, Cabingal, you can build a shed or workshop without a permit. You just can't live in it, even temporarily. Unless it's bigger than 224 sq. ft. And then you need a permit. These lads shouldn't let their build get too much notice or hear comes the guvmint. 
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toofewweekends
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2015 00:47
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Am I missing something? Did they spend six days building a cabin and shooting lots of great pictures and not have beer? I saw no photo evidence of any adult beverages. Or even a Thermos of coffee. Is that actually possible?
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2015 06:50
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Oregon is a bit more liberal than some think...
http://www.opportunityvillageeugene.org/
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2015 07:04 - Edited by: cabingal3
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there is an international residential code being used in some areas of Oregon...
http://www.tentcityurbanism.com/2014/09/navigating-minimum-square-footage.html
they are trying to pass more laws for tiny homes to be ok to build without having to be on a trailer.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2015 07:07
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we were in downtown portland,oregon one day walking about.saw a little space of ground with a garden.a tiny house built on a trailer and then a shipping container on the property maybe for storage and then a camper too.
they probably hauled in the bit of water they needed and went to bathroom by going to businesses right by them.this little plot of ground was sandwiched between the social security office and another business...out in plain sight for all.
not really wanting to get into anything about this...just tiny homes excite me.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2015 14:46
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http://www.backyardbungalows.net/#!our story/cb3i
oh..here is a company that makes them for the regular joe.
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Snuffy
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2015 14:59
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I applaud them for spending their time on something productive instead of six days partying. I question those footings. They appear to be just concrete blocks dropped into the holes. Surely you can't pour footings and have it set up enough in a few hours to put joists and flooring on it, can you? What is keeping the whole thing from sliding down the hill?
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Gary O
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2015 20:01
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Quoting: toofewweekends Am I missing something? Did they spend six days building a cabin and shooting lots of great pictures and not have beer? I saw no photo evidence of any adult beverages. Or even a Thermos of coffee. Is that actually possible?
Hah! Exactly
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Littlecooner
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2015 20:06
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The weight of the Structure Snuffy. Why do you think it will "Slide down the hill"? To this old mountain hooger, that's a flat spot they picked to build the cabin upon. Looks like precast concrete in bore holes and leveling screws on the 4x4's. Where is the lateral "push" coming from unless you get a 100 mph wind? Looks like a neat build, hope they are well off the beaten path so they can run beneath the radar We have way to many rules in our society. I think I need to move to the way out back of Alaska, so one can do what he wants, when he wants instead of being a the mercy of the giver-or-mint, to do what you desire.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2015 20:23
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Quoting: Littlecooner We have way to many rules in our society. I think I need to move to the way out back of Alaska, so one can do what he wants, when he wants instead of being a the mercy of the giver-or-mint, to do what you desire.
a deep felt amen
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