One Man Cabin Build Thread

Looking good!!!

 

You are cruising with this build!

 

Good work! Jealous of all the time you've got to get this thing together so quick! really the only way to do it but psyched you can! really want to visit when you've got it set up

 

Pretty sure it's a required wyo meet. Looks like a good place for some RTT's, a tipi and a fire .

 

Right on!

Not to invite ourselves or anything lol

 

It's mostly after hours time. Sounds like a plan!

And beverages.

No worries.

 

More exterior boards:

 

Just the eaves left now.

 

badass!

 

Such wood. Much awesome.

 

subbed

 

You could do a ceiling fan that drops down pretty far. Love the build!

 

With a 12" board, would you do a 4" or 5" batten and window trim?

 

My board and batten pattern is usually 10" boards nailed 2" apart from each other and a 4" batten that overlaps the edge each board below by an inch .

My window trim detail is different but I like the idea of picking up the batten size for your window trims

 

Wiring: Most home runs are in and just need to land them in panel.

 

This is awesome. Checking in on this daily… good work man!

 

What size wiring are you running?

That looks like 12/2 Loomex to me. Although I live in Canada and we have different electrical codes and Loomex is a Canadian brand so maybe you guys do something different in the states. I think you guys go by the term "Roomex" which is one of the same and is basically just Non-metallic Sheathed cable.

All 12/2 Loomex in Canada is yellow. 14 gauge wire or 14/2 (which comes in white here) should be more than enough for general plugs and lighting, and would save you a lot of money on wire compared to 12 gauge. The only thing that you'll see ran in 12/2 up here in Canada is the kitchen counter plugs or anything else that would require a 20 amp T-slot plug.

I would do some LED Pot lights with adjustable heads in the ceiling wired to a dimmer switch. You could also drop a chandeller of some sort if you are going to have a table. I'd also definitely consider putting a ceiling fan or two to help circulate the air. You will need to buy a ceiling fan with a long enough down rod to clear the pitch in the ceiling. Alternatively, you could also frame a flat section at the peak in the ceiling and mount a fan at the center of the peak.

 

I am running 12/2 for everything. I got three rolls of 250 for nothing so I wasn't worried about the cost.

Loft lighting via ceiling fan box:


Think I'm gonna do the same thing for kitchen/living room area.

 

Nice, glad the wire didn't cost ya anything. That stuff ain't cheap!

What are you planning on mounting to the ceiling fan box?
Just a light? Just a fan? Or a combination fan/light?

If your going to mount a combination fan/light you will need to get yourself some 14/3 so that you can switch the light and control the speed of the fan separately. 3 wire is required rather than just running an addition 12/2 from your switch box as you will need a common/shared neutral wire at the fan. You could kind of fudge this if you don't need to meet code by just running another 12/2 in parallel to your first one and then not hooking up the second neutral. Not really right, but it would work.

Alternatively, you could always just get a combination light/fan that has a remote control that would control the lights and fan speed.