Just wandering around the YouTubes and something catches my eye.
Micha and I have done a lot of driving, and on occasion we see a place that’s beautiful and remote, and we’d love to get a piece of land out there. But what to do with it?
So I see this video titled, “Simple off grid Cabin that anyone can build & afford” and I’m intrigued. Turns out it’s part 1 of at least 3 parts (Bushradical, the channel owner, just covers the building of it – his wife covers the finishing work on her channel).
I watched the series and must say, I really enjoyed it. I love projects like this anyway. When I spent time with my mother a couple of years ago I got to do a lot of stuff that I could never do out of range of a good Lowe’s. But there’s the problem too with living in Korea – the materials and logistics required to do a build like this on a remote piece of mountain land would be quite difficult for me. I can’t just drive over to Menards and pick up the wood for it. I pretty much can’t do that anywhere around here (let alone find the tools and power for the job without committing quite a chunk to buying them on Amazon).
But when I think about it, could I get a good woodstove and all of the equipment for it? Yeah, probably. At least something like it. I mean, Korean’s are the kings of burning stuff for heat. Didn’t I myself have to get up at 4 in the morning 30-some years ago to change out the charcoal in the back of the house so I could have a hot shower at 6? Could I get materials that would work in place of what they’re showing me on the video? Come to think of it…yeah. I’ve seen some lightweight prefab walls that come already insulated that I bet I could put together with a little work. And framing windows and a door in them can’t be too hard.
He’s also done a video I haven’t watched yet called, “Simple Solar Power System for an off grid Cabin.” Now that might be kind of cool, if I could get a system that gives me a good charge for about a weekend’s worth of power – at least enough to run my laptop so I can get started on that book.
I’d say the hard part would be getting to the site, clearing the land, and then getting the materials up there to build. Can’t be too close to us here because the land is expensive. But too far away and it could be challenging. I’d have to camp on site while I’m building and anything I don’t finish by the time I leave would have to be taken back out or someone might be tempted to help themselves.
And it seems to me that I’d pretty much have to buy a truck. A Korean Bongo I’m sure. I wish my old friend Clark was here. I bet we could pull it off.
But who knows…maybe it’s possible anyway. If you get to part 3 of the series, you might see how he could talk me into it.