Teresa If you own a wood stove and want to maximize its efficiency, a heat powered wood stove fan is one of the best accessories you can add. I’ve been using the Ecofan wood stove fan for over eight years, and it’s easily one of the most valuable tools for heating our off-grid home.
Where do Pack rats live?Where do pack rats live? Well apparently they live in my Cabin. Well I’ll give you some Pack Rat information and then I’ll tell you my story and give you some ways to get rid of these nasty creatures.
The old cabin floor had to be removed, we were almost certain that underneath the wood would be a dirt floor, but to our surprise there was a concrete floor under that dirty old particle board.
Whoever had put the floor in this cabin had built a frame raised floor and covered the concrete with particle board.
We would find out what we had to work with once the entire old floor was removed.
2025 Update: We have taken the wood stove out and put in a propane furnace. It’s wonderful and the cabin is now for our guests
The cabin is only 10 x 11 so there was no need to leave the big cast iron wood stove that was in there. A small wood stove will do the job we need it to do.
There are all kinds of small wood stoves out there, we are trying to recycle and use what we have so spending money was not part of the plan. We found a larger wood stove in the cabin, but the heat from it would have blown us out of there, so we decided to buy a cheaper wall tent stove.
The existing front door is damaged so we will be taking an exterior door from the addition to the main cabin and use it.
The additions will slowly get taken down and we will be re using whatever building supplies we can.
Bear Encounters at the Cabin: Staying Safe in the Wilderness Living and spending time off-grid brings incredible rewards—peace, quiet, and a strong connection to nature. But with that comes the reality of wildlife encounters. Out at our property, there’s always the potential of running into a bear. In fact, the last few summers I’ve seen … Read more
Installing a metal roof on this small cabin, the old roof has been torn off, now it will be prepped and ready to put the metal on.
Taking off the old roof was going to be fun, those darn packrats decided it was theirs as well, all the insulation in the roof had been packed down on the bottom and nothing left at the top.
So how to replace a roof? The first thing is to take the old one off. We ripped all the shingles off, tore off the plastic vapour barrier and pulled out all the old insulation.
It’s time to start working on the small log cabin if we are going to be able to have it done in time for snowmobiling out that way this winter.
So we begin, it’s time to collect firewood for the wood stove at home, so we start by cleaning up some of the dead trees that were in the way of the road way into the small log cabin or that may come down and finish off the cabin if we are not careful.
