Saturday, June 20, 2015

Step 5: Framing The Small Cabin with Recycled & Reclaimed Material (aka Building a Cottage of Dreams)

So here goes nothing, the though was to build a home, structure, cabin, headquarters.....call it what you want.....out of all recycled material.  I recruited my brother to join me again and we picked out a spot and started building the floor....we put it on block that were not permanent because a permanent foundation would have need a permit, anything 12x12 also needed a permit, so we built 11x11....

I hired the neighbor I met, Mike, who ended up being super cool, he helped throughout the weekend....



We failed miserably at the idea of only using recycled material, we went to the local Lowes to get the concrete footings and some fresh lumber, for the most part, we used the old barn we took down, framing the floor/base of the cabin took the whole day....




By the end of the day we managed to get two walls up..... We were siked!!!!


The next morning we had to be gone by noon, it's a 4 hour drive and my brother had to be back at work the next day......but we finished another wall with Mike....



And another.....



We packed up and left..... I hired Mike to finish some of the cabin while I was gone...


He used recycled lumber from the old barn I traded to brace up the walls.....



He also used recycled and reclaimed wood to frame out a window....


We tacked the walls with 2x4 to make sure they didn't move until we got back....





Mike (the neighbor) ended up building some stairs to our surprise....Country folk are super nice, nothing like the suburbs or the city where I like and work....in the country, you actually help your neighbor....



After so much progress, I was determined to get back to build again, but for now, I had to be in CT taking care of my clients from NicholasCoriano.com and my growing Amazon Store.....

PS: Before Mike and my brother Ruben kill me, let me explain why this should go down in the record books... The driveway, about 200 feet long...could not be driven on.  So me, Mike and Ruben carried all the tools, ladders and material up the 200 foot driveway by hand.  It took about 20 or so trips, about half the time we were there we were going up and down a muddy driveway with pounds of material and tools.....get the picture??  Building in the woods can be a challenge if the building site is far away from where you can park a vehicle.  Lesson learned. 

-Stay Tuned....


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479 Mang Road (8.9 Acres) 
Salisbury Center, NY 13365 
Little Falls, Herkimer County