Friday 21 September 2018

How To Choose And Install A New Front Door Like A Pro!

Here's How To Choose And Install A New Front Door Like A Pro!




So you’ve bought the perfect piece of land to build your off grid home on. It has the lake, the trees, the mountains. Everything you’ve dreamt of. You’ve designed the ultimate floor plan and have every detail worked out from exactly where you’ll place the wood stove, to the proper size of solar system battery bank, to the make and model of your on demand propane hot water heater all figured out. Heck you’ve even picked out the kitchen sink.

Great! So what’s left?

How about the first thing you’ll see and do every time you enter your home.

Your front door!

Selecting the right entry door for your off grid home, and installing it properly, will most certainly save you money in heating and cooling costs. It also plays a significant role in make your living environment far more comfortable. Especially in the dead of winter or during those blistering hot summer days and nights. Warm air in the winter is a precious commodity when you’re off grid. Just like cool air is in the hot summer months. A properly installed front door will help ensure that air is kept where it’s wanted.

Today lets walk step-by-step through the installation of our own off grid cabins front door.

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Tuesday 28 November 2017

Off Grid Handmade House Truck

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Off Grid Handmade House Truck

Would you believe this beautiful off grid tiny house truck is made up of 85% recycled materials and its built out of a 1969 Bedford truck.
Below is a short film by Happy Films in which Adam and Sian walk you through their creative off grid tiny home.
The basis for their tiny home stems from an old 1969 Bedford truck once used for furniture removals.
Handmade-Bedford-House-Truck-Bedford
The kitchen cabinets are comprised of recycled wine crates. Even the hardwood floor is made from scrap end cuts. Left over “waste” from a wood mill. A tall cypress tree fell nearby and Adam reclaimed it to build their counter tops.
The Off Grid Handmade-House-Truck-Kitchen
A friend had a surplus of old tin cladding that was sitting dormant in a compound. Any wooden boards you see were from old fencing collected over the period of a year before putting it to good use.
The Off Grid Handmade-House-Truck-Interior 2
Their home, just like ours, is 100% off the grid. Power comes from four solar panels and a six battery bank. More than enough to power a 12-volt DC fridge, lights and water pump. We’re huge fans of solar power as you may already know!
The Off Grid Handmade-House-Truck-Solar-System
A well placed power meter allows them to closely monitor their energy usage. A great idea for any solar home/cabin/truck. Adam and Sian’s off grid house truck is parked on a picturesque farm. The view is perfect and the privacy welcome. Especially with an outdoor shower!
The Off Grid Handmade-House-Truck-Shower-on-Porch
The Off Grid Handmade-House-Truck-Shower-Head
The Off Grid Handmade-House-Truck-Living-Room
The Off Grid Handmade-House-Truck-Interior
If you want to learn more about designing and building your own off grid home be sure and SUBSCRIBE HERE and we’ll send you a weekly dose of “Off Grid how-To” that has helped +130,000 of our fans get off on the right foot.
You might also enjoy one of our most popular cabin floor plan books for inspiration. This is something we’ve promoted on Amazon for some time and always gets great reviews.

Compact Cabins: Simple Living in 1000 Square Feet or Less
By Gerald Rowan (Paperback - Feb 5, 2010)
$13.40$19.95
Rated 4 out of 5 by 282 reviewers on Amazon.com
If you’re thinking of building a tiny natural home in Australia – and looking for someone to talk to – Adam is available for consulting. He’s been a builder for 10 years, first in the UK and now in Australia. To learn more visit their website at Evergreen Homes. If you love the video, considering donating to Happen Films, so they can make more.
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Friday 10 March 2017

How To Build The Perfect Front Deck

How To Build The Perfect Front Deck



The Off Grid Cabin Front Deck Featured



How To Build The Perfect Off Grid Cabin Front Deck Step-by-Step 



Discover the guaranteed best method for building a rock solid front deck for your off grid cabin that is super easy to build, very low cost and will last for generations.



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Imagine relaxing in your favorite Adirondack chair on the front deck of your off grid cabin. The sun shines and a warm breeze slides over your arms while you breathe in the the sweet fresh scent of pine. Birds are singing as you gaze out through the trees to the glistening lake just beyond. This is how we built the front deck for our off grid cabin.



Today we cover the step-by-step “how to” of our 8ft x 20ft pressure treated covered deck. You can fine tune our method or copy it to the inch. Either way, you’ll end up with a rock solid front deck that will stand the test of time in any weather and in any climate. It’s fast and easy to build and took us only one day.



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Tuesday 24 November 2015

WELCOME to The Off Grid Cabin!



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WELCOME… pull up a stump!



People are surprised to learn that I’m a Canadian Military Air force Helicopter Pilot.



Not sure why… but they often go “Hmmmmmm… didn’t peg a military officer or a pilot to be an off the gridder.”



I’m also a Father, a Husband, a blogger, a YouTube semi-star, and an Off Grid Entrepreneur.



I love to share with people how our family has created an amazing, and abundant lifestyle living off grid, growing a highly lucrative business by sharing our story with others, and teaching people around the world to do the very same. Whether you’re here to learn how to build a cabin, discover what life off the grid is all about or forge your destiny as an entrepreneur... we’ve got you well taken care of.



We teach people not only how we’ve built our 24ft X 20ft solar powered off grid cabin, but also how anyone, anywhere in the world can also become a self-made entrepreneurial success story and ultimately grow a 5, 6, even 7 figure business. All while living off the grid. But you don’t have to.



We have been incredibly fortunate to have partnered with the billionaire philanthropist Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity and PayPal) and also Jonathan Budd (Made $10M before he was 25) and Jim Bunch (generated $30M in 10 months) we are now happily in the $6 trillion dollar/ year business of solar energy.



EXACTLY in line with our off grid lifestyle!



We give people free and full access to all our building plans, budget, building materials list and offer you a complete step-by-step guide to building your own off grid home. Along the way we have grown our fan base into the tens of thousands and as a result our solar company called “Powur” has absolutely exploded. You can learn more about Powur right here and request to join our team for free…  http://www.theoffgridcabin.com/gridkey 



We hope you enjoy the site and encourage you to LIKE, COMMENT and SHARE with your social media.



Respectfully,



Steve & Mireille Barnes

http://www.theoffgridcabin.com 





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Friday 20 November 2015

Hidden Secrets For How To Build The Perfect Level Foundation

Hidden Secrets For How To Build The Perfect Level Foundation



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The Foundation



The secret to building the perfect level foundation for a cabin or house is…

Make sure it’s LEVEL and SQUARE all the way around BEFORE you do ANY framing!



WARNING: We cannot emphasize how critical the foundation is.

If it’s of as much as 1/8th of an inch, by the time you get to the top of a framed wall that slight error could be compounded as much as 10 fold and the top of your walls may never line up no matter how hard you hit them with a sledge hammer. Everything begins with the foundation and ends with the last nail in the roof.



Do it right the first time. – Mike Holmes



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How To Build An Off Grid Cabin Delivering All The Building Materials



Building A 24ft X 20ft Off Grid Cabin!

Ever thought about kicking society to the curb and building
an off grid home?

We did… and today we just got all the building materials
delivered to do it!



Saturday 14 November 2015

The Kindling Cracker is the easiest and safest way to chop wood



The Kindling Cracker: Best Way To Split Wood!
With a Kindling Cracker all
you’ll ever need is another piece of wood or a hammer to strike the
wood you’re chopping. And since both are blunt instruments it’s a lot
safer for your fingers and makes this one of the safest ways in the
world for you to cut kindling. Plus, you’ll be so impressed with just how much
easier it is to cut kindling too.