An old- fashion, deer cabin.
Constructing a deer cabin is different from building a home. Most people want their homes to have modern conveniences, like running water, cable TV, and home appliances like dishwashers and garbage disposals. For hunters, enjoying the experience includes "roughing it" in the great outdoors. As a result, deer cabins are usually designed to be a bit more old-fashioned.
Instructions
Preparation
1. Decide the best location and height for the deer cabin along a section of your property. You may decide on 138 to 575 square feet of living space. The dimensions of the cabin will depend on what you think is acceptable to for inhabiting the structure.
2. Examine the soil for clay and sand by shaking a mason jar filled with soil and mineral water. After shaking, let the contents settle. Check the jar for yellow sand on the bottom and clay-formed clouds floating on top of the water. This process indicates the concentration of sand and clay in the soil at your location. You will need a half-and-half even mixture between sand and clay. Depending on the outcome of this test, you may want to find a location that offers either more sand, or more clay, in your soil.
3. Go to Home Depot or Lowes; purchase five 10-foot long by 4-inch wide, red oak or maple wood, beams in accordance to measurements within Step 1. You will also, need to buy two 8-foot wide pieces of plywood. Additionally, you will need concrete blocks along with a large amount of hay, sand and soil mixture. The hay, sand and soil mixture will help bond the foundation stones or concrete block for the cabin walls. Home Depot sells, "Oldcastle," concrete blocks in 16 inches x 8 inches x 4 inches for $1.20 each.
4. Assemble the deer cabin, while using the Log-Home-Plans.com website. The website has installation directions and offers cabin kits. If you're unable to assemble the cabin walls, turn to a licenses contractor within your area, which is an experience in building walls out of concrete as well as wood.
Cabin Assemble
5. Position the foundation stones, or concrete blocks, for the walls, onto level ground at the building site. Lay the blocks or cobblestones in a row on top of one another. Depending on the ground surface and the stones or blocks, there may be no need for mortar.
6. Distribute a six by six-foot mixing tarp onto the ground. Blend earth, sand and clay along with water to make cement.
7. Bond the walls of the cabin. Stomp, twist and blend the mixture using a garden hoe. Move the tarp within the edges toward the center and continue to mix and tug right up until your soil mixture appears similar to bread dough, though moist, yet like clay when felt by the hands.
8. Put this mix into the foundation rock wall. Create a large mass allowing the mixture to lap over the stones. This will prevent water underneath the foundations walls.
9. Continue to load the soil blend until the walls are a foot above the doorway opening. Build the soil along the sides of the window openings. Work the soil together with your hands and fingers; make use of a stick or mason tool to smooth the outer surface, while adding each new layer.
10. Position the five 10-feet long by 4-inch wide wood pieces onto the top of the wall structure. Establish a frame by cutting the wood into several one to 1 ½-foot single pieces with a drill saw. Prior to cutting the pieces, measure and mark it, with a tap measure and pencil. The pieces will be the beams to support the rooftop.
11. Add the two pieces of plywood as a roof cover. Nail the plywood onto the five 10 feet-long pieces. Make certain your plywood framing stretches the entire cabin and hangs approximately 2 feet over-the edge of the wall structure.
12. Utilize a large piece of fishpond liner for a water-repellent cover onto the plywood roof. Strengthen by using roofing nails, and with silicone sealer.
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