How to Build Your Dream Cabin in the Woods: The Ultimate Guide to Building and Maintaining a Backcountry Getaway

by J. Wayne Fears

Overview

Here is the ultimate resource for finally turning your dream into reality. With photos, blueprints, and diagrams, Fears thoroughly covers the process of constructing the cabin you’ve always wanted. From buying land, construction materials, deciding on lighting, the water system, and on-site constructions—such as shooting ranges, an outhouse, or an outside fire ring—this is a book filled with nuggets of wisdom from a specialist in the field: J. Wayne Fears is a wildlife biologist by training who has organized big-game hunting camps, guided canoe trips, and run commercial getaway operations. He built his own log cabin in the early 1990s and has been enjoying it ever since. Now you can build and enjoy the cabin you've always dreamed of, too.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626369542
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	06/15/2010
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	546,387
File size:	32 MB
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About the Author

J. Wayne Fears is a wildlife biologist by training who has organized big-game hunting camps, guided canoe trips, and run commercial getaway operations. Former editor of Rural Sportsman magazine, he has written more than more than twenty books on a variety of subjects ranging from cabin building (including How to Build Your Dream Cabin in the Woods) to survival (The Pocket Outdoor Survival Guide) to cookbooks (including The Complete Book of Dutch Oven Cooking), and more than four thousand articles for major outdoors magazines. A member of the International Dutch Oven Society and an accomplished writer and skilled outdoorsman, Fears lives in Cross Creek Hallow, Alabama.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Dream - A Cabin in the Woods
1
You Are Not the First to Dream 2
The Purpose of This Book 4
Chapter 2. Selecting a Site 7
Solitude, Is It for You? 9
In What Region Do You Want Your Cabin? 10
Buying or Leasing? 11
Should You Have a Partner? 12
Finding Land - Be Patient 13
Searching on Your Own 14
Working with a Real Estate Agent 15
Looking at Property 15
To Buy or Not to Buy? 16
The Cabin Site 18
Closing the Deal 20
Chapter 3. The Look You Want 21
Logs - The Ultimate Building Material 22
Log Siding 23
Board-and-Batten, An Old Favorite 25
Reverse Board-and-Batten 26
Protecting the Exterior 27
Roofing 29
Chapter 4. The Simple Adirondack Shelter 31
The Adirondack as a Cabin 33
Building an Adirondack Shelter 34
Chapter 5. The Alaskan Trapper's-Style Cabin 37
Building a One-Room Trapper's Style Cabin 37
Adding On 45
More Space 46
A Movable Trapper's-Style Cabin 48
Chapter 6. The Appalachian-Style Cabin 51
Building a Two-Room Appalachian-Style Cabin 52
The Traditional Appalachian-Style Cabin 54
A One-Room Appalachian-Style Cabin 56
Chapter 7. The Family-Size Cabin 61
One Bedroom with Sleeping Loft 63
Large Family Cabin 66
Chapter 8. The Hunting/Fishing Club Cabin 67
Appalachian-Style Hunting/Fishing Cabin 68
Self-Sufficient Hunting/Fishing Cabin 68
Individual Cabins with Group Center 1 71
Log Cabin Kit for Hunting/Fishing Groups 71 What a Kit/Package May Include 79
Designs and Floor Plans of Some Popular Log Cabin Kits 081
Log Panel Kits 86
Log Siding Kits 88
Chapter 10. The World's Best Outhouse 89
Building Cross Creek Hollow's Outhouse 89
Maintaining the Outhouse 93
Waterless Composting Toilets 94
Burning Human Waste 96
Options 98
Chapter 11. Keeping the Cabin Warm 99
Fireplace or Stove? 100
The Right Wood Stove for Your Cabin 102
Locating and Installing the Stove 105
Stovepipe Selection and Installation 107
Stove Safety 109
Wood Wisdom 110
Sources of Firewood 111
Splitting, Stacking, and Seasoning 112
Chapter 12. Lighting Options for the Remote Cabin 115
Gas/Diesel Generator 115
Central LP (Propane) Gas System 118
Propane Lantern Light 119
Liquid-Fuel Lighting 122
Battery Lighting 125
Chapter 13. Sleeping Accommodations 127
Chapter 14. The Outside Fire Ring-A Must for Any Cabin 131
Commercial Fire Rings 133
s20Custom Benches for Your Fire Ring 134
Chapter 15. Cabin Water Supply 139
Types of Wells 139
Springs 141
Creeks, Streams, Lakes and Rivers 141
Water Pumps 142
Haul It In 142
Making Water Safe 144
Including the Kitchen Sink 145
Chapter 16. Planning the Remote Cabin Kitchen 147
Keeping Perishables Cool 147
Cabin Cooking 148
Propane Camp Stoves 149
Cabin Camp Stove Ovens 150
Cooking on the Wood Stove 150
Fireplace Cookin Property 163
A Watchful Eye 165
Foiling Troublemakers 166
Personal Safety 166
Chapter 18. Managing Your Property 169
Put Your Land Management Team Together 0 169
Road Siting and Development 171
Landscaping Aroudn the Cabin 171
Managing Your Woodlands 172
Wildlife Management 174
Fisheries Management 175
Chapter 19. Develop a Shooting Range Near Your Cabin 177
Planning 177
Layout 178
Developing the Range 179
Standard Operating Procedures
Chapter 20. Cabin Living 183
Easy In, Easy Out 183
Biannual Cleanups 184
Pest Control 184
Liability 186
Special Gatherings 187
Time Alone 189
Preparing for Downtime 189
A Cabin Name 192
Appendix 1. Sources 193
Appendix 2. Chain Saw Safety 203
Appendix 3. Ratings for Cabin Firewood 207
Appendix 4. Liability Release Form 209
Appendix 5. Cross Creek Hollow Standard Operating Procedure 211
Appendix 6. Cross Creek Hollow Departure Checklist 213
Appendix 7. Soil Testing the Cabin Yard, Wildlife Food Plot, or Garden 215
Appendix 8. Average Wattage Requirement Guide
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Index 219