This is my first year owning a 1000sf cabin in Northern MN. The cabin has a boiler heating system with the piping running in the 18” crawlspace with all the domestic piping.

I am debating keeping it open this winter but am concerned the heat piping won’t keep the crawlspace (uninsulated CMU block) above freezing.

Does any one use a monitoring system like CabinPulse? If so how do you like it?

We laid out the living room of our cozy lake cabin to have two distinct spaces, lake-facing and gas fireplace-facing. We are currently a year into this remodel and spent the summer using it almost every weekend. It still needs a lot but it’s coming along nicely. 1965 build. Additions include a block-wall basement, loft with two dormered rooms on either end.

It feels like every time i look at cabin builds online lately it's just massive modern houses with huge windows being labeled as a "cozy escape". Like no, that's just a luxury hotel in a forest lol

I just appreciate the smaller stuff so much more. we stayed at one of the lemon drop cottages up on lake erie last week because my brain was totally fried from work, and it was exactly the vibe I miss seeing. No crazy vaulted ceilings or weird smart home tech everywhere. Just a simple rebuilt boathouse directly on the water where you can actually hear the waves and sit by a firepit.

If you appreciate smaller floor plans that actually feel connected to the environment instead of dominating it, the scale and layout of those lemon drop cottages is honestly such a good example. Really makes me want to figure out how to build something under 800 sq ft someday instead of saving up for a monster house.

i only get up to my cabin every couple weeks, and after heavy rain or wind i never know what the driveway is gonna look like until i get there. the last thing i want is to make the whole drive and find the entrance blocked by fallen branches and me not having the proper equipment to clean it up.

ive been thinking about putting a Wyze cam facing the driveway so i can check it from home before heading up. the cabin has wifi so thats not an issue, im just trying to figure out if pointing it down the driveway or back toward the cabin would be more useful.

This is my first year in the cabin. I'm in Colorado at 9,500ft. I plan to winterize the cabin in the next couple of weeks. When I come up this winter can I use the toilet in the cabin as long as I drain it and put antifreeze in it when I leave? Thanks,

Thursday afternoon through Monday morning at the cabin. Got some work done and some relaxing. Prepping old storage area for living room conversion, setting up new shed, graded the driveway, new fire pit/chairs set up

We only get up to the cabin a handful of times in winter so an empty building for months at a time is basically an invitation for mice. Last year we came back in spring to droppings in two of the kitchen drawers and some chewed cardboard in the closet. Planning to do a real cleanout before we lock it up this year and I keep seeing peppermint oil recommended everywhere. Not sure if it holds up over months of nobody checking on it though, since most of what I've read is about active households where someone's redoing it every few days.

Location West Virginia

Rain water collection in 50 gallon barrel

Has a hot water heater

Has a pump to bring water inside

Has electricity

Insulation in attic only

Wood stove for heat only.

Its my first year with my cabin in the mountains of WV. This is all new to me. I am hoping you can help.

I'm planning to try to winterize myself as there's no other option. Any tips on best practices would be appreciated.

Do I put Antifreeze in all drains (sink, shower, toilet?)

Drain the water heater?

Do I do anything with the pump?

I have never seen mice inside but have them outside. Its pretty well sealed. How can I keep the mice out?

I have a Gator. Should I take out the battery? Anything else?

If I wanted to go up in the winter, (keeping water off) would it be an issue?

two months of nonstop work. southern vermont. ready to install wood stove!

Got delayed by moose season but progress is still ongoing. Wood stove should be installed next week! Ran out of stain and have some more trim to do. I think the homemade interior doors turned out great!

Our Western Maine hunting cabin I am currently remodeling, located on 40 acres with a beautiful sunset view of Mount Washington

This cabin could have been bought for $40,000 6 years ago. Now it's sold at $169,000. Damn.

I’ve decided that it’s silly to keep paying hundreds of dollars every fall when I’m completely capable of doing this. I’ve researched everything that I can think of. Does anyone have any tricks or tips?

next step is to get a charging setup installed, then i can bring friends out here for camping, hunting, and riding.if anyone's into bikes, hit me up. especially trail riding like this.

What a gorgeous day it would be to work on it through

My family owns a small log cabin in Northern Finland. It is located about 20km (~12.5 miles) to a closest (very small) town. The surrounding area is basically vast and empty wilderness with a few other cabins and nothing else. We visit there usually a couple times a year. No electricity or running water.

Lately I have been noticing some things have been left in a different order I usually leave them. This has made me somewhat suspectful of whether someone else is using the cabin.

This made me put a small padlock to the door, with key in a number-locked keybox nearby. No idea how
he/she has unlocked the main door.

My mom arrived to the cabin today and found that the lock has dissappeared (likely broken) and some of the whiskey bottles that were left in the cabin, have been nearly emptied.

The burglar has become arrogant. I am pretty furious, and not very happy my mom is there with a potential creeper lurking somewhere nearby.

Any ideas how to handle? Will, at least, install
some cameras there and maybe change the locks. Kind of afraid, that the burglar would retaliate and destroy places

PROOFING. (Can’t seem to edit the heading)

Is there such a thing? I have made a door snake to go under my very old cabin door jams. My thought was I’d fill it with something like sand or gravel. If the mice eat the fabric they would turn away once they hit the filler. Do you guys have any ideas?

As the title says. I have a new cottage in North Muskoka. In wondering if I can just leave my TVs in my 3 season, unheated cottage for the winter? -20 to -40 Celsius.

Last weekend had a new Amish shed delivered up to the cabin. They packed 2 lean tos inside for me to put up. So this weekend me a a few friends knocked it out.

Really fun cabin sauna build in Wisconsin. Handmade sauna, about a 1 year project.

https://www.lakequality.org/lake/slim-lake-washburn-wi

Had squirrels humanely removed and sealed up any holes we could find, but they're back and would have gotten in from underneath the cabin. Pest control guy says we need to dig around the perimeter of the house and install a chicken wire type thing a few feet deep. He had no other suggestions.

We're not the kind to be able to crawl around underneath ourselves to find the holes, but they would likely just make more anyway.

Is this a reasonable approach, or is it nuts?

Thanks