Comments on: Tiny Off-Grid Cabin in Maine is Completely Self-Sustaining

By: Tafline Laylin

Tafline Laylin — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:55:06 +0000

Thanks for your astute eye Marandah. We’ve made the corrections.

By: Marandah Franke

Marandah Franke — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 02:38:13 +0000

To the author or editor of this site – This is perhaps the first post that I have come across on inhabitat.com and, pardon me for saying, I am completely surprised by the amount of typos in this short post! It looks like there is some great content here, but this is the sort of thing that drives me away from media outlets! Thank you for bringing great things in the world to the public eye. I hope a bit more attention is given to future posts on this site.

By: Ralph LeMaster

Ralph LeMaster — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:24:58 +0000

Hi, Your home looks intweresting and would like more information.

By: Don Stewart

Don Stewart — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:35:01 +0000

where can i find the floor plan with dimesnions for that house above? I would love to build it on hunting land or on a small lot at the lake with waterfront view.

By: ronwagn

ronwagn — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:11:07 +0000

Very nice, but it is using wood for most of the fuel.
I like wood, and it is very nice to use if you don’t
have asthma, and are capable of cutting it. Otherwise
natural gas or propane would be just as green IMHO.

By: Patsy Green

Patsy Green — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:50:35 +0000

I assume that is a composting toilet. Do they make one that doesnt require a stepladder and the balance of a Wallenda?

By: Carin Knight

Carin Knight — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:45:29 +0000

PS next visit to Fundy Bay I will search for your cabin:)

By: Carin Knight

Carin Knight — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:41:23 +0000

You are living the dream of WindEnergyPhilly.blogspot.com principal, Carin Knight. Your story makes my day! The future is bright with accomplishments like what you facilitated. Thanks…

By: cordwood larry

cordwood larry — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:31:54 +0000

In our off grid cordwood cabin in upstate New York we use a hula hoop with two Dollar Store shower curtains on it, the ones with magnets in the hem, an old metal wash tub, and a backpacker shower in the winter. Just leave it up for the night and it will be dry in the morning. Snow melt is most of our water. Drinking water is from a spring. Wood heat of course and solar electric (12v) using cfls and LED lights that I have built. People seem to be interested in cost. Ours cost $10/sq ft. Today it would cost about $12. Search for “cordwood cabin in Harrisville NY.” to see some pics.

By: martha_c

martha_c — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:12:14 +0000

I’d love to get a floor plan drawing

By: highknob

highknob — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:25:08 +0000

I love seeing fertile minds creating wonderful, useful, low impact items. Am quite interested in solar, wind and reusable energy.

By: mogman

mogman — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:06:25 +0000

This is a cool solution to a cabin in only one place. On youtube the video name is mogvideo1.mov showing a 40 foot, totally solar, shallow 18 inch draft and capable of being rolled up on shore.

By: infoimp

infoimp — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:42:58 +0000

Wait a sec. “Outdoor shower?” Aren’t we in Maine?!?!?

By: fantasmagore

fantasmagore — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:03:33 +0000

Newbeak, a spiral staircase would have provided slightly more floor space (maybe), but would have completely made the space underneath it unusable. Don’t think in terms of maximizing floor space, think in terms of maximizing usable floor space. Anyways Spiral stairs are annoying sometimes.

By: Judy Blume

Judy Blume — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:33:34 +0000

Does anyone ever answer any of the questions on these forums? It always seems as though people have a lot of interesting or relevant questions that might start a discussion.

As a suggestion to the moderators of this forum, perhaps if there were someone from inhbitat who followed up on any of these stories from time to time, these comment sections would be more valuable and therefore more used. you know, building a community of ideas and all that.

By: frankpadams

frankpadams — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:45:04 +0000

that’s remarkable! do you have an estimated cost to build? How many times have you smacked your head on that lightbulb at the top of the stairs?

By: washingmachine

washingmachine — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 21:06:01 +0000

This cabin is charming and amazing.

Where do they get the gas for the gas stove in the kitchen? The kitchen stove and oven are hard items to make self sustaining, does anyone have an suggestions, we want to build an off grid cabin, but do not know a good option either.

By: bcbound.ml@gmail.com

bcbound.ml@gmail.com — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:09:11 +0000

Great cabin, I lived in a place with sliding door covers and they work great.

By: jo21121

jo21121 — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:26:06 +0000

Could you provide any details about the workings of the exterior sliding window cover? We’d like to do a similar thing inside a music studio. Thanks. Its beautiful!
Jo

By: JoJoFox

JoJoFox — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:04:30 +0000

I would be curious to know how much it cost to build this home.