Guest Post by Robert Zeman
Good morning America 🙂
My name is Robert Zeman and I live in South Bohemi regin in Czech republic (former Czechoslovakia) in town Prachatice – one of the nicest tiny renessaince town in The Middle Europe.
I would like to share with you the pleasure to see our town and offer you visit Prachatice via not only municipal webside with webcams on www.prachatice.eu or Google street view….
Second area of interest which I would like to share with you is my cabin which I built up and finally filled up my boy dream – to build by own hands a wooden house. A cabin is destinated to backgroud of a small hobby farm what I step by step build up.
The cabin I have built for 2 years almost during weekend time in period 03/10 to 06/12. Along and some type of work with one friend according to plans designed by myself.
- Measures: groundplan: 4x9m height: 5m. Total costs are cca 13000 USD.
- The cabin is based on 4 concrete panels and steel base frame. A cabin frame is made from solid wood and sided by raw planks outside. Inside by planed planks.
- The frame is insulated by rockwool and protected against moisture by foiles.
- Roof is made from planks shingles and work properly.
- Cost of 1m2 was cca 6 USD.
- There is no electricity grid, use gasoline generator – 2 kW for tools.
- For all building process I used cca 4 gallons of petrol incl.chain saw consumption.
- Lighting in cabin is provided by oil lamps.
- Heating by stove with American chimney.
- Use swedish ecotoilet.
- Use mobile shower for 12 V.
For cooking use a small gas cooker. Spoiled water from shower and dish washing is stored in 3 m3 out water resistant reservoir. Clean water use from spring and avarage consumption is cca 20l/per day for everything. All Furniture I made from the rest of wood planks.
A cabin is independent for any power net, in the future I would like to set up the photovoltaic panel with equipement. The building process you can see on images. I look forward to your possible questions.
Best regards Robert
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Fantastic cabin, Robert, and a beautiful part of the world too.
Wow! This is beautiful! I am happy for you, well done.
Good job, Robert. It is everything you could want and nothing you don’t want.
The photo in the snow is my favorite.
Very nice. I like the shape/proportions.
Robert Fantastické!
What a great cozy welcoming cabin you have built. Congratulations and that you for sharing and giving me one more place I need to visit in Europe.
Love your cabin! My husband and I would love to build something like this. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Just lovely- thank you for sharing!
Very nice! Do you get a lot of wildlife passing by there?
Hi Small House Bliss,
yes that is a wild life area, so if you area quite, you see deers, foxes etc. That is nice – to be a part of the nature…
Cheers Robert
looks sturdy.
Wow Robert – what a beautiful place! I love the winter picture and the thought of you all cozy in the place you built with your own hands!
Gratulujem Robert, nádherná chata aj miesto.
Hi Kent, thank you very much for possibility of sharing my experience on your very nice web what I read more than 2 years…
Thank you all of you who has written your kind words. It is really nice to read them…
The most of all I am happy if you see our town on website http://www.prachatice.eu or will sometime personally visit!
Bye Robert
Zdravim,
prekvapilo, jak malo je do detailu popsana podlahova cast… Videt je pouze sterkova “lavice”, jestli je folie pod ni, na ni, na tom beton? Na tom tepelna izolace? Na tom pak drevo?
Jinak krasna prace.
a ta Svedska toaleta, to jako pada do nejakeho krematoria? To byl vtip. Mate nejake links? Diky moc.
ZdravĂm, k Vašemu dotazu.
ProtoĹľe je v mĂst? m?kká p?da, ud?lal jsem to takto.
1. zhutnil plá? ru?nĂm motorovĂ˝m p?chem
2. ud?lal rovinu ze št?rkového lože podle trubek
3. položil 4 silni?nà panely jako základ
4. na nich ležà a p?enášà zatĂĹľenĂ rošt z jakl?
na n?m je jiĹľ postavena konstrukce z trám?. Tzn. mezi panely a d?evem je volnĂ˝ prostor, kterĂ˝ v?trá – 20 cm
5. Skladba je jednoduchá prvnĂ nenosnĂ˝ záklop z prken, na nĂch paropropustná folie, vata s trámky na uchycenĂ ?istĂ© podlahy, parot?sná folie, podlahová prkna.
Viz obrázky, by? nemajà detaily.
Funguje to, držà to 2. rokem, pokud by došlo k hnutĂ podložà – panel?, m?lo bych bĂ˝t schopen takto celĂ˝ d?m rektifikovat (má cca 9 t.)
Ekotoaleta – je to vlastn? suchĂ˝ záchod, kterĂ˝ má odv?tránĂ s 12V motorkem (ventilátor do PC za 60 K?), kterĂ˝ se zapne, kdyĹľ je v provozu nebo na stálo. Má to záklopku s t?sn?nĂm, takĹľe to fakt nesmrdĂ – ob?as trochu podle tlaku vzduchu, ale zapnu na chvĂli ventilátor a je to OK, abych neplĂ˝tval proud z baterie. Toaleta stála 13 tisĂc K?, ale nelituji toho. Jinak najdete povĂdánĂ na ekotoalety.cz Mám Separetu 30.
DĂky za dotaz a a? se da?Ă. 🙂
Good work, looks great! Thanks for sharing your story of your tiny cabin! Beautiful surroundings!
Hello Robert. Your cabin looks cozy. I have a question about your wood burning red stove. Where is it made? Thanks and best wishes.
Hello Paula. The stove is made in Italy. I have a good experience. They are warm air based and you can use a bigger pieces of firewood. See http://www.edilkamin.com
Have a nice day 🙂
Thanks for sharing Robert. I’m blown away (hope that’s not lost in translation). Fantastic, beautiful etc. Congratulations on making your dream come true.
Very nice Robert
Thank you so much for sharing pictures of your beautiful home.
Nicely proportioned and detailed. Interesting hybrid structural system, especially the floor. Is the steel substructure common practice in your area?
Tx for sharing.
Hi Rich,
thanks for your words. The steel frame is not common practice in Czech republic, I think. I used this one because soil has not enough density and road concrete panels were the cheapest, simplest and quality solution for the base. I should be able to rectify all cabin via this subculture if necessary – I hope so, because total weight is cca 9 tons.
So the future will show all 🙂
Cheers Robert
nice trick Bobby!!!
Very nice, Robert. Is that a road five feet from the back of your cabin?
Hi Alan. Yes. That is a field road to medow. No rush. The reason to locate a cabin near road is safe land for agriculture purposes. Regards Robert
Hey Robert, love your cabin. Beautiful countryside, it looks so peaceful. Is that post and beam construction? Also you insulated with wool? Those are both my goals. Great work.
Kenise
Hi Kinise,
yes, it a typical post and beam solid construction. Insulated by rockwool.
Thanks for your nice words 🙂
Regards Robert
Hi Robert, here is one very friendly Czech sending greetings from San Francisco area, but its too late, hmm 🙂
Jindra, oceanvibe@email.cz