Mike Shellman

Mike Shellman

Johnny Appleseed Organic

Mike Shellman plans, oversees and executes all building projects at the Johnny Appleseed Organic Village. A native of Folkston, GA, he is a self-taught carpenter with more than 20 years of construction experience.

1 Course
5 Videos

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Building a Climate Cabin Series
Framing a Structure
There are a few different methods that can be used when framing a structure. For the climate cabin frame, our master carpenter, Mike Shellman, chose to go with a basic…
Mike Shellman
Mike Shellman Johnny Appleseed Organic
Building a Climate Cabin Series
Exterior Walls, Metal Roof, and Water-Proofing
Johnny Appleseed Organic's Mikael Maynard and Mike Shellman guide us as they put "meat on the bones" of the "climate" cabin. Mike installs oriented strand board as the initial exterior…
Mike Shellman
Mike Shellman Johnny Appleseed Organic
Building a Climate Cabin Series
Soffit, Siding and Sealing
Mike installs soffit - the underside of the roof eaves - for ascetics with re-claimed hard pine. He follows that up by installing the external siding, also using re-claimed hard…
Mike Shellman
Mike Shellman Johnny Appleseed Organic
Building a Climate Cabin Series
Solar, Plumbing, Insulation and Interior Walls
In this 10-minute episode, watch as the plumbing, electricity and insulation are installed in the Climate Cabin. The one thing each of these elements has in common is that each…
Mike Shellman
Mike Shellman Johnny Appleseed Organic
Building a Climate Cabin Series
Final Interior Touches and Reedbed System
The climate cabin project is nearly complete! In this episode the focus is almost entirely on the interior touches. Head of construction Mike Shellman runs through the utilitarian red cedar…
Mike Shellman
Mike Shellman Johnny Appleseed Organic