Great to see the progress. We bought 13 acres that came with a 6000sqft underground bunker and are working on renovating. Can’t wait to work on the above ground homestead.
Hi guys, hope you are doing well!! So sad not to hear from you, but I think you need all the time to get the house to a point were you can move in before the winter. Just give us a quick update - nothing elaborate.
Really impressed with all the work. With consideration of cellar something I always wanted was water hose clean system, then it would have to be able to drain. Then it would have dust free, fresh earth smell.
I'm wondering why you didn't just glue some ICF offcuts to the inside of the ICF blocks to form your beam pockets rather than make them out of wood, cut the hole and fix them in place... Getting the wood 'moulds' out of the set concrete is going to be just as much work as installing them... instead of just digging out the soft polystyrene with a screwdriver or something... Much quicker! And no concrete poking (compacting/vbrating) going on...? I hope you don't have loads of voids in your walls!
Congratulations on a good pour. Glad to see it. Too late now of course but I don't see a doorway from the exterior to the crawl space. Based on my experience it would get used a LOT. Just a thought, when you plan the plumbing and electrical put in more hose bibs and exterior plugs than you think you need. "too many" is just barely enough. Trust me. Also allow for floods up on the peak of the house as high as possible. You won't need them often but they are worth the few bucks to put in so you can light up the area when it hits the fan.
There's a few things that I don't understand, how that stayed together and kept the concrete from spilling out is the first thing ! Second, it looks like a very tall structure for the thickness of the concrete, I understand it has some rebar in but it's only braced with plastic, that seems a little sketchy to me. Third what kind of load can that hold ? By the looks of it you could only build a single storey house on top of that. And last what will it be covered with ?
1) @6:04 Granite has a hardness of 6-7 on the Mohs scale, ie it's relatively hard and definitively not "peelable" with a miniature rock hammer. I therefore first thought it looked more like a coarse sandstone, perhaps orthoquartzite, a relatively pure light-colored quartz-sandstone. However, then I google "decomposed granite" and I learned something new :) [[PS! Where I live (in Norway) I never heard about decomposed granite, but then again, I'm just a simple woodworker]] 2) If you plan to use the crawl space for smtgh useful, why didn't you install a door and windows? (looks like plenty of space)
Having sold my PS Orion and moved to a lake front in Oklahoma, my memories of racing stripes and tacos has begun to fade. So I started watching at the beginning and found that I have a request. Since your life is now so idyllic, why dont you revisit harder times and show us the legendary Shipwreck of the S V Adventurer in Santa Barbara. Since it wasn't as tragic as the wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald, and it has been softened in the hair conditioner of time, it will be therapeutic to roast the villain in RUclips fame besides the statute of limitations has rolled. Please, please, please
after 30 years of concrete work, my body hurt just watching. I could not imagine working in the severe heat we have had in the Pacific Northwest, including South West British Columbia. Any fear of forest fires?
Hope all is well with you guys. It's been over 4 months since you have posted.
Brenda is the unsung hero. She is a beast with the jack hammer. Great video.
Thanks guys. I appreciate the vid. See you next week.🙂.
Well done..
Great to see the progress. We bought 13 acres that came with a 6000sqft underground bunker and are working on renovating. Can’t wait to work on the above ground homestead.
That moment when the concrete is in and the forms did not blow out is a pretty great feeling :) Congratulations!
That is Fantastic!!! Half the work is done before toy put up the first stick on a house it seems. Glad it's all coming together!
Thanks for the update exciting stuff!
Finally got your Mud and thank goodness for that! That Brenda pulls a mean trowel!
Hi guys, hope you are doing well!! So sad not to hear from you, but I think you need all the time to get the house to a point were you can move in before the winter. Just give us a quick update - nothing elaborate.
Great stuff! Sail Safe Guys, Ant, Cid & the pooch crew.
Awesome to see the foundation walls be poured! Good job Captain and First Mate!
I am really enjoying your videos. I used to build houses. I never had to build a foundation on that type of ground. Great Job!
Been 2 months…hope y’all have had time to record some stuff. Super interested in house things are coming along.
Hope to see a video soon
The walls held together. I was worried that the walls would budge when the concrete was poured. That was a good system. congrads.
Hope all is well.
Really impressed with all the work. With consideration of cellar something I always wanted was water hose clean system, then it would have to be able to drain. Then it would have dust free, fresh earth smell.
I'm wondering why you didn't just glue some ICF offcuts to the inside of the ICF blocks to form your beam pockets rather than make them out of wood, cut the hole and fix them in place... Getting the wood 'moulds' out of the set concrete is going to be just as much work as installing them... instead of just digging out the soft polystyrene with a screwdriver or something... Much quicker!
And no concrete poking (compacting/vbrating) going on...? I hope you don't have loads of voids in your walls!
Congratulations on a good pour. Glad to see it. Too late now of course but I don't see a doorway from the exterior to the crawl space. Based on my experience it would get used a LOT. Just a thought, when you plan the plumbing and electrical put in more hose bibs and exterior plugs than you think you need. "too many" is just barely enough. Trust me. Also allow for floods up on the peak of the house as high as possible. You won't need them often but they are worth the few bucks to put in so you can light up the area when it hits the fan.
👍🏻great video
That’s awesome....good to see the progress......so tacos?.....
Missed you in Oregon
Woo Hoo! Hurray! You definitely have earned a taco or two
Sure hope everything’s ok.
There's a few things that I don't understand, how that stayed together and kept the concrete from spilling out is the first thing !
Second, it looks like a very tall structure for the thickness of the concrete, I understand it has some rebar in but it's only braced with plastic, that seems a little sketchy to me.
Third what kind of load can that hold ? By the looks of it you could only build a single storey house on top of that.
And last what will it be covered with ?
Well with all that white foam forms, I wonder if the forms should have a racing stripe too?
I'm starting to really get worried! Are yiu kids OK?
With out a doubt, one of the best channels that I really enjoy...
Hey guys what's happening ~ been thinking about you - house must be moving right along! We'd love to see the progress ~ just saying
Hello, moving along nicely I see. do you remember where you bought the membrane housings for your watermaker system?
Hey guys! What's up? Too busy decking the halls with boughs of holly? Crying out for an update please!
looking for updated videos? haven't heard anything in a while.
where is this being built?
1) @6:04 Granite has a hardness of 6-7 on the Mohs scale, ie it's relatively hard and definitively not "peelable" with a miniature rock hammer. I therefore first thought it looked more like a coarse sandstone, perhaps orthoquartzite, a relatively pure light-colored quartz-sandstone. However, then I google "decomposed granite" and I learned something new :) [[PS! Where I live (in Norway) I never heard about decomposed granite, but then again, I'm just a simple woodworker]]
2) If you plan to use the crawl space for smtgh useful, why didn't you install a door and windows? (looks like plenty of space)
No vibrating ???
Having sold my PS Orion and moved to a lake front in Oklahoma, my memories of racing stripes and tacos has begun to fade. So I started watching at the beginning and found that I have a request. Since your life is now so idyllic, why dont you revisit harder times and show us the legendary Shipwreck of the S V Adventurer in Santa Barbara. Since it wasn't as tragic as the wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald, and it has been softened in the hair conditioner of time, it will be therapeutic to roast the villain in RUclips fame besides the statute of limitations has rolled. Please, please, please
What ever happened to the boat?
thanks for these videos... I am doing the exact same thing on bedrock next year. Wanna come to Voyagers National Park on Lake Kabetogama?
after 30 years of concrete work, my body hurt just watching. I could not imagine working in the severe heat we have had in the Pacific Northwest, including South West British Columbia.
Any fear of forest fires?
Why didn’t anyone use a stinger?
What happened?? MIA way to long…
So what's up, bugger that youtube thing, or?