Small Ankle Injury - We have to keep building
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- With Cody injuring his ankle within the first few hours of the start of this new week, we had to take a second and think about just how much we can manage. Our hopes are still strong that we can get everything needed done before winter.
This is a good reminder to us to be careful because even the little things are able to set us back. It was unfortunate to happen to Cody's bad ankle, but well enough no major damage was done. Luckily his ankle is recovering quickly and he should be fully back at it in no time.
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You’re an amazing young woman. The way you deal with what life sends you, you rise to the challenge and conquer it!
You guys are doing great. Here’s a tip, cut a piece of board (2X4) with the exact measurement in between the purlins and that way you don’t have to measure every time you go up there to nail them. Your work will go faster and less tedious every time.
Your a hard working young lady ..well done ..coming along nicely..from Outback Western Australia..
Very impressive Lori! It's a shame Cody got hurt, but it gave you the opportunity to learn some new skills, and you did an exceptional job!
I’m glad you guys have a plan if you can’t finish the entire build before winter. You guys will work it out! We enjoy watching you each week.
ignore the nay sayers in the comments. in my book the two of you are doing fine and on your way to learning the life style of alaskan living
Here's hoping Cody recovers soon. Kudos to you for stepping up, y'all are a great team. Thanks for sharing ❤️
You're right...some progress is still progress! Just keep moving forward no matter what....you'll get there! ✌️
Get it, girl! Way to step up to the plate when duty calls. Y'all are an awesome team doing a hell of a job! Much love from SC!
Lori you just proved that you can accomplish so much with out Cody's help! What a great example, as a mom I am sure your mom will watch and that's my girl! Progress is Progress. Cody hope the foot is feeling better
Amazing perseverance! Keeping the dream going ❤
Yeah, shit happens but you guys are really doing a great job. Slow and steady wins the race to get dried in before the nasty weather.
Its so great to see the progress, I remember when the road was the biggest concern.
Tell Cody to take it easy on that ankle! Out of my 4 or 5 Alaska youtube families I worry about y'all the most, lol.
Wish I was closer, I'd show up to help!
To help my ankle problem I used to put my foot into cold river water until unbearable. Get it out dry it off let it warm and put it back in. Great job you are doing though. Very impressed
Great job. Just a tip, you can use a saw to cut that thicker insulation. They actually make one specifically for the task.
I absolutely love that you’re out there working alone. As a single mom of 3 sons, they will tell anyone that their mom taught them to clean, cook, fix, repair and even how to play darts. What’s important is that you’re chasing your dream. At your age, I had 3 kids and my dream was a college education. When my youngest was 18 months, I started college. I graduated 4 years later with a double major and a 3.4 gpa. I had lots of naysayers. Everyone of them made me more determined. You can do anything you truly set your mind to do. Let no one discourage you.
Awwww poor Cody...but u go girl!!! Hope it gets covered b4 winter sets in 😨 Great job u two!!! 😊
Keep up the good work, you guys are making steady progress. Enjoy your videos.
You go girl!! Sorry about your hubbies ankle. Heal up fast hopefully.
You both are real troopers. I love your “do the best we can” and “go with the flow” attitude. The rain is something else…and it’s summer! Hope Cody is doing better. Great job juggling!
You guys are doing awesome! I know you will get it done before winter. Not sure what your actual dates are there, however you are a hard working young couple. Waiting for the next update!
Good job girl!! Way to face your insecurities. You guys hang in there. Steve and Pam from Weyerhauser, Wi.😊
I love your attitude: progress is progress! I am amazed at what you did accomplish by yourself, and with a little assistance from Cody, accomplished so much more. Keep up the positive attitude and plug away, each of you understanding “progress is progress”. Yes, you could have done if both of you are healthy and without aches or pains. Look what you gained: you learned how to operate the saw mill, at least a bit, and were able to saw the needed 2 x 4s. And somehow you were able to nail some in by yourself. Great! And keep it up, each one of you!
Making good headway, praying you get that dried in soon, it’s about to be rainy here in Alaska soon, your Willow Friend
You both are living a dream; that’s incredible awesome.
Love to see what you guys are doing. Get a long kitchen knife, they work wonders for cutting rigid insulation. Keep pushing on.
Came to make the same suggestion. Serrated bread knife works well!
You go girl!! I would have been terrified climbing up to attach those braces!!
Good job on your new home. You two are such hard workers, trying to achieve your dream of building a homestead. Love your videos.
You both are awesome! love watching your progress
I think you guys are doing a great job! I really enjoy your videos and seeing the progress you’re making on your homestead. Keep up the good work!!
I used a fine tooth saw to cut my foam insulation a lot easier
A bread knife will work to cut the insulation board if you don’t have a skill saw or a jigsaw. Razor will be way harder.
Keep it up! Great work ya'll
Sorry on the hurt ankle, am just glad for ya that your both staying safe otherwise.. hope it keeps healing.. it keeps looking more hopeful for ya, good job👍💓... Thank you for sharing 🙏
Good luck building your house 🏠
I think the two of you are so brave to start your dreams in the middle of nowhere. Look forward to seeing more. Just a quick FYI, the foam you were trying to cut would cut easier with a drywall saw. If you have one. Good luck to you both.
Good work, thinking, progress - really starting to be fan! Thank you for sharing :)
You're doing great. Looks fantastic. Good job guys. Hope Cody's ankle feels better soon.
One more thing, I’m not a builder, but I thought that flooring boards should always go the other way on the joists to strengthen and prevent the joists from moving. You might want to look into it further.
Behind every successful man is great woman! Picking up the slack, making sure everything moves forward with focus.
Outstanding! Not many people are big fans of heights. It takes guts and perseverance to get the job done and boy does this gal get it done, in the rain, no less. You two are fantastic, keep it up
Glad Cody is feeling better. You did a great job working by yourself.
OSP when You put it down right will run the opposite direction of the Joists. 1st row full sheet. 2nd row 1/2 sheet.
You young lady are a soldier you accomplished quite a biit on your own and didn't give up.Big respect to you !
Lori you are an amazing young lady, only born from Wisconsin can a gal do what you turned it up an did. Go Pack Go 🏈 💚💛
It’s coming along! You guys have got this!
Good job overcoming your fears. It's looking great. Can't wait to see the finished cabin.
You better find a way to get comfortable with that lifestyle you've picked
Just watch them!
@@irenekegel5988we'll see what happens, they might make it.
Try cutting the foam with an electric knife… so much easier!
You may want to put some fine wire mesh under the insulation to keep critters out
Good luck and keep going guys, little by little progress is being made. Loving the house so far!!
You go girl!!! It's good to see you both work together even though one is hurt.
I would love to see the community jump in and help these young folks. They get hit at every turn, and then bad mouthed by so called know it alls.
They have it how they want to do it and are working through every obstacle one at a time, a truck destroyed, by vandalism, then caught fire, a tractor that broke down, on and on, but the keep going. What about a barn raising ? Isnt there enough people in the community to at least go for one day and get it closed in.
Good luck kids keep plunking on dont give up and ignore the ones sitting back telling you all the negative stuff. If their so good and so smart, let put their money where their mouth is and come help you. I would beware of rodents guys, i wasnt prepared for them up here.
Im glad you guys are building this end enough to get in it before winter hits.❤
I’m glad you are completing the house it the steps that make sense for adapting to a sudden early winter or if another issue arises. Smart! I think you can do it all. Looking forward to seeing the windows 🪟 😊
Having that 1in gap between the subfloor and insulation is going to make for a nice area for mice to live. Hardware cloth at the ends can stop that. You also dont want air getting above your insulation.
Love your work & look forward to each episode XX
You guys are doing a good job. Keep it up. Winter is coming!
hi you do great . just a suggestion to brace diagonally on the frame it could still fall
Cody take care of your ankle don't jump back up when it feels better listen to do your young you don't want to mess it up permanently
Lori your amazing I hope your feeling better running the saw mill you got a great teacher love how you went to look for something else to do while Cody down awesome lady
God bless
Damn girl,you're killin it!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Cody get well soon your wife is amazing she is a go getter ❤❤❤
Keep it up guys your doing what's needed, your the most original couple doing the real work!
You two are doing an excellent job on your home… Glad the injury is healing…you’re right.. progress is progress!!
Fingers crossed for a late winter, as we all know. AK has no Fall! 👍👌✌️
You two have made a lot of progress.
Wow, sure got a lot done, truly admire your work ethic going forward on your own! Hopefully his ankle heals well, it sure is hard to rest when you know you’ve got work to do, it’s a horrible feeling but you really need to do it, glad it’s worked out!
Doing a great job for just the two of you.
Mr.Cody be safe! 🫂🫂
When I saw the title for this video I said Oh No! You sure did good by yourself though! I couldn’t watch you guys so high up.. Lol. I was wondering…would u not be able to cut that insulation with a skill saw? It looked so difficult with a knife! Hope Cody’s ankle feels better soon.
For future reference, your plywood should always be installed perpendicular to the joists that support it. When you install the sheets parallel to the supports, you will get sagging between joists. But still great effort. !!!
It takes two to tango, two is better than one
You guys are doing really making great progress. It would be good to see some safety gear for the chain sawing operation. Chaps and glasses. You are remote and a severe cut could be fatal.
I don’t know if this will work but the styrofoam insulation you have been trying to cut for the floor, try using a sharp bread knife. Good luck to both of you, with your positive attitudes in taking on each task there is nothing going to stop both of you in getting this cabin dried in for this winter. Also, I love your RUclips Channel and I look forward to you posting your next video and seeing the progress you have done to your property.
Thanks, looking good best of luck. ✌🏻👊🏼
You need a sharp bread knife. Works well.
You should add a lot more insulation to the floor. Your floors will be very cold. Don’t use the shiny bubble wrap it’s garbage and has no R value to the building. I would fill the floor up with pink and put plywood on the bottom.
Cut a couple of small boards the length you need between the purlons and just set them up there so you don't have to measure each one
Why don't you spread some gravel around your project and make a trail to your camper and lumber mill all that mud must be driving you crazy
It will be frozen soon and then they won't have to worry about it until next April.
I don't know where you are on the floor insulation but you could tale your table saw or circular saw with a dull blade backwords and do your cutting to 14 1/2 then all you have to do is cut the length
Great progress guys. Please secure your a- frame with metal connectors so that it does not collapse in the wind. Just nails might not be enough.
I know this is late but........use a Bread knife for cutting the insulation.
Greetings from South Africa ....again!
Hang in there keep up good work
Great video Cody and Lori
Readers how look at this, there are some other ways to do this. Ask your self Why start with insulation and floor before the house is water and wind proof with Tyvel all around the house, 99.99 of all american houses put a flooring before the house is water proof?????. Also Google what the standard demension is (C/C. Then you do not need to cut insulations and boards. If you want to do a floor they did it right to Not have plywood between the wall and floor. when do insulated floor you can put a 1x4 under the floor frame so after that you just drop (if you using C/C standard) a sheet in to the bottom and then insulation and then plastic and then floor. Is it a reason to start with the floor insulation before you wrap the house with Tyvek?
You guys need to make you some jigs for all those repetitive task. A couple of boards cut to to the length of the space between perlins and you can simply rest the next one on top and nail. Same with marking your floor hoist. Make a small 90 degree jig to slide along the top of the hoist and Mark with your pencil. You can put those tape measures away for a while. Hang in there!
Y'all are doing a great job! Injuries are a bummer 😞 but teamwork makes anything possible.
If you need to cut rigid foam board again buy the cheapest hand saw (they call them "toolbox" saws) in the store. You will sail right through that foam. A circular saw also works very well if you don't mind the foam chips everywhere. Hint: the toolbox saw works as a square as well using the right angle the handle forms with the blade.
I hate to be bossy or a know it all but the easiest way to cut that styrofoam is with a utility knife that has the retractable 4 inch blades the kind that you can snap the point snaps off when it’s dull or the best way is with a table saw
I haven’t seen a table saw on the show so maybe watch a video of the way you can use a skill saw to make your own table saw sooner or later you’ll need one
I used to do it with a floss or a weed Wacker line
Love that silver moisture barrier! Used it in my tiny home in the North Woods in Wisconsin on the ceiling. I didn't cover it so it reflects the light at night and I don't need but 2 lights on in the 12x28 space.
Not knitpicking but have u heard of a chalk line, would help with doing your layouts.
Lori your doing a great job. But your have the osb upside down.
Great progress all things considered! The best thing is that you're figuring out how to continue on despite life getting the way. Be careful. Blessings!
You need as much insulation in the floor as will fit, thats where most of the cold will come from, if room for 6 inches then put it in
Good job guys
Great job working on your house Cody and Lori
Cut the insulation so fits tight, that spray foam will break the bank
Idea see you try to cut a 1" off foam sheet. Line up 4 or 5 set saw mill to height you need. Cut them out 4 or 5 more on never change height.
Progress is progress, I like that. Thinking of Cody & his healing ankle, next week will be better~💚 and you move forward with more determination~~💛💚
Doing a great job, wished I live closer would be there everyday to help, what you can do to make live a little easier today and less pain later Knee Savers ( knee pads)
Hope you don’t think I’m being sarcastic because I’m not you to are getting better at thing’s every time I see you working