Love Crew , Jessica is beautiful and hard working lady and you are hard working and very entertaining. Really enjoy watching the 3 of you. Best of luck with your new home..
We built our house over an 11 year period. I had to renew the permit 7 times before we finished. Our building inspector only required a phone call to renew but each time he asked "are you going to finish before I retire." He retired first. His replacement asked the same question. Good Luck, Rick
Love the more relaxed attitude of Cochise. Yavapai was more relaxed until they weren’t! Good luck with completing the house in the next 12 months. Take care and stay safe.
@@ourselfreliantlife we think a few things caused the stricter requirements. Probably the biggest reason was that so many people built without getting any permission. Combined with improper disposal of human waste and animal abuse complaints made them decide to require full inspections for any structure not already approved by the county. They do have preapproved houses and block walls of a specific height or less.
Big relief I am sure to have your permit renewed. My first year is coming up soon! Finances will dictate a lot of what I can do for the final approval. I might have to modify or go smaller than I told the county originally. I believe you can amend your building size along the way. Least wise I hope so! Computer issues for weeks left me stranded from being able to check in. Great to see you guys are healthy and busy!
I think you two are doing amazing! Every day life takes up a bunch of your time. Just look at all you have done, a huge water cistern, two earth bag basements and now halfway through the dome, and all the other things you have built Amazing. Love your videos!
Crew looks like he's totally daddy's boy! Glad you got the extension filed, just keep pushing forward like the extension is approved. It's all you can do...
I totally agree with you on waiting a year before beginning the building. You have to see how the land is affected by the monsoons, and just get a good feel for where things should be. Glad you can get an extension.
I find that I save 2 UTube channels for in the evening to unwind. They are at the opposite ends of off grid living. But they're my favorites. The Green Dream Project (of course) & Off Grid with Doug & Stacy. Jim & Jessica, you are are making great progress again. Thank God. I look forward to every new program.
The progress is SO exciting! Lets get these guys to 50k! Remember to always click thumbs up and try to comment if you can. It really does help and they deserve it!
@@pcguysoffgridcabin Thanks. That's good to know, because we are here in Texas, too. It's just temporary for now, but we may sell our home in another state and move here permanently.
Yep but I still think an extra clamp under the horizontal pole would allow the horizontal pole to be kind of loose on the center pole if you know what I mean.
17 in the books and done! On the hair deal, All I can say is if looks could kill then you would have been mud buddy! What happens if they reject the permit extension? Fingers crossed for ya. Git-R-Done and stay safe!
If you have 4 conduit clamps or pipe clamps, attach those up higher on the pipe and then secure them to the inside floor along the walls with some wire or rope guidelines. That will keep the pipe from moving at the top where you need it the most. Looks good.
jessica is SO declarative with words and her affection toward you... STOP... (tongue in cheek)... i always enjoy watching the tamping (i play at 1.5 speed) so you can really see the effects of it. i can't imagine undertaking this process, but you guys chip away at it all day by day AND keep the place running... it's gonna be incredible when it's done.
You could put a ladder across the top of the dome under construction, to stand on for better stability, especially at the higher levels. If you have two ladders across the top, you could tie a platform between them. I am kind of scared for the workers on the top of the plastic bags.
Good question. I was thinking scaffolding wouldn't work, because of the dome curvature. I was hoping the platforms would be enough. Plus we'll be adding eaves at some point.
Getting permit extensions are usually no big deal. They just want their cash paid. Usually they want to see continued progress on the building. Just don't forget to pay attention to the permit expiration dates.
Smart living in you land for a bit before the build. Grub for the chickens. Mmmm 😋 That sucks that the permit is going to run out in a few days. Bring on the inspections. Hope you al have a great week.
Get a extention on your permit. Unless your local building dept is stuck on stupid they'll give you a extention if you pay for it and you can even get a code variance if you pay the bribes, I mean permit fees.
Rub a dub dub, three chickens one grub!☝️ “We’re gonna need a bigger grub!” 😆 gives new meaning to the term GrubHub! Glad y’all are back in business! Things always move slower than you think. Right!❤️
Oh my goodness Jess, at minute 11.05 you and I are wearing the same shirt today !!! " Embrace your Wild " I don't have the same zipper up hoodie, but the zip up hoodie I wore today is a peach colored one.. I really enjoy you guys videos !!
It is really only in Cochise County AZ where you have the ability to opt out and build what you want. No other Arizona County offers this. In fact, it is almost impossible to build your own home yourself, legally, anywhere in Arizona (except Cochise). Nearly every improvement now has to be permitted, built by licensed contractors, and inspected by the County. You can't even legally set up your own trailer anymore. It has to be permitted, installed by HUD certified installers, and inspected. Authorities have declared it illegal to even camp on your own land. So it often comes down to doing it illegally, and then later making constitutional and religious rights claims to county to justify. If you don't care about a certificate of occupancy, ever being allowed to connect to a public utility. or ever getting a loan, you can do it illegally. Eventually they will hassle you and threaten fines and such. Arizona does have a strong state constitution that favors individual rights. But anymore, the only rights you really have are ones you assert and then are ready to defend.
@@wizard1955 And then claim that you have a disability that requires you to have water and electricity and that your being discriminated against and threaten action from the ADA and get all the hook ups done anyways. You gotta turn the table back around on them .
Where in Arizona? I live here and I've built a home and a lot of other structures. I can say Arizona is a thousand percent better than Chicago and Illinois where I was from.
@@joejakubec9708 I believe it has changed over the past 10 years, since the near universal adoption of International Building Codes (UN Agenda 21 /2030) by local AZ counties and municipalities. I am in Pinal County Az, and they are now forcing strict compliance with all permit requirements, as it forces people to build expensive status quo conventional homes, which bring in higher property tax revenues - forever. They don't want people doing simple low cost homes with their own hands. Although its probably a fundamental right when you force it.
@@wizard1955 I have a paid off house... I plan to build an off grid cabin in the back ... I will probably rent the rooms in the house to pay for the taxes... you don’t need a permit for something under 20 sf, like a storage unit. I will collect water, grow my own food, have solar power, and a composting toilet. Of course the house will be on the grid... but if I ever have to disconnect... I will be ready... hopefully I will be able to continue to pay off guido every year if I have to.
Jim do not dare joke with Jess' hair again! Did you notice how she had no words to answer you? That should give you your answer. Jess has lovely hair. 100% she keeps her hair and you keep your bold head hahahahaaaa! Love you guys!
Hey Jess, Us as men have to put blame on wife it doesn't look good if we say "I forgot" 😜. My dog golden lab mixed is a bad mother, doesn't howl at sirens but when the wind howls he's cowering in his iglooo. Dad make it stop.😂
Priceless: Jess's look when you asked her if she wanted to match your hairstyle!😃😂 Also: at what course did you or will you start inching the courses inward to form the dome? Around the dome's exterior are you going to form a channel to divert the rainwater into the cistern or sometype of catchment system?
I have not seen all of your videos, so it you have covered it before, I apologize. I see the temp use of the 2x4s are being used as a work area for dirt buckets but what are the long term purpose, I know there is one because you are deliberate on your placement? I love your build.
Lookin good guys. Something of note for permits. Now the permit office told me I had to contact the health department for inspections. Just another hoop to jump through.
We are about 8000Km to the east of you so I can't come over to help. But have you considered asking your local followers over for a voluntary work / sack stack bbq ? I'm sure the more hands the better.
Can you explain how you complete the top portion of the dome without it collapsing? Ive been watching your channel for almost a year now and always wondered that.
From what I understand each course they lay down is a certain amount of inches going in. They explained it in their last video I believe. Pretty interesting.
@@cheers2023 i understand that they are moving them inward. My question is more technical than that. I would expect more vertical structural support leading into the dome getting smaller as they build up. Maybe you are correct and it has been mentioned...if so, tell me again. I am sure others are wondering as well...:)
@@jjkastelic they also showed a diagram. Their plan is to build a more vertical dome rather than rounded like a ball. It'll kind of look like a conehead? But I don't recall if they said they will be inserting supports under the actual dome part.
I'm still confused. As you build higher, what keeps the bags from caving in? Once a course's center of gravity doesn't have anything under it, won't it fall in?
Presumably the bags being laid (and tamped) end to end, tight up against each other - harder to fall in when you’re being squeezed, even if one long side is overlapping the one below it as you curve up to the top. But you’re right - at some point, if you keep overlapping towards the center, those bags want to fall in, no matter how tightly they abut one another. Hopefully they will explain as they get further up the dome.
Hey guys...its coming along I haven't watched in a while lol I've had a build of my own to tend to and with work too I don't get much time to keep up with where you guys are in your build process but yeah lots of progress you've made...I just have a question though um I don't see you guys utilizing any type of a level or square or anything on the placement of you boards or anything and not being judgemental or anything but to be honest it seems like you're haphazardly placing some of your frames/structures and they are a little off level /plumb like for instance you have some 2×4's sticking out and the way you've placed them when water hits them it will channel back towards your dome (i don't know exactly what the 2×4's are for)but if they will be sheathed or if you put metal roofing like an awning type of deal the water will run backwards towards the dome Now I know its not a conventional house and you may not get alot of rain in the desert but water is a destroyer of any type of structure and typically you want to channel it away from the house not towards it anyways just curious as to why you're doing it like that? Well good luck with the build and hope its everything you want it to be...you guys deserve it you have put alot of hard work into it
Love Crew , Jessica is beautiful and hard working lady and you are hard working and very entertaining. Really enjoy watching the 3 of you. Best of luck with your new home..
We built our house over an 11 year period. I had to renew the permit 7 times before we finished. Our building inspector only required a phone call to renew but each time he asked "are you going to finish before I retire." He retired first. His replacement asked the same question. Good Luck, Rick
that's so funny
@@ScottHebert604 What's sad is that we moved in 22 years ago and I still haven't finished the trim work.
Love the more relaxed attitude of Cochise. Yavapai was more relaxed until they weren’t! Good luck with completing the house in the next 12 months. Take care and stay safe.
Why did Yavapai get so strict?
@@ourselfreliantlife we think a few things caused the stricter requirements. Probably the biggest reason was that so many people built without getting any permission. Combined with improper disposal of human waste and animal abuse complaints made them decide to require full inspections for any structure not already approved by the county. They do have preapproved houses and block walls of a specific height or less.
Leave Jess’ hair alone! She is beautiful as she is and after all the work she has done, she could knock you into next week
Two things I never tire of watching Jim do: 1) dig 2) make a gabion... righteous
I knew you'd like the new gabion build.
I hope you get the permit and great job both of you
Thanks for talking about the permit extension, guys! Time to do ours, as well! I think we're up next month. Keep on truckin'! 🚚
Keep the hair Jess. Haha! I can't believe you two aren't sore 24/7 the way you guys keep hammering out the build. So cool to see the progress. Peace!
Thanks Jay!
Jess your coming out of your shell, lol I'm shy too,, takes me a minute. Love seeing you smile, you guys work great together ❤
Prayers for no problems with your renewal 🙏🏼
I always love time lapse, because of the clouds overhead 😎
Starting to really see the curve of the walls!
Big relief I am sure to have your permit renewed. My first year is coming up soon! Finances will dictate a lot of what I can do for the final approval. I might have to modify or go smaller than I told the county originally. I believe you can amend your building size along the way. Least wise I hope so! Computer issues for weeks left me stranded from being able to check in. Great to see you guys are healthy and busy!
Sorry about your computer Don!
Going smaller is always easier. It's harder if you want to expand.
I think you two are doing amazing! Every day life takes up a bunch of your time. Just look at all you have done, a huge water cistern, two earth bag basements and now halfway through the dome, and all the other things you have built Amazing. Love your videos!
Crew looks like he's totally daddy's boy! Glad you got the extension filed, just keep pushing forward like the extension is approved. It's all you can do...
I totally agree with you on waiting a year before beginning the building. You have to see how the land is affected by the monsoons, and just get a good feel for where things should be. Glad you can get an extension.
Glad to see you are still on track
I find that I save 2 UTube channels for in the evening to unwind. They are at the opposite ends of off grid living. But they're my favorites. The Green Dream Project (of course) & Off Grid with Doug & Stacy.
Jim & Jessica, you are are making great progress again. Thank God. I look forward to every new program.
Aww! Thank you!
As long as there are no complaints...I would hope you are golden.
Hey guys gene here A&G Homestead wanted to send positive thoughts your way about your permit renewal, good luck my wife Autumn and i are big fans.
You guys are inspirational but Jess has to keep the hair!
The progress is SO exciting! Lets get these guys to 50k! Remember to always click thumbs up and try to comment if you can. It really does help and they deserve it!
Yes!!💯😃
I'm so glad the process was easy for you. It's nice when that happens now and then.
I am so glad we don't have to worry about permits where we are building.
Where's that?
@@lewis2553 texas
@@pcguysoffgridcabin Thanks. That's good to know, because we are here in Texas, too. It's just temporary for now, but we may sell our home in another state and move here permanently.
@@lewis2553 you have given me a idea for a new video. There is a lot more to it than just saying you don't have to have a permit.
@@pcguysoffgridcabin I don't understand.
Great idea supporting the leveling pole. Here in the Midwest snow plows destroy mailboxes and people cage in a post with stone as a temporary fix
Yep but I still think an extra clamp under the horizontal pole would allow the horizontal pole to be kind of loose on the center pole if you know what I mean.
17 in the books and done! On the hair deal, All I can say is if looks could kill then you would have been mud buddy! What happens if they reject the permit extension? Fingers crossed for ya. Git-R-Done and stay safe!
I think we're all good. I just have to send them their money now.😆👍
It’s 1:00am in the early hours….but what the heck I gotta watch you folks regardless 😂
Fortunately, we can renew our permit every year, indefinitely. Unfortunately, it is really expensive to do so. Good for you guys, keep going!
Crew is such a good dog.
If you have 4 conduit clamps or pipe clamps, attach those up higher on the pipe and then secure them to the inside floor along the walls with some wire or rope guidelines. That will keep the pipe from moving at the top where you need it the most. Looks good.
The jazz music was a nice touch... Great video. You two are an AWESOME TEAM!!!!
Wow! You guys have really come a long ways! Almost there! Alot of hard work and satisfaction in the end!Great job!😀👍
jessica is SO declarative with words and her affection toward you... STOP... (tongue in cheek)...
i always enjoy watching the tamping (i play at 1.5 speed) so you can really see the effects of it.
i can't imagine undertaking this process, but you guys chip away at it all day by day AND keep the place running... it's gonna be incredible when it's done.
You could put a ladder across the top of the dome under construction, to stand on for better stability, especially at the higher levels. If you have two ladders across the top, you could tie a platform between them. I am kind of scared for the workers on the top of the plastic bags.
Its good spirits to see guys regularly
Thank you guys for all these videos! I just bought land in Cochise County and will be mirroring your progress! Thanks for the inspiration
Looking good you guys ! Such hard work !
You two are doing amazing
. Hello,it is nice to see you. Why don't you ask for extension of the permit? God bless you
Glad to see that the renewal process can be completed online. Be careful, those walls are getting really high. When does the scaffolding get erected?
Good question. I was thinking scaffolding wouldn't work, because of the dome curvature. I was hoping the platforms would be enough. Plus we'll be adding eaves at some point.
Thanks for sharing those awesome AZ skies.
Keep renewing the permit
Happy birthday Jess ! Your next birthday will be in your own home !!
Great idea using a gabeon
Getting permit extensions are usually no big deal. They just want their cash paid. Usually they want to see continued progress on the building. Just don't forget to pay attention to the permit expiration dates.
Keep up the good work God bless amen.
And no Jess doesn't need a matching hair cut.😐
Don't do it Jess u have beautiful hair I love u guys ur so good together ❤️
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get that extention and keep crackin the whip, love you!
You must like Arizona tea. I do to. You know it's made in NY.
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Wow, who would have thought you needed a permit out in the middle of nowhere land. I would have never thought you needed a permit.
Smart living in you land for a bit before the build. Grub for the chickens. Mmmm 😋
That sucks that the permit is going to run out in a few days. Bring on the inspections.
Hope you al have a great week.
It's not too bad. We can get a one year extension for $50
@@ourselfreliantlife that’s not bad. Definitely not the end of the world.
Get a extention on your permit. Unless your local building dept is stuck on stupid they'll give you a extention if you pay for it and you can even get a code variance if you pay the bribes, I mean permit fees.
Congrats on your progress. Always enjoy your videos.
Rub a dub dub, three chickens one grub!☝️
“We’re gonna need a bigger grub!” 😆 gives new meaning to the term GrubHub! Glad y’all are back in business! Things always move slower than you think. Right!❤️
Lol! I made some grub hub jokes that didn't make it in.😆
@@ourselfreliantlife 😂
Really enjoying your construction and appreciate you guys sharing the progress. What a fun project! Thankyou.
"Between the bags" would be a cool podcast name or name for something
Bag End?
@@lewis2553 ???
@@lewis2553 Is this good old Christian custom?
Happy Birthday Jess. God Bless you guys always.
File a for extensions for six months with an explanation..Cochise worked with me on my build in Pearce....
Oh my goodness Jess, at minute 11.05 you and I are wearing the same shirt today !!!
" Embrace your Wild "
I don't have the same zipper up hoodie, but the zip up hoodie I wore today is a peach colored one..
I really enjoy you guys videos !!
Hope you're having a Happy birthday !! 🎉🎊🎂🎁🎆
Mine's Tuesday
my 60 th.. Lol
Arizona allows it's people to do just about anything without a permit. They understand the meaning of freedom. I am from Massachusetts.
It is really only in Cochise County AZ where you have the ability to opt out and build what you want. No other Arizona County offers this. In fact, it is almost impossible to build your own home yourself, legally, anywhere in Arizona (except Cochise). Nearly every improvement now has to be permitted, built by licensed contractors, and inspected by the County. You can't even legally set up your own trailer anymore. It has to be permitted, installed by HUD certified installers, and inspected. Authorities have declared it illegal to even camp on your own land. So it often comes down to doing it illegally, and then later making constitutional and religious rights claims to county to justify. If you don't care about a certificate of occupancy, ever being allowed to connect to a public utility. or ever getting a loan, you can do it illegally. Eventually they will hassle you and threaten fines and such. Arizona does have a strong state constitution that favors individual rights. But anymore, the only rights you really have are ones you assert and then are ready to defend.
@@wizard1955 And then claim that you have a disability that requires you to have water and electricity and that your being discriminated against and threaten action from the ADA and get all the hook ups done anyways. You gotta turn the table back around on them .
Where in Arizona? I live here and I've built a home and a lot of other structures. I can say Arizona is a thousand percent better than Chicago and Illinois where I was from.
@@joejakubec9708 I believe it has changed over the past 10 years, since the near universal adoption of International Building Codes (UN Agenda 21 /2030) by local AZ counties and municipalities. I am in Pinal County Az, and they are now forcing strict compliance with all permit requirements, as it forces people to build expensive status quo conventional homes, which bring in higher property tax revenues - forever. They don't want people doing simple low cost homes with their own hands. Although its probably a fundamental right when you force it.
@@wizard1955 I have a paid off house... I plan to build an off grid cabin in the back ... I will probably rent the rooms in the house to pay for the taxes... you don’t need a permit for something under 20 sf, like a storage unit. I will collect water, grow my own food, have solar power, and a composting toilet. Of course the house will be on the grid... but if I ever have to disconnect... I will be ready... hopefully I will be able to continue to pay off guido every year if I have to.
I watch another channel in the same kind of situation as you and as there limit was approaching they were able to get a year extension.
Looking good
Jim do not dare joke with Jess' hair again! Did you notice how she had no words to answer you? That should give you your answer. Jess has lovely hair. 100% she keeps her hair and you keep your bold head hahahahaaaa! Love you guys!
Someone help jog my memory: what are the boards being slid in between the courses used for?
Dirt shelf.
In place of scaffolding. Hmm.
"Moderate wind" means Jim's going to talk less? 😂😂
You got this !
Thanks for sharing guys , have a great week
Have a great week Sherry!
Now you have a deadline! Lol! Looking awesome my friends!
Hey Jess,
Us as men have to put blame on wife it doesn't look good if we say "I forgot" 😜. My dog golden lab mixed is a bad mother, doesn't howl at sirens but when the wind howls he's cowering in his iglooo. Dad make it stop.😂
Need extra help? Set up an RV host, free stay in exchange for labour.
When the dome is finished, how many feet will it be from the moon?
I think we'll be able to touch it.😆👍
Looks like awesome progress to me.
Great progress!
It would be nice if they allowed you to live out there for a full year without building so that you can get a feel for the property.
Were the pup is what are you doing there
Congrats on course 17 guys !!!! Toasty!
Let's get it tampin' Y'ALL
Fantastic!
Jess you keep your beautiful hair don’t cut it off do you have other ways to keep cool but you know already
Priceless: Jess's look when you asked her if she wanted to match your hairstyle!😃😂
Also:
at what course did you or will you start inching the courses inward to form the dome?
Around the dome's exterior are you going to form a channel to divert the rainwater into the cistern or sometype of catchment system?
Already started in curve. Watch last week video.
No, Jess's hair is beautiful
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I have not seen all of your videos, so it you have covered it before, I apologize. I see the temp use of the 2x4s are being used as a work area for dirt buckets but what are the long term purpose, I know there is one because you are deliberate on your placement? I love your build.
No solid plan for the boards, but it does give us an opportunity to attach things to the house later on.
Happy doggie!
Time to think about adding floor joists for a mezzanine.
They are 3 layers away...
Glad you had the extension straitened out. The build looks great.
I vote Jess keeps her hair. That look though... lol
Lookin good guys. Something of note for permits. Now the permit office told me I had to contact the health department for inspections. Just another hoop to jump through.
Interesting. For all inspections, or just septic?
@@ourselfreliantlife just septic. Same people just health department now. Inspectors anyway
@@bubbaredneck75 Thank you! I'm right there getting started with septic, so didn't know that this had changed.
We are about 8000Km to the east of you so I can't come over to help. But have you considered asking your local followers over for a voluntary work / sack stack bbq ? I'm sure the more hands the better.
How many tons of clay will be in your house ? anyway keep up the good work .
So, do you do an inspection of the existing cob...it looks like some of it cracks. Is that serious? Is it natural?
Another vote for Jess to keep her beautiful hair 😂😂😂✌️
Can you explain how you complete the top portion of the dome without it collapsing? Ive been watching your channel for almost a year now and always wondered that.
From what I understand each course they lay down is a certain amount of inches going in. They explained it in their last video I believe. Pretty interesting.
@@cheers2023 i understand that they are moving them inward. My question is more technical than that. I would expect more vertical structural support leading into the dome getting smaller as they build up. Maybe you are correct and it has been mentioned...if so, tell me again. I am sure others are wondering as well...:)
@@jjkastelic they also showed a diagram. Their plan is to build a more vertical dome rather than rounded like a ball. It'll kind of look like a conehead? But I don't recall if they said they will be inserting supports under the actual dome part.
Check this video out. It might explain things better.
ruclips.net/video/yychHstmT8g/видео.html
I'm still confused. As you build higher, what keeps the bags from caving in? Once a course's center of gravity doesn't have anything under it, won't it fall in?
Presumably the bags being laid (and tamped) end to end, tight up against each other - harder to fall in when you’re being squeezed, even if one long side is overlapping the one below it as you curve up to the top. But you’re right - at some point, if you keep overlapping towards the center, those bags want to fall in, no matter how tightly they abut one another. Hopefully they will explain as they get further up the dome.
Huggs from Dallas. Can you please help me out. What king bags to use dimensions. Material. Please I’m so fun if you both. Love you , great Proyect
Enjoyed the show
Well ..jjs ..kickin goals all over the place .. 😍😎😁pip pips pilgrims
U did it right by getting what you needed by law.
Hey guys...its coming along I haven't watched in a while lol I've had a build of my own to tend to and with work too I don't get much time to keep up with where you guys are in your build process but yeah lots of progress you've made...I just have a question though um I don't see you guys utilizing any type of a level or square or anything on the placement of you boards or anything and not being judgemental or anything but to be honest it seems like you're haphazardly placing some of your frames/structures and they are a little off level /plumb like for instance you have some 2×4's sticking out and the way you've placed them when water hits them it will channel back towards your dome (i don't know exactly what the 2×4's are for)but if they will be sheathed or if you put metal roofing like an awning type of deal the water will run backwards towards the dome
Now I know its not a conventional house and you may not get alot of rain in the desert but water is a destroyer of any type of structure and typically you want to channel it away from the house not towards it anyways just curious as to why you're doing it like that? Well good luck with the build and hope its everything you want it to be...you guys deserve it you have put alot of hard work into it
File for an extension!
Are you using elevators to get to a lower level or did you build more projects ahead of schedule from maybe last Year?