A Tornado Destroyed Our Property
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2023
- This has certainly been a setback to our project, but we are thankful that we weren't injured and that the damage wasn’t worse. Thankfully everyone in the surrounding area was safe as well ❤️
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It was nice to see you both remained positive throughout the weather damage. Most people would have been consumed by the negative. You both worked as a team to pick up the mess, repaired the damage, and make the most of the situation. Keep up the great work!
We try our best to stay positive during stressful situations! We were very lucky the damage to the house wasn't worse! It seems like the storm went directly in front of the house. The clean-up definitely slowed the house project down but now we can continue onwards! Thanks for the kind message and support 🙂
@@MasonDixonAcres Please build a stronger house with more durable parts. This damage is just lack of foresight
I know I’m late to the party but as far as ladder raising techniques I have 12 years of carpentry experience as well as being a firefighter. Just look up firefighter ladder raising techniques on RUclips… biggest, easiest advice is put the base against the foundation and lift towards the house or on a ladder too long to lift on your own lift sideways, have one person anchor one leg of the ladder into the ground and grab up a few rungs and lean back into it to provide some leverage while the other person walks up the rail from the side. I’ve raised ladders extended 35-40’ with 2 people controlled and without too much effort. Another benefit is you can start with the base where you need it and lean it right in after standing it up. Also there are techniques for one person raising with the halyard shown on RUclips. I just don’t want you guys getting hurt! Great build so far, I’m jealous of the attention to detail and time able to be spent planning and executing these details on your build. And as you mention all the time, it helps when your framer is also your plumber and so on… great job guys keep up the good work!
Thanks so much!! Another comment mentioned the same technique about putting the base against the foundation, we tried it and it’s SO much easier 😄 that’s a good life lesson learned the hard way! We try to avoid those by doing good research but every now and then one slips through 😂 appreciate you following along the journey!
Good news is your Garage/House is rock solid!! Your hard work paid off. It's amazing how much damage tree limbs can cause when they are traveling at 100+ mph.
It definitely withstood some high winds! It was scary being in there during the storm and we are leaning towards including a basement in the addition (it didn't really make sense with the garage). It's crazy the damage the tree limbs caused - We are thankful we had insurance on everything!
@@MasonDixonAcres the basement sounds like a good idea.
To be honest I did not even want to click just based on the title of the video knowing full well that you would not clickbait that type of event very happy that you and your wife came out of that unscathed the trees will grow back you can replace siding and body panels of the cars..I feel your pain...another chapter to be assigned to the process..think of the stories you'll be able to share...keep your head up..and thx for sharing the unfortunate side of things with us
Much appreciated, we are definitely grateful for no injuries or worse 🙏🏻
Tough break. But at least with your own skills, knowledge and equipment like chainsaws, skidsteers, and 40 foot ladders, you were able to take care of much of it yourself. You were able to get out and about fairly quicly. Sad about the trees. When I was 10, the eye of Cat 5 Hurricane Camille came over our house. The woods on either side of our property were all laid flat, some 3 or 4 on top of each other. The woods had screened us from ballpark lights and noise, so once things got back to normal, my bedroom was flooded with light and play by plays. The woods I played in became an overflow parking lot. Hopefully your farmer neighbor doesn’t sell out to a housing developer. Glad you guys were able to keep your spirits up in the aftermath.
Oh my goodness, that's truly a worst case scenario and so sorry to hear that happened. We hope one day to be able to purchase the fields next to us to ensure a development never happens. It's all technically "preserved" ag land now, but with enough money anything is possible..
I'm glad you two are safe.
As someone who watches you all often on here and Pinterest, I would’ve never guessed this happened months ago!! You have both kept on going and kept moving forward without hesitation. Another reason that I love watching you guys!!
Thank goodness you're both safe and going strong!!!
Thank you! We are thankful the damage wasn't worse and that everyone in the surrounding area was safe despite property and home damage ❤️
Dang!
Thankfully you both are not injured.
So sorry this happened to you but I am glad you are safe. I lived through hurricane Ian and still don’t have my roof replaced. Glad you have each other.
Wow, we are terribly sorry to hear you went through that. One of our family friends lives in Fort Myers and was just telling us how bad the situation still is down there, over a year later. Prayers you get back to normal soon 🙏🏻
Sorry to see this happen, looks like you are on the mend. Odd video to like, but I did! Nassim Taleb, who wrote the Black Swan, wrote a subsequent book called Antifragile, and the underlying thesis is things that gain from disorder. It reminded me of your sitution on two fronts. As I recall, the book actually mentions a forest being impacted by a storm. It isn't an exact correlation to what happened to you but typically in such a scenario the trees that remain benefit greatly from having withstood the storm. Maybe you can do the same with some new forest planning around what is left. The two of you also seem Antifragile, meaning you come out the other side having learned something and being stronger. Good luck with the rest of it and glad you are OK.
Thank you for sharing that reference, that is a true analogy. The extra sunlight will certainly help smaller trees reach the top of the canopy 🙂 we try our best to learn from the past!
I just stumbled upon your channel. My wife and I live in Knoxville Tennessee. The storm that hit us went right down our street and destroyed a large amount of our trees. We live in the "woods" and we lost a ton of our privacy....so we can relate with all the tree damage.
Oh man, I'm so sorry to hear that! It can be such a bummer to lose a lot of trees because they aren't easy to replace! I hope you all were safe. Our county has a program where you can get native trees for free in large quantities. They are young trees, maybe 3-4 years old but it may be something to look into! We're planning on requesting some for the fall.
As I've said before, you two cannot be stopped! Good for you both for having a can do mindset and not letting this get you flustered
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Ouch! So sorry to know that you went through that, but I'm really happy that you guys are okay and that the house didn't take a lot more damage than it did.
It really sucks about the trees, since those are irreplaceable in the short term.
My house and everything in it was destroyed by a flood last year and firefighters had to get me out, but that forced me to move to my farm a year early, where I am thrilled to be living. 😊
You two are very resilient and resourceful, and I love channel!
Thanks for sharing!
Oh my gosh, that must have been terribly traumatic but so glad there was a silver lining. Thanks so much for the kind words ❤️
This is very shocking. Only saw it now. It's what we would expect on Florida! So sorry you're going thru the but you will recover, we have no doubt.
Thanks for the video. It reminded me that doing without insurance for a few years was a dumb thing to do and that I need to repair my pole saw. See you guys do accomplish good deeds for people.
You definitely won't regret insurance if a storm like this rolls through, glad we could help 😆
To extend a 35ft ladder put the base against the bottom of the wall and walk it up, Firefighter😊
Love those "waddle beds" Elaina! So creative!
Thank you! We made another video on how we built them if you want to try building your own 😊 Here's the link: ruclips.net/video/14bPUdzsKLI/видео.html
Wow, that’s crazy! Glad you’re ok!
It was crazy! The storm was a lot more intense then ones we typically see in our area. We will definitely be better prepared next time. Thank you! Thankfully everyone in the area was safe!
Glad you guys are ok...property can be fixed or replaced. Love your resilience. I know you come out better on the other side of this bump in the road. take care, tom
Thanks so much 🙏🏻
Im so glad you are both okay. How devastating.
Thank you ❤️ It was very scary in the moment and we weren't sure what was going to happen... all we could hear was the wind & debris hitting against the house. We are grateful the damage wasn't worse and that everyone in the surrounding area was okay!
Terrible! So sorry this happened to you guys
We also had a huge storm here recently which has caused Kloof Rd (above our house) to have the mountain come down on it). Its been closed for two weeks now
Oh no! That is a really busy road too, hopefully they are able to remedy quickly
I don’t think Hardie would have cracked like vinyl under impact. Bummer about the trees. I hope warranties and insurance covers the damages.
After growing up in a house without a basement in Wichita KS, I wouldn’t live in tornado alley without one. Time to dig a storm/root cellar.
Seeing the leaves blown up on the underside of the soffit had me flash back to the moment where you debated whether or not to put head flashing above the window right below the other soffit. I guess it doesn't matter how far up the wall it is, always flash things properly.
Absolutely right! Many thought we were crazy for flashing windows & doors just beneath the overhangs.. goes to show they do see water in some of these crazy summer storms we are getting more often
You can set up that 40 by yourself. Just put the feet against the foundation and walk it up. Anyway, if setting up with two people, the feet should be close to where you want to put it so you don't have to carry it far when it is vertical. 40 year painting contractor.
Thanks for the tip!! Will definitely use that strategy next time 😅
@@MasonDixonAcres I’ve been impressed with your knowledge and skills, and didn’t think I could ever teach you anything. Good luck!
As wet as it is here in Ireland thankfully we don't get those weather extremes! Sorry to see your suffering there!
Thanks for the kind words!
Not to be picky ,but the reason your wires got ripped out of ac was the lack of straping . I always use metal clamps near the entrances to disconect . (Nec).Use the 90 and strap flex to concrete with tapcon and metal clamp. (It looks like you have osb ), or drill into stone veneer. Same thing .The Mr cool unit is a good idea. It avoids brazing and vacuuming line set. Brazing is not easy. Still don't understand no air in system at the connections. I guess it minimal.The damage is minimal for a tornado. Your lucky the house is there.
Could you do a video on your wall and roof design? Looking for your take on insulation, water and vapor barriers and how to connect those from the footer/slab up to the roof. I am looking to retire in Franklin County PA and would like to build my own retirement home as contractor builder similiar to you.
I feel so bad for you guys you work so hard I hope that that won’t happen again😢
I must apologise. I've had to stop watching. You and your family stay safe. I wish you and your family. Health, happiness, and wealth for the future.❤❤❤
I know I'm late to the party, but if you would have turned the ladder on edge and "walked" your hands up the rails instead of the rungs it would have been easier to get up. Have it on the ground parallel to the house, set it on edge, on your initial lift at the end kind of push a bit so the rail digs in to the ground a touch. From there you walk the rail until it's upright and set it on the house. If you're alone and need to extend it, you can flip it "upside down" on the wall, grab the halyard, and pull. This should both extend the ladder and pull it away from the wall at the same time.
So sad to see after all that great work you guys did.
Thanks for the laugh (ladder…not the house or property). I have the same size ladder, but it’s fiberglass and even heavier so watching you two made me laugh out loud at you…er, I mean with you because my wife and I did the same thing. That’s why it was stored on the side of my house (where I used it) fully extended (for about a year) until I moved it to cut some tree limbs on the other side of my property where I’m now currently storing it (leaning on a tree). It’s just too damn heavy to move to my barn. Plus, on the tree, I have a ratchet strap holding it to the tree so it doesn’t slide off the tree. The ladder is scary shakey when extended almost all the way and the U-shaped thing at the top doesn’t do much on a tree to add stability….ok, it doesn’t do anything at all for stability on a tree and just makes the ladder a bit more top heavy and less manageable to move, hence the reason I have the ratchet strap holding it to the tree and I don’t want to climb up there to remove it and then climb down a shaky ladder that might slip off the tree. Great videos by the way! You guys do a great job creating the videos… and of course the really great work you do on your projects. I thought the chickens lying on their sides in your other video was funny and you made it even funnier with your commentary (dead chickens! lol… it was hilarious…especially the chicken whose foot was sticking out….he (or she) did look really tired….or dead). Anywho…I’m glad neither of you were hurt in the storm. Tornados can be deadly. A girl from my HS was killed by a tornado that threw a car through her 2nd story bedroom roof to land on her in her bed. This was in Louisiana in the 80’s.
Hope to see your project sometime...
Even though you two really like the tree line, it's probably a good idea to remove a bunch more trees around the property. You all got INCREDIBLY lucky that no tree fell on the house. Best to give a bit more breathing room.
Luckily we took as much down as we did during the logging process or else we would have fared worse! Now there are no trees within direct striking distance. A few more will have to come down for our future outbuilding and addition plans
Were the outside mini splits anchored? I think I remember you bolting them but that is a lot of damage for just wind blowing the wire loom.
Yes they are anchored to the slab. It appears to have been a piece of limb that was falling and hit the cable, found one nearby
If in the future you have to raise the large ladder Position the bottom of the ladder against the bottom of the wall and the two of you walk it up That way the ladder dose not run away from you More control ?
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你们是很棒的夫妻。祝你们一切顺利
in the future for those big ladders you want to anchor it closest to the wall and then walk it up from the outward side :D Much much easier
Very good tip 😆
Well one thing can be said from this. You done a good job at all the sheathing details. Becue your title did not say that a tornado destroyed your house.
There is absolutely no shot in this entire process, they haven't spent far more money than it would have cost if they simply purchased a house.
Now will it be worth it? Absolutely, but the goal of "debt free" isn't even necessary. This house will certainly be worth quite a bit of money if they ever were to sell it, but they likely never would want to.
That, and being engineers, ever wanting to move would honestly be tragic, having literally built everything with this property, having to sell it and lose it all would be far too much sentimental value but if your careers move you'd have to move with them.
Just a lot of negatives aside from the positives for me, but hey, the amount of knowledge and skills to do this is insane.
Correct - for about what we have spent on the land and garage apartment build when it is done, in our area you could buy a 2000sqft, mid 90s builder grade home on .3 acres in a subdivision 😁
Building without a loan is a necessary but secondary benefit of building a fully-customized, high performance home that we can actually afford. Building science focused homes simply don't exist in our area, and to hire someone to build this exact house to our details would be unattainable. Plus, the journey is more valuable than the destination 🙂
With online work, there's no reason we would let a job dictate where we live in the future.
I know you may not to hear it, but damage is not as bad as it could have been. And, you are safe and uninjured.
Definitely, if it was a midwestern tornado we might only have a foundation left!
That's crazy!
It was crazy! But we are glad things weren't worse!
Did the camper break? Is everybody OK? Oh no I just hope you guys are OK.
Did you hear the trees snapping? Were you in the house or the trailer?
We were in the garage, definitely was not risking being in the camper! It would have tipped over if it was where the tent was. All you could hear was wind when all the trees came down, and the constant smacking of debris hitting the wall. I (Alex) saw it happen through the small windows of the front door and all the trees snapped within a period of about 5 seconds. It was surreal 😬
Heavy rain🌧️Take care of your health.🎂 3:24
Where you guys located (state)
Thank I got it
Wow.
ahhhhh, husband and wife projects.....
Unfortunate but damn american houses are really made of cardboard in general
Can someone tell me why american build their house from wood and paper ?
Some do some don't. Wood is plentiful. Also you can't use brick and cinderblock in earthquake zones.
ого, погодка у вас, и часто такой ветер бывает?
WOW!! SOO Sad for you Both! I hope your insurance company is taking care of you? Perhaps you can get the siding replaced by a contractor and save yourself some work?
Already fixed it all ourselves 😅
@@MasonDixonAcres Oh WOW! Did you have to get the pump jacks again? Why would you not farm it out if insurance covered it?
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