This Makes A Huge Difference! Building Off Grid In The Canadian Mountains
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Hej from Germany, I repeat: you ar a very good Team. Greg, your Wife are great, she work very hard as you. So many Hours past, and so many Hours to go ! oh my God 🙂
You two do a great job representing your sponsors. One suggestion: a headlamp would be helpful when you are working at night in dark areas.
Don’t worry about the job site becoming a mess….think of it this way real job site have laborer to clean all day after each trade gets done…you two are all the trades, Katie insulator Greg electrician, then you not have to become laborers….meanwhile holding down full time jobs and a weekly show….I’ve seen numerous off grid builds….you both are genuine, which is great to watch….love how you may not know the exact verbiage of the trade you’re doing but you get your point across….I know I speak for a lot of subscribers…if we were located near you, we would give both of a hand in your build… keep grinding it will be worth it!
Jess I agree with you 100% they are working hard building their forever house and both working full time jobs.😊❤️
This is a house that love built
Home wiring is not boring. Explaining each step and code requirements is interesting and may save someone’s life.
Closer and closer , day by day. Katie did a good job on the vapor barrier . Working on a ladder all day is not easy work, but Kate sure looked good doing it ! 😉 Keep up the good work !
Katie you and Greg are so awesome, building your home from scratch not knowing anything. I give you a big thumbs up. Keep going before you know it you will be moving in!!
Your guys's house literally has to be the most insulated house I've ever seen on RUclips and it's amazing well done you guys are champions
Thank-you! For the added cost of extra insulation heating and cooling are MUCH easier and efficient! Appreciate the comment!
Progress is progress. You are getting there. I still love that mountain view through the window.
Great job insulating, you will feel how great it will be next winter when it is cozy warm,you will be so happy that you did such a careful job installing the insulation and vapor barrier.I am always looking forward every Saturday for you're show,Love it. Blessings to you both.
Hello from Germany from Kakenstorf Hans and Oci ❤❤❤👍👍👍❤❤❤
Hi guys, Normally, for smoothing and moving caulking we use a little tub, like a small round take away food container, with a mixture of mostly water and some dish washing liquid, well mixed, yeah stirred not shaken, hahaha. Good job on the build.
Your T-shirt at the end made me laugh and makes me think wow I could hang out with these guys and drink beer and have fun!!!!!🤣🤣🤣
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Amazing install with your insulation, Keeping your vapor barrier that well sealed will be a huge payback. You guys are really doing great, Thank you for uploading for us peeps to watch. Please stay healthy, safe and happy. : )
The insulation is going well, even spitting on your finger should help move it along nicely...lol People may question why caulk around that tiny little hole where the electrical wire goes through the wall, right up until they're sitting there reading a favorite book and feel that damn draft. Hahaha. Love ya'll ❤️ look forward to more!!
Hello from Vancouver. Motivation may be hard but keep in mind there are so many people here who want to do what you are doing and don't have the skills. This is the right thing to do in this housing market. Hope it gets easier.
Guys. You two.
This has been one of your best videos. I really enjoyed the randomness, as you say, Katie. I saw the rawness of you both and y’all’s day to day in this video. I feel y’all’s love, as well as strength and determination and will. It’s pleasing to see and to be somewhat of a part of. For sure. The channel is great, I dig the music, the flows and ebbs of life off grid and up on a dang mountain(!) are documented well and truly enjoyed. Thank you both for your hard hard work which I’m able to watch and experience from afar. Love you both! Plus, I love all of your animals and the way you both love them! Take care!
ETA: I’ve been watching since right before the build, the wind took some trees, I believe that was the first. I have intermittently gone through a few older ones and want to add this… the evolving goin on in y’all’s work side of making YT videos has gone up. I do love the simplicity qualities of them.
Thank you for the kind words 😊
Morning Katie and Greg from a very windy South East England. We are under a red weather warning for 90mph winds today and I'm staying firmly indoors watching this with a cup of coffee. The house is looking great, it must be getting so much warmer in there with every new wall and ceiling you insulate. Have a lovely week x
Wow, that is some big wind! Stay safe and have a great week as well 😊
Holy smokes!! That's wind!!!!!
Happy week Kate & Greg.... You guys are getting better at house building I see.... Learning buy doing is the best, the proof is right here..
The way you insulate is probably WAY more effective than our paper backed insulation here in the states. Last I checked plastic keeps weather and bugs out way better than paper, lol! Also, Katie, you’re a badass, chicks who build and do typical guy jobs are awesome. 😁❤️
🌟😉💫😎I love how you settled the windows....what a view from inside the house ....beautiful light, nature and it’s view🥰
Good job with the insulating Kate, the vapor barrier was also good work, you must be virtually draught free now especially when you remember to close the door, lol
I got so excited for you when you started to insulate. The electric is tedious! I admire you both. Love the synchronization of your hard work and how you both have each others back. During a task etc. You both truly inspire !
Every you tuber must be sponsored by Athletic Green, it’s a good way to get your product out there.
Thanks for turning me on to Ealot, "Your Natural Habitat". So beautiful.
Instead of spitting on your finger when you use caulk,always fill a small bowl of water whenever you're caulking
Happy you could get water!
Great progress , and water collecting rocks 👍✌
Ya well I had to grin, here's Katie putting in insulation, and she's in a wee top and its snowing! So I guess the hard work is paying off 😄
Pro Tip: If you use soapy water you can even shape the caulk in any way shape or form! 🤙
One of the best things you can do for nature water is to use a UV filter. That will kill all those things that you cant see. Of course running it thru a Berkey tank is a close second.
Never heard of a Berkey tank, but will have to look it up.
@@ShikokuFoodForest It looks like an old fashioned water cooler but in this case the nasty water goes in the top, and by gravity fall thru various filters and comes out the bottom clean.
For some reason your channel disappeared from my subscription list. Finally found you again. Enjoy your videos.
Hello . I greet you from Poland from Krakow. . You should have water on your plot 4-5 meters deep.
It’s gonna be nice and warm next winter guys! Great job 👏. ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼
Well .... I watch this episode twice.... I can feel the love... as you build. It reminds me of the build we did here. Each is different but the end result is the same. Hey Greg ... to gauge how well all this is going .... look at the smile on Kate's face. You are a hero.
Thanks 😊
Glad to see the house coming along just fine. Where did you pick up the craft of home wiring Greg. Looks like your on your way to drywall. Your going to have beautiful kid's.
I have a code book simplified. Its actually pretty easy!
Hello Greg and Katie. You guys are doing stuff I have never done , as you are learning by doing , myself and a whole lot of other people are enjoying watching you and learning too . Have an awesome day and be safe .
From Southeast Iowa
Thanks 😊
Nice progress again, thanks for the update, it was a pleasure to watch. I saw that the weather also improved somewhat and that is good news for the animals.
Glade your insulation is in looks like a cold one coming this weekend we have snow squall warnings for my area 30 cm of snow forecast.
Looks great you two, don’t worry about the mess, “ you have to crack some eggs if you want to make a Omelette “, poor “grumpy” Katie, she’ll cut a little more carefully next time. Have a nice weekend
I would just like to take a minute to say thank you to both of you for sharing your life & your journey with us. I’m 77 and my wife’s 66, both retired & hell bent on going off grid in the hills of North Arkansas. We watch every show that you post . You both are so lucky and blessed. Best of luck to you, keep on keeping on. Not sure how you spell your name Katie, take care of those beautiful brown eyes. God bless. Peace and blessings
Great job insulating guys, I enjoyed watching it.
Another good job on insulating and vapor barriers. Acoustical sealant and all. Well done you 2 workers. It will pay off in the end. All hidden but the good work is behind and inside the walls where is counts.
closed cell spray foam is expensive but eliminates vapor barrier and you can go 24" on center reducing the framing cost because spray foam adds structural strength to you building
You two work well together … it is lovely to watch … quite funny sometimes !
Oh my how much progress you have made … 🙏☘️😘
Thanks
I like that you guys show the reality of things!!!! Have a great week!
When caulking I carry around a few wet rags with me. I use those to wet my finger before smoothing out the caulk. Also have one or two dry towels is good, to dry off your finger as needed. Cheers.
Thanks again for sharing folks. Really enthused for you guys!
Awesome work!! Don't get burnt out. Take a break if you need too
Katie the Master insulator! You are doing an awesome job, looks like you know what you're doing.👍👍Don't worry about the mess, it's a construction site. You two are making a really tight efficient home. I bet that water is amazing too!
Always enjoy watching you guys. God bless you.
Coming together nicely…👍
Thanks
Binge watching your tube video to catch up...love watching your clips on your life off grid... keep up the good work
Thanks !
I saw your house the other day like what y'all got done so far see y'all got to a house looking pretty good I see y'all got a bunch of snow Kenneth Nelson in Richmond Virginia well I'm I'm going to go April OCT another CT scan for my loan and my growing I got to go back to the cancer doctor its 22nd I got to go back to the Radiology doctor enough about me I'm getting over the reaction to the radiation well I just thought I'd call you on I just had to say a word y'all keep your chins up and keep praying as I say everything's going to be alright good luck God bless y'all the checking out of the checking that y'all took . Yourstruly Kenneth Nelson USA Richmond Virginia don't work right
You two are absolutely rockin' it...this build is moving along and looking so solid! So well-insulated, with so much care and attention to detail. Always inspiring watching you two work together!
And gotta say, I love your t-shirt, Greg! :-D
Oh my goodness, but people can get so uptight about our bodies and bodily functions. Once I could read it I knew exactly what it was about. I remember back to when y'all installed that Tushy bidet and you were both absolutely loving it; talking about how life-changing it was. What a great piece of schwag that shirt is, ha!
Yeah, it is def a attention-getter/conversation starter, but once people can finally loosen up and accept and talk more about "what goes in, must come out" and how to deal with it, maybe bidets can become more accepted on "this side of the pond" and we stop cutting down so many trees for TP by using a Tushy (or any bidet, eh?)
Keep up the great work, and best to you both! *Aloha from Hawaii*
You two are doing great 👍
Awesome as always 👍
Well done guys your smashing it.
You two are getting there! Great work! You're both going to be so happy when it's completed and you have your own debt-free, off-grid home! Love from Southern California
Well done..👍❤😃
you would be surprised how well an electric carving knife works to cut insulation !!
Really good idea!
ANOTHER AMAZING VIDEO YOU BOTH ARE REALLY DOING A WONDERFUL JOB FIXING YOUR HOME
About saving electrical power :
Do so research on how much it would to buy some motion sensors. In one of the previous videoes you mentioned something about that the room has living space and kitchen. Depending on how much it would kost my idea to sensors would be one pointing towards he living area. And one that points towards the kitchen.
And if the sensors are fairly cheap you could consider wiring the light with that in mind.
And one thing that need to be aware of is if they react to annimals(=dogs).
Hi 👋 Katie & Greg glad to see you hope you're weekend goes great 👍
Love it!! It's coming together beautifully keep the awesome work 💪
Electric carving knife is the best way to cut that foam insulation.
Looking greater than great! The house is a machine and you guys get how so many of the parts work together in so many ways. Also it's good to see you guys finally working in warm conditions.
Katie, eye protection most times needed on your build but especially when spraying chemicals under pressure...
Well done guys. Enjoy your show!
Thank you
i think its funny... you can judge how well the insulation is doing by how much the poofy clothes come off in the middle of winter
The house is coming along beautifully. Good work. Regards . Leon . South Africa.
Really good job great team work. sending love from Australia xxx
I like it. Good job!
Great watching You Guys....This insulating stuff is such a pain but worth it in the end...and You'll be so happy when it's done....good job
You guys are awesome
Greg and Katie, you two are making an amazing progress. The Isolation progress is mega, and you two make a good healty impression, hope you keep on the good healt and progress.
You both are doing a wonderful job. Enjoy watching.Are you doing this house debt free.
No, we have a small loan, its manageable. And YT and sponsorships are a big help as well.
Hey guys, love your videos. Just a quick tip re caulking. You can use wet wipes to clean any type of caulking from your hands or surfaces. That stuff sticks to everything and wet wipes save your life.
All the best with the build!!
Great shirt, I want the same ..
Best regards from Germany!
The last weeks you both seemed to be sad, so i hope that this is only a little sign of being exhausted by this huge project. Me and my wife, we watch all your stuff and think its great. Your property ist a dream and so nice!!!
Please try not to loose each other because of this really big pile of work!
Best Wishes from northern Germany! Doreen & Sebastian
PS: We think very often that it will be better if you get some help of friends or people like „Man at arms“(your neighbour with the broken arm :-) ) If we were located in Canada, we would show of and do some stuff.
Soapy water works as well, our son is a Glazer . He taught me that trick.
Я рад за ребят! Очень интересно ! Но будьте осторожны с электрикой , не перегружайте сеть , так как у Вас провода не убраны в гофру , а это опасно (может вызвать пожар при замыкании электрики)
Great job guys and that spitting on your finger to touch caulking it's been around forever Greg's quite a few years younger than me I'm almost 50 so but great job bringing that out it definitely does work and great job and building the house I've been watching this channel from the beginning and you guys are doing a great job together and hey by the way Greg I got a friend named Tyler that looks just like you it's kind of funny I'll ask him if I can post a picture up on one of these you can see the reason it's crazy but God bless you guys having a great day or night which one it is when you read it get back at me love to see a live chat
Hey guys awesome to see what's going on, just thought of a little trick for those super awkward places to cut and install all the foam and insulation and vapour barrier. We also used to do that while building houses. Now we buy the double cans and spray foam that area in the ceiling/floor joists. 2" thick and you don't need to add the vapour barrier and black death lol. Then all you need is a layer of roxul infront of it for fire.
Greetings from the netherlands
You guys should make a video about the benefits of boofing athleticgreens. Please share a before and and after. I hear that it's the best way to get greens into you.
Hahahahaha
Luv The T shirt 🤣🤣🤣🤣
On BBC1 UK the other day were talking about CALKING . No one knew what CALKING means so they had to Google it then and there and it turned out to be SEALANT . Well , we all learning new words like CALKING though it sounds funny to us. At first I thought it's a rude word than I realised what it means by watching more North American RUclips videos.
Your insulation is really starting to work
Use water soap,on you finger it more better than use water.i during insulation tinsmith.
We bought an old 1948 stick built home that was constructed using white pine from the property. There was absolutely NO insulation in it when we bought it. On the plus side, the thing was built like a tank. All rough cut dimensional, 1 1/2" pine sheathing on all exterior walls, 2 1/2 inch blue stone mined from the area. We ended up gutting the home and insulating the entire thing, then sheetrocking and putting in hardwood floors in all the rooms that didn't have it. The wife tiled two full bathrooms and the kitchen. We would have been far better off just building from scratch, but we ended up with a nice comfortable home for the two of us. Now we want to sell it and move up to your area. Dammitall.
I can relate. I’m renovating my 70 year old house in Japan one step at a time. Some of my exterior walls didn’t even have sheathing! Only exterior sheet metal siding. I’ve had to install sheathing from the inside, then install insulation. Much more work than building new! Once it’s all finished, I plan to sell and build an off-grid cabin in Canada!
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why not use a ram pump to get the water to your house? is it too far away, or is it impossible to lay a pipe from the water to your house. Gr.Rob
Are you planning on having humidity control as the wood stove will dry the apartment out big time.
We'll keep a pot of water on the stove and we will be adding a heat recovery ventilation to bring is fresh air
Can you drive a well?
tchau
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Will your current solar set up supply enough power for the new house?
Yes, but we have some upgrades planned
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