It started raining. Then this happened. BUMMER DEAL
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- In this episode of our off grid cabin build series, we are dealing with winter weather flooding our homestead.
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Ms Jules is always smiling and laughing in all your videos like she never gets a bad day which is a very good thing.
What a nice attitude when problems get in the way!
When living in the north its important to always clear the snow from the porches, sidewalks, drive and work areas EVERY time it snows! Old man winter is one tough dude! ;)
I'd pull as many of the floaters out and stack on higher ground to dry.
Dig a trench from the lowest spot out to drain the lake.
If you've got it stacked high enough to get through this winter, worry about relocating to higher ground next spring.
When using jumper cables always connect negative last
Imperfections in your drywall scratches or other areas can be fixed with spackling light coat then sand then prime paint over it and finish paint to match
Also get one of those small compact battery jump packs. Haven’t used cables since I got mine and don’t need someone else to jump start my truck.
When I paint bathrooms I just remove the water tank from the toilet. There is enough room to work. Don’t remove the bowl or you need a new wax seal unless you used the foam cushion seal for the bowl.
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1st thing I do when buying a “new to me” vehicle is I change out all the dome, courtesy, under hood, backup, & license plate lights with LED replacements. Lights are brighter, use nothing for energy… could leave all the interior lights on for days w/o draining the battery.
I so admire your spirit! Thank God for Good Samaritans like you sharing so we newbies learn. May God continue to Bless you on your journey. You have such a tight family and that in it self is the biggest Blessing, I think! Looking forward to watch all of the rest videos. 😁🙏🏼😇
The wood floating in the water is still good to burn once you pull it from the water and let the surface dry as the water can only get so far in without outside help or time.
I have an idea Martin. If you are in a bind with all that water, place a basic pump near the road or a low spot on the property (a good ways away from your comfort zone), maybe even put the pump in the pond. Run some hose pipe to the problem areas and turn the pump on to drain the water. Sometimes "The January Thaw" occurs for a couple of weeks, where it is around 50 degrees, so this could happen again. Hang in there!
Hey Martin, little tip from the comment section ;)
When jumpstarting a car *always* connect the + side first! So when you drop the negative terminal you don't short the battery because the car frame is always connected to the negative terminal.
Also, connect the black cable to ground, ie the car frame. Batteries produce explosive gases, and if you are going to have a spark, you want it away from the explosive fumes. If you have a ground problem, the care is unlikely to start anyway.
For the paint job, the glossier the paint ,the more you'll see imperfections, try a low sheen eggshell, you'll get a better finish and it is washable. The dirt stuck to the drywall is because of a dirty roller or dirty paint, you'll need to strain it. To fix it use a sander and repaint again. Brush marks is because the paint was to tick, needed a bit of water to thin it.
Dan Double Barrel. A cheap (inexpensive) way to strain the paint is to use a nylon knee high. If someone points out the flaws, just say you should have been here to supervise. Looks good.
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I wouldn't worry about what is going to be covered up...walls that are covered are good practice for areas that will not be covered...looking good guys
As for the imperfections in your drywall what happens when you sand Raw drywall you raise the fiber in the paper but it's not a problem after sanding take a wet sponge mop wipe it on the walls to lay the fiber down after the first coat of primer lightly sand the walls with 220 grit paper then put your final coat on being very careful to be smooth and not hit the floor so that you don't pull garbage off the floor back onto the walls make sure you back roll what you've currently painted so that your painted surface is not so thick in revealing
Safety Sarah says make the last jumper connection at the charging vehicle.
Small submersible pump would be great, you could pump lots of water quick
So sorry to see that
That's Idaho weather you have to always think ahead!! Its obvious you're from the city!!
That's one of my problems in the winter with roads that aren't plowed, if a truck comes down it the truck makes ruts and when it freezes, it tears all the bottom of your car, gas lines, breaj lines, mufler, gas tank, all because the truck tires are much higher, I hate it, my neighbor who lived down the road pass me dit this to me every winter, i moved!
It seems snow storm like that was worse than flood usually happened in Jakarta. I like your family bond in facing such difficulties..
Use eggshell finish in kitchen and bathrooms. I hope the cabinets for the island are designed for that. You need foursided and strong enough to support butcher block.
Fascinating build guys. Well done so far. Love to witness the snow and how you deal with it. We don't get snow in South Africa but temperatures in the central parts can occasionally get as low as -3 degrees Celsius (26F). Very dry here.
You will recover from the floating wood pile. We all forget to do this or that or make mistakes. But for the rest of your lives, the problem will be corrected....I wonder if a snow blower will help you clear a path and get the water moving. Experiencing the water mess, one can see why Building Codes want houses sitting on a grade of at least 6 inches higher than the normal ground, sloped for at least 10 ft from the house. Hopefully the ground around the water pools slope downward towards the road. If not, you can eventually build up this area with soil to cause a natural downward slope away from the lot. It's your first winter to discover where the problem areas are.......The walls are beautiful--very impressive for a rookie!
Thanks. Hopefully this summer we can grade the rest of the area near the house and keep water moving.
You might consider getting your friend to come and push that slush out of the way before the ruts get frozen. Your walls are looking fine, there comes a time when being to critical is counter-productive. That wet sponge trick I mentioned in an earlier video would take care of a lot of those minor scratches. Don't get me wrong, Kilz is a great paint (good for covering mold, mildew) but it is thick. So as an undercoat it does tend to leave brush lines, you might try a thinner primer paint.
The good news is that Autozone will do a 10% military discount. Also, don't worry about the imperfections in the drywall, you will be the only person to notice them.Keep smiling!
I didn’t know about the discount. Thanks!
Hey Johnson's, watching each one of your videos from the start of your off-grid experience and absolutely loving them. Great job all! In this one, luckily you didn't get flooded out when you were still sleeping in that tent. :)
excellent first taping job martin btw! i have 30 yrs in the reno trades
Invest in a jump box..my problem is lawn mowers....easier with a charged box...no matter where its parked...js..alternator are usually an easy fix...been there done that on multiple vehicles...replaced about 4 of. them...much lighter than starters....
Now that doesn’t account for a squirrelly battery in extreme cold conditions though. But will rule out leaving dome/courtesy lights on all night.
Just a thought, might dig out for a tank in the biggest "puddle" areas to accumulate water as snow melts to use on the garden in summer. A small pump could pull it back up, saving the well for other important stuff in the house. With small wells and no rivers or streams, adding water to the place anyway you can counts.
Martin you need to get someone to plow your driveway. Nice lay out of your kitchen. I wish I could send you a small money tree to help you finish up your house and build a garage
YOU DID A AWESOME JOB,,,,DON'T WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT BEING PERFECT...FIRST TIME U HAVE DONE THIS U DID A AMAZING JOB
Wood pallets are great ,cheap(if not free from feed store or hardware store)way for helping keep things off ground and dryer. Keep doing you guys,great progress on the place. I'm looking forward to seeing future videos
You guys have laser you can borrow? Set it in the yard, shoot the best drainage route trench away! Most of the water will clear the area once the snow is dug.. If the ground isn't frozen excavate soil! Just a small trench will work we played in the snow as kids and built ice dams and ice viaduct to have small ice skating ponds..
Wow ! Very slushy rain,and snow,kitchen looks great we have rain hear for three days in the south of Mississippi we in the 70's really muggy we call it the flu weather.
Light sanding (fine to medium grit)and repaint. Unless it will be behind cabinets.
HOWdy Johnsons,
How to FLOAT your FIREWOOD to the HOUSE ??? LOL
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Usually it’s corrosion which causes the terminal to come loose but a phone charger left plugged in stays on all the time and will drain a battery in a heartbeat. You might be investing in a plow-you need a gutter / make shift to collect your rainwater into your water tote which will act as a settling tank to drop out the debris then pump it into your cistern tank. Rain water is incredibly soft and usually very clean and free! But for showers and toilet use is perfect if your worried about bird poo/bugs but most RO filtration systems with an ultra violet light bacteria cleaner will take care of stuff- check out RUclips life contained-love the kitchen and all the progress
I loved the look on his face when you said I'll help you later dig the ditch
Ohhhhboy...I told you sooo!!! OK considering whats coming...plow...plow..
plow everything.
Teaching those kids well...great job!
You live and you learn.. thanks for sharing your journey. I look forward to seeing your progress..
Wet snow is the worst of all weather conditions outside of catastrophic conditions. Maybe you can do a firewood drift to the house in the memory of the River Pigs who floated the logs from the forests to the mills.
I have a roof rake if you want to borrow it, With the extensions it should reach, but that layer has probably froze solid now if it didnt shed fully during the warm week. Looks like you guys did a good job insulating the ceiling.
Martin - you and your family have a fantastic attitude! Challenges & Adventures!! all good!
The Toliet just remove the Tank or water shed to do your walls behind it If u remove the toliet for access then u have to install a new wax seal to reinstall much easier to remove the watershed or tank for access
Don't let it freeze like that, won't be able to use until spring.....
As for your wood storage come spring either relocate it or build a higher platform off the ground to start your wood storage but still you need to plow the snow if those ruts freeze over or the rest of the standing water you all willb stranded
The wife got her kitchen island over your idea of the breakfast bar 🤣
Yap.
Get a walk-behind snow blower, it would be a good home chore for the boy. Also get some gravel for the driveway. You need to trade some two wheel drive auto's in for some four wheel drive's.
Love the snow and enjoy watching your video
Invest in a plow .n put wheels on each side for the height
Put your paint can in a bucket of very hot water, and stir for about 5-10 minutes. Change the water
( just warm) and paint a test patch ; shouldn't leave brush marks.
An alternator is not a battery charger. It is a tool made to keep a fully charged battery charged and supply the car with the electricity to run the functions, a battery can't. Put the battery on a charger over night. A voltage tester, battery should be 12 2 v, and running should be 13.7v to 15.2v. Turning on head lights, heater blower, it will drop, but should recoup instantly, if the alt. is good.
Check this out www.howacarworks.com/basics/how-the-charging-system-works
In life, there will never be an age where you won't say "I did something that's not too bright" anymore. Thing happens.
You can put sand in the paint or primer. It will give it more of a texture.
That space by the sink might be a good place for a rubbish bin or recycling bin.
The wall is fine.
Its cold no doubt. The battery terminals on the battery are ddirty and need to be cleaned.
Great video!
Drywall looks great! No one but you will ever notice the imperfections.
That's what someone told me before, great advice.
It just started raining here and the power went off, after being off for about an hour. Hello from not so sunny Puerto Rico
Love the kitchen! It is turning out very nice.
Wow. I love what y’all are doing and what you have done to make your home livable. I also love the trees, the snow and even the slush. I however am in East Texas where the high today is 61 with a light breeze out of the north. I’ll be staying here and if we are lucky, we won’t get any snow again this year, I hope.
Also, I didn’t see any electrical plugs above the lower cabinets. Did I miss something? If you can, due to the cold weather, you may consider putting maintainers on your vehicle batteries. They may last longer that way.
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To survive the winter you should invest in a 4x4 with a plow. That is a must have tool unless you want to pay someone constantly. Vinny 🇺🇸
Well we will see how we do. I won’t be doing either this winter.
Need a floor 4 the wood shed up off the ground
I'm 2.5 mins in the video js
You never mount plasterboard horizontally, but vertically so that you only get countersunk joints to fill.
Sarah, it would be better if you change the car to awd so that you wont get stuck in the snow
Those brush marks will go away when you spend an extra $15 or so on a 3" Purdy Swan brush to paint around the piping etc.
Kitchen is going to look beautiful! Nice job
10:52 Come on man! Punch it. That's a 4Runner. Give it some power baby!!!!!! haha love your vids! Inspiring.
You don't have to shovel rain. The real problem is that you have rain on top of snow.
Wow! Very observant of you! Martin appreciates helpfull with comments
Welcome to Idaho winters Brother! Were you able to get that drive area plowed before the freeze came back? Might be too frozen to work the ruts out now, but Let me know if we need to bring the ford tractor down to try to do some driveway work. We would need to use your flatbed trailer to haul it.
We did get most of the out. The water is gone in the shed too. Thanks for the offer. Tell Uriah hi and we will hang out soon.
Keep going Martin and family!!
The new Ingalls family! And Safety Sally is the new Nellie! Watch her.
You need the jump pack from harbor freight for $80....i take mine every where with me
Doing an Awesome job though on your interior of your home looking forward to more of your videos God bless be safe. Jim
It’s looking great
PS never ever thin your material with water
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Yikes . Hate to see what the property will look like if a deep freeze comes along . Those ruts will become like mountains . Get your multi tester out and check the battery and alternator out your self . With all of the friends you have in your church you would think that someone would have come out with a tractor or something and clean off your property .
Read the comments. Imagine acre wood (fellow RUclipsrs and brother in Christ) already offered.
@@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving I read the comments . Everything is after the fact . The offer to clean the snow came came 4 hours after I made my comment . It wasn't there to read . LOL God Loves Us All .
LOVE the island
Eeks! No semi gloss! There are many brands of "washable" flats and low luster. Ceilings flat! Your work is great dont gloss your ceilings! Martin remember, prime 1, touch up flaws with thin spackle 2, prime spackle touchups,
3, apply finish coat try to stay away from any gloss!! Years of experience and happy customers.
i like to use solar battery float charger on my vehicles and power equipment when i'm not starting them every day. especially if a power source isn't available.
Wish you guys would start using the metric system. 40 deg f = 4.5 deg c it's easier 100 C is water boiling and zero is frozen water. I'm only joking!
You might want to consider using knock down texture. Saves a ton of steps in the drywall process. - just saying
Had a simple question. Why didn't the roof get completed asap or while the first half was being installed or put up? Great videos. We are always learning. An idea, maybe you should put your shallow well where the wood pile is. Many blessings.
The weather moved in and we couldn’t get it done.
Merry Christmas Martin, Jules, Sarah and Seth.
Selamat Natal Pak Martin
I still think it looks great, and also you applied great attention to detail. Again, you should be a Plasterer.
If your wife doesn’t complain, you’re good
Hello Martin and Family Happy Holidays I sent you and your family a sign Hope you like it take care and luv the vlogs
Wow. Thank you. I’ll check at the post office soon.
Oh no... I’m so sorry. That looks like a lot work. And you guys got more snow than Buffalo. A snowblower might be a good investment? Especially for the long driveway like yours. Good luck! Best wishes!
I just noticed that your floor plan is the same as Walter White's I breaking bad, minus the loft
Good job I hope you can get your wood moved