Thank you for sharing your Arizona journey. Red, you are an excellent presenter and would make a terrific educator. Your home is beautiful. Wishing you and April a blessed week, gentle autumn weather and restful evenings. Peace brother
Omg I found you….again!!!! Thank goodness for DIYfferent for mentioning you on his metal nibbler. He gave a shout out to your channel. It only took a few seconds to realize…I know them and I can’t believe I connected. Now I have to catch up. Woohoo
@DesertGal_50 Yes, I watched their earlier channel and was disappointed when they disappeared. Luckily, I found them again this year. You have some good episodes to catch up on.
Nice!! Love the reclaimed wood on the window sills. The passive energy design is awesome, I wish all houses were built that way. Also looking forward to seeing more of the Hyper Adobe home build!
Excellent video. April Mem is the best gardener, She produce lots of vegetable this summer and also worked hard to built her own home. She is second to none. Mr. Red , you have best skilled in like a professional builder
That’s a big pile of wood! Gonna look fabulous! You’re going to be able to swim in the pond pretty soon. ❤😃❤️ Wow! Y’all are really getting there. Each step is a step towards completion.
Thanks! The pond has had water in it all summer. Our grand-dog loves to take a dip and come shake the water off on us. 😄 Our daughter swam in it last year, but this year there were a whole lot of Sonoran Desert Toads in it right away, and they are poisonous. 🐸 Yes, we are getting there! ❤️😊
We are Aircrete H. neighbors as the crow flies, found you there. Also off grid, in recycled home, hybrid earth ship! Beautiful work you two are doing I do love the re-purposed bed wood. A pat on the back to your son he will have a cozy home. Nice to have the family close. I might be jealous watching your progress 😂 none the less look forward to your journey. 😎 Cathy~ aka~
😎 Thanks for checking out our channel! Earthships homes are a lot of work to build, but nice to live in I'm sure! We have always wanted a good sized piece of family land, so this has been great, and I am surprised by how much we love living in the desert! 😊🏜️
There is a whole lot of interesting wildlife out here. 🧡🏜️ Yes, we love finding great deals on materials! Thanks so much for recommending our channel! We had over 400 new subscribers yesterday! Really appreciate it! 😊
As always very interesting video, so many things getting finished and maintained, excellent buy on the window finishes, lots of work/character/finding story, April’s garden looks very abundant and scrumptious many successful outcomes, teamwork and content 👍👍👍👍👍👌
We have been intending to get up there and check the panels for awhile. Glad we finally did! Yes, love the old wood, it was definitely worth the extra work! The rain and cooler temperatures really helped out the garden this year. Thanks! 😊🏜️
Red the house is looking amazing. Nice to see you changed the dryer vent to rigid pipe but you made another major mistake installing. You should not have used screws. They catch the lint and build up to a blockage. Foil tape on the joints only.
Great video, hope you video your sons adobe house build especially the roof would like to see you all tackle that. Did you think about storing rain water ?
Thanks! Yes, we hope to get some video of it. We would love to add some tanks, but it's all so expensive, maybe eventually. For now we are directing the water to new trees, and we want to add more swales and ponds when we get a chance. 🧡🏜️
It's about 12 years old and has been used a lot. The blades have been replaced many time and everything is worn out on it. We are getting close, thanks! 😊
@@RedandAprilOff-Grid I would hate to hear about a dryer fire in a couple months/years.. Would you be able to provide some solar updates in your videos please? I bet that I am not the only one who would be interested in regular updates on how it is handling your needs. Are you having to run a Generator at all? How long is it taking before you are fully recharged every day? how much power are you getting in full sun in winter vs summer? how about the shady days? Things that you would do different. Thanks. PS the off grid nature of your journey is what brought me here in the first place, and it's really the main reason I subscribed. Cheers, thanks
Thanks, I plan to hang the laundry to dry, but it's nice to have the option. This video has a solar update, there's not much else to report, and right now our focus is on building the house. We can run power tools all day without any issues, even when it's partly cloudy. It is rare to get a completely cloudy day out here. The only time we ever use the generator is for the welder. We have a maximum of 3,000 watts per leg, so we we need to watch out for that. The table saw when it's working hard, uses up to 2,500 watts, so we have to make sure nothing else is running on that leg at the same time. We don't have any need to monitor the system carefully, because it's running everything we need it to without any issues. We don't run heavy use electric equipment at night, so our batteries are easily staying charged until morning. Red will probably be installing a second set of batteries before winter, because we have some family coming, and it will be nice to have some extra battery storage in the winter. 🌥️🏜️
How high are the ceilings on each side? And what pitch is the roof.. looks amazing and I'm about to build something very similar.. my architect has almost 16ft ceilings on the one side and 9ft on the low side
Ours is 8 ft on the low side and 10ft on the high side. The roof is a low pitch 12 to 1. We didn't want the house too tall for efficiency and ease of building. Best wishes on your build, sounds like nice tall ceilings! 🙂
Ever since DIY shouted you out I have been binge watching. So now that I am at this one I need to go all the way back to the beginning ❤ 🇬🇧
Appreciate it, thanks for watching! 😊❤️🏜️
Thank you for sharing your Arizona journey. Red, you are an excellent presenter and would make a terrific educator. Your home is beautiful. Wishing you and April a blessed week, gentle autumn weather and restful evenings. Peace brother
Thanks for joining us! Appreciate it! 😊🏜️
Omg I found you….again!!!! Thank goodness for DIYfferent for mentioning you on his metal nibbler. He gave a shout out to your channel. It only took a few seconds to realize…I know them and I can’t believe I connected. Now I have to catch up. Woohoo
Thanks! It was very sweet of them to mention our channel! Glad you found us again! 😊❤️🏜️
@DesertGal_50 Yes, I watched their earlier channel and was disappointed when they disappeared. Luckily, I found them again this year. You have some good episodes to catch up on.
Nice!! Love the reclaimed wood on the window sills. The passive energy design is awesome, I wish all houses were built that way. Also looking forward to seeing more of the Hyper Adobe home build!
Thanks! Yes, we think the design is going to work out great! 😊
Excellent video. April Mem is the best gardener, She produce lots of vegetable this summer and also worked hard to built her own home. She is second to none. Mr. Red , you have best skilled in like a professional builder
You are too kind! Thanks for watching! 😊
Great seeing the projects and harvests getting done.
Thanks! 😊
That’s a big pile of wood! Gonna look fabulous! You’re going to be able to swim in the pond pretty soon. ❤😃❤️ Wow! Y’all are really getting there. Each step is a step towards completion.
Thanks! The pond has had water in it all summer. Our grand-dog loves to take a dip and come shake the water off on us. 😄 Our daughter swam in it last year, but this year there were a whole lot of Sonoran Desert Toads in it right away, and they are poisonous. 🐸
Yes, we are getting there! ❤️😊
Came over to check out your viedos after the shout out from Doug and Ashley. Interesting stuff.
Appreciate it, thanks for checking out our channel! 😊🏜️
We are Aircrete H. neighbors as the crow flies, found you there. Also off grid, in recycled home, hybrid earth ship!
Beautiful work you two are doing I do love the re-purposed bed wood.
A pat on the back to your son he will have a cozy home. Nice to have the family close.
I might be jealous watching your progress 😂 none the less look forward to your journey. 😎 Cathy~ aka~
😎 Thanks for checking out our channel! Earthships homes are a lot of work to build, but nice to live in I'm sure! We have always wanted a good sized piece of family land, so this has been great, and I am surprised by how much we love living in the desert! 😊🏜️
Hi Red and April,,
Wow this is an awesome journey, so glad I can come along.
Coming over from Doug and Ashley’s channel. ❤️
Hi Pam! Thanks for joining us! 😊🏜️
That caterpillar is so cool. All the 'free' oak boards were a great find and will make awesome sills. Great episode. :D
There is a whole lot of interesting wildlife out here. 🧡🏜️ Yes, we love finding great deals on materials!
Thanks so much for recommending our channel! We had over 400 new subscribers yesterday! Really appreciate it! 😊
@@RedandAprilOff-Grid That's awesome :)
What a find on that wood. Maybe I need to look around some more at the thrift stores. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! Yes, you never know what you will find! We found a lot of great deals in Texas, and have found some good stuff on Marketplace here. 😊
looks great thanks for the update and take care. see you on next Saturday's video and have a great weekend
Thanks for watching! 😊
And, hope you have a wonderful weekend as well! We got over half an inch of rain here yesterday! 😊🌧️
As always very interesting video, so many things getting finished and maintained, excellent buy on the window finishes, lots of work/character/finding story, April’s garden looks very abundant and scrumptious many successful outcomes, teamwork and content 👍👍👍👍👍👌
We have been intending to get up there and check the panels for awhile. Glad we finally did! Yes, love the old wood, it was definitely worth the extra work! The rain and cooler temperatures really helped out the garden this year. Thanks! 😊🏜️
Love seeing how you are reusing all of the wood that would have probably rotted. The hyper adobe is looking great!
It was a fun project, and we love how they turned out! Yes, he's making great progress! ❤️🏜️
Great,thank you.👍☘🏠🌞🙋♀️
Thanks for watching! 😊🏜️
Red the house is looking amazing. Nice to see you changed the dryer vent to rigid pipe but you made another major mistake installing. You should not have used screws. They catch the lint and build up to a blockage. Foil tape on the joints only.
That would be an easy fix, thanks! 😄
Great video, hope you video your sons adobe house build especially the roof would like to see you all tackle that. Did you think about storing rain water ?
Thanks! Yes, we hope to get some video of it.
We would love to add some tanks, but it's all so expensive, maybe eventually. For now we are directing the water to new trees, and we want to add more swales and ponds when we get a chance. 🧡🏜️
Thank you
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Getting there soon it will be done.
Thanks! It's really coming along! Excited to get moved in! 😊
Question, why don't you buy new blades for the Planer? Is the motor bad? I am enjoying your videos! I know y'all can not wait to get it done.
It's about 12 years old and has been used a lot. The blades have been replaced many time and everything is worn out on it. We are getting close, thanks! 😊
just a heads up, you should never use screws to join dryer pipe, only tape. the reason is that lint will collect and can be a fire hazard.
Thanks! I guess a lot can go wrong when installing a dryer vent. 😄 We should have looked it up.
@@RedandAprilOff-Grid I would hate to hear about a dryer fire in a couple months/years.. Would you be able to provide some solar updates in your videos please? I bet that I am not the only one who would be interested in regular updates on how it is handling your needs. Are you having to run a Generator at all? How long is it taking before you are fully recharged every day? how much power are you getting in full sun in winter vs summer? how about the shady days? Things that you would do different. Thanks. PS the off grid nature of your journey is what brought me here in the first place, and it's really the main reason I subscribed. Cheers, thanks
Thanks, I plan to hang the laundry to dry, but it's nice to have the option. This video has a solar update, there's not much else to report, and right now our focus is on building the house. We can run power tools all day without any issues, even when it's partly cloudy. It is rare to get a completely cloudy day out here. The only time we ever use the generator is for the welder. We have a maximum of 3,000 watts per leg, so we we need to watch out for that. The table saw when it's working hard, uses up to 2,500 watts, so we have to make sure nothing else is running on that leg at the same time. We don't have any need to monitor the system carefully, because it's running everything we need it to without any issues. We don't run heavy use electric equipment at night, so our batteries are easily staying charged until morning. Red will probably be installing a second set of batteries before winter, because we have some family coming, and it will be nice to have some extra battery storage in the winter. 🌥️🏜️
So smart not to poke holes in your roof or ceiling.
Thanks, and it made for a much easier roof install too! 😊
How high are the ceilings on each side? And what pitch is the roof.. looks amazing and I'm about to build something very similar.. my architect has almost 16ft ceilings on the one side and 9ft on the low side
Ours is 8 ft on the low side and 10ft on the high side. The roof is a low pitch 12 to 1. We didn't want the house too tall for efficiency and ease of building. Best wishes on your build, sounds like nice tall ceilings! 🙂
Evaporative coolers are very nice in dry weather but will do absolutely nothing for the cooling your home down when it’s humid
When it's humid, it will still drop the temperature a few degrees, but when the humidity inside gets over 60%, it's more comfortable without it.
Whats the white thing with the handle against the wall at 19.04 minutes in?
Edit: nvm....... its the trailer hitch, right?
Yes, it's the trailer jack, and the 2 propane bottles are sitting on the hitch. 🌞
Did you get a mastercool? or another name brand evap cooler? We have a saying in new mexico, master cool or no cool
We got it at home Depot. It was rated much better than a similar one at Lowes. Hopefully it's finally fixed! 😄
Now it is October and you are still claiming it is April. More lies, but that is okay. You can not fool me. HAHAHA!!
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