Caught Between A ROCK And A HARD Place! Trenching Our Plumbing Lines
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- This week we trenched our water and sewer lines. And, yes, there were boulders.
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Your progress on the house is now growing leaps and bounds. Before you know it, you'll be framing. So exciting for your family. Stay Safe
Your youngest son is the man he does not know the word quit love that determination.
It is nice to see you putting in your plumbing pipes so you can soon start on your footers. It is great to see the kids helping on your projects. They seem to enjoy helping you folks. Blessings to you all.
Natalie, I had to laugh when you said Boulder #1. You wish! 🤪😍🇨🇦
Nice progress ... if there is a plastic / metal box. Lay on the PEX connectors tend to break. and bury nylon (or unused plastic toys "-)) along the pipes a little above the pipes. So that you will know in the future where they are placed
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Good eyes Natalie
If this rock land property is laying in California, then I never need to buy an earthquake insurance, 😂
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When I sold my Moms House they updated to Pex as the Galvanized was like 60 years Old anyways. Also they put in an Inst heat system which was a No-brainer. Your doing a great Job.
I don't trust the pex B crimp. They don't allow it here for new construction. I recommend the pex A expandable with the compression rings.
Pex is so much easier to use!
In Mohave County? All our Home Depot offers is pex b.
Great job in a hard environment. You have the best team of helpers going.
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Hey, maybe you guys could sell souvenir boulders!
Thats funny!
They'd have to sign them as well.. because then it's just a rock.
I was wondering when you were going to get back to a "boulder" life 🤣🤣🤣
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Congratulations on the installation of the water pipes!! And no leaks!!
Can’t say I was missing the boulders!!
Any worries with the crimp ring on the pex lines breaking down over time?
A little. I wrapped the underground fittings really well with tape. Thanks 🙂
Boulder Life Off Grid, Boulder Hunting again!, or is it Boulder Fishing?? Looks like you caught a whopper! lol
Ya, it nearly sank the boat. 😁
what a great time...looks good, love the conversation and super work, great to have the kids involved, no volkswagons found...just a goose egg...thanks for sharing and great commentary,,
Lets ALL Say this one TOGETHER...
MEASURE and Layout ---EVERYTHING
Control Points, Points of Origin, Set Backs, TAG LINES, EASMENTS, Permitted and also HOME OWNER ( DETERMINED ) Requirements. etc.
A Physical , MENTAL , Paper and Online Versions to keep it al straight going forward.
Make this a SCHOOL Influenced PROJECT
NO JOKE.
Get the Kids involved and then everyone will see how TRULY easy it is to pull it up and lay it out.
DO YOU KNOW your property LINE ( LOCATIONS) Feet Inches, TENTHS as in how SURVEYORS do it ( DAILEY) We took it to the Hundredths and also Thousandths for Calculation purpose's.
You and YOURS can stick with Inches and feet to be sure NO ONE is getting it to confused though ( O. K. ) ?!?!?!
Take some actual GRAPH PAPER. Use a Scale to equal so many squares EQUALS how many inches or feet ( As a Simple ) Catch All going into the deep end -still.
You got kids of all ages.
This is a GREAT way to Teach and Re-Teach EVERYONE to be Exactly on the same page.
A+B=C ( 1+2=3 ) Right Angles, PARALLEL lines. Squares, rectangles, Triangles ( Oh My )
Its all Quite Easy. How many inches dose ONE foot Make. How many Feet does a Yard come to then ? Not looking for acres at this point. Hope you have at least a coupe of longer tape measures. 25 ( 50 ) 100 ( 200 ) 300 is a Good Combination it total.
\Make it a FUN Learning Opportunity.
YOU will then always know where each power line. water hose, Sewage field and building platform will be in TOTAL . LOCATORS tape, Meatal and Wooden Stakes. Set Backs with Notes written on them
North South East west. Date and Time is always a GOOD reminder.
CHECK ( DOUBLE CHECK ) then CHECK it ALL over Again
Each time
Every Time
YOUR WELCOME...
You must be one proud Daddy! your boys are pretty awesome! Now if you can find a good Barber you'd be set, LOL. Teasing they look great!! Same haircut that I had as a kid.
Pex A (uses expansion sleeves) uses connectors (e.g. T's and 90's) that don't restrict the flow of water like Pex B connectors do. It's available at most Home Depots at least as a special order. The plastic expansion sleeves of A will probably do better underground, too, than the metal crimp rings of B.
Making good progress with supervisor Eli at the helm. Blessings to your family.❤❤
Pex is a smart choice. It has just enough flex to handle minor freeze/thaw cycles (if our frost line goes deeper than 18" on a super cold winter [doubtful, but good insurance]) and it tends to withstand a little bit of rock pressure punctures better than PVC, even though you're bedding in screened material. Great job. Looking forward to the concrete pour. Eli is a boss. A very hard worker like his dad.
Back in Concho to work on my CONEX. Still suggest Dexpan for monster boulder. Sold at home depot.
You lived up to your name today in BOULDERS LIFE those Bloulders are unreal
is your rain water collection system collecting enough water or are you having to haul in water
We need to haul water, but the rainwater still helps out. Thanks 🙂
Now that was a voltswagon boulder. My goodness. Are you going to be so so happy to never have to deal with them again? God Bless you and your Family.
You might be able to sell the boulders to landscapers
That's the first thing I thought of too.. of the general public. He could use a mechanical thumb on the backhoe to load them.
I'm glad for another visit from you. Hope you had a productive week. Love from Central Oklahoma
Every week is just that much more progress. It’s so much fun to watch! Loved seeing the family. Little Eli cracks me up. Dad says “just a little bit more” Eli says “seriously ?” 🤣🤣🤣 Oh that kid. 😄
That huge boulder is actually called leverite. Yup, you just leaver right there. 😁
I love seeing the kids out there helping. They are adorable
I miss you guys last night but watching now. From South Carolina.
It amazes me how you and your equipment handle those boulders!!
Great progress. Each day is one day forward.
Plumbing time you have the equipment to do it going to be nice
I rank you with the top off grid channels don't understand why your viewership is low
Ce petit est trop mignon , il aide et s'intéresse aux travaux . Il est adorable 🤣👍💪
I've never seen sewer lines above water lines.
Wonderful Progress!! 🥰🙏🏻❤️
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Hi Peeps.. Ugghh.. Yep.. it's a Boulder life, as long as your digging that is. Have you considered buying a hydraulic jackhammer. I'm sure you could resell it later. Building up the foundation and compacting it defineately helped. Nice work to all hands on deck.
I haven't. It definitely could have come in handy. Thanks 🙂
❤congrats on a hard job well done ❤😊
Maybe put a barrel under the chicken House to collect rain water, like the shed but smaller version ❤❤
Great progress!!
I don't know all of the kid's names, but the wee one digging in with a huge shovel to do his share and then grabbing the blue 'pipe' and manhandling it and keeping his end out of the dirt stole my heart. Being a dad, those kinds of things just blow me away. Not that the other munchkins didn't do their share and more, but the youngster just hit my buttons. Thanks for a super episode.
That's Eli.. I'm always noticing his hard work ethics as well.
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nice job. I would bury the bottom of that boulder a bit, maybe a foot, so that it cant or will be less likely to tip over and fall on one of your kids. Kids like to climb things.
Yep.. tip over hazard. Good eye.
Scorpion at 22:01 . 😬
😵 WOW! My hand was right over the top of it. I'm shocked. You have good eyes.
Good morning, how are you guys are doing a wonderful job out there.Keep up the good work and say hi to the animals and the families
Same old song..switch it up..
Another step completed. Thanks for taking us along.
House is coming right along!
Did you see the baby scorpion you almost put your finger on at 30:27?
Um, that's a drone shot at 30:27. You must have really good eyes cause I can't see it. 😅
It's at 22:01 . In the concrete box with the shutoff valve, under the lid.
That was really close!!
Now you are pumping for your house and lots of rock again.😍🥰😉🫠🙃🙂👌👌👌👍👍👍🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶💯💢💥💫
You need to invest in a Rock 🪨Hammer 🔨 for the machine
love the family working together on this project, this will make nice memory's for you all.