Extreme Heat Is Slowing Us Down | Milling The Trim For Our Off Grid Home
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When I sticker those boards to dry, I try to keep those strips spaced no longer than 3 feet apart preferably closer. It helps them dry straighter and not bow or warp as much.
I can always tell Katie starts the video with animals like cats or chickens!😢
Remember Katie to drink electrolytes
My wife and I agree that you should stain it the same color as the trim around the ceiling and window
looking real nice--stained trim would add contrast against the light walls and really stand out!
Option 2 with matched stain all the way... For sun on the windows, you might actually want to consider external shades or shutters to block the sun *before* the heat gets into the building. Will cut down on A/C energy costs over curtains/blinds inside.
Painted trim with the natural wood ceiling is my 1st choice.
Option 2 for sure, option 1 is more of a contemporary look that you don't usually see out in the boonies lol. I hear ya on the heat, I'm 30 minutes from u guys. Cheers from Canada to all the viewers!😁🇨🇦🍺
The grain on the wood you milled is so beautiful, I personally would stain and not paint. Hope what you have done over the windows makes it more bearable heat wise. Goats really do eat anything dont they lol
Option 2 guys. There is definitely enough color. The base board matching the ceiling and trim will be awesome. Of course this is just our opinion. 😃
You two are not lazy this heat is so bad you have to take it easy.take care of yourself.the goats was so cute today into everything.
I think paint or stain would both look good, but I like the stain and seeing the beautiful wood grain showing through. But I’m not going to live there, you guys are, lol! I’m sure it’ll look beautiful no matter what you choose. Love you both and try not to melt in your heatwave! ❤️
Stain all trim work and you'll never regret it . Classy but rustic
Stain it the same color as the trim around the ceiling. 🧡🧡🧡🧡
Thanks for highlighting to the viewers that summer is less productive for solar production. A message many don't understand
Wow, you have a lot of big logs to mill. Very good control of your tractor!
You are getting to be a master tractor operator. As well as a well rounded farmer. My Dad was a life long farmer and proud of it. He always said he had to master many skills. Carpenter, welder, plumber etc etc. i was thinking Katie and a bunch of previous videos and todays tractor display moving that log, but I guess this applies to Greg also. Ps I’m a 62 year grandmother. Respect!
I love a nice stained wood but mix it up. Decide how you want each room "flavored." Wood says warm. Do you want the room to feel warm? Paint is going to be colder, more formal. Every room does not have to be the same but your stain/paint colors should be consistent throughout the house & tie it all together.
Your videos are great and I love watching your progress. Maybe consider some solar window film that will keep the heat out. Y'all can put it on yourselves! My vote is paint the base bolding and stain the ceiling molding. It might look wonky if the base was stained and it didn't match the flooring.
That log could've rolled down the bucket towards the operator. Maybe some welded stoppers on the bucket just to make sure this doesn't happen might be a good idea. Stain to match window trim.
We’re almost neighbours, love your videos. We milled the trim for our house too and stained it. Now I’m sick of stained wood everywhere in our house and much prefer painted white trim and baseboards. My husband would wholeheartedly disagree with me!
STAIN!!!! I personally love seeing the natural beauty of wood. Stain make the character pop and come to life... Paint hides it...
My recommendation is that you stain the trim. If you paint pine, knots and sap veins show through the paint no matter how much primer you use.
Stay cool! Speaking of cool, cool underwater shots!
Excellent job loading the log on the mill. Forks would be easier but you have a pro operating the tractor.
Sure love how you guys treat your goats. They're so happy, browsing around the brush and running along on your daily walks with the rest of the menagerie!
A tip I discovered with reflectix is to apply it to the exterior of the window wherever possible. It's not really R value that helps with reflectix, but reflecting back the radiant heat from a direct hit of sun rays, so it's quite a bit more efficient if it can keep the heat from hitting the glass at all. Otherwise, the reflectix absorbs heat from the glass and radiates it back into your room.
I was living in an old house at the time that had very little insulation and no air conditioning in a semi-desert climate. Had to do a mix of interior and exterior application depending on how accessible the windows were, but it actually kept the house bearable in high 30 temps. Give it a try! :)
To keep the heat out, try using 'Coleman Emergency Blankets' (I get mine from Peavy Mart for around $4-5 dollars a pack) You can tape it on with painters tape to your windows or window frame and you can still see out and it works wonderfully for keeping out the heat. I use this in my home and it works great. I love your shows and watch them daily. -Wilf, a happy subscriber
Stay hydrated.....El Ninõ is kicking our butts this year.
that lake water looks fantastic clear and refreshing
I’d Stain it ! You can do the feels with the furniture. And decorations afterwards. Weird the solar doesn’t pull in the heat ? What’s the point of solar panels then ? 🤣 How are the chickens? And I think fun in the sun is much needed. You both have been hard at work. A little rest and fun shouldn’t be bad.
Usually I'm always a wood person but paint for less contrast against walls & no matchy issues w/floor. 👍👍
Option 2, keep the country look.👍💪💪
Stained windows always look better. baseboards might look odd if the stain doesn't match the flooring, so if you can't get a good match, I would paint those. But it's your house - go with your gut.
Katie you have continued to impress me with your skills with Greg giving moral support
Goats = Adorable little chaos machines
Since yall will have white walls throughout the house, keeping it the same stain as the ceiling would look fluid. Keep up the amazing work!
The underwater video of the dog swimming was cool
Stain itttt!! Don’t paint it, enjoy the wood 🪵 ✨
House is looking good! Stain is our vote for the trim.
I would paint it bright white. Against the wood floor and the ceiling the bright white would be a beautiful pop!
Great job running the tractor Katie!
I vote for painting the trim-I think it will look more finished with the painted walls
Katy you are a rock star with that tractor!
Definitely paint the trim, let the floor be the "wood" tone.
Now that last footage of y'all enjoying the water was awesome. I could go for a dip! This heat has hit us all
Your hone will be very pretty. May I suggest the trim be painted the same color as the two doors shown on the video. It would look really pretty. It’s extremely hot here in Alabama as well. You have made great progress and worked so hard. It will all come together soon. Best Wishes
Stain your trim to match the ceiling! That will look sharp & pull the whole house together!!
Paint to match colour o doors, etc. That will make the ceiling look stand out better! Total look will be amazing!
awesome tractor skills
I suggest you paint a contrasting color. Easier to keep a consistent color and texture. Love that can mill your own lumber. Please stay safe in this heatwave.
You have a skillful operator on that tractor who is very capable in following your instructions exactly, with great results. The one giving the instructions does well too! So congratulations on working so well together. Keep it up, even in the heat! May wildfires stay very distant for you and our province!
Paint the mope board. Natural trim around windows and doors. By painting the mope boards beings your attention to your windows and sealing.
The heat here in the valley - Fraser - got the better of me yesterday and so I escaped to my air-conditioned basement and started to feel better. It is difficult to put up with the heat, when you get to my age (82)! Try to do one job each day so you can scratch it off the list at the end of the day. One more thing done an so one step closer to the finish line!
Paint you get to determine the exact tone you like, stain will vary especially with pine, plus it even makes the knots stand out which I personally don’t like. Paint for me all the way.
Stain It! You are doing a magnificent job! STAIN IT!
TOO HOT!! Glad to see you taking a lake break!! I thought solar worked best in the heat? Love the information from you guys! I vote paint the baseboards, sample 1. I think you’ll have enough word accents & then decorative style to get the “cabin” vibe. And I love your osha approved milling clothes & footwear😂😂😂 slow & steady wins the race…
Nope, the solar works better on cooler, clear days. We are getting 1.4 kilowats when we should be getting 2.1 kw. Big difference!
Stained! What I really like about you videos is y’all work so good together!
Option 1 will look so nice especially with wood furniture! Frames and furniture snd roof would be wood overload! My opinion
A vote for stain - that trim wood is beautiful!
I was going to say stain, then y’all threw in the last comments about all the wood. Paint em. If ya don’t like em after a while, change em. You’ve got plenty of wood up there:)
Love you all so much!💖🖤
Looking better every week y'all. I personally like option 2 BUT with the floor being more 'gray' option 1 would be good especially if you plan to do some wainscoting. And love the water shots at the end, really fun.
If you stain the kickboards and you don't like it you can always paint them later. If you paint them and don't like it you have to strip the paint before you can then stain them
I like a medium dark GRAY to compliment the light walls….then the wood you have will add some warmth as balance to the eye!
Paint the floor (wall) molding semi-gloss white. Never flat
What you guys have accomplished is AMAZING!! Baseboards- I painted mine because I wanted to trick the eye to add more height to my wall. At the time, I had 2 little boys who loved to run their racecars down the hallway and crash. So I added a quarter round piece in front of the baseboard stained the same as my hardwood floors to 1 protect the paint on the baseboard and 2 act as a bumper from my little nascar drivers lol. Hope that helps!
Stained trim would be beautiful and around the windows
I’m from southeast Texas, I get it y’all are in purgatory. Normal 100 F with 90% humidity is our normal. That being said we get snow once every 10 years on average my lifetime (I’m 60). It usually doesn’t stay 12 hours. Stay hydrated and lay low from the afternoon heat!
We've had 49 straight days of 100°+ F days in Austin TX in July and August is typically the hottest month. Plus, no rain.
I say paint it... I almost always prefer stained wood... but between your ceiling and your floor and other accents, I think the paint would look better.
THE SLABS REMOVED FROM THE LOGS WITH BARK CAN VE USED ON OUTER WALLS OF SHEDS OR BARNS. BY OVER LAPPING THE, FINISH LOOK.. NO PAINT NEEDED.
don't forget to put 45s on the boards you have to but together makes a lot better look when your done!You guys are doing a great job good luck to you!👍👌
Paint the trim. The floor and ceiling provide enough cabin wood look.
I suggest staining the wood. If you don't like it, you can paint over it. It doesn't work the other way around so easily.
Option 2 is best. Won’t overdo the amount of wood.
Stain, "Golden Oak" with a poly, semi-gloss finish.
BEAUTIFUL VIDEO.... LOT OF PEACE.... NICE... VERY NICE
REAL HOMESTEAD WOOD...STAIIN IT!!.. THUMBS UP.
You guys should think about investing in a high velocity fan that if you put in one window facing outward then open up all the rest of the windows on that floor about 2/3 of the way it'll create a little whirlwind inside kind of the same way that a fantastic fan does in the roof and then whatever you do I would stay out of the upstairs during the heat of the day because obviously heat rises and you should try to work on the downstairs during the heat of the day and the upstairs in the mornings and evenings when it's cooler, by the way Katie, you're a master on that tractor. 😁
Option 1 for sure... don't over wood it as you said...Hot here on the east coast of Canada in Nova Scotia. Love SUMMER
Hot air rises. Do you have a way for the hot air to exit the second floor? Fan and open windows. Bottom line is you have cool water to swim and chill. Use what nature gave you.
That wood looks great, but heck we're having a heatwave to and no I don't wanna work it's just to dang hot! Pretty sweet set up at the lake there I'd stay that as much as possible 🙂💐
I agree too much wood will be like woodsy cabin.. I think a nice white would be refreshing
My idea stain a piece and paint a piece put them up see which you like and go that route after all it is your castle it should please you . Bonus if you go with stain and after awhile you don't like it any more paint it bummer though if you go with paint stain option is out . One tip if you stain pre finish with a coat of prestain to reduce blotching . The advice of removeable sun block on the outside is right on . Cool in summer remove for winter to gain heat . Just a reminder I know you want the home finished but things get done when they get done don't burn yourselves out .
We like they natural look of your trim
There's a kinda transparent whitewash that allows the grain and knots to be seen, think that might work on the baseboard or skirting board as we call it
Hej from Germany, you live in the Paradise , the Lake, the Mountains - really really nice !!!! Apart from the Heat and the Snakes🙂 We in Southwest Germany have now 39 degrees, really hot ! take care by work with the big Saw in Swimming Trunks🙂
Stain - for sure, saying that as a Swede and we really like the wood look :-)
Stain the trim to match the ceiling
Stain to match ceiling👍👍👍❤️
I like the pine trim against the white. If you change your mind and paint, it's easier than the other way round. Love the use of your trees. Awesome.
definitely the same stain as the ceiling it'll tie in that beautiful ceiling you have man that turned out great
You guys are awesome. Join the crowd around the planet heatwave insanity just stay hydrated.
stain it same as ceiling... love the wood ceiling.
Stay cool guys......a day at the lake on those hot days is what its all about, Don't feel bad about it =) Best wishes
Suggestion.....when running the tractor and using the front end loader and you want to go slow throttle your tractor engine back and you will have better safer control of your hydrolics, and be slow with the control valve use !!!
Option 2. would give the wood grain look.
Good to see you both taking call
We have mirky unclear lakes in the lower regions of North Carolina, poisonous snakes, snapping turtles, and some alligators, you never know what is down there!
Stain as you have light walls, or paint a darker colour, otherwise it will just meld in to the wall. ❤️🇬🇧
I'm in north Carolina and the temp has been 98 and 100 percent humidity, can relate with the heat
I think paint, consistent with the vertical plane of the wall which leaves the horizontal timber floor and ceiling as the timber highlight. ..
PAINT for sure! 🤍
I like option 2. I do know what you mean about too much stain though. It's a tricky one.
I feel your pain on the extreme heat, we've just had record breaking 40° temps in England, it was hell but fortunately it was only 2 days. Fingers crossed that it passes for you quickly x