If you haven't seen it already you may want to check out part 1: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9ShjZNhqb2ZZGQ.html . Thanks for all the feedback I appreciate the kind words, suggestions and your thoughts. I will try to answer as many of them as I can in a future video.

We build porches very similar to this - you did an incredible job. To answer your question - we would charge $30k for this structure

Not only is this project completely awesome and inspiring, but this VIDEO is so well produced too! It is concise and well-narrated, the shots are high quality and clearly show the detail that's important to see, the drone work (assuming that's what it is) is beautiful, music is appropriate, and there is no superflous (or self-indulgent) content.

Man that is a work of art lol. Seriously you did a damn good job

You did a wonderful job, and I really doubt a professional that does this for a living would have bested you. Really amazing.

Just watched both episodes all the way through! Great work and dedication to doing everything the right way!

Random internet stranger here who's dabbled a little as a professional carpenter. I found your video while trying to get ides on how I want to build a covered area similar to yours but smaller for my shop and you've done a fantastic job! Your planning and attention to detail is impeccable. I'm no electrician but have been through several inspections and I do want to say for the sake of safety (I think someone has already voiced this in the comments) but I want to emphasize that installing wire behind the post vernier without being either inside the post or shielded with EMT is unlikely to be code and IMHO dangerous. I know you said that you passed the electrical inspection but inspectors miss stuff often enough. The last thing is the junction boxes in the soffits, you might consider drilling a small hole in the face of the cover so that if any moisture does get in there that it has a way to get out. Anyway I enjoyed your video! Cheers!

I'm not an electrician either, but a separate breaker for every outlet is beyond overkill 🤣 cool build overall

The end result looks amazing. Nice work!!

The ceiling fan detail makes me unbelievably happy😂

Wow. Quite a project for a “DIYer”, and IMO you’re an exceptional example of how-to-doer for such a thing. Awesome, enviable job and final outcome! Great planning for this by keeping extra shingles from an earlier situation. Lemonade. 😉

Holy Smokes! And I thought I had OCD... ha! J/K . It's so nice to come across this quality build after searching through dozens of hack job homeowner builds.. you could run a high end construction company with your work ethic and and over the top attention to detail. Liked and subscribed...

The custom printed 3D ceiling fan piece takes this project to the next level. Quite impressive. If paying someone to build this, you'd need to multiply your costs by at least 2.5 or 3, and you'd end up with an inferior product. One critique...it is guaranteed that someone (maybe the next owner) will want to hang something on those posts, and they will be in for quite a surprise when they run a nail/screw into the wiring hiding just underneath the surface of that cedar.

I loved the way you broke down each phase of the project. It really makes me want to compete a project like this myself. Great job. It came out terrific. Very meticulous!

Great use of Fusion 360 and 3D printing!

Off hand, I think two men could put that up in a week- 80 man hours. Shop rates will vary, but here in Dallas a "handyman', working with your materials will run $50/ hour, plus, a full shop labor charge will be higher- $70 low to $125 high where I live. Eighty times a hundred is easy- $8,000 labor. Btw, few shops would touch it and warrant any of it if you do not buy the materials through them, which would add another 10%- 25% on the materials side. Fwiw, I retired just a few years ago. You've done a pretty good job of problem solving your way through this project. Even professionally designed ones have glitches and unforeseen trouble spots. Kudos- I'd nap under it anytime and feel safe with kids under it as well. Working with your codes and inspections people was a very wise thing to do; when I remodeled a family home, I still pulled an "owner's permit" and did all the inspections and still have all my green tags, as well as the two reds I got in trade areas I wasn't as hot with. Learned a lot more than I thought while I was at it- inspectors can and will tell you lots if you don't start out going negative with them. It's worth noting that this "homeowner project" was inspected and will have no negative impacts if reported during a real estate transaction.

Our neighbors recently had a patio put in - though slightly bigger - was 80k in upstate NY. Thank you for this video! Will be watching several more times before we do our own!

Amazing job, you should feel so proud of what you have built!❤

Absolutely beautiful structure! Thank you for sharing the process.

Amazing patio. All your back garden looks amazing and weather is so nice!!!

First off.... WOW just WOW... you have got to be soooo proud of yourself... because I'm so proud of you! This looks awesome! Great job young man!🎉😊😊😊

Absolutely beautiful 😎 Enjoy !

Excellent attention to detail!

Been waiting a long time to see this finished. Looks great!!!

Absolutely Beautiful.

Great work on construction and videography kudos to you and Dad!

This is a how-to-make-a great-video ! 🎉

Looks Great!!!

Very well done, love your attention to the details.

Impressive build and massive attention to detail. Well done.

Awesome build. Your narration is the best. Thanks!!

Great video, great job. Excellent work, it looks really good. Looks like it will be a nice place to hang out away from the sun.

Awesome project. I completely admire you pay attention to every details while putting in every piece. It takes a lot of thinking and planning obviously. I’m looking forward to see more of your videos. Thanks for sharing

Great attention to detail.... Impressive DIY project for sure.... As you know it looks great..

Great Job, Great Video, Thank you for sharing.

Outstanding job.

Very nice, you give me good ideas, thanks for showing it.

very well documented series!

Love your channel, i was just rewatching everything this weekend. Awesome job! i like how you describe every little detail and take precise measurements of everything. I wish there were more channels like yours. Cheers from Brazil!

Excellent work! Way to be creative during this build 👏 👍🏽

Very nice, good job. I loved it.

Elegant solution in capping the ceiling fans at the peak!

Incredible job, Ryan!

I love the fence around the pool. It’s a great safety addition

Awesome Job!

I’ve been waiting for this video!!

Wow, blown away by your perfectionist tendencies.

My wife helped me put up 16’ t&g premium redwood under our balcony. I used a dot of construction adhesive and crown staples through the tongue and wrapped the edges in a crown molding. Sitting out there bring immense satisfaction. I’m sure you will have the same experience… something about doing it yourself 🎉🎉🎉

Great Job brother!

This looks great. The ceiling and beams are awesome. I want to do similar to the interior of my house one of these days. I want to do gray washed maple throughout the hallways and some key places on the walls for matching accent pieces. Always stoked to see you upload! excited to see what's on the agenda for future projects!

Good work. The only thing I would have added is speakers in the ceiling. Also When you cut treated lumber, you should use a treatment on the cut ends. The way you did it is fine as long as you put the cut ends on the top out of the weather and it looks like you have. Other than that I would have not hidden the wire behind the cedar. It's a risk that someone could drive a nail into it. Might be better to come up from below and tucked the wire under the slab. Sealtite conduit would be my preferred method from underground. but.......Very nice job! Really!

Once again a great video ❤️

Outstanding job on this. Great attention to detail.

Once again, great content and dialogue along with my OCD flair!

Awesome. Thank you so very much for the ides.

Very nice job bro-ham, beautiful cover over that patio. Now all you need to do is screen it in!

Really impressive project

Damn good job, looks real nice!

Insanely nice, thanks for sharing.

Great Job

I love the hammer 12:38 lol - CLASSIC!

Very impressive 🤙

Excellent job, well done.

Ryan this is killer!!!! Awesome skills

Great job! I’m very interested in your outdoor TV and sound solution. In lieu of an all-weather TV, I just installed a $200 smart TV with a good cover and then all-weather speakers connected to my interior set up. Works really well. The thinking is, if the TV fails after a few years, no biggie, just replace with another newer TV. That was four years ago and still working great. Thanks for the great content. 💪🏻 I learn a lot!

This gave me an ideal of what my roof should cost. My porch is 10' x 28'. Thank you for the info!

Nice work looks good

Really nice job. Watched both parts start to finish. Very impressed with your ability to stay focused. I could see myself starting something like this and then getting very discouraged half way through.

Great Great job.

Amazing job for somwthing youve never dont b4. We build outdoor patios and last week we did a 15x35 including the concrete slab for 25k

Very nice thinking about doing this to my back yard.

Nice Build!!!

You can be proud brother nice work I'm from south africa and we don't build normal with ceader of wood but I want to do this you teach me a lot thank you

Your work for P1 & P2 your roofed-in patio was excellent. Because you took your time, I would hire you. In Pittsburg, Vince.

great job

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Looks great and your attention to detail is awesome. Kinda surprised you passed your electrical inspections though, since those wires are only like .5-.75 inches from the surface underneath those post sleeves and they don't have any sort of nail plate. Hope no one forgets and tries to hang something from the posts, middle of it would be the normal nail or screw position.

W video, keep it up.

I really love this project! Great inspiration for a project I am planning. Thank you. I am an electrician and you I see you have one code violation with the plug in the soffit. You are not allowed to install GFCI above 6 1/2 feet above finished grade. But it's a pretty minor correction. You could solve it by installing a GFCI breaker in the panel and you would have covered all the plugs. Again, great job! One last thing... I absolutely love your solution for the peak Fan covers you made!

Nice Job..

Amazing video mate! IMO It will add $30,000 value to your home with the right home stagging!

multilevel decks are very good for additions for this type of covered patio try drawing out several design patterns then decide which one you like the best.

What an amazing finish, were you in the construction trades before being a teacher or did you sort of wing it? For a basic cost, a contractor would add at least the cost of the stock or more. What a project, you should be proud of your work and very well done.

nice job

Looking to do this and save money. Just not sure I'm comfortable/able to do the house tie ins But would love this result

In CT at least labor and material would be 30 to 35k. Great video.

Looks great thanks for the video. At the peaks edge thought about putting flood light aiming to pool and rest of backyard? Looks great.

Your tongue & and groove boards will get plenty of moisture from the air and a hard driving rain pushed by wind will get some of those boards wet. So sealing them is absolutely necessary.

I did watch both of the videos, I a very handy 64 yo guy much like yourself,enjoyed the video very much, I consider myself to be a standout in so many ways, electrical contractor by trade but able to so many crafts. I’m going to make a guess you are dyslexic? Your workmanship ,Attention to detail and craftsmanship is second to none, I saw myself in every consideration and move you made, was a true pleasure, and when you came to pricing the job out for the viewers you where probably correct with 3to 4 times the cost using a contractor, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN YOUR CASE WAS NOT THE COST SAVINGS BUT THE DIFFERENCE IN FINISH QUALITY OF THE AMAZING PRODUCT! Great job my friend 😎

I see your original video was a year ago, but just wanted to mention, there are spot lights on Amazon that are flat and simply clip into sheetrock, rather than requiring the can. They are indoor/outdoor - great for tight places where light is needed and a can won't fit. Love the patio, wondered where you got the trusses?

The canlights are freaking gigantic 😅 Nice build, don't know if I like the different angle on the fascia..

One tip when installing the tongue and groove boards.. Take a off cut piece of the tongue and groove (maybe 6" long) so that you can put that over the tongue of the board you're installing. This way when you hammer it into place, you're hitting a scrap piece and not the tongue of a piece you are installing and possibly damaging the tongue I also recommend pre-finishing those boards. MUCH easier on the ground than in the air AND you seal all the edges and the back that you won't be able to do with it installed

U got it right. 30 years experience. 12k mats = 24-30k total. Usually.

you need to build an awesome grill station with countertop space. Also the unlevel pool gate is really bothering me!!! hahahaha 🤣

Not a huge fan of how it connects and juts out from the house, but overall this thing is AWESOME! Great job!

Typically as far as contractor pricing goes.. A ROUGH estimate is about 3x the amount of the materials. So if your material was $12k..the total, with labor and materials would probably be around $30k-$36k.

Instead of an expensive outdoor TV, they now have some of these laser projector TVs that can be setup for an outdoor movie theater experience 😮🤓

Awesome job. I had to follow this project with both videos. Thank you for explaining your methodology with each decision point. It provided some rationale for each. One question was, why not coat the pine T&G before nailing it to the ceiling? It seems it would have been easier than working at that height.

Wood work and framing looks beautiful. But I think that cable on the post could be a hazard. Someone can nail something to it. Probably if the vertical notches on the post overlay had metal in it it prevent from screws and nails to pierce it preventing any damage to cable

If you passed electrical with the wiring concealed behind the cedar wraps then the inspector didn't do his job. At the depth under surface you would have been required to protect the wire from screws or nails that may be driven into the post.