I like that you took the time to pick up the trimmed off foam.

Jesse, love your videos and especially the way you treat your son. I'm 82 now and I sit here and tear up as you remind me of my Dad and how he always let me help and learn. Thanks!

Every time I watch one of these videos there’s one more turkey. Very enjoyable series. Please keep it up.

It's really nice to see you working patiently with your son at his speed. He's learning a lot more than how to build a house. I'm enjoying the channel. Thank you

Jesse, I like people who do things the right way. I find such people highly respectable.

Love seeing your helper out there with you learning the trade, doesn't happen very often anymore. love your videos keep up the great work.

Ha Jesse - those Turkeys are always helping you with inspection!!

Seeing you use a kingspan product amazed me. Kingspan a company that was founded in a small town in Ireland 🇮🇪 back in the 1960's, to now being used in construction projects across the pond in America 🇺🇸. Thank you for the content, really enjoying the build.

Nice to see someone who has attention to detail, the devil is in the detail, a good old handmade thumbs up to you. I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas.

I liked how you cleaned up the insulation pieces so the livestock would not eat it. Love those turkeys!

just when i was questioning how these gravel loaders know how much stone they're selling, you mentioned how they have scales built into the machine. love how you answered my question before i even thought of it.

Your son is a great helper. Probably my favorite thing about your videos. Beside you friendly turkeys.

Hey man! Just want to say I love your videos! Must take hours editing these hour-plus ones, but I appreciate every second you spend on it! Keep it up!!!

Nice job Jesse, place is coming together. It’s like going back in time for me. I did the same thing your doing, backfilling by hand, insulating. I installed the septic system, set the telephone polls. It’s a lot of work but well worth it. Thanks for the video.

Jesse….. you’re the MAN! Looks great. Thanks for the journey. I always look forward to your content.

Great to see you allow your son to help you and complete a task. Such a simple thing will teach him so much in the future. Wish more people would do that

Living in your homestead will be so incredibly rewarding once it’s all done!

Jesse, Fellow sparky here! All of your videos are very interesting!! There isn’t a thing you can’t do yourself!! Great content!

Your little helper and adult helper are great blessings. Amazing all you have accomplished. Keep warm and keep safe. God bless.

It's looking great J . It'll be ok for winter now . Perfect .

Planning ahead like a BOSS!😎

I saw this before, don't repeat this show. It was more than 5 years he was done his house completed. Thank you I appreciated it your shows.

As a viewer when I’m watching a Timelapse of you digging it’s easy to loose track of the reality of how long some of this excavator work can take and then you slow it back down to real time and it makes you realize just how much time your putting in on these projects.

Thanks for showing all the work involved. Too often this step is skipped over its all good nice video.

Perfect timing, just sat down with dinner!

Your Turkeys are pretty chill, they come check out the work in all your recent vids.

I'm sorry, I don't remember the little boys name but I always see him right by your side wanting to help you with everything you do. He wants to be so helpful. What a blessing to have someone look up to you like he does. I'm so glad to see you letting him help you and be by your side, giving him jobs to help.

You do awesome work Jesse. You’re a good young man that works hard to provide for his family. God bless you.

as you said, plenty more to do ,looking good , superb work as always

every time i watch your videos they get better and better, I love the way you explain everything you do, in such an easy to understand that we get what your doing, and why, amazing Jessie, cant wait for your next video

Thanks for sharing your progress, your going to have a comfortable home to live, warm too.

Great to see you new and prepared for the future with the utilities and that your plans are happening! So happy for ya

Looking Good Jesse. Doing a Hell of a good job . Cant wait till the home is complete..Great Video Thank You for sharing it..

How beautiful is this Father and Son working I unison. Son learning from Father!!!

Great stuff. Quite addictive seeing your house come together.- Looking forward to the next installment.

Your son is a wonder kid (wunderkind?)!!!! Awesome!

Another simply amazing video from a master craftsman!!!

Love seeing you do utility work almost as much as when you work on trucks!

I keep talking you up to my PCA(personal care attendant) so he sat and watched a few videos and finally he is convinced like myself that your the definition of what hard work does. My pca is going to finally subscribe and understands why I can enjoy watching your plan come together. Once thats done, his kids will probably do the same. I may not count for much Jesse but I feel like it helps you grow at even a little bit, its growing. Take care and enjoy the upcoming holidays as well. I extend these wishes to your brother and the friend whom work with you

Enjoy your explanations and descriptions. Learned why and why not for lots. Aerial photos outstanding

Peel and Stick will always wrinkle and as you say make access points for moisture. The coefficient of expansion for the substrate, the adhesive, the concrete and the alumininum, not to mention the concrete dust all are different and all work over time to cause it to wrinkle even if it was laid flat and true. I used it in several applications and saw it happening. On the roof deck it lasted less than a season and wrinkles appeared all over the 700 sq. ft. Any imperfections in the substrate (and who has perfect conditions on any job?) will also cause it to not bond properly. I do have to say that Grace Ice and Water Shield performed excellently if applied as directed and perfectly flat also in its flashing version but these are underlayments not in standing water as can happen with a foundation even for a few days (snow thaw for one). So I agree that a liquid membrane is best for basements and footings. Looking good. I would suggest a fence post puller (used with steel fence posts) for pulling your stakes. They are cheap and you will be using it a lot in your business. Keeps the bending to a minimum. Also a square edge hoe for peeling the foam off the footing wall joint? As I get older I always look for ways to reduce bending over.

Just got home from ..having me Pints enjoying ,,well done!1Cheers!;-)!!

The place is looking good, JM. I can't wait to see the finished product.

I was going to bed (Midnight in UK) but the notification popped up and here I am now lol

Jesse thanks for posting all of your hard work - I am really learning a lot and enjoying watching you and your friends make your dream come alive.

great Video Jessie. Shows how different we do things in the UK. Have a wonderful Xmas.

nice decision to save the tree. well done Jesse! :)

One last comment Brother. You have the very best help and dad could ever want!!

Your are training your son to be a man some day down the road. Like my grandparents did me. your doing a good job Jessie.

Awesome work Jesse! I remember how excited I was to start working on developing our 6 acres in NY halfway between Troy NY and Bennington VT. I rented equipment unfortunately til buying a Ford 1310 with a bucket and backhoe. We put in two Modular’s.

Great job, Jesse! I like that you show many little details in your videos. It is really great that you show the techniques you use and the materials you use. Your explanations are clear and concise. I wish you could build a bigger house but a not-so-big house is better than no house! Keep up the great work!

I Love your turkeys, they are always so inquisitive about anything you or your dad is doing. Was good seeing your older son, again giving you a bit of help, and to see this coming as far as it has . Love the way you waterproofed your basement. Personally I think that should be done, automatically on any new house build, and wish that had done it with our when they built it in 1997, since our house, and the one next door was built over a natural spring. Every time we get a heavy rain, our Sump pump goes off. Look forward to the next video, Figure you won't be able to move in til possibly next fall??

You answer a lot of questions for people who want to build a house .

You certainly know what you’re doing. Good job!

Coming along nicely 👌 You are one smart guy. You know so much about building, grade, insulation and utilities, etc. Very impressive. Peace and good fortune and good health to you and your family. Happy Holidays 🎊 🎄 🎉 😊 All the best!❤

Love all your content sir. I gotta say that excavator camera work, edit, and mix from up on the boom was superb.

Hats off to you Jesse ..GREAT ADMIRATION for your tidiness & organisation :) Enjoying every bit of your home building !!!.. Mind blowing knowledge and wisdom you have ... Blessings to you & your family ...Great job

Thoroughly enjoying your project will watch it to the end loving to see how it all turns out. Great job. Your young fella is definitely going to take after you when he get older he does a fantastic job helping you.

Looking good Jessie. Yes, first fill done a good milestone.

Maybe it's just me but backfilling against the basement there feels like a HUGE step forward on your build there... ties everything together real nice. Last time I had to dig up my water line to my well house I ran some 4" conduit and ran my water line and power through that. Not sure if that's technically to code or not but I figure the direct bury cable I used should hold up fine. Hopefully I never have to mess with it again, but if I do I should be able to pull a new water line/power through the conduit without having to dig everything up again. Looking forward to the next episode!

Маленький помощник видимо ваш сын. Вы молодец что привлекаете его к работе. Он запомнит что строил дом вместе с вами. Всем мужским навыкам нужно учить с детства. Желаю всего хорошего вашей семье.

My friend built a house with a basement, while we were backfilling the foundation the man helping us kept telling us more gravel. I asked him why, he said the gravel is cheap compared to the cost of coming back to fix it.

Step-by-step getting her done thanks for sharing for letting us come along

It’s taking shape Jesse 👍👍👍

Great video 👍Jessie I think you're video production is top class and your camera placements are above Dirt perfects!

Very nice progress 👍

looking so good, little feller lots of help, cherish every minute with him cause one day the grow up and have better things to do than hang out with pops

Every episode I understand a little more what kind of crazy thing you are doing here. It looks great!

Great shots, loading that black dump truck.

Some of those camera angles are crazy good.

Looking forward to your hydronic pond heat pump install but even more I am very interested in how you are going to do a residential second floor of concrete and still carry your ICF's up to the top plate of the second floor. Then a concrete slab roof?? I like the length of your videos, I can settle back and enjoy. Fun to compare Dan's progress and yours too. Enjoy the holidays.

You are gonna go far in this life.Helluva a work ethic. Glad to support your channel .

Never watched you before - started with the ICF series - Fucking impressed bro! You do everything.

What a sense of accomplishment it must be seeing you home coming out of the ground

I love your viedos, Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family.

Awesome progress Jesse! Looks great, it's so cool when a nice grade gets put on rough soil👍 here in Michigan code water line install is a full 5 foot deep. I've seen frost go 7' deep on a couple large projects, had to jackhammer to run my storm drains 🤕

All looking great; great job on getting it all done before the frost, snow sets in.

Thanx for the video and the time it takes to produce. Best to you and your family this holiday season. God bless.

Well done Jesse Looking very nice. Seasons Greetings from New Zealand.

It seems to be coming along quite nicely, i'm getting excited as i'm sure you are as well.

Thanks for sharing all this. Very interesting to watch. 👍

Great videos Jesse. The extra time spent creating these is greatly appreciated. I look forward to watching as you continue to work on your home.

Looks perfect Jesse and I thought I was the only one who uses foam on top of water lines to keep them from freezing ? Good call !

Exciting man! Coming together nice - look forward to the all finished pan away in the future

Absolutely awesome job Jesse

Sure do enjoy your video's the longer the better. Place is coming together.

Thorough, tidy and carefully done. First class - no shortcuts here. Happy New Year to you Jesse and your family. Look forward to following your progress in 2022. Happy New Year from Scotland - land of the whiskey!!!

Great video Jesse. A lot great learning points. Good luck on the rest.

This is a great video and this is definitely an good way to build a super strong and efficient house....One thing I can't believe you get away with is zero soil erosion protection in your area. The minute I pull a permit that involves any grading/digging over 5000 square feet the county is there to inspect....

Looking good Jesse. It is going to be so nice. Have a great day.

Mr Turkey, the building inspector :)

Coming together nicely

I like your explanations in the step process I get to see where I need improvement thanks for the great video

Thanks for sharing! So nice to follow the build (and everything else you share) :-)

Much hard work and great progress!

Congrats on getting your dirt work done before winter sets it! You made a lot of progress in a short time!

Merry Christmas Jesse to you and your family. I am enjoying the ICF build series....as I do all your videos. And I admire your wide range of skills.

That was a big job Jesse, well done mate!

I like how your future dinner is walking around the job site lol.

Really enjoy your videos!!