How much did you pay for excavation?

You two have done amazing job

Hello, I’ve been following you podcast and maybe I missed your reason for building your house half of ICF and half with wood. Please fill me in. I enjoy the work style. Thanks

Gotta like how you two make do with what you have, to set them trusses upright. It can look somewhat sketchy but you make it work. #25✅

With their safety practices it will be a miracle if these people live through the build.

Just love it so far!!!

Great job you two.

Bravo Kev and Cat, looking awesome, and Kudos to Cat for wheeling the scaffolding around, what a trooper! Can't wait for the next video, take care.

Hello you hard-working two, I'm wondering how you come up with this interesting roof shape? I'm more for simple straight lines, but it's up to you and you want it that way. :) Greetings from Berlin and you have better weather

Moving along quickly on the roof! Do you have a video where you go over the house plans and layout?

Greetings Kev and Cat from Jamaica 🇯🇲. Wow, things are moving along nicely

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I've just discovered your channel and holy smokes do you two ever do nice work! I'm looking forward to checking out your previous videos. After watching the front wall construction I'm wondering if it's possible that your engineer owns shares in LVL inc? Just kidding. :)

WOW imagine not having the crane just for the trusses, never mind the gigantic masterpiece :). Another great video, keep up the great work guys, cant wait to see that lake view when you have taken the excess sheathing from the windows :)

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Just watched the video this morning and it was great. Not the same video I watched yesterday. 😢

Yes I watched the the entire video and I could see the outcome. All of your videos are great to watch but this one was not the same. I think it was the position of the camera

Woww what a fantastic build ❤well done 👍 what a beautiful job can’t wait to see more from this team of talented people 😘 xx

Nice build on that rake wall. Don't strain yourselves doing the trusses

As that rake wall was stood up, all I could see was what a beautiful view you will have of that lake. #24 ✅

this is big job looking forward for results good job

Hello Kev and Cat, always look forward to your video, it's starting to shape up now, keep up the great work, you'll need your rest, for when you start on the roof trusses.

Wow y'all are making some great progress! Can't wait to see it dried in. Great work!

You folks are doing a great job,Sir you must have experience in carpentry awesome framing work.

Parabéns pelo trabalho, sou do Brasil e acompanho seus videos, parabéns ao casal.

That was the worst video I've watched from you. The camera was pointed at the floor so had know idea what you guys were doing

Hi guys you’re a great team together you’re going to be awesome building your new building ❤ ❤❤x

Looks really nice. I am pretty sure it is called cantilever.

Hope you won’t be offended by my comments, it’s just an observation, not criticism as such. For contractors “time is money”, so stitching a house together fast, get it up & get out is how you make profits. In your situation, not so much time is money. Part of “fast & nasty” is framing with nail guns. It saves a lot of time however it isn’t the best / strongest for longevity. Nails will come out the same way they went in if sufficient force is applied in the opposite direction to what the nail went in. Even the “quick draw nailing” isn’t as strong as it could be. When nailing, if you “toe nail” (dovetail nail) by laying the head of the nail gun to opposite sides, those two nails are stronger than 4 or 5 just nailed quickly in straight along side each other. In that situation “more isn’t necessarily better”. What I noticed (if I were building for myself) there is no sign of any adhesives between studs & jack studs or between LVL beams for eg. Neither is there even one screw in the entire frames I’ve seen assembled & stood in the videos thus far. Also no joinery techniques either, no trenches in top or bottom plates to fix stud positions etc. No noggins between studs to prevent twisting of the studs. It’s a fast build - but in my opinion not a very well skilled build. There’s a total over reliance on nails & only nails. This is the very definition of “fast & nasty” stick frame construction. It’s likely not too late to go back and add screws for eg, but too late for housing out top & bottom plates or using adhesives for eg. All “cross bracing” is provided by the zip board cladding and even that is entirely held on by nails, no adhesives & no screws. It’s just not as strongly & well built as it could have been with a bit more time effort and materials. Will that matter? Not a lot in the short term, but longer term, yes if there’s any form of earth movement or strong “tornado type wind loadings over the longer term. If it were for sale ever at some point in the future, having seen how it was built, I wouldn’t personally buy it. I’m no builder, except I worked most of my life with my old man who was a registered master builder starting in 1952, until he died in 2005. Building standards are just declining steadily every year, where “time is money” & “fast & nasty” has become the norm nowadays. I just think you could honestly do better with a little more knowledge / experience and attention to detail. My 2c

Creating your reo “grid” from rebar all wired together is very labor intensive. Here downunder we would use weld mesh sheets, cut to size & just wire the overlaps, sit on concrete chairs & pour. I guess if you don’t value your labour and the rebar is cheaper than weld mesh then maybe it makes economic sense perhaps? 🤷‍♂️ Other than that it seemed to work out OK. 👍👍👍🇦🇺

You both are working wonders Best Wishes from the UK

Another great video showing the house slowly coming together, I bet that porch is going to be amazing in the summer looking out over those fab lakeside views. Keep up the great work guys :)

les avant toit me semble tres fragile avec le poids de la neige mais bon ce n est que mon point de vue

Definitely starting to look like a house now. #23✅

Hard work people you are doing good work

Be careful with that man lift on soft soil with soft tires, especially fresh compaction next to the foundation.. By the time you noticed it tipping, it would be too late. Make sure Cat is never under the load. It's not made for lifting... That being said, I would do the same thing 😆. If you have some steel plates you could put on the ground for stability (or wood), that would really help. Or level the area and put down gravel. Keep up the good work.

Hello Kev and Cat, love the progress you're making, I'm sure that you guys are just as satisfied too. From what I can see, the lake looks like it'd be beautiful, take care.

Sehr interessantes Video. Wahnsinn wie ihr die Gibelwand mit einfachen Geräten montiert .Hoffe es folgen noch einige Videos. Grüße aus Germany

Hope you going to have help for those

Another Great watch guys, really coming along nicely, that looked like some hard work lifting them walls, great team work. Also loving the expanded narration in this episode. Keep up the great work, ty for the vids from the UK

Moving right along! #22✅

Hi Cat & Kev from an Autumny Wellington New Zealand It was a frosty 0C here this morning

Hello Kev and Cat, enjoying your progress on the house, thanks so much for sharing with everyone! Loved your trip in the Tesla too.

Just a thought, maybe it would be helpful if everyone watching your video, was shown your 2D house rendering to give everyone an idea of what your building.

Hello from Iowa!!! Another great video of team work between you and Cat. I have enjoyed all the videos and the trip to North Carolina. Keep it up you two. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Good to see hard working people instead of talker.

Great work but a recommendation back cut your top plates 5 1/2 inches so you can overlap the adjacent wall to it to lock it in place to make your corners much more stronger be safe God blessed

Well I got to say another good video I've been watching you guys for a while now I really like it you guys are doing a good job but on the lvls can I ask you a question why didn't you use wood glue in between those lvls when you put them together that helps strengthening in those and I got another question for you do you like your Milwaukee nail gun

Nice informative video, I see that the road trip was a vacation and you had plenty of time to drive out of your way to find Tesla charging stations.Not mentioning the time it takes to fully charge the car that you did not fully charge at any time in the video.I’m not knocking electric cars but it seems to me that the infrastructure is not really sufficient for a trip where time is of the essence.Love the Lakeside Build keep it up.👍🏻

Nice trip