Formally "WTFarm Girl" (What the Farm Girl), this channel has transitioned into a family vlogging channel called " This Life We Live " where we are documenting our DREAM home build, Christmas Tree Farm and all around life on our First Generation Family Farm!
Join us as we race a two year deadline to build our DREAM Home: a modern-style barndominium with a shed style roof while also working full time and farming!
But the BIG LOOMING question is, WILL the kitchen from the $2,000,000 house FIT our design . . . or will it be a total BUST?!
Our stick-built barndo is on a basement since tornados are common here in Michigan. We have built a special safe-room in our house JUST for that!
One of our most exciting design ideas is the faux wood metal siding which will become a hot new home design trend of 2025!
Tie down straps?? Oh my goodness! I thought Eric had more sense than that. That wall is heavier than it looks. I'm glad the straps didn't snap. Tow ropes or chain next time.
Great, to bad this company does not stand behind its products. Purchased one and literally worked only 3xs and now going back & forth for weeks with no resultion.
Have you tried any of the Facebook forums? I'm sure there is one for Atezr products or laser engraving in general. I had a few issues with mine only to find out it was the settings in Lightburn. It would be nice if they could include a base user program that was straight forward and easy to use. XTool does with their M1 machine, it's a nice software piece and easy to use. However the machine itself is very low powered compared to the L2 Atezr, 10w vs 36w . I have found too many companies don't have good customer service. I had to order new parts for the X1 from XTool and it was a month or more before I got them. They kept neglecting to put my order in. But I would definitely check facebook for a group!
@This1LifeWeLive yes I have but came done to its either the wiring harness or the laser due to when I disconnect the laser it starts to work. I connect the laser and it shuts down instantly.
It sounds like it's either shorting out (wire coating rubbed off somewhere) or the wires in the harness are incorrectly connected. Can you get them to send out a new harness? I'd look around online and see who sells replacement harnesses, they usually are not much. My M1 machine I gave to a retired friend and they went to clean it and put it back together wrong, so the wiring harness got chopped by the cooling fan. Eventhough customer service was friendly, it still took 2 months to get the part I needed. I looked online and while I found retailers that sold it, all were sold out. Likely someone sells a wiring harness for the L2. I'd give that a shot and see.
@This1LifeWeLive well I go round and round with them. I sent them a video, and still the same response, we have to send you the parts and that might take a while. It's a short I know it is short, but if it were a real company, I wouldn't have to go in circles just to get something done. But I'm a valued customer according to their emails. SMH. Thank You
This entire wall is weight bearing, so the house engineers designed the wall carefully using 2x6 LVL 20ft long boards and headers. The only section that could be removed was the far right section, which will have a loft (2 stories).
Lost my BIL to a construction collapse. They were building a church with the engineered beams and had erected about 1/2 of them. Quit for the weekend and a wind storm hit the area. They went back Monday and started working and didn't notice that the screws had failed on much of the bracing. Until one of the crew bumped one of the beams. They all collapsed and he tried to run but didn't make it. The family was called and when we got there nothing had been touched. As a medic I went up to ID him and help with the recovery. The beam had missed all of his body except his head. The force was enough that it drove his head through the subfloor plywood which was 2 layers of 3/4" plywood!
Oh wow . . . wind can be sneaky like that - and if you are NOT living next door to be able to know what's happening weather wise, it's a gamble each day you go back to work on it. I'm sorry to hear about your brother in law. That's an awful story and a terrible way to die :(
WOW..STRESSFULL !!!! wall up no one hurt nothing broken. Now Sue , take care of your sunburn ! In the end you are a "sunburnt cutie pie 🔥🔥". From Illinois Bye 👍👍😍😍
In my country, houses made of lumber don't need engineers. Its not complicated to build. Unless it is a two storey concrete thi time we need an engineer. As a smalltown contractor myself, i saw some halfassing there by the contractor_ the erection of the whole span (section) with no protective cross braces. If im the owner i wont allow that. Fixtures will loose which affect the integrity of the build. They do it to make the job faster. The more faster they build the more money he saved. And you let your boards soaked from rainwater. Once the sun came in it will warp those installed beams.
Normally we don't engineer houses out here either :) However, the large expanse of the single slope roof was putting extra burden on the front wall, and since we get snow and ice out here it needed to be structurally sturdy enough to carry all that weight. A double peak roof sheds it on two sides, this sheds is much slower, on one end. You are correct on the warping. We try hard to avoid it out here but it's almost impossible. In the old days, they used green wood which started straight and often went crooked over time much slower. Usually most people don't get the roofs on very quickly or especially the siding. Ours will be done much faster than most. Even the lumberyards don't always keep their wood under cover, those large engineered boards came from the lumberyard rain soaked and darkened. We try to pick lumberyards that offer better quality, but it can be difficult. You do the best you can with the weather.
In the US a wall over 10 foot needs to be engineered. That's code in most of the states (IRC). Puts the liability to the engineer instead of the general contractor.
*Oh shite, I thought those straps were gonna snap with all that creaking... then I thought that the wall was gonna bend and snap in half.... but thru out it all I was holding my breath.... but especially when the dudes were going under it all. But for a 25 yr old builder & his crew.... they all got it up & made it all secure. So nerve wracking but job well done 🙂 They all deserved a cold beer or two after that day. I don't know what your sunny temp that day, but I hope the lads had some sunblock on their backs. 🙂 Great drone filming and yep I can visualise how it will now look. 🙂 Roll on next week's video 🙂 You all have a great non-stressful week 🙂nz*
The day of the lift the weather had been beautiful, nice and decently cool! I would say that was the worst thing they had to do, but it wasn't and there is still more "sketchy" work to be done. The expanse is what makes it tricky :O
@@This1LifeWeLive *Since they had never built a house like this before.... they are certainly learning heaps... but as long as they all keep safe... and not take any more risks... but for you filming it... please keep a safe distance the moment it starts to look a little bit even being 'sketchy'.🙂.*
It was sketchy and it was dangerous, but they knew what they needed to do. Like I said earlier, most builders will never get the chance to deal with such a creature as this, so it's a unique opportunity for them to gain a rare skill set ;)
@@This1LifeWeLive Respectfully, the skill set they should have gained was not endangering their crew and calling in a crane. It's basic risk management.
Susan, my sweetheart in the Lesser states of america. Morgan here from the greatest state, Alaska and out of your hubbies reach to beat me to bruises for flirting with you. All in jest as you know of many years now of watching you kids grow, wondering if the christmas trees ever really made it through all the complications of becoming a cash crop. I had my heart attack on the thirteenth of june and had I watched this in person today even, just might of been enough to have another. Very happy that this family has finally seen a part of a dream come true. I have watched the ICF homes built by millionaires in say N. Carolina, mostly by accident as I watch construction videos on clearing land, and more so the part of keeping equipment operating. I had my day in mechanicing, would not ever do it again even if I were the age of twenty five because of how I think about things being built. No longer american products built by americans here in our country, the land I fought for. Yes I have changed in many ways since getting crippled. I quit using sugar which was no easy task for my addiction was similar to those days when I drank like fish thinking I was keeping a shift open at Jack Daniels liquor business. I still am a independent but vote republican, hopefully Trump will get back in office and americans can rest knowing american jobs are coming home. No one person in office is perfect, I have my reasons that left me hating Trump over land problems but he is a business man and thinks like one. I do not want anymore people from being placed in alaska, with no paperwork, no identity, straight from china or south america. We are a republic and a great nation who kept promises of people who are american and went through the legal challenges to become a american... stay here and help fight for freedom. Maybe south of the content of this video but I know that you remember me.... just a old man who flirted with you... FROM ALASKA. Every state has its strengths and limits. We all have or had dreams. I have lost some of the horrible weight I was packing. Being trim and in shape like I was for so many years is now a foreseeable plan. No I wasn't big enough to be buried in a piano box, but when you get heavy like I was going... felt so ashamed of my weight. I best go feed Rex as he gets jealous of the keys on my computer, thinks we should go play ball or feed him... he is my life now. I hope its all coming true for you and how big your daughter is getting.... another farm girl who might just be president some day.
Hi Morgan, yes I remember you :) Glad to hear you have been losing weight! And for GOOD reasons! It will certainly help take a load off your heart as well :) The christmas trees are thriving this year, I should do an update. They are alarmingly BIG, and I'm worried they might be ready soon than we are!
Your builder has a tough stomach. Wow, you could have used a crane. I love all the large openings except energy loss. Far as washing the high ones,, I just use ammonia, water, an extendable handle with a car wash head, and a hose with a spray nozzle.
I was a bit worried about energy loss too, but our double wide is a MAGNET for energy loss, and it has tiny windows. So this can't be any worse, lol. We are planning on a wood or pellet stove for heating regardless, with the big open space it will be more efficient :)
@@This1LifeWeLive I didn't mention good UV Blocking windows also, because you have them bought. Mine weren't that great. I ended up having window film applied because the sun was bleaching everything out. The film is really great during the day. Although, at night people can see in, but you can't see out. It's pitch black inside when the power goes out now. So I have a good outage flashlight that comes on. It helps during the middle of the night.
That tall wall is like a lot of houses used to be built. They are called balloon frame houses, my house is 105 years old and it is a balloon frame house. Looking good though.
Your crew had no business lifting that wall into place, very ill prepared, that’s how people get very hurt or worse… need lift plans and spreader bars and somebody with just a little experience! Way too many guys running around in circles not knowing what to do.
There are not too many builders out here who have experience with a lift like this, certainly not residential. Spreader bars certainly would have helped them though and made it a bit easier :)
Oh gosh, that's got to be stunning! I love black walnut! My Dad has black walnuts, was just offered $130,000 for 10 of them! The large wall is facing north. For us we get our heavy winds from the west, not the north (oddly enough). SO our garage end is on the west side. It's a battle between winds, sun heat and the view behind the house. The #1 focus is the view, since most houses don't have that opportunity. The large windows will allow air flow in the summertime (hopefully no need for AC) and adding a wood or pellet stove for heat will keep the big room toasty :)
It not your channel not your house so . If that the way they felt it should be done then it the choice not your mind your own business thiy didn't ask you for your opinion
So here's the problem: The wall was professionally designed by an engineer. It was actually put up in two sections, the second one will be next. According to the engineered plans, this was the SMALLEST they could make it. If you look at the inside shots of the wall, you'll see the headers running all over it and the floor to roofline beams. All those pieces of wood were custom made for this wall and could not be cut. A normal double pitch roof would call for the wall to be split, but with the shed-style roof, the front wall carries most of the weight and requires specific boards and beams :) We had the plans checked by 3 engineers. They all said the same thing :)
😁WoW fantastic build.... I never have seen it done that way . I watch a apartment build in town and they never raised a wall like that. great video thanks
