ADMITTING FAILURE.. OFF GRID HOMESTEAD & Moving On 

I recommend a bit of silicone where you used the tek screws to fix the roof, the rubber on the washer will perish fast on the Portuguese summer. From a Portuguese living in the UK, all the best and looking forward to the completion of the great job you're doing!

For a couple who have little experience you are doing a great job and you both are an inspiration to others for your hard work and all done with a smile on your faces. I look forward to you your next projects. Thank you again 😁👏

The sheets should get their rigidity by running at 90 degrees to the supporting rafters (timber supports). The flat parts (valleys) of the roof sheet should be fully supported across the width of the sheet. You have lay the roof sheets parallel to the rafters and therefore the wrong way to do this. Sorry to have to tell you this. In future so you don't make potentially costly mistakes, ask for advice before you start the jobs. You may get away with leaving these as they are but I suspect they will start to sag in the middle of each sheet where they are unsupported. Just thinking you could add some battens under the roof sheets running in the opposite direction to the rafters. This will better support the lower corrugations in the middle of the sheet.

Very nice addition and as you say a nice, shaded area for your hot summers. The two of you work so well together and overcoming your fear of being on ladders to get the job done is very impressive. Great video and drone footage.

While it may spoil the wonderful lines of your roof, I would add some battens under the roof panels at least where the panels come together. A little extra support in case something stupid happens, even in the deep South we get snow every 6-7 years. I would also get some caulk and caulk the screws/bolts that had to go into the valley. Over time with expansion and contraction if they are not sealed they will leak. Overall, even with the mistake (NICE CATCH!) you guys are doing great! The structure itself is strong and should last a good long time! GREAT JOB! Will there be any walls on it? I would suggest at least a partial wall on the windward side. It will help keep rain from blowing in. Just an idea, you guys do you!

Great job! Small suggestion, place gutters to collect water...not sure if the roof has a little inclination to drive water down.

I’m still making mistakes at twice your age, you only learn from your mistakes if your not making mistakes your not doing anything. Keep up the fun it makes life go round easier, 🎉❤.

Thanks Laura & Dan! Your land and homestead is going to be such a pleasant and relaxing place to eat the bounty of your efforts. Some of the comments on this authentic video are so useless. I think that each new task you take on is an experiment and contributes to the value of your homesteading experience. Yes, you could have both gone to a carpentry program however there is nothing better than on-the-job train8ng in sunny Portugal. 🌞

I wish I had done this sort of thing years ago. My daughter turned 16 last week and we have just started to look at properties in Portugal. It's nice to see a young couple from my neck of the woods making good over there. Strength to your arm :)

I still learn from my mistakes and I know you two will as well. The structure may need some angle bracing to stop any swaying as windy conditions could affect it. Great job so far Laura & Dan!! :)

Dan and Laura, God Bless and how wonderful! It is always a joy to visit and see all your hard work. So many smiles!

Wow! That's a lovely addition to the land. Well done, Laura & Dan 👏👏👏. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. 💚😊☘️.

Well done Dan, Another hard days work!

piece of advice: here in portugal we rely on neighbours for a bolt, a nut, anything really; if you think a no is garanteed you'll be pleasantly surprised how people go out of their way to help out. plus, we got plenty of nuts 🤣🤣🤣

Always enjoy your videos and what an amazing job you two have done. Really admire your patience, kindness and gratitude! ☀️

I would suggest that you put braces on the corners which will help prevent the structure racking, also maybe some braces noggins between the rafters well done , keep at it it’s all a process.

Great job Laura and Dan.!!! One tip I would give is when installing the foundation is I would block off the back wall where the stove is going to be ( If you plan on putting in a stove that is.) with some stones, and on the other three sides I would add some thin but sturdy beams from the roof to the ground all the way around the other 3 sides of the outdoor kitchen, that way some screening can be attached later with a staple gun, with screen doors on the front and back for easy access. We did this for our outdoor kitchen, and it really minimized the bugs and mosquitos and how much stuff got blown around when it was rainy or windy, but it is looking good so far, I would LOVE to see longer videos in the future, I'd happily watch you guys build all day. And you are DEFINITELY going to want to put some screening up to block off the gap between the underside of the roof and the beams if you don't want birds nesting there in the future.

Great job guys! I did laugh when you started putting the sheets up and so glad you noticed it. Anyway, you got it all up and it looks really good. Love and be safe!🤗😘🌼🇻🇪

GOOD JOB YOUNGSTERS.... START SMALL LEARN THE BASICS. IVE BUILT MANY A HOMES AND DEVELOPED LOTS A PROPERTIES WITH MY DAD. CONSTRUCTION IS VERY BASIC, YOU TUBE UNIVERSITY IS A GREAT TOOL . GETTING OVER THE INTIMIDATION ITS JUST A MATTER OF PUTTIN YUR HANDS IN MOTION. GLAD TO SEE A BREAK IN THE WEATHER, AND SHADE IS ESSENTIAL IN A SUNNY CLIMATE. I LIVED IN CALIFORNIA MY WHOLE LIFE EXCEPT FOR ABOUT 6 YEARS, AND ITS SO DARN HOT IN SUMMER. MILD WINTERS, SHADE AND TREES ARE A MUST. A LITTLE TIP FOR POSTS IS TO PUT A FEW INCHES OF GRAVEL IN THE BOTTOM OF HOLE, AND TREAT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST. WONT ROT OR SINK. ANYWAY KRAK ON!! OH... MAKE A HABIT TO WEAR GLOVES... YUR HANDS ARE THE MOST USEFUL TOOLS YOU HAVE.

Great job so far Laura and Dan, and yes we all learn from our mistakes. Love the progress and look forward to seeing the next video. x

I’m so excited for each thing that you add to your land. I love that you are proud of your accomplishments. Keep going!

Beautiful , I lovit . Love the guitar music too that you have selected it fit so nice with your two's journey

You both deserve to be proud of a job well done.

Good job you two! We enjoy watching your progress from Canada!

I'm glad u decided to use thicker timbers. I see a few off grid living videos and a lot of people seem to use what appear to be timbers that u have to wonder about the integrity of them. It's all coming along nicely. An outdoor kitchen - u won't know yourself !!!

Food for thought (accidental pun) to help with shade and cooling off come summer time, I would recommend a shade cloth wall on the side that the wind comes from the most and then run misters or trickle irrigation along the top. The water runs done the shade cloth and the wind blows through to cool you down. Would definitely recommend some noggins to support your roofing sheets to help extend their life. Otherwise, well done guys 👏👌👍. I know in Australia, to help against termites and rotting, it's best if we seal the ends of the wood (encased in concrete) with some sort of bitumen or tar type paint. I don't know if you did this or looked into it?

That was a great job you to thank you so much for sharing and your time was awesome never miss a video.

Congratulations, great progress on your outdoor kitchen!

Great jobs guys I can’t wait to see what you all come up with next.

I'm sad because I finally caught up with all the videos. Now I have to wait for the next one instead of just clicking next up.

Good on you mate, every mistake is a free lesson. Killed me when I noticed it! Easy done when filming I guess, if nothing else, your honesty will get you both a long way!

I would recommend putting noggins between the rafters to support the roof panels

Dans laugh is priceless 😂

The roof looks super need. Nice music in this video❤

Good job, it is already looking amazing!!!!

Bravo guys. Love watching how it all goes. All the best

Outdoor kitchen looks great guys 🤘👍 I wish i had a pound for every time I've been halfway through a job before I realised it was wrong 😂 it's a good way of not making the same mistake twice, so really, it's a win win 😀

oh quedo maravilloso y tendran un buen verano,feliz de ver sus videos como van avanzando hasta la proxima

Thanks for the video, a unique building. For the first time I see a roof with the purlins in the same direction as the plates. Perhaps with the following roof purlins lay transversely on the roof.

Great job on the out door kitchen!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Awesome job guys, looks amazing 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🍻👍

Well done both of you it looks fantastic. Only one suggestion would like to make to you is the wood to roof sheets is the wrong way round the wood you screw to should go the length of the roof that way you can add mor screws as necessary. It is up to you if you wish to change it I know I would and the easiest way to do that is to get some 50 x 50mm wood the longest length of the roof 1 for each 600mm plus 1 so if the roof is 3 metres wide you would put a 50x50 at 0,60,120,180,240, and finally at 300cm or whatever your span is then screw the wood at each place it sits on wood then screw your roof sheets back on and you will have a better supported roof that will not sag and can be screwed to the 50x50 at more places if it flaps a bit with the wind. If you need any help drawing up what I mean please let me know and I’ll help where I can. Only wanting your place to last the time span.

Good job. You can collect all the water too

Yayyyy, it looks amazing, well done both of you 👏 👍 👍👏😍😍

Great job! Taking shape your homestead👏👏. Bolts=Parafusos Nuts=Porcas (same word for female pig, porco and porca 😁).

I would have added some 3 or 4 x 1 the other way from your joists to put the roofing onto. more support for where they lap over each other, and angle supports on each corner. Will you be fitting rain gutters and water storage at all.??

Lovely vid as always and I know you ask Nick for advise. Keep trying, learning and improvising and don't worry about the building inspectors until you build a house 😁 x

Cracking job ,love the roofing panels

Great job it will look amazing when it is finished.xx

Lookin good. Always look forward to your videos. All the best from London Ontario Canada🙈🙉🙊

Well done you too your getting there never worry about mistakes every day is a school day ☺️☺️

You are Amazing, love watching your videos. Thanks

Beautiful. I love watching your journey

Nice work guys, your smashing it. stay safe J.

Great video and thank you for your precious time.kindest regards tam 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

As I was watching, I started hollering...stop, it's backwards! I'm so glad you are learning from your mistakes. It looks good!

Would be great to see your Portugal traveling as well. Some nice places, roads, markets, people etc

Hi guys, the place is really starting to take shape, must be very satisfying, take care

Awesome! Thanks for sharing 👍

You should of run 1X3" boards across for winter support will stop them from bending down into the Ktchen. You put these boards about ever 24" apart the run from side to side. Peter

Stukkyu is right. It is very weak. Just make a pile of them up on the rafters and do the cross bracing. One other thing. You don’t have to mix the cement with water. Just leave a couple inches at top and fill that with water. It will cure very hard because the less water you add to concrete the stronger it is. You should have gotten a lot more rock for your drive way. Oh to keep the roof from leaking. I would just add short supports between your rafters. If not you will need to fill ever hole that you could not put a screw back in. I admire your spirit. There are even video on UTUB about roofing. Later

Go the bodge builders! 😂 Your video title was a bit confusing - you never fail as long as you don’t give up. You learn, you revise, you grow ❤

Your doing a great job for beginners, my only thing is where your screwing your roof , we always screwed on the top of the ridging , the thinking was by screwing in the channel the water flows and after awhile the rubber washers breakup an let’s water in , keep up the good work and all the best from downunder Australia 🇦🇺

Looks great! Well done! 🙂

You 2 really are such hard workers. Do you find your day is pretty much in rhythm with the sun, as you do seem to get up early x

Laura nice t-shirt with the Triskelion on it.

Top job dan, look into making a water level next time, it makes life so much easier, only way to learn from your own mistakes, top job from Australia.

Enjoying this

Nice start👍

Hi. Great video. Thank you.

I have such an urge to leap into this lifestyle exactly like you've done! it really resonated with me when you mentioned working 12hr shifts and feeling this kind of hard work is more rewarding. i could spend all day everyday completing projects and tasks like this. I really want to get back to nature! For me, having less is having so much more. My issue is i have no idea where id go to do this as i have no connections anywhere else. Im London born n raised, but my spirit tells me every day im not a city person. Laura, Dan if you do see this, how did you both decide on Portugal. Forgive me if this has been answered in a previous video, i only found your channel a few months ago and have been watching since.

great work!! keep going..best greetings José

Great job, guys.

Love what your doing 🦘🇦🇺

Looks great 👍

Looks great. God bless y'all.

The screws should be on the peaks so the water runs away from the hole made , screws in the valley are underwater .

Hi Guys, just found your channel and we’re loving your videos, very inspiring. I wonder if you can tell us in what part of Portugal your land is located?

I think It would be a great idea to put solar panels on the roof of the new building

Always watch other RU-vid Portugal channels.. who have done this.. we all have to learn.. take care.. you two are inspirational for young people with a dream 😊

Suggestion: Shou Sugi Ban.....by burning the wood, you will preserve it...including contact with the ground.

Great music

well done man, looking good....

Looks amazing well done

Hello my favourite youtube channel friends I love following your adventures as l have said before This Grandma is just wondering if you could use the outdoor kitchen framework you have just made to hold solar panels - they would make a roof for it and as sturdy the frame you made will not need altering just swap solar panels for the the sheets you put on Just thinking out loud X Hope you are having a good week X

It looks nice but I think the roof should have more of a pitch (slant ) to it for water run off.

I hope you put boiled linseed oil on there cuz that will preserve it really good

Beleza muito bom 👍👍👍🇧🇷

Looks awesome 👍🏻🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸

Good job!....

Should have added large lean to into your barn and made your kitchen out there

Grandjob all the best looks 👍👍

Laura and Dan. I don't think you should have used bolts in the uprights, because over time the bolts will compress the timbers and then the bolts will become loose.

Mistakes happen fact of life, great job onwards and upwards 👍

Dam Laura just saying wonderful job but in the future you should put down a layer of plywood first over rafters then these roof panels. If by chance you have bad wind storm,... or hail storm,.... the wind will rip these right up and hail will go straight through them. why wind ?? because these are so pliable or bendable. Not rigid enough so they need more support. plywood sheeting down first would be awesome for these. And even as thick as they are remember sun is on them all the time.. so UV has the ability to dry and degrade them... pretty soon with wind and sun always on them moving them up and down they will crack and come apart, may not be today but they will. being new they will hold but wait a while like us they will degrade and come off. I bet more at screw sites it will start first. Love how you handled your first mistake !! putting them on upside down.... so many times me doing construction i have done the same thing.. over the years and many buildings and homes later it all comes into play... it is called experience. And building this yourself.. you will find that. but believe me when i say listen to the vast knowledge of other builders out there who comment on your videos.. they are giving that, from their vast library of knowledge... another words they did this before and had to fix theirs so they are trying to save you from having a bad day. be safe take care have fun it is what life is about.

Two things. You skipped a layer. Between your roof beams and the roof panels there should be purlins, or latillas, running perpendicular to the beams and about every two feet up the roof. 2X4 or 1X6 ,, even a good grade of 2X3 would work. The other item is more important. Each corner at your four posts require corner braces,, diagonals , 2 per corner,,, And on the flat you should have a diagonal brace screwed to the bottom of your rafters. The two at each corner post in the vertical planes keeps the building from swaying in the wind,, and the diagonal horizontal stops the parallelogram effect. (Open a box, cereal box, cardboard box,, and with the top open squeeze opposite corners to form the square or rectangle into a parallelogram.. Not good in a building)

Shouldn't the screws be on the ridges. In the flat parts water will run and it can get in between the washer and the roof panel and get to the wood below.

Get a roller and paint timber before. Quick time 😊

Hi guy's, looks great! As the woodprices are crazy.. How much is one of that posts in Portugal? Regards Rickard from Sweden 🇸🇪🚐

Concrete should not be above ground when putting in posts the concrete should be down in the hole around the posts.