Building your own home? Owner builder advice and process walkthrough.  

I’ve been building for 25yrs. Now when I hear “permit” I hear bureaucracy! Lol must get that permit for the culvert too.

Andrew valuable life skill information, IMHO, every high school/college should be required to teach. Great video for your viewers.🙏

OMG how much controls you have to pass, I am shocked! Certainly most useful for people in your area.

You provided a lot of good information! Anyone looking to build a house needs to watch this! You did an awesome job explaining things step by step! Have a great week, stay warm and safe!

Great summary for an unbelievable number of steps and inspections

Great breakdown on all the permits and inspections you have to do . I entered the building in 1994 as a helper and today I know codes and inspections cannot be ignored as coordination is key to building a structure efficiently.

In the process of building mine now. Watched alot of your videos to help. About to start electrical now.

This is an awesome video. Thank you for sharing the process!

The best video I’ve seen on the early building stages

Thanks for the vid on this. My house caught on fire the day after hurricane Ian so we are getting ready rebuild and I'm probably going to be doing everything I can myself.

This is as good as it gets. Thank you for a well informed, step by step owner's builder process to build their own homes.

The breakdown was very interesting and easy to understand, thanks to Andrew. Certainly a lot more involved than I thought. The end result your new home turned out perfect, well done. 👍👍❤️❤️. 🇨🇦

You are an absolutely good owner builder and your advice is really helpful and practical!👍👍👍

Only if I can find land anymore On yeah love all the videos,

Hi, Andrew! You definitely did all the proper research for building your house. Congratulations on your accomplishments. I know you still have numerous projects, but that is fun.

What a great detailed information.

Really appreciate this vid Andrew. Super informative! Can't wait for the "how to purchase property" video!!

You are a God send. Thank you so much!

Best video on this subject matter I have run a cross. I normally don't subscribe to channels but I will be too this one!!! Thanks 🙏🏽

Thank you. Wow, you sifted through all of this so well.

Thanks for the detailed information!

Wheeeew that was a lot . Glad to say I want ever go through that , took 30 years to be able to say that lol

Andrew, You could probably charge for all your advice on how to do it, Great video.

Hi Andrew., I am in awe. I thought you had a builders background while watching the house build until I was corrected in your new podcast series. So impressed with your attitude and get it done "the right way" attitude. (By the way, the link in this video description to that wonderful podcast series does not work. You may need to massage it)

Me as an aerospace engineer @ 14:15: YOU HAVE A TITANIUM ROOFING UNDERLAYMENT?!?! Oh, its a brand name of plastic barrier..😅

Very interesting and informative... 🙂

Good info 👍

Greetings From SAVANNAH Georgia 🌴Great Channel 👍Thank YOU ❕😊

Thank you.

So helpful. Thank you

Thanks for all the detailed information.

22 years ago when I got this property I bought a log cabin kit to replace the double wide that is on it. No matter what I tried l could not get permit to build. The reason was they gave me was nothing comparable in the aria. Ended up selling the kit for 5000$ loss and still in the double wide. They wouldn't approve plans for a timber frame or a block house engineered for my area. I have 6 acres of to it's self behind a double wide community. 3 sides don't perk swamp land and will never be developed. The community isn't visible from my property and developed independent. The only thing the county will permit in the middle of nowhere where I am is double wide ,no singles, modular , or traditional frame brick veneer ranch style only. To get the ag exemption I have to be 10 acres in production. Though I have a federal farm and field number allotments for peanut, corn, cotton and tobacco on this land. I was a builder in the Navy and built projects all over the world and can't build my own home it's disgusting. I have certificates in mixing placeing and finishing concrete , forming , framing , roofing , mill work, and they call them toy certifications. I'm going to build the home I designed many years ago one way or another before they put me in the ground. On my ground where the road dead ends in my front door. Not to mention that I was a certified residential draftsman out of high school. I never learned the CAD but I can do it all day long the old fashioned way. Just a little irritated .

You should write a book.

I've never commented on your page. I found you about 2 months ago looking for above ground pool decks. Got stuck on your content. I think I have 15 videos left on the house build. The job loss is a huge concern everywhere. My area used to have Bethlehem Steel and The Lebanon Steel Foundry. Those were all gone in the 70s before I was born. We just lost the natural gas business a few years ago. I drive 20 miles each way to work at The Hershey Chocolate Factory. I couldn't imagine where to get a job with a machining / maintenance mechanic background that has the same salary and benefits.

Well done. Thank you for all the information Andrew

Great work here and thank you for sharing!

Legend! Thank you.

Excellent video. Thank you.

awesome educational video.

I build houses for a living. For me having to do the paper work is the hard part

Good day all.

Do I need a permit before I nail a board? Or need a permit before I swing my hammer? GEEEEESSSSHHHHH

Instead of getting inspectors to come out afterward, can't you call all these people and figure out what you should be doing BEFORE you get told it's not good enough? Because to hell if I'm gonna be redoing stuff that isn't good enough. I'm either doing good enough off the bat, or I'm going above and beyond. OOH, I like how you mentioned the blower door thing. I watch a lot of Matt Risinger and he has some exquisite tips on insulation and how to really BOMB that ACH number like a champ. Ever heard of aero barrier? It's basically an aerosolized caulk process that can plug up any 3/8 or smaller gaps in your build. Super awesome stuff to use before interior walls get put up. That combined with his continuous exterior wall and subroof system REALLY makes for a good, complete, locked-in performance envelope in regards to insulation, HVAC, and leakage efficiency, as well as air quality in the home. Before Aero Barrier, some of Matt's builds get as good as 0.3 or 0.1, and after I believe one build is was either 0.1 or 0.01. So he's always at least getting "passive house" certification, and has gotten as high as 10x the sealing of a passive house cert.

You should sell this list IJS… I’d buy it.

Great video. I may have missed this but how do you go about finding the subcontractors to do some of the work on the house? Also, who organizes the inspections and permits, yourself or the subcontractors? Thank you for any additional info!

Andrew, Another fantastic video. I love the depth of information you offer. If you would still use your pole barn kit supplier, can you advise on the name of the company? We are one or two counties east of you and would love to speak to them about buying the basic building envelope to start our home building process. Thanks again for all of the very helpful information. Please keep the videos coming.

When you’re in the permitting process with the city do they outline the inspection process or is this based on your own research and calling them in?

Ha, you forgot on major purpose, increased revenue 😊😢 I’d be interested in more information on the metal roof screw pattern. In Wakulla, when I had my metal building erected, it didn’t” meet inspectors screw pattern. When I asked about the documentation, nothing could be provided. Errrrr

I still stare when Americans talk about a well as if dirt water were a normal thing to drink. Dirt water is literally dirty, and that's before anyone in your district actively pollutes it, fracks it, or sucks out so much that your well runs dry. If your local air is so dirty you don't want to drink the water than has fallen through it, you need to move somewhere else, because that air isn't fit to breathe either. In all other cases, so long as you're not living in a desert (and sane people do not live in deserts!) you should be able to get all your household water from what lands on your roof. Build a clean roof, put in a good tank, throw some filters on the line if you're worried about contaminants sneaking in, and you've got your household water supply solved for as long as you've got a house there. No 'dig a hole and hope', no mineral salts, no heavy metals, no fracked gas, and no running out.

It sounds like you have to start at the beginning of a long line and start handing out money till there’s nobody left

Thanks Andrew. Now that You've been in the Place a while !! 1st thing in the Morning, at the Hot Faucet in the little Powder Room, How long does it take to get USABLE Hot Water there. and How much Water do You think goes down the Drain ? I re-did My run overhead with an Insulated 3/4 Pex-A about 30Ft total distance and went from 45 Sec's or more to just Sec's, In the winter it took less time as the Slab is heated. And it does not cool off when I turn off the water, several Mins later I still have Hot Water. And turning on the Cold just cooled off the Hot line even faster. I gave The plumber Crap about not separating and Insulating the Lines. Sorry about the Rant but it bugged Me till I changed it. Mike M.

This is how you take back our Country! Hopefully many young men like myself can get enough knowledge from yall older gents and go build our Families. Because the Atomic Family is Americas best hope!

Where's the link to the cost breakdown?

What was your ACH number? Great Info. Thanks.

What state are you in?

And people say america is a free country. LOL YEAH RIGHT

This sounds fucking miserable