Finishing The Exterior Of Our Home With Rebar And Concrete Walls 

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I stopped watching cable a long time ago. Who needs television when we have this.

Erin, your voice doing the narrating is so easy to listen to. I imagine you being an amazing story teller for your children. The overall quality of your videos has gone from pretty good to down right professional quality.

I'm not sure if a lot of your viewers realize how tough the work y'all are doing is. Your very talented! It's great the way you two work together.

In the corner, where the foundation comes together, you should go ahead and create a safe place for your family to go for rough weather. Go ahead and put two additional walls to firm a box and reinforce the floor of your house, or ceiling above the room. Even put in a concrete floor. This will cost very little but give you a safe place to go that will protect your family.

The chemistry between you two is so awesome & adorable.... The secret to longevity in a marriage is to actually enjoy each other...and y'all have that mastered!!!!!

My Sunday entertainment is complete .

I have to share something with you guys that's been weighing on my mind for some time now. I have been following your journey from the very beginning, not missing a single episode. You two have done an absolutely incredible job building your house from the ground up!! Josh, your knowledge of all things pertaining to building is pretty impressive to say the least. And Erin, my goodness...what a trooper you are!! Certainly not afraid to jump in and get your hands dirty doing anything that needs to be done!! And what beautiful kids you have!! And Ellie...how precious!! Having said all that, let me say this...Chuck is not a pretty fella!! There...I've said it!! Please take this in the fun way it was intended!!! Love you guys!!!

Ellie...”I love you Daddy”. What a sweetheart! This just made my whole day!

Hard working people who put the effort in. You guys are what America is all about. God bless you

Coupled with the voiceover at the end of the pumpkin carving scene, and your narration over the hearth n’ home scene at the end of this video, I believe you have perfected your story telling ability to evoke the desired emotion from us about warmth and love of family. WELL DONE and keep ‘em coming!

Your daughter telling you "I love you daddy" at the end of the video brought a tear to my eye. the love of your family togetherness despite my might not knowing what the hell Josh is saying 1/2 the time is copelling. Erin is a Saint! Hey Love you both and thank you for sharing your journey with the small folk who would love to be living your life!

Смотрим вас с супругой и не перестаем удивляться вашей энергии и трудолюбию,как у вас все хорошо получается!!!! Вы молодцы!!!! Привет из Сибири! ;))

One of my favorite parts of the weekend is seeing y’all’s videos.

Take the rubber handle off the rebar cutter and drop a 8’ long scaffold tube or similar over the handle, easy cutting for all the family 👍

i can’t wait until they start building the second section of this house. they are killin it.

My husband & I came across your videos Friday night & we have watched all your videos already! Love it! Was excited to see a new one today! I absolutely love it! You guys are the cutest couple, most down to earth I’ve seen on RU-vid! So inspiring! So loving! LOVE IT 💓

I was really sad when this vlog ended, I really enjoy watching you guys take each step building your home.

Josh you really need to get a piece of pipe to extend that handle on the re bar cutter. She will definitely love you more for it.

I would like to add with the plywood issue on the inside of the house when forming a temporary wall. I would think Josh and Arron will remove the inside plywood since it’s not treated wood. No need to add wood to ground contact for bugs/terminates to breed and trail up to the underneath wood framing. I would also suspect Josh will put in an inspection door somewhere around the bottom. So they have access too any future water or pluming/electric issues. I guess I can speak for the rest of us it’s so refreshing too see y’all’s humor and playful nature with each other. The tooth vlog was a hoot keep them coming y’all it’s so much fun to watch...

Praise God for giving you both the strength and guidance in building this beautiful home!

A cameo appearance by Ellie and everyone smiles 😍

Guys I love Sunday's, why, because you guys are awesome to watch and I love the way that your family loves one another 😊😊😊😊

You guys have a lot to be thankful for this year. Although, it has taken a lot of hard work and dedication to get it done, you have persevered. The outcome is a warm and cozy beautiful home. I admire your determination. May God be with you

Hello! My name is Evgeniy Pitlyk. I'm from Ukraine. Forgive me in advance for my english. I've been watching your videos for a long time. From the very first about building your home. You are both great fellows! The result you have now is simply impressive! People who do everything for their family with love will get it right. Good luck and success in your construction site. I hope to see the final video of your construction soon, you will take all the channel viewers on a tour of your beautiful home.

Had this same conversation many times. I really like how you both had the kids help. They will now take pride in their Home and can honestly say they helped.

My family has been in the concrete business for 6 generations, and I am totally impressed at the job you've done so far, but the bender/cutter is hard to use so I'm completely impressed about how tough your wife is, we only use that kind of tool if our hydraulic bender, or hydraulic cutter are out of commission temporarily.

Chuck doing that quality supervisory job as usual. Top Tier

Its a good thing that you've got Chuck to supervise. Great video and equally great B roll. Stay safe .

Closest thing to heaven on earth. Beautiful family, never stop living your dream.

can't wait to see how you get concrete between those forms

A big shout out to Erin for her much improved videography skills. I hope people have noticed how wonderful these videos have become. Near the end of the video I saw what looked like a hawk fly by behind Josh. I wonder if you have lost any chickens to hawks or other predators like fox or coyote since the chickens are free ranging all over the property. BTW, I get tired just watching all the work you are doing and have yet to do, but hopefully the foundation is the last big outdoor project for the year. Good luck!

Смотрю все выпуски, очень восхищаюсь Вами, Вы молодцы, как же выросла Ваша дочь за то время как Вы начали строить свой дом 😏🤟 Вы молодцы, так держать

Yay!!! I love it when I'm relaxing on the weekend and the notification for Wild Wonderful Off-Grid comes in! :-) Thanks Erin for all your hard work editing and creating and posting videos. Erin you are one impressive woman. And Josh too.. Bud you da man!

I like to see guys you can take a rest , you daughter is funny and sweet make every one smile for sure .

As a part of your videos you will have so much awesome footage of cute kids and goats and cats and dog and family! What a great legacy for your children!

Hi Josh and Erin. You guys are great in working together and a great example of great parents. I have a suggestion for you. Seeing that Erin is such a great farmer and all rounder, why don't you guys utilize the bottom part of the house which you are covering up now, to a vegetable/ tools storage area. Closing up the whole area will also cause a lot of dampness beneath the house which in the long run will damage all the wooden floors. If you convert it to a vegetable garden, you will have to change the top part of the planned wall and insert small windows which will allow air to dry out any dampness. If you are worried about not enough sunlight, you will have ample space to produce mushrooms which would provide you a healthy income once you have it running, as that needs no sunlight. You can also have a section where you could store garden tools and fertilizers etc. Just a thought. Thanks for sharing your life with us.

Always impressed with how much work and effort you guys put into this home! Gonna be some sight when it's done!

I fell in love with the A frame homes in the late 1960's. We had a cabin up by Mt. Hood. (Oregon) My Grandfather sold real estate. I've watched 2 A frames built. My friends home and yours. Cant wait to see the rest of your plans for your homestead.🎉 ❤🙏🏼🙏🏼

Vicarious enjoyment, thats also what the internet is good for. Your joy is no less for our sharing in it; of course it can be poisoned by envy but other than that there's no telling how much joy your joy can multiply into!

I am just blown away when watching your videos. You guys, as a family have accomplished sooo much. You have a beautiful home and property. I love watching the kids. They look like they are having the time of their lives. I also enjoy watching all the animals❤️❤️

I recently discovered your channel and binged over 100 videos in about a week. So happy I found you guys - love the videos!

Great job!! I'm in awe of how hard you both work on everything and in addition, Erin, you do an amazing job of filming and editing!! I look forward to each video!!

The video, the editing, the family....all 1st class. It's my favorite channel. Better than anything on TV.

Ppl like u that sometimes keep me motivated that maybe one day I can meet a person who adds to my happiness

That moon last night really was beautiful. We are getting a bit of mid-Autumn snow here in Northern Indiana. Hope you all had a great Halloween, and a wonderful All Saints Day today.

I am jealous of the wood stove and running water! It is 5 below zero this morning as I sit in my trailer watching this, heating with a buddy propane heater and getting ready to head out to finish the roof and the door on the outhouse! Hoping this will be the last winter in the trailer! Hahahha

Back braces aka heavy duty work harness wear will protect your backs from injury and or future issues such as arthritis and sciatica, I speak from experience. Your Mrs's can also look into combating future osteoporosis in her spine and skeletal frame by taking calcium with potassium vitamins daily. Women who have been pregnant and or given birth suffer from brittle bones, which affect teeth and their spines as they are, but is drastically accelerated by extremely hard physical labor such as construction, exercise and daily outdoors farm/field work. You'll thank God when you avoid getting the hump on your upper back through following my tips and suggestions. My wife and I love your two channels and how much love, respect, dedication and hard work you put into your family pets and all🇺🇸❤

Great job guys but you picked the hardest way to do that. On the next section of the house 🏠 look in to renting some mason forms. It will save you on time and concrete only needs to be an 8 inch thick wall no need for peirs. Great job for an electrician 👍

Wow, is going to look great! Bruce is absolutly adorable! The coolest pet :), he need a room inside the house, i think that is what is looking for! :) Love him

Best part of a Sunday morning. Snuggling up with a good hot chocolate and a new video. The leaves are beautiful in your area. Simply gorgeous

I will say it again and again ...you both are so brave,and I don’t think you need advice from any of us,Josh you are smart to deal with any problem , and Erin so sweet of you supporting everything your husband does .You are both very intelligent people but most important is your love for each other ,your videos are so interesting and so well done Erin ,I never get tired of watching them ,God bless and thank you for sharing !

It wouldn't be a Sunday without WWOG and a big thumbs up.

Erin and Josh, thank you for making me smile and laugh when there r days I don't want to. Love this channel! 🥰

It's good to see everybody is having so much FUN and thing are going Good . For you, and soon it will be All done, yap, thanksgiving is right around the corner.a time to be Grateful for all the is done. My The Lord always bless all of you.

Y'all are as Heartwarming as The Waltons were to Watch. Instead of on a backlot in California, y'all are Real. And it's very Heartwarming.Thank You so much for your hard work at editing your Lives to give us Hope and Joy of what a True Family Life Really Is.👨👩👧👦👦

Can’t wait to see how the stone comes out. All the prep-work that you are doing will have your project come out perfect. Can’t wait to see the results.

big fan here! love seeing the hard work and the love for one another. inspirational! keep up the great work :)

Over in the uk -the saying we use is You have to crack a few eggs to make an omelette . Ie make a mess to make something LOL. Superb to see how far you have got so far . Simply superb . Kudos to you all

I love watching you and Josh working, you are like a well oiled machine. It is nice seeing husband and wife working so well together. I'll take a work break for this any day was such a loving and caring thing to say when getting hugs from Ellie. Love your videos, your family and your extended family( all of your animals are like family pets). Already ready for the next video. Love you guys.

God bless you and your family. This is better than any Hallmark channel.

Should have screwed the plywood into the 2x4’s from the outside, you’re gonna have a hard time getting those screws out when the heads are against the concrete. Usually we always use nails instead of screws because of shear strength because screws don’t have the same shear strength that nails do. The house looks amazing, keep up the great work!

Y'all are golden, love what you've done and them walls are gonna be gorgeous great design!! I'm a bridge builder for over 20 years, your doing a great job!! I have mortered stone for our hot tube deck it turned out great!! You'll love the look of it! Much love and blessings always!!

Never miss any of your videos. May the warmth of your family make you warmer this fall.

I am so very happy that you now have a real home to stay warm and watch your 3 children build memories that will last a lifetime.

You need to oil the plywood, to get some level of release, from the concrete. And, I think you'd be more comfortable with breathing and hearing protection. Always be safe, so many people are relying on you. Thanks for letting us watch.

excellent job! josh is so professional! Hugs from Greece!

Glad to see supervisor Chuck is on the job!

You guys are great my dad is from west Virginia Bluefield he had 15 syblings and thing iv notice the most is there to dam quiet you talk this a good thing cause mountain people have a loveing heart and never express it clammed up and too quiet you guys are an inspiration to me the mountain people can be talkative which I never thought I'd ever see y'all house looks great keep up the good work very entertaining

I can't stop watching your videos. Sending so much love from Brazil

Have you thought about putting an access door on the high end to allow you good access below the home? It could be hid under the deck you're going to build in the future?

Josh you surprise me , you're an electrician. Dude you know people in the trades . Barter system still works LOL. My mechanic rebuilt my transmission for me , I processed he and his wife's Deer's . (I'm a Retired butcher)

I've cut a lot of rebar in my time building our all concrete house. The easiest tool to use is a 14" abrasive cutoff saw. It gets the job done without a lot of force necessary and you can cut multiple bars in one pass.

Long time viewer, love the saw horses!!!!!!!

If you make the forms go all the way up, how are you going to pour concrete into the forms? I thought you would leave maybe 8 inches open at the top so you can pour in the concrete and level it off, then to fill in that last 8", using cinder blocks.

Nice to watch between the morning fellowship at Orange Avenue and the evening Bible study and six o’clock service. Very warm and friendly, family loving one another ... worshiping ... so thankful for each other ... then lunch and back to the nest to wait to head back to fellowship ... and be able to love ... and be loved. So excited to see the coming completion ... the finishing ... and to watch the effort of love being poured out to accomplish this great work. It’s called ... FAMILY. You do not have a house ... you have made a ... “home”. Almost there. The cold wind has begun to blow the fall away ... soon you will enjoy the warmth of the home and live even closer during the time of ice and snow. Perhaps small interior finish effort will keep you busy filling the winter months. The animals will always keep you out some ... great time for the children to see ... survival. So Blessed to share your family ... thank you. Semper Fi

To keep plywood forms from blowing out use 1/2 inch pvc spaced 1 foot apart in the form than use all thread bolts, 2x4's, large washers, and nuts to clamp both boards together on the pvc pipes. After concrete is cured forms and all thread are pulled fill pvc pipes with grout.

i’m sure when you two start the pour i’ll understand how the concrete is gonna get in there...i think i see a very small space in the front where it could be poured but i’m like 😳 will it be enough room?! also...where are you planning to have an access to the underside once you get it closed in? good luck with the progress this week!! ❤️

I have several questions. Knowing the questions will prove to be stupid, I’ll wait and watch.

Family,love and home is what matter in this crazy world .!Thank you and god bless you.

Watching your videos is like catching up with old friends. My son thinks you have a cute kitty. Seems like you’re becoming a family thing here. Nothing better.

What kind of a person gives these guys a thumbs down? Maybe the expected mountain bike riding? 😂😂 You guys are great!

Nice ending. You guys so deserve your snug warm home. A beautiful reward for your and your families committment and hard work.💪

I am French and have followed you recently; Hats off to you! your income is substantial enough to live thanks

Erin needs a 4ft piece of 11/2 EMT for the end of that rebar cutter. C'mon man!

How are you planning on ventilating underneath the house? Are you leaving some holes or cementing in the entire foundation?

Bruce the building inspector!

It's awesome how you and Josh work.so.well. together . You two are an awesome couple ..I wish you all. the best with your new home.. You two have worked hard to.make a beautiful.home for your family . I realy enjoy watching your show..I wish for you and your children to.have a wonderful.new year full of many adventures and making wonderful.memories for yourselves. You all deserve it . Take care . Sincerely, Teresa C . 👍😊🇺🇸🙏🌹

That turkey is needing a table to sit on in a few weeks.

Yes one of those projects where things have to look worse before they can get better. Story of our lives the last 2 years right?! Haha

Chuck did a great job supervising.

I like the channel because it is simply the life I like most, in the middle of nature.

_"So we're going to get that answer straight from the horse's mouth."_ 😅 This horse seems to be quite wise, by the way...

@ 4:50 +/- We just witnessed Josh’s, “after some beers” sexy face! Lol 😂 Erin, you lucky girl!

That is an enormous task handled by Josh and Erin. You have much to be proud of a beautiful family, strong marriage, family values, solid work ethic, many positive attributes. Stay safe and stay healthy. Greetings from Highgate, Vermont.

The finishing touches to the ground work, will look stunning with the stone done ❤️, Josh is well ahead of the game, Beautiful warm home in stunning location ❤️❤️

Ah. dropped everything as soon as I got the notification.

Well, I think I'm following this. Will the underside of the house still be accessible via a hatch if any of the pipework springs a leak or is it completely closed in and fixable from the top side? Gah.. I clearly no nothing about house building and US construction styles even less so! Still..looks great and I've no doubt that it'll all make sense to me once the stonework goes on, everything else you've done has so far. 👍

great to see you enjoy your family and the home you have worked so hard on

Thank you so much for the quality video that you guys put out every week...Watching you guys is a real pleasure...except...except the fact that you guys remind us what a REAL RELATIONSHIP should be like with someone...bittersweet especially when yours is soooooo screwed up....THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US IT'S POSSIBLE...with the right person 💞💕love you guys