Fixing Everything that Broke During the Freeze... 

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Chicken coop.... Matt singing in the car..... Family and dog... It was like a pleasant nostalgic trip down memory lane.

Just replace all the PVC with rifle barrels....you should have plenty.

Matt: when everything was freezing and bursting I wasn’t worried. Also Matt: enjoying the sandy beach in Florida as everything’s freezing and bursting. Lol

If you put in a “master valve” that has a flush point if you know a storm is coming you can empty the system. No water in the pipes means no ice in the pipes !

Replace all outside above ground faucets with "frost free" systems. When you shut them off they drain out all of the water above the frost line (you choose that depth) so that nothing can freeze. Not expensive. Easy installation.

I know Matt is very capable but when he said "I wasn't worried when everything was freezing and busting" all I could think was of course not you were in Florida 😂

Demo’s shoulder has healed nicely. He looks great.

I’m in our corrosion shop (Aircraft Structural Maintenance), just spent 7 hours making a full stencil package for one of our jets. It’s a process, but you put on some music and get into the flow and it’s a pretty good time! Gerber can be fun!

Only Og fan remember the days he crawled through the small hole in the wall 😂😂😂

Dude, "bucket o parts" is no joke. I recently inherited a cabin from my grand father and when I would run into plumbing or electrical issues, there was already all the parts I needed just hanging out in a bin, bucket, or drawer. Gramps knows how to avoid making trips to a hardware store.

Everything Matt has done to fix up the problems on the ranch and bunker are things I just take for granted every winter in my neck of the woods. Insulate or check old insulation on exposed pipes backup air compressors in case my big one goes tits up. They just are not equipped for that kind of weather. Glad you're getting things all patched up and running again. Best wishes and stay safe!

16:50 And the Lightning STRIKES 🌩!!!!! awesome Matt

Meanwhile up North.... "What are these frozen pipes you speak of?" lol

“Us country boys got a bucket of parts in the barn” lol, TRUTH!

Garth Brooks "thunder rolls" was a favorite song of mine until all that remains re-created that song..... AMAZING!

Great story coming out of TX Hello from Texas! I need to take a minute and brag about this girl right here. My daughter Meadow is a sophomore at Construction Careers Academy studying plumbing, pipe fitting and welding. She’s one of a small number of girls in her school and the only girl in her class. On Monday our pipes burst after having single digit temperatures in west San Antonio. We had no power and water and had to go stay at my mom’s for the past five days. It was 34 degrees in our house. Today Meadow went with me to the hardware store, picked out all the parts we needed and did the repairs completely independently! This girl is only 15 years old and thanks to her, her three younger Autistic brothers and I can finally go home. She even swallowed her social anxiety and knocked on the neighbor’s door to see if they needed help with their pipes. Everyone worried about us down here in Texas just know we have a whole group of amazing young people who are going to change the world! (I’m making this post public because I know people are worried about all of us down here in Texas. If you can show some love to my girl I would appreciate it. Life is hard right now with pandemic, distance learning, younger special needs brothers and the joys of just being a teen. She gets down on herself and I just want her to see I’m not the only one who thinks she’s a shining star that’s going to make a difference in the world!) We are incredibly grateful for Construction Careers Academy Parent Partnership - CCAPP Update: A gofundme has been set up for Meadow and her school gofund.me/ceda3155

Matt. Bro, I would LOVE to see you on the Joe Rogan podcast, being that he's in Texas now. Talking for 3 hours about guns, cars, and your journey as a business man, youtuber and father. It might be the best podcast ever 🤙.

after all those years, it isnt like watching a youtuber anymore, its more like weekly videos of cousin matt doing sketchy shit, singing, and being an all around stud 🤣

Thats the kind of episode that keeps me coming back. Shows you are still grounded despite the toys, the fame, the business ventures. Great one man.

“I can find some food” *glances at the chickens*

This was fun, I kinda miss these episodes. It’s the reason I started watching in the first place: slice of life, fixing/making things, seeing the businesses (for more than 30 seconds at a time) and whatnot. Now the channel is like 80% car stuff which I really can’t relate to 😔

I also caught Matt Risingers video yesterday regarding the Abandoned Mansion. Glad to hear you and yours came out alright

I love it how you interact with your son! My son is 6months old, and im not seeing him bc of problems with his mother. But bc of you ( Matt) i feel love, and inspiration when my son is older.

Feel your pain, same here in Florida after a hurricane. Everyone needs the same supplies. Florida has all that plumbing and supplies!

I’m a SoCal city boy born and raised. But, that country life seems peaceful. As I get older, the city starts to wear on me. Who knows, maybe I’ll start raising chickens in my apartment😂

"The freeze" sounds like some crappy horror movie lol

The Thunder Rolls rendition made my morning 😀

I’m in the sign and graphics industry, we use a Rolls Roller to apply transfer tape and to apply cut vinyl and printed graphics to flat panels. I highly recommend it!!

Who remembers the white chicken?

"I'm smarter than I look." Weeeellll.....sometimes we have to wonder. :P

I work for a plumbing company amd when that storm hit, our orders have been through the roof! Glad you got everything fixed

From Wisconsin - To survive all I need to be is a Northern Boy. We're used to that stuff. Glad you and your family were ok during all of this.

It's crazy how much Link looks like him, especially when he smiles 😂😂

"We can find food" Looks at demo...

Hey! Glad you got those smarts. It's great to see some plumbing repair. My Grandpa would have me right in there learning, watching, and eventually doing the repairs to. It was really awesome being one of the only girls in my school that could work on plumbing, electrical, building, farming, ranching, forestry management, machinery, and I was always thankful for the opportunities to learn. I learned more skills on the family farm/ranch then in any other place, even college. Country living is the best for a family. Absolutely enjoy your channels, thanks for the video!

Thanks you Matt I used your idea for the waterer and the inside and door latch release before I got stuck inside.

Lincoln saying, “I’m gonna beat you up” and Matt saying, “We’ll see about that” reminds me of me and my dad. I used to say the same thing and he’d say, “You may be bigger than me, but you won’t be badder than me”

I didn’t know I missed his lil singing clip that he put in video till now

Most everyone I know was worried about Texas. We had some real mean freezing temps in Minnesota. We had 59-below zero temps on some days.

I know you said parts are scarce, but when supplies come back in stock, look into anti freeze hose bibs. There is a pressure release valve that prevents cracking without having to shut off the winter. I have them on my house in Canada.. All recent builds do. They work amazingly well

As a child once said “ LOOK AT ALL THOSE CHICKENS”

When you glue, rotate the pipe, fittings to insure coverage; also close the ball valve when gluing.

I have a Cricut maker & cuts decals a lot smaller than your decals but the weeding still has to be done by hand. I love how Lincoln is losing his baby face & getting his big boy face now.

Thunder Rolls is one of my favorite. I too as as a kid used to listen to it all the time, my aunt had it on cassette and I’d play it all the time on their old stereo.

You shouldn’t use PVC for potable water , the chemicals in the pipe can leech into the water , you use CPVC for potable water, PVC is used for drainage and venting

Your demo ranch video, with you saying “its snowing in Texas it a miracle” didnt age well😂😂❤️

We deal with this every year in the north. Insulation on pipes / keep hot water running like to a drip so the pipes don't freeze or keep basement warm is a few ways to stop this from happening

I remember you figuring out how to give water to the chickens... im so amazed of how you can do pretty much everything. You're one of the most creative persons I've watched on RU-vid over the years❤

Hope you read this. Quick tip for Lincoln, tell him to twist his waist when he swings, you can generate a harder punch.

I remember when he started vet ranch and off the ranch, those were good days

11:48 Matt, bulletproof the 5 ton windows! Also tint them (if your able to bulletproof tinted windows idk) !

matt... prime both sides, glue, press down, give it a quarter turn, then hold for 30 seconds depending on what glue you use. Those wiggle things you did as you connected the pipes can leave air pockets that can turn into leaks. That's why you need to do the 1/4 turn. Also pvc will degrade in the sun light. It'll take a few years before it's brittle though. PVC/UVR is what you want to use to replace those pipe when they turns from glossy to more satin looking

I missed these type of videos

I’ve actually been wondering about the corvettes haven’t seen those in a while. Except the zr1 we saw that shortly not too long ago

Pack hay around your well top then towels or blankets and then waterproof tarp over that. Or 250 watt flood lamp under a canvas tarp with a waterproof tarp on top of that. Lamp near ground aimed upward at your pipes. Incandescent light bulbs in a confined area can save lots of critical pipes.

Matt when you build your pool you should put in a rain collection system underneath your pool. The storage tank can be engineered along with the pool. Unless you want to store the water elsewhere.

uninsulated plastic pipes outside... - Me laughing in Swedish 😂 Yea I know.. it doesn't get down to freezing normally.

Matt saying “Texas is crazy” and I’m here saying the Midwest, period, is crazy. My friends and family in Kansas, Missouri and, Nebraska went from around -35° windchills last week to close to 75° in the sun yesterday. That’s a 110° difference in one week!

The nice about being a country boy living in the city is that I have already fixed all my issues (which was just one because I also prepared my home for the freeze). All I had to do was replace a inlet valve on my washing machine. Well I did have to clear all the crud in my screens on my faucets because of the water stations going down.

LOVE this video! Dont get me wrong, the project oriented vids are great too. Watching your old "daily" style videos got me through a pretty rough time, I miss them.

Prepare for the worst, hope for the best Always insulate everything This wont be the last time you get snow in Texas

Me, just learning what "the thunder rolls" is actually about😲 I've heard the song like a thousand times

And I second SimpliSafe!! We have it, and one night our alarm went off, we disarmed, grabbed our pew-pews and looked in every room. Cope came by, we learned from reading the app that the sticker sensor on our master bedroom window had simply come unstuck. We then decided to repair that sticker part in a more permanent manner, and no prob since. But we were happy to see the cops did respond, came into our home after we cleared them, they blessed all was good, and that was it. Had it been an actual break in, that person would be upset by our "reaction". Love our SimpliSafe!!! I will say that we could not do the doorbell feature as our front door is built too close to the side wall and the doorbell cam is too far for the space. We aren't electricians, so there was no option to move that bell feature elsewhere.

Running all of these operations and still being a family man. I have so much respect for you

Someone's gonna have to design a new intro once you move into the mansion ;)

Apparently Texans don’t use frost proof hydrants. Only crazy people just run a 4ft piece of pvc for hydrants here.

Matt, youre a man of plentiful wealth. Replace that random pvc water spicket with a frost proof one! Theyre only about $45 up here and extend 4ft into the ground. If you cant find them down there at your local hardware store i will gladly send you one from north central illinois👍🏼💪🏼

I find parts at yard sales and flea markets. PVC also makes good small greenhouses, beds, and row covers.

Matt consistently makes himself so proud every day with how much he can do himself :')

This "city boy" repaired his busted galvanized pipe within a hour of discovery. Then went and repaired a couple of leaks that the neighbors had. I am no plumber and have lived in Houston my entire life. It ain't how you grew up. It's what you learn along the way.

DUDE! Last week was crazy. The amount of freeze breaks that the company I work for had to go do. I think that weekend we had about 200 calls

You can get an app tape applicator for your stickers. It’s basically a roller that speeds the whole process up. Weed them as a whole sheet and then app tape before cutting into individual stickers.

Matt: *glues 2 pipes together Also matt: County living! We make due! Such self reliance, much handy wow

Having multiple chickens is easier than having one cat or dog. The amount of work you put in is up to you, so don’t be scared off! They are easy to care for. You can reuse materials and do a lot for almost no cost for their housing, too. And knowing you have a supply of food (eggs, or raising the birds for meat) is just a nice feeling, too.

Matt in case you don't already know, don't leave hoses attached to your Frost-free hose bib. Your pipes will freeze at the hoses attached. But you may never have that kind of freezing weather again in Texas but you never know until you know.

When the temperature changes you get condensation inside the tank of your air compressor, and then it freezes and you’re f*cked

Definitely leave cities , definitely become gun owners, definitely turn off the mainstream media

Matt, not only can you repair those pipes, but when that hose bib that was extending a near 2 feet above the grade has a hose attached to it and somebody gets careless with it, you will have the joy of doing it again. And then you will have twice the experience. LOL

Great to see the chickens again glad u didn't have major damage from.the freeze

Build a wellhouse, toot sweet, and insulate the heck out of it.

Its nice that millionaire Matt hasn't been struggling like millions of others. How understanding of him. Plenty of country boys struggling due to being laid off...

I haven’t listened to that song since the 90’s when I was a kid. I thought it was about a storm too. Way to ruin my childhood, Matt!

Glad to see you guys are still taking this pandemic thing seriously.

12:18 Matt: “Texas is crazy” Me: “North Carolina is the same way”

"Texas is crazy" Everyone from Ohio: ok, but are you sure?

A family man a gun man a good man. Matt keep doing what your doing✊🏾 love to see it brother. All the way from NY

CONGRATS on 4 MILLION You deserve it so much Matt

When it's freezing and your pipes aren't insulated you are supposed to leave the water running a little so it can't freeze

Love that Lincoln is just like, “I get beat the crap out daddy some day now!”

Hi Mat I enjoy all of your videos very much, thank you for keeping this part of the UK sane. My my better half is a "crafter" and she has device from Brother called a scan 'n' cut SDX1200 that can cut adhesive vinyl at 12 inches wide and roll fed upto 30 feet. I hope this helps ffor the smaller decals. Paul Young. UK demolitia, Hampshire branch.

I appreciate you supporting a good old boy like whistlindiesel.

it's our dads that passed that stuff down keep passing our survival skills down bro!

That Rebel is actually good looking car, remove the mid engine, and put it back to front engine, and slap another TSP ripper in it.

They definitely make machines to put the transfer tap on. I work at a screen printing company that prints for John Deere. Our laminating machines can apply the transfer tape and adhesive.

Matt could definitely be a country singer. Those Vocals!

Me ‘I should stop watching RU-vid’ Off the Ranch notification ’hell nah’

Maybe time to start insulate buildings, and during summer slice a bit of the A/C bills, and manage the one in a million winter freeze. Matt’s a millionaire and just get it done and be a step ahead.

Matt! If you first print your decals then put them in a laser cutter with the same pattern an then use the transferpaper you dont have to cut it by hand.

Great video. My dad could fix anything too. He built a tool shed in the back yard and it was filled with all sorts of things. Too bad for me, he passed in 1985. Sure miss him.