HEAT WAVE | Hottest Summer Days Living Off Grid 

Not sure how to track this, but I'm curious about how many of us have watched this from the beginning, as I have. Bet there's a whole big bunch of us who have "Yay!"-ed and followed every new clip. You guys have done such an awesome job from start to now. Your coverage, filming, editing are just a treat. Watching your kids grow, the dogs romp, the projects all come together have been uplifting highlights in our lives. Thank you both! Now rootin' for rain for y'all!

The house is incredible

I have watched y’all from the very start and will tell y’all this much…Y’ALL ARE ABOUT SOME OF THE MOST AWESOME PEOPLE I HAVE ENJOYED WATCHING!! Your travel, your ingenuity, your determination, your BEAUTIFUL AND HANDSOME TINY HUMANS you have brought into this life and enjoying being able to watch them growing is priceless!!! THANK Y’ALL SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR LIFE AND THE JOURNEYS YOU TAKE!! I’m celebrating my 68th birthday today and couldn’t be happier than to start my day watching your journey and you continue to do life!! I have 2 grown girls with children of their own and thoroughly enjoy them at every opportunity. I’ve been a widow since 2001 and life definitely has thrown me curves along the way!! TREASURE each other, your children, your home, and all of the blessings that GOD sends your way. We will only pass through this life one time so make sure you take it all in, love each other throughout the whole journey, and don’t forget to thank GOD for every single second of every single day and let HIM guide you as you continue on your way!!

Love you guys - thank you!! I am a Generac Clean Energy Dealer - you have the solar panels add a Generac Inverter and up to 2 - battery cabinets - each cabinet with 6 batteries will give you 17kWH of solar storage - if necessary you can add a Generac 9kW DC generator that can charge your batteries when the batteries drop to 25%. You are great at doing your homework - thank you for keeping us updated!! Jim

Omg! I been going into Life Uncontained withdrawals!!!! Don't leave us hanging y'all. 🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️

It seems like a long, long, long time since I first watched you guys build the foundation for your home. Wow! What an achievement. A truly great job. Spencer's skills and learning ability along with Kenzie's editing has made these episodes so entertaining. Please don't cut us out now that the house is done. I'm 81 now and you guys are like family. Love from Auburn Alabama. Bob

You guys fill me (and countless others) with so much joy! Your family is awesome.

So proud of you guys! We would love a home tour soon♡

We were literally just talking this morning about how we hadn't seen our Life Uncontained in 2 weeks!! So happy to finally get THAT notification!! 🥰

You seriously need to write a book! The house is incredible and you guys deserve so much credit for everything you've gone through to fulfill your dream as well as bring us along for the ride. Thank you so much for sharing this journey and looking forward to the next project :)

I love how she supports her husband and making him happy it rare these days perfect family

Your little pond noodle is a Broad-banded Watersnake (Nerodia fasciata confluens) Non-venomous and totally harmless! 🙂 Your home is so beautiful.... you guys have done such a wonderful job... ❤

Have you considered putting in a well. Even if the flow rate was slow it would augment you capacity and a windmill pump wouldn’t put a strain on your solar. You’d be harvesting wind power to provide water.

That skirting just perfectly finishes the look and the climbing plants look awesome! That “wait!” was too sweet❣️

Wow!! It's been a journey for you. I've enjoyed watching you build your home from vacant log, picking out the containers, etc to now. Amazing how much Spencer has done and how good it looks. You both should be very proud of what you've accomplished.

Both of you have done a great job.Not just building your house but,as husband,father;also she have being a great supportive wife and a sweet,caring,fun loving mom. God bless you guys!

You absolutely should write a book, I would definitely buy it, and so would a lot of people. The experience and lessons you’ve learned is priceless with living off grid, building off grid, having and raising little ones off grid, creating off grid power and water reserves, etc. It could be great story of your journey or a how to survive book, or a combination of both..

I sure miss y’all. The babies are getting so big. Can’t wait to see the next phase of your build when y’all start the barn. Gods Blessings✝️💜✝️

I have started from the beginning and still watch every show"!!!

yours is probably my favorite channel in all of youtube land. i've been in constant awe of how you both worked so hard to get your dream home built and i'm sure i'm not alone in giving you all the love & kudos for an excellent result!!! i can just imagine how many others have been inspired by what they've seen you do. i'm excited to see what comes next!

I was literally here in withdrawal! Like we need these happiness fixes in our lives, please NEVER stay away so long again! Watching you guys turns my day around in less than 20 minutes every single time ❤

Glad you are ok and back. The house looks wonderful. “We’re sure as hell not changing it” cracked me up.

That's a GOOD IDEA! Write a book on the problems you've had and suggest the different ways you would set things up now that you know what not to do. I'm sure new homesteaders would buy it. Newcomers to homesteading would benefit greatly from your advice.

Warms my heart every time Bo comes over to help Spenser, he’s so good and such a wonderful human. If I’d have done that when I was a kid I would have got yelled at for getting in the way. RU-vid shows me so much about life ... Thank you

WOW!! This almost made me cry. I have been here since you two were digging the footings. Just look how beautiful your home is now. One of my most memorable videos was the one where you had finished the first porch and you sat the rockers out there. I had made a comment that you would most likely grow old together rocking on that porch. So happy for your beautiful family. You both are some determined, hard working people. How brilliant of you to document this on RU-vid. You deserve every dime you have made from this series. Kenzie, you've put a lot of hours into formatting editing. I must say, your skills are top notch. Thanks to both of you for the great entertainment over the years!!

A couple of suggestion for the problems you are having. 1). Build a storm shelter and put your batteries down there. After all you live in Texas you might need one and the cool constant temperature below ground will be the same in Summer and winter. Great for the batteries. 2) Add Wind power you might not get much power on those hot stagnant nights but during the nights were you might have some wind you can get a little power boost during the night. 3) Water? Can you have a well? What about taking water from the pond in front of the house? At least during emergency situations? Good luck to you!

I love what you guys have done to your home! it is beautiful. Sad that it is finally done! Please do a complete time lapse video from start to finish.

Great job with the skirting. A finishing touch that adds so much character to your house. Stay safe.

10:42 - Guys --- that looks like a water moccasin. Stay the hell away from those things. Skirting looks fabulous - organic and tasteful. It blends the stark geometry of those containers into the surrounding environment. Really makes the house pop!

I was making brunch when my husband text “ guess who has a new video up!” We’re both so glad y’all are are ok! No need to justify 😊 and yes, your babies are gorgeous! 💕

So can relate to this 100 degree heat summer in So Calif up in high desert. Our grass is dying & I've lost almost all my container plants even with watering every other day. We do our errands after the sun sets. Tired of being stuck indoors, but I'm an old lady now..lol. We need rain desperately too. Lake Mead has dried up as well as Lake Powell. Now the Colorado river is drying up, Nevada, California, Arizona & Colorado depend on these systems for water, so water restrictions are coming, can't wait as we are a family of 7. I have enjoyed watching your videos, seeing your progress & the children grow. You've made a beautiful home & should be proud, mistakes & all. ❤ God Bless

Did you ever think this day would come? Absolutely inspiring and beautiful.

Not at all, parents always think they have the cutest kids in the entire world. And they do!! Thanks for sharing your journey.

glad to see yall are finally fencing up the crawl space and will keep snakes out. one extra tip in case you all have not done already is to take some extra of the screen material used for the skirting and secure the screen material over top of the vent stacks on the roof for the plumbing. Reason is snakes can and will crawl into the vent stacks and get into your plumbing and come up through bathtub, etc. I don't recall off the top of my head where you all had the stacks but I am guessing you probably have 2-3 up there. keep it up, y'all are doing a great job. and yes write a book about how solar/electric conversion is not for everyone, it would be impossible for 350MM of us in the US to make this conversion. too expensive, too much space needed, too much maintenance and batteries are already scarce. You all are doing an honorable job, but more importantly showing just how difficult it really is to complete. blessings to all of you.

Hey yall ! Your love has built this house and nothing else. God bless you and your children.

Honestly, I think you two could write a book and so many people would buy it. I'm happy to have watched your channel for the past few years. Such an interesting adventure.

I absolutely love you all. I watched for 3 years you both do a great job!!

Congratulations on finishing the house, I've been with you the entire journey so far, the house is amazing, you two are amazing!

Wow what a beautiful piece of art you guys have built. From just a couple of containers to an amazing home and a beautiful family. You are rock stars

I have an off grid tiny house(40×14) in SW Florida, powered by solar . 5kw solar aray, 2× 3kw inverters running in parallel, 30kw lithium battery . All the equipment is in separate shed, 70 feet away from house. To keep the Battery's cool ,I installed an 5000 btu window AC, which is kicked on by a thermostat( 75F) For the house I installed an Pioneer 12k btu mini split and it's running 24/7. Never got my batteries drained less than 40%. I used closed cells spray foam for insulation.

Those were banded water snakes, I think. Non-venomous! Your footage was exceptional! Coupled with the music you chose gave it the fluid creep-factor. Well done!!

Missed you guys!

The snake - harmless banded water snake. The water - install a well with a small pump that runs during the day constantly with a float switch to keep the tanks full and dedicate solar panel system for the pump only. Air conditioning - install small systems for bedrooms. Got to have a backup.

Walmart has a 10 x 10 canopy that would provide so much shade for you while you’re painting or working in your flowers outdoors. We bought two of them for our property and it makes an immense difference!

It's amazing how far this family has come. From watching from the beginning, to how far and wonderful your house looks. You two should be so proud of yourself and accomplished. Thanks for letting us all follow your accomplishments.

I've been watching your videos since day one and I'm so glad we made progress with our lives together, through many milestones! When I first saw you, I was just a postgraduate student and you lived in a trailer...now your beautiful house is officially done, you have two wonderful kids and I'm in my PhD's last year! It's like we grew up together...I wish you a wonderful life!

Wow .. I been watching you both from the beginning and to see how your home looks , it's amazing . I remember when you bought the containers and then you got the 3rd one , adding the windows and then the floors , the walls , justing looking how everything came together , it looks so beautiful ❤️ . I just hope it's not the end of me watching your videos , knowing that the house is complete . I'm happy for both of you and your family . ❤️

Love it love it love it, and this from a retired u/k vet who can not cut a straight line in paper.!

For two first time builders to be able to go from concept to completion, and learn all the different things as you go. You guys have done an amazing job. Congratulations on a job well done. 🤙

Wow!! The skirting looks AMAZING!!! And I love what you did with the porch so your pups would still have a cool spot under the house. Your babies are going to have a blast watching these videos later in life...you both should be very proud of yourselves.... I know I'm proud of you!!

Lost you for a few months. House looks beautiful with the skirting. So happy I found you all again.

I really appreciate that you two have not let success and money change you like some other successful RU-vidrs have. With your subscriber numbers it’s clear that you could afford to do like some of the others and change your channel into “hey look at all the expensive things we can buy” but you haven’t and I for one appreciate you two for this.

You may feel like you would do a bunch of things differently but you’ve done an unbelievably amazing job. Everything has come together nicely. Wow!

When I lived in Texas long time ago, one of the best things in one story houses was the Attic fan. It was usually in the hall of bedrooms. open the windows and it sucks the wind through the house. Even if the air is hot it is air moving. On normal warm days it is enough so can save on airco. Another was the water-cooler in the window.. really nice at night. Also covering your outside airco so does not get direct sun but does get air will save it from working harder. Growing more bushes against house also cools down the house. growing with your home. Love it.

The house 🏠 looks great the home 🏡 the two of you have created is full of laughter and love.

Super proud of you Spencer, you can see the sincerity of your love for each other. I pray God blessing upon your entirely 👪

drilling a well is still living off the grid. just using a little electric for the pump

I hear you on the heatwave. We're now near 70 days of triple digits. Love what you do and happy to watch you guys.

It’s definitely been to hot in Texas and Oklahoma this summer. We need this heat dome to leave soon and dome rains to start falling! I really have enjoyed watching you as you’ve built your home and your family. Blessing to you♥️

Awesome work you have done with your home and praying for rain for your everything

I've been living off-grid for the past 11 years. I've had to upgrade my solar system severely to accommodate my needs. I finally drilled a deep well 600ft and due to 7gpm I also had to bury a 2500gal storage tank to pump water into. This necessitated the installation of jet pump to pump water into a pressure tank to give me 24/7 water. I have a dual electric/propane water heater, electric refrigerator and deep freezer. Batteries are the biggest piece of an off-grid solar system. I purchased Toshiba LTO SCIB batteries from a junk yard from two Honda Fit EV wrecked vehicles for $4K that give me 44kW of battery bank storage. I can run my place for almost 5 days and nights without any sunshine however, I have a propane generator attached to my system that can recharge the batteries to full charge in 6 hours. I wouldn't think that you need to go very deep for a well with all the surface water around your property and you now can get almost the same amount of battery storage I have by purchasing server rack batteries for less than $1,500 per 5kW of storage for Lipo4 batteries, which are safe batteries. I don't know what you are currently using but, I think that you can integrate your existing batteries with the new ones.

Beautiful place you have created. Thank you for sharing your family and home.

After starting a DIY building project of my own I've come to more deeply appreciate your skills and persistance as well as being a great mom and dad at the same time! You have built a beautiful home. Really looking forward to your starting on the barn!

I can't express how much joy I get from watching your journey in construction and life... with so much negativity in the world right now, you guys always bring a smile to my face as I watch your family unit acheive minor and major milestones. Although I'm not putting in the effort, I somehow feel accomplished when you complete a task. I can't wait to see what comes next!

Love your channel! What a journey you have taken us on! I can’t wait to see what’s next once this entire project is done!

As far as dealing with the heat....We moved from the upper midwest to SoCal. In the summer, we have daily temps above 100. It took a long time to adjust to the heat as well as the lack of humidity. What seemed to help was gradually increasing the temp. on the thermostat. A degree increase a week. What used to be comfortable 72 degrees is now freezing! Our thermostat is set at 80 and we are used to that. Love you videos.

You guys are great!! Way to go sticking with the house build!!! I’m sure others have asked but if the house skirt waited all this time, why not wait, even a week or two for when the weather starts to cool off? A non-heat wave time. Especially that there’s not much left. Heck do it in the early fall !

Put the AC on a timer to shut off at 2am. You're sleeping and you really can be warmer while you are all unconscious. It's a myth that cooling off after warming up takes more energy. It actually takes the exact same amount as 24-hour climate control. 'Kenz', you nailed it, "it's not good to keep draining the batteries down to zero." I hope this energy-saving (and battery saving) tip helps, cheers!

Your home looks so good, and the skirting really dresses it up even more. The kids are growing so fast and are so cute. Hope y'all will continue to film after this.

Oversize or diversify. Burn wood for heat in winter (you have lots of wood around), build a ground water well, technical not a big problem, to filter it to drinking water. Plant trees for shadow (chestnuts, or other drought-resistant trees). Hugs from sunny and dry Germany 🙂

Wow! The skirting finishes off your home dramatically! Beautiful! Yes it's been consistently in the 100's even in Southern Missouri since mid June. Hang in there!!

Im gonna cry. I cannot believe how long I’ve been following this journey. All I know is. It turned out beautiful 🤩

It’s amazing how you guys live off the grid. I was thinking isn’t it possible for you guys to have a borehole water system which naturally comes from the ground, and with a water pump and electricity it will be able to assist you guys when there is no rain especially in summer. Many farmers, households, and ranches use it. It just a suggestion maybe you guys can look into it. I love all the videos keep them coming. Well done guys!👏🏽👏🏽👍👍

You guys should really check your comments sections. 😉Back when yall were installing the mini splits, I commented on you having 3 separate 20amp outdoor condensers would put too much load on the electrical. 3 condensers means 3 separate motors to turn 3 compressors full of freon. That's triple the A/C load on a house that's less than 1000sqft. A simple 3 ton 3 zone 12k x 12k x 12k mini split with single condenser (placed on the east side of the house away from the evening sun + lengthening the lines if needed) would have frozen you guys in that little house. I have a 2.5 ton 3 zone on my 800sqft house for 8yrs in west Texas. The only reason to have separate units like that is if you want to totally cool and heat separate areas of the home simultaneously. Edit: Spenser, would love to know what your current draw is on those 3 units at night with all the lights out? Could you report that to us?

Wow - That ground level view of the snake coming into the water was extra cool! Of course I don’t live within 50 yards of it.

I really missed you guys! Been checking for you every day♥️

I want you to know how much you guys have meant to me being able to be a part of your family's journey. You have something very special and I hope that you continue to enjoy the life that you have together forever! I personally have enjoyed being able to witness your life and struggles with building your own home. You both have put so much hard work into building what you have and it has turned out beautifully. I'm sure there will be more struggles along the way but I know you will get through them as always. You have been an inspiration to many and for that I thank you both. I knew that the time would come when the house would be finished but a part of me wished it would last forever because I so enjoyed watching your lives unfold. Thanks again for letting me watch what you have built and I wish you both and your children the best! And yes your kids are adorable and I just loved IO and Bear! Good luck and god bless you all! Thank you, David from Arizona

Every parent thinks their kids are the cutest, smartest, talented.. but only a few of US are right! Your kids are in the top tier! And now my grandkids are in the running!

We're in the same boat with the AC. We just turn off the AC around an hour after dusk and crank the fans. It really isn't that bad overall but we're looking forward to fall for sure. We've also had to bring in water for our rain water system. I think four times at 550-gallons each time. Hopefully will have the backup well working soon. Then we'll be good to go on water.

with the pond you guys have if it's deep enough you could think about a géothermal heat pump no need to dig and it require really little energy to run for cooling your whole house :)

Have y’all thought about having a well dug? Use it for back-up purposes. Or have it routed to your tanks to keep them at minimal levels.

Beautiful job on your home. It was good seeing you again. I hope you get some rain soon. Your kids are adorable. 🦋🌺

Everything is complete and Beautiful!Y’all are right when you said “to always consider getting extra amounts of important things cause it’s better to be prepared than not!”😁. You’ve been in my prayers!🙏🏼

The skirting really dressed up the house..Spencer did a great job on it.. I hope we ALL get some significant rain soon.. everywhere it’s so dry.. The babies are growing up so fast.. so adorable..

The house looks amazing. You two are amazing. I’ve followed y’all from the beginning. Two kids from Florida hospitality industry. You’ve evolved into DIYers and great parents. Y’all definitely have the “handy” gene and tons of homework and hardwork. Reconsider a water well. Start rubbing your nickels together for new batteries. Make a wildfire plan. Maybe cool the house down pretty cool during the day while you have the excess power.

Hello . I am writing to you from France. I don't know English. But I hope you will understand me. Congratulations on all this wonderful work done so well. Your family is always very smiling. Good luck with all the work still to be done. Goodbye Thierry

As soon as you are able, dig a well for water. I would also suggest another source for heat, fireplace or wood burning stove. Weather is becoming an issue worldwide, as is water. YOU NEED BACKUPS! This winter is supposed to be a really cold one, so prepare now. Dig a well in the spring, use your tractor, but first get another source for heat for winter, it's coming on fast. You have plenty of firewood from the tree you had to cut down, use it. At 70 years I've learned to be prepared, as much as possible.

From marking the footing holes,to the final brush stroke of sealant has been a wonderful journey.2 beautiful,healthy children,2 pets,and the 2 of you have been like family and it's such a weird feeling to know that we don't know what tomorrow will bring anymore.I hope it's just as surprising,and fun.

Man you guys are getting so good with the camera work and editing. That shot of the snake on the ground was so good

beautiful the skirting makes the house look so much better awesome job

With your current water issue, collecting it off the barn should be high on the list. Another option would be to build a rain roof like on the homesteadonomics channel. It could also provide a shaded area for vehicles or a picnic table.

The house looks fantastic, y’all truly made a dream come true!!! And those kids are beyond darling❤️👏👏👏👏

Loved the bubbles with Beau! “Wait!” You’ve done such a beautiful job on your house! Next, I hope you make a storm shelter for when the inevitable tornado warning comes.

Such a beautiful difference with the skirting!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I can hardly believe you are done! I've loved watching you all grow! Also, cool snakes!

When we lived in shipping container whilst building our home we ended up putting a huge skillion roof over our containers. It reduced the heat buy about 5c in summer and stopped condensation in the winter. Also enormously increased our water catchment area which kept our 3 small tanks full (1321 gallons) & our 28,000 gallon tank half filled.

Yeah you need to replace the Tesla batts with LFP rack mounts and they have BMSs built in just plug and play. You can let them go down further than the Tesla NMC batts. Solar plenty like you said. Also stop flushing toilets with drinking water! Setup a compost toilet during drought times. I recommend a Separette or CHead. Good work you all! Keep it up.

Only getting hotter. Adapt and overcome. You guys are killing it!

Yay!!! Congratulations on your finished home!

The snake footage was incredible. The skirting & whole house looks amazing. Those kids are pretty darn cute, too.💙