Now put out some sweet solar if it makes any sense for your region. I recently went to a home show in the heart of Amish and there was at least 5 solar company's trying to cash in on the Amish to run their goodies, I just love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Turns out the younger gals prefer some simple conveniences. I just love history!
Really coming along nicely. You’re going to love the foam!! We’ve had it in our home for 13 years and can’t believe how quiet the house is in Oklahoma winds!
Word of caution with those pancake LED lights. (I just installed them and removed my can lights, LOVE THEM), If your house, or anyones house is so dry to create static, DO NOT touch the fixture at all when the lights are on!! The static will short out the unit and you will have to replace the complete unit. Ask me how I know. I used Juno brand and I called them after it happened and they told me that they will not take any DC static. But, Juno stood behind them for me and sent me new ones, THANK YOU JUNO!!! As for using that huge hole saw and you loving all that dust, get an old basketball, cut it in half, punch a hole in it in the middle, put the stem of the hole saw through the hole and into the drill, now the half ball will catch all the dust.
Thanks for taking time to bringing us along on your family's dream build on the property of the family farm . You found some great contractors to assist in the build , great to see it all happening. Awesome videos
Those sundogs tell you that you will have a least 3 days of cold 🥶 weather! Your house is looking good! Thank You for sharing your new home build with us! Until your next video ~~~ Stay safe, healthy, warm and happy! ❄️❄️🏠
Thanks for another great video Nick. It was most enjoyable and interesting. Wow. Lots got done since the last video. You and your team are pressing ahead doing their best to beat the cold weather. Your temps have really dropped. Brrrrrr House looks more like a house now with the sheet rock up. Makes a big difference. Continue on with all the sheet rock. Sounds like your floor heat is working good for you in the basement and garage. You are doing lots of work yourself nick. You be careful. Step by step it is coming tight. Thanks for sharing with us. You take care Nick. Steve The Iowa farm boy. God watching over you.
Could suggest adding rockwool to the underside of your stairs. Helps quiet them down when people walk (or kids run) up and down... Just a suggestion. Looks good so far, Brother! Keep at it!
I found it interesting that when you were cutting the holes for the lights, all the dust was going right to you, who would have thought, you would think it would disperse all around the circle of the hole saw. going to be a beautiful house, you and your family deserve it. Stay warm from Michigan, and yes it has been a really different year and Im 78.
It more and more looks like a home, something where you hang your hat and coat in. Yeah really nice. Your kids will love it. They"re looking forward to get into it and live there. God Bless! Regards to mom and dad, and Laura!
The closed cell foam you used for insulation is amazing stuff for areas with low humidity over the winter months. Many houses in Scotland/UK and while it worked for a while the damp winters soon took affect and the wood/osb started to rot, now many banks won't give mortgages on them due to the chance of having bad wood beams in the roof or wall
I have seen so many sun dogs this winter. They’re beautiful. Supposedly they are a sign of good luck. Your house is coming around beautifully. So did Scott’s.
I built my house in 2012-13, and Everytime I do a little project I can't believe I built a whole house by myself, my father helped me, I just built a 24X36 shop and I took twice as long as we hoped, that's why before we built the house I built a 32X52 garage because we knew we wouldn't do it if we waited to do it last, your house is beautiful, and big, mine is small ranch with a walk out basement, 1700 upstairs and same downstairs, it heats really cheap, with a wood stove in the basement, been 75-80 in the house all winter, its way to hot but better than to cold, god bless
Well Nikki you picked a good time to insulate your house with spray foam as well as batt insulation it's taking shape on the inside was all that sheetrock you're putting on
I had my rim joists done years ago after my house was built. The spray foam made a big difference in the comfort and the heat bills being lower. Great job!!
I've done drywall for years. Have the hangers to put 5 sets of screws in all butt joints. It really helps with cracking when the house moves and shifts
Greetings from Dawson County Montana. That's quite the house Nick. I'm glad for you and your family. You, your brother and dad are good people and you deserve all you have. I used to farm but now I'm on the sideline and cheering for all of you. Nick, take care, be safe, stay warm and God bless.
Insulating and cutting dry wall put your hood up. Beautiful home. You probably will not need much heat in the basement once the home is closed up. Stay safe and healthy.
We was down to -20F with double ring sun dogs a month ago, was +62 this past Thurs, been a wild winter Weatherman said from last August high heat index to the cold windchill in January was 164 degree spread....
I agree, this has been the weirdest winter I can remember by far. The house is looking great! It's very interesting to see all the things that have changed since I built my house. Some real game changers for sure! Take care and God bless!
Love seeing you so excited over your home! You should look into adding a ERV to your HVAC system to bring fresh air into the house since it will be pretty tight with your spray foam!
I’ll never forget as a kid, my dad making me go up into the crawl space & lay fiberglass insulation. I was prob 8. Had Fiberglass all through my hands, so my mom gives me cotton winter gloves which made it much worse. I’ve despised insulation ever since.
Before you get carried away with enclosing the walls you should consider Legrand - OnQ 17 Inch Media Enclosure for every area you plan to mount a tv on the wall. It will save you a ton of headaches with wires and instead of getting tilt flat wall mounts for the tv you should highly consider full motion. It will make your life better if you have to replace the tv or whatever. I got the cheap full motion tv mounts from Walmart. This tv mount goes on sale a few times a year. I got them for $20 each ONN Full Motion TV Wall Mount for 50" to 86"
Nick I agree that multi-tool is the most used tool we have in our construction business we just got a battery powered one and we use it all the time. The house is looking amazing can't wait to see the finished product stay safe in that cold weather
Wife had a condo before we built our house. It had a drop ceiling and they left a space across the patio sliding door that looked over the intercoastal in So. Fl. I put in wireless roll up blinds. I had to drill many holes into the concrete ceiling. I now have a dust catcher but at the time I didn't. I was cutting holes in water bottles but nothing really worked great. By the time I was done so was my Makita drill. It was so clogged with concrete dust. Makita refurbished it for less than $10. I still have it and it works great. Drilling overhead is horrible!
when we finish insulating we do a blowdown test. Basily we pull a vacuum on the house and we find every leak. We mostly do it to find where moisture can ingress because if a house is super tight you better not have any moisture or the OSB will rot. Looks like a nice tight job the only thing I would have done is used ZIP board and taped the exterior rain screen tighter.
I started out as a carpenter and worked in a steel mill all my life. I've now got enphazima. I'm 64 ,but I've never seen such great care and love as I do with all yalls family. Lost my father at 6. My mother raised 6 of us and never remarried. GOD has truly blessed you and your family. Thankful I can see true Godliness in my last days. Thank yall. Pray you always put GOD first. GOD bless from Northeast S C.
I use a outdoor wood boiler for mine, can get 8' bundles from the Amish for 5$, can heat the house and hot water for 100$ a winter in wi, to bad you guys don't have more woods around
You’re building your house just like I would if I was to build one. I had the walls, ceiling, and floor spray foamed when we built our 3 season porch. Good luck with the rest of your build.
Good idea for saving heat! My son works for a company that uses a similar system for lifting concrete pads. Different product chemistry , but expanding foam!
When we built our house, every door that has side transom windows, they look great but a pain the arse as the screws can only go so far vs a door with no windows on each side can actually tie into the stud framing. The ones with the windows overtime sag and the seal on the bottom of the door has to be replaced quite often. I ended up shimming the bottom hinge to give it a small lift and it helped it a little. Just a thought.
I have 4 houses , 2 in MA , 1 in VT and 1 in SC .. I built them all , NEVER AGAIN lmao .. My house on cape cod was the hardest because everything has to be built for hurricanes cause we live on the water , a lot of steel in that house that I had to have done , I feel your pain lol ... we are 65 , all set :) :) :) ...congrats !!!! :) :) :)
@@mathewwalworth5236He can just charge 1 dollar per person tour fee with the carpet runners and do not enter signs like Graceland. Have the house paid off in one day. :)
That sun shot are called sun dogs it lets you know when there is going to be a major change in the weather.I work in Nunavut Canada and was taught about this from the Inuit,seen them many times and usually inclement weather follows extreme cold, then blizzard conditions .
Well you really had me wondering in the last video...Because the several times you mentioned about insulating the new house, you only mentioned "Blowing Insulation"...And i was like what???????? He's not putting in Spray Foam Insulation....That's gotta be crazy especially in the region of the country where you Live... Glad to see the Spray Foam Insulation going into the new house...
I have lived away from Montana for so long now I doubt I could adjust back to those winters. I barely have any memories of the winter affecting me growing up there. I mean I remember the cold, I just can’t remember ever thinking much of it. We would ice skate at -20 for hours upon hours and think nothing of it. Now I think I would die. Lol
It's amazing isn't it, we feel the same way when we go to places with 90% humidity or higher. But after a few weeks it seems our senses adapt to the new environment. Still anything below 0f is terrible, especially with wind.
Foam is exothermic. It will heat up as it’s sprayed. Not scalding hot but it gets warmer than air temp, it also seals as it sprays. It’s super airtight
usually on the home improvement shows they fill the entire wall cavity with foam. youa re only getting less than a full cavity which will still leave a cold air space.
There's two kinds of foam, closed cell and open cell. He said his is closed cell and it requires a lesser thickness than open cell where they fill the entire cavity.
I know there’s open cell & closed cell spray insulation. Is yours closed cell? Bc I thought the difference was closed cell is more rigid, open cell fills the whole space & is then trimmed down, right? You & Scott are doing it right. When you build from the ground up, esp in Montana, with harsh winters & tons of wind! These houses aren’t just houses, they’re extensions of the family farmstead. Hopefully it’ll continue to grow as your kids grow.
