God Bless you & your family! The values you taught those children is beautiful!❤ Not many children, these days, can say they helped build their home! I am so very proud of all of them. I know how hard this was. We did the same with my dad! Ours had a basement as well. I learned how to lay cinder block! We built our home, barn & milking parlor. Set cedar post (by hand) on 12 acres. My dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer before all this began, so he was having Chemo & Radiation throughout the building. He was a tough, strong willed man like yourself. You should be very proud. I smile & cried with pride for you. Greetings from North Carolina!
Just sold my home/property of just shy of 50 years….bought the land at 18, helped build my 1300 sq ft. 3bed, 2 bath at 19, and sold it a couple months ago. 😢 Too old to maintain it anymore and kids didn’t want it…..so many memories. The sidewalk I mixed and hand poured concrete has my children’s hand and footprints in when they were 2 & 6 yrs old, 36 years ago. Seems like yesterday I was up till 2 am with spotlights hanging Sheetrock! 😞 My brain knows it was the right thing to do, but my heart hasn’t stopped sobbing yet…. I hope they love their accomplishment and make many wonderful memories here….i am sure their children will keep it in the family as they will have great memories of this amazing family endeavor.
@@Noname-cn4ly This video this family shared is very heart warming to me too. But I’m commenting bc I can relate to how you feel. My dad, brother and step mom (sister was a baby) and myself built a beautiful 3600 sq ft ,French farm house, home back in the 1990s. Unfortunately, I am the only one still living now… long story I won’t get into but I no longer own the house. I do still own the 8 acres surrounding the house on all sides all the way up to the front porch thanks to dad 😊. It kills me to not be able to share the house with my children now to show them the house my dad and family built hoping one day to leave it to them. I hope you find peace. The Lord moves us to where we need to be for reasons we may not understand. I say that bc it’s true and bc one of daughters wouldn’t have met the father of my grandson and more… I would still go home no doubt but if I had a choice to do it again, I would still move so I could have the people I have now despite what I no longer have… it will work out.
These kids just learned something that probably 90% of America has zero clue about. Bravo as a dad, bravo as a man and bravo on the fine job on the house build.
Honestly, the government could solve homeless crisis by making homeless people to work and build their own 1 bed room rather than the amount of money spent on them. But then maybe it's not fair on those that work, pay taxes and pay back loans
@@samchs222 OR? OR, the government could just use the thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of ALREADY EXISTING vacant buildings that are just sitting EMPTY, rotting and decaying while HUMAN BEINGS sleep outside on the ground
You didn’t only build a house. You built so much confidence, resilience, and self-sufficiency into your children. Not to mention the family bonding, along with the memories that you’ll all talk about for the rest of your lives. Bravo!!!
Laura’s tour at the end was precious. And when her Dad asks her “Was it fun?” That shrug! 😂 Laura, one day this project will be one of your most precious memories!
This isn't even remotely true. If people stop raising spoiled children that think the world revolves around them and that they are rewarded no matter how poorly they are conducting themselves and their lives the world would be a better place.
So he forced his kids to help out instead of hiring help and it saved him $ Is that supposed to impress me? I wonder if he at least paid that asian kid
@@moseskongi4746 As a kid I helped just a little building our family home and it was one of the happiest times in my life. These kids are being paid by a beautiful roof over their head and the peace of mind knowing their parents are not drowning in debt. Plus they learned so much!
I was raised by my grandparents who survived and thrived in the depression I learned valuable skills and lessons grandpa farmed a totally sustainable farm with gardens crops animals grandma sewed gardened canned I would not trade those skills and days. Yes it was hard going out every morning and breaking ice for the cattle and processing meat, so great to live with family that was God first in all their ways instilled values and morals. This is a great dad teaching his children valuable skills and lessons. They will use these skills and lessons throughout their lives. I pray he teaches them God first. Lord God Yahweh The Creator of All is to be respected and loved and obeyed. These children will so enjoy their new home they worked hard as a family to build. It is great to see a family work together.
Absolutely true but it looks to me from watching this the kids already have many important skills and healthy attitudes instilled. I'm a long time Carpenter and many of the guys I work with and around both young n old complain, whine all day long as they're avoiding as much work as they possibly can. This is very impressive to see here.
I appreciate how you let the content speak for itself. No added music, odd sound bytes, or random memes. Just the build and the noises of the build, love it.
I'm a former teacher turned homeschooling mom and I am just thinking of everything your children learned in this process. Hands-on, project-based learning for the win.
Homeschool parent here: the amount of math and science involved in building a home and installing everything related to it is insane to think about. Throw in mechanics and equipment repair/operation and kids will know more in a few years than all 12 years of “normal” schooling combined! Not to mention everything else these kids learned. I can only imagine the pride and self esteem they have saying “I built that!”
I began teaching my trade to my 15 year old this summer. He is highly gifted and they won't allow him to go to the trade schools for electives. He has always helped me fix things around the house, cars etc. His second day he looks up and says, "I just realized I have learned more valuable information in two days with you than in all the years of education."
Team work, trust, many of trades, love of family, adaptability, basic math, geometry, adversity, troubleshooting, conflict resolution, the list goes on and on. More than what sitting in a classroom will teach you.
As a 35 year old plumber who desperately wants and dreams of owning my own home, this video is absolutely inspiring. I have only been plumbing for about 6 years, but I think I have been around enough new construction to feel confident enough to do most of the work on my own. I would definitely sub out the roof, though. Good job, Dad! Those kids will remember this experience for the rest of their lives!
My husband sells plumbing and heating & air to builders for commercial and residential jobs. He’s done this for the last 30 years. We built one home. Trust me let someone else to the slab & sheetrock! The rest you can learn.
As plumbers we end up doing most of the other stuff anyway, moving studs, walls, breaking and pouring concrete, electricians can move their little wires anywhere, but they always just spiderweb them through the wall, and disregard our pipes that have specific places and grades, and they aren't really that "bendy", Plumbers, most important and specific job, always shoved to the bottom of the totem pole on a job site.
@@Mind_ConTrollI feel the same about us hvac guys. Open floor plans on 3 story houses and nobody cares how your going to condition it. But it better work. Sure looks good on the print though.
@@kevinkubed7683 True, HVAC is close enough to plumbing, I have seen many times where duct is blocked by a spiderweb of wires, or those stupid wire racks
@@paulgavian90 His labor was sweat equity. His kids learned valuable skills and live in a house they built with their parents. On top of that, they earned some money to save some of, give some away, and spend the rest. Even more lessons learned.
I’m not even finished with this video but I had to comment- I am so impressed with these kids. This is solid parenting, these kids are learning so many life skills. Sometimes they look exhausted and they keep going. The father and mother should be proud. You are raising amazing children! They will always remember this experience.🏆🏆🏆🏆❤
In the future someone will tell these kids, "You can't do that." And they're gonna say, "Watch me!" This is awesome and I know they are all very proud!
I designed and built my house almost exclusively on my own. 2,000 sq ft with a 2000 sq ft finished basement, with a 2000 sq ft pole barn, on 20 acres, 7 acres I cleared and graded. I did not drill my well nor lay carpeting. It took me 2-1/2 years working evenings and weekends, cost $60,000 and.is currently valued at $500,000. Well worth the sweat equity and remaing debt free.
I worked side by side with my Daddy just like this. A kid doesn't know the value of the learning until later in life. It is priceless! Fantastic job! ❤
I'm a grandfather and I raised my grandson on my own from the time he was 3 years old he is now 13 and I have always told him you want to be the man that built the bridge not the man that lives under the bridge
These kids can just show this video as their resume and be hired for nearly any job in the world! Their work ethic and desire to learn is what employers are looking for these days. Kudos!
so do it sis! I'm sure they offer financing.. ask! if not, you can always try to get approved for a loan through the credit union 😊 and then just hire the pros to put it together for you. good luck!!
I live in the log house my mom and her friends built when I was 5. Anyone can do it. The only electricity we had was 1 light in bathroom and the water heater and stove. We used kerosene lamps everywhere else.In 1987 we added electrical outlets.It wasn’t anything fancy but we were a family and had our own home. I bought the house 25 years ago and remodeled it and added on to it.
You can do it if you choose to. Just make up your mind to do it. I usually make a list of goals for things that are overwhelming to me so that I can focus on one thing at a time. Whether it be saving money and how to go about that or listing what you are able to do on the house build verses contracting the work out for the stuff you don't want to do. We are rooting for you!
I can tell your oldest is the one 'who wont quit' brings a tear to my eye, I remember being that age and how bad I wanted my dad to believe and trust in me. You have no idea how much hes going to appreciate you one day. Youre one hell of a dad.
You are giving your kids the greatest gift you could ever give them by having them help build this home. They will never forget these experiences and they will appreciate the home more knowing all the effort it took to build it. Great parenting 👍 God bless you all ❤
Awesome work daddy and kids! 250 million Americans need to watch this video; to learn so many lessons about family values and what real life in America should be about!
I helped my stepfather build and finish a basement in the mid 80s and this video made me tear up. Miss him terribly. Your kids will love this experience, especially as they get older.
You have not only built a home but you have also built resilience and ethics for work and the satisfaction of doing something good in the mind and heart of your children, God Bless you and your family
As American Citizens we have been told since birth what we cannot do. Build our own house, retire before to old to enjoy life, grow our own food. You gotta be in debt to have things. Well you have provided them wrong again. You can do anything, with a great Family and trusting in God! Awesome job indeed!
You must be listening to the wrong people, I am an American and I was taught by my family and faith that I could do whatever I worked for, it’s not waiting on handouts it’s hard work and family that makes all the things you talk about come true, it also helps if you’re not a big city democrat
Yeah…. I don’t know who told you that, but the country I grew up in (I’m American) told me the complete opposite! I learned I could do or be anything on Earth if I wanted to, from the time I could walk. Stop listening to the haters and the nay-sayers and you’ll be much happier.❤️🤗🐝
I listened to myself or people that were positive, not the mindless drones. I've been working since I was a teenager with a focus of frugality engrained in me to this day. I enlisted in the Air Force at 18, retired after 21 years. Worked another 17 years in corporate America and I'm now retired again at 56. Don't associate yourself with negativity. Associate yourself with the Lord Jesus Christ.
I have no idea why this video happened to come up in my recommended watch list - but I'm glad it did. I ended up watching it in its entirety. I hope the entire family feels the immense pride that they should for coming together and building their home from the ground up. I wish you all many years of happiness and joy under that roof.
As a father to a daughter thats 13 this is the best video I've ever seen as far as it goes to me. This Dad gets an A+ for memories that'll never be forgotten. I wish years of happiness to all of you. God bless you
This man is building his house... if there were more nails in his state, he would have used them. Having "our home" is a powerful thing, all the more real and rewarding when you can do the work yourself. Congrats!
The family dynamic is amazing. Only a few moments of kids needing instructions but mostly independently working. Every child has a job specifically for them. You teaching them the trades and paying them has planted the seeds for them to be self sufficient and successful ❤️
Omg can I tell you how much I loved watching this? I've just turned 30, and when I was younger I was a very active girl. I would have LOVED to do something like this with my dad! This has surely built great memories for your kids, and you guys as a family!! How beautiful, and great education really! 🥰
This is a great dad and family. Those kids learned a lot and will have skills they can use forever. There needs to be more dad's like this. GREAT JOB EVERYONE!! Proud of all of you!!
I am a person who loves wooden furniture, because it is very environmentally friendly, thank you for creating beautiful, useful works for life, wishing you and your family good health!!!!❤❤❤❤
Your video should be on the national news. You and your family are living out the best of values and ideals. There was no tempertantruming, no cursing, just shoulder-to-shoulder instruction, work and some pretty fine watermelon eating.
You should assume there were tantrums, ungratefulness, etc. That's normal, and it's seeing a project like this through to the end that helps give them perspective on those moments. You should also assume the dad yelled and got angry a few times. Good families don't live in perfect harmony. They just know how to resolve conflict and move on towards their common goal/values.
@@stephenr85 Well said understood - Dad. Great job to all, and I praise you for your teaching, role-modeling and training. I have directed my grown family, now raising their own to check your video. Best Wishes to all
Wow, not only does the dad have some serious skills, the fact that he involved and guided the whole family through the process was such an inspiration. I can see it was a lot of work, but the pride of ownership and knowledge that you all built it together, will make it last a lifetime in so many ways. Kudos to all of you. Love this video, you all are definitely quite a role model!
Best education those young people will ever receive. God bless this family. New subscriber. From near Fort Worth, Texas and retired 15 years from being a certified composite social studies high school teacher. Also a drafted, disabled, and 1968 Republic of South Vietnam combat veteran.
My family built our home that I grew up in and they still live in today. I'm now 48, we have lots of pictures of my brother and myself around 8 and 9 years old working one the house. I learned so much from that experience. There's not much I figure out or fix. I've moved a lot in my life and I'm I've always helped my neighbors out fixing or helping them build things. When they ask how I know all this stuff I tell them I've been doing it since I was 8 lol. They often don't believe me till I proudly show them pictures.
This is the way. Use a long 2x4 with a 2ft long 2x4 block nailed to it at the end like a pair of scissors when they are almost closed for your "truss flipper" . Its much easier that way...
Thanks for teaching me this. Can you recommend a video or website so I can read more about this? I'm new to the concept of truss. When I googled truss flipper, I got wrong / irrelevant answers. Thank you!!!
This is awesome. I have been around construction all my 57 years. Dad was a carpenter my Brother then Me. So many good memories as a Family. Enjoy the fruits of your labor and cherish every moment. There's only 4 of Us left now out of 8. Looks really nice. Good job
This is exactly what wealthy ppl need to do. Those kids not only learned something, have experience in something, but they now have something. They can forever look at that house and see themselves in it.
When I was 12 we built a 2400 sqft split-level ourselves. My dad, mom, me and my younger sister put in all the work after the foundation was poured. I TOTALLY agree about hiring a professional for that part. That house still stands today and if you were to pull out all the sheet rock in what was my bedroom you’ll see my signature and the date on every stud. The experience was invaluable to me. I have never forgotten the skills my daddy taught me. Great job, Dad!!!!! Your kids have learned skills and values that will be with them for the rest of their lives.
Dad.... Of all the RU-vid videos out there, this one tops them all because of you. It might have a bit slow at first teaching but then it must have rolled in perfectly after they started catching on. So many have said it here.. They will never forget this. Even for a single man, building y our own home is a monumental life task. Someday they will drive by that place with their children and say, "We built that house." God bless you my friend. You taught them to fish AND The Father's Love in such a tangible way.
It’s a great parent that involves his children in projects where they learn new life skills and the value of working together for the benefit of the whole family.
My dad and I built our (well, my) first house during summer break when I was 13 years old. 1600 sq ft addition on a 960 sq ft house built in 1906. I framed quite a few houses in my teens, worked as an independent home inspector for ten years, and am now a city code inspector. Forever grateful for the time we worked on that house, and the stories and experience that came from it. Great job with what looks like a great family. Happy for you all.
I’m speechless! What a beautiful family. Amazing dad, greatest life lesson I’ve ever seen. Beautiful house. Not one kid with their head in a cell phone! A lifetime of memories.❤❤
I glad to see your kids helping. My family built a house in 1981. It was a lot of work but the kids still talk about it at Christmas. The only thing that I would have recommended would be to raise the slab at least 8 inches over the years your yard will grow and your slab will sink. Great job
I don’t agree..He’s putting them kids in danger..He shoots that nail gun around like nothing..And also putting them up on that roof like that is not safe ..Some stuff is ok for those kids to do but he has went overboard
Fantastic family unit. Wow, teaching your kids VALUABLE skills... not just building skills, but cooperstion, teamwork, value of hard work, pride in their work.... etc. Man, I wish I had you for a mentor when I was growing up, as well as now! ❤
You are winning as a dad. Getting your kids involved in something they'll be able to take pride in forever and patiently teaching them valuable skills as a father should. Well done, guys. It turned out great.
Wow, the kids genuinely helped to build the home. The professional builders are nice guys since they didn’t act impatient or rude with the kids’ help.Nice job!!!
great video,reminded me of my dad and grandfather and me,building houses,i started at 6yrs old on the job,picking up nails and scrap wood. thank you,thank you.iam now 75
Barely 5 minutes in and I have to say this, it's definitely hard work for kids, but it's absolutely a great memory that your building for them. For the rest of their lives they'll know that they did something that most adults today don't even know it's possible for them to do. Outstanding life lesson.
Y'all are an answered prayer. I've been praying and looking for an inexpensive way to build our new house. Your family foundation is on solid rock. It's a blessing to see how you're raising your children to honor family values of working together. Such a love of labor. Much love and Blessings to yall
I'm not as impressed with the house as I am with the Wonderful Young People you are raising, and giving the the greatest gift...a trade!! Learning to work with your hands and mind! The absence of distraction leads to amazing things! Thank you Great Video! Fantastic young people! Dynamite Adults!!
Nice job! We totally gutted our 60's house in 2003 and rebuilt it. My husband did our electrical and plumbing, moved walls - no problem. The one thing we'll never do again is sheetrock, tape and float. Better left to the professionals!
The kids will forever remember this. My husband and our kids done this a few years back for under that much as well. We have pictures of them holding tape measures and other tools. Now that they are a little older looking back a the pictures bring back so much memories. So excited to build them little starter homes soon.
Valuable, valuable experience! Now they will understand their home, top to bottom. And one day they will say, “When I was building our house with my dad and my siblings…”
I didn’t have a dad around but I did have a grandfather that raised me. Before I was 16 we built multiple building. I soaked in every bit of knowledge he gave me. From concrete and electrical to roofing and building multiple barns and building on the property. He set me up for success and it turned into 16 years later I’m a single father raising two children and running my own business. I get to be the father that my grandfather was for me. That man has been and always will be my best friend. All respect to you buddy.
This is a home that Family Love built. What a great way to teach your children Skills that can help them in the future. May your family enjoy many years of happiness in your new home.👍
Great job to everyone. Hard workers. Hat off to all of you. Especially mom and dad. Phenomal job with instilling great work ethics in your children, equipping them with skills, and teaching them realities of life. You have set a great example for all Americans, on how to raise the next great American generation. This is exactly how past America achieved greatness, and this is how we will bring America back to greatness.
4:41 Careful with that nail gun ! I love this project, and it reminds me of the time that my dad built a small cabin in the mid-80s, and then in 1998 we added on to it with a new addition. Anyways, I was nailing on the side of some floor joists, and I missed the board a bit, but since I depressed the safety mechanism against the wood, the nail still went flying out. It sailed thru the air and whizzed a foot or so from my Dad who was standing downstream of the bullets/nails. In other words, don't ever nail toward people. And even more so, don't get distracted and look around while still nailing ! :) Awesome !
Reminds me of my husband finishing the basement. All hands required! Both of my children learned a lot about building construction. As adults they not afraid to tackle any household improvements.
Fantastic! Love that your kids are involved. What a great sense of accomplishment and pride they must have being to participate in such a project. I’m very impressed. You are a great dad to be able to teach them these skills. But even more than that, you’re teaching them life skills, teamwork and more. Great job!
Excellent job!! This was the reality of my Saturdays, summer, and school holidays until I was 12 when my dad passed. Some of the best memories I have I working with him.
Brother man I truly love this video! I'm Old school, you don't work you don't eat! And your teaching the children something that will be remembered and last a lifetime! Thanks
❤So Awesome to see your children being a part of building a home 2gether🎉 Building confidence, endurance, patience and so many great values for life, they will achieve so much more.
Love it!!!! BTW - suggest sharing a copy of the plans with your city or county building inspector before ordering a kit. Some modifications will be necessary if you are governed by IRC 2021.
So, seriously awesome. Kuddos to all of you for sure for doing this. But seriously. No safety harnesses kn the roofwoork for dad or kids. No gloves for handling sheet metal. Didnt see much in the way or rebar caps or safety glasses tho that might have been me watching on my phone. Safety guys. Safety.
He is working on his own property with HIS family...not a jobsite. You must be a safety inspector or OSHA government leech. Mind your own damn business. How he raises and treats his children is HIS business and not yours. You decide what YOUR children do...not his. Piss off.
YEAH,Saw a lot of low safety work.. I get it , "carrying all this safety gear is cumbersome..Some of those elect sheers cuts can be sharp enough to cut turkey up , hand also.. BUT no injuries, end of the day..
As others have said, the house is an accomplishment in itself, but raising your kids like it appears you have, is the ultimate accomplishment. Well done. Hats off.
I just had to stop in and say wonderful, Great Job, Team Work!!! Just Love… So Proud ❤️ Now back to watching entirety of video post. Looking forward to more, Subscribed.
Great job, reminds me when I helped my Grandfather working on our house. My Mom was also a builder and Mom, my sister, with a family friend and Grandma and grandpa we all built our house on the top of a mountain in upstate New York. But we did not have sandy soil to work with. Ron USCG RET
