OFFICIALLY DRIED IN! | Building our 20' Container Home (P4) 

Riley, you say this is a "This is what we're doing, not a how to" channel but I think there's a lot of people take inspiration from what you guys do. I know, personally, there are quite a few things I've looked into because of your channel. You guys do amazing work. Thanks for posting and keep up the good work.

When I was a contractor in Afghanistan back in 2002, we built out shipping containers for living/offices for the higher ups, like site managers. We cut the 2x4's in half and built them just like regular walls. If you take 3-4" off wall height, you can just lift up ceiling framing and slide them in place. Then they just sit on top of the walls and you can screw them in together and then add your insulation. For the bathroom fan, I think adding a 2x4 cross member and mount the fan box to that, would help move the air easier since the hose will be going straight out. Here is a hint for you for wiring up everything. Take an old 1 gallon paint can and screw it to a Lazy Susan and put the wire around it. Yo then can just pull the wire as you need it.

Pretty much my go-to channel, mostly because of shared goals.

Excellent problem solving, as usual. No blood shed, also excellent. Oliver is absolutely a treat to see. You are amazing. Thank you. Blessings. 🤗

Courtney, thank you for the tip to use the sponge on the small paint job to eliminate brush strokes. I learned something new today.

cutting plastic with the chop saw to get the longer "thing" brilliant Riley!

If you want to keep the house safe from unwanted entry you should tac weld the door hinge pin's to the top of the hinge cause someone could just knock the pin's out and open the door, because the hinges are usually inside.

Absolutely fantastic. The only thing i could suggest is solid pip on bathrrom vent. If you ever have to clean it, you dont risk tearing it wit the stff brush used to clean rhat size pipe. 😊😊

Shallow wall electrical box tip: Buy a 2-gang shallow box, AND buy a single gang reducer. There are also 1-gang boxes that extend behind the wall with extra room. The ones I see here are 17 cubic inch (v. 8 ci) size. You'll like the extra room for connections.

Yes! Every relationship needs a Ying and a Yang component. You are One!!!

I was waiting for your hair to get in the paint. I have long hair as well and cannot count the times something silly has happened when loose. I’m always amazed by the patience you have when painting. It seems crazy how much prep goes into it, and the painting itself is quick…sort of.

I really like the idea of the flat 2x4 frame and using pocket holes to prevent thermal bridging with the spray foam. This is very good building science. I learn something new every episode.

Consider 2 X 6's in the walls for bracing of towel racks and possible grab bars.

The Bathroom exhaust trunking, I would of used solid piping for this application, with proper metal sealing tape on all seams. The corrugated edges/groves will attract dust and it will be hard to clean out.

Riley, when using a hole saw drill a pilot hole with a separate bit and replace the drill bit in the hole saw with a section of smooth drill rod. This will keep the flutes from the original bit from cutting the pilot hole larger and make cutting thin metal easier.

VERY nice attention to detail, standing studs off the walls to prevent thermal bridging. That's important. I would've recommended sturdier piping coming off the bath vent though.

Good Sunday morning Courtney and Riley Progress is always a good thing!

I love how you guys putting effort to do something you love.

If you are going to put your hinges outside, drill and tap your hinge pins and put in a grub screw so someone can not knock the pins out and break in.

Oliver is definitely living the BEST baby life.

Love it when you're building stuff

Can't wait to see how you move this thing to it's permanent location.

Riley, put your uni-bit/step bit in the impact drill, then you will not be fighting the torque on the drill.

I LEARN NEW THINGS EVERY TIME I TUNE IN. THANKS FOR THE LESSON

Nice. ❤ Your videos.

I can’t wait to see how Courtney decorates Moms Casita. Love her decor choices.

If I were building a tiny kitchen, i would DEFINITELY get a breville smart oven- I LOVE mine- i literally have not used my full size oven since I got it. You may not have room, but it’s worth considering

another great video, love how Oliver plays to the camera, little cuttie.

I hope you covered the floor with plastic to make spray foam cleanup easier!

Love the thought that went into framing. You guys are such a great team.

One thing to consider with installing the entry door inside out. When they build them at the factory and install the glass they usually only seal the glass on the side designed to be the outside of the door. I realize the door isn't directly in the weather but I learned the hard way, having installed one inside out once, that they will leak at the window to door interface unless you seal it. Maybe yours is different but it might be worth checking.

Great to see another big building project!

Another great video. Do us a favor, Oliver is such a happy little dude... give us a blip of him having a melt down so we all know he's a real little boy. I can't wait to see him helping dad. He'll be sitting on mom's lap driving the skid steer in no time.

@ 18:55 feather boards, feather boards, feather boards I MUST SRESS feather boards for cuts like this / feather boards are like cowbell, we need more of it/them !!!

OMG, I gave you a like immediately after you cut open the package with the chop saw lol

You got done in one episode what life uncontained does in 6 months. Incredible effort guys.

Great idea to frame walls..so intelligent ..Absolutely Brilliant! Truck build to this tiny house you guy’s have shown us so much growth but Oliver is the Gold🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s

Wow, I never thought a circular saw could be used to open those annoying product packets. I am unsure if I can use that excuse to purchase one with my wife!

You two are amazing! Iam about to be 65. This container is a dream! Wished I had son inlaws that were handy to build me one. Your mother inlaw or company sure are lucky! Can't wait to see it finished.

You two are so kind and loving. I really hope and pray that your mom will be able to enjoy her little home often . So much work but so needed. It's starting to look like a home instead of a box. Thanks for the video. From Central Oklahoma.

You guys are amazing!!!

Good to see your son is entertainment with toys and his parents instead of an iPad ❤

This is a great idea to sell for those interested in a transportable tiny house. Rural turism, camping grounds, festivals, etc are potential customers.

Oh man containerized coming along nicely. That means we are closer to learning about that leatherneck limo in the background. Water-filled seems cool too.

Dip-n-dots snow/hail is "Sleet". Sleet is usually on the wet side, if it's more dry it can be called "grauple". Also often called ice pellets. Hail is ice balls with multiple layers of ice on them, usually from a thunderstorm.

That hail like snow you guys had is actually called Graupel! I don't remember exactly how it forms but I'm pretty sure it involves water droplets in the air collecting and freezing on falling snowflakes. And Riley's right! It is often compared to Dippin Dots!

FYI CAN'T WAIT.

The 2x4s mounted sideways are fine but they tend to warp more from that way. So we have welded tabs onto the shipping container walls to screw the boards onto. Should help keep it from warping. Especially since you plan to move it.

Riley- an electrical tip for you. If you can find a child's toy from the 70's called a "Sit and Spin", you can put a roll of wire on it and it will unspool the wire for you as you pull it, without tangling it up.

You guys are the best on utube. Look forward to your videos.

For stub walls, don't level them by eye. Square them using the corner to corner method, and add a temporary diagonal to hold it that way. Now it's perfect no matter what.

Excellent epi and very well edited

GFI - RCD UK (residual-current device ) - RCDO Europe.

Pocket screws ir like Pocket on a shirt best thing since slice bread 🍞

❤❤❤ for Oliver so 😍 Cute

AvE has a video showing design schematics from drill chuck patents and explaining why the drill "locking" hack is not true. Along with some basic testing showing the "locked' chuck still walking off after sudden stops with a large mass (hole saw) chucked up. Title is "Secret Drill Trick?" and I suggest you watch it. Bad advice from other commenters aside, I love your building videos. It is a Sunday morning routine for my family. Can't wait til we're at a point to start our own off grid journey like you.

It's coming along together guys. Great job!

Hi both, fitting your french doors back to front is the ideal way to optimize your usable floor space and I would recommend adding a porch to the outside to act as an airlock so that you only need to open the inner or outer door at one time to prevent wind blown rain or snow penetrating the interior during inclement weather conditions also a spot to leave wet boots etc. I hope that this is a useful consideration for you to think about as you progress with the build which is a really inspiring project for anyone needing an extra room for whatever reason.I know you say that it is not an "How To Do It" but it is close enough for anyone to figure out. Congratulations.

Love Cortney's hat and painting scrubs.

I can never get over how well you guys work with one another. I know it sounds a little strange, but I’d guess that I’m in a similar situation with a lot of other married people, love my wife to bits but I’d doubt we could have built together like you guys. Good work, love the mother’s tiny home so far.

Courtney and Riley, I want to share some food for thought regarding the placement of electrical outlets. I know that it is to late for this build, but it might be worth to keep in mind for future building projects. Personally I hate it when outlets are placed low on the walls. As in about 30-40 cm above the floor. There are several good compelling reasons why I prefer to have all outlets placed about 100 cm above the floor, at about the same height as light switches: ** With advancing age, it becomes increasingly difficult and/or painful to stoop down or bend over to plug-in or unplug appliances. ** Outlets are not hidden below and/or behind furniture. ** Plugs and power bricks are to easily dislodged by accidentally kicking them with the feet, especially under tables or desks. ** Low outlets are at the perfect height for inquisitive toddler fingers. ** Low outlets are difficult to inspect for proper seating of plugs. ** Low outlets are difficult to access if you need to unplug something in a hurry. Especially when some appliance is malfunctioning and becoming a fire hazard. In today's environment, with a massive proliferation of electronic gadgets, there are usually not enough outlets available. Which leads to the use [and abuse] of power strip extensions, including daisy chaining said power strips. So it would be wise to at least double the amount of outlets to be installed. (Case in point: The apartment I am currently renting has a SINGLE outlet for the whole living room area that I use for my work space. The biggest power strip I could find is for 10 outlets. But I have at least 12 devices that need to be plugged into an outlet. Thus the need to daisy chain power strips.)

Great series

What an amazing man you are Riley...It will be awesome when finished the tiny house....Stay safe you all and see you soon

I have actually been on a tour of a tiny house factory. I can ABSOLUTELY say that your tiny house is built way better and far more efficient than they do it. Congratulations on not only doing the job right, but showing the rest of us the right way to do it. 👍

All that crazy snow/hail that is like dippin dots is graupel. Way more fun than hail!

Using the saw to open the tool package was brilliant… and telling!!!

I love watching container homes being built. I got an uncle out in Utah who has a ranch and he bought 9 40ft shipping containers that he turned into a cluster of “Tiny homes” with 2 of them being kitchens and 1 being a laundry room where several washers/driers are set up and the rest being bed rooms with bathrooms built into them and bunk houses for clusters of kids.

Can't wait for the next video anxious to see how the spray foam goes

Reily, I totally feel you on the weather. Here in Texas, it has been, Torrential Rain, or warm and Sunny, but wait, more Torrential Rain, then a hint of warm and Sunny. Half of the State of Texas is trying to float down into the Gulf of Mexico!

I am continuously amazed by what you two can do!!!

Quickly becoming my favorite RU-vid channel! Y'all are amazing! 😁

Can't wait for the spray foam!! Love you guys!! It's actually a pleasure to watch.. informative, music choices are 👌 and you're an adorable couple. Instant subscribe ☺️

The pocket jig.... the vac hose hooked up is SO worth it.

pulling wire is so satisfying!

I'm currently restoring the rotted & collapsed floor in our bumper pull RV trailer to get a few more years out of it and recently bought a pocket hole jig. I love it! :)

A lovely garden is born

LOOKS GREAT!

This is great for me because now I will be able to use this as a go-to guide to finish my shop.

We love how it's coming together!

Good morning from wet east tx. Build looking good

The water drop filter was really cool. I’m not the armchair quarterback type, but I’m asking because I honestly don’t know. Why would you not choose a whole home filtration system. I ask because I’m debating which to choose for my home. We have water provided by our County (for a monthly fee). But the water could definitely be more filtered. I enjoy learning so much from the projects you do.

Those Gorilla Ladder benches are awesome! I use it for all kinds of stuff for a larger space to stand on… also, it’s good for Overlanding to load/ unload roof rack, set up roof tent… then you can use it for a bench!

See 17:03. Error with space for spray foam on end of beam just fixed in. The end of the wooden beam looks like it touching the steel roof vertical "bit". I suggest check the whole lot of them, and if necessary add some of your compressed foam before putting them back.

😂😂Oliver's pretty ambitious! My son didn't figure out the trash until he was one year old.

YOU GUYS ROCK!❤

Great progress.

How do you plan on securing the door? Since it was installed opposite of how it’s meant to be, anyone could pop the hinge pins (since they’re now on the exterior) and get into the “house”… I’m guessing it was so the door was an outward swinging door vs an inward swinging door, but I’m curious if there’s been consideration for weather intrusion and locking it.

I meant to ask on the previous episode, but why did you install the windows from the inside instead of the outside. It seems like it would be easier to seal them if you sealed from the outside, but since this is this isnt your first rodeo, there is obviously something I haven't thought of. Thanks!

I really hope you are going to build a chassis lowboy with steerable axle to move the container.

About your snow/hail that’s not quite snow and not quite hail. It’s called Graupel. In my 70 years I had never experienced it. It took me moving to Idaho to be introduced to it. Here’s a definition. Graupel (/ˈɡraʊpəl/; German: also called soft hail or snow pellets,[1] is precipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets in air are collected and freeze on falling snowflakes, forming 2-5 mm. It’s pretty cool if you excuse the pun. 😊

I love the catchy music. I’m sure Cortney is behind those decisions.

Looking awesome, Ryan and Courtney

I love the sponge trick!

If you were to leave the packaging on the wire rolls. You can pull the wire from the centre. This works most of the time.

Love it! Your Mom will love it also!

When cutting metal try soapy water as a coolant and lubricant. It should help cutting and preserve the blade. In a pinch, Windex should work fine. Thanks for sharing!!

I have always wondered about what would be the easiest way to open plastic sealed packages!!! Thank you for the demo!!!

Note to self: keep face parts out of the potential swing of the drill when using a large diameter hole saw. I didn't bloody my lip and almost knock a tooth out, but I did raise a lump on my forehead and knock myself temporarily senseless. It's a little like using a nailer - no body parts within 1 nail length of the nose of the nailer. Think of it as a sphere with a radius of the length of the nail, centered on the nose of the nailer.

We think the new work.bench bought on clearance is perfect without the headrest!

😅I am enjoying every minute of watching you create the tiny house for Gramma. What a wonderful thing to do for her. I am impatiently waiting to see where you are going to locate the tiny home! Oliver is getting so big; time really goes quickly. He is handsome and you are truly blessed!!!