The Family Builds Bryson's Earth Bag Bedroom | $4650 Total Cost for Expenses | Full Version Movie

Bree: In 2005, our

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moved from the comforts of the city to the open spaces of the countryside. Our original plan was to build a large house. Welcome to our patio. Here are our Earth Bag rooms, my

family

, and how our plans changed. We had talked about so many different things we were going to do Like building a house Gary: I wanted to put up a big house Gary: We experimented with log and steel ideas Shelly: But since we've been living here longer, we started getting to know some of the neighbors Shelly: We they were explaining how to live with alternative building materials and live without mortgages Shelly: The idea that we would have several small structures Shelly: The main house, which is not too much of a main house.

It's just a one

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, one bathroom house Shelly: And then build a

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for each of the kids around the backyard to make a patio Gary: A house with outdoor hallways Shelly: We added lofts to the house so that at the Least the kids could have a space to sleep until they built their rooms Bree: When we finally decided to make these dirt bag houses Bree: I admit that even halfway through, I didn't think it was actually going to be done Bree: I was like, no, this can't be happening Bree: Until I moved, I was like "Wow, it's happening!" Garen: When we were making the floor, I think it was Mom, Shae and I going through and laying out all the paper.

Garen: And Shae kept putting squares filled with pink. Garen: For some reason, she kept removing them. Garen. : And they were everywhere Shae: It's nice that you think it was an accident Shelly: The interesting thing about a round room is... you know, in your world, you go out, you're not in a square Shae: It's really nice to take a break from that . It's easier on the eyes to walk towards something that has a more natural construction Shae: Then walk towards something that is very rigid and perfect Bryson: I wanted a platform at the top of the room for stargazing.

Bryson: We looked at a couple of layouts and then came up with this crazy idea of ​​eight Brysons: where it would have the same amount of square footage as all the other rooms but also provide Brysons: two separate areas to put things. Bree: We're starting construction on Bryson's Earth Bag dorm. Bree: The first thing we need to decide is where we're going to place it. Gary: If you saw it from the house Gary: following how this is changing Shelly: Will you have to take your clothes down? Gary: Well, maybe not Gary: If we move it this way Shelly: We could just put it in Bryson's room and he could automatically be the laundry manager.

Gary: I like it. Bryson: I'm going to lock the door. Bree: This clothesline is low so we could help out when we were little. Shelly: Sometimes it's hard to get kids to help when they're little because it's easier to do it yourself, but it's so important to let them help because it allows them to feel like a valued part of the family. Shelly: But I guess we could lift it up now that they're taller. But I'm used to it being short. Bree: The clotheslines are out of the way. The boys place a central stake and mark a circle.

Gary: Put your finger right there. Tilt it down, hold it straight up and down and walk. Gary: Very good! That's the inside. Bree: Bryson's room will be made up of two small circles, like a crazy eight. Gary: I'm going to put up our feeder. Bryson: Do we need a trench? Gary: We need a trench. Bryson: Very good. Shelly: Okay Shae, I have our chart here. The poles are 41 inches apart. Shae: Okay. Bree: We'll use railroad ties for the doors. Bryson: And then walk over here and then we have a little trail over here. We'll have stairs to go down and then we'll have this room here.

Bree: The trench is cut and leveled Bryson: So what we're doing is choosing a spot that is our main level. We can see from here if we raise this to the right level. We're about two inches short and This rope is going to go all the way around and we're going to take them in about five foot increments so that when we put the bags down, they're all level. Bree: Once the posts are secured and level, a threshold is built. Shae: Awwwwwww Bree: A circle will be further down for dad to prepare for the steps. Gary: Come here at 45 to here at 45 until we take a step.

Then I'll build another step. Five and a half inch risers and nine and a half inch treads. Bryson: We're laying cement. Shae: I'm balancing this. What I'm doing is of no use. Gary: It's the first time we put steps. Bryson: Pass this, grab your bags. Bryson: Fold them inside out. Bree: We put down the first layer of soil bag. Bryson: Wait, I'm getting my flip flops back. Shae: And then when they ask me to get in a car, I'm like, "Why?" Bryson: Alright, we have a new handler. 45 Buckaroonees. Shelly: Wow, it works well. Bryson: Really good.

Shae: na, na, na, ooohh oh Bree: We're inviting some people to help us with building our dirt bags. It's time to get ready. Bree: First, easy access to moist soil. Gary: Well, it's not like I forgot Jeff was coming. But he arrived early and I wasn't ready. Then I jumped out of bed, because he just knocked on the door to bring us some dirt for Bryson's building. Gary: We had drawn a circle so he could take out the dirt. Gary: What a time saver. You already know the difference between a huge bucket on a tractor and a wheelbarrow and a shovel.

Gary: Yeah, everything will even out nicely. Gary: You did a great job. Gary: It's amazing what a few dollars and a case of beer can do. Jeff: Then I go. Gary: I appreciate that. Shelly: Thank you. You are awesome. Jeff: I'm going to go back and make sure my couch doesn't move anywhere. Bree: Next, install the electrical cable and boxes. Shelly: Shae, Bryson and I had a goal of putting down one layer of bags a day. and get up, I don't know, it's like a couple of feet to the point where the guys are going to put in the electricity.

Shelly: There were several nights where we decided we would just wait until the sun went down and turn on this big light and keep working into the night. Shelly: Are they out there? I can not see you. Bryson: Oh yeah Shae: ooooohhhhhh Shae: Our bag is right down there. It's very scary, the fire is right there, on a hill not far from here. Shelly: We wanted to turn on the power before the group of people came because we didn't want to mess with it when everyone was done. . Garen came to help us. Garen: In what universe have we been like everyone?

Gary: Go ahead and place these boxes in strategic locations for the interior. and one for the exit. Gary: We have to separate the wire with the barbed wire that we use to hold the bags. We can use these U-shaped nails to separate the two cables. Gary: The purpose is so that we don't suffer an electrical short circuit. Garen: A short circuit occurs, it will be a pain. Bree: The electricity will be connected to the nearby solar system. Shelly: The last step before the group of people who are putting a layer on top of the electricity arrived.

They were divided into two groups. Gary and Bryson and Shae and Garen. They raced to see who could finish the circle first. Shelly: Oooohh, nice boots Garen: Yes! Shelly: Ooooh, careful with your nails! Shae: They had a huge door in their bag circle. That they didn't have to pocket it. Bryson: But you know they always have to have the last word. Mainly because they don't want to lose any of their "formity" or whatever. Shae: Are we okay? Bryson: But we

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ly won. Garen: We just like to crush you. Bryson: We beat them like no one else.

Shae: Oh, we definitely won. We beat them. Bree: We need several tacos. Gary: We have three different types of tacos that we use. We have the simple cleat that fits inside both bags. Then we have another slat that fits a window. Then we have a third type that we use. They're L-shaped. Shae: We made over 40 tacos. I can make mine real quick, but Bryson put a million nails in there. Bryson: And then when you're done putting the nails in on this side, you turn it over so the nails are sticking out like this. Bryson: When you're making the dowels, you can put like 5 nails or like 20 and I was just putting mine in and I had them wonder

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y pretty.

In a row. Everything symmetrical, perfect. And Shae was just bam, bam, bam, done. Bam, bam, bam, done. Shae: 21 left. Shelly: Wow. Bree: 2x12 window frames are also needed. Gary: I found a couple of great new windows on Craigslist, one 4x3 and one 2x2. It

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us $120 for both windows. Bryson: Windows, you know. Bryson: We'll use them for the steps and window frames. 2x12 and 2x10 Gary: A window size is static, meaning it is generally a half inch shorter to fit within a window frame. In our case, we could make the frames 3x5, 3x4, etc. Gary: I use three 2x6s and just nail them together to make a large header.

Shae: Why do these things have to be together? Gary: These are headers that go on top of the window. Helps support the weight of the roof. To avoid putting the weight of the roof on the top of the window. Bree: The next steps are. Gary: Okay, these are the threads for our 2x10 ladders. There will be nine and a half steps. Here, come with me. I'll show you how it goes. Everything will go up every two rows, we will have a step up and a circle up there. Gary: Inside the walls, of course, we drive nails up and down, similar to how we do our cleats.

We chose to take it out and let it hang a little freely and maybe just a small temporary pole underneath. Shelly: We're also going to have bottles ready. We're going to put up little bottle windows as you go up the steps. Bree: Lastly, a center pole is placed to measure. Gary: We put a pole in the center of the building. An inch and a half pipe that runs all the way to about 9 or 10 feet. Now, we have a nice pole that goes through the center of the building so we can measure the circular bags. while they spin.

Bree: Thunderstorms are bringing additional challenges. Bryson: This is what happens when it gets too wet. The water starts bubbling up the sides and becomes very muddy like you couldn't put a bag on top of it. It's gelatin. Gary: If that doesn't dry up, we'll be in trouble. Bryson: My amazing room. Da da da da! You can see dad for that. We put the arch. Let's put that arch there. We step up to the top of Bree: our friends arrive to help build Bryson's building. However, we immediately experienced a problem. A storm hits the night before dropping two inches of rain.

Bree: So dad, what happened? Gary: We had 2 inches of rain and soaked our bags. Gary: We tried to maneuver them around a bit and ended up with half the wall collapsed on one side. So we have to tear all that down. We have to go back to base. and we have to start again. Bryson: Restarting the foundation was a little daunting. Bree: But the other one, the other circle is okay, Dad? Gary: Yeah, the other circle is fine. Gary: So we start bagging as fast as we can so that when people arrive there's something to do when they get here.

I think the night before, if there's a chance of rain, we're definitely going to put up tarps. Bree: I had this clever plan of dividing everyone into teams. However, there is no way to divide the work equally because the layers must be synchronized. But that's our little secret. Green Team Mascot, Shelly: Wow, lots of enthusiasm. Bryson: Oh yeah. Shae: Our friends Esther, Andrew, Deborah and Peter came to help us. It was very fun to work with them. Bree: Faster than the speed of nature. If there is a speed in nature. Shelly: Do you know how slow nature is?

Andrew: It's too slow, that's what it is. Garen: We are the force of the ocean. Bree: That's right. Shelly: What we like most about building with dirt bags is that all ages can participate. Bree: Hi, I come in at... we don't know. and team Blue Bryson: We're going to win. Bree: Are you sorry? And then my, my local team right here. The Green Shelly: Are you Team Yellow? Yes, but what should we give mom? Shelly: It's a sign. Bree: Hello, little bug. Bree: We need to reinstall the power wheel. Shae: Esther and I put duct tape on the wheel of the wheelbarrow and surprisingly it worked for quite a while.

Shelly: We used our arms to measure how long we wanted the bags. Approximately 3 arms long. and we straighten the barbed wire as much as we can. Our friend Jackie helped me. We cut it into sections with a bolt cutter and then placed it between the bags. Bree: The barbed wire goes into action and Jackie is in the line of fire. Gary: Some of my friends from work showed up. We had Scott, Alex, his son. Malcom was here Bree: So our hero, Tom, shows up with Pizza! Bree: After lunch we fixed the wall that had fallen down and were ready to climb higher.

Gary: It wasn't all that bad with all that rain. All that dirt was now a little damp. That made packing the new things much easier. Shelly: It was very exciting to see it come time to put in the first window frame. Bree: What are you doing mom? Shelly: I am.putting bottle lights for the steps. Bryson: Hello camera. Gary: How are you, Rick? I'm telling you, he really is a soldier. He walked over, jumped on that wall and started working hard, so thanks Rick! Gary: Haven't you fallen yet? Rick: No vertigo. Shelly: Is it rain? Bree: Here you can see that a storm is threatening, but it's a blue sky here, so you never know if we're going to get hit or not.

Gary: Some of us work at a desk. We are starting to slow down. Bree: We're in waist-high bags, there are 3 window frames installed along with 4 steps. Bree: Inviting friends to help build the dirt bag walls is a real boost. We're halfway to the top. Let's take a look at the

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so far. Shelly: We continue with our layer per day and as we go up, we will have to back up to about half a layer per day. Gary: We were very diligent in maintaining distance from the center pole to the outside of the building. This will really help us when we reach the ceiling at the top.

Bryson: Okay, so we won't nail the slats until we're a little high so we can level the windows. Gary: That's a little different than what we normally do. We usually nail those blocks in as we go up. This time we're going to wait until we're done with the roof. Bryson: And the building has to settle. Shelly: On the bags, we cut about 15 feet long and then turn them inside out. and then we have to be careful that when placing them the seams do not coincide in the same places. Bryson: Our new addition to our farm. Shelly: After the kids settle into their rooms, they get a pet.

Garen's dog, Diesel, gets very excited. Shae: He's a little black lab and very playful. She gets into all the bags when we try to work. Shelly: Oh. Rolly. Shelly: Are you helping? Shelly: The puppy is pooped. Bryson: He plays with the bag, a minute later, outside. Bryson: Look how solid these things are. Amazing. Bryson: Direct them to the center post and we do it every 2 bags. Enough for one person you know. Like a normal step it is longer. We reduce it in size. so it doesn't take up most of the space Gary: We're using slats inside the walls to hang pictures Shelly: It's really hard to know exactly where we're going to put those pictures, so we put them everywhere.

Bryson: I fold the end like a paper airplane and then step on it, roll it up, and place it on my leg. While they load dirt, I just drop it. And then at the end, I'll fold it and leave it. Shelly: We put 2-quart jars together and then taped them together so they don't move. until we place the bags on top. The jars will now create this natural lighting for each step. Shelly: I wonder if we're going to run out of spikes. Shae: We ended up using about a roll and a half of barbed wire. Shae: Jeans are recommended.

Shae: Probably $70 a roll. Shelly: Second roll. Bryson: We had to cover the bag that was collecting from the rain. because it was soaking him. Gary: After the last rain problem, we tarp every time we think it's going to start raining. Gary: With the header, we leveled both sides to get a nice box around the frame. Bryson: Are we going to put a bag on top of this? Gary: Actually, several bags. Shelly: This is another place where we added candy jars so some of the morning light can get through. Shae: And wave them in the air like you just don't care.

Shelly: As we climb, we start to need more help moving that dirt to the top. Bree came in there and helped us. Bree: My dog, Max, came and helped us while we worked. He climbed onto the dirt bags with us. Bree: When your acrobats take you places you don't want to be. Shelly: Oh, he went through the steps again. Bree: Oh, I'm really scared now. But in the end I had to go out and save him because he couldn't get back down. It wasn't like there were stairs or anything. Bree: Hold on to your hats, because he's about to get one.

Gary: Because we have a circle, I wanted to put a design on top of the roof that is somewhat circular. So we placed our rafters on 2 foot centers, just like you would on a normal patio roof. Gary: We have 20 footers for the longer sections of the circle. Gary: Our template that we're going to use. The rafters will run in this direction here for the roof rafters of that flat roof. and then we can adjust them up and down and then lock them on both sides and then when the bags lean against them, that will give them lateral strength like this. and then they are all pinned to the top of the bags.

Gary: We have straight lines running north and south and then we needed to have beams coming out perpendicular to the outside placed there with beam supports to help support the weight. and then there were these little cats that shot up a 45 from that. Shelly: So just when we think we're done bagging, we still have a little more bagging left between each of the beams. The alternative to bagging is cobbing and it's no fun trying to fill it with cob. Bryson: 50 pound rammer Shelly: Oh yeah, it's beautiful Bryson: And this whole area here is going to be the top deck.

Gary: Since it's a platform we're going to walk on, I wanted a 3/4 inch material or a 7/8 inch material. Gary: I need to do 2 bisections. Shelly: Gary may be working and he seems to know when it's time to slow down and teach the kids something. Gary: Two things, a square corner and a bisection, you can divide them into as many segments as you want that are all the same. Gary: Lift the plywood up a little bit so we can make our cuts, put our face panel on, put the plywood back on and we have a segmented roof up here that almost looks circular, that's nice.

Bryson: Put telescopic things in there and even a bed. Maybe so we can sleep there. Gary: As always, we're trying something new. I'm not used to a roofing material other than asphalt or steel. We went to a professional roofer and he suggested 30 pound 3 ply snow roofing felt. Bryson: This is what we're doing. We take this microfiber and place it over the folds and cover it with the white roofing layer. We ended up doing like 3 or 4 layers there. Shelly: Expenses are low until we get to the roof. That's when the cost really starts to add up. Bree: The front half of the building takes on a creative shape.

Gary: It's more conical. A kind of inclined cone to give enough space for the interior to have stairs. They run to the side and a door that leads to the roof. Bryson: These are going up towards the door. Gary: The gate requires 2 posts to be installed on top of the flat roof. Bryson: This is really how high we have to go. Gary: Then we can run the bags along the sides to those posts. There are now tall bags on one side of the roof and shorter bags on the other because we are raising them to allow for the cone-shaped roof.

Bryson: We use old tent poles and double spikes to help strengthen the walls when they get too tall. The platform is right at the top of the stairs, so we can open a door there and exit onto the main deck. Gary: Just stick it in there so we don't have any squeaking problems. Bryson: We used the same type of batten system that we used on the other roof. Gary: We chose one of the door posts at the top of the other room to be a sort of center post. Bryson: Before we put the plywood in, we'll need to put bags around the outside edges so it's flush with the plywood.

Booyah! We are approaching the last stretch here at the same corner. It's right there and bagged up here. and it makes it really cute. It closes along the entire section. It's great. The last bag we will probably ever put in. Just there. Gary: Bryson and I are brain dead. trying to place this board on the outside of this cone shaped roof. There are many compound angles and I am making calculation errors. I lifted 2 dash boards and we had to leave it. Garen notices how frustrated he was and he feels sorry for me, so the next day he is there to help me.

He helped us with the angles and bevels here and it made a big difference this morning. Bryson: If it weren't for him, we'd all be doomed. Bryson: The sheets up there are like a puzzle. It's so unique that we have to cut all these odd angles and we're making angles, you know, when you have an angle this way and you have an angle that way. Anyway, these weird angles we keep cutting and, ugh, they're hard to figure out. Bree: We bought the wood for the tapered roof frame all at once. The cost? Gary: We're putting up a 6x6 porch.

Bryson: We got some poles instead of going into the woods and cutting them down, we bought them at the store. Really clear Gary: Unlike Bree, right? Bree has those skinny little things, very strong. She is all mesquite wood but has a

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ly different look. The next thing we do is trim all the edges. The metal rain drip edge and then the paper finish, then we are ready for the Ondura. Bryson: We chose Ondura because it's not that difficult to cut. It's supposed to last a long time. At this point it has been about a year in Garens' room.

And in fact, it seems to look the same as when we first put it on. Gary: It doesn't fade Bryson: Yeah, it doesn't fade at all. Gary: So the product seems pretty solid. We're not sure yet. Shelly: That's an interesting way to hammer. Gary: It's painful to watch. Bryson: Bam, bam, bam, done. Shae: While the kids were fixing the roof, Mom and I decided to start on the stucco. Gary: To prepare for the girls coming around the corner with the stucco. We need to have the windows complete so they can put the stucco right next to the trim.

Gary: We build these particular frames where they're not attached to the bags or the header. Bryson: We're not going to let go of these windows anymore, I don't think so. Gary: No, we won't let them go anymore. Shae: They have the windows framed, so we're going to start plastering at least one of these circles. We have decided on stucco because it withstands rain better. Shelly: Bryson was tamping 2 rows from the glass and to our surprise he broke it. Bree: I found what we should put there. Shelly: Oh my god. Shae: That's too big. Shelly: We'll make it work.

Shelly: Perfect fit. Bree: Look at that. Shelly: It fits perfectly. Bree: How are we going to get that in there? Bryson: Using my glasses to protect her eyes. Shelly: I have eye protection. I have "Bry" protections. Shae: It feels like stucco is very, very slow. Shelly: But we've been working every day, you know, a couple of batches. Shae: I keep getting calls. Shelly: Part of raising our children is spending about an hour a day doing some type of physical work. Gary: You know it's very important for kids to complete something. There's nothing like finishing a project and having that feeling of accomplishment.

Shelly: One of the benefits of

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bag buildings is that when they're finished, you get a bedroom. Shae: We start looking back and it seems like we've come a long way, so obviously now that we're ahead, we're going to make it a game and beat the guys. Shelly: Yes. Gary: The idea that the ladies can beat us is a little unusual because we are so good and so fast. And the Ondura goes up very quickly. Bryson: And we can drive those nails like nobody's business. Bam, done. Gary: However, just to make them feel better, we ran out of materials.

Bryson: Yes. Garen: We can really slow them down. Bryson must not finish the door. Bryson: Oh, because they can't get around the door until we're done. Bree: Mom and Shae are rushing to put up the stucco before Dad and Bryson can finish the door and roof. but, before they can leave, the weather worsens. Shelly: Ut oh Shae, this might stop our victory dance. Bree: Meanwhile, Bryson and dad are working inside. Bryson: We got a really good deal on a wood door. Gary: We only paid about $75 for the door on Craigslist. Bryson: My friend Andrew came and helped me.

Bryson: I'm going to spray paint these bolts black. And stick them in the holes, squeeze them and grind the tips. The door had 48 bolts, nuts and washers. Bryson: There are a lot of washing machines. Gary: I had to build a frame for it. Bryson: Dad, it looks like you did well. Gary: Oh, well, that's surprising. Gary: Then assemble the door into the frame. Which means cutting the hinge joints and making some groove cuts and relief, chiseling and then putting the door in there. Shae: We used cob for Bree's room, but cob requires a roof guard. Shelly: And also some type of protection, linseed oil or paint.

Shae: We decided to use stucco that doesn't wash away in the rain. My friend, Esther, Esther: Hi Shae, It was so fun having you here. Shae: You do it, I'll watch. I'm going to have to invite her every time. Bree: We used about 10 bags of cement. Bree: The girls are the clear winners because the roof ridges won't arrive until next week. Gary: We'd like to NOT admit that the ladies beat us because Bryson: Oh, they didn't beat us Gary: That's not even fair. We didn't have allour things. It's still in order. Bryson: We didn't have all of our materials.

Shelly: Hey, but we won. Shae: We won. Garen: The reason they lost was because Garen wasn't there. Shae: Oh, sure. Bree: Now we know the cost of roofing. Gary: This is not the door we are going to install, but we will use it as a model. The door above is a slanted door at the top. Bryson: We used 7 2x6 tongue and groove joints and glued them together to make the door. Bryson: If I stood up, this thing would make noise. Bryson: We use bolts to hold all the tongue and groove boards together. Gary: We had initially decided we wanted a round window.

Two half windows as one. But we found that the width of the windows was too much to remove the center of the door. We'll go ahead and slide the windows this way and then rotate them like this so that we have less width and have enough room for the handle. Bryson: Following the line to trim it. We are using that tool to do it. So we pre-drill the hole there and we can stick our blade in. Make sure the hole is also on the inside of the line. From there we can cut everything. Bryson: So let's go ahead and put it up.

Gary: We're going to use butyl rubber and this is a typical window sealant. Instead of finding ways to clamp it to the window or screw it to the window like I would normally do. In fact, we're going to stick this puppy here with this butyl rubber. Shelly: Did you notice Bryson isn't with us? Gary: I decided to go skiing. Bryson: I love you guys! Gary: While it's drying, I came up with a quick and easy system. I'll do this on both sides. Then I can turn the door around and work on the other side. Gary: We hope Bryson and the team had a great time skiing.

Bryson: The door turned out much better than I thought it would. Bryson: Fits! Bryson: It also acts almost like a skylight with the window, so it lights up the room really well and stuff. It's really great. Bree: We're getting ready to paint the exterior. Shelly: Before starting to paint, Bryson removes the dirt from the building. And then we started recording everything. Windows, doors, bottle lights. Bryson: I'm going to go ahead and seal all the cracks upstairs with this foam. Shelly: This painting is supposed to be one of the best paintings. It has UV protection and is supposed to be a coat over stucco.

Which will be interesting to see if it really is. It was a lot of money. A little over $200, which is a lot more than we normally pay for paint. We generally receive recycled paints and pay $10. Gary: This time we chose to use a different method of painting. Normally in the past we used rollers and it took us several days to work on it. We have an airless sprayer. The advantage of having an airless sprayer is, of course, the biggest: time. Gary: Now, let's try the other part. Gary: I hadn't used this thing in years, so we had to install it, clean it, take it apart, grease it.

We had everything set up and flipped the switch. Nothing happened. Bryson pulls out the multimeter from him and has everything hooked up. He says it's the switch. So he replaced the switch with a small wall switch that you have in your house. Bryson: Turn off if off. Drum roll please. Gary: Oh yeah. Bryson: Okay. Gary: When the kids were little, I was very involved in solving their problems, but Bryson no longer needs my help. He really enjoys working with anything electronic. I just stand back and let him do it. Gary: I forgot how to use the sprayer.

So I called the neighbor. He gave me some quick instructions. We have prepared it well. Gary: Okay, thank you. Gary: Do you think we're ready Bry? Bryson: I have to get the water out now. Bryson: It's brown. Gary: Beautiful. Gary: Alright, you're going up. Bryson: My job was to paint. Gary: Spray patterns and how to spray Bryson and I worked together and figured it all out. Removing much of the excess paint. Preserving our painting. Bryson: It was a challenge going up to those vespers, but after a while I got used to it. Gary: Painting the little corners and edges takes a lot of time.

With airless sprayer. I understood it immediately. Bree: I just want to show you this light switch. This light switch proves that My Little Homestead was a part of it. This is our signature move. We always put a light switch on electronic devices. Anything we can't turn on gets a light switch. Bree: And now it's Garenster's job. Bryson: Show off. Bryson: Garen stepped in and helped me. He always works really fast, so it's like, Oh, yeah. Bryson: Alright, I think I got it. Bree: Pretty slick, huh? Bryson: Yeah. Gary: Because it's a little bit thinner paint, so it went through that machine perfectly.

Bree: One hour to paint the entire building. So how do you think it went, dad? Gary: What is that? Bree: How do you think it went? Gary: Oh my God, this is the only way to do this. Absolutely, it was great. Shelly: There was probably about 2 inches in the bottom of the bucket, so she made it. She painted everything, including the vespers. And it's a nice coat. Shae: Most of the painting is done, so now it's time to paint the trim, which is the job of us girls. We are using this brown and purple color because that is what we have.

And it won't cost anything. The boys will work on the edge of the gate and the edge of the patio. Shelly: Finishing the cut, guys? The last? Gary: The last one of the clipping. Bree: The guys come in to start the cement subfloor. Bryson: Soil cement is easy. It is easier than placing normal cement. And cheaper. Gary: It's like dry pouring with a fence post. You know, you just pour cement, pour some water and shazzam. Bryson: Bam, that's it. The entire floor. Gary: We have everything out of here right now. Bryson: We level the ground. Gary: Then we can start leveling this floor.

We want to level it about 3/4 inch down. We're a little low in the back, so we had to bring in some dirt to level it out. Bryson: Diesel has been a great help Gary: Sure. Shelly: Do you have it? Gary: Oh yeah, he's a wet dog. Bryson: He's been breaking the

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for me. He was digging holes and loosening all the dirt so I could get it out. Bryson: Good boy. Gary: Think about how many muscles we're building. Shelly: Yes. Gary: Yes. Bryson: Better than working out. Shelly: Were you thinking about working out? Lifting weights? Bryson: No.

Why should I? I'm doing this. Shelly: Wow, Gary. Well, I dare you to get up there now. Gary: Go up the sides. Shelly: No, no, I'm just kidding. Gary: Not really. Just go up the side like this. Shelly: Gary. Gary: As long as you stay close to the sides. Gary: Okay, Bryson, you're the one who throws the dirt. I need land right here. Gary: You have to have enough dirt in the room. to reach your level point. Gary: Okay Bry, let's do the rope thing. Bryson: Okay. Bryson: Your rope was in my way. Gary: No, your dirt was in my thread.

Gary: We measure periodic points around the floor with a line level to make sure we're on track. Gary: I found a guy selling a Shelly: Craigslist, right? Gary: Yeah, I sold lawn mowers and little cultivators and stuff. And this was the perfect size for us. Bree: In 2005, our family moved from the comforts of the city to the open spaces of the countryside Bree: Our original plan was to build a big house Bree: Welcome to our yard Bree: Here are our Earth Bag rooms, my family and how our plans changed Shelly: We had talked about so many different things we were going to do Like building a house Gary: I wanted to put up a big house Gary: We experimented with log and steel ideas Shelly: But as we lived here longer, we started to know to some of the neighbors Shelly: They explained to us how to live with alternative building materials and live without mortgages Shelly: This idea that we would have several small structures Shelly: The main house that is not too main house.

It's just a one bedroom, one bathroom house Shelly: And then build a bedroom for each of the kids around the backyard to make a patio Gary: A house with outdoor hallways Shelly: We added lofts to the house so that at the Least the kids could have a space to sleep until they built their rooms Bree: When we finally decided to make these dirt bag houses Bree: I admit that even halfway through, I didn't think it was actually going to be done Bree: I was like, no, this can't be happening Bree: Until I moved, I was like "Wow, it's happening!" Garen: When we were making the floor, I think it was Mom, Shae and I going through and laying out all the paper.

Garen: And Shae kept putting squares filled with pink. Garen: For some reason, she kept removing them. Garen. : And they were everywhere Shae: It's nice that you think it was an accident Shelly: The interesting thing about a round room is... you know, in your world, you go out, you're not in a square Shae: It's really nice to take a break from that . It's easier on the eyes to walk towards something that has a more natural construction Shae: Then walk towards something that is very rigid and perfect Bryson: I wanted a platform at the top of the room for stargazing.

Bryson: We looked at a couple of layouts and then came up with this crazy idea of ​​eight Brysons: where it would have the same amount of square footage as all the other rooms but also provide Brysons: two separate areas to put things. Bree: We're starting construction on Bryson's Earth Bag dorm. Bree: The first thing we need to decide is where we're going to place it. Gary: If you saw it from the house Gary: following how this is changing Shelly: Will you have to take your clothes down? Gary: Well, maybe not Gary: If we move it this way Shelly: We could just put it in Bryson's room and he could automatically be the laundry manager.

Gary: I like it. Bree: This clothesline is low so we could help out when we were little. Shelly: Sometimes it's hard to get kids to help when they're little because it's easier to do it yourself, but it's so important to let them help because it allows them to feel like a valued part of the family. Shelly: But I guess we could lift it up now that they're taller. But I'm used to it being short. Bree: The clotheslines are out of the way. The boys place a central stake and mark a circle. Gary: Put your finger right there.

Tilt it down, hold it straight up and down and walk. Gary: Very good! That's the inside. Bree: Bryson's room will be made up of two small circles, like a crazy eight. Gary: I'm going to put up our feeder. Bryson: Do we need a trench? Gary: We need a trench. Bryson: Very good. Shelly: Okay Shae, I have our chart here. The poles are 41 inches apart. Shae: Okay. Bree: We'll use railroad ties for the doors. Bryson: And then walk over here and then we have a little trail over here. We'll have stairs to go down and then we'll have this room here.

Bree: The trench is cut and leveled Bryson: So what we're doing is choosing a spot that is our main level. We can see from here if we raise this to the right level. We're about two inches short and This rope is going to go all the way around and we're going to take them in about five foot increments so that when we put the bags down, they're all level. Bree: Once the posts are secured and level, a threshold is built. Shae: Awwwwwww Bree: A circle will be further down for dad to prepare for the steps. Gary: Come here at 45 to here at 45 until we take a step.

Then I'll build another step. Five and a half inch risers and nine and a half inch treads. Bryson: We're laying cement. Shae: I'm balancing this. What I'm doing is of no use. Gary: It's the first time we put steps. Bryson: Pass this, grab your bags. Bryson: Fold them inside out. Bree: We put down the first layer of soil bag. Bryson: Wait, I'm getting my flip flops back. Shae: And then when they ask me to get in a car, I'm like, "Why?" Bryson: Alright, we have a new handler. 45 Buckaroonees. Shelly: Wow, it works well. Bryson: Really good.

Shae: na, na, na, ooohh oh Bree: We're inviting some people to help us with building our dirt bags. It's time to get ready. Bree: First, easy access to moist soil. Gary: Well, it's not like I forgot Jeff was coming. But he arrived early and I wasn't ready. Then I jumped out of bed, because he just knocked on the door to bring us some dirt for Bryson's building. Gary: We had drawn a circle so he could take out the dirt. Gary: What a time saver. You already know the difference between a huge bucket on a tractor and a wheelbarrow and a shovel.

Gary: Yeah, everything will even out nicely. Gary: You did a great job. Gary: It's amazing what a few dollars and a case of beer can do. Jeff: Then I go. Gary: I appreciate that. Shelly: Thank you. You are awesome. Jeff: I'm going to go back and make sure my couch doesn't move anywhere. Bree: Next, install the electrical cable and boxes. Shelly: Shae, Bryson and I had a goal of putting down one layer of bags a day. and get up, I don't know, it's like a couple of feet to the point where the guys are going to put in the electricity.

Shelly: There were several nightswhere we decided we would just wait until the sun went down and turn on this big light and keep working into the night. Shelly: Are they out there? I can not see you. Bryson: Oh yeah Shae: ooooohhhhhh Shae: Our bag is right down there. It's very scary, the fire is right there, on a hill not far from here. Shelly: We wanted to turn on the power before the group of people came because we didn't want to mess with it when everyone was done. . Garen came to help us. Garen: In what universe have we been like everyone?

Gary: Go ahead and place these boxes in strategic locations for the interior. and one for the exit. Gary: We have to separate the wire with the barbed wire that we use to hold the bags. We can use these U-shaped nails to separate the two cables. Gary: The purpose is so that we don't suffer an electrical short circuit. Garen: A short circuit occurs, it will be a pain. Bree: The electricity will be connected to the nearby solar system. Shelly: The last step before the group of people who are putting a layer on top of the electricity arrived.

They were divided into two groups. Gary and Bryson and Shae and Garen. They raced to see who could finish the circle first. Shelly: Oooohh, nice boots Garen: Yes! Shelly: Ooooh, careful with your nails! Shae: They had a huge door in their bag circle. That they didn't have to pocket it. Bryson: But you know they always have to have the last word. Mainly because they don't want to lose anything of theirs or whatever. Shae: Are we okay? Bryson: But we totally won. Garen: We just like to crush you. Bryson: We beat them like no one else. Shae: Oh, we definitely won.

We beat them. Bree: We need several tacos. Gary: We have three different types of tacos that we use. We have the simple cleat that fits inside both bags. Then we have another slat that fits a window. Then we have a third type that we use. They're L-shaped. Shae: We made over 40 tacos. I can make mine real quick but Bryson put it like a million nails in there. Bryson: And then when you're done putting the nails in on this side, you turn it over so the nails are sticking out like this. Bryson: When you're making the dowels, you can put like 5 nails or like 20 and I was just putting mine in and I had them wonder

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In a row. Everything symmetrical, perfect. And Shae was just bam, bam, bam, done. Bam, bam, bam, done. Shae: 21 left. Shelly: Wow. Bree: 2x12 window frames are also needed. Gary: I found a couple of great new windows on Craigslist, one 4x3 and one 2x2. It cost us $120 for both windows. Bryson: Windows, you know. Bryson: We'll use them for the steps and window frames. 2x12 and 2x10 Gary: A window size is static, meaning it is generally a half inch shorter to fit within a window frame. In our case, we could make the frames 3x5, 3x4, etc. Gary: I use three 2x6s and just nail them together to make a large header.

Shae: Why do these things have to be together? Gary: These are headers that go on top of the window. Helps support the weight of the roof. To avoid putting the weight of the roof on the top of the window. Bree: The next steps are. Gary: Okay, these are the threads for our 2x10 ladders. There will be nine and a half steps. Here, come with me. I'll show you how it goes. Everything will go up every two rows, we will have a step up and a circle up there. Gary: Inside the walls, of course, we drive nails up and down, similar to how we do our cleats.

We chose to take it out and let it hang a little freely and maybe just a small temporary pole underneath. Shelly: We're also going to have bottles ready. We're going to put up little bottle windows as you go up the steps. Bree: Lastly, a center pole is placed to measure. Gary: We put a pole in the center of the building. An inch and a half pipe that runs all the way to about 9 or 10 feet. Now, we have a nice pole that goes through the center of the building so we can measure the circular bags. while they spin.

Bree: Thunderstorms are bringing additional challenges. Bryson: This is what happens when it gets too wet. The water starts bubbling up the sides and becomes very muddy like you couldn't put a bag on top of it. It's gelatin. Gary: If that doesn't dry up, we'll be in trouble. Bryson: My amazing room. Da da da da! You can see dad for that. We put the arch. Let's put that arch there. We step up to the top of Bree: our friends arrive to help build Bryson's building. However, we immediately experienced a problem. A storm hits the night before dropping two inches of rain.

Bree: So dad, what happened? Gary: We had 2 inches of rain and soaked our bags. Gary: We tried to maneuver them around a bit and ended up with half the wall collapsed on one side. So we have to tear all that down. We have to go back to base. and we have to start again. Bryson: Restarting the foundation was a little daunting. Bree: But the other one, the other circle is okay, Dad? Gary: Yeah, the other circle is fine. Gary: So we start bagging as fast as we can so that when people arrive there's something to do when they get here.

I think the night before, if there's a chance of rain, we're definitely going to put up tarps. Bree: I had this clever plan of dividing everyone into teams. However, there is no way to divide the work equally because the layers must be synchronized. But that's our little secret. Green Team Mascot, Shelly: Wow, lots of enthusiasm. Bryson: Oh yeah. Shae: Our friends Esther, Andrew, Deborah and Peter came to help us. It was very fun to work with them. Bree: Faster than the speed of nature. If there is a speed in nature. Shelly: Do you know how slow nature is?

Andrew: It's too slow, that's what it is. Garen: We are the force of the ocean. Bree: That's right. Shelly: What we like most about building with dirt bags is that all ages can participate. Bree: Hi, I come in at... we don't know. and team Blue Bryson: We're going to win. Bree: Are you sorry? And then my, my local team right here. The Green Shelly: Are you Team Yellow? Yes, but what should we give mom? Shelly: It's a sign. Bree: Hello, little bug. Bree: We need to reinstall the power wheel. Shae: Esther and I put duct tape on the wheel of the wheelbarrow and surprisingly it worked for quite a while.

Shelly: We used our arms to measure how long we wanted the bags. Approximately 3 arms long. and we straighten the barbed wire as much as we can. Our friend Jackie helped me. We cut it into sections with a bolt cutter and then placed it between the bags. Bree: The barbed wire goes into action and Jackie is in the line of fire. Gary: Some of my friends from work showed up. We had Scott, Alex, his son. Malcom was here Bree: So our hero, Tom, shows up with Pizza! Bree: After lunch we fixed the wall that had fallen down and were ready to climb higher.

Gary: It wasn't all that bad with all that rain. All that dirt was now a little damp. That made packing the new things much easier. Shelly: It was very exciting to see it come time to put in the first window frame. Bree: What are you doing mom? Shelly: I'm putting up bottle lights for the steps. Bryson: Hello camera. Gary: How are you, Rick? I'm telling you, he really is a soldier. He walked over, jumped on that wall and started working hard, so thanks Rick! Gary: Haven't you fallen yet? Rick: No vertigo. Shelly: Is it rain? Bree: Here you can see that a storm is threatening, but it's a blue sky here, so you never know if we're going to get hit or not.

Gary: Some of us work at a desk. We are starting to slow down. Bree: We're in waist-high bags, there are 3 window frames installed along with 4 steps. Bree: Inviting friends to help build the dirt bag walls is a real boost. We're halfway to the top. Let's take a look at the cost so far. Shelly: We are continuing our layering of one coat per day and as we go up we will need to reduce it to about half a coat per day. Gary: We were very diligent in maintaining distance from the center pole to the outside of the building.

This will really help us when we reach the ceiling at the top. Bryson: Okay, so we won't nail the slats until we're a little high so we can level the windows. Gary: That's a little different than what we normally do. We usually nail those blocks in as we go up. This time we're going to wait until we're done with the roof. Bryson: And the building has to settle. Shelly: On the bags, we cut about 15 feet long and then turn them inside out. and then we have to be careful that when placing them the seams do not coincide in the same places.

Bryson: Our new addition to our farm. Shelly: After the kids settle into their rooms, they get a pet. Garen's dog, Diesel, gets very excited. Shae: He's a little black lab and very playful. She gets into all the bags when we try to work. Shelly: Oh. Rolly. Shelly: Are you helping? Shelly: The puppy is pooped. Bryson: He plays with the bag, a minute later, outside. Bryson: Look how solid these things are. Amazing. Bryson: Direct them to the center post and we do it every 2 bags. Enough for one person you know. Like a normal step it is longer.

We reduce it in size. so it doesn't take up most of the space Gary: We're using slats inside the walls to hang pictures Shelly: It's really hard to know exactly where we're going to put those pictures, so we put them everywhere. Bryson: I fold the end like a paper airplane and then step on it, roll it up, and place it on my leg. While they load dirt, I just drop it. And then at the end, I'll fold it and leave it. Shelly: We put 2-quart jars together and then taped them together so they don't move. until we place the bags on top.

The jars will now create this natural lighting for each step. Shelly: I wonder if we're going to run out of spikes. Shae: We ended up using about a roll and a half of barbed wire. Shae: Jeans are recommended. Shae: Probably $70 a roll. Shelly: Second roll. Bryson: We had to cover the bag that was collecting from the rain. because it was soaking him. Gary: After the last rain problem, we tarp every time we think it's going to start raining. Gary: With the header, we leveled both sides to get a nice box around the frame. Bryson: Are we going to put a bag on top of this?

Gary: Actually, several bags. Shelly: This is another place where we added candy jars so some of the morning light can get through. Shae: And wave them in the air like you just don't care. Shelly: As we climb, we start to need more help moving that dirt to the top. Bree came in there and helped us. Bree: My dog, Max, came and helped us while we worked. He climbed onto the dirt bags with us. Bree: When your acrobats take you places you don't want to be. Shelly: Oh, he went through the steps again. Bree: Oh, I'm really scared now.

But in the end I had to go out and save him because he couldn't get back down. It wasn't like there were stairs or anything. Bree: Hold on to your hats, because he's about to get one. Gary: Because we have a circle, I wanted to put a design on top of the roof that is somewhat circular. So we placed our rafters on 2 foot centers, just like you would on a normal patio roof. Gary: We have 20 footers for the longer sections of the circle. Gary: Our template that we're going to use. The rafters will run in this direction here for the roof rafters of that flat roof. and then we can adjust them up and down and then lock them on both sides and then when the bags lean against them, that will give them lateral strength like this. and then they are all pinned to the top of the bags.

Gary: We have straight lines running north and south and then we needed to have beams coming out perpendicular to the outside placed there with beam supports to help support the weight. and then there were these little cats that shot up a 45 from that. Shelly: So just when we think we're done bagging, we still have a little more bagging left between each of the beams. The alternative to bagging is cobbing and it's no fun trying to fill it with cob. Bryson: 50 pound rammer Shelly: Oh yeah, it's beautiful Bryson: And this whole area here is going to be the top deck.

Gary: Since it's a platform we're going to walk on, I wanted a 3/4 inch material or a 7/8 inch material. Gary: I need to do 2 bisections. Shelly: Gary may be working and he seems to know when it's time to slow down and teach the kids something. Gary: Two things, a square corner and a bisection, you can divide them into as many segments as you want that are all the same. Gary: Lift the plywood up a little bit so we can make our cuts, put our face panel on, put the plywood back on and we have a segmented roof up here that almost looks circular, that's nice.

Bryson: Put telescopic things in there and even a bed. Maybe so we can sleep there. Gary: As always, we're trying something new. I'm not used to a roofing material other than asphalt or steel. We went to a professional roofer andHe suggested the 30 pound felt and 3 layers of snow roof. Bryson: This is what we're doing. We take this microfiber and place it over the folds and cover it with the white roofing layer. We ended up doing like 3 or 4 layers there. Shelly: Expenses are low until we get to the roof. That's when the cost really starts to add up.

Bree: The front half of the building takes on a creative shape. Gary: It's more conical. A kind of inclined cone to give enough space for the interior to have stairs. They run to the side and a door that leads to the roof. Bryson: These are going up towards the door. Gary: The gate requires 2 posts to be installed on top of the flat roof. Bryson: This is really how high we have to go. Gary: Then we can run the bags along the sides to those posts. There are now tall bags on one side of the roof and shorter bags on the other because we are raising them to allow for the cone-shaped roof.

Bryson: We use old tent poles and double spikes to help strengthen the walls when they get too tall. The platform is right at the top of the stairs, so we can open a door there and exit onto the main deck. Gary: Just stick it in there so we don't have any squeaking problems. Bryson: We used the same type of batten system that we used on the other roof. Gary: We chose one of the door posts at the top of the other room to be a sort of center post. Bryson: Before we put the plywood in, we'll need to put bags around the outside edges so it's flush with the plywood.

Booyah! We are approaching the last stretch here at the same corner. It's right there and bagged up here. and it makes it really cute. It closes along the entire section. It's great. The last bag we will probably ever put in. Just there. Gary: Bryson and I are brain dead. trying to place this board on the outside of this cone shaped roof. There are many compound angles and I am making calculation errors. I lifted 2 dash boards and we had to leave it. Garen notices how frustrated he was and he feels sorry for me, so the next day he is there to help me.

He helped us with the angles and bevels here and it made a big difference this morning. Bryson: If it weren't for him, we'd all be doomed. Bryson: The sheets up there are like a puzzle. It's so unique that we have to cut all these odd angles and we're making angles, you know, when you have an angle this way and you have an angle that way. Anyway, these weird angles we keep cutting and, ugh, they're hard to figure out. Bree: We bought the wood for the tapered roof frame all at once. The cost? Gary: We're putting up a 6x6 porch.

Bryson: We got some poles instead of going into the woods and cutting them down, we bought them at the store. Really clear Gary: Unlike Bree, right? Bree has these skinny little ones, there are very strong ones. It's all mesquite wood but has a totally different look. The next thing we do is trim all the edges. The metal rain drip edge and then the paper finish, then we are ready for the Ondura. Bryson: We chose Ondura because it's not that difficult to cut. It's supposed to last a long time. At this point it has been about a year in Garens' room.

And in fact, it seems to look the same as when we first put it on. Gary: It doesn't fade Bryson: Yeah, it doesn't fade at all. Gary: So the product seems pretty solid. We're not sure yet. Shelly: That's an interesting way to hammer. Gary: It's painful to watch. Bryson: Bam, bam, bam, done. Shae: While the kids were fixing the roof, Mom and I decided to start on the stucco. Gary: To prepare for the girls coming around the corner with the stucco. We need to have the windows complete so they can put the stucco right next to the trim.

Gary: We build these particular frames where they're not attached to the bags or the header. Bryson: We're not going to let go of these windows anymore, I don't think so. Gary: No, we won't let them go anymore. Shae: They have the windows framed, so we're going to start plastering at least one of these circles. We have decided on stucco because it withstands rain better. Shelly: Bryson was tamping 2 rows from the glass and to our surprise he broke it. Bree: I found what we should put there. Shelly: Oh my god. Shae: That's too big. Shelly: We'll make it work.

Shelly: Perfect fit. Bree: Look at that. Shelly: It fits perfectly. Bree: How are we going to get that in there? Bryson: Using my glasses to protect her eyes. Shelly: I have eye protection. I have "Bry" protections. Shae: It feels like stucco is very, very slow. Shelly: But we've been working every day, you know, a couple of batches. Shae: I keep getting calls. Shelly: Part of raising our children is spending about an hour a day doing some type of physical work. Gary: You know it's very important for kids to complete something. There's nothing like finishing a project and having that feeling of accomplishment.

Shelly: One of the benefits of earthbag buildings is that when they're finished, you get a bedroom. Shae: We start looking back and it seems like we've come a long way, so obviously now that we're ahead, we're going to make it a game and beat the guys. Shelly: Yes. Gary: The idea that the ladies can beat us is a little unusual because we are so good and so fast. And the Ondura goes up very quickly. Bryson: And we can drive those nails like nobody's business. Bam, done. Gary: However, just to make them feel better, we ran out of materials.

Bryson: Yes. Garen: We can really slow them down. Bryson must not finish the door. Bryson: Oh, because they can't get around the door until we're done. Bree: Mom and Shae are rushing to put up the stucco before Dad and Bryson can finish the door and roof. but, before they can leave, the weather worsens. Shelly: Ut oh Shae, this might stop our victory dance. Bree: Meanwhile, Bryson and dad are working inside. Bryson: We got a really good deal on a wood door. Gary: We only paid about $75 for the door on Craigslist. Bryson: My friend Andrew came and helped me.

Bryson: I'm going to spray paint these bolts black. And stick them in the holes, squeeze them and grind the tips. The door had 48 bolts, nuts and washers. Bryson: There are a lot of washing machines. Gary: I had to build a frame for it. Bryson: Dad, it looks like you did well. Gary: Oh, well, that's surprising. Gary: Then assemble the door into the frame. Which means cutting the hinge joints and making some groove cuts and relief, chiseling and then putting the door in there. Shae: We used cob for Bree's room, but cob requires a roof guard. Shelly: And also some type of protection, linseed oil or paint.

Shae: We decided to use stucco that doesn't wash away in the rain. My friend, Esther, Esther: Hi Shae, It was so fun having you here. Shae: You do it, I'll watch. I'm going to have to invite her every time. Bree: We used about 10 bags of cement. Bree: The girls are the clear winners because the roof ridges won't arrive until next week. Gary: We'd like to NOT admit that the ladies beat us because Bryson: Oh, they didn't beat us Gary: That's not even fair. We didn't have all our things. It's still in order. Bryson: We didn't have all of our materials.

Shelly: Hey, but we won. Shae: We won. Garen: The reason they lost was because Garen wasn't there. Shae: Oh, sure. Bree: Now we know the cost of roofing. Gary: This is not the door we are going to install, but we will use it as a model. The door above is a slanted door at the top. Bryson: We used 7 2x6 tongue and groove joints and glued them together to make the door. Bryson: If I stood up, this thing would make noise. Bryson: We use bolts to hold all the tongue and groove boards together. Gary: We had initially decided we wanted a round window.

Two half windows as one. But we found that the width of the windows was too much to remove the center of the door. We'll go ahead and slide the windows this way and then rotate them like this so that we have less width and have enough room for the handle. Bryson: Following the line to trim it. We are using that tool to do it. So we pre-drill the hole there and we can stick our blade in. Make sure the hole is also on the inside of the line. From there we can cut everything. Bryson: So let's go ahead and put it up.

Gary: We're going to use butyl rubber and this is a typical window sealant. Instead of finding ways to clamp it to the window or screw it to the window like you normally would. In fact, we're going to stick this puppy here with this butyl rubber. Shelly: Did you notice Bryson isn't with us? Gary: I decided to go skiing. Bryson: I love you guys! Gary: While it's drying, I came up with a quick and easy system. I'll do this on both sides. Then I can turn the door around and work on the other side. Gary: We hope Bryson and the team had a great time skiing.

Bryson: The door turned out much better than I thought it would. Bryson: Fits! Bryson: It also acts almost like a skylight with the window, so it lights up the room really well and stuff. It's really great. Bree: We're getting ready to paint the exterior. Shelly: Before starting to paint, Bryson removes the dirt from the building. And then we started recording everything. Windows, doors, bottle lights. Bryson: I'm going to go ahead and seal all the cracks upstairs with this foam. Shelly: This painting is supposed to be one of the best paintings. It has UV protection and is supposed to be a coat over stucco.

Which will be interesting to see if it really is. It was a lot of money. A little over $200, which is a lot more than we normally pay for paint. We generally receive recycled paints and pay $10. Gary: This time we chose to use a different method of painting. Normally in the past we used rollers and it took us several days to work on it. We have an airless sprayer. The advantage of having an airless sprayer is, of course, the biggest: time. Gary: Now, let's try the other part. Gary: I hadn't used this thing in years, so we had to install it, clean it, take it apart, grease it.

We had everything set up and flipped the switch. Nothing happened. Bryson pulls out the multimeter from him and has everything hooked up. He says it's the switch. So he replaced the switch with a small wall switch that you have in your house. Bryson: Turn off if off. Drum roll please. Gary: Oh yeah. Bryson: Okay. Gary: When the kids were little, I was very involved in solving their problems, but Bryson no longer needs my help. He really enjoys working with anything electronic. I just stand back and let him do it. Gary: I forgot how to use the sprayer.

So I called the neighbor. He gave me some quick instructions. We have prepared it well. Gary: Okay, thank you. Gary: Do you think we're ready Bry? Bryson: I have to get the water out now. Bryson: It's brown. Gary: Beautiful. Gary: Alright, you're going up. Bryson: My job was to paint. Gary: Spray patterns and how to spray Bryson and I worked together and figured it all out. Removing much of the excess paint. Preserving our painting. Bryson: It was a challenge going up to those vespers, but after a while I got used to it. Gary: Painting the little corners and edges takes a lot of time.

With airless sprayer. I understood it immediately. Bree: I just want to show you this light switch. This light switch proves that My Little Homestead was a part of it. This is our signature move. We always put a light switch on electronic devices. Anything we can't turn on gets a light switch. Bree: And now it's Garenster's job. Bryson: Show off. Bryson: Garen stepped in and helped me. He always works really fast, so it's like, Oh, yeah. Bryson: Alright, I think I got it. Bree: Pretty slick, huh? Bryson: Yeah. Gary: Because it's a little bit thinner paint, so it went through that machine perfectly.

Bree: One hour to paint the entire building. So how do you think it went, dad? Gary: What is that? Bree: How do you think it went? Gary: Oh my God, this is the only way to do this. Absolutely, it was great. Shelly: There was probably about 2 inches in the bottom of the bucket, so she made it. She painted everything, including the vespers. And it's a nice coat. Shae: Most of the painting is done, so now it's time to paint the trim, which is the job of us girls. We are using this brown and purple color because that is what we have.

And it won't cost anything. The boys will work on the edge of the gate and the edge of the patio. Shelly: Finishing the cut, guys? The last? Gary: The last one of the clipping. Bree: The guys come in to start the cement subfloor. Bryson: Soil cement is easy. It is easier than placing normal cement. And cheaper. Gary: It's like dry pouring with a fence post. You know, you just pour cement, pour some water and shazzam. Bryson: Bam, that's it. The entire floor. Gary: We have everything out of here right now. Bryson: We level the ground. Gary: Then we can start leveling this floor.

We want to level it about 3/4 inch down. We're a little low in the back, so we had to bring in some dirt to level it out. Bryson: Diesel has been a great help Gary: Sure. Shelly: Do you have it? Gary: Oh yeah, he's awet dog. Bryson: She's been breaking the earth for me. She was digging holes and loosening all the dirt so I could get it out. Bryson: Good boy. Gary: Think about how many muscles we're building. Shelly: Yes. Gary: Yes. Bryson: Better than working out. Shelly: Were you thinking about working out? Lifting weights? Bryson: No.

Why should I? I'm doing this. Shelly: Wow, Gary. Well, I dare you to get up there now. Gary: Go up the sides. Shelly: No, no, I'm just kidding. Gary: Not really. Just go up the side like this. Shelly: Gary. Gary: As long as you stay close to the sides. Gary: Okay, Bryson, you're the one who throws the dirt. I need land right here. Gary: You have to have enough dirt in the room. to reach your level point. Gary: Okay Bry, let's do the rope thing. Bryson: Okay. Bryson: Your rope was in my way. Gary: No, your dirt was in my thread.

Gary: We measure periodic points around the floor with a line level to make sure we're on track. Gary: I found a guy selling a Shelly: Craigslist, right? Gary: Yeah, I sold lawn mowers and little cultivators and stuff. And this was the perfect size for us. Shelly: Yes, it's smaller than last time. Gary: The idea is to place between 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch of Portland cement. Then we put the tiller in and till it about 4 inches, working the Portland cement into the soil, forming cement for the soil. Bryson: Pulling it back is actually better than pulling it forward.

The forward didn't work very well. It was like rolling on the ground. But, if you removed it, it would stick well into the ground. Gary, we water it, we tamp it and then we tamp it and tamp it and work with it until it's all nice and flat and then it's watered for 3 days periodically, we'll come and sprinkle some water on it. Gary: It's a nice, rough underground. Cob goes over it. Bree: The next step is to complete the walls. The cob is the chosen material. Shelly: The kid's grandparents had a septic tank dug, so they needed a place to put the dirt and we said, Oh yeah, just dump it on our property.

A few years later we started building these buildings and making cob and we looked at this again and, sure enough, it wasn't clay. We have this big pile of clay that we've been using for years. Shae: We use a mixture of sand and clay. This time, although we added some of our soil, which is like if you put it in a cup, you know how you can tell where the clay and the sand separate. We're half and half on our land, so we put a little bit of that in it and made it stickier. We got between the folds because we had a new system to do it in this round.

Let's try spraying the cob Bree: Apparently I'm putting mud on the walls. Shae: Sunshine and butterflies. Shelly: We're doing good, we've got this room set up. Shelly: It looks like a duck. Bree: I just washed them so I could wear them last night. They were amazing. Isn't there a rubber ducky song? Shelly: Rubber duck, it's a Sesame Street. Bree: You're the one. Shelly: It's a Sesame Street song but you can't sing it. It will probably be copyright infringement. Bree: No, it's just the original track. Shelly: Oh, let's listen to it then. Bree: Rubber Ducky, you're the one.

Do you make bath time super fun? I don't know. Shelly: He can't hear me because he has headphones on Bryson: What? Shelly: Do headphones make you go faster? Bryson: I think so. Shae: We're done. Gary: Instead of all the time we put mud on the walls. We thought we'd try the idea of ​​spraying it like stucco. But I don't have a stucco sprayer. Bryson: No. We have a plaster mud sprayer. We tried. He failed the first time. Gary: Yeah, it was really bad. Gary: It's an experiment to try different ways of doing things. Bryson: Ready to try?

Gary: I'm going to use the 3 to 1 mix of sand and cement. Bryson: There's a pipe here that goes all the way out. And the problem was that it prevented the mud from coming out at the end. It was used for finer clay. We just cut it out. We'll see. Look where the mud is. mud on the tip. Bryson: We made a couple of modifications to it and it worked. Shelly: Wow, that's fantastic. Shae: It saved a ton of time. I like to wear corncob. It's really comforting and nice, but I don't think any of us, except the sprinkler, can stay in the room. because it was very noisy.

Shelly: The texture is very rough. We try to soften it with the tool and peel it off by hand. Bree: I think it went pretty well. Bree: I don't know what I expected, but, I mean, it sure saved a lot of work. Shelly: In the end we used the broom to remove it. We didn't want to go back through all the walls flattening them out, so we decided to just give it a rough look. Bryson was happy with it, so that's the main thing. Shae: A lot of cob fell off the wall. I mean, a lot of it made it to the wall, but a lot of it also fell off, so we had to pick it up at the end of the work day and put it on wheelbarrows and use it the next day.

Gary: Probably one of the most important things about us is that all the corners are straight and the walls are perfectly round. Shelly: Family project. Gary: Yeah, it's more of a family thing or family time together. It's really important to us. Shelly: A lot of times you just want to jump in there. If the kids are going to join in and be a part of this, you just have to let it go. Gary: Hmm. We keep things within safe tolerances. There's something about the roof falling on the kids when we're not there that could be bad.

Shelly: Sure, but you would intervene if it were a security issue. Gary: Oh yes, absolutely. Bree: Next, we get ready to paint. Shelly: We needed to buy new paint because we wanted to use the sprayer again to spray the interior walls, so when I was at the store, I found a 5 gallon bucket of paint on sale. It was on clearance for about $35 and it was interior, it was semi-gloss. It was all we needed and I just couldn't resist. There was only one drawback and that is um Bryson: Oh my gosh. Shelly: It was pink. Shelly: What?

Bryson: I see a lot of pink. Bryson: Pink? It was pink. Shelly: It's a Bryson pink shade. It was pink. Shelly: I...I...it's...it's, maybe it's more Bryson: Pink Shelly: Maybe not pink but salmon. Bryson: Pink. Shelly: We needed to convert the color pink and we wanted it to be light brown, so we looked it up and discovered that to change the color we needed both yellow and blue. Bryson: We ended up adding green and saving the day. Shelly: We kept adding that green color and Bryson was mixing it until we got a color that actually turned out to be a really nice brown color.

Bree: With the painting dilemma resolved, Bryson can now start painting. Bryson: Oh man, I really like this painting. It's not that pink that worried me. Go upstairs. Here we go. There's the whole room. Bree: Dad starts planning. Gary: Come closer, in 1x3. to create a frame under the stairs. Shae: I'm helping you dad. Gary, thanks honey. Gary: I'm going to cut something now. Shelly: What are you doing? Gary: One little thing. Gary: No depth. Gary: The cupboard under the stairs was something that helped hold up the other side of the steps. The really cool thing about cedar is that we found fence boards, cheap...what 97 cents a piece, so it was very cheap to be able to put them up.

All risers are built underneath, so they are inset a little, underneath using 1x3 material. And then on the outside, the walls were built in a curved shape, in small sections just below the stairs. It looks like a curve but is actually a series of straight lines. And then we put the cedar boards on the outside to give it a nice look. to finish it. Shelly: Tint this with a little bit of golden walnut. That's what Bryson wants. Bryson: Yes. So beautiful. Gary: And then put a door at the end. Shae: Oh my gosh, when little kids come over, this will be a great place to hide.

Gary: Okay, these are my boards for the door that will go to the closet. 3/4 x 6 inch tongue and groove. One side has a rough surface and the other side is smooth. We will have a rough surface since all the wood around it is the same. Attach the cross braces in a similar manner. We are going to design it the same way we designed the front door that we had on the door above. Gary: Let's install the door handle for this bedroom. It's black to match our hinges and such. It's a 3/4 inch material so I have to put a block on the other side. so this has something to address.

Shelly: Paint them all black to match. This one is matte black like the other screws. Bryson: Great. And then the door will have locks. Gary: Come in like this, remember how the others did? I bought one for each of the panels. We will drill a bolt into each of these. Give it the same look and feel. Gary: These were a little short so we're going to sink them. Gary: You'll have to close the door a little. Gary: There, look like this. Up just one touch. It could be a small adjustment. Let's look at it Gary: I love garage sales.

Shell grabbed a belt sander. I've wanted one of these things for years. I paid a couple of dollars for it. Gary: We just need to put the front plate on and the door will be ready. Bryson: And a plug, don't you think, Dad? To stop it. Bree: While Dad was installing the closet. Bryson is laying the landing floor using leftover materials. Bryson: I used some leftover material for the floor. Bryson: Drawing the pattern. I'll go trim it. I have to place this as close to the wall as possible. Bryson: The floor is locked using tongue and groove.

Bryson: Okay dad. Dad: That really looks good. Bryson: I crop it using 1x2. It is an easy installation. Bree: It's time to get to the roof. Shelly: For our roof we like to collect pallets and probably our favorite roof is pallet roofs. They worked great for us and we have used them on about 3 projects so far. Our pallet resources are starting to run out a little. Gary: Dry. Shelly: So I had this idea that I wanted to have, you know, like the wood floor. You like those little boards. And I thought if I could find some used ones on Craisglist maybe we could find a piece of them and be able to use them on the roof.

You just wanted to make sure it was real wood. Gary: Wood. Shelly: That was the main thing for you. I saw someone selling over 300 square feet. And they wanted a little over $100 for it. Gary: Yeah, cheap. Shelly: We discussed it and thought about looking at these things. We couldn't tell from the ad if it was real wood or not. And if it was what we wanted. We would offer $100 for it. We got there, and the guy who was selling it, and I said, "Is it wood?" And he said it's laminated. Then I looked at Gary and said, "Laminate?" And you claimed it was laminate.

So I'm thinking, Laminate You know, wood. Isn't there laminate wood? Gary: Yes, the plywood is laminated. Shelly: So I looked at him and said, "Would you take $100 for it?" And he said, "Yes." We had to back the car. We got in the car Gary: Oh boy. Shelly: I was like, "What's wrong?" Gary: We can't get any wood. Shelly: But you accepted it anyway. Gary: I did. I don't have to be a wood snob. Shelly: Yes, you are... He's a wooden snob. Gary: This way we get the floor on the ceiling. Gary: Well, with our new idea of ​​turning the floor into a ceiling.

Gary: I guess that's how it will be. I have never hung flooring from the ceiling. Something new for me. A little different. I'm not sure how to finish that, but we'll figure something out. Bryson, take that one over there. That could work here. I don't know. Gary: It's like a single click. Where the 4 sides of the boards fit together. Shelly: That's beautiful. Gary: So you have to have all the seams perfect. Because we can't get it to actually hang there. We have to nail it because we can't walk. In case you are walking towards it, you don't want it to move towards you.

Then you specify it. Bryson: Put some insulation up there. Gary: Do it little by little. Isolation Little by little, isolation. We are putting in R-30 insulation. Bryson: R-30 instead of R-35 Gary: R-31 1/2 Yes, it's hard to find. Shae: This is not isolation. It's the devil's cotton candy. The most feared, the one that itches and yet has a strangely beautiful color. Bryson: I hope I got the angle right. Shae: Bryson did a great job cutting the edges, but there is still a gap between the wall and the ceiling. We decided to use spray foam to fill the gap.

Thanks to the rough wall we were able to do it. Shelly: We're just going to try to mix it up. We can fake this to look like cob. Shae: Paint the foam here. Trying to blend it with the wall. Shae: And it turned out pretty good. Bryson: Shae is washing the roof Shae: I'm washing the floor. Gary: You know you need a mop. Bryson: Oh yes, beautiful. Check it out. Shelly: We started to run out of laminate flooring and we knew we weren't going to be able to make it to the second circle. So we decided to buy another lot because we knew we couldn't match it exactly.

The colors are similar but the front building is a little lighter. This time we got a better deal and ended up getting more and paying less for it. Bryson: The back circle was flat and then the front circle was angled. Bryson: We're going to span a distance from this side to this pole. Bryson:Garen: We put a quick coat of wax on the floor after the flaxseed coats. And we only use wax for hardwood floors. Bryson: Oh, hey, look at this? Bryson: Oh, this is great. Bryson: Does that work? Bree: Now we need some power. Garen uses solar panels.

However, we need more panels if we want to add Bryson's room to it. Gary: Last year we bought two solar panels, two batteries and a complete kit for Garen's room to make that investment in air conditioning. Shelly: Yeah, and it was our first taste of getting solar power. Gary: On a larger scale. Shelly: We can't afford to buy it for the whole house, but we thought we'd start with the small rooms. He's been working on it for a little over a year now, so it was a good test to see how it would work. And it's actually been going very well for him, except that he can't use his 3D printer there.

Gary: I think the 3D printer would run for 6-8 hours. And that was the problem: there was a big drain. Knowing that we had to increase Garen's space by one more panel, we simply added four panels. Shelly: Yes, because Bryson also has a 3D printer. Shae: We have our panels. Shelly: And our batteries are hidden under here. We have 4 panels and 4 batteries. And then some cables to connect them. Shelly: The store is there too. Shae: Yeah, that's the Solar. Shelly: It's got a new sign. He didn't have that last time. Shelly: Let's go home and hook them up.

Shae: Yeah, let's do it. Bree: Garen will increase our current system from 2 panels to 6 panels. Bree: Install 2 posts with supports at a 32 degree angle towards the sun. Garen chose an angle between summer and winter. We purchased brackets designed to connect the rails. Shelly: Are you kidding the pig? Bree: The structure is in place. It's time to slide in the additional panels. Bree: It's a one-to-one ratio between panels and batteries. Garen fixes it using specific connectors for the panels. Garen: We need a thicker wire to handle the power coming from 6 panels, so I'm going to replace this wire here.

Put something heavier gauge on. Shelly: Was it 6 gauge? Garen: Yes, putting 6. Shelly: What is that? Garden: 10 gauge. Garen: Are you coming to help me dig? Garen: Good boy. Bree: Diesel doesn't leave Garen's side and tries to help as much as he can. Shelly: That's the 6 gauge under the building. Garen: Electricians look away, please. Don't see my beautiful work. Shelly: Okay, so white approached this. And the black goes up. Garen: This thing will need up to 6 panels. Bryson: Garen, how did you connect them? Garen: Okay, so we have 6 panels, 3 and 3 is what we have separated into groups.

And the reason is that if there are too many amps going through the little wire that we have, then we can't have 6 panels going through the little wire. We take and connect 2 sets of 3 panels in a box and connect them on a large 6 gauge wire. Under the ground, and that will go directly to the control panel. Because all my cables coming out of here are black and not labeled. I'm just going to check them with the multimeter. We can check which are which. These come out of 2 sets of 3 panels. You don't want to touch any of these together because they are all hot from the sun.

It's not like you can turn off the sun. Bryson: Put these blocks behind. Helps hold on. Because the cob, the box is way back here. The building came this far. Then the lid will not fit properly. Garen: I'm wiring the batteries. Bree: Our system is 24 volts, so we bought 12 volt batteries in sets of 2. Bryson: We have 6 batteries here and he connected 2 of them from low to high with a jumper. Then he took and ran the 2 over and over to a main jumper. Garen: I'm going to check the voltage, make sure it's 24 volts out because otherwise you might get.

If you wire them all together, which I can do first, you're going to get 75 volts out of this thing and you just need to. 24. Yes, we are right. Right on 24th. Bryson: Take the 24 volts and connect them to the main wires that run up here. Bryson: We bought the perfect amount of cable. We didn't even cut this. It was the perfect vibe. Then it comes out here from the building. Until that building. It's right there. And diesel, he is watching and learning and is ready to help. Garen: Do you want to help me? Bryson: I was lying in the ditch a few minutes ago.

Yes. Garen: How can you always be in my way? Bryson: It looks so beautiful Garen. He does. Gary: Turn it on. See if you have light. Garen: Turn it off, we have no power. And we know that mine has power. Maybe something unhooked? Gary: Do you have any cables that aren't connected? Bryson: No juice. Gary: Maybe it's the deciding factor. Garen: There's no voltage there. Bryson: So it's the switch? Garen: Oh, I see what it is. Gary: Check the bus. Garen: Good, we should have power now. Shelly: Was I just in the wrong place? Garen: Yes.

Bryson: Very funny. Bree: The solar panels and batteries are separate from the construction costs since they are optional. Last year our budget for the initial system was $3000. This year we did not have to buy the inverter, which cost half as much. We budgeted $2500 for the 4 solar panels and 4 flooded batteries. Gary: Part of farming is going off the grid and that gives us independence of our own power. Shelly: Our goal is to be completely offline. But it's not very practical for us right now. So we're just taking baby steps to get there. Well, a bedroom isn't supposed to require a huge amount of energy.

Gary: Except when you have two kids like ours. Shelly: Everyone has 3D printers, they want to print for hours and hours. We have 6 panels just for those 2 bedrooms. It will be interesting to see it in a year. Could we run those 3D printers? Bree: It's time to move it. But first, we need to buy him a real bed. He hasn't had one for over 10 years. Bryson is a camouflage fan, so it's time to try a camo paint job. Shelly: Here are all the colors we have. We looked it up online and learned how to do it.

Shelly: Our base color, kind of like olive green. We'll lay that base first. Bryson: There's always paint left in cans. Or not that one. That one neither. There is no more paint. Bree: We learned the YouTube video of used real leaves, but since we don't have any real oak trees around here, Garen has an idea. Shelly: Oh, and then you're going to do that? Garen printed them and then we taped them onto light cardboard. Shelly: He has spots in some places, but I guess he's supposed to have some spots. Shelly: Let's try another color on top.

Garen: We should do it on this side. Holds the paint a little better. Shelly: Oh yeah. Shelly: Now it looks like totally camouflage. Poor thumb. Garen: You should have gloves on. Garen: That's it, right there. Bryson: This is really amazing, Garen. Garen: Shadow of black. Shelly: Does it take two of you to shave that? Shae: Definitely. Shelly: I have to say it's beautiful though. Shelly: I made some camouflage curtains. I'm not really a seamstress, but we put a blanket we weren't using as a lining. This way you will have extra protection against the cold. Bryson: It was really wonderful moving into my room.

At first you don't believe it. You're like it's not possible. I had to pinch myself just to realize that we were actually moving things. Some friends came to help, so it was all fun. The desk I had was too big. It was nice, but it just didn't fit in the room. So we ended up taking it apart and putting it against the wall so we could fit the entire desk there. We even had to build some legs and stuff. And as we were taking it apart, suddenly everything collapsed into this flat pile. And we thought, Oh.

So we took some screws, screwed it back in, built legs for it, and stuck it in there. Bree: Alright Bryson, what are you doing? Bryson: It's a disaster. Do not look. And it's a mess, but I think I know where half of this is going. Bryson: Potato gun. Very sweet. Bree: I forgot about that chest. Bryson: You know, I think I'm going to put it in there. Bree: We each have a light box in our rooms. for filming reasons. Bryson: Used for filming. In fact, I can put a light box back there. Bree: Where's your 3D printer?

Bryson: It's right there. Bree: Oh, I see. Bryson: I didn't realize I had so much stuff. Garen: Holy cow. So many things. Bryson: I keep boxes of things you would never use anymore. Junk electronics, things that have been broken and I throw them in boxes and put them away. Because I go, you know what? Oh, this might have a couple of electronics in here that I could use to fix something else, so I'm saving it. Someday it could save your iPhone. Bryson: I was sleeping in this loft before I moved in. I was happy to move away from there.

This is my old loft here. Oh my god, it's dark up here. And the loft was actually a lot of fun up there. It was nice and welcoming. The bedding where I used to sleep. Bye bye. I do not need you anymore. It's really nice to finally have walls to decorate. It took 2 days to move everything, possibly even 3 if you count all the boxes. Is it really like that and then you wake up and say, "Oh my God, they moved me to my room." Is incredible. Yes, that was amazing. Bree: And now, Bryson is ready to give us a tour.

Bryson: Alright, then let's take a look at my new room. But first, before getting inside, we have to tour the outside. There's nothing to see here except paint. Until you get to this side. Which is the funniest side. Which is actually a dictionary word now, so now we can use "more fun." We have these glasses here. This thing. Window. The cameraman keeps up. We have so much to see and so little time. Our latest addition, a pot with what will be a live grape. So let's get into it. I have a nice basketball hoop. Cupboard. Shed some light on the topic.

The dog also likes to be here. Go out. I have a nice computer area. 3D printer, things like that. And then here we have our rocket stove lit here, our bed. My bed actually. And dressing area. Steps. Open door. And outside we go. And going around in a circle. And back inside. Nice view of our... And that's my room. Bree: Our friends came to celebrate. Scott: I had to climb the wall and move some dirt. Put it in a bag. She was on the wall and she had a great time. Alex: It was fun. Malcolm: She did all the work.

We simply handed him cans full of soil. Scott: That's right. She stayed up there. We pass the coffee can full of dirt. And she didn't fall. Gary: Good deal. Scott: It turned out fantastic. Alex: She looks great. Gary: Well, thank you. Alex: Honestly, we were hoping you'd ask us for more help. Scott: More, yes. Gary: Well, you know, we have two bigger projects and that can happen. Tom: A different experience. We came here right after it rained. The wall was partially raised and had to be rebuilt. Part of the adventure, right? Gary: It was part of the adventure.

Tom: It was a very interesting process. It's great to see how she turned out. You did a really wonderful job. Gary: Did you get hurt in the process of doing this? Tom: I think my lawyer says I'm supposed to say "yes." Gary: Yeah, sure, okay. Bree: And now, the total cost of the building... Bryson: Really, really amazing. It's phenomenal. Bree: I didn't expect it to be that big. But I think my favorite part is going up the stairs. Bryson: Yeah, it's definitely one of my favorites. Bree: And I love the use of wood. It was really smart.

Bryson: I like the door. Shelly: Shae still has a little more time at her loft. Gary: Not much. Shelly: She loves it. Shae: I love it. It's so fun to see people come into the loft because they're like, "Oh, this is nice." Pop! Oh! Garen: Don't post that.