I would have made a dolly from truck axles. Using that as a fulcrum, you put a lever on it to pick up one end. [==]/. That would allow for another dolly to slip under.
Moved two 20’ containers on rollback trucks. Over 300 miles and placed them on railroad ties. Electrical installed but no water. My exercise room. In Florida, insulated walls and ceilings, put exercise connecting mats on floor. Mounted 5000 btu window ac in one of the double doors and had a metal walkthrough walk in door welded in the other end. The little ac keeps it around 68 degrees. Have changed it out twice. Covered roof with high end sealant guaranteed for 20 years. Have had it for about 7 years. Going to mount solar panels on top for house use.
Bought ECO FLOW on Prime Days, Cooler-freezer-ice maker, a 400 watt solar panel and a ECO Flo 2. Aloe have other solar panels and batteries for refrigerators and freezers if power goes out. Also have a trailer mounted 15 KW diesel generator to fill in. Lived through too many hurricanes in the keys growing up. Months no power or water. Preparing better now.
On your next episode, please do an aerial view of where the container home sets in relationship to your house. Your mom is going to fall in love with not only the container, which is incredible, but the view. What a view!
you can see their shop roof from the plot where they put the container in some of the shots. so i would guess 100-200 ft down the driveway from the main shop/house.
Hello good sir! I’m a licensed Plumber in Georgia and own a plumbing company. For PEX we use type A tubing with the wisbro/cold expansion method. That expands the pipe then you insert the fitting into the pipe and the “memory” of the pipe contracts around the fitting securing the joint. The pipe is always trying to shrink back to its original size so technically the joint is constantly tightening for the life of the system instead of loosing like most other methods eventually would. When we used old crimp ring method we had leaks all the time but after changing 15 years ago our %leaks from install dropped dramatically!
Wow that's a beautiful little container home that doesn't look like a container. It's in the perfect spot. I know Courtney's mom will love and appreciate it for sure. She won't have to worry about climbing stairs. Great job, you two do wonderful work with your hands. ❤
My favorite way to connect PEX is the compression rings. Just one clamp of the tool and NO leaks. granted if you needed to take them off you had to cut them. I just used my Dremel with a cutting disc.
Hey Riley, We love your professionalism and dedication when building and doing things. Right down to the plumbers crack when doing the plumbing in the tiny house.
I tell ya my favorite part of your guys channel is that you so much of the actual work being done and that gives people “ambition” to tackle things themselves. Not like some channels (especially in the automotive world) where they say “okay now we’re going to do this!” and it cuts to the next clip of it completed…. It’s like you left out the best part!!! Keep up the great work and the great content!!!
Big fan of the copper crimp rings for PEX. I've never had an issue with them, and they are also what my brother-in-law, who owns his own plumbing business, uses. You guys have done quite an amazing job with the container tiny home. Keep doing what you do because it's inspirational for people who think they can't do it to see you guys just figure it out and get stuff done.
+1 on the crimp rings. There is a hand tool you can buy that's perfect for cutting them off that makes it super easy, worth it if you're doing a whole bunch.
Having finally caught up after binging your backlog, it feels like such a long wait between videos! But I've learned so much and gotten so much inspiration from your projects!
Courtney saying “ No freaking way”…” This look’s so Stinking good” said everything about the entirety of the video today! Love what you accomplished with the tiny house for your Mom🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s
Holy cow! What amazing content! We look forward to seeing exactly where you place the container home in relation to the rest of the property. Love to watch the two of you as you build this beautiful estate for yourselves. Great job!
Nice work. Tip for holesaws. When drilling through hard materials, or more than 1/2" of wood; clear the chips/sawdust often. The teeth are only so deep. They can only hold a small amount. Pull the saw out, go back and drill some more. The harder the material, the less you drill before clearing chips. Saw lasts longer, and not as tough to drill. I know it seems like a lot of wasted time, but a very wise metalsmith taught me this (Thanks Ryan), and it really helps.
Crane days at work setting large refrigeration houses always gets the heart pumping, even after 30+ years, and yet they are still some of the most enjoyable to experience!!!
When you get a GOOD team of riggers to move a heavy load all you have to do is just stand back and watch the magic happen. So, once Mom has moved in, WHAT IS THE NEXT PROJECT?
The crane crew is awesome - seeing how they managed the weight with making the crane offset from the feet and lifting on the high side of the hill to avoid putting extra weight on the downhill side was cool. Thanks for putting the video together, I loved it :)
I'm a former plumbing contractor and noticed that you need to install a vent on the kitchen sink. Also, unless the codes have changed, the closet bend 2" outlet is not league. It's meant for a vent for the toilet. I suggest you contact someone who is more up to date on all the new codes and and installations practices as it's been over 40 years since I sold my business. Good luck!
The kitchen trap will siphon without a sanitary tee and an auto-vent to break the siphon. The toilet has to have a vent wye installed downstream of the closet bend 90 and it has to be rotated a bit upwards to the horizontal toilet vent is above the middle of the 3” line. Then the sink wye can be installed. Sorry to say any plumbing inspector would red tag your work. I’ve been a plumbing contractor since 1975. I made those same mistakes year one…
there is a vent that can be installed under the sinks that don't require roof penetration see them in mobile homes they work like check valves open to let air in and closed to stop sewer gas from vent into living space possibly vent toilet outside of mini cabin as it won't be used as a wet vent
In addition to the above, I am also concerned about how you removed the entire web from the perimeter beam to allow the main sewer pipe through. Consider putting additional footings on each side of the opening.
Another WOW Moment…you guys have outdone yourselves AGAIN ❗️ You keep pushing that threshold higher and higher, this was a GREAT Idea and an Awesome project !!
After seeing is sitting where it is and Courtney talking about the view, I’m wondering how long it’s going to be before they spend a weekend in it as a bed and breakfast?!?!
Incredible job by GRT Crane Service moving your tiny shipping container home! They truly lived up to their name and proved that faith can move mountains-or in this case, homes!
PEX A compression ring with a Milwaukee expansion tool. Don't have to get the tool into tight places. Just expand, put on fitting and wait for it to shrink back down.
The dewalt one is alot cheaper than milwaukee and has worked well for me. I'm a milwaukee first guy but it was too spicy for me so I got the dewalt. I've re-piped almost my entire house and it's done well. The kit came with the expansion bit for 1/2, 3/4, and 1"
@@redmesa2975 yep and it's strong enough I accidentally swelled a brass fitting a little bit when I stuck the tool in too far. Didn't hurt the tool at all. It was a dumb mistake on my part making a piece of tubing super short when it could've been any length. The plastic case even has a pocket area inside that is big enough I can put the milwaukee pex tubing cutter in.
remember, the crimp rings, and expanding tools, are for different kinds of pex. Given even option, I'd use the style with the expanding tool, as you don't lose flow with every connection. 1/2" ID remains 1/2" ID end to end.
Maybe your next house when you out grown your current one can be a multi sea container build up the hill where either the house that needs to be demolished is or up on top where the one thats already removed is! Get the dozer (or something like it) running and drag them up empty, which will be much lighter!
I always thought you were a plumber type Riley, but in this video was all the evidence we needed! I'll bet someone on the other end of the camera was saying "Riley, just say no to crack!" 😉 Otherwise, this was a job very well done, I love it when a plan comes all together!
Something to consider for your mum is accessibility? Had you considered that ? I would have made the pad wider so one can get around the home with ease,even the gardening chores may become risky ! You asked how we would move it , probably built it on skids . How come there are only the concrete slabs on the four corners only ,or did you add more to the middle ? Will the site be accessible during winter ,will it be a problem to get to the cabin/house ? Did you anchor it down into the rock ?
I cut down big ass trees for a living. Your reacts to all the close calls with the crane boys is usually how my customers are reacting haha. Those guys are pro! They did great and kept you biting your nails the whole way with a great outcome
Two tips for hole saws: 1) drill the pilot hole and dont press hard enough for the hole saw to catch. Once the pilot hole is through, put the drill in reverse and kind of etch the hole in reverse and then click the drill into forward to finish it. It will keep it from catching and bruising yourself (or like me a nice black eye). For smaller hole saws (3/4”, 1-1/8” etc.) put a fender washer over the pilot bit and then drill the pilot hole. This will keep the holesaw from slamming into contact and make it spin freely. Obviously then remove the washer and finish the hole. Keep up the great content guys! Love he channel!
You sure picked a great company to do the moving & set up of the tiny home. Congratulations on a job well done. I really like how you did the plumbing so it was out of the way. Grandma will absolutely love staying in this loving home.
Expansion pex ( Pex A) is preferred and in my opinion is the best product on the market. Last winter my main to my house was exposed and it literally froze solid and expanded without bursting and then I was able to thaw it with a torch and it went back to normal!
Watch out for wild hemlock its toxic and poisonous,white flower in that one shot its pretty for sure,just a word of caution.if its wild hemlock that is.be safe kids love these videos of that lovely property of yours.god bless ya all!!!
When preparing the place for the container house if you found hard rock or dense soil for the house then things are okay otherwise adding rebar or some type of metal bracing on the concreate bricks through the container bottom and top side mounting points on all four/six-corners/sides is important. So that if there is heavy rainfall, snowfall or both perhaps then the container won't end up going of balance/axis due to soil erosion and increased weight on the ground below the containers bottom side or worse go of the mountain due to extreme weather and mud slide altogether at the same time since one or two rock's falling/moving out of the place from the retaining wall is all its gonna take for the whole retaining wall to break apart or destabilize especially since car parking by the upper retaining wall will cause soil movement around the retaining wall quite close to the shipping container retaining wall.
If you check that big rock you carried that broke you might find a fossil revealed in the fracture. Maybe not, but I found many splitting rocks like that.
We REALLY miss your background theme song " little by little, bit by bit". It was sooo fitting to your projects. We look forward to seeing the next footage each week. We've rewatched the shows from when you started the building of the "house on the mountain" several times. It's been especially helpful to watch in chronological order so we can see how it all rolls out. Love watching you--the whole process. ROGER & ELLEN MILLER, OKLAHOMA
You could build them and sell them for a few bob. Id love to see a huge deck off the front it would be amazing sitting out there drinking a coffee every morning and taking in that amazing view...
That looks soooo good. Please show some more of the view, it is so awesome. Was kind of disappointed though, I kept waiting for the Riley happy dance ; )
the big hole saw through the steel can break your hand when it grabs. need a powerful large corded drill for that like a D handle drill with side handle.
So much excitement , great video. Please show when grandma sees it there for the first time in the new spot. You guys are great. BTW is Oliver walking yet?
You guys are so amazing, love your projects and your team work in getting the impossible done right! Keep being inspirational your both awesome people 👏👏👏
8:56 I’m not paid to post the comment, but the eco flow products are really good. Just picked up the delta 2 with with 2nd battery for $1500 CAD taxes in. We are using it as backup for my mom’s sump pump as she has regular power outages.
I think you should have built your retaining wall with the mesh and drain as you did on the road. Also the plumbing and water as well. Harder to do after container is in place.
I live in United Kingdom and I just recently come over to watch your site and I’m really enjoying myself watching it. I’ve been playing from the playlist and popping all over the place watching stuff and I think you two best people I’ve seen in long time.❤
When I Ran all new Pex lines inside my house trailer I went with the barbed clamps instead of the solid ring. I'm only dealing with 50 psi water pressure from a 3/4 hp electric well pump pulling water 40 feet through a sand point. If I was in the city dealing with 90 psi and higher I would have gone with the solid ring. When I checked with the Pro's, this was recommended to me based on water pressures. It's been at least 7 years since the remodel and zero leaks so far. Love the video and I can't waite to see the smile on your Mom's face when she's on her deck having a coffee in the morning looking out over the landscape. It's going to be epic.
Neat! Loving the self contained battery system on the container. Any plans on a video going into more information of how it's holding up with the air con + solar generation in the new location?
SO FRICKIN' COOL!!! It has been so fun watching you two evolve. But in your intro, you mention starting with the camper and moving to the property and building the houses but you left out Oliver in the story.
riley, you can use your excavator to grade with just grab an I beam with the thumb and draw it across like a screed, I have leveled everything from driveways to foundations with my excavator
Greetings from Kansas! Love your channel. I love the creativity and energy you put into each project. I also like that you show your failures and solutions to fix them. Keep up the good work!
*smoothly* For some reason people have decided it’s ok to change the language. There is not really a good reason to gradually change correct grammar; the more our language changes, the less comprehension we have of older documents and literature (such as the constitution, Pilgrim’s Progrss, etc.) Also lessens our ability to clearly explain/describe thoughts/things/concepts. Sorry - did not want to make a meme here, but the inevitable criticism which will ensue forces me to defend my grammar correction. (Plus I like to argue - induge me! 😊)
40 tons? That’s cute. I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s been around super lifts where a crane this size could barely handle lifting the rigging or the counter weights for the main lift crane.
Looking good. Just a fyi the vibratory compactor is a smooth roller where as a sheeps foot would have pegs. The name comes from back in the day they would run sheep on newly constructed roads to compact the dirt in lifts.
We've been walking back and forth the past few days as we put the roofing on and it has us very glad we built it in place. Being able to build it up by the shop with all of our tools saved us SO much time. I also don't think we could have prepped the build site much sooner with how wet of a spring we've had (we've learned our lesson about using equipment in the mud 😬)
Hey Riley, nice job wiping off the quick couplers before attaching your attachment. One of the things I always suggest to my customers is when not in use they connect the two hoses together. It helps keep them clean and stop them from building in the sunshine.
If flow is a consideration, use pex-a with the expansion tool. But the expansion tool is quite expensive so pex-b will save the price of the tool. The two are not compatible because of the different fittings and method of attachment required. Also, pex-a is more flexible and can be more easily reshaped if kinked. Additionally, the expansion fittings used with pex-a are said to be more reliable than the crimp rings used for pex-b. Also, due to its greater flexibility, pex-a is less likely to burst in colder climates where the temperature drops below freezing and pex-a has a greater resistance to chlorine degradation.
Riley, WELL DONE my brother!!! You frackin' kicked booty!! At the risk of talking out of turn. I noticed there was not a support bracket on the outside exchange/condenser unit for Mr. Cool. I will assume the weight of the unit is not going to eventually cause sagging on the brackets. That's my 2 1/2 cents!!! God Bless guys!!!
I don't know how you guys do it, but you're in my top 3 fav yt channels... and you just do simple ship and I love it!!! Please, please build a natural swimming pond and a sauna next. With love from Australia. Fly me out I'll help you build it.
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Temporary wheel dolly on side of the container with a temporary hitch like a two wheel trailer.
log rollers it was good enough for the pyramids
I would have made a dolly from truck axles.
Using that as a fulcrum, you put a lever on it to pick up one end. [==]/.
That would allow for another dolly to slip under.
Moved two 20’ containers on rollback trucks. Over 300 miles and placed them on railroad ties. Electrical installed but no water. My exercise room. In Florida, insulated walls and ceilings, put exercise connecting mats on floor. Mounted 5000 btu window ac in one of the double doors and had a metal walkthrough walk in door welded in the other end. The little ac keeps it around 68 degrees. Have changed it out twice. Covered roof with high end sealant guaranteed for 20 years. Have had it for about 7 years. Going to mount solar panels on top for house use.
Bought ECO FLOW on Prime Days, Cooler-freezer-ice maker, a 400 watt solar panel and a ECO Flo 2. Aloe have other solar panels and batteries for refrigerators and freezers if power goes out. Also have a trailer mounted 15 KW diesel generator to fill in. Lived through too many hurricanes in the keys growing up. Months no power or water. Preparing better now.
On your next episode, please do an aerial view of where the container home sets in relationship to your house. Your mom is going to fall in love with not only the container, which is incredible, but the view. What a view!
Plz show the view from inside, looking out. Thx!
you can see their shop roof from the plot where they put the container in some of the shots. so i would guess 100-200 ft down the driveway from the main shop/house.
Kinda bittersweet seeing the tiny house project come to an end soon🙃 Absolutely love how your property is like a huge machinery playground😄
We're trying to savor the process of wrapping this project up, but we're also already dreaming of the next big one! 😉
Hello good sir! I’m a licensed Plumber in Georgia and own a plumbing company.
For PEX we use type A tubing with the wisbro/cold expansion method. That expands the pipe then you insert the fitting into the pipe and the “memory” of the pipe contracts around the fitting securing the joint. The pipe is always trying to shrink back to its original size so technically the joint is constantly tightening for the life of the system instead of loosing like most other methods eventually would. When we used old crimp ring method we had leaks all the time but after changing 15 years ago our %leaks from install dropped dramatically!
Sundays never come quick enough, Ambition Strikes is a must see. Awesome content 😊
You gotta love it when they bring in the heavy equipment. The right tools for the right job. Nice job!
It was awesome watching the crane operator do his thing!
How apropos hiked up t shirt pants lowered revealing the true plumbers signature look…that cracked me up lol…cheers from🇨🇦
Wow that's a beautiful little container home that doesn't look like a container. It's in the perfect spot. I know Courtney's mom will love and appreciate it for sure. She won't have to worry about climbing stairs. Great job, you two do wonderful work with your hands. ❤
My favorite way to connect PEX is the compression rings. Just one clamp of the tool and NO leaks. granted if you needed to take them off you had to cut them. I just used my Dremel with a cutting disc.
Riley, you said “good enough” when you were moving the rocks…Nah, nothing is “good enough” for you. You’re a perfectionist, and it shows! Congrats!
I can’t wait to see Grandma in the Tiny home and the smile on her face. Nice job you two!!
Hey Riley, We love your professionalism and dedication when building and doing things. Right down to the plumbers crack when doing the plumbing in the tiny house.
I tell ya my favorite part of your guys channel is that you so much of the actual work being done and that gives people “ambition” to tackle things themselves. Not like some channels (especially in the automotive world) where they say “okay now we’re going to do this!” and it cuts to the next clip of it completed…. It’s like you left out the best part!!! Keep up the great work and the great content!!!
Your Mom is going to LOVE this spot with its view - and proximity to you two... Well Done.
Big fan of the copper crimp rings for PEX. I've never had an issue with them, and they are also what my brother-in-law, who owns his own plumbing business, uses.
You guys have done quite an amazing job with the container tiny home. Keep doing what you do because it's inspirational for people who think they can't do it to see you guys just figure it out and get stuff done.
+1 on the crimp rings. There is a hand tool you can buy that's perfect for cutting them off that makes it super easy, worth it if you're doing a whole bunch.
Your container series is fantastic. Please keep them coming.
Having finally caught up after binging your backlog, it feels like such a long wait between videos! But I've learned so much and gotten so much inspiration from your projects!
That is how I feel!!
Courtney saying “ No freaking way”…” This look’s so Stinking good” said everything about the entirety of the video today! Love what you accomplished with the tiny house for your Mom🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s
The crane operator was truly worth every cent, job completed with no drama 🏴👍🏻
Holy cow! What amazing content! We look forward to seeing exactly where you place the container home in relation to the rest of the property. Love to watch the two of you as you build this beautiful estate for yourselves. Great job!
Nice work. Tip for holesaws. When drilling through hard materials, or more than 1/2" of wood; clear the chips/sawdust often. The teeth are only so deep. They can only hold a small amount. Pull the saw out, go back and drill some more. The harder the material, the less you drill before clearing chips. Saw lasts longer, and not as tough to drill. I know it seems like a lot of wasted time, but a very wise metalsmith taught me this (Thanks Ryan), and it really helps.
Crane days at work setting large refrigeration houses always gets the heart pumping, even after 30+ years, and yet they are still some of the most enjoyable to experience!!!
Such a beautiful site for your Mom! Very thoughtful of location, parking and walkways! Impressive!
That's actually how they lift those containers off the big ships at the major shipping ports. their also designed to be stacked and interlocked too.
Nice touch adding some plumbers crack in during the plumbing sequence for authenticity. :-)
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Need a little crack spackle.
Just say “no” to crack!
I am so happy for you guys... Never loose your "wild at Heart" This one of my favorite channels to watch.
When you get a GOOD team of riggers to move a heavy load all you have to do is just stand back and watch the magic happen.
So, once Mom has moved in, WHAT IS THE NEXT PROJECT?
The crane crew is awesome - seeing how they managed the weight with making the crane offset from the feet and lifting on the high side of the hill to avoid putting extra weight on the downhill side was cool. Thanks for putting the video together, I loved it :)
I'm a former plumbing contractor and noticed that you need to install a vent on the kitchen sink. Also, unless the codes have changed, the closet bend 2" outlet is not league. It's meant for a vent for the toilet. I suggest you contact someone who is more up to date on all the new codes and and installations practices as it's been over 40 years since I sold my business. Good luck!
The kitchen trap will siphon without a sanitary tee and an auto-vent to break the siphon.
The toilet has to have a vent wye installed downstream of the closet bend 90 and it has to be rotated a bit upwards to the horizontal toilet vent is above the middle of the 3” line. Then the sink wye can be installed.
Sorry to say any plumbing inspector would red tag your work.
I’ve been a plumbing contractor since 1975. I made those same mistakes year one…
@amundson1942 spot on. I'm not a plumber, and how very right you are.
there is a vent that can be installed under the sinks that don't require roof penetration
see them in mobile homes
they work like check valves open to let air in and closed to stop sewer gas from vent into living space
possibly vent toilet outside of mini cabin as it won't be used as a wet vent
@@roberto.peterson9917 called an autovent, they have 1-1/2” male threads
In addition to the above, I am also concerned about how you removed the entire web from the perimeter beam to allow the main sewer pipe through. Consider putting additional footings on each side of the opening.
Good Sunday morning guys! Thanks for your positive, inspirational videos. Enjoy your channel.
Another WOW Moment…you guys have outdone yourselves AGAIN ❗️
You keep pushing that threshold higher and higher, this was a GREAT Idea and an Awesome project !!
Nice job Riley. I am glad you upheld the montra of the plumbing trade. That being the plumbers butt to the camera.😁
YOU GUYS ROCK!❤❤❤
Ok, how proud are you guys that a monster crane (not meant for off road) just drove up your driveway like a freakin BOSS!😮😎💪🪝
Love how you 2 are like kids seeing the crane do its job, So glad for youre mums sake its in place. Great video. x x x
Great video I am sure your mom will love the new digs. Thanks for sharing.
We can’t wait to surprise her with a finished home on her next visit!
After seeing is sitting where it is and Courtney talking about the view, I’m wondering how long it’s going to be before they spend a weekend in it as a bed and breakfast?!?!
@@AmbitionStrikes A small firepit would be a great addition for those starlit nights.
Incredible job by GRT Crane Service moving your tiny shipping container home! They truly lived up to their name and proved that faith can move mountains-or in this case, homes!
PEX A compression ring with a Milwaukee expansion tool. Don't have to get the tool into tight places. Just expand, put on fitting and wait for it to shrink back down.
That Milwaukee tool is like $600. It’s the best method, but pricey
The dewalt one is alot cheaper than milwaukee and has worked well for me. I'm a milwaukee first guy but it was too spicy for me so I got the dewalt. I've re-piped almost my entire house and it's done well. The kit came with the expansion bit for 1/2, 3/4, and 1"
@@95dodgev10 I didn’t know Dewalt made one too. Good to know.
@@redmesa2975 yep and it's strong enough I accidentally swelled a brass fitting a little bit when I stuck the tool in too far. Didn't hurt the tool at all. It was a dumb mistake on my part making a piece of tubing super short when it could've been any length. The plastic case even has a pocket area inside that is big enough I can put the milwaukee pex tubing cutter in.
WOW! What a lovely little nest for your mom!
remember, the crimp rings, and expanding tools, are for different kinds of pex. Given even option, I'd use the style with the expanding tool, as you don't lose flow with every connection. 1/2" ID remains 1/2" ID end to end.
Those guys are professional, shoutout to the team
So cool!
Note to self: make the protrusions bolt-on for safer transport 😊
Maybe your next house when you out grown your current one can be a multi sea container build up the hill where either the house that needs to be demolished is or up on top where the one thats already removed is! Get the dozer (or something like it) running and drag them up empty, which will be much lighter!
Missing my Ambition Strikes. I’d this weekend. Hope you are having fun vs disaster.
I always thought you were a plumber type Riley, but in this video was all the evidence we needed! I'll bet someone on the other end of the camera was saying "Riley, just say no to crack!" 😉 Otherwise, this was a job very well done, I love it when a plan comes all together!
I like the crimp rings. Feels more secure. Never had issues with the rings.
Something to consider for your mum is accessibility?
Had you considered that ?
I would have made the pad wider so one can get around the home with ease,even the gardening chores may become risky !
You asked how we would move it , probably built it on skids .
How come there are only the concrete slabs on the four corners only ,or did you add more to the middle ?
Will the site be accessible during winter ,will it be a problem to get to the cabin/house ?
Did you anchor it down into the rock ?
containers are designed to sit on the corners
A standard forty foot side loading truck chassis can easily lift your container home and is easily maneuverable .
I cut down big ass trees for a living. Your reacts to all the close calls with the crane boys is usually how my customers are reacting haha. Those guys are pro! They did great and kept you biting your nails the whole way with a great outcome
Two tips for hole saws:
1) drill the pilot hole and dont press hard enough for the hole saw to catch. Once the pilot hole is through, put the drill in reverse and kind of etch the hole in reverse and then click the drill into forward to finish it. It will keep it from catching and bruising yourself (or like me a nice black eye).
For smaller hole saws (3/4”, 1-1/8” etc.) put a fender washer over the pilot bit and then drill the pilot hole. This will keep the holesaw from slamming into contact and make it spin freely. Obviously then remove the washer and finish the hole.
Keep up the great content guys! Love he channel!
You sure picked a great company to do the moving & set up of the tiny home. Congratulations on a job well done. I really like how you did the plumbing so it was out of the way. Grandma will absolutely love staying in this loving home.
Hi From Minnesota! Love your channel guys, keep up the fun content.
Thanks for watching!
I used the same crane on my Montana building, last summer.
He is a good operator. 14:57
Courtney's mom is going to have a beautiful view!
Oetiker clamps are the way to go for PEX. The tools are the most compact and can be operated with only one hand.
Expansion pex ( Pex A) is preferred and in my opinion is the best product on the market. Last winter my main to my house was exposed and it literally froze solid and expanded without bursting and then I was able to thaw it with a torch and it went back to normal!
Watch out for wild hemlock its toxic and poisonous,white flower in that one shot its pretty for sure,just a word of caution.if its wild hemlock that is.be safe kids love these videos of that lovely property of yours.god bless ya all!!!
Courtney’s mom will like it so much she will not want to leave. : )
I think that’s the plan.
When preparing the place for the container house if you found hard rock or dense soil for the house then things are okay otherwise adding rebar or some type of metal bracing on the concreate bricks through the container bottom and top side mounting points on all four/six-corners/sides is important.
So that if there is heavy rainfall, snowfall or both perhaps then the container won't end up going of balance/axis due to soil erosion and increased weight on the ground below the containers bottom side or worse go of the mountain due to extreme weather and mud slide altogether at the same time since one or two rock's falling/moving out of the place from the retaining wall is all its gonna take for the whole retaining wall to break apart or destabilize especially since car parking by the upper retaining wall will cause soil movement around the retaining wall quite close to the shipping container retaining wall.
If you check that big rock you carried that broke you might find a fossil revealed in the fracture.
Maybe not, but I found many splitting rocks like that.
We REALLY miss your background theme song " little by little, bit by bit". It was sooo fitting to your projects. We look forward to seeing the next footage each week. We've rewatched the shows from when you started the building of the "house on the mountain" several times. It's been especially helpful to watch in chronological order so we can see how it all rolls out. Love watching you--the whole process. ROGER & ELLEN MILLER, OKLAHOMA
I noticed the lack of music, which I do enjoy, and would purchase if I could find it. I know they announced who it was a year or two ago.
You could build them and sell them for a few bob.
Id love to see a huge deck off the front it would be amazing sitting out there drinking a coffee every morning and taking in that amazing view...
Too wide to transport without permits which are expensive and sometimes hard to get
Propex FTW, so fast to do plumbing, even more important for where flow is important. The Milwaukee tool is not cheap but it's worth it.
Another great episode. If you were building tiny houses production style, I would buy one, what a great product.
That cold water always sneaks into the hot pipe. That’s why you have to wait for the hot water to chase out the cold when you put the tap on.
Rocks was a good idea. You gonna cement them in? Because if not, you made a haven for rattlesnakes. They love cool rocks with a bunch of openings.
Pex A (aka expansion pex) or bust is the way. Just did a whole house and 0 leaks or confusion due to how straight forward it is.
That looks soooo good. Please show some more of the view, it is so awesome. Was kind of disappointed though, I kept waiting for the Riley happy dance ; )
I used a mobile home axle to move 4 of my 40 ft connex’s and still have 5 more! We are building a new shop out of 12 connex’s!
the big hole saw through the steel can break your hand when it grabs. need a powerful large corded drill for that like a D handle drill with side handle.
You guys should have placed a camera inside the container while it got moved. That would have been a crazy angle lol
Dangit! Thank would have been an awesome clip!
16:00 - the expansion Pex is amazing... tools are expensive tho. Try to find a used kit on marketplace and it's amazing.
Is it next to the septic drain off thing ?
So Mum will have that big area of grass to play with Oliver ❤
So much excitement , great video. Please show when grandma sees it there for the first time in the new spot. You guys are great. BTW is Oliver walking yet?
We will definitely share the final reveal with everyone! Yes he is walking everywhere now. So much fun!
cannot wait to see him walking. Much love from Switzerland
Perfect mum will enjoy her tiny cabin 💙💙🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍
You guys are so amazing, love your projects and your team work in getting the impossible done right! Keep being inspirational your both awesome people 👏👏👏
8:56 I’m not paid to post the comment, but the eco flow products are really good. Just picked up the delta 2 with with 2nd battery for $1500 CAD taxes in. We are using it as backup for my mom’s sump pump as she has regular power outages.
I think you should have built your retaining wall with the mesh and drain as you did on the road. Also the plumbing and water as well. Harder to do after container is in place.
🤔Later you can move it into a platform in the trees with Pete Nelson knowledge of building the tree house platform. 🤷♂️
Or just build another one and use another cream to put it on a treehouse platform.🌎✌
For it not to be an s trap the horizontal run needs to be at least two times the inner pipe diameter before it hits the drop.
I live in United Kingdom and I just recently come over to watch your site and I’m really enjoying myself watching it. I’ve been playing from the playlist and popping all over the place watching stuff and I think you two best people I’ve seen in long time.❤
thanks for documenting the crane action. it was awsome.
Get gravel for the driveway also!! Oops, you did it later!👏🏻👏🏻
When I Ran all new Pex lines inside my house trailer I went with the barbed clamps instead of the solid ring. I'm only dealing with 50 psi water pressure from a 3/4 hp electric well pump pulling water 40 feet through a sand point. If I was in the city dealing with 90 psi and higher I would have gone with the solid ring. When I checked with the Pro's, this was recommended to me based on water pressures. It's been at least 7 years since the remodel and zero leaks so far. Love the video and I can't waite to see the smile on your Mom's face when she's on her deck having a coffee in the morning looking out over the landscape. It's going to be epic.
That was awesome...It looks great on its site...Good job you 2.....Stay safe and see you soon
Neat! Loving the self contained battery system on the container. Any plans on a video going into more information of how it's holding up with the air con + solar generation in the new location?
YaHoo! Crane Day!! Fantastic tiny house move. That was so fun to watch. Crane operator/crew did an amazing job.
SO FRICKIN' COOL!!! It has been so fun watching you two evolve. But in your intro, you mention starting with the camper and moving to the property and building the houses but you left out Oliver in the story.
you kidz work really hard and deserve everything you have. we are admiring from afar!!!!!!!
riley, you can use your excavator to grade with just grab an I beam with the thumb and draw it across like a screed, I have leveled everything from driveways to foundations with my excavator
Greetings from Kansas! Love your channel. I love the creativity and energy you put into each project. I also like that you show your failures and solutions to fix them.
Keep up the good work!
Glad it went smooth.
*smoothly*
For some reason people have decided it’s ok to change the language. There is not really a good reason to gradually change correct grammar; the more our language changes, the less comprehension we have of older documents and literature (such as the constitution, Pilgrim’s Progrss, etc.) Also lessens our ability to clearly explain/describe thoughts/things/concepts.
Sorry - did not want to make a meme here, but the inevitable criticism which will ensue forces me to defend my grammar correction. (Plus I like to argue - induge me! 😊)
40 tons? That’s cute. I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s been around super lifts where a crane this size could barely handle lifting the rigging or the counter weights for the main lift crane.
Pick up a concrete rake at your local hardware store. It does a wonderful job when leveling gravel.
Looking good. Just a fyi the vibratory compactor is a smooth roller where as a sheeps foot would have pegs. The name comes from back in the day they would run sheep on newly constructed roads to compact the dirt in lifts.
Really enjoying this series. Would you build it in place next time?
We've been walking back and forth the past few days as we put the roofing on and it has us very glad we built it in place. Being able to build it up by the shop with all of our tools saved us SO much time. I also don't think we could have prepped the build site much sooner with how wet of a spring we've had (we've learned our lesson about using equipment in the mud 😬)
Hey Riley, nice job wiping off the quick couplers before attaching your attachment. One of the things I always suggest to my customers is when not in use they connect the two hoses together. It helps keep them clean and stop them from building in the sunshine.
If flow is a consideration, use pex-a with the expansion tool. But the expansion tool is quite expensive so pex-b will save the price of the tool. The two are not compatible because of the different fittings and method of attachment required. Also, pex-a is more flexible and can be more easily reshaped if kinked. Additionally, the expansion fittings used with pex-a are said to be more reliable than the crimp rings used for pex-b. Also, due to its greater flexibility, pex-a is less likely to burst in colder climates where the temperature drops below freezing and pex-a has a greater resistance to chlorine degradation.
Riley, WELL DONE my brother!!! You frackin' kicked booty!! At the risk of talking out of turn. I noticed there was not a support bracket on the outside exchange/condenser unit for Mr. Cool. I will assume the weight of the unit is not going to eventually cause sagging on the brackets. That's my 2 1/2 cents!!! God Bless guys!!!
I don't know how you guys do it, but you're in my top 3 fav yt channels... and you just do simple ship and I love it!!! Please, please build a natural swimming pond and a sauna next. With love from Australia. Fly me out I'll help you build it.
You should really compact the sub-grade before laying the gravel