There is an alternative to the "burn pile" that we implemented and would never look back. “Hügelkultur” (pronounced hyoo-gul-kulture) is a German word that means mound culture or hill culture. Essentially... you take all the waste wood that isn't millable and line it up in berms and bury. Plant on top of the berms and you end up with an amazing privacy screen. Anything we planted on top of these hugelkultur berms has grown twice as fast with half as much watering need as any other tree we have planted in our yard. You have the tractor and a lot of wood and limbs that aren't millable, and that's perfect.
If you aren’t in a hurry. Perhaps consider pouring (&miximg) your own floor? I realize that is very hard work but imagine the interesting content, what you will learn and the money saved. Please don’t take this as “ you should “…only me voicing a couple things I’ve learned in the last 5 years: 1) contractors have to get things done fast because that is how they make a living 2) doing things fast is always more expensive 3) I will often put a false sense of urgency on something and therefore not consider the alternatives of doing it myself and/or doing it in stages. Regardless, you guys are a joy to watch. Glad this build is part of your content.
Followed you over from Ambition Strikes & their latest vid. I've watched 3 of your vids now & am subscribed. It should be fun to watch your progress! One small bit of advice from an old retired grandpa... Be sure to take enough time for your growing family.
Very much looking forward to the Woodbrew Workshop being built! Can't wait to see y'all create magic in the Brew-Haven. Best of luck with the build and congrats on the baby!
With your engineering drawings, one of the “mistakes” that I regret in building my own shop was having “portal roof trusses”. Yes you get more height / space inside your shop however, there is a draw back. If you want to load / unload / move any heavy machines inside your shop, you cannot lift them with a hoist / endless chain block & tackle off your portal roof trusses. They won’t carry the weight, because the trusses have no bottom chord to triangulate the truss. Portal truss will sag at the apex and push your side poles outwards & collapse your building. This means that you then have to hire or buy forklifts, engine cranes, pallet forks or portable jib cranes etc to be able to lift any new machines out of your trailer inside your shop etc. If I were you I’d have your engineer re-draw your shop plans with triangulated trusses so that you can lift a tonne or more off your trusses when that days comes. Buying a used forklift is going to cost you $15k or so. Better to have a roof that can support a couple tonnes and you can lift anything on or off trailers etc any time you want at zero cost. Portal trusses are a mistake in my experience. I started out in my shed with a Robland X31 Combination wood work machine (~1300lbs), & a big 3 phase bandsaw, all of similar weight, but as time has gone on I’ve added a Bridgeport Milling machine (~2500lbs) & New Metal Lathe (~1300 lbs) etc and ended up having to buy a mobile gantry crane to lift them because my portal roof trusses wouldn’t lift those weights. It would be worth re-drawing your plans & re-submitting your approval in my opinion. Don’t repeat my mistake if you can avoid it. My 2c
If your three point has a float setting, use it and just go in circles or back and forth, should level out ground and eventually be dragging just debris.
To help with the settling. Get some sprinklers out there and get them going a couple days a week and drive over the shop area with you tractor with something heavy on the back and in the bucket, that will help get things to settle alot faster.
Where I live I could build a really nice large shop but the property taxes are insane and unpredictable to how high they can go. I really enjoy your videos and wish you guys the best😀!
Thanks for explaining your plans with all of it. On the insulation, a friend of mine passed on the spray foam and went with the thick rigid insulation, he said it was cheaper. But you still have to tape and seal it. It all looks great guys. It’s lots of work. And the plan sounds good, get the side supports and roof on so you can mill your lumber and stack it under cover. Looking forward to seeing it all happen.
Yea we will likely do foam board or alternate on the walls, but it's almost a no brainer to spray foam the ceiling. There are a bunch of hard to seal areas and lots of thermal bridging. Spray foam also adds a significant amount of structural strength to the building. It will help keep the roof panels on the building in a hurricane. That's the hilarious part about the engineering to me. They want almost 1400lbs of concrete in each post, but before the wind uplifts 14,000lbs of concrete buried in the ground, it's going to pull the #10 screws out of the purlins and the roof metal will just blow away.
Get it dried in and power to it, install a few receptacles. That will ease the future stages having power and lighting. Great way to go about this. Yes you will be glad you did it that way!
Have to say, You two are such good role models for your generation and ones to come. I’m equally impressed by both of you! As a man a couple of years older than you Dylan, I just wanted to tell you also that the level of maturity that you have reached as a man at your age is something to be proud of. You speak like a gentleman, and always talk about Molly with such respect. Just the habit of referring to the both of you as “Molly and I” and not “Me and Molly” speaks volumes.
Thank you👊🏼 Masculinity is under attack because Men, who can think for themselves, provide for their families, be close to God, protect those around them, and treat women with respect, are hard to control. Much of this generation are sheep. I have my dad to thank for who I am today. If I turn out to be half the man he has been for our family then I’ll be proud.
You will be very thankful that you are paying as you go. It is a very wise decision that many of us don't make and end up regretting so sounds like you have a great plan. Molly, you are getting so good on that tractor. There is always a learning curve when using new implements so I thank you are doing a great job. You be careful with all of that manual labor, you are carrying precious cargo :)
well here is a thought so you don't have to dig a hole for each post and concert it in and you got pour footers for the slab, no I have a unit that they screw a metal that won't rust in-ground and they can come off of them for you post and i found video for you watch to see how it is done and it might save time and cost I don't know but it worth checking out
Good morning. New to the channel. It’s refreshing to see a young couple starting out. Our kids are now a senior in high school and a sophomore in college. So, they have not yet started on your journey. I’m looking forward to what your journey leads you to. My family were woodworkers on a personal level not commercial. But I remember riding in my grandfathers car and suddenly pulling off the side of a highway and he’d pull his chain saw out of the trunk when he saw a fallen cherry, cedar, mahogany, or other beautiful tree. He would bring it home and create beautiful hand carved bowls for the family to use. Anyhow great memories. Be well. Your new friend from Richmond, Virginia.
I found your channel how I was sitting at work watching UA-cam and I just had to subscribe. I enjoy your your wit your humor, and I think you two are gonna do well.
You might want to consider renting a pile driver and drive piles for each of the poles. This will mitigate concerns regarding soil settling as well as providing good wind anchorage. Just a thought.
Molly, if you want to hit painfully hard without your pain: hold your hand with the palm facing towards you. Curl your fingers and make the middle finger above the rest and rest your thumb underneath to brace the middle and index fingers. Test that the middle knuckle is very sturdily supported. Hit that middle knuckle into the palm of your other hand and you will see that it hurts the palm of the other hand but that middle knuckle doesn’t hurt at all. Warning: don’t use this technique on hard surfaces as it might break your knuckle. Wish I could attach a picture as it will be worth a thousand words. 😮
When i built my shop addition, i was too was first planning to finance the project but decided i could pay as i go. I first saved a big chunk of money for the foundation. Framing and roofing. I then payed as i went and it worked out great. You will be happy you decided to not finance it. While i know it will take lots of work, I think it's really cool you will be milling lumber from your own property to build the shop
The concrete is being used as ballast so your building will not blow away up to its rated wind load. If you pour the same amount of concrete into a floor structure and attach your columns to the floor you can get a partial floor and have sufficient hold down weight to satisfy your engineer saving you much over the build. just leave tie rods sticking out of the inside edges so you can easily cold joint the final floor pour/placement when ready which will allow you to increase the wind rating for free if your structure will support the new wind rating I have used this method for steel structures many times over the last three decades in S. Florida.You will need to submit a change to the building dept. Ray Stormont
Just ground you guys from ambition strikes! Great channel you guys got! One suggestion! Plan on a lean to on at least one side if not not sides of your building. If you don’t do it now you will within the first year.
“Met” you guys on Ambition Strikes and came on over… now with regard to spray foam insulation of the pole shed - I think Riley and Courtney have a bit of experience with that as a DIY project that could save you some serious $$$.
You guys have it all planned and it's amazing...Pocket book,,,hahahaha...best way to do it, save-spend, save-spend..rince and repeat...you got that right..been doing it for a long long time..best way to quickly fall asleep every night......just FYI...30' x 48' @ 12' high = 1440 sq. ft. @ 60 f.c. (Foot Candle recommendation IES, minimum is 50) = 91 512 lumens total......please do make sure you get close to that, you will be comfortable working and you can always dim it if needed, depends of the chosen product and technology......have a great week guys..
Angle your rake and work in a circle - either starting from the center and working everything to the outside or from the outside in and windrow everything. Keeping the rake straight turns into a plow almost.
I am not an expert, but check with someone about having a large compactor come out. You dug a lot of holes and have lots of decaying wood probably in places. Just a thought.
We dug all the wood out which was the main concern. Might be a few twigs here and there, but that’s not an issue. The vast majority of trees weren’t actually within the footprint of the building so most of the poles will be in undisturbed ground. I went over the rest a bunch with the 10k lbs excavator as I filled it so it should be pretty compacted. Letting Mother Nature do the rest. Heavy rain, which we get a ton of, will compact it very well.
New viewer and first video. Like your financial plan for building. Look forward to watching. What about a do it your self insulation? ( Rockwool - RR building just did alot of it in his latest build ).
If your doing a pole barn construction with concrete footers why wait for the ground to compact. Your footers have to be a set depth and height anyways.
Not worried about it. We use the good Marine real treated posts that you can’t buy with the home center. They have a 50 year warranty. I’d be shocked if I was here to even get a chance to seek if they last 50 years.
It’ll still be our shop until the new one is fully enclosed, but will eventually turn back into a garage and the baby garage 😅 We seriously have nowhere to store strollers or all the things kids will eventually have!
Kind of. It will be a tremendous amount of labor to mill them all and plenty of diesel and blades burned though. I do think it will look better though and be a more rewarding process.
With a baby on the way, I would have thought you couldn't "afford" to waste a month waiting for the ground to settle. That is unless you are taking that time to accumulate more building funds? Engineering the building to withstand a hurricane is the wisest thing to do. If you were to get hit, your house probably wouldn't survive perfectly, so at least you have a roof, with walls, over your head. There is a new "Eco" spray foam which doesn't emit all those nasty, toxic chemicals. Perhaps, if you can get it, you could save a lot of money by doing it yourselves. Home Depot rents sprayer equipment for this. Of course, you would have to rent/borrow a bunch of scaffolding or a man-lift. Have you thought of approaching people or companies which have equipment you'd like to borrow, to see if you can do a trade for some woodwork? Have you thought of building a drag for the tractor with a lot of weight on it to assist with the compaction? Chain, plywood with frame, concrete block or one of the large root balls (trimmed down) for weight? Of course, a vibrating compactor would be best; like the ones road crews use. Another opportunity for a TRADE? One more suggestion: Place your building so that the placement allows for expansion, if that day ever comes.
Well this is why in our other video we mentioned not wanting to go the variance route because we knew we'd have to wait longer. It's over engineered in my opinion, but hey I never finished my engineering degree😂 I can tell you from going through countless hurricanes in my life, that these types of building almost never blow over, they are far more likely to have a tree through them or the roof metal lifted off.
Came here from Ambition Strikes (Riley, Courtney & Oliver) - love it !
Me too!
Welcome over!! 🤗
Ditto!
There is an alternative to the "burn pile" that we implemented and would never look back. “Hügelkultur” (pronounced hyoo-gul-kulture) is a German word that means mound culture or hill culture. Essentially... you take all the waste wood that isn't millable and line it up in berms and bury. Plant on top of the berms and you end up with an amazing privacy screen. Anything we planted on top of these hugelkultur berms has grown twice as fast with half as much watering need as any other tree we have planted in our yard. You have the tractor and a lot of wood and limbs that aren't millable, and that's perfect.
I am a fan of Ambition Strikes. I like when UA-camrs work together. Best wishes.
Thanks so much!!
Paying as you go is an incredibly wise decision. Getting debt free as soon as possible is the smartest thing you can do. God's blessings on you two!
At 3:42 did we just witness the first old man grunt. You realize after the first you’ll never stop.
I’ve been old man grunting since I was probably 15😅 I feel like I’m living in dog years😅
That was so cool to see you all on Ambition Strikes. God bless you
They are genuinely awesome people and it has been such a blast working with them.
i love the fact you're going to use the lumber from the property for the structure! Really awesome.
Lots of milling ahead, but it should be worth it:)
If you aren’t in a hurry. Perhaps consider pouring (&miximg) your own floor?
I realize that is very hard work but imagine the interesting content, what you will learn and the money saved.
Please don’t take this as “ you should “…only me voicing a couple things I’ve learned in the last 5 years:
1) contractors have to get things done fast because that is how they make a living
2) doing things fast is always more expensive
3) I will often put a false sense of urgency on something and therefore not consider the alternatives of doing it myself and/or doing it in stages.
Regardless, you guys are a joy to watch. Glad this build is part of your content.
You guys are rocking the Cole the Cornstar vibes with this video.
i love that guy
Haha I binged his content a few years ago.
Great job Dylan & Molly! your making good progress :) Thanks for always sharing with us!💖👍😎JP
Followed you over from Ambition Strikes & their latest vid. I've watched 3 of your vids now & am subscribed. It should be fun to watch your progress! One small bit of advice from an old retired grandpa... Be sure to take enough time for your growing family.
Thank you for coming over to check out our channel😊 We couldn’t agree more and we can’t wait raise kids together working on projects together.
Very much looking forward to the Woodbrew Workshop being built! Can't wait to see y'all create magic in the Brew-Haven. Best of luck with the build and congrats on the baby!
We love any advice you all have with putting up Pole barns! Especially with the setting the trusses in place and getting the squared up.
check out R and R buildings
The shop is going to be excellent with you guys designing it. I cannot wait to see the progress. This is a great Woodbrew milestone!
Thanks Mark:)
With your engineering drawings, one of the “mistakes” that I regret in building my own shop was having “portal roof trusses”.
Yes you get more height / space inside your shop however, there is a draw back.
If you want to load / unload / move any heavy machines inside your shop, you cannot lift them with a hoist / endless chain block & tackle off your portal roof trusses.
They won’t carry the weight, because the trusses have no bottom chord to triangulate the truss.
Portal truss will sag at the apex and push your side poles outwards & collapse your building.
This means that you then have to hire or buy forklifts, engine cranes, pallet forks or portable jib cranes etc to be able to lift any new machines out of your trailer inside your shop etc.
If I were you I’d have your engineer re-draw your shop plans with triangulated trusses so that you can lift a tonne or more off your trusses when that days comes.
Buying a used forklift is going to cost you $15k or so.
Better to have a roof that can support a couple tonnes and you can lift anything on or off trailers etc any time you want at zero cost.
Portal trusses are a mistake in my experience.
I started out in my shed with a Robland X31 Combination wood work machine (~1300lbs), & a big 3 phase bandsaw, all of similar weight, but as time has gone on I’ve added a Bridgeport Milling machine (~2500lbs) & New Metal Lathe (~1300 lbs) etc and ended up having to buy a mobile gantry crane to lift them because my portal roof trusses wouldn’t lift those weights.
It would be worth re-drawing your plans & re-submitting your approval in my opinion.
Don’t repeat my mistake if you can avoid it.
My 2c
Another Ambition Striker.. Love watching talent and skill doing their thing...
I will definitely wait and watch the next hundred videos to come. Never get tired of watching you guys. Stay healthy and happy.
Lol Thanks Jerry!
If your three point has a float setting, use it and just go in circles or back and forth, should level out ground and eventually be dragging just debris.
To help with the settling. Get some sprinklers out there and get them going a couple days a week and drive over the shop area with you tractor with something heavy on the back and in the bucket, that will help get things to settle alot faster.
Where I live I could build a really nice large shop but the property taxes are insane and unpredictable to how high they can go. I really enjoy your videos and wish you guys the best😀!
Ahh yea that’s a bummer. This crazy inflation doesn’t help much with that either.
Pool is a big one ! Get that done A S A P .. we would all love to see …
I loved all the information and background of the build. You two are the best couple on UA-cam.
Wow, thank you! ❤️
Just put up a 30x60 steel truss pavillion, went up real slick. Built a boom for the tractor forks out of scrap metal to lift trusses.
Good job Molly.
Thanks for explaining your plans with all of it. On the insulation, a friend of mine passed on the spray foam and went with the thick rigid insulation, he said it was cheaper. But you still have to tape and seal it.
It all looks great guys. It’s lots of work. And the plan sounds good, get the side supports and roof on so you can mill your lumber and stack it under cover.
Looking forward to seeing it all happen.
Yea we will likely do foam board or alternate on the walls, but it's almost a no brainer to spray foam the ceiling. There are a bunch of hard to seal areas and lots of thermal bridging. Spray foam also adds a significant amount of structural strength to the building. It will help keep the roof panels on the building in a hurricane. That's the hilarious part about the engineering to me. They want almost 1400lbs of concrete in each post, but before the wind uplifts 14,000lbs of concrete buried in the ground, it's going to pull the #10 screws out of the purlins and the roof metal will just blow away.
@@Woodbrew that makes sense, it does eliminating a lot of sealing by hand
Doing a good job there Molly
That's going to be a big workshop.
Way to rake Molly!
Thank you😊
Get it dried in and power to it, install a few receptacles. That will ease the future stages having power and lighting. Great way to go about this. Yes you will be glad you did it that way!
Have to say, You two are such good role models for your generation and ones to come. I’m equally impressed by both of you!
As a man a couple of years older than you Dylan, I just wanted to tell you also that the level of maturity that you have reached as a man at your age is something to be proud of.
You speak like a gentleman, and always talk about Molly with such respect. Just the habit of referring to the both of you as “Molly and I” and not “Me and Molly” speaks volumes.
Thank you👊🏼 Masculinity is under attack because Men, who can think for themselves, provide for their families, be close to God, protect those around them, and treat women with respect, are hard to control. Much of this generation are sheep. I have my dad to thank for who I am today. If I turn out to be half the man he has been for our family then I’ll be proud.
You will be very thankful that you are paying as you go. It is a very wise decision that many of us don't make and end up regretting so sounds like you have a great plan. Molly, you are getting so good on that tractor. There is always a learning curve when using new implements so I thank you are doing a great job. You be careful with all of that manual labor, you are carrying precious cargo :)
Two sites that might help with post frame building - MR Post Frame | Marshall Remodel and 2nd - RR Building.
Follow both of them! They both do Top Notch quality work.
well here is a thought so you don't have to dig a hole for each post and concert it in and you got pour footers for the slab, no I have a unit that they screw a metal that won't rust in-ground and they can come off of them for you post and i found video for you watch to see how it is done and it might save time and cost I don't know but it worth checking out
Debt sucks. You're definitely doing it the right way
*Molly, well done on working the tractor.... awesome job done 🙂nz*
I am a fan of Ambition Strikes.. they sent Me, Gland to Know You 2!!!
Welcome over!!
Devin, it's got to withstand a hurricane. Hurricanes love the gulf coast.
Hurry up and wait for the dirt to settle (literally).. Thanks for sharing the new plans. Will be a great place - just takes all your monies. - cheers.
Good morning. New to the channel. It’s refreshing to see a young couple starting out. Our kids are now a senior in high school and a sophomore in college. So, they have not yet started on your journey. I’m looking forward to what your journey leads you to. My family were woodworkers on a personal level not commercial. But I remember riding in my grandfathers car and suddenly pulling off the side of a highway and he’d pull his chain saw out of the trunk when he saw a fallen cherry, cedar, mahogany, or other beautiful tree. He would bring it home and create beautiful hand carved bowls for the family to use. Anyhow great memories. Be well. Your new friend from Richmond, Virginia.
Sounds like you a great plan in place!! Time is definitely on your side!!! Take your time and do it right!! Keep smiling kids,looks great so far!!
You are both very wise to pay as you go 👏👏👏. Looking forward to seeing the completion.
You guys did an amazing job! Looks great!
I found your channel how I was sitting at work watching UA-cam and I just had to subscribe. I enjoy your your wit your humor, and I think you two are gonna do well.
Thank you! We appreciate it😊
You might want to consider renting a pile driver and drive piles for each of the poles. This will mitigate concerns regarding soil settling as well as providing good wind anchorage. Just a thought.
Looks good
Really great to see the big plans yall have!
Hear me out....two post car lift in the new shop👀
☕ 😁 your video brought sunshine to this cloudy day!
🧡🧡🧡
Molly, if you want to hit painfully hard without your pain: hold your hand with the palm facing towards you. Curl your fingers and make the middle finger above the rest and rest your thumb underneath to brace the middle and index fingers. Test that the middle knuckle is very sturdily supported. Hit that middle knuckle into the palm of your other hand and you will see that it hurts the palm of the other hand but that middle knuckle doesn’t hurt at all. Warning: don’t use this technique on hard surfaces as it might break your knuckle. Wish I could attach a picture as it will be worth a thousand words. 😮
Love these builds, excited to see how the shop turns out.
Great to see you have a plan!
Thank you!
Great video guys as always can’t wait to see it finished best of luck on the hole journey.
When i built my shop addition, i was too was first planning to finance the project but decided i could pay as i go. I first saved a big chunk of money for the foundation. Framing and roofing. I then payed as i went and it worked out great. You will be happy you decided to not finance it. While i know it will take lots of work, I think it's really cool you will be milling lumber from your own property to build the shop
That's awesome! We are looking forward to the process:)
The concrete is being used as ballast so your building will not blow away up to its rated wind load. If you pour the same amount of concrete into a floor structure and attach your columns to the floor you can get a partial floor and have sufficient hold down weight to satisfy your engineer saving you much over the build. just leave tie rods sticking out of the inside edges so you can easily cold joint the final floor pour/placement when ready which will allow you to increase the wind rating for free if your structure will support the new wind rating I have used this method for steel structures many times over the last three decades in S. Florida.You will need to submit a change to the building dept. Ray Stormont
Molly, you pointed up to look at the playlist so I can go back and look at those videos when I looked up and I didn’t see anything but my ceiling. lol
Oops! Thanks for letting us know! Fixed😁
Just ground you guys from ambition strikes! Great channel you guys got! One suggestion! Plan on a lean to on at least one side if not not sides of your building. If you don’t do it now you will within the first year.
We are planning on one on each side!
“Met” you guys on Ambition Strikes and came on over… now with regard to spray foam insulation of the pole shed - I think Riley and Courtney have a bit of experience with that as a DIY project that could save you some serious $$$.
Question.
Could you use the rake as somewhat of a pre leveling device? That way you can level and compact the area at the same time.
tell your happy mothers's Day as she is soon to be a mom and did you call your moms? lol so great video and stay safe
Hi ya all, checking out stuff from the ambition strikes channel recommendation ❤
9:24 someone’s not bitter at all 😂
You guys have it all planned and it's amazing...Pocket book,,,hahahaha...best way to do it, save-spend, save-spend..rince and repeat...you got that right..been doing it for a long long time..best way to quickly fall asleep every night......just FYI...30' x 48' @ 12' high = 1440 sq. ft. @ 60 f.c. (Foot Candle recommendation IES, minimum is 50) =
91 512 lumens total......please do make sure you get close to that, you will be comfortable working and you can always dim it if needed, depends of the chosen product and technology......have a great week guys..
Angle your rake and work in a circle - either starting from the center and working everything to the outside or from the outside in and windrow everything. Keeping the rake straight turns into a plow almost.
👍👍👍👍👍🫵🪨 Can’t wait for the new videos. Keep them coming.
Amazing content bro 👏
Thank you 🙌
Up here in Canada the rules for building have gone nuts to! It adds a lot to the cost to the project1
Yup. Control is what they all want.
I am not an expert, but check with someone about having a large compactor come out. You dug a lot of holes and have lots of decaying wood probably in places. Just a thought.
We dug all the wood out which was the main concern. Might be a few twigs here and there, but that’s not an issue. The vast majority of trees weren’t actually within the footprint of the building so most of the poles will be in undisturbed ground. I went over the rest a bunch with the 10k lbs excavator as I filled it so it should be pretty compacted. Letting Mother Nature do the rest. Heavy rain, which we get a ton of, will compact it very well.
New viewer and first video. Like your financial plan for building. Look forward to watching. What about a do it your self insulation? ( Rockwool - RR building just did alot of it in his latest build ).
Welcome! We haven’t fully decided just yet on what we want to do. We have a while before making a final decision ☺️
Bonjour de Gilles Plog du Québec ❤😅😊 A OK 🎉😊
Foam board is much cheaper and just as affective.
You’re both so young and cute.🥰
If your doing a pole barn construction with concrete footers why wait for the ground to compact. Your footers have to be a set depth and height anyways.
You know....those old pine stumps can be valuable.
The core of the pine tree is where you find fat wood. And it sells quite a bit
Sign me up😂 Anyone willing to take them they are FREE.
if you're doing a pole barn style construction don't put your post directly in the ground concrete or metal bracket to keep it off the ground
Not worried about it. We use the good Marine real treated posts that you can’t buy with the home center. They have a 50 year warranty. I’d be shocked if I was here to even get a chance to seek if they last 50 years.
What's going to happen with the current shop?
It’ll still be our shop until the new one is fully enclosed, but will eventually turn back into a garage and the baby garage 😅 We seriously have nowhere to store strollers or all the things kids will eventually have!
Good plan to pay as you go. Many young couples don't have that discipline.
It's a lesson we've learned the hard way and just glad we didn't let debt get out of control.
Your part time job could be a Comedian and earn more money love your work
just keep in mind -- she's pregnant ....
good show ---TY ....
@ :40 you looked like you were ready for diaper duty!
repurpose the container into a kiln
That's not piles of trees...that's piles of $$ saved.
Kind of. It will be a tremendous amount of labor to mill them all and plenty of diesel and blades burned though. I do think it will look better though and be a more rewarding process.
Your kid will be able to drive a tractor before kindergarten!! But will be in high school by the time the workshop is finished!!
Lol don’t put that in the air
With a baby on the way, I would have thought you couldn't "afford" to waste a month waiting for the ground to settle. That is unless you are taking that time to accumulate more building funds?
Engineering the building to withstand a hurricane is the wisest thing to do. If you were to get hit, your house probably wouldn't survive perfectly, so at least you have a roof, with walls, over your head.
There is a new "Eco" spray foam which doesn't emit all those nasty, toxic chemicals. Perhaps, if you can get it, you could save a lot of money by doing it yourselves. Home Depot rents sprayer equipment for this. Of course, you would have to rent/borrow a bunch of scaffolding or a man-lift.
Have you thought of approaching people or companies which have equipment you'd like to borrow, to see if you can do a trade for some woodwork?
Have you thought of building a drag for the tractor with a lot of weight on it to assist with the compaction? Chain, plywood with frame, concrete block or one of the large root balls (trimmed down) for weight? Of course, a vibrating compactor would be best; like the ones road crews use. Another opportunity for a TRADE?
One more suggestion: Place your building so that the placement allows for expansion, if that day ever comes.
Well this is why in our other video we mentioned not wanting to go the variance route because we knew we'd have to wait longer. It's over engineered in my opinion, but hey I never finished my engineering degree😂 I can tell you from going through countless hurricanes in my life, that these types of building almost never blow over, they are far more likely to have a tree through them or the roof metal lifted off.
Nice job like always can’t wait for the next video this is the next step 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🙌🙌🙌🙌🫵🏻🫵🏻👍👍