Pulling Wire - Salvaged Mobile Home Rebuild
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- We are a DIY family trying to build a better life. We like to share projects and regular life updates. Our goals are to create a happy home, live healthy, develop our life skills, and see where our life leads us.
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Seeing the fringed skirt on the house makes me smile every time. :)
Thanks for sharing glimpses of Maverick and Belle with us. You guys must be great parents to have such wonderful children. I really enjoy your videos. 😀
I enjoy seeing the kids too especially there artwork!!!
"I'm not saying it's a good plan, it's a solid plan." I will be using this phrase at my job from now on.
Doug, anyone that has watched you for any time KNOWS that you wouldn’t do ANYTHING that’s not “up to code” in your constructing of the mobile home. You’re so “low key” and “calm” that you don’t show your frustrations with some of the comments you must get. I think that because you are that way they don’t bother you as much. I think it would drive me bonkers! I think you’re doing a fine job as you have done in the past and I’m looking forward to every step!💕
"Bye" with a smile, what else is needed. Loved the "sorry guys I'm busy inventing" You do a fantastic job at building and raising kids.
Bye Maverick, I like how you disappear down! Hi Belle. Hi mom and dad. Love seeing you all today. Great job on wiring. ❤
I absolutely love it how Maverick knew that piece of wire was a little too long, shows how much he's picking up just by watching you over the years.❤
Exactly my thoughts.
Comments have to be stressful at times. Seems like you are scrutinized on everything you do. I can tell you have it under control and who am i to te you how to build your home or raise your family. IMHO it seems you are dong great without my advice. Lol
@brucevallee ● I 10000% agree! Eevee and Doug definitely know more about quality construction and salvaging properties than any Contractor I have hired or that discussed projects with me. They definitely have more skills, knowledge and common sense than anyone I know. Eevee and Doug are amazing, there's no challenge they cannot overcome. And they are outstanding parents!
We appreciate the sentiments. Thank you.
Doug and Eevee, I think Uz guys are great, I like your life style and your children are smart and very respectful. I like how Doug explains as he goes was he a instructor in his days, he is very thorough.
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@@galady8632I Agree!
Somehow Eevee and Doug can explain and show how they pull wire so that it makes sense to me. Over the years I have learned much from their channel(s). Their teamwork is amazing. Belle and Maverick are respectful, fun, brilliant children that are also well-behaved. I would never consider questioning the Dream Team!! I am here to learn and I always end-up smiling. I am not here to question anyone.
Doug, you are the most efficient workman I have ever known.......if only some of the tradesmen these days were as careful. You are the ' Man of many tools' !!
Mavrick is picking this stuff up like a sponge! Smart kid!
Doug you are a great teacher, Maverick will learn a lot,
my dad was a liscensed electrican back in the fifties and sixties. I used to help him some but mostly watched. things have changed a lot since I was a child.
I have never done anything electrical in my life, but I really enjoy watching and listening to you explain it as you go along. I find it very interesting.
You and Eevee are such perfectionists. Maverick is learning from you all and will be able to do anything! He is growing up so fast!❤👋🏻
Doug, you do you and pay no mind to conflicted questions .
"Do you really need this much for this outlet?" I ❤️ Maverick. Little man is paying attention. Great job Mom and Dad!
I’m sure I’ve said this before, and I know, broken record here, but you two are so smart and talented.
I've lived in houses with, and without, kitchen windows and both served me well. Anyway, Maverick, I enjoy your personality 💛
Good morning ☀️ ❤the progress 😊my son is a journeyman for miller electric he is a perfectionist too nothing wrong with doing a good job 👍
I love seeing all the work you guys do, even in the fun Florida climate. Dong and Evee you guys are such good parents! ❤
Thank you :)
Hi Eevee and Doug, great progress today. Maverick is so patient waiting to say bye 😊
I like your supervisor with the beard. He just watches and doesn't say a thing. Lol.
You are the greatest family.
Hi from Cape Coral FL.
Great work Doug I really appreciate that you explain everything as you are working. I wish more people were like you and cared about the quality of there work.. Have a blessed week! 🙏❤️ Bye Maverick! ❤️
Excellent! I totally agree with what others are saying, this home will be much better that it was brand new. We lived in a mobile home for a few years & we now own one as a rental property.
Enjoying your build and watching your family on their journey. ❤
Maverick you are the man!! Just know we love ❤️ you too Belle!!!
The prettiest wire pulling and stapling I have seen yet. ☺
Doug, you and Evee are doing good work! Im glad you've given your project lots of thought. Your kids are learning from you all the time. Don't worry about comments from people who forget their boundaries regarding your family. Take care!
I was thinking people asking about wires under the house. Hasn't anyone seen This Old House? You always see wires under the floor in the basement. Or even crawlspace.. Thanks for the video guys.
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We were replacing the underbelly of my home after the flood in ‘16. My son comes across a wad of multicolored wires; grabs them and yanks them out; my eyes got huge! Turns out they were the running lights for moving the home and mine had been immobilized. 🤣
@@sharyn4271 I Would have felt the same way. 😱🤣🤣🤣🌻
I think it's so cut how Mavrick looks just like his dad. He is such a sweet boy. He will be doing this kind of work soon. Oh, Mavrick, that was a great ending.
Happy Monday! 😃
Great progress on what appears to be a very tedious job! I know you like to take your time and are very safety-conscious, which is quite admirable. Maverick, I like the way you are watching what your dad is doing and picking up on things such as recognizing that he had pulled up too much wire for one outlet. You are awesome!
Hey guys. I have been watching yall since you started with the old single wide a few years ago. I have watched ever single video you have posted. I admire you young people doing what you are doing and I just want to say keep up the good work. Y’all are doing very well. Kent from Texas.
I've seen and been involved in a lot of remodels/renovations, but I've never actually watched the entire process of electrical wiring being installed. And the only reason I did this time is because it was on DIYfferent otherwise I would have passed it up.😊
As quickly as possible, I wanted to share something that I thought the kids might enjoy doing since they're both so creative. You may already be familiar with the process --it's a very old technique. But if you take a cheap loaf of white bread and remove the crust, break up the bread into small pieces and drizzle Elmer's white glue over it-- it will make a puddy that can be shaped into practically anything you want. It makes really pretty roses. I used to make them a lot. You let them dry completely and then paint them or you could add food coloring to the dough and put stems ( before it's dry)if you want. I also would make sunflowers, toy food like hamburgers etc. for my daughter to play with. I thought Belle might like to try making flowers or even bug models 😊 and Maverick could make dinosaurs if he likes dinosaurs 🤷♀️ or turtles, robots, anything really. In fact, I think you would all enjoy doing it together just for something fun to do as a family. I've even made roses and rosettes and used them as molding on a piece of furniture I was refurbishing. Same for old picture frames. Just stain and varnish or paint after the molding dries. Anyway, I just thought perhaps the kids might find it fun to do.
You guys have a nice day!
Smooth exit Maverick!😊
Bye kids 👋 have fun!
You all are amazing. There is always a method to your "maddness" LOL! Electric part is a great puzzle to me, but you handle it with ease. By Maverick, your a big help, and it won't be long before you can do this too.
There are so many “couch” contractors who think by watching your work ethics they think it is ok to make stupid comments. If they knew you at all, they would be in awe of all you can do. I started watching you with the red and white single wide mobile home. I personally love how you have so many different floor plans for the homes you are renovating. The home in Michigan was so different in style than your Florida home and now the now the mobile rebuild.❤❤ and in my opinion at 73 and have helped in remodeling homes with my husband for over 40 years you are amazing👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️. Until next time bye
Great helping Maverick! Well done team!💕💕
Take your time, I love it. Anyone who has watched someone do all the stuff you do in a deadline and time crunch it wouldn't be enjoyable to watch lol you explain so much.
You always do an amazing job. Maverick is learning so much from you and Eevee.
Your channel is such a delightful diversion from all the social, political and economic doom channels, it's like taking a mini-vacation. I feel refreshed and hopeful after I watch the project progress and your lovely and loving family.
I never thought about that, but each video is a nice break from all the garbage going on elsewhere. 😊
Wow Maverick, you are super observant. Dada is so fortunate to have you QCing his work.
Eevee is so cool, calm and collected!
You two are so darling and it seems to me you work together so well. It's very enjoyable to watch the progress on your projects. Maverick you are one cute little man. Take care and big hugs to you all.
Well done Doug and Ashley and battery stapler is a bounce makes thing some much easer and the kitchen doesn't always need a window, things are coming together❤️🇨🇦
Well, i have to say i loved Maverick’s exit! Really cool! 😊
Good progress!!
My favorite morning video...yay!!!! So sorry some viewers have to insert their parenting advice in their comments! You do a great job with your kids and viewers should use common courtesy and keep their parenting advice reserved for dealing with their own family. I enjoy all your videos so much and look forward to them!❤
You make it look so easy! You do excellent work!
That was a good catch Maverick.( length of wire)
Moving right along.
You guys have a great week.
Bye family 👋🏼
Awesome progress 👍🙋♀️ thanks for all your tips. Love seeing you all. Bye for now 💕🙋♀️
Good job Mavrick was labeled. He could have been anyone! I noticed you worrying about making things pretty and perfect for us. It's OK, Doug. We know you're not an actual contractor. But also, it's your fault for being such a perfectionist about how you work. You set the standard high from the beginning. I'd still forgive you the odd twisted wire. 😂
Maverick is growing up fast!
Can't help but notice at the end how much he looks like you, Ash!!! And Bell looks more like Doug!
Precious kids ❤
Great job with the wiring guys 👏👍
Take care
Have a great day
Nice to know about those new items for electrical installations. Thanks. Great explanations and details. It is like electrical home wiring school of wiring.
HI Mav!!!!!!! You are growing so, so fast! It took me a very long time to realize nothing is set in stone and you can change anything for the better. So nice and neat how you wire things up. Hi Ashley you will be doing the same thing before long, you should know it all by now. Hello to Belle. God Bless. Love, Granny.
You’re another step closer to looks great. 😊💕🇨🇦
mornin y'all have a great week 💖
Bye Maverick! Thanks for the video!
Great exit, Maverick!
Keep on drillin'. Thanks for the conduit explanation.
Such a neat & Tidy job. Really looking great.
I have that exact wire stripper and I absolutely agree with you. It always gets locked up on me and I don't catch it until I try to use it. The BLUE handled strippers by Klein don't do that, BUT, it does not have the insulation stripper part. However, it does have a 10-gauge stripper on it unlike the YELLOW handle one.
You have come a long way on this trailer! It will be perfect as is everything you do!
My kitchen is 90 ins from wall to wall with walk-thru. We have plenty of room for work space and walk-thru.
I'm sure this kitchen space will work well.
Looks really good! Great job! Thank you for sharing! Always enjoy! Bye Maverick and Bell!
Your so diligent Doug...love your character.....hugs
This is more a comment about the plans you shared. I feel they are very worthy thoughts. And I think the same way. But with 74 years of extending help to others and watching my dad, grandparents, sister and nephew do much giving, please pray about covering yourselves well with liability insurance. Stuff happens. Try to keep that road of expense blocked for your family sake.
Good to see Maverick participate.
Everything looks great guys.
Great job Doug and Ashley and family 😊😊😊😊
Things seem to really be going fast now. You all are doing such a good job in this trailer. Will be much better than when new. That Mavrick is such a smart & cute little guy. He too will be so talented when he is a man. You have such a wonderful family. I wish all families were like yours. The world would be such a better place. And it’s good you do not take freebies to promote. I like that. You do things on your own & are not influenced by others or their opinions. Bye Mavrick. Until next time. ❤❤❤❤
Your doing a wonderful job! Thanks for showing us how to wire a home. Thank you so much!
Wow Doug 😮 what a job. Love watching you and Eevee. You make great working partners. Much love to everyone 🤗❤️😊
Now I have seen you doing it first hand it makes so much sense,you actually make it look so uncomplicated,thank you for taking time to simplify and explain step by step.I do love it when you say "look it's in England we say look at this or look at it .makes me smile when you say it .the place is coming on leaps and bounds ,well done ,hugs to you all,Anni from knodishall,Saxmundham Suffolk UK xx
A brilliant man!
This video was amazing to watch. Doug was in his element. I have never seen him as relaxed as seeing him run wire. His dad would definitely be proud. ❤ This video made me think of my dad when he would do work around the house he would scrape his knuckles from time to time. I would want him to stop so I could put a band-aid on it. He would keep working just like you. 😂😂❤
Yes, going thru the studs in the kitchen was a smart move. You saved over 8 ft of wire. That's a big savings on the costs. Using up the leftover spools from other projects was another savings.
I really like those guides in the breaker panel instead of knockouts. It seems like it makes the panel neater.
That was a good days job done well. I'm sorry but I do agree with a lot of other fans about needing a kitchen window. I like natural light and not needing to turn a light on during the daylight hours to work in an area. Besides feeling claustrophobic when having to stare at a solid wall. I do too much cooking, food processing/prep, and preserving. So I spend a lot of time in my kitchen. I like to look out onto the back of my property while in front if my sink. But this is your house and not mine, and you don't need the window for your tastes.
Goodbye Eevee and Maverick.
Love your attention to detail with the wiring - looks so good all smooth and stapled to the walls.
I've always loved watching you pull wire. My OCD highly appreciates your attention to detail. I mean, same goes for everything else you do, but especially so with wiring 😎
Hugs, fam! 💞
That tool for the blue wire, pretty cool, worked like a charm! I appreciate you addressing the wire under the house. I know nothing about electrical and was curious about rodents and being exposed.
I'm very impressed with your attention to detail and all your knowledge in so many construction areas. That's why I love your channel; it's not only entertaining but informative. TY.
This is one of my favorite "projects".
Elec box looks great
Really interesting watching the wiring process. 👍 Just a thought, would you maybe want a window to look out of in the kitchen galley. You might have already addressed this 😊. Good job dear ones!
haha, yeah we addressed it a few times, and again in this video.
The answer is at 25:32 to 25:55. I had missed it in this video. Guess housework distracted me, so I went looking for it just now.
Oh no, I will go back and rewatch!
I think I get so absorbed in what you are doing that I forget to listen. Have a wonderful day!
in my kitchen i have peg board on the wall... my dad put it up for me... he put one bys all around it to add spacing before screwing it to the wall... gives me extra space to hang pots and pans and utensils i use a lot.. but i did not know they had different sizes of holes... my last two homes we had the small holes... this time i grab the larger hole... don't like it as well but i made do....
I swear, Maverick gets cuter and smarter with every video. I'm sure Belle does too but we rarely see her. lol
Great job as always.
Thanks!
@@diyfferent your welcome.
Love the layout of the home 😊❤
Maverick just keeps getting cuter and cuter!
LOL! Love the "bye"
Looking good! You guys are doing an awesome job!😊❤
Looking good,enjoyed the video.God Bless your beautiful family.
There is nothing wrong about being a perfectionist when it comes to your investments period. Take care and excellent progress.
Awesome work! Loving the progress!
You guys keep moving forward with your plans for your mobile home. 💪👏🏼👍😎
I think you do a fantastic job
That was extremely interesting to watch. It was a mystery to me. Now I know.
You folks can do it all, amazing work ❤
FYI when I'm working on outlets I will label the inside of the outlet cover to let me know which breaker to turn off. It makes maintenance, upgrades, troubleshooting easier later on.
I like the idea, but if covers got switched around I do see potential risk. Perhaps labeling the electrical box itself would be a safer choice.
I have a window in my kitchen & it's still dark under the cabinets! So, I have a good idea about what you'll do in your kitchen! 😃
It’s lookin good 😊😊😊😊😊
Fantastic job, looking good.