44.2 Rubber and Insulation on the Guest Room Roof

This video continues the process of insulation and waterproofing up an over the roof of the mud room and guest room.
Its my first timelapse upload in 2 years, but I plan to try and be a bit more regular again.

[@fabiancbarrio]

Thank you! You have been missed!

[@bosanquet123]

Eight years into this project and I am still very glad to see a new video. I admire the hard work you and your familly put into this build.

[@UrsaMinor2010]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate a youtuber that doesn't care about the algorithm! It's like you're bring us back to the early days. Good detail about how to waterproof. You are a trooper, and you give proper respect to your troop. I think you are a golden resorce for our world, in addition to whatever other constraints require your time. I am giddy to see you back here, but I would suffer an arbitrary absence, because it it KZbin, and You don't owe us shit.

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

I care a little ;) Actually, just commenting and then my replying to the comment increases the probability that the algorithm will bother to show the video to others. If I get more subscribers, I have a greater chance of getting a book published when this is all over. So I care a little. If you go back far enough in my vids, I didn't bother asking people to engage (the videos were just for my distant friends and family to see), but then someone suggested that I should at least mention it, and the video analytics showed that simply suggesting people subscribe did actually have a fairly dramatic increase on the number of people who did... So, now I try to work it in somewhere, even if it isn't until the end when most people have dropped off anyway. ;)

[@svaringireynisson9703]

@@SimonHomeintheEarth No one leaves your videos before they finish. :) Thank you for all the time you spend sharing this with us.

[@geirhoff]

I realy like your videos. I'm a man, 52 years, from Norway.

[@bigpoppaaaron3367]

I've been watching since the beginning, can't believe how many years now! Can't wait to see the progress you've made over the last 2 years! Thanks for making videos again.

[@TarragonMom]

I'm still watching! 😊 I never gave up hope. Such a great house. Looking forward to more. I hope it turned out as amazing as I imagined it did. Living vicariously through you guys! Good work!

[@mluniewicz]

One of my all time favorite project video series - thanks for posting!

[@lynnmcclain2121]

My opinion is we will forgive you for the two-year Gap. In the past I've often said I need a 48-hour day😂😂 I am just so glad to see you doing the videos again! I am looking forward to seeing the finished product of your wonderful, unique home! Thank you so much for the extra effort of showing us this awe inspiring project.

[@hubertdaugherty8986]

Your efforts to keep us informed about how the project is progressing are appreciated.

[@Bill_N_ATX]

The Project Binky of home builds….but we are still here watching.

[@douglaspeters5462]

Glad to see an update on your home. The design is unusual and the videos showing your problem solving along the way are always interesting. Thanks for sharing it with us. Look forward to the next.

[@rylenstratford5208]

I can't express how happy it makes me to see these videos come back, really thought the channel died, but now I can look forward to seeing the project continue!

[@TheKrillWillRule]

I came here for the water heater review, I stayed for the house build!

[@rsmith2786]

What an incredible project. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us all.

[@c.j.francisco2225]

Welcome back! We look forward to watching your videos as you have the time and energy to create, edit and post them. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@TheCebulon]

Great to have you back. The sealing and isolation is done excellent. Will work for years to come.

[@GeorgeDayIV]

I'm so glad to see another post! Thanks so much for taking the time and effort to share all your work. I am really interested to see how it all turns out.

[@DeanLehman]

Thank you for sharing. Always look forward to updates on your build. Sucj a unique and special project.

[@user-mc3hw1gd6k]

Thanks for posting another video! I've really enjoyed following along these past years.

[@oisforoffroad]

That is allot of work. I totally understand about working at a computer all day then not wanting to stay there to edit videos. I am behind by several videos myself. Thanks for making these videos.

[@siliconlotus]

It's great seeing this project come along.

[@christophertodd5623]

Please keep putting videos up I was really concerned when even the website was behind, but very glad to see you back. Your videos are inspiring us to do a similar project in the future. Channels like yours are the reason I keep watching KZbin, and this is the first time I’ve commented on any videos in about 5 years, so your information is very important to us and I would say hundreds of other viewers. You are greatly appreciated.

[@ForbiddTV]

I think people generally don't realize how much time and effort it takes to make these videos, especially as he said in essentially doing two jobs.

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

Yea, I recently switched my video software to "DaVinci Resolve" and that made this latest one (the next one about the tower floor) so much easier and faster, even with the learning curve. Hopefully I can accelerate from here.

[@JeffreyFrazee]

Hey! Welcome back. I enjoyed your video over homemade donuts and tea with my kids in Kadiolo, Mali. I'd love to build some day with the thoughtfulness you've invested here. Lord willing, we'll be in Michigan in the summer of 2024. We'd love to see the place!

[@barry99705]

Yay! You're still working on it!

[@kevinosmundsen4057]

Happy to see your videos again. Always Interesting and Entertaining. Keep it up.

[@renaebettenhausen3611]

I have not seen a post from you in such a long time. Thank you for this episode.

[@doctorjamos2096]

So glad you put out a new video!! I was curious what was going on!! Thanks for sharing!

[@mikesimpkins7919]

I appreciate that you are taking the time to come back and post your documentation from your video library. I learned a couple tricks watching this vide4o. Thank you.

[@AaronPowellvox]

This is just the coolest house ever. I’m always excited when I see a post from you.

[@BenKoren]

All fine details included here are extremely helpful. Thank you.

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

Hey Ben, I was wondering how your place was shaping up recently. Your velocity was so much better than mine, you may even be done by now. I haven't checked my home in the earth email in a long time, I should go over there one of these days and see if you updated any of the pics.

[@BenKoren]

@@SimonHomeintheEarth Haha, it’s easy for me to have a high velocity when you and others pave the way so well - standing on the shoulders of giants, as they say. I plan to get some more photos organized and up there, but in addition to that I’ve finally gotten around to recording a walkthrough of the current state of the house: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGGQYqF3pLqdl9Esi=tTs2kVjNXzDzK8AX

[@jesscneal]

Glad to see some progress! You are very methodical about your solutions for everything. Very interesting build :)

[@chaosplan]

Thank you! Been watching since the first arch forms.

[@michaelprevot2020]

So happy to see you are back. I love your videos!

[@crowcapoeira]

Yay! He’s back! Thank god… I needed closure bro!! Keep posting, we need to see it completed

[@deepsouth8656]

Glad to see the update! Show us the interior soon!

[@ryanbrown982]

Heh, we've actually moved into our dome home (with complex multidimensional curvature and spray foam) since your last video. Awesome to see yours coming along. Looking forward to future videos as well.

[@bobjoatmon1993]

Missed your coverage of the home build. Great to see more.

[@seezar1234]

Happy to see you are back.

[@andrewwetzel6036]

Glad to see you active again. I was beginning to worry.

[@waynecummins9713]

Nice to see you back, 🇬🇧

[@TheGbow0704]

I've been following you all along, always happy to see a new update video

[@ACupOfDuck]

I have been missing your videos!

[@duanethieme4186]

Amazing job! I agree rigid foam over spray foam.

[@Mrcaffinebean]

So happy to see your videos in my feed again. I have been following on Facebook and the house sure is gorgeous!

[@3shellyiam]

Really happy to get an update!

[@BelieveTruthDisbelieveFallacy]

Glad you're back making videos! :)

[@abrahamsteward1743]

Great to see you back. been following along for years.

[@DadBuilds]

I've been waiting to see this notification pop up for so long!

[@madsjohannesheftholmnielse9479]

You have been missede, so badly!

[@charlie7057]

Good to see your progress again! Nice job

[@dansv1]

This is amazing. It’s the Project Binky of home building.

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

I just checked that out. Pretty great. I'll take that as a compliment to aspire to ;) In the meantime, I subscribed.

[@craigburtenshaw9359]

Thanks for the video

[@JamieDPS]

I've been checking. Well done.

[@ttkddry]

Glad to see an update on your progress

[@bertv1205]

Great, you are BACK!

[@CharlesRyann]

Very cool! New video! Wish the housing market would innovate like your home....seems most US homes are more about saving money than actual masterful architecture

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

I was also hoping this one would ALSO be about saving money... We did save a lot of money on the build by doing it ourselves. But the main point was to save money on operating costs in terms of reduced heating and cooling and reduced maintenance. I am sure there were easier ways to save money without going earth sheltered, but I didn't see it as a tradeoff. I wanted the two to go together.

[@CharlesRyann]

@@SimonHomeintheEarth I would like to build something similar....except way less complex.....more like the an extended version of the garage you built "Quonset hut" (steel instead of the thin material) built with open floor plan.....except the inside being high ceilings and design similar to early english gothic arch style in churches with steel since im a welder.....this will likely never happen for me money wise. However your home is an amazing build. The earth sheltered would do good in Texas where Im from, cooling homes can prove difficult these days with the earth warming stuff...

[@kickinghorse2405]

So great to see this vid. Thanks!

[@ima6leaker]

Man I never got any notifications for these more recent ones :( only just saw them tonight

[@nielsf]

Yay updates =D

[@toad6917]

welcome back you were missed!

[@barthanes1]

I was just wondering, a couple days ago, how things were coming along with your house. Good to see the progress.

[@oakld]

Great this channel is back! 👍

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

Yea, I think so. I have a "mid-year's" resolution to try and be consistent. But summer is really the busiest time for us, so maybe not the best timing. ;)

[@jonathancook4022]

Good job and welcome back!

[@travisjicorcoran5870]

Was wondering where you guys had disappeared to!

[@troz451]

Good seeing you again.

[@stephenc2296]

Boys got big!

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

Yes, and that was not even their final form... ;)

[@BaschtlerKnecht]

🎉 best video

[@samiam7]

Glad to see an update!

[@Krakkel]

Yay been waiting 😂

[@ThatTechGuy123]

Almost forgot about the project. I'm happy I was subscribed. Also just checked out your drone video on Facebook. Looking really nice. There is a youtuber that does documentaries on houses like yours. Maybe she would do one for you

[@ThatTechGuy123]

Her name is Kirsten Dirksen

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

@@ThatTechGuy123 Yea, lots of people have suggested that. Maybe we'll be ready for that sort of visit at some point. It looks like she hires 3rd party video makers to travel for her so she can cover ground.

[@johnpipe3188]

awesome!

[@president2]

Love it keep it up as always 💘

[@Plasmdude]

Crazy. I was just thinking about this project and how is coming along!

[@jessicapereira9034]

It was a lot of work.

[@M3rVsT4H]

Wow, you really weren't mucking around when you did the insulation.

[@imakexyz4968]

Yes another video. Love it. Are you actually finish with house now?

[@TheMarathonMama]

thanks for video!

[@MRBenchwork]

welcome back

[@kevinhornbuckle]

I hope the trumpet practice is paying off. Short exercises through the day is the really the best way to progress on a brass instrument. Also, I appreciate the jazz music you have backing your narration. As for the building method, have you experimented with FRP bar (fiberglass re-bar)? You can get structural curves which are easy to tie wire mesh to.

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

Yea, he is really good about practicing the trumpet and piano and more. He won the state competition for U-18 high school kids and we are going to nationals in August to compete against the other state champs. As for fiberglass rebar, no, but I have used bassalt rebar (bought a bundle) and it is good for some things, but not for others because it doesn't hold its shape like steel does. You basically need something else to hold the shape and then you tie the basalt (or fiberglass) to that.

[@martinlehtonen]

keep the videos coming

[@LucidTactics]

Wooo youre back!

[@nonyabuisness]

I wondered what happened to this channel.

[@bobdickweed]

I missed you and your family building updates , welcome back

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

More to come!

[@freeandeasy9795]

Keep going!

[@uendarkarplips7263]

We need a new walk through when you get some videos caught up.

[@aka1gbr]

with the posts could you saw a very small gap into the posts all around and tuck waterproofing into the gap to stop water that rus down in its tracks?

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

It is sealed against the posts now. The issue is that the posts are wood and even treated wood will eventually fail. For instance, at least a couple of the posts have cracked along their natural grain lines. I sorted out the issue by injecting liquid nails into the cracks, but its not ideal. If I could go back, I would have used some sort of galvanized steel or aluminum post bracket that I could seal against and then easily replace the posts if they ever rotted. The only reason I can relax about it for now is that the posts are attached to the outside of the wall (see a couple videos back) and any water that does get inside is still outside the house and would just run down to the french drain at the footings. But if I ever need to replace those, it will be a serious hassle and I'll need to get creative.

[@Mike-yl6hs]

DEEP POCKETS!!!

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

If we had deep pockets, we'd pay someone else to do the work. I guess its all relative, but we are building this for a small fraction of the cost of a normal house. How much per square foot do you think is expensive? We are about half the national average.

[@heather-wg5vy]

I've watched this house being built, aren't you near done? Where your from? But I can't hear what your saying.

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

Yes, we are living in it now, but some rooms are still getting finishing touches.

[@heather-wg5vy]

@@SimonHomeintheEarth I like the roundness of it. Where did you built this?

[@davidholubetz1014]

I've just got one word for you : sprayfoam !

[@davidholubetz1014]

ha ha ok now I'm laughing at myself - you talked about the foam issue at the very end :) whatever anyone says, no one who has watched your vids would doubt your hard work and patience ! epic project for you and your family.

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

Yea, I knew there would be a few of those comments. Whenever I put my videos together, I see all the silly things I do and the controversial ones and just wonder how many people will notice. In this case, I think I was right about which way to go with the insulation (economically speaking), but I do regret putting in those fence posts like that. Probably a few other mistakes that I won't point out myself. ;)

[@michaeldeighan8294]

Holy smokes your back! Welcome back hope your healthy and happy.

[@cjdoig45]

Happy to see you are back.