Building a House Start to Finish: DANGEROUS Sill Plate Installation

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[@mray4ua]

I must admit Alyssa is very impressive. Loaded with the "can do" spirit. I would best describe her as a perfect blend of girlie girl and pioneer woman. Keep up the great videos.

[@joncastile3248]

I'm so impressed with Alisa's willingness ,let alone the skill level she has achieved in so many ways. You my friend are a very blessed man.

[@u140225]

I agree with the other commenters regarding safety, especially Allyssa's. She is obviously your best asset, worker and offers incredible support. Keep her safe and healthy and off the high walls with no fall protection!!!

[@OhioPrepperOne]

Oh my lord, Alisa is a keeper for sure, the way she walks around up there and everything she does, your one lucky man Jesse!

[@texgem]

You two make such a great team it's nice you always thank your wife and hopefully you never yell or fight .

[@harryferguson1339]

I'm getting addicted to the video's... continuously waiting en searching for updates more as twice a day! Better as Netflix!

[@sharkamov]

I'll never ever get my head around the fact that sooo many commenters are expressing views as if they each had some kind of 'personal' stake in this homesteading project . . . . . . . . Jesse & Alyssa; You're both impressive - Period! ;-)

[@LOOPPEY]

Thanks for the videos. That extended boom on that backhoe is a real help it looks. You two are great just the fact your not killing each other at this point. ?Jessie gets the plumbers award.

[@grantoyamaha]

Great job guys , Alyssa is a legend .

[@geraldtrice4894]

Always enjoy how well you work as a team. It's very clear you evaluate safety issues and work within your skill and comfort levels so for all the safety sissies - observe and learn.

[@blackmore56]

Give yourselves a pat on the back. You nailed it. NATURALS. Respect from the UK.

[@clayguy1]

Your videos are my anchor.. After all the crazyness in this country.. you guys give me hope.. I know some think you're over doing the leveling and all.. but this is your house.. Quality will be it's legacy... Keep it all coming.. Love you guys.

[@audiotechlabs4650]

My Dad built houses. What he did was just make each step as plumb and square and level as he could and he built nice homes! You will get to the point where you will be spot on by correcting each step. The true definition of a Craftsman, is one who builds something with mistakes, but you can not see them! It is sound and perfect looking! Thankz

[@bartramdilks26]

Jesse you are a blessed man, Alyssa is Beast! Dragging those timber plates across the top of that wall, I know alot of men that couldn't do that.

[@justerbig]

HAZZZAAAH !!!!!! It was nice to see a smooth win on this section of the build. Keep your heads up, it always takes longer to build a house than what you think it will. I am rooting for you guys every day !!!!!

[@albsulj]

No Board will ever be perfect. In the great words of Larry " if it's off a bit, life goes on" Cool build, good luck 👍

[@dalesmith948]

You guys are awesome .. nit pick as much as you want , it's your home . Something you should invest in is some rolling scaffolding ,it might save a lot of ladder work thru out the build

[@JMSILVER23]

You're know my favorite KZbin channel. I honestly was disappointed there hasn't been a new video everyday. Lol.

[@williamwatterson2499]

Alyssa you rock! I heard you grunting and morning pulling that sill plate across the back wall. You go girl!

[@younggunz20]

After watching a ton of these videos, one observation I've made is that backhoe was a great purchase. You guys have gotten so much work out of that bad boy that you literally wouldn't have been able to accomplish a ton of the tasks without it.

[@BobKangol]

Third time checking today for your video, think my wife and I are hooked.. hehe

[@50shadesofgreen]

another productive day on the sill plates guys !! teamwork make the dream work !! thanks for sharing

[@ocjohnweber9698]

You guys are doing great! Just a couple of suggestions: Leave the compressor on the floor and buy a longer air line. Ditch the toy circular saw and buy a good Skill or Bosch Magnesium Worm Drive Saw - you have a lot of cutting ahead of you. As a rule I would bolt the plates down, roll the TJI's, and then check level. You can reasonably shim the TJI's in the low spots.

[@timsiefer4387]

I watch and pray for you guys everyday; it's a good thing neither of you have acrophobia! You both are blessed with each other and are doing a great job. Be blessed!

[@Mark-nu5vg]

That sill plate would be done if you kept that guy around that helped you with the concrete he forgot more than you'll ever know about building houses.

[@TeddyRux20]

mark card ladies and gentlemen we have a troll

[@thomaspartin1]

I know you two are super busy, BUT I am addicted to your journey...please edit and post faster!!!! Stay safe!

[@kenzpenz]

I just had to chuckle when I heard you say how cold and miserable it is to work in the rain. I think back on my twenty years in the Army, when I was just a young soldier walking along the roadway during a road march of many miles in the rain. I was told that "is does not rain IN the Army, it rains On the Army". Of course we were all soaking wet and I wondered to myself, self...why don't we put on our rain gear ? Then the CO would call a halt and summon his NCO's for a conference about the rain. He would send his NCO's down the line to see if everyone was soaking wet. Then to my amazement, he would make a command decision, that everyone should don their ponchos to ward off the rain. I inquired as the why he waited so long to have us put on our ponchos, the response was, some day you will understand, but for now just put on your poncho and shut up. You guessed it, we continued to wear those ponchos long after the sun came out and we were cooking under those ponchos. Ten years later, when I became a captain, I promised myself, I would never make that kind of command decision, rain or shine... Ken... retired US Army, Vietnam vet.

[@theoldwizard998]

Women with power tools ! Ya got to love it !!

[@charleschidester6767]

I know you rarely read comments.. and you are 7 to 10 days ahead of the video. But, PLEASE DON'T WORRY ABOUT TINY GAPS OR RIDGES.. THIS FOUNDATION IS AS GOOD AS ANY I HAVE EVER SEEN... RELAXXX.

[@johndolby3472]

Don't worry about the sill plates, just get them close. Shim or chisel out the floor trusses, its a lot easier. Buy or rent at least 2 scaffolds. I like bakers scaffolds, they have wheels on the bottom.

[@scottsmith1761]

The care and love going into your house is awesome. Can't wait to see it done.

[@kenkeiter]

I almost never comment on KZbin videos (mostly because.. dear god, the comments) but I wanted to chime in to say two things: first of all, I've become super-attached to this channel. Love it. I just like watching things be built, and you guys are a blast to watch. Second of all (and this is the part you're not going to like): please *please* please start thinking about your PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) more frequently. I know it's just you and Jessie, but all it takes to ruin this debt-free home is a massive injury. Angle grinders slip. Ladders slip (especially in the rain). Boards can be unexpectedly slippery. If you guys truly consider yourselves craftsmen (or craftspeople?), every single *REAL* professional will tell you the same thing: invest in your personal safety. It might cost you $400-600 and a few extra hours (across the entire project) to better protect yourself and Jessie from falls at the bare minimum. Harnesses and anchors are super easy to set up and tear down. Glasses and good gloves cost next to nothing. Knee/back protection is cheap.

[@kenkeiter]

Oh, and one more tiny thing: you guys really should be using ~2.5 to 3 inch washers in conjunction with the bolts on those sill plates. Decent chance of them splitting, otherwise.

[@1961casey]

Jesse, relax, a quarter inch high in one spot is fantastic. Just go for it. There is going to be lots of opportunity to be perfect later on. The place where the wall is high will not affect your floor height since the joists will be running parallel to that wall, not resting on it. One other thing, you might be needing a longer air hose soon. You know, long enough that you don't have to lift the compressor up on top of the wall. It will pay off later when using air tools as well.

[@Mycouponman]

You guys are doing a fantastic job. I love the sill plates they look SOLID!

[@donsdiys1140]

We love watching. Making me and my wife looking into doing our own home

[@mikeallen8724]

good on these guys for what thay are doing but grinding that wall is a waste of time.

[@shauron2569]

I'm glad to see that you guys paid attention to the levelness of the sill plates. while the prep may seem like it makes it longer, it will definitely pay off in the end. keep up the good work, im having fun just watching your build, and your cat is cool too.

[@miller12z]

I I I Cant believe you walk so easy on that big wall Elisa scares me , just to watch LOL great show Thank you .. and Hi Jessie. Be safe.

[@elyjason]

scaffolding and a tool belt. Another day you made it twice as hard. Anyways I am still enthralled. Keeping going!

[@CathieZimmerman]

4:30 - Absolutely! 1/4 inch off right now will be exaggerated later. I think it’s super cool y’all are building your home. Screw the “your resale value is gonna suck” comments. The point of building this is not to resell it right? It’s for both of y’all to build and enjoy right? Every success and every mistake will have a fantastic story behind it. Great work!

[@johnnystokes4217]

Love watching. Just saying some 5x5 rolling scaffolding would be safer than ladders. Y'all are awesome together. Once again I love watching. And learning from y'all.

[@jimmaxwell2259]

Jesse, you must be really proud of alyssa...not many women folks (that are not in a trade), that would be comfortable using powertools whilst balancing ten feet up a wall. Great team work from you both and steady progress...best way to minimise stress....pre planned & everything done in manageable chunks. :-)

[@GodzillaB210]

Hello from Houston, Texas! I found your channel by accident about a week ago and have binge watched every video! You have a new subscriber here! Y'all are real troopers with this adventure you are undertaking, you're awesome. Every video is just a pleasure and very informative and entertaining.

[@bobtiki9767]

Hello

[@jayhambrick]

I admire your striving for perfection! Its admirable, but not really necessary. But I really enjoy watching you go through the experience of building a home from a beginners point of view. I think your videos will help others in your situation decide if this is something that they would want to pursue or leave it to the professional's. And to all the people who are pointing out their mistakes or striving for perfection, "you can be fast with mistakes or slow with perfection" . Keep up ther good work!

[@ChurchClown7]

John Hambrick I am usually slow with mistakes. LOL

[@rockymtnredneck4888]

Your efforts with your sills is commendable. The average tract home builder would never spend that kind of head space and timing on those.

[@theg-man7868]

Tremendous effort. Really enjoying following the build. You guys rock. Best wishes from tiny tiddly back country Dorset in the UK. 👍🇬🇧

[@djramm6810]

HI From Australia Love you guys and the blunt frankness of your story so far. Les Wilcox is right some of what you are doing you are over thinking it and making it harder than needed. Other than that keep the Video's coming. All the best.

[@dbwesner9229]

Construction is an imperfect art. Nothing in framing is ever 100% level from every angle.

[@Bra55Monkey]

I think that house is going to be completely built before that tree ever gets trimmed

[@randygentry2724]

Please get a rolling scaffold with locking wheels, a new outlook that you do not have to do big challenging hard thinking problems. Just get it close and mooovvvveeee ooooonnnn. Winter will be coming. Even engineered lumber will shift some when it is installed. Have a good time. relax, enjoy and have a good happy build. BE SAFE, use the scaffold, goggles, harness and gloves. Aloha from Maui

[@Zphor4jc]

She says... "That was easy..." as she balances on a foot wide wall, ten feet up. Quite the Gem she is.

[@sallyweiner4180]

Y'all are doing great work, keep it up! I am learning so much from your learning...if that makes sense!

[@user-lf7ye7pt8o]

Impressive you two work so well together!

[@jbswoodfiredpizzas]

quarter of a million subscribers !!!! SWEET!!

[@jonathanbuzzard1376]

Guys unless you want to get silicosis you really need to be wearing breathing protection and/or using some sort of dust suppression when cutting/grinding concrete.

[@graciewalker5496]

I think there doing a great job an harder trying to film it an show people an insight to building your first home from scratch these pair are awesome learning as they go sharing there dreams there mistakes learning from others there not to proud to do a crash course to better there skills most of all they will be able to sit back an share this with there children great work guys an for all them people that love to poke criticism at them an put them down don't forget they still have to go to work an earn a living to. great videos love watching them

[@ianrussell9179]

Hi I live in the U.K. I'm a carpenter and know missable dank days are hard to motivate yourself you are doing brilliant and credit to you get it right now and it will be easier later to many "tradesmen "I use the term loosely have it'll do attitude you are both doing brilliant but you are making my toes curl on that wall be cearful

[@craigmooring2091]

Good job guys. Naturally, by the time you get pretty good at one thing, it's over and you start a new learning curve. Soon Alyssa will have the skills necessary to portray the part in an historical re-enactment of Rosie the Riveter. I'm naming the concrete geyser Old Faceful.

[@tomsterism]

LOVE rolling the sill plates on the PVC pipe! Clever clever clever!

[@carnagie85]

Superb work and teamwork.

[@russrockino-rr0864]

Jessie, please wear a dust mask when you are grinding. Lung diseases from Concrete dust are no laughing matter, and usually show up 10 to 20 years down the road. That is the time you will want to enjoy the fruits of your labor. I like you guys and enjoy watching your videos. Please take care of your health.

[@siggsterloo]

I have been building houses for over 35 years 3/16 please move ahead !

[@LTDanno360mods]

yea there is no such thing as perfectly level /plum/true even in the best built factory built homes

[@JCAJCA3]

Great job guys as always. You two are doing great! GOD bless. JC

[@RedRocketsGlare]

Thank you for all these great videos, You two are never gonna get divorced - not after all that ...............

[@williamwatterson2499]

I think the backhoe has almost paid for itself because of the rental money you have saved.The backhoe has been a priceless pice of eguipment.

[@Greengate777]

She is handling the hammer drill like a pro. I sometimes think that you two should do a calendar or something.... merchandise... :D

[@joeworden825]

Do the best you can. No one or nothing is perfect. You guys look like "Sky walkers" Good job! stay safe....

[@parkebyron5132]

Regarding that foam seal thickness, once you get 50,000 pounds of house on top it, I don't think the foam will make much of a difference.

[@johnhenderson8360]

There no such as a straight piece of wood, and should you find a straight piece today, it won't be straight tomorrow. At this rate they will never get this house built.

[@patjackmanesq]

Yay! My happy part of the day watching ye!

[@robldyson]

You have all the crap lumber. Perfect for building staging. I have a fused ankle from a 4 foot fall. I know it seems like a lot of extra work it but if someone takes a fall that could have been prevented by working off staging in the stead of ladders it will hold you up for weeks. Also get a gallon of cheap paint and paint the tops of those mud seals. It will make laying out for floor joist easier. Now that you are working off the ground safety becomes even more of the number one priority. Get an 8 in saw. A 71/4 is for cutting sheet boards and 2x4s. A reciprocating saw wouldn't hurt either. Good job though and really enjoying the series. Work safe.

[@brobrah4595]

Jesse, your obsession with perfect dimensions with wood is unwarranted. Wood is not metal and will NEVER be precise. You would make for an awesome machine shop worker. I suggest you buy some cheap scaffolding with wheels. Other than that this is coming along nicely. What are your plans for the backhoe for the winter?

[@waynekuhn8876]

Keep on, keeping on. You guys amaze me with your tanacity

[@MichaelSmith-if9dg]

No fighting Today please Jesse ! Finally the Sil Plates we have been hearing about for a while, Good effort things really coming along well,

[@bobcole9274]

Not sure if I missed seeing them, but I just got back from 2 days of having bits of metal removed from my eyes and. I see you blowing crete dust without a mask and safety (tight fitting) glasses and cringe. You guys are doing great and will have a dream home.

[@richardmartinek3467]

Guys you are doing a great job and I love the videos. Just a thought when I was framing house we put the green 2 x 6 down with the sill seal and then we just bolted it down and if there any inconsistencies in the wood the weight of the building would level everything out obviously Large issues would be dealt with. Unless it’s just because of the rough sawn sill plates your being so precise. Trim carpentry accuracy in framing, keep up the good work your doing a great job.

[@giorgioroascio8438]

Alyssa how much work you do, YOU'RE GREAT !! . All men would like to have a woman like you. Good job from Italy! I'm waiting for the next video!!

[@TheMissysman]

Alyssa rocks!

[@tarolas7]

Hi Alyssa and jesse.. my name is lalo i leave in tucson az .i been watching you guys about 2 weeks and i look at almost all of your videos. I wish i would it live close from you guys to help you.. i really love what you guys do together . I wish one day can meet you guys in person . God bless you guys

[@seymourpro6097]

The important thing to remember about timber is that it changes size with changing humidity, and will continue to do so all it's life. I had some 2" DIA discs of timber and they varied 0,.020 in diameter with moving from living room to outside. They also became very oval when wet.

[@jaysonwanderer8739]

the small part in the vid where Jesse was throwing up tools. At the start of that, my mouth fell open thinking Alyssa was gonna jump into Jesse's arms! lol

[@zamaria1]

Damn been waiting for this all day

[@joeycmore]

When I've worked on ICF we set plates while interior bracing is still on. Bolts were set into pour with plenty of slack to set heights. Since you're not building pianos, much of the variance in heights/thickness can be adjusted with trusses or joists if necessary. Try not to work against yourselves.

[@Cave684]

It suddenly dawns on my you might consider a rolling scaffold. More work space and much easier than ladders all the time.

[@johngordon9889]

Great video work! Really enjoyed the first person 'catch' from Jessie up to the top of the wall. Nice teamwork you two!

[@cscott50]

Please invest in scaffolding before someone fall and gets seriously hurt. You are so worried about how many 1/16ths of an inch you are off, but you are not considering the biggest fault in your construction. SAFETY!

[@gunlover1955]

You can get water proofing for your gloves it comes it spray cans it will keep the water from soaking into them I also use it on my shoes, you guys are fun to watch keep it up.

[@geraldpettigrew820]

I think you should go buy about six sections of staging . It would be money well spent. You will use it through the whole build. It makes things a lot safer and a lot easier. It would be money well spent.

[@chesterhutchinson]

good thing about the rain is it cuts down on the saw dust lol

[@101melvyn]

Hey guys , greetings from Wales , your doing a great job but pleeeeeez wear masks when grinding concrete its truly dangerous stuff. Love your commitment

[@stephenrowley4171]

Get tower scaffold, before one of you ends up with injury. You can sell it once your done and you'll end up using more than anything over the build. Much cheaper than a hospital visit.

[@pilotbum]

Man... you guys fret over 1/8”?!?!?! You should build race cars with the tolerances you’re worried about !

[@andrewmccorkell652]

Getting exciting, on the edge of my sofa when they were on the wall.

[@theoldwizard998]

Jesse your funny ! First you say, "Don't get hung up on minor imperfections because the next layer will also have variances." Then you say, "Let's grind the top top perfection !" Sure any obvious ridges and high stops over 1/4" should be removed, but you are going to have to plane those sill plates to get the that close also. A lot of work that I can assure you no other builder would do.

[@markbrown3587]

Neoprene "ice climbing" or "diving gloves" are what I use when I know my hands will be wet and I want them to be warm.

[@dballard8660]

Alyssa is a good worker. She puts some men to shame. Tenachious.

[@ATONAL6173]

"You ready for ...?" "Do I have an option?" "No." "Then I'm ready." The definition of adulting. If I could impart one thing to my children and my students, it would be that. You have stuff on your plate, some of it is non-negotiable. Suck it up and get it done. Thank you for sharing your lives with us. We certainly don't deserve all the extra hard work you're doing for our edification.

[@wendyaskew4198]

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[@salimufari]

A safety note. With the impact driver it might be good to get a set of impact sockets. The chromed sockets are more brittle and worth it considering the black impact set is less likely to shatter on you. Especiallywith those larger bolts . Just a thought.

[@TheTomBevis]

The "vertical sill joist" are called rim joist. That's a really nice job, better than you would get from most contractors. A carpenter once told me "You need to be able to caulk up a two inch gap". My thoughts on that was basically "WTF?".

[@KoalityofLife]

Very nice guys. Just try to remember that no house is square when its done. Try to build a perfectly square shelf in any corner of your house and I'm betting it wont fit. lol. It is nice to see someone trying to get it as close as they can though. Keep up the hard work. :)

[@ofujuncky]

Doing what looks to me a great job! I dought you would ever get the quality of build better anywhere! Well done!