Building Walls out of Pallet Wood - Part 1 - Tiny Pallet House in the woods

[@bignateesquire]

The amount of planning involved in this is incredible. I love watching these build videos.

[@SteepintheWoods]

You're not wrong, this is probably the most complicated thing I've ever built!

[@bignateesquire]

It will be worth it when you are living mortgage free in a sturdy house.

[@Badthad2]

Tough old root taking notes from Barren County Kentucky .

Man I have never meet somebody with the cat on the sholder. I thought that I am the only one. Great job man !

[@KThom429]

Love the progress Josh. Cant wait to see the tower home come to completion. Happy New Year and stay safe!

[@SteepintheWoods]

We'll do our best!

[@alexv259]

Frankly, this is one of a kind videos that dives into important keys to consider before erecting the walls. Thanks!

[@mikem5475]

Amazing. Loving the technical explanations of each step. The detail is greatly appreciated. I will be watching many more of your videos for these reasons.

[@SteepintheWoods]

I appreciate it! Half of the explanations are a hedge against being called crazy LOL

[@Terry_1111]

Looking great, Josh! I'm truly enjoying watching this entire process! Love your cat, too! Happy New Year to you and your sweet family!

[@SteepintheWoods]

I'm glad you like it! There's a story behind the cat but I'll leave it be for now. Let's just say there was some amount of robbery involved LOL but not on our end

[@Caseyjacob-k2q]

Just bought my ten acre parcel in Rye Tx. Getting started doing the off grid deal and discovered your channel. Great stuff. Thanks for the encouragement.

[@Road_Rash]

Got an organic, free range neck warmer... excellent... nothing wrong with framing up with oak...it rots much slower than pine...they use pine to frame with because it's a much cheaper wood, not because it's any better suited to the purpose... I'm about to start my own pallet house...got around 230 pallets, but likely need at least that many more, if not more... while my collection grows, I'm doing my site prep... I wish I'd done this years ago when I was more your age, but now is the time I have, so now is the time it'll get done... hopefully before I really do get old & too crippled up to do anything myself...🖖🏿😎👍🏿

[@stellaunger8568]

Looks absolutely fantastic ❤️😁🌹

[@topkek_]

that looks amazing! I love what you are doing!

[@TheBeerbelly007]

She going up Josh :)

[@otakelblanchemanor0659]

Looks good!

[@maggiemurray8522]

Love that you explain in detail what you are doing. Great video thank you 🇨🇦

[@kateatthegate771]

Happy New Year! 🎉🎉🎉 another great video thanks 😊

[@SteepintheWoods]

Same to you!

[@neonathomahill4460]

yay!!! here we go!

[@neonathomahill4460]

Josh you got the pronouncement of my name spot on....thanks

[@SteepintheWoods]

Slow and steady wins the race! The way I see it there's a hundred ways it could go wrong and only one it can go right.

[@FredF-if4wq]

Big shout out from Northern New Hampshire Appalachian Mountains

[@blackietotheend]

I am building a green house for my father in law, using old wood and sheeting I had from a lean too. I couldn’t for the life of me decide on how to do the floor. But it’s gonna be pallets, thanks for the education

[@SteepintheWoods]

You are very much welcome! They are surprisingly sturdy!

[@nickmarkis]

Your giving me ideas for closing in my carport doing the framing with pallets then putting up a vapor barrier lathe and then stucco to paint. Later on I could foam or fiberglass insulate and then stucco inside as well

[@SteepintheWoods]

I'm glad to hear it! - That's really the whole point of our channel, to encourage other 'financially challenged' people to be creative and grab Life by the horns! (Not that you necessarily are one of those people) As for insulation on our particular pallet House... I could only afford the thinnest foam board they make, but over top of that I'm going to put furring strips. And that is what I'll put my house wrap on. - the idea is that if our 'financial situation' improves.. I can always remove the house wrap and fill that Gap with another piece of foam board before reattaching the house wrap and then apply our siding to those furring strips.

[@VTK72]

Amazing ❤❤❤

[@gregcripps7291]

I love the cat. We have a few that are colored/marked like her.

[@Ponticus3023]

Never would know bradpitt will teach me how to build a house

[@Irisdlv]

Right! I kept thinking the same. It's the local store version.

[@alexv259]

Wait a minute! I thought I was the one who discovered this dude looks like a nice version of Brad Pitt minus Angelina! You spoiled it for me!!!!😅

[@BigRooster616]

If you take a cheap bar of hand soap and rub your screw across it with the threads. The screw will go threw the wood much easier with out getting hot and squealing and braking off . So Saith The Rooster

[@KaiValentino-r5w]

Bros talking with a cat on his shoulder while building a house, Guy has Jack Sparrow vibes

[@speedoverall]

New saying for you...Perfect is the enemy of the good!

[@johnnesberg5503]

Run the 2x up the inside of the pallets. Even if they need to be ripped down a little. That way the larger oak boards carry more of the load, not the skinnier siding boards.

[@leonannegers7874]

I understand man I built a chicken brooder house out pallets 3 wide 4 long 2 high its awesome keep up the good work

[@ANewday19]

Is pallet wood treated for termites typically? Is it treated wood?

[@lydiaahubbell8545]

i want to make a pallet fence

[@rbrock00]

A man should build a home for his family. That is what God intended.

[@jujufirefly]

That cat...

[@andriskuzmenko9277]

i think using a normal hand saw would make things easier :D

[@mikeyjohnson1696]

😂 from building houses for 20 years, ya so much wrong but this is pretty cool

[@SteepintheWoods]

At least you probably understand the dimensions involved LOL. - because obviously six double stack pillars under a 10x10 building just isn't enough block! LOL

[@TrollBenable]

be helpful and give some corrections then

[@greenhometony]

From designing/building houses for 45 years..... not that much. I could offer some tips on putting fasteners in wood but this guy is doing fine. Not sure I would do two floors with this method but it really could be pretty stout structurally. I may build a pallet deck for a cabin if I can find any decent examples nearby....

[@seangrey3505]

People are always surprised by my pull saw as it cuts like butter for even hard woods just mind the nails

[@cjkersh]

Those walls are not strong, I was hoping to see how the pallets would be reinforced, there is a joint in the middle with little making it rigid except two 2 X 4's with are roughly 4' on center. Lots of wood but a relatively week structure.

[@SteepintheWoods]

You need to build a regular house.

[@TrollBenable]

11:45 typical cat! will literally put themselves in paths of hazard to get your attention

[@uarestrong76]

pallets are abundant in my city (on CG free ALL THE TIME) but lumber is shit out the ass expensive these days...and i'm tired of spending money on this capitalist hellscape when there's these materials here for free! already talked to my local hardware and they said any pallets left out by the gate can be picked up for free. so....guess i'm finally gonna finish that dog house and put up a privacy wall for my patio. I'm thinking of doing pallet and COB since that works real well here in the rainy PNW. in fact OREGON COB style of building was founded in the 90s here in oregon.

[@SteepintheWoods]

Nice! Yeah it's the same up here with us, we asked around and a tire shop said we could have all we wanted to. ..... I always say the same thing, they're going to have to find somebody else to bend over... Because I'm not paying these prices!

[@noohopeforhumanity6245]

Did he really say the cat's name is quiff??

[@SteepintheWoods]

Lol, it's actually Queeg!

[@Mufalmar]

Where in gods name are you finding oak pallets? All the businesses around me are using thin pine bastards!

[@SteepintheWoods]

They came from a milk bottling facility I believe. We had a guy deliver 70 of them to us for a good deal.

[@Mufalmar]

@@SteepintheWoods I'll keep an eye out. Thanks for the info!

[@keithrhynes1945]

A little less talk, a lot more getting the walls up.

[@trevorvanzuydam8115]

who on earth makes pallets out of oak ?

[@SteepintheWoods]

They came from a milk bottling facility I believe. We had a guy deliver 70 of them to us for a good deal.

[@ericarnaud7983]

We get things shipped on oak pallets all the time.

[@cjkersh]

@@ericarnaud7983 Yes, people who think they are rare must not deal with them much.

[@briangray7614]

Seriously wayy too much yapping. Good concept but my goodness…

[@timfoster6018]

I'm trying to watch, but you talk all the time, less talk , more build

[@TIMLASHLEY]

I like your work but need less talking just my opinion

[@KThom429]

Lol, thats just not possible. lol

[@neonathomahill4460]

I personally like the explanation of what Josh is doing...in my opinion he is putting everything in layman's terms for us to understand why he is doing it this way

[@marionroark8237]

I like it, just never call it "off grid"