Fix Sanctuary Houses (Add Roofs, Walls & Doors): Fallout 4 Tips & Tricks Ep. 1

In this video I show you how to repair the houses in Sanctuary by using the "rug glitch" to add ceilings, plug holes in the walls and add doors. Following these steps will make the Sanctuary houses much more appealing to live in.
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Recorded on the PS4
Music in the outro is The Main Theme from the Fallout 4 Official Soundtrack

[@WastelandDovahkiin]

**IF THIS DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU** If the walls and roofs are red and don't' ever turn green no matter what you try, it may be because you're using a mod that allows you to scrap everything in your settlements. Mods like this prevent the group select feature from working properly. So you must temporarily disable the mod while you're using this technique. If you are not using any mods, then it's possible you're doing the technique wrong. This technique still works on all platforms as of the date of this post.

[@Barant78]

I don't use mods and your example doesn't work for me... tried rug glitch, pillar glitch... everything

[@slimsymeteor5758]

How you found any other way to do it?

[@DonnieReno]

I follow a couple other channels about building and repairing in Fallout 4 but sometimes they over complicate things. Your video was easy to follow, short and to the point. Thank you!

[@Tomash79]

I just decided to play again F4, this time as a female character and after watching this video I was going to write the same comment as Yours, Patricia :) So, instead of full comment, only two thumbs up! :)

[@simoncpu_was_here]

To anyone confused why the floor doesn't snap to the 2nd floor, you need to select "shack upper floor" instead of "shack floor".

[@Tiffabean]

8+ years later, and this is helping a whole new group of folks playing Fallout since the show aired!!

[@gavinhenry1151]

It’s not working for me

[@acidx3093]

60 fps gang

[@ralexandro459]

I cant do it

[@williamallen7386]

Same here, lol. Just started playing for the first time.

[@IsadorCz]

Why there is no "fix houses" quest for some high amount of material, people (without work) and time as part of the vanilla game ?.... shame. Thank you for this. This is actually what i wanted to do but didnt know how :)

[@awesomeentertainment977]

Isador what’s the vanilla game?

[@_myst_4267]

@@awesomeentertainment977 When people say vanilla, they're referring to a game that doesn't have any mods installed. Vanilla fallout 4 would be fallout 4 without any external mods installed.

[@wowsituations]

ive watched this information on 5 other channels but for some reason your video strikes me as the easiest to follow. thanks a lot

[@DaddyDave7747]

Great tutorial! As someone else commented, I was using paintings to cover holes. Never heard of the rug glitch, but I'll be using it tonight. Thanks for the great video! :)

[@avastone3775]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Trying to find a way to put doors on buildings has frustrated me beyond measure! (I'm new to the whole building settlements from ground up) this has been sooo helpful! Thank you, again. ❤️🙏

[@Rasproc]

Not having the repair option in the game for holes in the ceilings and walls is aggravating. So this is nice to know. Thanks!

[@Daro-qe6qs]

OH my, you can't imagine how glad I am I found your video. Clean, straight to the point, and you explain really well! Finally I can fix my ugly ass neighborhood lmao They should let you delete the "usable" houses too, like even the shacks look better lol So thanks a lot! *w*

[@wereguineapig]

Just liked and subscribed; incredibly helpful and will make my settlement so much cooler and wasteland dovahkiin is the perfect name

[@jesikebiking]

Thank you Good Lady for a great video! I'm fixing the house that they (Shaun /family) lived before the world . especially the ceiling

[@elliottjavier1967]

No one else has explained this well enough thank you

[@tigerruss5277]

Hmm I appreciate the video but for some reason I can't group the objects with the mat and I'm pretty sure I'm doing it right. Did they patch it out so it won't work anymore?

[@ghandisnukes4358]

With your method and some time to measure things nicely, you can use the barn elements from the Far Harbor dlc to get roof done as well. Thanks for the nice video. I've got few hundreds hours in game, yet I've never used this exploit to repair my walls.

[@MrGreenScreenMan]

5:03 mmmm all the holes are plugged...giggity

[@Rambomathie]

8:34 It might take a little bit of work to get it in there just right.

[@bullbars1822]

If the roof could be removed and salvaged, the connection points of your ceiling modification you do might allow a new roof if my thinking is correct. At least in theory, it would sure look better than the original rotten roof.

[@michaelmacdonell4834]

I can absolutely, positively, affirm that I have never heard the term "rug glitch". That's why I stopped by. As today is the Infamous Next Gen Update Day ( mark my words, it won't go well) I hope I have time to use this - those houses need more TLC than my real one. So far (in the fortnight I've had the game) I've been recuilding the houses I can clear in the Art Deco style, in concrete. I had to find a mod that gave me concrete, but I suspect mods will be locked out for a while.

[@HeidiHafner]

I’ve tried this so many different ways. It won’t snap into the home I’m rebuilding. I used the shack upper floor, which will not let me put in a house

[@mazda3mike]

You can delete the wall and not have to move it, or leave it in the wall

[@lunatictheater6901]

Great video will definitely be trying this on my Settlements.

[@karllu8664]

this was an awesome vid, will be wasting hours tonight fixing up the town

[@ouji8478]

Thank youuu! I'm doing a modless run for the first time in a long time and the state of these houses always annoys me!

[@clouds_andfretboards]

It's not working for me... still outlined red when I try to put the whole thing onto the house. It's the same house too, I've tried everywhere inside

[@Happyland_Motel_Gamer_Cat]

Same here

[@Shaman42069]

Could someone help me with this? The rug glitch works perfectly fine on many objects, like stores and crafting stations, but when I try this it just won't work. Even when I follow these instructions to a T. Has anyone else had the same issue? Thanks!!!

[@Παθεια_Γνωστικα]

Interesting. For me it is interesting and new, because I've never done something like that in Fallout 4. I just had fun with guns, you know.

[@rolandorodriguez9625]

Very helpful. Thanks for making this.

[@KC-ie2hl]

Thanks so much for this video! Works great on most houses, but for some reason the house to the left of that one the roof won't take. Tried sooo many times in different spots. Any tips? Wondering if it's fussy in every game or just mine :P

[@daijou7131]

Really helped me a lot! Thank you!

[@trixeracer8243]

Wow thank you so much I really worries me when it storms on the rads get us and dam we have been living like cave men this is so better ty

[@Demons85]

Very helpful thanks. I'll get to work on doing this

[@burntouthippiechick]

Awesome! Thank you so much for the video. Unfortunately the workshop will no longer allow me to build anything in Sanctuary. Hopefully I can find a pc console to work around this so I can fix all the roofs.

[@kristinakamarauskas8691]

If you drop guns, then open the work bench and store those guns, then get out of the build mode, then remove those guns from the work bench, then drop them, then activate the work bench and store them again, that will decrease the fill line and allow you to keep building. Found that glitch info somewhere out there. Has allowed me to make large construction.

[@CoyoteCrush]

I'm dealing with that stupid glitch where I can't build. I have enough materials but the buttons greyed out

[@edgarbm6407]

Great. Now how do you get Sturges to stop hamming while I'm trying to mod out my Power Armor?

[@flightlessemu1]

Extremely helpful video, much appreciated. Thank You for the effort. I'm now subscribed for more. Can't wait to see what you do next. What I'd love to see are how to permanently delete the bushes, bricks, fallen trees, move or delete those awful hedge pieces so that they don't respawn again the minute you leave sanctuary to go ave the world. Mine keeps coming back again, frustrating to say the least. Also would like to know if you can fix a dog house from the rain for Dogmeat, he's the greatest companion (imo), he deserves a good place to sleep. Thanks again for your help. 💯👍🐶

[@Sksk27547]

I built a public bathroom on the side of the road. The mod where everything of that settlement is scrapped. I also post videos on here of me taking a shit and screaming the whole time, funny 😆. I build turrets and still went to sleep in the basement. Even though the only 5 dangerous beings were culled off, hilarious 😂.

[@LenaTheDeer]

Very helpful but we now have the evolution of mods like the place anywhere mod but it's still usefull if you dont have a modded playthrough I will still use this on my modded playthrough tho

[@dubumang]

awesome . just what I was looking for

[@wilomica]

Does norespawns know you remade a year later the video on this subject he did in 2015? okay only the first 5:30 is identical but it's word for word the same until almost the 6 minute mark.

[@EzekielsCall]

Trying to put 5 floor squares but it won't let me go past the foundation edges.

[@ykalon]

Late Comer, but you can use the pillar glitch to lower walls

[@JulianSkrz]

I never understood your name when I found you about a year ago, now that I am touching Skyrim I have one thing to say. FUS RO DAH!

[@Happyland_Motel_Gamer_Cat]

I am unable to get the struction to go green inside the house. Any suggestions please?

[@Vedra79]

A question please, why are you specifically using upper floors, and not roof pieces? Thanks for this video, finally I can patch those holes!

[@WastelandDovahkiin]

I use upper floors because the rain doesn't go through them like it does with roof pieces.

[@Vedra79]

Wow I never knew, thanks for answering!

[@JohnHughesChampigny]

Ok for the roofs. For the doors check out kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXjbmGevn8esZ7c. Tip -- wire up your root with conduit before moving it into place -- invisble electric lighting.

[@WastelandDovahkiin]

+JohnHughesChampigny Thank you for sharing. I did learn that doors technique a while back (A few weeks after making this video) and I've been meaning to make an updated video about it. I keep forgetting to do that. Maybe I'll do that one next.

[@PuNkY_y_y]

It's true, you can use walls for walls 😊

[@chris5942]

It's a shame there isn't a building feature that makes things look nice again instead of cobbled together and getting rid of the WEEDS would be awesome.

[@robertoscotti7435]

You can do it in base game no mods?

[@Peter-dp2hw]

I can't place it again! Even if I try to place it in the same spot I take it from it doesn't let me do it. I can just cancel.

[@WastelandDovahkiin]

If you're using a mod that allows you to scrap everything, it will prevent you from moving some objects this way, especially if they clip with other objects. So make sure you disable any scrapping mods first, and re-enable them when you're done.

[@dimitros1981]

Awesome video!! thank youuu!

[@muutus3729]

in pc case you have to hold ''E''

[@connorfleming325]

Didn’t work for me with the rug

[@jcrossan1351]

Wish there was a repair option on the roofs in the base game

[@sickistartform1]

Awesome tips !!!

[@willhen50]

How do you slide in the pieces with pin point accuracy? I have the PC version and cannot zoom in close or follow the piece into the air and make it attractive. Would it be better to use the Steam Controller?

[@florencewright5114]

You are awesome! I have been trying to figure this out for so long 😅

[@tastyroo8197]

Could you please give me some tips? This isn’t working for me at all.

[@LONEWOLFaka]

Thank you

[@KingdomUploader]

Awesome trick! Question Since one aim was to fix the ceiling in that house, wouldn't we want to use flat 'roof' sections rather than flooring? Or is this just to achieve better looks and not meant to be realistic? Thanks

[@WastelandDovahkiin]

The roof sections don't always stop rain from going through, but the upper floor does.

[@brittk3881]

Did exactly as the video and it's not working. Keeps lighting up red won't let me place it

[@WastelandDovahkiin]

If there is even one item inside the house that you built, it won't work, so make sure the house is empty. Also, if you have a mod installed that allows you to scrap junk piles and leaves and things, that could be interfering. So you'll have to disable the mod temporarily.

[@lipgloss202]

nice tip

[@derek8700]

The settlers actually fix the houses over time. At least the holes in the wall using tiles. Not the ceiling.

[@MiaNemesis]

Thank you 😊

[@jamesboaz4787]

Did this get patched or something? No dice for me.

[@PulseProximity]

In my 3 years of building I've never thought of this 🤦

[@ninaprotano7821]

I can do dis but I broke my game do to mods who can give me a adivece cas I did try to disable all my mods but I takes ages n I tried a new game n continue n I tried load I am on ps4 tho should I delete my game n redownload it? •_•

[@johnleader4526]

Every time I do this on ps4 the game crashes

[@skoli-eg2fw]

So if you're using a computer you need to hold E?

[@connorfleming325]

Yeah but it’s not working for me.

[@scottrichey1757]

Awesome

[@annhurd56]

I'm on PS4 and tried this but it won't let me place it. Any ideas on why?

[@WastelandDovahkiin]

If you've built anything inside the house already, even one piece of furniture, then it probably won't work. So you have to make sure the house is totally empty of built items. Items that were there from the start are fine. Also, if you use any mods they might be interfering. The Place Anywhere mod will often prevent pillars and foundation pieces from sinking into the ground or passing through objects they would normally pass through without turning red. Temporarily disabling the mod while you're working should fix the problem.

[@annhurd56]

It must be my mods then. I haven't built anything in the houses yet because I wanted to fix the roofs and walls first. I'll try it with the mod and see if that works. Thanks. :)

[@mirekprochazka4234]

just dowload place everywhere mod a you are good to go.

[@arturius9715]

Place anywhere mod?

[@MaximusPrime177]

I wish you could get rid of the dirt and stuff

[@EatFuckingTimothy]

I wish I could get rid of the dead skeletons

[@MaximusPrime177]

@@EatFuckingTimothy same

[@DjOdyssey1971]

And here i been using paintings for plugging up the holes in the wall lol

[@MaynardCrow]

I did that too. Makes my house stand out in the neighborhood and gives pedestrians art to appreciate.

[@tonkinesenchill4240]

Yeah me too 🤦‍♂️

[@cthulhu4411]

Thats what I do lol

[@dankkkboiowo416]

And flags as curtains hahah

[@darthvaper4776]

Lol

[@KNakanishi]

I really wish that when fallout 4 was originally made, with sanctuary they would have added: 1) ability to delete all standing buildings in sanctuary 2) delete everything deletable at once 3) an undo function

[@GhostCell47]

They have mods for PS4 that cam delete anything and clean up settlements, in fact.

[@ArtunErkin]

@@GhostCell47 can you say their name please?

[@GhostCell47]

@@ArtunErkin Scrap that Settlement.

[@platthepollutypus]

Scrap That Settlement doesn't completely scrap everything in your settlements though.

[@Jarekx2007]

Place Everywhere should be in the base game. Makes like so easy.

[@RabdoInternetGuy]

Finally Nate/Nora can live in their old house without fear of turning into a peoplesicle for Christmas.

[@ravent3016]

I like these repairs. I wish the game had building repair functions available considering one of the Minutemen quest lines is rebuilding Sanctuary.

[@shadowqueen1701]

one way to keep Preston out of my household.

[@smcfadden1992]

I run to concord, kill the raiders, enter the building where Preston is, kill the raiders, run right passed Preston for the bobble head and the power armor, he says "really your just gonna walk away" lol Preston I just killed a town of raiders and cleared your building solo while 5 of you hid in a room yes im just gonna walk away.

[@humanburrito4184]

@@smcfadden1992 I admire that!

[@mikehance6086]

I use the locking mod to keep him out lol

[@Silverado_UK]

7 years later I am still building Sanctuary in F4. Playing second time, now lot of building going on, lots of resources and different gameplay. 🙂👍🏻

[@tonkinesenchill4240]

I’ve always found it interesting that you can scrap glass but not fit any kind of windows

[@Areanyusernamesleft]

This is not the first video I've seen using this glitch; but it has some of, if not, the best demonstrations I have seen. They are methodical with ample explanations without being tedious. Also, it seems like a small thing, but it is nice for people on different platforms that you don't just name the buttons you mention what they are primarily used for. One last thing, I don't know if it is useful information or not. However on my first playthrough, before learning about all the various tricks and building glitches, I learned something while trying out different ideas to patch and/or build on top of the houses in Sanctuary Hills. If one climbs up on a roof or closely looks through some of the holes from inside there is a a metal frame in the roof for each house, and one right above the ceiling tiles separated by a space slightly higher than the thickness of the shack ground floor. Through experimentation I found each set of frames has its own collision mesh, so with a steady hand and *a lot* of patience, one can place thin objects and building pieces between them. That was also how my first character (made the first week after release, so everyone was still trying things out) fixed the roofs in Sanctuary and made all their interiors count as sheltered areas for beds, etc... I made rectangular sections out of the corrugated tin roofs in the wood set (they are the same as the ones used in the wooden pre-fabs) and then used the multi-select feature to more or less thread the section in that space so it would sit on the frame above the pre-existing ceiling panels. As stated I don't know how useful this is, as the method you showed is so much quicker and blocks the sunlight and the falling rain effect. better since, as demonstrated in the video, the floors can be stacked using the rug glitch. Still, I thought someone might find it interesting.

[@Tomash79]

I couldn't agree more :)

[@prettyash1709]

I'm really late I just started playing this and this really help me a lot thank you

[@haloking4253]

slim minne lol dude same!

[@mauriciobermejo224]

7 years later and still been useful, thanks a lot!

[@6Tbone]

WOW !!! THANK YOU FOR THE "RUG TIP". Now Imma go straighten ALL MY CROOKED HOUSES. HAHAHA

[@tastyroo8197]

This isn’t working for me, does anyone have any tips? I bring the parts in on the rug but it won’t let me place it, regardless of whether or not the space is clear for the rug

[@kittydollkori]

YOU ARE SO HELPFUL THANK YOU. I know these are older videos but I have been totally hopeless with building lately and you've given me so much inspiration!!

[@WastelandDovahkiin]

Thank you! I'm glad you're finding them useful.

[@-IIIpARxIII-]

Bethesda must've done something in an update that changed this... I recently started playing Fallout 4 again and this technique is something I learned from this same video back in 2016, but I just can't get it to work now.

[@shwubdub1572]

Yeah I think they patched it

[@skyrimwithguns8112]

I just did it last night. It's REALLY picky. Even in the video above (from 2016) you can see the selected parts turning green/red/green as she carries it across the road to the house. Even a pile of leaves might be enough to make your rug clip. Try in a different corner of the room maybe?

[@chippowell1]

I just used the same method, to fix the roof on Taffington boathouse. Thank you!!!! I have been looking for a way to do this.

[@LadyRav3nGaming]

Yeah unfortunately I can’t get this to work for me. I’ve tried several tutorial videos including yours and it simply does not work for me. I don’t have that kind of time to keep fussing over these houses so I’ll just use mods. This is a really well done tutorial video though and I’m sure it works for others. Your tutorial was definitely the easiest to understand. Thank you

[@WastelandDovahkiin]

If you're using a mod that allows you to scrap everything in a settlement, it will interfere with this trick and make it not work. So you'll have to disable your mod temporarily.

[@LadyRav3nGaming]

@@WastelandDovahkiin I’m not using that mod. I don’t know why it isn’t working for me. I don’t have any mods that mess with Sanctuary specifically but thank you for reaching out and trying to help.

[@PashaHeaven]

im that kind of guy who cant sleep if my walls or roof or floor doesn’t lay down properly to surfaces

[@ludovicocalvetti1250]

Great video, I know what I'll spend my next week doing

[@MrGreenScreenMan]

lol

[@halmc2016]

You awesome I have been struggling withg with this eye sore for a while now !!! Thanks Hal

[@YoureCringeDude]

Watching this extremely helpful guide in 2024! 😊

[@neosildrake]

Unfortunatelly, no matter how high you stack your roofs, it will rain through. Even if you put foundation cubes up there, it will still appear as if it rains through, because everything gets wet.

[@delouise17]

Hi, I’m late to this game. Did this “glitch” get fixed? I can't get it to work.

[@tastyroo8197]

Yeah neither can I. I’m not sure what’s up, because other people replied saying they got it recently.

[@Marcus-sz2tg]

Thanks for properly explaining how to do this lol.. those houses do my head in so I can fix em now :)

[@All-Fur-Coat_No-Trousers]

That was great. All those messed up houses and not being able to fix them up in a game that encourages you to fix stuff up! With a building program in the vanilla game! Jeebus. Thank you much, this is so satisfying.

[@FletcherCody]

Great video. Im happy to know theres a way to do this without mods. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.

[@TheBoostedDoge]

Find my son? ❌ Fix my entire neighborhood ✅

[@daanp321]

Oh you're actually fixing the house I thought this was a mod spotlight. Still a pretty good video tho, keep goin.

[@PiskenDragen]

If you're on PC (don't know about consoles) there's a mod called 'place everywhere' which allows you to basically build anything anywhere ;)

[@s3oodlegend573]

Thank you 👍🏻