Gettin’ things DONE!

[@sdstube8061]

MOMMA COX. You have my respect lady. You never complain and just get on with the job. Ben and kids must be so proud of you. Loving this channel guys.

[@67westyguy]

Really nice to see a family working and not sitting around playing video games or watching TV (watching KZbin is OK).

[@tt600pch]

One can never have issues with anyone willing to finish sheet rock. When I built the house in the 80's my wife had her health back then. I can close my eyes and see her with a large paintbrush, trowel and topping mud finishing all the bedrooms. She also put the tile in the bathroom. I did the framing and the rest of the interior walls in cedar. She passed away in 2021 but house still has her touch in it. For 40 years she was love at first sight and love at last sight.

[@ericksalas4904]

Mom is a special person, I wish their was more people like her around my world. Easy does it

[@DaleA-md2eo]

Ben your a lucky man you have one of the hardest working women I've ever seen

[@bigblue1287]

Good Morning Cox.s Family 🤍 ,, You have the coolest MOM/WIFE 😉

[@Don6939]

If your kids grow and learn your work ethic and Marie's can do attitude they cant help but to go far in life. Great video!

[@brianstroud6729]

Coming along nicely glad to see you guys working togetherlove the videos.

[@rhondasweeney7271]

I really enjoy your family, Ben! It is nice to see a family that works together in plays together. The homestead is really coming along. It is gonna be a pleasure to see when everything goes together. Thanks for sharing! 😊

[@ramjam720]

Murrie is amazing. If I had gotten mud in my face like that, I'd have been a mad as a wet hen. You guys are lucky to have her.

[@Bigdaddyslasher]

Those 3+3 trucks are highly sought after here in Texas. Ones that are literally in pieces and are junk are right at $20K.

[@doughaven-rf8id]

Makes me wish I still had my 1991 3500. It was a great plow truck and would pass anything but a gas station. It answered the question "where's the beef".

[@stevethorn9221]

I love how you make hard work fun for the whole family.

[@pv2smurf]

They just broke the mold after Momma Cox. What an inspiration to everyone with such an enormous work ethic

[@scottka]

For some reason, I was unsubscribed. Love this channel.

[@chadpontow]

Brave, plastering is one thing to hire out. I would go nuts seeing imperfections in the finish. Love seeing the house project activities and the DYI build.

[@donwilliams3626]

Whenever you apply a random pattern - you can't have imperfections. Everything is just part of the random pattern.

[@bandmsgarage]

Building is all about layering until you can hide, live with or excuse whatever didn’t go just as planned.😂😂😂 life is not perfect and neither are we but each day we try to be a little better! Thanks for watching and supporting us.

[@littleoldlady1863]

Hi I am very happy you are back again can you do more new show for all of us please we will be waiting for you ok how is your house 🏠 coming along your home 🏡 look very nice keep up the good work ok I will always praying 🙏 for you 🙏 and your family ok 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 please be careful out there ok 🙏 you have a wonderful day and have a good night and day ok 🙏 love Lorilee xoxoxoxox 🙏 😊 ☺️ ❤️ 😀 😘

[@DennisMcGrew]

great as always you guys family is great

[@TBIguy]

Lots of progress on this one! Happy for you!

[@Pet-Staffy]

Great video. I didn’t want it to end. It’s always enjoyable watching others work 😉😉

[@jamesbigham9036]

Good Morning I always look forward to your videos because I can relate to you guys when it comes to you make do with what you have and put the work in yourself. Keep up the great work

[@robertr4193]

Must be starting to get excited sense you are getting closer to having a finished house. Yeah. Happy for you guys. Stay safe and healthy.

[@josephpeluchette191]

Coffee with ben on day off nice

[@alvahgilson1501]

Love your videos and also I could never get sick of your view in the background. The scenery is breathtaking!! Utah looks so beautiful..

[@johngeorge5285]

My Brother & I redid the ceilings in our family home. We used spaghetti rollers, paint trays & thinned the mud down to a thick-ish pancake batter consistency. Ya just roll it on like you're painting. Ya get the popcorn style ceiling. Let dry 2-5 days, than primer & Paint. .Did a 12ft x 18ft ceiling in about 20 minutes. Y'all are doing an awesome job on your house.

[@Derf1313]

What a view! The snow really shows off the mountains, hard not to be envious...! Thanx !

[@MontanaWelldigger]

Looks like you're moving right along!! The last house I built in 2006 I bought a $35.00 hopper feed air texture gun at Harbor Freight. It worked great one guy spraying and one gal knocking it down.

[@jmjm6607]

Great job again.

[@donaldanderson1881]

It's. Amazing! A running Chevy!

[@darlene4232]

Beautiful skies

[@ledesclos5321]

You are an amazing and wonderful family with good attitudes.

[@thomaslyon2112]

I can’t wait to see you all enjoying your home,with all the work done! 👍🇺🇸🤪

[@neilfromclearwaterfl81]

Ben - On EVAP codes I'm finding that with the cheaper filler necks they are putting on vehicles over the past 20 years that many can't maintain a good seal due to all the nicks and dents the fuel station nozzles put on them especially when people are in a hurry and hit the smooth nose around the filler neck instead of putting the nozzle in the center. Sometimes you really have to work hard with the wet and dry sandpaper to get them smoothed out enough to seal well enough again without throwing a code. Of course even after telling them why they had a problem they come back again with the filler neck all beat up with the vehicle throwing an EVAP code. Eventually they beat it up enough to need a new filler neck to make it seal again. Best!

[@BigAlsautoupholstery]

You got a bunch of stuff complete. House is coming along great

[@markb3129]

Murrie total respect for your work, most would not last 5 minutes doing the stomp and drag texture on a ceiling. The house is coming together nice. Ben what would we do with our free time if nothing needed fixing. ✌🏻

[@Motormike2025]

Just a tip. Use worm water and a sponge 🧽 . For sanding. You won't have the dust . And you get a smooth surface. Just a idea 💡 😉

[@kaseyhyde6503]

They make a paint roller for texture drywall. You roll it on then knock it down with a trowel. Pretty easy to do and looks great.

[@drumwish2010]

Roll the mud on with a 3/4 nap roller and then use the slap brush.

[@taurota1554]

Awesome and outstanding as always

[@wesgraham9588]

👍

[@lindagarner8411]

Love your family and really enjoy the videos! God bless you all.

[@kimetherington2252]

It looks like you're getting close to the home stretch! It's just a matter of time before you get to move in and enjoy the fruits of your labor! So will it be Ben's garage that's next for the Homestead? Whatever comes next, I'm sure it will be what you need to make life easier! Catch you on the next.✌️ 😊

[@bandmsgarage]

Yes the shop is next

[@Jay-z8k7v]

Love your family, great workers all. Keep up the great work.

[@bandmsgarage]

Thank you!! The work never ends. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@patman9467]

GITTER DUN it's lots of FUN!!

[@jberg8159]

Making progress! Nice work Cox family!

[@jameslayton1952]

Family Goals.

[@jballenger9240]

Good, really professional Happy Face. A+++ 😁😁😁

[@JustinStark-yw2cd]

I like the Snow in those Mountains Epic ..

[@BenCluff]

Looking good !!

[@shaneharrison4775]

House is coming along nicely well done Murie,fine job on the out door water hydrate Ben a new stand pipe might be a great idea. Sweet seeing the quad cab GMC running good . And those jeeps often have evap issues often the hoses at the canister or a leaky fill tube the top bent tube rots and rusts off

[@bradleymadosh911]

When doing mud always add dish soap just go around the pail 2 times for a 5 gallon bucket. It keeps the bubbles out of the mud when you apply it to the drywall. Mix it in good with the Mudd.

[@jamessmith7691]

That's quite a crew you have there. Everybody has a job and helps out. Never a fan of textured ceilings. Cooking smoke and wood smoke really hurt my head trying to help clean. Good video !

[@zakksbullseye]

you guys are so fun!!!

[@rickydonahue1586]

When you gotta dig a hole with gravel down scrape the gravel away from area then put a tarp down to throw the dirt on that you dig. Much easier to put back and less work. Awesome job on the house Y'all!👍👍😁

[@fredluna1969]

Awesome job family 🤠

[@stephenpoe2037]

Glad to see the house coming along nicely ! Thanks for sharing !

[@malcolmyarnold6172]

Good job guys will look great once yous have finished

[@gregb76]

New glasses Ben looking good. Great job Ben Dive sir dive. Great job Mom and all more things done.

[@edwinschlee8374]

Keep on plugging away Momma Cox and soon you will have a great house to love in! Ben the mechanic keeps busy fixing all the things that need fixin!

[@1944chevytruck]

GOOD JOB!.... COOL THERMAL CAMERA!

[@alucarder]

Great video

[@markgordon6971]

Nice KZbin video. Hope you have a lot of good luck working on your home.

[@michaeltreen8785]

You need a garage. Maybe get one of the domes that use shipping containers for walls.

[@Jan-pw4po]

Great family video Ben

[@LeonQuintanilla-d7f]

The view is amazing where you stay 😎

[@gabrielmoya754]

Looks good you guys do good work man on the house

[@Motormike2025]

The House is looking great 👍

[@bandmsgarage]

Thank you! We are getting there!

[@michaeltablet8577]

Amazing family ❤

[@n6cid]

Come on people let's get Ben's channel over 100K, Ben was the best part of Fab Rats channel!

[@jamescason7783]

Hell ya man, y’all r kickin teeth in on the house🤘

[@bandmsgarage]

It is time to get it done! Thanks for watching.

[@shawnbornman9645]

Here in Indiana we call that finish a California knock down. 👍

[@rkritchie580]

I am not normally someone to critique peoples work , as I have always been on the corrected end. That being said , I have found that if you put more than 1 and a half wraps of telflon on a fitting you run a very high risk of splitting a fitting( been there- done that.) However- if you aren't making mistakes, you aren't doing anything , And not doing anything is definitly not your style. Keep on keeping on!

[@kimwatchman644]

You should try mesh tape for dry wall it's a lot better than paper. You don't have to prep it. Just slap it on the wall and mud.

[@neilfromclearwaterfl81]

I ran the texture gun and had a paddle crew come behind me with the large flexible plastic paddles on long handles doing the knock down part of the process. With 3 helpers we could get 20 residential ceilings done in a day so 3 to 5 moderate sized homes/apartments. Been 20 or so years since I've seen someone still using a brush or sponge. Personally I don't like how the texture even after its been knocked down attracts dust/cobwebs, is harder to keep clean and takes more paint to re-coat afterwards. Its a double edged sword so you either pay now by making the walls and ceilings sanded smooth for paint or pay later using more paint over the years to freshen things and keep it clean looking. With the insane prices on paint lately I'm inclined to go with the method that will save me on the cost of paint in the long run. Best!

[@bandmsgarage]

That is true. I am not a fan of smooth walls. Inevitably there will be some sheetrock that needs repair in its life time. It is easier to blend in a repair with texture. There is always two sides to every coin. Both are valid sides. Thanks for watching and sharing your knowledge and experiences! It takes a lot to share and we love it! Thank you!

[@neilfromclearwaterfl81]

@@bandmsgarage Not so sure about texture being easier to blend and repair. Haven't yet seen a perfect or close to perfect texture repair but plenty of invisible repairs on smooth walls. One big problem you can get into with smooth walls (along with doors, windows and trim) is roller coastering due to the framers not checking the crown on the framing and setting it all in the same direction such as out and up. When I started my apprenticeship one of my tasks was to take a lumber crayon and mark the direction of the crown with an arrow when stacking the lumber on site. Also had to mark those that were too twisted for critical areas and put them in a separate pile. After feathering out a smooth wall repair just match the nap of the roller used before, paint it and your golden. Most of my guys though were also plasterers so smooth was their forte'. Most dry wallers would be hard pressed to plaster 16 to18 foot cathedral ceilings from the ground floor using hawks and feather boards on long poles having the surface coming out smooth as glass. Certain skill and artistry along with physicality to that which I never attained. Best!

[@steelmill]

The place is starting to shape up nice.Everbody is in the asset column getting it done

[@bandmsgarage]

Yes they all are! Could not do it without them!!! Kids are the best investment/ asset ever!!!!!!

[@JohnSmith-t3r]

time to make 3 copies of that KEY!!

[@bandmsgarage]

Yes it is!!!!!

[@Andre.D550]

😎

[@berniefudge4716]

I quit using WD-40 and white lithium grease on my ignition and door locks silicone is the best way to prevent dust and sand to cling on to the grease that will jam up your locks and hinges.

[@scorpioDAVE9]

Drumwish2010 is exactly right. Get the biggest nap roller you can find. Put your box of mud in a 5 gallon bucket and add about 20-30 ounces of water. Mix. Roll you're a mud on in about 4ft x 4ft-5ftx5ft patterns at a time. Then stomp with your crows foot brush. Each time you roll a row dip your nap back in the bucket. Plus a longer pole and a single crows foot brush will be easier to use and it will also fit in the bucket if you need extra mud on it. Also spin the brush as you're stomping this will give it a look that does not have a specific pattern. Don't worry about getting any on the walls or corners when you're done you can just take your trowel reach up and drag down. If you have any mud left in your bucket flatten the top and add one inch of water. Next time you use it dump water and mix. Anything left for more than a week will mold. Murrie if you use a stainless mud pan it'll be easier on you than the hawk and trowel method. And mesh tape is for people that don't know how to do sheetrock LOL. I've only ever seen it used in conjunction with paper tape on a garage ceiling for durability. In most applications all it will do is leave a bunch of tiny bumps that you have to fight to smooth out. I checked I was also unsubscribed. Thank you guys for your content

[@michaelcooper1914]

It’s a work in progress

[@davidcarter8457]

Everything about this episode left me in pain. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫👌👍👌👍🦬🦬

[@doughaven-rf8id]

Might want to make a key fob for the sxs like the old gas stations had. Block of wood, chunk of steel or some other cumbersome object. Ben, who needs an inversion table when you do your own plumbing. I got tired out just watching the video of your family working .

[@JJPHAT777]

If that pipe leaks again it's best to use brass or stainless fittings.

[@gparroz3288]

You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig. ~ Blondie - The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

[@larryharney8093]

Are you sure that hydrant pipe didn't freeze!?

[@bandmsgarage]

It may have because drain hole wasn’t working parts these days

[@robertalves2914]

It's about getting it done taking it slow and doing it right

[@CarlEllison-bj2yq]

I like texturing but I don't like painting so I mix the paint and the mud together and then I texture

[@archielynn3663]

hard workin mom great fam love you guys hi ben

[@ArizonaSusan]

Wondering why you chose to use a stamp method for drywall texturing instead of a hopper and knock down.

[@henrymurray230]

You know its like that always. Right.😮

[@jameskendrick573]

That's right Marie and ban teach them right

[@dartnurse3449]

All I can say is, nice prank Nat! ROFL

[@glenludwig5135]

Rent a sprayer. Spray the mud on and then flatten it. Lot easier and consistent

[@bradleymadosh911]

I would have just bought sand and added it to the primer and rolled it on. Lot easier and don't have to buy lots of mud 😂

[@geb63619]

Love your content watch it every week any plans doing something with Fabrats

[@michaelnieman6218]

Ben I know your boys said you had a problem with birds but did a bird poop on your wife's glasses 😂

[@Bobwa2008]

Over kill on the drywall screws

[@philjamieross107]

I hate a texture ceilings because you can't wash it lol

[@TheEggeee2]

I envy you boys. I never had a brother close in age to me. My bro is 15 years younger. I always wanted one my age. Best friend , anger relief ,future best man at my wedding.

[@drumwish2010]

And if you don’t want to sand wet sand it with a sponge mop and then do your texture.

[@MadAsKiwi]

I understand why you guys have those spigots, but I don't get why almost all of them are unsupported. There is a lot of potential mechanical advantage applied even just opening the spigot, let alone tripping over it etc.. is there a reason you don't bury a post next to it and attach it to that also? Thanks for the great content (and happy to be educated as we don't freeze over winter like you do :) )