Government Officials DID NOT Want Us to Build This House!!

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

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[@cecilchristopher5092]

Two comments when I retired from RAFB we moved our 5th wheel camper to the land we purchased and live in it while we built our house. We had already sold our home in WR. Second comment yes make the garage larger by at least 4 feet in each direction! You want regret it.

[@johnhelbig7110]

Make your garage larger; large enough, at least, to park your utility vehicle in. I’m 73 now and don’t want to (hard to) walk to the shed to get a machine. When we built our house in 2007-8, I specified a 3 car garage but with 2 12x8 foot doors. That left enough room for work benches,etc. We’ve been trying to build a new shed for the last year and a half. 40x60 with a 14ft lean to. Contractor comes occasionally and works, then has to pull off because he has several jobs going. His electrician sub started wiring in May, worked about a week and pulled out after doing about half the wiring. Up here in my Missouri county, permits have been taking minimum of 3-4 months to work through the system and get approved. I wish you the best of luck in building!

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Garage will be 24x24! Bigger than our current one! Thanks for the ideas.

[@kimsellers1470]

I love the crate. If you want it in your house, you could use it as a rustic kitchen island, or TV stand. If you have an outdoor cooking space, it would make an awesome meal prep island. It could also be used in your mud room. I loved watching the deer footage. I could sit and watch wildlife for hours. You're getting so close to breaking ground! I'm super excited for you both! I'm looking forward to watching the build.

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Thanks for the tips! We're excited! We are days from putting the first shovel in the ground on this build!!

[@DavidRobinson-dh9bx]

Thanks for the update. Use the crate for a picnic table base for the rear patio or for your Mother's house!

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Thanks for the tip and for watching and commenting!

[@janreynolds2476]

I'd use the crate for growing things. Line with plastic, you could even plant flowers on the sides and an herb garden on top.😊

[@cecilchristopher5092]

Another thought. Have a water source heat pump installed in your new home use your well water as the cooling source and discharge it into your pond. Your heat pump will be far more efficient which will reduce your power bill. I have done this in a previous home I built but didn't do it in my current home because I didn't have a good way to get rid of the water, no pond at this house.

[@whalerlife53]

Sounds exciting. Always good to be making forward progress.

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Slowly, but slowly! Thanks for watching.

[@Syddybear1]

I enjoy your videos! Good luck with the house. I started out watching you because I was / AM in the market for a tractor and have finally decided I need one after living on 15 acres for 10 years. And now, I just find all of your content entertaining and I’m learning a lot! Thanks and God bless you both!! And prayers for your mom.

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Thanks for the kind comment! And yes, get a tractor! Me and my friend Lucas talked about that recently! kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6maoq1sbtJnqJI

[@aaronburford5701]

Love Piney Grove! Thanks for the update on the pond, I was wondering about it.... You got so many things going on there. I don't know how you chose to do what. I just appreciate the content....

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Thanks for the support. We try to do a little bit each weekend....eventually we'll get done....maybe???

[@MarsMan1]

Good Luck! It will all be Fun!

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Fingers crossed!

[@cedarmeadowsfarmsc9311]

Hey!! First Brad you and your sister? definitely have your mom's eyes😊 Happy Birthday mom! The crate, we use those from David's work just like that filling in the cracks with scrap boards of course and building a lid for our brooders for chickens and turkeys until they can go into the big coops!

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Thank you! And good idea for the crate.

[@AdamDeal-KF0PRI]

gald to hear the good news!

[@jacksonFluffy]

Love the wildlife!!!

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

So cool to watch on our little piece of paradise!

[@frazeeken]

The two long sides stacked on top of each other would make a beautiful gate to a garden area or such.

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Deb wants this in the new house....I'm skeptical. Thanks for watching!

[@stanriley2020]

Kitchen island stand

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Don't encourage her! Thanks for watching.

[@michaelstevens708]

Should make compost piles, don't till. in the waste let it decompose first can use mulch and compost mix to help. the crate would be perfect for BBQ or food prep station for back porch.

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Thanks for the tips.

[@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead]

What?!?! No Deer heads? Come on, Deb! 😂

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

What's a man to do???

[@lostnwalmart9110]

That crate with a top and door could be a neat entertainment center/kennel for Bella!

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Bella says No to the kennel!!! Thanks for watching.

[@lostnwalmart9110]

@@PineyGroveHomestead haha fair enough our Brit enjoys his to lounge in but close that door and you won’t hear the end of it haha.

[@michaelfiset7458]

That crate will make a great planter.

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Good idea!

[@johnhelbig7110]

Turn the crate up on its end; reduces the foot print.

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

It would! Didn't think of that.

[@davidnoftz3795]

Use the crate for a raised strawberry patch.

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

She does want raised garden beds!

[@VillaRoundabout]

Great project content coming? Where do you get all your energy? 😊

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

There's so much to do! Thanks for watching.

[@HoneyDoHomestead]

I would probably put some legs and a countertop on that crate for an outdoor wash station, so you can clean off your garden vegetables before bringing them inside.

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Good upcycle idea!

[@timcarson4448]

Use it for vegetables and herbs

[@IANREA]

Make a great planter

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Good idea! Thanks for watching.

[@brianpike5546]

Convert the crate into a rustic patio sofa .

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

She needs to just let it go!!

[@GeneHutchings]

Stain it and make it a trash can holder for outside

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Good idea!

[@texas3gunner18]

Great video, glad to see the house is back on track! With your pond, did you look into a pond liner? If so, is there a reason you chose bentonite over a liner? I’m having the same problem with my pond and have been looking into a liner and then backfilling 6 to 12 inches of clay back over the liner so you can’t tell it’s there. I haven’t priced the bentonite yet but it seems like it might be more expensive and have the possibly of it not working well. Do you have any insight on bentonite vs liner? Thanks and God bless!

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

A liner is guaranteed not to leak if installed correctly, but that's fairly complex and we're worried about dogs and deer puncturing it around the edges. Bentonite done correctly has a high success rate and it's something we can do ourselves....I think!

[@texas3gunner18]

@@PineyGroveHomestead Thank you, that’s great to know! Looking forward to those videos when the time comes

[@rfb7117]

Brad.....you are correct. We had a 3/4 acre pond with a liner professionally done and REALLY fought it. The deer punctured the sides getting in and out and we had to continueously repair it. We ran aerators to try to keep it clean, but had to pump it out every few years and scrape the muck off the bottom haul it out and dump it. Very nice for the wildlife, BUT WAY TOO MUCH WORK!!!!!!!!!! Bob

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

@@rfb7117 Some people just dig a hole and have a beautiful pond! Not us!

[@stephenurban9880]

Stagnant ponds are a skeeter factory. If you had built the pole barn larger there would be room for her crate and your equipment. LOL

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Never big enough!

[@billelsener6192]

It’s a future dog house for him😅

[@-HowaHowa]

Use the crate to store firewood?

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

That's a good idea but we are not putting a chimney/fireplace in the new house.

[@richardbrookins5406]

Make a planting table out of that crate. Also, cost plus is a horrible way to build a house. It rewards the contractor for making mistakes and wasting materials. If you think that cost plus is a good way to build look at all the nuclear plants that were cancelled when they just got too expensive to build because the contractors made the same mistakes on the last nuclear plant as in the first plant they built. Just keep a close eye on the contractor and ask to see the invoices for materials and subs.

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

We could have signed a fixed price contract but we trust our building. We'll see how it goes.....it will all be on KZbin! Thanks for watching.

[@lylecoglianese1645]

A top on the crate, wheels on the bottom - a workbench for the garage/shed?? 🤔

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Great idea!

[@behrdog11]

What county are you in?

[@charlesopperman5674]

Doors and top and could be a buffie

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Sounds like a lot of work for me!

[@georgewest2096]

Thanks for the update! Given enough years I think the pond would seal it's self, but that could be a long time .

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

We want a little more confidence before we stock it!

[@brokenarrow2835]

Hot and dry weather, evaporation...

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

Evaporation isn't helping!

[@jcl1201]

The comment about the vegetables as being dead soldiers

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

"Dead soldier" is an American slang term for an empty beer, wine, or liquor bottle, or an empty beer can. The term was first recorded between 1915 and 1920, and has largely replaced the term "dead man", which has been used as slang for "empty bottle" since the late 1600s.

[@eithanlong1355]

Full time government jobs?! What

[@joshmiller6672]

Don’t do cost plus. You will regret.

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

The original fixed price estimate was based on cost +, but padded in the contractor's favor.

[@user-zy4cq6vo3q]

"Full time government jobs" so I'm paying your salary?

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

I don't know.....do you pay taxes? We pay taxes, so maybe we are self-employed because we are paying ourselves???