How They Build in Michigan

[@burrowsal]

Glad you got to experience a small slice of my beautiful state

[@williammannes3505]

Matt, we’re as giddy to have you here as you appeared to be here! Definitely make sure to do a winter tour back in Michigan. I always ask myself “how do those Texans do it in that crazy heat all day but you’ll be saying the similar things when you see us melting ice off lumber before we make our cuts!” As a 3rd generation builder I can tell you our weather will test your workmanship and your warranty. Especially the lake effect weather. Shout out to these 2 quality builders featured on this clip. Keep up the good work guys. See you in January!!!

[@1AlexanderCole]

Yeah I was just thinking come back in January 😂😂😂

[@lucassitto]

From Michigan, everywhere is beautiful. Glad you get to see it Matt

[@buildshow]

Absolutely beautiful state. I had no idea

[@colinstu]

@@buildshow happy you visited, def beautiful

[@JoshPiland]

Now, make sure to visit in the winter. Great series Matt! @@buildshow

[@ChasHoff]

Pure Michigan! So glad you did this show. It was tons of fun to see the great work happening back in my home state.

[@laurensargent9471]

I’m in Michigan. I want to see how they build in Michigan ☺️

[@BGTech1]

I’m from Michigan too. When they built in our neighborhood I was surprised they only used 2x4 walls with no exterior insulation.

[@vlrdmtr]

Bought a house in Shelby last year..moved here from Chicago… started rehabbing the house couple months ago… very poor quality build, and as I am seeing around 90% of the houses are like this . Of course I have seen better not far from here but we talking over a million dollars houses. I really like Michigan but very disappointed construction wise

[@anDWandy]

How they build million dollar homes in Michigan

[@georgewelker853]

@@anDWandytry multi million dollar homes. That level of home is a money no problem I want what I want level of home.

[@matthewharkwell502]

Absolutely loved the video I live on elk lake where the second house was and live a quarter mile away from that job site. Would love to see a build show series of northern Michigan construction. We have some amazing builders and amazing homes up here.

[@LuminairPrime]

Love to see Matt's appreciation of other builders' work!

[@evangray4045]

I love it! I live in Traverse City and have been doing earth work for a number of local builders. Lots of variety in approach, but also a lot of passion for quality. Welcome!!!

[@Eric998765]

That shop is immaculate. The things I would do to have one even a quarter of that size and cleanliness

[@rockys7726]

Im from Mi and when I was in Austin a person showed me "lake" Austin. I said where I'm from a "lake" is where you can't see the other side.....

[@dragonhero14]

Welcome to Michigan! We've got lots of great farm land, amazing coastal views, 4 season climate, and more. People forget Michigan sometimes, but we have a ton to offer. I'll also point out that there are a large number of multi-millionaires buying and building out small towns to live and vacation in all over the state. I'd expect they know a thing or two. 😁😁

[@sread833]

I learn so much by watching The Build Show

[@buildshow]

Thanks!

[@hampyonce]

Two impressive homebuilding operations. Wow. Your giddiness was shared here.

[@alansnyder8448]

Matt, Thank you for doing a Michigan video. I'm right now planning with my wife where we will retire, we love the lakes of Michigan for the summer and are thinking of either Texas or Florida for winter. The plan is to have two small homes in each location and to go between them.

[@webcompanion]

Linear trough drain in the shower at 15:00 How do you stop it from being clogged by hair and stuff like that?

[@uncletony046]

@mattrisinger Any builder recommendations for southeast Michigan!?

[@GrantsDad]

Awesome I live in Michigan can’t wait to watch this

[@imscanon]

I live in Michigan. The weather has ADD for sure. It's never 'nice' for long. You might get a couple days in a row, but generally it's hot or freezing, rain, sleet, snow, ice, high wind, humidity, always something. And the mosquitoes will suck all your blood. lol That said, we don't have super hazardous weather often and where I am, the worst of the storms generally go above or below us rather than ON us. It's a nice lil niche I'm in here in Kalamazoo. Still, for a nice 65-74 day, light breeze with no rain or high humidity...not too often. Which sucks because that means you don't have the windows open often to air the house out. A house here needs to be super sturdy with excellent insulation, careful attention to the roof line and outdoor steps so icicles aren't impaling your head when you walk out the door and you aren't falling on your arse. Large trees shouldn't be near the house, and you have to make sure vents are above the snow and not iced over. Property drainage is also pivotal to a dry house and basement. Basement is pivotal in case of tornadoes. Oh, and a good generator for when the power invariably goes out, sometimes for a week even or solar. Solar is better off on the ground than the roof due to lots of snow up there for a long time. You want to be able to sweep the panels off easily. If you take care of all that, you're good, it's an awesome place to live! A screened in porch is crucial if you want to sit outside at all.

[@nickwulf]

I used to live in Traverse, lovely place AND good to see on the Build Show

[@spinnetti]

I like this as a Michigan boy who lives a bit north of you in Texas now, I'm considering Traverse city as a possible retirement stop, but that's no "normal" house!

[@rs2024-s4u]

Best for me is never knowing what is next with your content, twenty story wood new construction to complete in house custom builder to materials manufacturers to techniques. Thanks for taking what has to be an enormous amount of time and effort to produce. Ray Stormont

[@bethanyanderson1745]

Very impressive! You definitely needed to spend more time at Paul Mauer! There was so much to see. Sidenote: In Minnesota, North Dakota, and Nebraska, forced air ducts are kept low on the wall, not high. As you know hot air rises and we heat more than cool.

[@jd1029]

Great to see you in Michigan! Love to see the content on building here!

[@thomasalison6188]

Welcome to Michigan!!

[@kenmiller8499]

Maple Ridge Construction in TC and MPN in East Jordan build some phenomenal homes as well!!

[@blisstickmystic]

May God keep Michigan

[@randthor9344]

great vid. sounds just like jonah hill

[@ZylkaLeftridge]

Zip and Tyvek? wouldnt that cause issues? like having zip and a VB inside?

[@ryanlovell2440]

Tyvek over the top of Zip is actually quite common. Tyvek is being used as the main moisture barrier and allows builders to properly integrate their WRB with their flashing tape, specifically at heads of windows and doors. The building science belief is based on redundancy and physics as a longer term moisture management solution than chemistry/ tape adhesion.

[@jonerlandson1956]

how do you create a thermal break at entryways on slab construction?...

[@RickHarlow000]

Welcome to Pure Michigan!

[@FredMcIntyre]

Awesome stuff Matt! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

[@nellof1244]

Would have liked to see the framing on that rounded

[@blisstickmystic]

I've worked the woodyard at plant 1 Grayling

[@blisstickmystic]

Yeah, I'm not on Whatsapp

[@cstout1634]

The video I didn't know I needed!

[@mvanluven78]

We build according to engineering and what's on the print. This is residential...I build industrial. But a good residential designer is the all-star when they're coupled with a good crew.

[@RobertLBarnard]

I'm from the Traverse area (Kalkaska County), have lived in AZ, WA, CA, GA, and WI. Houses are much better built in the Northern states like Michigan and Wisconsin. I think following the BOCA National Codes has much to do with it

[@bugalaman]

Any idea on the rough cost of that house on the lake? $800k? $1m? $2m?

[@StormyWeather93]

Im over in Petoskey

[@OperationDarkside]

These humidity differences sound really hard to control, if you don't want the building and operational costs to explode.

[@eugeniustheodidactus8890]

From what I have seen online, Schluter installations are far from water-proof ! You only find that out 5 - 15 years down the road.

[@kevinstenger4334]

Of course you saw some cool stuff, it’s one of the most expensive markets in the state, literally the rich people’s playground. My sister lives there and we’ve vacationed there many times over the years. The state government is getting pretty messed up and the taxes keep getting worse and worse though still better than many other states. I left after retiring because the weather sucks for about 5 to 6 months of the year and the state decided several years ago that they needed to take part of everyone’s pension to give the businesses a tax cut.

[@donaldo1954]

Gee Matt, wish had let me know you were going to be here, I would have bought you lunch 😎 St. Joseph MI.

[@FredD63]

Traverse City is where they have the cherry festival in Michigan. I don’t know when you filmed this but you were probably there before the festival.

[@Casmige]

Dean seems rather green. Musta inherited the business model from his father & grandfather: there’s no way that gentleman has gotten to this point in his life projecting such a naive goober greeny-ness.

[@Padoinky]

Kinda thought the same thing - must be a family affair and he’s the social media ops

[@ek5836]

Yooper checking in🫡

[@venturebro24]

Are you guys in TC right now?

[@buildshow]

Nope. This was shot two weeks ago. Love TC!

[@snappystarr]

Hey Matt, if the kids don't want to take over the business you can adopt me 😄

[@blisstickmystic]

That feels like the tetrahedron

[@DrMJJr]

What’s up with the sound??

[@daveklein2826]

Sound is perfect

[@johnhaller5851]

My subdivision required cedar shake shingles until there were several fires on July 4.

[@rspencerttc]

Unfortunately Dean’s team never responded to me when we started this process back 2.5 years ago. I know it was covid, but no call, email, even knocked on the door. Nothing.

[@blisstickmystic]

OSB

[@rickrudd]

I loathe OSB.

[@Justinofalltrades1]

I didn't realize Jonah Hill was into building

[@ColeSpolaric]

That's a cupola, not a conservatory. A conservatory is kinda like an attached greenhouse

[@johnhaller5851]

We bought a Dodge Caravan new, and kept it for 19 years. It developed transmission issues, so bought a new one. Now I have two cars in retirement, but only really need one. I really need to sell one of them. One is a hybrid which I almost never put gas in, the other one is bigger, and I use for buying larger hardware (plywood, pipes, and similar). I should get rid of the hybrid, but it's a more fun car. Sigh

[@dantevanniekerk]

Meh, so 2007 - 20x years... close, but just hoping you guys' tape measures are more accurate... 😂

[@j0shpena]

Texas is great but they will never have the Lakes of Michigan.

[@raducristiandumitrescu1806]

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[@jacobbwalters8133]

Just want to echo a previous point made in the video- DO NOT visit northern Michigan. You will hate it! 😉

[@kinvert]

They have one of the worst governors in the whole country there.

[@blisstickmystic]

Build like America is Great Again. Or I should 😊say built

[@mxb_se]

Awesome builders!