How This ARIZONA Couple Waterproof Their ROOT CELLAR/Bunker

[@ymbmom]

Love watching your videos ! My husband is a plumber and if he doesn't agree with you at first,he always says "Oh, I see now" 😅 Love the family too.

[@billroberts3864]

The root cellar should be nice and dry with the sloping concrete, Grace Ice and Water Shield. the black tar and 'French drain'. You mentioned the complete waterproofing process may be overkill but having a nice dry root cellar is worth all of your efforts. Continued blessings to all of you.

[@rhondakerslake6733]

The hardest working off grid couple i know, all thing precisely done. love watching the progress each week. i have been following you since you first arrival on you property. God Bless you both and you lovely children.

[@TheKDubW]

Really built for the long haul! Bullet proof. Doesn't matter that you do the build the way you feel you should...it's your house. I'm enjoying it all 👏🏻

[@woodlandmills]

Thank you so much for helping with our video and for the shoutout!

[@aboulderlifeoffgrid]

Sure thing! We love our sawmill! 👍

[@itsjubilee2012]

Congratulations on the Woodlands Mill Interview. Your channel is such an inspiration. Love watching your family work and play together; accomplish your goal. You are such a role model for others to emulate. Blessings to you and your family. Keep progressing and moving forward. 🥰

[@lyndamcclain8795]

I love overkill on building. ❤ You have some good helpers there Jacob. I really liked the one in shorts. What a great investment that rock crusher was.

[@SJC49]

Always thinking carefully through each project, no corners cut or necessary steps skipped. That’s what I love about your channel!😍🇨🇦

[@OFFGRID_Trucker]

Well done peeps.. ahem Jacob.. hehe.. Baby steps.. it's like eating an elephant..! One bite at a time.. Lucky you with all that sunshine. We've had snow up here in S. Oregon for about a week now.

[@joederochemont6219]

I'm catching up. I've watched all prior videos. Dooood, (& I never call anyone dude lol) you are a machine. I thought I work hard around our homestead. You for sure take the cake. Kudos to you sir. Thank you so very much for all your quality videos. You have an amazing family. You all work very hard. Thank you again for making the time to share for us viewers.

[@tylerbarrett6652]

You know... Andrew Camarata has a HUGE industrial sized rock crusher - strangely mesmerizing to watch, and I confess that YOUR little rock crusher looks like it does a GREAT job. And... I bet that it too is strangely mesmerizing to watch. I'm quite impressed. Sure... it takes a LONG time to get the gravel you want, but nothing can really beat the price. I'm always surprised how inexpensive gravel is per ton... it's the delivery fees that can get steep. I put a parking pad in back of my house and I'm pretty close to downtown. The gravel was under $100 for a couple tons... but the delivery fee was almost twice that, and the driver STILL couldn't get it where I wanted due to some old wires attached to my house (that the phone company has refused to remove... lol) So I ended up moving 2 tons of gravel from where it was dumped into the parking pad. Anyway, thanks for sharing your adventure with us.

[@rubybirdseye1503]

Looks great!! Everything you two do looks so professional!!

[@myrigarou]

Nice big chocolate cake ! Have a nice week friends !

[@MarcLamidel]

Famille géniale , bon courage, bonjour de France

[@aboulderlifeoffgrid]

Hello France! And thank you 🙂

[@johnbellrose9165]

You really thought thru the sealant and drainage. As always you are being very thorough

[@stephaniechavez9422]

you know what they say,,, an ounce of prevention!

[@michaeltroxel-g3t]

Don't forget to silicone around the pipes and get a brayer roller to work out the air bubbles under your lament. Great idea though I have seen several basements what were coated and they still got moisture inside. If you need free labor, I'm retired. I love to car camp. I live in the valley.

[@loucinci3922]

Nice job. Looks great.The Ice & Water is a nice touch. Should do well. So cool you can make your own gravel now. Happy you took my advice - LOL.

[@brendarice5287]

Great job and loved the video 😘👍🏻💕💕🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@judyporche9125]

Hey if you ever watched Mike Holmes, I think you are on the right track!!! Great job.

[@joanpodmjerski9330]

Working hard on your cellar,like always.😊😍🥰👍😂👍👍👍👍👍👊👊👊👊👊🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@joanpodmjerski9330]

You are the best

[@aboulderlifeoffgrid]

​@@joanpodmjerski9330 ❤ You're too kind 😊

[@MJ-wz6jo]

Shawn James used it on his Root cellar but he built his out of wood up in Canada. nothing wrong with over killing it.

[@buskerjames]

Welcome to spring here in Calgary Canada we just got 3 days of none stop snow and temperature close to - 30 Celsius very cold but the sun is shining today thank god

[@kcarrot2002]

I know I brag all the time about what a wonderful job you guys do on everything but it is so true!

[@Codger2015]

Good job despite the circumstances. I would think it a good idea to flash above your pipes using the ice and water shield membrane to give those penetrations extra protection.

[@roberthughes2665]

I had concrete contractors install something like that on my basement but I think they went vertical. Don't remember for sure. Then I put 3/4 foam board against the peel n stick stuff to protect while backfill. Great job and video

[@Step-n-Wolf]

A neighbor said the wind hit 50mph. Been watching the weather there as I am going out there today. Tomorrow BBQ Ray is helping me with the driveway and hopefully my CONEX will arrive Tuesday. Great job guys!

[@BigJim-zh9gr]

Beautiful job, that should seal very well. Are you going to cover the whole thing to keep water out until you build? If it is sealed to keep water out, it might also keep water in if it rains on it. That is a great idea with the ice shield, that should keep the gravel from compromising the seal..

[@RobertJLessard]

Very nice work. Your cold cellar is nicer than my house lol. Most people would just dig a hole, like it with brick and stick in a sump. This is more like a basement suite. 👍😁

[@FirstSuiGeneris]

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure, as they say. I think it is a good idea with the ice and water barrier!

[@QuietCottage]

I have experienced the coating & sealing of an entire basement. Including putting a membrane on the outside walls. Everything you are doing is necessary. Preventative measures are important. Good work you two !!!

[@wadeprior5203]

Good morning how are you folks doing today hope everything is going out there good like what you doing keep up the good work

[@ronkort8927]

Great minds think alike. I was about to comment about putting ice and water shield on, and you go and bring it into the video. Another great job!

[@lkmartin15]

Congratulations & Many More Blessings To You All!!! 🥰🙏🏻❤️

[@yorotirb3941]

Might put a big piece of pvc on the side in case for some reason you need a pump before you fill it with rock just in case.

[@aboulderlifeoffgrid]

Already there for a sump pump. Thanks 🙂

[@SpaceForce2019]

So much work to prep for the back fill, but it makes a lot of sense to do it now, and have no regrets/surprises later. Bravo! You guys should gain more subscribers from the mill video publicity too (which was cool). You guys are so much fun to watch and learn from.

[@ShadowMoonFarms]

For what it's worth, I think that Ice & Water Shield was a good idea. Thanks for sharing.

[@kisandracolon2331]

My recommendation is that you add gravel around it but do not bury it for any unforeseen event you will have access to add and remove

[@VMc828]

❤I admire your attention to detail and obvious research into what’s right for your application. Thank you for sharing🙏🙂

[@SamSeabee1]

AWESOME WORK YOU 2 AND THE KIDS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@walkertongdee]

Had one in the day, but nowadays not so sure its practical, most root vegetables are already old, especially potatoes. grow your own would work...

[@phuongvo3051]

That’s a great idea to prevent the water may damage the footing, I’m so interesting to watch your channel and enjoying it too , great family , kids and work too , 👍❤️

[@TruongThiGhen1998]

Bạn tuyệt vời quá❤❤❤

[@danmooney7192]

Use a heat gun or a hair dryer to work out the wrinkles of the ice and water shield!

[@up2uup2u]

Looks great. A cheap hopper sprayer works great for the wall coating. Fast and fills all voids.

[@phuongvo3051]

When I have my retainer wall build, before the constructions man close the wall , they add gravel and drains with a hole in it , I asked them why the pipe have a lot of hole in it ? , they said the gravels will help it drain slowly and they did paint black tardy exactly what you did , you did such a great job 👏 your guys

[@ewidmer1]

Great idea with the ice and water sgield

[@richardzahn7570]

nice curb, well done slope...lots of work!!! looks like brownies...lol rubber gloves are always nice....a days work in the pit, nice job Nat! very exciting about all the progress and the saw mill!!! thanks for sharing

[@estellaknox9285]

The root cellar looks good

[@arthurtanchak2411]

Next time used a 7”roundly will go on much eachie

[@bennym1956]

ARIZONA Waterproof ROOT CELLAR. Didn't think that would be a problem.....honestly. It's so small, thought it was a septic tank.

[@michaelmartineau1373]

Better to have it and not need it than to need it a not have it.

[@waylandmayo]

excited for you two!

[@kwarts]

Your attention to detail is amazing. Kind regards Christiaan

[@heikoj9646]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@jamestrinh867]

👍👍👍

[@kathybrunson2390]

As usual great work you guys! Every week is another step closer!

[@willglueck3156]

👍

[@todstrucks2919]

Great video lots of info. It’s really looking good. Thanks

[@heathmix3204]

The ice and water seal intrigues me, because the actual product bituthene is similar, but I am sure they have marked differences. Still, a roof is more prone to water and as ice and water shield is a nonpermeable layer for that environment I cannot see a reason for this product to not at least help in some way with this situation. If anyone knows of a reason this would not be a reasonable addition please share.

[@deborahcopeland4922]

Is it me or is the Woodland Mills video not linked here?

[@aboulderlifeoffgrid]

Just tested it. The link is in the description. Click where it says more under the video but above the comments, and then you should see the link.

[@robertabbott8541]

Why didn’t you frame up the walls to include that 6” projection on the exterior walls?

[@aboulderlifeoffgrid]

I needed that room for the wall forms to sit on and be anchored to. But I probably only needed 4 inches. Thanks 🙂

[@mikeyoung5211]

Are you looking for a tornado to check out your tornado shelter fruit shelter

[@randyshay7280]

What kind of roots are you going to have in your root cellar?

[@aboulderlifeoffgrid]

Potatoes, carrots, all sorts of canned foods, and any other types of foods we can store down there. Thanks 🙂

[@alliewolf71]

❤😊❤😊❤😊!!!!

[@Slartibartfast70]

The Titanic should have been so water proof.

[@mikeyoung5211]

Instead just waterproof the walls and base

[@billm5433]

Thank you for including us in your journey. Love how your whole family is involved with this project. Looks like the rock crusher is earning its money. Take care. Bill 🫡