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[@kathymarshall220]

As a crafter, may I recommend having a sink upstairs for cleaning up, water for painting, mixing plaster of Paris, etc. Also might be worth having one downstairs for hand washing when doing mucky work and as an emergency eye wash station (some of the fluids for vehicles can be pretty corrosive, I know someone who almost blinded themselves that way!)

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Not a bad idea. Particularly the eyewash being available. edit: Though, you can do an eyewash station with a large bottle of sterile saline solution.

[@hischildjo4693]

Awesome video, Nate! First, a nod to the guys (Eli, Pete, Jacob and Josiah) for the fantastic job done on this build! It's going to be so sweet when it all comes together and I hope we will be able to see them help you with your house when the time comes for that. I'm liking your ideas on how you want to use the space in the garage and really, you know best on what that will be. I agree, the slope on the side for the ATV entry is going to be a bit more challenging, but if there is one thing I've learned about you is you love a good challenge! Can't wait to see you tackle this one! Thanks for the update and I'll catch ya on Twitch! 👍🏼❤

[@nataliej82]

Metal shelves on wheels have been fantastic for my mother's basement storage. You can pull them out like a filing drawer. I love them!

[@carlapierle8623]

My opinion: You can never have enough storage. I'd put shelves and wire racks on wheels wherever I could. What an awesome space you have there! So many options.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

LABELS! Even if your storage is clear or translucent to let you see the contents, clear and simple labels are a huge sanity-saver.

[@jaysmith8199]

I would deffo put water collection on such a big building. Water for the garden is excellent. Also sinks on both floors. Especially for crafting. A little kitchen area for a small fridge/ coffee/ tea etc. Possibly a cassette toilet?

[@EchosOfWhiterun_5555DocOfStyle]

Hey Nate: I think that your ideas for the *GARAGE/the FUTURE* are pretty logical and I totally *SUPPORT* you 100% of the way!!! Just try not to burn yourself out or the *CANDLE* at both ends to often.... ~ JonseyG 👲💖

[@elizabetheaton3882]

So many details to think of. I'm amazed at how organized your thinking is for each thing you plan to do. Thanks for sharing ideas and and solutions to things like outdoor water lines staying fluid and not frozen.

[@Raymond-l4w]

Myself , I have always liked wood stove for heat. Love the smell and cost efficient. And have a backup

[@whymedk]

Az finally got a doghouse of the appropriate size :D

[@micheleduclos1335]

IDEA! Add a dumb waiter to lift tools and projects from the lower floor to the top floor. Better then carrying stuff up the stairs, right?Great video, thank you!

[@mdj.6179]

I was thinking there should be a beam outside the window to use a block and tackle from. Like a hay loft in a barn...

[@bullithedjames937]

@@mdj.6179 I grew up with all huge garages on their second story they have a door that goes out and a beam on top of that door

[@MotherOfCats111]

Love this video! Your home is beautiful 🙂🧡

[@PaisleyPatchouli]

Great to see it all coming together for you Nate. From one's mind to reality is always an excellent ride. Just thinking of all the kewl projects I know you guys will get up to in that space makes one feel good... Warhol had his "Factory" and you have your Garage! Perfect! :) (Having bunking set-ups in the loft is a great idea, because if you bring on temp people to help you on short projects, you can have them stay up in there for the duration of the project if necessary. Perfect solution to an issue that will likely come up from time to time if I think the same way about projects as you do... Same for if you want to run short homesteading workshops, so attendees could have a choice to sleep up in the loft or camp out, etc...)

[@maidenhell3176]

Love how Nate wanders about and the animals just zoom in and out of shot as they animal around 😂

[@fredeerickbays]

I learnt 3 ways back in 4H but glad u are doing one b/c u do them right and I have for gotten. It has been a few yr since I did one. Looking forward to urs.

[@gohphaqurselfeeputhy622]

3:17 personally speaking I believe the outlets even in a house should be up at the 4 foot level that way in the case of a water pipe breakage or a flood or you know if you’re handicapped and you’re in a wheelchair it’s kinda hard to reach to a plug that’s all the way down on the ground but if it’s at 4 foot it’s right there in front of you Just makes way more since. And even if you’re completely in totally capable human being, who in the hell wants to crouch down all the way to their ankles to plug in or unplug something wouldn’t be easier if it’s just right there in front of you.

[@severusslim7448]

dude, I'm 40 and since I was like 10 (and tall enough for the discomfort) I've been a big advocate of your last paragraph. I really don't understand how this is not common practice.

[@MIW_Renegade]

I absolutely love how you included what minion had to say in the captions

[@mgill2975]

Do you think you would like to add a lift in the garage in the future? Maybe set aside a space so this could be implemented later? A lift would make it easier to carry storage items upstairs and would also be senior friendly.

[@Brenda70707]

I was going to suggest this. Also, it would make it easier to bring large bulky items up to the 2nd floor - desks, cabinets, electrical equipment, etc.

[@GrayLady1959]

Very good point!

[@Newbie-mu7uf]

Strongly agree with this suggestion! I house sat for a friend who taught a semester overseas....their old house had a dumbwaiter....oh, man...I LOVED that thing and used it all the time! You've got space for it....

[@mdj.6179]

I was thinking there should be a beam outside above the window to hang a block & tackle from. Like for a hayloft in a barn. They have them in Europe for moving furniture in and out of upstairs apartments.

[@elizabethdixey6586]

Not for nothing, but as you get older more importantly as you come in from a hard day working the Homestead, you might consider putting in a bathroom on each level of the garage. Even a camper toilet, but you need to indulge in some conveniences to aid your back and knees.

[@rmeden1]

have you considered putting a lift in to make it easier to move things to/from upstairs? What sort of insulation are you going to put in? Spray foam? Batting?

[@mdj.6179]

I was thinking there should be a beam sticking out over the window to hang a block and tackle from. Like for a hay loft in a barn...

[@bullithedjames937]

With the doing the stairs thing I've learned this from my Grandma's, going upstairs is not the issue. It's the coming back down. After you get so old it's really slow or you take the express route which breaks things

[@aaronmaga24]

Good work

[@Stizzy_BK]

Happy for you & Jen Nate. Love watching the step by step process, it's truly inspiring seeing everything come into vision. Manifestation at its finest, keep thriving brother.

[@iDopeCal]

Glad your taking the time to plan everything out and do it right the first time! Crazy how much the land as been transformed!!

[@toddpacheco4748]

Nate looks like 👍 you have plans for everything, and I believe it’s your homestead so you can make it the way best suited for you and Jen also the animals 👍😮😊❤

[@ladylilac4363]

Thanks for showing us!

[@zachpotter1210]

Nate what i do is blow my water lines out with air. Use them all winter. I'm very close to you.

[@xcgates]

Hose splitter on those hydrants is exat what i do. The hoses i have don't drain, but we never stay below freezing all day. So as long as you don't mess with the hoses until they thaw, it's fine. We're very, very flat. The slopes you have should make it easy to keep them from freezing.

[@ByrdBallistics]

your hose splitter idea is genius. it makes total sense to me

[@bullithedjames937]

I love the wide stairs

[@stevemiller9675]

Thank you Sir ‼️ Am truly happy for you. It looks amazing ‼️

[@poomonk95]

Air compressor setup is always helpful in a garage for vehicles but also handy for craft things too. Ive seen guys with ceiling mounted hoses and always thought that cool way of doing it, food for thought atleast!

[@Yuriel1981]

If you want free heating run a home lab with a server automating things around the homestead. NAS for video and editing storage and personal storage, HomeAssistant can run all you automations and handle many thing loke automatic power regulation and monitoring. Plus more.... build a server cabinet into the walls, small air conditioner for the summer and have the heat vent directly into the 2nd floor for winter.... Home Assistant can automate that as well all on low powered electronics like Raspberry PI clusters....

[@brianlopez8855]

Got to use foil backed rigid board insulation for its high U value in roof and wall voids.

[@mellowmind12]

if you did build a retaining wall you could billed it just high enough to make sot of a loading dock for the pick ups..just a thought

[@Zakary79081]

Pre install low voltage conduit for networking and coolant lines for mini splits in each room before I insulate and close in the walls.

[@john36855]

Lots of fun projects! If you had no other use for all the space behind the knee walls you could throw some water tanks there that would help with the gravity pressure. Especially if you had any water collection on the garage then it make filling the tanks easier.

[@KenMattson-s1v]

Add ceiling fans upstairs

[@kevinkoepke8311]

If you have a pressure washer already, just mount a high pressure water hose reel, something made of steel. I've heard bad reviews on the giraffe pressure washer/reels. Thanks for the tour.

[@joebufford2972]

Even though you haven't decided about a lot of things, you have got a lot of things decided 😄 you and Jan have a great place there!

[@khartog01]

Minion is the best anti air defense.

[@katatonic726]

Anti air-strike ☝️🤓 🤭 & yes, yes he is

[@mattlove4658]

Dodging bird poop.​@@katatonic726

[@mrspink916]

Ok internet people…you saw the cats right? And the dogs? All happy and healthy!!! Yall acting like he eats them when you dont see them for a few videos. 🤣🤣🤣

[@paulrivers7248]

Lol right, people are crazy Mr stink! Because we all know that the cat's that we see and are use to seeing on the regular, those are not the ones he and Jen eats! Crazy Internet nuts!😂

[@alexpalette]

Yes I saw them, I called animal welfare immediately

[@digestiveleaf]

​@@alexpalettethere should be a law for people who make false reports to animal services, they are an extension of the sheriff's department so it is waisting tax payer dollars and taking officers from official business

[@brockjanecic8469]

@@paulrivers7248you called her mr stink 😂😂😂 it’s mrs pink 😂😂😂😂😂

[@abigaillilac1370]

If I had a garage like that out in the woods of West Virginia with no other structures around, I might want to bolt a small tornado shelter inside for the humans and pets. I'm originally from Texas though so I'm used to taking a tornado threat seriously. 🤠

[@Yuriel1981]

Huh, that Dog house looks almost big enough for Az...... lol!

[@luraeposavad6608]

IF I haven't said it before your mind is absolutely amazing!!! How do you keep all your plans straight? I cant wait to be on your journey with you!!!

[@VidenTheColdOne]

Stairs are the bane of my existence. I have a spinal cord injury which got really bad 10 years ago and i had to learn how to walk again... all while my bedroom was on the 2nd floor. I hate steps!

[@CindysGems]

⭐️⚠️⭐️You can see through the upstairs outside wall still‼️‼️‼️. A room for Jessie up there❓‼️❓❓❓❓

[@MattOlshove-fk7us]

I'm glad to see the break inside the garage. would be so fun .your living your dream. ❤

[@SheilaDuzan]

Hello 🙂 Awesome set-up you have; i enjoy watching and learning from it. Your draining water lines and below the frost line water hose tap splitter system are going to help future you very much. My solution for not frozen outdoor water hoses are a few of the expanding/contracting waterhoses sitting inside the house; after they contract i put each (i have two) into their own small bucket (actually an empty bleach bottle with an access hole i cut into it). The two hoses can connect to a hose tap that is inside my back door, or to a hose tap coming out from the front of the houses skirting when it's not frozen. If you have low water pressure these hoses may not work well 🤔. I'll learn from what ever solution you do come up with.

[@georgechisholm1022]

It would be too have some type of curtain to separate your work area from the vehicles. It will help keep the mess contained and your vehicles clean from dust and etc.

[@KylieStreeter]

have you considered adding any bathroom elements - just thinking of your guests sleeping upstairs

[@caffeineTX]

If you were going to do shop air, Air lines and reels going from a compressor/tank to your workbench area and to your bay doors for air chucks and other air tools is huge quality of life.

[@davidmtwigg]

I'd suggest a half wall with swing gates (a single on each side with a double in the middle) separating the parking area from the shop so you aren't constantly having to move overflowing projects from out of your parking area. Gates optional.

[@Wes2k8]

3 ways and 4 ways are pretty easy once you get em down. One switch to power, one to load, jumpers in between.

[@willworden9144]

I put hanging shelves above the cars in my buddy's garage last summer in he loves them

[@taylorsaquatics]

And with all that storage Jen can use her cricut to label everything for you!!

[@evans.4872]

I find your voice so calming. Here for Minion of course

[@sugarplum5824]

You have great vision, Nate.

[@iamthe2345]

the desk near the steps made me think of your shop or the items you sell, i think it might be a good idea to have a dedicated pc and area to store the items there if you should decide to have them in your home.

[@kevindavis3841]

Looks beautiful man. I’m gonna try that “Y” bleeder idea. Yes. That should work… above 20 degrees at least. I could see how it could freeze before draining below that… let us know what you experience. 🙏🏻

[@Mr.Avuncular]

Nate,your knee wall ,make slide out storage on some for smaller stuff.Also make a slide in cabinet. I did this in my converted attic to bedroom back when it was awesome. Outta sight outta mind. But still easily accessible Just a thought....whattaya think?

[@Raymond-l4w]

Just a thought Nate. I would come out about 14' with a retaining wall and make like a ramp. Outside the wall could be trees , shrubs or whatever. That's what I would do.

[@DaphineLedford]

I hope it is many years before you have to worry about to stairs .

[@FioreAnello-f7w]

First I'm happy life going good for you all the best,I'm from Canada so not sure how much cold you get but us we don't put water lines on outside walls I personally would have run upstairs from inside wall or if possible add a post to run up but your call your build and so far looking good nice shop

[@rowenalynn3531]

What an awesome video !!!!!!great plans too

[@GrayLady1959]

Leave some wallspace for hanging yard tools like rakes, axes, shovels, hoes etc. Maybe at the foot of the stairs?

[@the_undead]

Something you could do for water because of how absolutely gargantuan this building is. Is install a tank that's double or triple the size of the one you currently have and have some way to feed water from this new tank into your existing one either with gravity feed or with a pump. So that way if your existing tank ever gets low, you now have triple or quadruple the capacity pretty much as a just in case measure (I don't know how much those tanks cost, so if this is prohibitively expensive I guess that could be a problem)

[@fjuarez44]

How about a swivel base for the solar panel structure that automatically rotates to follow the sun?

[@mdj.6179]

Nate has already mentioned the low cost of more solar panels versus the cost and effort of a system like that...

[@katatonic726]

0:42 Ever since Will Survs mentioned it I can't unsee that the phone doesn't zoom to 0.5 🫣 trying to look at things I want to see while you're explaining 😂 but i keep having to go back to find where the camera hits specific spots (like the frame by the stairs) & it's... fun 😂 jk, it's kind of giving me a headache so I'm just gonna listen now 😅 But i wanted to timestamp an example incase you dk what I mean 🙃👍 Obviously you've got bigger fish! But it makes showing the layout in the garage a bit more difficult - good luck with this & every project 🎉 hope you & everyone are doing so great!!! 💫🧡💫

[@ronaldstone1285]

Shelves access ladder....library ladder.

[@gohphaqurselfeeputhy622]

4:27 come out 10 foot and then do almost like a skateboard ramp style not not a full quarter pipe but like a 3/8 pipe, he knows something that just has a a not necessarily a gradual slope but more of a swoop to it so the water will runoff a little bit faster and not create so much erosion plus you can take the sidesand irrigate them out flat and Jen can plant things like him your vines and what not that would do good with a faster flood and drain system

[@gohphaqurselfeeputhy622]

OK, so on this comment, I said make it like a almost like a skateboard ramp and that is not what I meant. I meant come out 10 foot and then have it instead of a flat habit more of a concave Vore a bubble top don’t have it flat, give it more of a top side, like the reverse of a ramp. I’m sorry I just read my comment and realized that I didn’t clarify what the hell I was talking about and it kind of made me look stupid cause it ramp on the backside of a 10 foot grade would just cause a massive amount of erosion. I meant the opposite like give it a little bit of a bubble top to slow down the water throughout the grade Sorry, sometimes I’m slysdexick

[@Ronster69]

The Narrow Home Mind. Always busy...Can't say off grid is easy..✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️

[@raymondjones7489]

That's funny how Minion chases birds "birds of prey" I don't know of any other dogs that do that 👍👍😊

[@bullithedjames937]

You are correct with the frost free hydrant when was the valve thing that works or you could use a vacuum breaker anti backflow preventer

[@donpelton]

Got the best machines of both formats of moving earth

[@RexJordan-s8x]

Thank you

[@jamesvallela7889]

Why not move the storage up there and expand the living quarters in the building your already in

[@Narrowayhomestead]

That's a possibility, but I think I'll find my efforts are better spent on the garage, and then ultimately the final house.

[@the_undead]

Probably because that building was initially designed as a storage building and not a living quarters. So there's only so much Nate can possibly do and he wants to live in a house at some point again, not in what is effectively a glorified apartment, definitely not a bad suggestion though

[@bullithedjames937]

Freezing it's a big issue since PEX expands really well so that's usually not an issue with pex

[@MargisonGODBEY]

I have around 60 ducks and chickens and I have to keep my garage doors closed if not they will Come through and poop everywhere

[@majesticttt8955]

With Jens botany skills you all could use the spaces in the garage for growing 😂 just a thought. Brings more income.

[@majesticttt8955]

Plus Will may purchase 🤔

[@MarkusDarkess]

Me and my brother had an option to buy family land near vigilant. About 64 acres at the beginning of the year. But toward the end the price jumped to 34k. But dang what a change that could make. But we don't have any legal knowledge to know if we can get it or not. Because I don't want to fight the rest of the family for it.

[@itsjustderek]

PREACH BOTHER! PREACH!! #NOSTEPS 🤟🫡👐

[@andrewkelso3532]

Sounds like to me you need to really look at the idea of workshop in that garage. Got to remember that us guys when we work on projects. We need plenty of space but also workshop area. You have built a building that is a multi-purpose building. I would think and use every stretch of multi-purpose that you can do out of that building. More bang for your buck. If I had the building I would turn it into a house/ garage/workshop/ storage/ anything goes multi-purpose building?

[@Jguser562]

People that live upstairs live longer than people that live downstairs 👍

[@VineyardGHS]

I don't see the blocks in the ceiling for the mounting of the drop-down air hose\extension cord. Also didn't notice any low volt lines for smoke\carbon monoxide alarms.

[@Dubyea]

You should stary doing GC jobs now. Such a great full circle You can put a small tag on each trade and lable it s NH job

[@TheTruthWillSetYouFreexx]

Besides that the build is looking good 👍 hope minion approves

[@markrenfrow9873]

Hey Nate, thanks for the tour. Frost free or Freeze Free hydrant. I wonder if you will go to lithium batteries when you change locations ? Price has come down a bunch since I bought 3 each 100 amp hour Battleborn's for our shuttle bus/RV conversion.

[@TheBassBailey]

Hey Nate, what about just making the back entrance sort of a loose L shape? So the grade can come up less steep alongside the garage itself?

[@zoeycarter154]

Well I know of a man who is planning on a basement with his house project I bet if you ask his boss Minion he might let you use the dirt from that to level out that garage entrance or…. Hear me out maybe you can use dirt from an Inground green house project or both lots of dirt to be moved for both projects

[@zerodegrees8]

home made elevator Nate, for the garage, so you know, when you get old lol

[@bullithedjames937]

Water pressure is 2.3 PSI per foot or something like that I did this calculation a while ago. You can see on my page what it was used for.

[@mdj.6179]

2.3 pounds per square inch "per" a foot of what? 1/2 inch pipe?

[@bullithedjames937]

@mdj.6179 it's calculating head pressure. Gravity fed right at the bottom side of it however many feet vertically it drops you multiply that by 2.3 and that gives you your PSI. The size of the piping doesn't matter for pressure. Size of the pipe only a matters with flow rate.

[@danieldurant1287]

Are you got to do a additional water collection system on the garage?

[@danieldurant1287]

Question was answered lol

[@ironleatherwood]

How about a tractor trailer for storage. Dry and safe

[@mdj.6179]

Ocean cargo containers?

[@Chiefbeach300]

7:48 you got the money might as well just put heating in and be done with it!

[@the_undead]

Money isn't the issue, It's his electric capacity because even with the new system he's planning on building mini splits draw a lot of energy to just be ran off of a solar setup like this (Yes, they're much more efficient than say for example resistive heating, but the capacity you would need for a building that large is a lot)

[@lillypad9960]

Hey! How about a lotion for women's hair growth? Please!

[@AntAllIn]

I love the contrast Between Will and Nate lol. Will on his caveman grind

[@AFpaleoCon]

you can integrate subtitles into KZbin's system. I find the way you've implemented them distracting.

[@donalddekay788]

Hey Nate, you got locks on the doors?

[@roklemnok]

14:18 Because mowmow's are crazy

[@RandyLapham-n3w]

I'm sure I'm not the first to bring this up but when you were saying the stairs would be too much as you get older to live up there, have you ever thought about building an elevator? I know it sounds crazy but I've seen people do it with like a L shaped steel platform and the back is connected to 2 steel beams on rollers and it's lifted by a winch on a remote control. I could definitely see safety concerns with that also......

[@mdj.6179]

Sounds like he would need a lot of electricity to power the lift.