Installing The Roof On My Off-Grid Cabin!

[@bencowles2105]

I got inspired by what you are doing so I bought 50 acres and built my own cabin. two ponds a natural spring and lots of land to build a homestead on. keep doing what you do you are inspiring us all to get moving and start building.

[@joebradley7595]

Chuck a video of your property and cabin on it will be cool to see!

[@jacksonguy210]

That sounds awesome. Can't get much better than that.

[@georgel3657]

My Dads Bruce Lee

[@e.r.1492]

Hey Ben… mind buying me 50 acres? 👍🏻

[@wecx2375]

Which state?

[@LoganLovell]

I remember first finding your channel 6 years ago with your "DIY Rock Sink" video and wow.... seeing your channel grow throughout time makes me so happy. You consistently produce beautiful, high quality content and the same goes for your actual projects. You deserve every ounce of the growth, and I hope there's even more in store for you.

[@chadneumann9217]

Rock sink was my first video too! Definitely have learned a lot from this channel!

[@brianhackett9649]

Same!

[@trevorburford-reade8685]

Is it really 6 years? Tempus fugit.

[@denisgesswein7899]

Same😂😂👍

[@xedasxedas]

Holy Lord....6 years!

[@mattmacdonough7862]

love that you are workin in socks to not dirty the timbers. true samurai fashion.

[@davidb5978]

The quality of your building materials never disappoints me.

[@carenclemmons5002]

Wish I had your access to wood products. And your drive and energy. Keep it tough Samari Jesse

[@ryanjordan3602]

Love that this Channel is back up and going. Lets get you that GOLD play button 1M! This is a great series.

[@freedomunderwesternskies1200]

We LOVE your page!!!! We have less than 7 months to complete the tear down of the old 1840’s home place along with its companion barn, get them packed up and shipped out to Montana to begin the up-cycled♻️, off grid cabin build! We can’t thank you enough for all of the awesome ideas and fantastic content here on your KZbin page- we can’t wait to incorporate some of these ideas into our upcoming build! There is nothing more magical than building a new to us home to live in that was once lived in and loved by someone else so long ago! If those walls could talk! Thanks again for being such an amazing inspiration- April and Jeff

[@BlueEternities]

Your eyes are looking more vibrant by the day out there. Truly the work we're built for.

[@MooreDoing]

These are such a treat to watch. LOVE watching someone build their dream by hand. Helps to tide me over until I can get to my own.

[@curm1778]

You'd do well to make yourself a temporary floating dock that rises and falls with the water level. We used plastic pallets for decking and a few of those blue rain barrels filled with 2L pop bottles with caps screwed down tight. Allow about 1/3 of the barrels to fill with water and they stay bottom heavy but very buoyant. Casual puncture of the barrels don't sink the whole dock, either since the pop bottles are the main ballast. We zip tied the pallets together and used metal strapping for the barrels and to reinforce the zip ties. Made a quick, durable dock that lasted until we could build a proper one.

[@RangieNZ]

He has. You can see it at 3:29.

[@darrelparlapiano2589]

We are living the dream up here on the Olympic peninsula,thanks for the video

[@robertlemoine3500]

What great brother in-law.Awesome program Thankyou Jesse

[@darrellcaruk8880]

You are a very fortunate , to have those skills and being able to afford all that lumber. Good for you. 🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@dennisbracci1504]

Larch is such beautiful wood that not many people know about. I live in NewYork use it all the time.

[@ariw]

Put a railing around the roof and add some stairs. Makes a great deck with a great view.

[@kydeezy13]

Another good trick for t&g boards is to set the board and lift the nailing edge off the surface and drive a nail. Works best when hand bombing nails. Predrill and start the nail. When you lift the nailing edge and drive the nail home it sucks the bow in and tightens the gap pretty well.

[@propylaeen]

Love your boat, your property, your build… just everything.

[@JohnnyRoads]

Samurai's camera work skills got an upgrade, this is easily one of the best looking videos you've ever made!

[@Sk3llyt0r]

Totally agree!

[@Culex22]

Ive lived in northern Alberta for 7 years now but I'm from Nanaimo originally and I just love your videos, the scenes of the mountains, the lake, and the cedars has a calming effect on me. Looking forward to more videos

[@hdwoodshop]

Your video producing is very nice. The shot in the boat with the perfect wake behind you was outstanding.

[@Grizzlife]

Hard work pay off! Really beautiful place you have there.

[@joelongrid7625]

Great build series. Your joinery skills never disappoint.

[@quarlow1215]

Welcome to B.C. where the only thing you can count on is that it's going to rain..... alot. Glad you got it on and papered before the wetness.

[@johnnnny]

Amazing, even with the crunch for time, you took the extra steps to setup the cameras along the way to capture this progress. Thanks for that, great video as always.

[@deanausterberry5037]

That view when you were on the roof nailing down boards... amazing.

[@mattpeterson7074]

Glad to see the weather cooperated with you at least once. Rain held off to give you some extra hours. Loving the cabin content sir.

[@cyranodemylakai9145]

That fire looked quite rewarding after a satisfying day of productivity. The scenery is great. Happy for you. God has blessed your labors.

[@steenfraosterbro3268]

What I like about your work is that you don't half ass it. The quality is in all the work.

[@bwamak3015]

Nothing will ever stops the Samourai ! Not the night, not the rain, sweet nothing !!! Good job man 🤜🤛

[@dpmeyer4867]

9:32 what a great shot.

[@randytaylor535]

That view is amazing.

[@paulrowley71]

Great work Jesse. 👍🏻

[@molegrip3860]

Inspirational. You deserve all the rewards that such hard work will bring.

[@bboomer7th]

Thanks. Thumbnail is great. Camera operator is great.

[@frisbeephil]

Finally someone who knows how to use a chalk/ink line. You don't pull it up a foot and a half and you do it ONCE, with confidence.

[@karltraunmuller7048]

Beautifully filmed

[@frisbeephil]

Beautiful work as always. I'm sure you know the chisel trick of pounding the tip of the chisel into the rafter at a slight outward angle and then prying it back against the decking boards to drive a bow out and tighten up the T and G joint. This eliminates the spring back on stubborn boards. Keep up the sharing and the great work.

[@dennis2376]

And here I thought crocs where a bad safety boot. :) Looks like you beat the rain. :)

[@davidturner3124]

You're a real inspiration Jesse, keep up the good work brother!

[@AwesomeKazuaki]

somehow I really like your framing videos and I watched past ones again and again. Oh yeah me too Headlight and Lantern! that's fun.

[@mmmmmmm8706]

Man, bc is beautiful… loved seeing those trees on the road trip.

[@thetheo2002]

Great work under pressure!

[@mike15rork]

I loved the wide shots, hearing the building sounds echoing into erherm….the sound.

[@DL305]

Some of the camera angles are fantastic. Like 3:04 5:20 9:23, 11:43. It takes more time to set them up, but it pays off.

[@jerrodsimmons8356]

Another quality job well done! I’m liking the samurai beard as well!

[@OSUCharger]

Paslode. Best invention in last 25 yrs.

[@j1ones11282]

you have a beautiful property, made all the more beautiful with all your hard work

[@MortenRoskildeRasmus]

Love the offgrid vids. Keep up the good work all the way from denmark to you

[@blucheer8743]

You make it look too easy… awesome content bud

[@essosable]

Great job. Love the roof design. And you achieve so much in a day. One thing that scared me was at 9:56 with the makita 18V circular saw. Your left hand so close to the cut. May I suggest laying the plank on the supports and keep your hand to tousle your kids’ hair.

[@darrellhoekstra8514]

That was an extremely safe cut

[@Itsmestevie333]

love how this location is inspiring such great cinematography

[@espnmk]

"Fly By Night" can't stop the Samurai

[@SnelgroveDave]

Omg. I was thinking you were top heavy too!!

[@chuckborsuk1710]

Great! Wishing you continued success! Stay strong.

[@DerLaCroix1]

There can also be a problem if you got well dried tongue and groove and use it outdoors. They swell and start warping at the seam if you have too much space between studs. If you use thinner material, consider a tighter stud spacing than you would usually do.

[@carolewarner101]

Wow...burning the midnight oil, but gittin her done!

[@M_Dennis87]

Do you think you could make a video explaining how you prepped for the build? Did you pre cut all the material? Did you dry fit everything before transporting it? 3d model? What was your process? Sorry to bombard you with questions, it's just extremely impressive what you've managed to build without a proper shop on location. Thanks.

[@cattelona100]

to preserve tongue I use a sacrificial off cut against the board fitted over the tongue and hit that instead

[@BuckBreaker]

Twilight of the Idols.

[@ZaphodsPlanet]

Jesse... your "skookum choocher" has got to be one of the ultimate pickup-boats.

[@thesplinteredfinger]

Work’em Jesse!

[@annamoan2107]

Man that's a beautiful spot.

[@PerkBuilders]

“It’s a time crunch today” *waits til it’s light out to load the trailer* 🤣 just kidding, but that travel time eats into the daylight now that it’s fall!

[@dragonwaterforge]

Great job I'm a flat roofer by trade and I've finished in the dark many times ...you are hired lol

[@__lancaster]

Damn Canada is beautiful

[@cameronalexander359]

Some great shots there Mister!

[@baldybain]

Good shift lads.

[@chadneumann9217]

sockeye samurai!

[@paullapper8702]

Well done buddy 👍😎

[@carmicha]

Wow, that’s a crap ton of work! Definitely in keeping with your do-more-harder ethos. Also, your balance has really improved; you were really good on top of the roof.

[@Lincoln_Hawk]

Looking awesome!

[@steelshade]

Makes me miss sitting around a campfire.

[@mateuszcelmer6180]

Hey, your battery is charged! Love the musical Makita chargers.

[@Wrangler98JPTJ]

Coming along nicely!

[@mauriceryton]

Quality work.

[@johncarter9067]

Another great video

[@thedeckmaster]

I’ve always been more of a tung in the groove kind of a guy my self 🤪 Then it seems like the beater block works better that way!🔨😎 Nice work dude!

[@JChalant]

Just in time huh guys? Great build coming along!

[@Michael-co3sf]

Big shout out to who ever trims that cedar hedge!!

[@BlueEternities]

Damn that water looks like glass on the trip out!

[@deathdeny]

In the opening scene, there are gorman 1 inch boards on the table. I actually work at and do quality control there. So if you had any issues.... I blame my co workers

[@laurathiessen9416]

The water was ridiculously low this summer. Lower than I’d ever seen it. It probably is at normal summer time height right now

[@Zengineer]

It was a rough stretch of no rain on the island this summer for sure!

[@MrtinL1]

Just doing some roofing in my socks 😂😂 now ive seen it all.

[@mkahu151]

Wow! Please, where is this lake?

[@micssticksnpipes]

Just getting a roof on my extension and I know that feeling of working in the dark!!! Could you do a vid on getting that ink line to work so well! I have the same one and mine is terrible, maybe my line is too thin! Great shot of you on the roof.

[@MCsCreations]

Hard work always pays off, dude. 😊 Really well done! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@ericdeguilo1181]

I’m loving this series man!!

[@kennethhudson8013]

That's a Parker boat made about two miles where I was raised!

[@glennryzebol4472]

Hope there was a frosty pint to go with that fire?

[@michaelplays2449]

Great video !!!!!! thanks

[@bradlewis9050]

@JESS: I'm wondering what a Samurai Capenter's Owl Box, or Eagles Perch would look like on your camp? Is there any big predators that you can help (w/ your skills) in return every year? Nothing like a luxury nesting box for your local Osprey?

[@blakestone1432]

Another great content video.

[@Colin_Barnes]

love it!

[@bobweiram6321]

As they say in Boston, Go solah!

[@stevehobbs7459]

Is that just the fire crackling away or the rain coming down at the end? Either way sounds like some good outdoor noise

[@sgreen9056]

is this a shed pre building the main house? Or the small house.

[@Marxzy]

You literally have the most incredible life. Hats off to you.

[@MJXG]

Do you not glue the boards with D4?

[@georgewhitehouse8630]

I am still pretty sure that you have used very bent t and g and have used a stopper blocking nailed down as a clamp 🗜 that can be removed when you get there

[@murphymmc]

All that beautiful wood and just roofing tar paper? I hope the finished roof goes on before the week is up. A heavy duty (30lb.) equivalent roof wrap would get you through 6 months and still be in great shape if you couldn't get it roofed right away. I can foresee a couple of chairs up there on the roof during nice days, great view.

[@Fishbone8891]

won't the horizontal tongue and groove boards just trap rain water in the end and cause it to rot?