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[@StudPack]

That's going to be one gorgeous home when it's all finished, thanks for walking us through Matt, we picked up some great ideas. If you're ever itching to get down to Houston again, you've got an open invite 🤝

[@buildshow]

Definitely! Would love to collaborate with y’all sometime soon.

[@StudPack]

@@buildshow can't wait. Gonna be epic

[@alviltayco3713]

This is the collab that I would love to see!

[@hansangb]

Thanks to both of your channels, I stop at EVERY construction site to play arm-chair-quarterback!!! :) Learned so much from you all.

[@daytonpyro]

what are you doing here. get back to that new house. ha ha..

[@GunnarsGames]

Matt, you’re the reason we are building our own house, after seeing so many shortcuts in mass produced stick frame homes, you inspired us to build our dream home from ICF.

[@av1204]

I did my own from icf. Simple 4 corner layout and standard trusses make for easy work.

[@GunnarsGames]

@@av1204 that’s excellent! Thanks for sharing.

[@buildshow]

So awesome! Thanks for letting me know.

[@ethanml33]

Are you me? My path as well, ICF seems to simplify a lot of these advanced building techniques for us DIYers

[@av1204]

@@ethanml33 ICF can be complicated. It is just easier to get air tight. Also if you mess up in ICF you mess up big. Best thing to do is get on some jobs before you do your own.

[@DB57RB]

Love seeing builders, build smarter and make better homes.

[@OUrVileO]

I really like that he used POE for so many things... Future proofing +++

[@jeffh9394]

POE for not only the lights but, the keypads as well. No light switches anywhere in the main areas of the home.

[@Neubs-xv8tw]

@@jeffh9394 keypads are the way to go. Only keypads in my builds from now on, no ugly banks of switches that nobody knows what load it controls.

[@jeffh9394]

@@Neubs-xv8tw indeed. Keypads we're using are tied to the automation system. Back lit and engravable. 5 button with a toggle at the bottom. Each keypad button will change its control and scene address from morning, day and night and Weekday/weekend.

[@Neubs-xv8tw]

@@jeffh9394 Control 4 Contemporary keypads, recently moved to them for Lurton,

[@jorgeguzman6563]

@Jeff H I’d like some info on the POE light system you guys are using maybe I can diy some of that into my own home currently under construction

[@udavidism]

I designed and built my own house. The ceiling heights are 9 feet on the main floor and 9 feet upstairs. One of the mistakes I feel like I made was a straight flight of stairs to the second floor. A fall on a long flight of stairs can be deadly. I have noticed that most architects put a landing and a turn in taller stairs. The stairs at 3:35 is just crazy dangerous. My stairs are bad but these are much worse.

[@Dead_Aim556]

I’d love to hear more about this POE lighting systems !!!

[@jeffh9394]

It's a really neat system and has many design solutions and products. I'd be more than happy to discuss with you and answer any questions regarding the POE lighting system we are providing for this amazing home [e-mail]

[@AsHellBored]

id like to hear more too. I know you can run common LED lights on basically thermostat wire. But is this using the PoE protocol? does each light have an IP and mini computer? can you mine bitcoin on your lights? ;) or is it just using the wire? could you put 1 room's lights on 4 wires and another room's lights on the other 4 wires?

[@PaulFoppele]

@@AsHellBored it's just using networking cable for DC power, no data. But I can't imagine this being cheaper then other DC wiring. Cost effectiveness seams like a nonsense reason. Networking cable and Poe injectors are expensive

[@jeffh9394]

@@PaulFoppele the PoE runs to a network controlled node with 4 channels of output which can handle 4-8 lights per node(depending on wattage of fixture) from the node its either 18/2 or 18/5 to the fixture. In this particular house, all lighting with the exception of the closets, utility, etc will be RGB-WW-CCT

[@PaulFoppele]

@@jeffh9394 yes the technology is great, but in the video they started the subject of the wiring, and that Romex is expensive now. But I can't believe that this is cheaper than Romex and some dumb lights. It's probably a great system. But the whole reasoning for Romex being expensive was weird

[@nicholascooper1193]

The Build Show inspired me to do extensive research before engineering my new house. We've ended up with a "pretty good house" without spending a lot of extra money. I used precast VanhooseCo basement walls, floor trusses with all mechanicals in the floor, spray foamed rim, 2x6 single story walls above, flat ceiling throughout w/ R60 blown on top, Andersen 100 windows placed to be shaded in the summer. And all of it is detailed/air sealed. Nothing special or particularly expensive, but better than most of the houses in my area.

[@CDAWWGG43]

YYYEESS!!! OMG! POE lighting is so under-utilized in the consumer space! It is so awesome to see it mentioned and you have so many amazing automation features you can implement with scene creation and sensor feedback like follow-lights as you move through the building. This is an amazing build! Pricewise it isn't too crazy compared to "home" IOT gear but once it's fully implemented it's kind of a wash. Love to see more of this.

[@faffinaboot5865]

Going POE might help bypass some future IOT pain as well. A lot of stuff out there saddles you with long term reliance on the vendor for ongoing app support and product line compatiblity which, frankly, isn't the business they're in. In year one it's fun to use an app to change your lighting presets, in year 12 do these light bulbs even connect to the same app as the replacements available at the store? Knowing ahead of time that there's going to be a refresh date where you replace the whole system isn't on most peoples radar. Finding out that your light bulbs are on a dramatically different software life cycle than the devices you use to control it will come as a big shock for people outside the early adopter mindset who will already have moved on.

[@faffinaboot5865]

Oh, and in the off chance that Matt or anyone building these systems reads this - POE switches aren't a commodity item still so it's cheap insurance to buy a spare so that you're not stuck without lights when something blows up. Planning your system so that you have n+1 active switches plus a cold spare, and so that you have some lighting serviced in each area by redundant devices, will make for a much less inconvenient outage period. Good power filtering / UPS strategies are just as important here and those devices also come with their own maintenance and implementation strategies as well. Having everything back hauled to one location means it's far easier for a home owner to have a reliable system designed and hire out the maintenance and break fix tasks. This is pretty entry level tech stuff for a professional but it's astonishing how often you walk into a business where no consideration was made for redundancy or dealing with outages. It would be like putting every light in the house on one breaker, if it trips you have no lights at all.

[@toddbierbaum8479]

What brand PoE lighting system do you recommend?

[@CDAWWGG43]

@@toddbierbaum8479 Phillips, Genesys (check spelling can't remember), Crestron, and Hubbell/Current are a few. It's kind of niche right now and your options trend towards drop ceiling lights vs nice architectural ones. It's also very lego-y, controllers from one vendor, switches from another, DMX for automation etc etc.

[@AnthonyCelata]

I'm an electrician and I specialize in high preference residential lighting. Every new house built, should have 24 volt lighting no matter how big or small it is. You do NOT need a home run to each light, in order to control each light independently. But its great that they went with low voltage lighting. Remember Low voltage does not always mean cheaper to run lights. Ohm's law tells us, the lower the voltage the higher the amperage, which is direct related to wattage which is what you are charged for. But! most low voltage lighting is LED and only draws a few watts. Nothing like a 60 watt incandescent bulb that draws half an AMP! at 120 volts.

[@jonesconrad1]

Nothing wrong with making money on the videos Matt, It means you can bring us this content with the production value that they have and put the time into them.

[@yockanookany]

I'm building a house right now and have used many of your videos for learning and inspiration to work with the builder to elevate the quality; as well as being clever and doing as much future proofing as possible. Good to hear many of the ideas you are complementing him for are things I'm getting my builder to do or doing myself. Greatly appreciate all you do!

[@LauraElliott2525]

Cant wait to be done with my build so I can show it off. I gutted my 1963 house myself and am rebuilding it from the studs up. Its taking some time because Im doing all the work myself in my free time, but Ive run all new electrical, low voltage, installed new rockwool in all the walls and ceiling, Im currently trying to get all my old cast iron plumbing replaced and run all new pex throughout the house. I just ordered my Zip R-Sheathing a couple months ago and that is going up on the outside as I reframe all my window and door openings. Im custom building all built-in cabinets for the home as well. Your videos are so inspiring and Im always so happy to see you using the same products that Im using because Im trying to make my home built to last! Keep them coming!

[@mikejackson1410]

Did you notice the number of people filming Matt with their phones? Who needs a TV show?? Beautiful house with great behind the wall thought and planning! Keep it up guys!!

[@KamiInValhalla]

This was great. Builders learning from one another and improving the industry. I love it.

[@quintenhuggins2142]

I have been in the building trades all my life. I can't tell you how much I appreciate the content you put out for us. You never stop learning. I am rebuilding my old farmhouse and am incorporating many of the things I have learned from you and am shooting for the most high performance remodel in the county. I hope to bring my old 1901 farmhouse up to standards that will make you and many others proud.

[@lisakukla459]

That sounds fascinating! I hope you're documenting the process! I'd love to see some videos on the project. At least do a reveal tour video! 😃

[@Rostol]

Dear Matt, many of us are far away from your physical place of business, but let me tell you that you've improved the way my house is being build all the way down in Uruguay. I know what to ask for, what to look for, what R means (heh), i've referenced your old videos countless times these past weeks. tankless vs tanked water heater, pex manifolds, pex radiant heating, SIPS, ICF, etc, etc (went with isopanel construction finally which you don't use in the states, kind of an ICF but with steel plates instead of perfboard) So thanks, you've had a lot more influence over youtube than you give yourself credit for.

[@BQAggie2006]

I would love to see a series on this build or at least a follow-up or two as it progresses and finishes!

[@ethanmitchell1308]

I would love to see an episode about that p.o.e. electrical system. What are the pros and cons? What is the cost difference compaired to a standard electrical system? Very cool build.

[@MrTolcher]

great thing with these poe lights is that you can easily connect a UPS to back backup lighting in the event of a power outage. very cool stuff!

[@imagineitagain558]

I wonder the exact same thing. I’ve wired dozens of houses but stopped about five years ago a little before I started hearing about low voltage uses. It’s getting more common. I wonder if the panels are the expensive part compared to a typical electrical panel.

[@jeffh9394]

I'd be more than happy to discuss the POE lighting solution we are providing for this build. [e-mail]

[@rt0923w]

Cons may be home runs to each fixture and the POE hub may be pretty noisy as it is putting out a lot of power to run the lighting. New tech may not be the best tech?

[@jeffh9394]

@@rt0923w There is only one ethernet line to each node. Each node can power 4-8 fixtures. Nodes are 90watt with 20w available per output(4). Also- zero noise

[@legrimm83]

Love seeing those water heaters, ditched my old gas water heater last year. So just over 1 year on my heat pump water heater by Rheem. Thing is AMAZINGLY efficient.

[@atimko123]

Very impressive. That home is like a Lexus...constant persuit of perfection. Nice pivots on handling supply chain & cost challenges too.

[@jacquesetjoseepoirier-pate1229]

Hello Matt, i ve been looking at your videos for at least 2 years and i love all the tricks and new products you show. Of course, it gives me idea for my summer house (home)here in Canada, that is coming in a year or so. Keep up the videos and thanks for all the good stuff

[@mitchalvarado2777]

Thanks for the videos Matt, that’s going to be an awesome house when finished. I’m going to be breaking ground in Belize in 1 year, and these videos have really helped the design process so far. Finding subs that are familiar with house wrap is proving next to impossible, and I’m looking forward to training guys up with fluid applied barriers. Thanks again Mitch

[@TrustworthyExpert]

I followed Matt's videos. The blower door test was the tightest house the tech has seen in 15 years! Thank You Matt! Zip sheeting liquid flash at the plate, spray foam, panasonic intellibalance ERV

[@TRYtoHELPyou]

Outstanding! I appreciate the handheld get-it-done video. Super cool to see this stuff.

[@johncano2594]

Constantly learning, that's what I love about your show.

[@whyme5024]

You are doing a great service to educate home owners. I worked 20 years as a product development scientist for one of the leading building materials company which develops and sells high quality products. Most residential builders, both large and small focus on what the home buyers can SEE, AKA cosmetics such as fake floorings, cheap but shiny stainless steel, and other similar stuff. They don't care about quality but only price, meet bare code minimum for what is not seen i.e. critical structural elements, quality of concrete, water and weatherproofing etc. Using all of this of higher quality will only cost a fraction more which future home owners will gladly pay but unfortunately they are totally in the dark assuming building code takes care of it.

[@guytech7310]

Using quality materials can add up quickly. issue is that when you build a quality home, it prices out the majority of home buyers. I believe Matt's home build was about $900K for a modest !2800sqft home (not including land cost).

[@mm-nyc]

I am a homeowner who does a lot of my own building. I own two homes, both almost 100 years old. One is our main house, the other a beach house. My latest project is restoring and converting our beach houses garage into an entertainment room. It was built on grade with no foundation. We were originally planning on just jacking it up, pouring a foundation and then painting the interior white. One thing led to another and it is now going to be the nicest 'house' we own. Last weekend I finished installing the reglets so that the drywall team could finish taping. My dad was laughing at me because just 3 months ago the garage was ready to be torn down and there I was in the same garage leveling reglet trim to a 32nd. I do most of the work myself because (1) I enjoy it and (2) where I live I cannot afford a high end builder. Thanks in part to this channel I am able to get new ideas and learn how to do it myself.

[@ZeroCarbDaddy]

Tons of Ideas wow thanks for this video Matt! That’s gonna be a gorgeous house

[@bearfoot100]

Matt, after watching many of your videos, my builder and I, will also be implementing, a lot of what I've seen, "On the Build Show". For example, 1.5" of exterior ICF foam insulation, Typar drainable house wrap, Typar window flashing system, water and air sealing of the framing to foundation, insulated and encapsulated crawl space, Tank-less water heater and many more. Thanks for all you do.

[@buildshow]

Very cool! Thanks for your support and enjoy your Build!

[@patriot1303]

As an electrician myself the cutting-edge lighting segment was very interesting to me - thanks!

[@frankhartley6777]

You said it best. 👏 Can't wait to see you in NC one day

[@dsdragoon]

Wow! Very nice home!

[@FueledByRyan0]

Try and follow up with this house please!!! Really interest to see the POE lighting when finished

[@Casmige]

Started the KZbin channel to promote his business, now the KZbin channel only showcases best practices & the better way to build. 🎉🙏👍

[@95dodgev10]

I'm a home owner and have watched almost all of you videos. You're videos inspired the way i insulated my attic and i have already reduced my electric bill by $50 and its not even done yet. An unfortunate side effect is now i have an eye for whats good and whats bad. My brother has had an addition built onto his house and i gave him all of your recommendations and sent him links to your videos. And yet he didn't take any of it. I was there to help him and the crew ro install his big slider door and watching the methods the builder used pained me to see. Hopefully builders will learn to so things better even if they aren't on huge budgets or gracious time frames.

[@buildshow]

I’ve ruined a few people over the years who can’t see “standard “ methods and not cringe

[@95dodgev10]

@@buildshow the addition got tyveked, there were tears in the tyvek around nail holes, the caulk bead around the door wasn't a solid continuous bead, some of the framing was odd. Its not bad its just not great. When i get my addition built on the back of my house I'm going to throw as much of the kitchen sink as i can at it. I'm just north of st louis. It gets hot and it gets cold. We're surrounded my farm field and the wind blasts this house from the backside all winter long. I'm also planning to go geothermal possibly soon because my 33 year old ac is on its last leg. The house was built in 1965 and it was built extremely well for the era so its worth the effort to bring it into this century as much as possible.

[@johnhaller5851]

It's good that you insulated first, that should reduce the length of lines and size of the units.

[@95dodgev10]

@@johnhaller5851 i used concepts from matt and applied them to my situation and budget. I have a story and a half with knee walls large enough they have full size doors to them and i (6ft 2) can stand up at the highest point. My rafters are 2x6 and i have soffet venting that leads to the knee walls attics. I liquid nailed 2x3 blocks to the rafters tight to the roof deck (glued to rafters so when the roof deck gets replaced it shouldn't affect the blocks). I found a place close to me that sells foil faced polyiso foam board up to 4" thick at a 1/4 of normal price because they're factory seconds so the thickness might vary out of tolerance or their might be damage. I the blocks are 1 1/2" so i wanted to get 4" boards but they didnt have any so i got 1" and 3" and 2". I first screwed a 1" board to the glued blocks and foam canned the seams and ran that from the soffet vents up through the gap between the second floor walls and the roof. This creates air channels to maintain a vented roof deck while air sealing the outside air from the knee wall spaces. I then filled the rest of the cavity with the 3" to flush out with the edge of the rafters. Finally i went over all the rafters and foam with the 2" board screwed into the rafters and foil taped all the seams. So at the worst spots i have a 5.5" of wood with 2" of foam and in the best spots i have 6" of foam and its all air sealed and foil faced for radiant energy while keeping a vented roof deck and upper attic. The knee walls stay within about 3 or 4 degrees of the house without any hvac vents. The final phase will be to extend the foam board a little higher in my upper attic, get all the old blown insulation out, can foam any problem areas, and then reblow it probably with cellulose with a goal of r60. The upper attic in big enough to crouch in but useless for storage. I also have a full length ridge vent. Its been a lot of work especially by myself but its already made a big impact on the electric bill and comfort of the house.

[@totallynottrademarked5279]

@@95dodgev10 It's called a budget my man, you get what you pay for. Not everyone in the world can be in Matt's clientele's list budget range. I respect his work but most of this stuff is unrealistic for 90% of the population.

[@TheBuilderdad]

This is why I keep watching. So much positive in this episode

[@JWard-sp7wt]

As soon as I seen the steel plate I laughed because I knew he got the idea from your video

[@markdoell1834]

Amen Matt! Better products deserve the accolades, and profits of superior craftsmanship! Awesome!

[@gailasgreatdanesandmanes1042]

Woah! Impressed right out of the gate! JUST FOUND YOU! Great information and content! Pluss.... steady well done filming and sound. A pleasure to watch and learn/ take notes on! Well done!👏👏👍

[@AlexeiTetenov]

Thanks for sharing!

[@skynet7408]

We have been using ATX LED with no need for miles of cat wire like that. We just use 18/2 and 18/5. LEDS are ran to the light switch (18/2) and only the switches are home ran (18/5) we can usually get 4+ switches on 1 home run with color tuning. Massively cuts down on time and copper.

[@johnandjuliegrant3661]

Another great video! I’d love if you did more videos in this same format and with similar content!

[@mycowboyways915]

Uponor Pex A is the bomb. I saw it in one of your videos and bought the Milwaukee tool set and used it in a rental house remodel. No going back to copper for this guy ! Cool house. Out of my league but I always learn a lot of good trade secrets.

[@RandallWMillerJR]

POE lighting! WOW how cool!

[@jimmycharles7475]

I love how proud he is of the project.

[@timmyswain3378]

Hell yeah man I love watching your show. I learned a lot I plan on doing the same thing as well man. I cannot wait to do some of the things I learned on the show to my house. Thank you man for putting it out there

[@michaeldeighan8294]

Just re-watch this still great to see that you still have the same enthusiasm now if you did then love the Belcher networking everybody involved. Thanks, Matt..

[@scorpio6587]

You are making an impact!

[@Arc-]

Outstanding!

[@johnkm77]

I put a central PEX manifold in my house, with one valve for every fixture, so I can shut off any fixture from one location, and I don't have any connections that could potentially leak, except for at the manifold, and at the fixture.

[@shawndyson4379]

Nice build and great content.

[@chestermackay7159]

Very cool stuff on the build show

[@ispacedesign]

Ancient legend tells of intermediate landings required on stairs with a rise greater than 12 feet.

[@charlieshew]

Holy Cow! That house is going to be Awesome, hope to see a follow up video in the future.

[@veizour]

Neighborhood looks like one just down from the Jersey Village area. If you had a care for the "little guy" at all, I'd welcome you to do a show here. Maybe a "What can I do w/ $XXk to insulate my home for Houston heat" episode.

[@bobbyh6612]

Another Great video!

[@geo1667]

I have not heard of poe lighting sounds like an amazing option for home automation!

[@theblubus]

With the sheet metal protecting the in-wall tank "Where did you learn that?" I hollered laughing lol

[@EndlessWaltz]

If it wasn’t for your videos I would have no idea what I wanted in a house. Now, everything I need and want will be done right in my home build!

[@7th_project]

Today I learned about POE Lighting

[@ScottyDMcom]

POE (power over Ethernet) for point of use power? Wow, what an idea. Looked up the specs. Garden-variety POE is 15.4W max per port. That's more than some LED can lights need. POE+ is 30.0W per port. POE is normally 48V dc, which means you'd need special fixtures. Garden-variety CAT-6 and CAT-6A wire is 23AWG, while CAT-5E and earlier wire is only 24AWG. Avoid the cheap copper-over-aluminum wire and verify you're getting solid copper. POE is not designed for efficiency, so you'll loose some power due to voltage losses in longer runs. Major cost savings as 1000 feet of CAT-6 is far cheaper than 100 feet of 14AWG Romex. What a cool idea.

[@jeffh9394]

The units we're using on this project are 90W with 20W/output(x4) which can handle 4-8 lights.

[@ScottyDMcom]

Thanks for the info. So a 4-channel power injector rather than a POE switch. I knew of 1-channel power injectors, but not multichannel.

[@guytech7310]

@@ScottyDMcom Its just one Power supply he's daisy chaining four light fixtures into a one cable run. 90W PoE use all four pairs for power.

[@farnorthhomested844]

id like to see this house when its done, especially the stair lighting.

[@LeadBariBass]

This is awesome. I love building science.

[@clarencehopkins7832]

Excellent stuff bro

[@rangerbat9295]

Zen. Great job

[@ivtec845]

Beautiful house

[@MrBrianDuga]

Heat pump DHWH in the attic makes so much sense. Heat rises, they act like A/Cs up there and chew up the excess heat that builds.

[@toddsabbagh1798]

We are using the cold air generated out of these two water heaters to cool the attic and cool the technology room as it located under the water heaters. During the winter, no heat shall blow in technology room running electronics…

[@falconers]

OMG the POE was shocking. I have worked in Datacenter wiring so I've seen this kind of work done, but never for a home. A direct run per device is just going to be nuts and I'm honestly not sure if that really makes sense. I can see a scenario where POE would be a bear to troubleshoot later on, and I would love to know the expectation on power (maybe less because POE would likely be more efficient than standard romex I guess?). But I love the creativity... Also I am laughing when i saw that steel plate... immediately knew what that was about. Great video!

[@themousebouse]

As someone in the trade I can apriciate the ability for a customer to have had the good fortune to be able to pay for better materials, certainly makes a difference on the job site as well as the finished product.. but that's just not the reality we live in, most people pinch pennies and don't have the means to this kind of end, having the ability to work with the customer to get the best result financially posible is what makes a contracter and business owner the best

[@michaelvonfeldt9629]

Nice build!

[@c182SkylaneRG]

I ran Cat6 to give myself hardwired internet around my house, and that was only about 750 ft of cable. I can't even imagine running 47,000 ft of Cat 6...

[@bobulatorul]

I think what’s missing is conduit to run the Ethernet cables…that’s the best way to truly future proof your data cabling. With no conduit, in 20 yrs when cat 6 is history, you’ll need to destroy the walls to install the most recent data cables at that time. With conduit you’re just taking the old wire out and putting the latest fiber cable in with no damage to the walls. Every modern well build house MUST have conduit for running Ethernet cables I think. It’s just best practice!

[@jeffh9394]

There's actually conduit ran from every keypad, TV, lighting area, critical network path and access areas. Just wasn't all ran yet at time of the video.. Theres not an area we can't reach later on

[@bobulatorul]

@@jeffh9394 oh I see fair enough. Conduit is the way 👍🏻

[@jeffh9394]

@@bobulatorul absolutely

[@jasonmajere2165]

Or when the cable fails.

[@LumenCache]

I was talking with the tech lead for NEOM, and they're most interested in the latest and best infrastructure. I said "Conduit." Conduit is THE most future proofing "technology" you can use for the best chance you'll be able to use any transmission technology in the future. Short of that, deploy LumenCache as the modules allow any voltage and protocol standard. Not a requirement to run homeruns for all wires, or even use Cat5/6. It does bring all those standards together. Best to look on LinkedIn vs KZbin for info.

[@philleach6271]

Nice tidy site!!

[@ericlanglois1342]

Smart idea on the shut off valves. It would have made sense to put the shut off higher too. Not below the cabinets.

[@Jack-yl7cc]

I just hope he labels them, the first home owner might remember that they are there and more importantly what they go too when the built-ins need to be replaced in 10+ years but what about the second or third home owners? Simple details tend to get forgotten when a home changes owners and just labeling things can make a huge difference.

[@kevinstenger4334]

Shoot, you don’t need your plumbing inside the envelope! I’m just outside Chattanooga and the two man building department let’s contractors run plumbing under the floor joists with unconditioned basements and crawl spaces. They run it in uninsulated garage walls without frost proof exterior faucets too, along with about 50 other code violations that I can pick out. One of the first things I did when I bought my new house was to waterproof, damp proof, air seal, and insulate the basement walls. Then I removed all of the inadequate insulation between the basement ceiling and the floor of the house and moved all the water lines up into the floor framing.

[@turbomustang8417]

Every municipality does not adopt the complete national building code because it all does not apply to every area.

[@spiritualexistential1949]

Great content as always! Highly recommend an inexpensive steady cam so that when you walk about while interacting with your guests on jobsites, it will eliminate all the shakes and drastically improve the viewing quality.

[@jasonperry6046]

Okay, I would love to see a follow-up video on this build.

[@ultimatefinish6491]

was looking for a build show builder in houston..nice

[@NANKEL1]

Would love to see this house when it's complete

[@Ryan-hu7or]

Matt, I would love to see you do a video how replacement windows are typically done. I have seen your “bomber” method window replacement video but would like to see a comparison of between that and a more typical method.

[@boulderbite]

With PoE, if I remember right, you will not needed a licensed electrician to install anymore because the IECC and code in general is going to be making is a class 4 power and below a hazardous power supply.

[@michaeljbreault]

Matt, you're so close to 1 million subscribers. But, I'd say you're even closer to a mainstream television show.

[@veizour]

Server room is a geek dream. Best my house has is coax to the laundry room. As this will be my "till retirement... possibly beyond" house, I am planning on cat6 throughout but for now I have ethernet-over-coax

[@TUNGUYEN-jc4vc]

Yup, every geek loves to have a room to home run all their cables.

[@D2O2]

Nice detail with the valve accessible without pulling the fridge. Never understood why we make the shutoff inaccessible. On the other hand, I don't care for that air handler sitting on the ceiling instead of suspension rod from the roof. No amount of Zip-R is going to dampen the vibration transmitted into the ceiling diaphragm.

[@mattwilliamson1714]

What a sweet build. Have done POE lights in a church auditorium, but never thought about it for residential. My bro-in-law is building a house and he was showing me that same heat-pump water heater... also very cool. Maybe someone could do a walk-through when the house is finished and put the link here?

[@TUNGUYEN-jc4vc]

@Matt Risinger definitely should do a revisit when it's done. There are so many cool things to show. POE lighting, smart home features, Tesla Solar roof, Powerwalls, Net zero home, etc

[@romlyn99]

Recirculating loops for reheating the hot water is a smart idea. Not sure how their system works, but certain recirculating systems work on timers to keep the hot water in the pipe circulating back into the hot water tanks; doing so at peak water usage hours. I prefer systems that circulate the cold water sitting in the hot water pipes on a switch demand system. So in the morning you wake up, press a button and it circulates the cold water in the pipes back into the hot water tanks and then feeds fresh hot water into the pipes (for example the brand Chilipepper Hot Water Recirculation Pump). Either way you save a lot on water usage, as you are not running the hot water waiting for the hot water to come out, the hot water comes out instantly.

[@Darenator1]

I designed my house. The refrigerator cavity pushes 12" into the garage to make the regular fridge flush with cabinets. Water shutoff to fridge is under sink. One thing I've never seen you show is I sealed up under fridge, dishwasher, and inside sink cabinets so if there is a leak water will come out the front where you can notice it and not down the back hidden where it will do more damage.

[@guytech7310]

My guess is there will be a water sensor to detect a water leak issue.

[@hampyonce]

That pile of cable looked comparable to a few highway dept and bank buildings I ran data/phone/cable in, around 2010. Elementary School and 360K sq. ft. Federal Office building had 15-20 times that amount of data/phone/cable. That's a super cool idea in a modern house. Good stuff BuildShow.

[@jeffh9394]

There's soooooo much wiring we put in this home. Since this video was taken we have added more. We are at a total of 49000ft. and some change lol

[@hampyonce]

@@jeffh9394 I hope we get to see more of this stuff. During the '08 housing meltdown I took on some huge data infrastructure tasks and found it all very interesting and full of opportunity for innovation. I want to see the "breaker box" for this lighting system. BAD. Do you have a channel with more content. I've been involved in home building, on and off, all of my life. Second generation real estate improvement creator, here.

[@hampyonce]

@@jeffh9394 The office building had almost 4000 terminations.

[@jeffh9394]

@@hampyonce the "Breaker Box" will be Rack #1. Commercial is always fun!

[@daytrader3365]

Make before and after. Would love to see this place finished

[@greg925911]

I Can't believe that 12 volt lighting has taken off yet, when I was in the process of trying to build our house, b4 the cost went over the top, they thought I was crazy and especially with POE, I would think the cost of running a 12volt lighting system would cost way less, and and installing hanging toilets we thought would be so easy for cleaning, well the system price us out of our home, so now we home hope we can buy a home when either the market crashes or price come down to commen working people prices soon

[@macthemec]

I’d really like to hear more about the POE lighting, can you do a video on it? I don’t agree with everything on your show but i do think in north america we are building the best homes today, and i agree lets make it better, i think that way we can also make it cheaper and easier.

[@WildkatPhoto]

Matt - would love to know the cost per square foot difference between the good version and what typically gets built. I am leaning heavily toward prefab/SIP for my next house (also my last house!) and I would love to know how "done right" compares to SIP for cost.

[@mr.g937]

It starts at double and more like 3-4x...

[@caymanchristopher7014]

You survived Houston! Congratulations

[@dav3eii725]

@14:00 the loop is not so good with the spray insulation. Once cured, how is one expected to pull a couple inches from the loop? That loop will be as good as locked in. Simply running the PEX through a PVC wye doesn’t give extra pipe.

[@srt4b]

I think it's for the initial install not for future repairs.

[@dav3eii725]

@@srt4b he specifically said “in 30 years, if you need to service or even replace”

[@srt4b]

@@dav3eii725 ahh missed that, Well then ya needs more PVC

[@chrisriley2274]

Can we get progress video of this site especially the poe lighting and the server room

[@gw6667]

I'd be really cool to have Matt revisit some of the early visits to see how it all comes together when finalized

[@BiPolarBear722]

Home theater should use a double stud staggered design to limit noise transmission.

[@StevenCampbell1955]

Forgive me for being an old fusspot but I couldn't help but notice that there was no visible 'pizza tray under those hot water tanks. We calls 'em pizza base but obviously they have different names in other countries. A plastic tray with holes and ridges which isolates the HWS from the tray/trap.Approx I have a Murphy gauge in mine which alerts if water builds up in the tray. ( Under thirty dollars for a bit of extra insurance.)

[@greg925911]

May you can talk more about POE and if 12 volt lighting system in new homes would be a wise way to go or the pro an con of a 12 volt lighting system

[@MrWaterbugdesign]

I'm so weird because when I see these huge homes I don't see "great". I like simple.