We Built A 1-Ton Wall In Our Home

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Our Self-Reliant Life

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@fisherus 6 ай бұрын

Your pressure-treated 4 X 4 posts will most likely crumble from dry-rot being down in the cement.

@elliemay7839 6 ай бұрын

Eco walls like that are recommend to be water proofed

@gailbenjamin5137 6 ай бұрын

A garden tour, and what kind of birds frequent your new feeder?

@caroleberthier 6 ай бұрын

Put some rebar stacks through the ground it will give it more support looking good , I think you should just get the tracter from your neighbour cost you less money it might take time but it will get done before that guy comes

@unionse7en 6 ай бұрын

those columns resting so close to the edge of that stairway cliff... just something to think about

@kyriestrange 6 ай бұрын

I'm also perplexed about this , here we bore out a deep hole to pour concrete into for piles, but there's a hole for the entrance to the root cellar right next to it?

@inDirect-D 6 ай бұрын

I’m sure the wall (also on the edge) will hold it all together?

@kyriestrange 6 ай бұрын

@@inDirect-D Usually wouldnt build a heavy wall on top of a cutout unless it was a reinforced retaining wall.

@1hipcrip771 6 ай бұрын

Lots of hard work! I’d be a little concerned with your two posts on the edge of the stairwell. You can buttress the sides all you want, but you need to secure that stairwell wall…

@RandomGreymane 6 ай бұрын

I’m kinda surprised I don’t see more vertical wind turbines on AZ homesteads. I mean solar is main obviously but wind certainly would seem like a great supplement when the sun isn’t shining.

@franklucero1728 6 ай бұрын

You Both look great!!! Jim sets a great example of how a man is supposed to love and cherish his Wife,,, you both are beautiful folks,,,, have a great week!!!!

@1Waarheid 6 ай бұрын

I completely agree!

@franklucero1728 6 ай бұрын

@lachellesandon4207 She doesn't always feel well and has pain all the time from what I understand to be true,,, Jim is very loving and passionate because he understands the ongoing issues...

@bighappy177 6 ай бұрын

yes.. put me in for the garden tour, TY

@flowerstone 6 ай бұрын

You should wrap those posts with water proofing. PT will rot out in concrete. 😏🙂 You’ll should also install knee bracing on the building. I wouldn’t have taken the braces out yet with the wind you get. Ever watch how a box kite works? Buildings can do the same. 😊

@dennisthecarver 6 ай бұрын

Should take the wooden form down before you install the cobb wall. Over time the wood will rot and you'll have a week spot in the wall.

@jewelssylva3738 6 ай бұрын

I've been watching folks who build with cob, & it's not uncommon to incorporate wood in the cob for various different uses. Maybe if they were living in a more humid area. But I think it's fine.

@inDirect-D 6 ай бұрын

ground termites will use that pole to feed on and end up in the roof trusses. Very common in Arizona.

@hildavelasquez9788 6 ай бұрын

Hi Jessica a couple of suggestions. Drink Tea for allergies. Stinging nettles, Rosemary, Turmeric, Licorice root, Ginger were suggested. I found these on the Very Well site. I think a Netty pot once a day may help. Salted water. Good luck.

@JamesHollinger-lt8qx 6 ай бұрын

Just a thought.. On the truss load to the columns. Maybe add blocks under the trusses to the sides of the columns to act like jack studs..

@donnatrimble7439 6 ай бұрын

Please please a garden tour

@ourselfreliantlife 6 ай бұрын

Will do!

@inDirect-D 6 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to see what foods they’re growing!

@Blindhomesteader 6 ай бұрын

love a garden tour 😉👨‍🦯

@bigmamma6946 6 ай бұрын

Yes please 🙏 would ❤ a garden tour.

@vickiwalker3486 6 ай бұрын

“To love another is to see the face of God,” Victor Hugo. You two glow and send energy to your viewers.

@leethebee1560 6 ай бұрын

You can tell me to STFU but you need a quad or tractor. Helps with hauling dirt, saves your back as you age 💝

@66bigbuds 6 ай бұрын

You left the form boards in there? They will rot and feed termites. Won't they?

@ourselfreliantlife 6 ай бұрын

They won't rot if moisture doesn't get to it.

@Lala-up3ib 6 ай бұрын

Building and finishing your house videos please please please

@deskmark 6 ай бұрын

Make a retaining wall starting down below, going 6 or 8 feet high, with concrete and rebar. The internal storage area might survive with those specialized plastic flexible tubes or whatever it is called. The outside the door and a support beam, that can easily fail with plenty of rain.

@jewelssylva3738 6 ай бұрын

Y'all are great. Jim I wish you would have loaded fewer rocks on the wheelbarrow. You need to take better care of your back. Do you hear that? The homestead relies on your strong back. Please don't strain yourself. Please. I know your mom would say the same thing to you, if she could. 💜 She'd be so proud of you.

@helenjamison551 6 ай бұрын

Watching From South Carolina a day late.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@Melissa02891 6 ай бұрын

I love how you just keep plugging along in spite of any setbacks, I know it's got to be disappointing to reschedule the next project but I have to say I'm really happy to see that rock cob wall going up. It's definitely going to make things safer moving around during the rest of your build. Hopefully you'll get some good news about the excavator arriving this week and you can get the next phase underway, fingers crossed for you. So nice to see all the various plants and cactus blooming and the hear the birds singing. Have a happy memorial day and a great week you two! ❤

@ahbushnell1 6 ай бұрын

Why leave the wood forms in place. They will just rot.

@debbiecustard5225 6 ай бұрын

I wish you had a community of KZbinrs that could help you

@OurHomsteadDream 6 ай бұрын

I think that would be so nice for them. They are so hard working.

@walkswithwings7780 6 ай бұрын

Oh yes! A garden tour would be a wonderful video.

@inDirect-D 6 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to see what foods they’re growing.

@c.t.murray3632 6 ай бұрын

Yes definitely have a garden tour descriptions and intentions of what you want to do with the plants . I'm here in Connecticut and whenever I built decks and set up footings for a building we had to go down 40 to 45" in the ground for any Frost heaves. Not telling you what to do but I was concerned about those two posts being on top of the soil and not in it. Through the years of cold and hot Weathers the soil will expand and contract, as you know, my concern is that it's going to move and settle down into the ground . Will your structure be stable enough?

@vickilemke8667 6 ай бұрын

yes please gar den tour.

@robcarter42 6 ай бұрын

My Wife and I are thinking about getting a 10 x10 green house to protect some outside plants when bad weather hits. We live in Waco Texas and we get a lot of different weather year around. So I would love to see a tour of your garden and I will share the video with my Wife so she can see all the great work you have done to protect all of your beautiful plants. ❤ You both work so hard and it really shows. Thank you for sharing all of your videos. I always look forward to watching all of your weekly videos. All the best to you and your family 😊 Rob.

@Kodas-Dad 6 ай бұрын

Allergies... Try locallly made natural honey. Has helped us a bit in the Northeast 😊

@donnalynne7510 6 ай бұрын

Yes! Use local honey. This has helped reduced my allergy reactions for years.

@rsy427 5 ай бұрын

A great project is not how fast to complete it but one that is of quality and thorough research and study. Great projects that I see takes hours of study and questions

@nela9994 6 ай бұрын

Looks like you are still missing some of the stringers/separators on one of your roof sides, are you still waiting on supplies being available? Are you going to get those bonus water collection surfaces ready before the rains?

@espee9980 6 ай бұрын

I am concerned that you have concrete in contact with wood. Never works out well for me.

@KerriHastie-zp5ey 6 ай бұрын

Hi family..thats the 2 people, the 2 dogs X the birds and the garden the home,the cellar..must I go on ? Miss you all. Me and my pal Moodich .stay safe be well..from Australia ☆

@sandhollowhomestead6972 6 ай бұрын

I'd like to see your community come on a work day to help your build. Anyone near there please help out! Thanks.

@kathrynrodlun8514 6 ай бұрын

Of course we want a garden tour!

@janeavery9346 6 ай бұрын

We havent seen inside your beautiful dome for a while . I hope it is looking good and liveable

@cheryllewis-battles7664 6 ай бұрын

hey Jess! garden tour plz, would love to hear about your plans...kindest regards...ps you are awesome!

@brandonlaird6876 6 ай бұрын

I definitely understand the allergy situation! Allergies are darned if you do take something, darned if you don't. The only stuff that works for me is the stuff that knocks me on my butt! I hope you guys find something that works for you, and if you do please share this valuable knowledge! I'm begging you lol 🤣 (allergy tears). Give my best to Crew, he's such a good doggo and I know he's not in every video but I super appreciate every video he's in (although I think I understand why he's not in all of them).

@idablythe4847 6 ай бұрын

Local honey has really helped I put it in my organic green tea. Every morning. Last year my allergies were really bad. We buy honey by the gallon. And it never goes bad.

@jewelssylva3738 6 ай бұрын

Same here. I'm getting ready to move to a different state & one of the first things I'm going to do is find a local beekeeper. 👍🏼

@micheleweatherspoon6399 6 ай бұрын

I would love to see what you have growing. And it's so nice to see all of the little birds. I'm sure they appreciate the buffet 😊

@rachelpeacock6674 6 ай бұрын

Can you draw a diagram how the earthen energy tubes work? Really interested. The flowers on the chola cacti in red! I’ve only seen yellow flowers. The orange prickly pear flowers are beautiful and the plants look healthy. I have mesquite trees and I collect the beans from the branches to make mesquite flower, they also make a dark look alike coffee. Love the Cobb work, I’m looking forward to experimenting to make a bench and shower wall. I have learned so much from both of you. Right on with a tour of the garden! And the dome. ❤😊

@TheArtisanbard 6 ай бұрын

That cactus is beautiful! Would love a garden tour.

@marykappesser5145 6 ай бұрын

I would love to see a garden tour Jess, and how the oya setup is doing.

@Andbygrace7024 6 ай бұрын

Please show us a drawing or plans of what your house project will be like

@bonanza27 6 ай бұрын

Garden tour please!! 🙏 ❤

@JudySnyder-dv5ld 6 ай бұрын

Yes, I want a garden tour. It's so pretty!

@omegaroyal 6 ай бұрын

You keep up with those observations and we will have to start calling you Sherlock.

@chandrasutton4669 6 ай бұрын

Thumbs up for cob walls!!!😊🎉❤

@OurHomsteadDream 6 ай бұрын

🌹 🌸 🏵 Yes, We all would love a tour of your garden Jess. 🌵 🐦 🐦‍⬛ the wall you built is very cool. Good job to jim on his cob wall and framing. You guys rock!!

@jameskotsch8271 6 ай бұрын

??? not going to remove wooden forms???

@deleahkohl3591 6 ай бұрын

Would love to see drawings or plans of the build. What the end product will look like.

@cheryllewis-battles7664 6 ай бұрын

Outstanding work! Doing the "Go Jim" dance right now!

@paulvanhouts3365 6 ай бұрын

Hi Jess and Jim, good to see these updates. I am looking forward to your cooling being installed and later, to see how it works for you. I have seen several KZbin’s on this style of cooling but still not convinced. I am thinking outside the box a bit with it though, that you could use a heat chimney as the outlet vent for the hotter air. I recall seeing one of those chimneys in an old house made from mud. The fellow made it out of 44gallon drums and painted 2/3 Matt black. It vented at ceiling level then out through the chimney. I used to think it was odd but in summer that kept the heat down too, not just the mud walls insulating. It made me wonder why we still persist with timer framed walls as exterior walls. Stay safe and healthy and enjoy life.

@clarencesmith9882 6 ай бұрын

Garden tour sounds awesome! I really enjoyed when you used to put the names of the birds, animals and plants on screen. Super cool!

@inDirect-D 6 ай бұрын

I’m sure they have lots of veggies that they can for the winter months. Can’t wait to see what they have growing

@linacabrera3172 6 ай бұрын

Hello my dearest couple. Those 🌵 are very beautiful. May God continue blessing you all ❤

@Bucket247 6 ай бұрын

You guys are doing great!!! Keep it up while your young cause as you age it gets harder and harder, so do it all now while your young.

@paulawagner6058 6 ай бұрын

Garden tour sounds good.

@annalinekennedy1027 6 ай бұрын

Please explain how the house is going to involve the root sellar. Keep going. Can't wait to see the finished product..❤

@jewelssylva3738 6 ай бұрын

The roof of the root cellar will be the ground level floor of the house. So it's actually under the house.

@MrFozbear69 6 ай бұрын

hey Jim and Jess, good work on the cob wall, just a suggestion for you, when the gent with the digger turns up get him to put a good few loads of dirt over near the cement mixer for you, that way you have a ready made pile of dirt for your cob making , and also take some of the stress off your body, Jess time to start planting seeds to what plants you want in the house that way they will be mature plants by the time your ready for them, love the garden dome great to see it finally getting used, keep up the fantastic work ,We enjoy watching you guys every week as you work towards your dream, Best wishes from Gladstone Qld Australia

@ravenrock541 6 ай бұрын

If the wind is constant in its direction, why no wind mill power sources?

@9-o-mine 6 ай бұрын

I've been wondering, are you guys living in the dome now?

@nana_wwg1wga 6 ай бұрын

A garden tour would be awesome ❤️❤️🥰🥰

@wadeprior5203 6 ай бұрын

Good Morning. How you doing today? Looks like everything is coming together just sweet and fine. I guess you guys have a great day and God bless both of you.❤❤❤❤❤

@LilysElves 6 ай бұрын

Honey is supposed to help with allergies, there are two types of benadryl. One is traditional which is sleepy time the other is time released that you take in day, that will probably be what you need! I would love a garden tour! You are quite creative Jess! ❤ would love to see a video on the earth tubes! You both make me tired looking how much you toil! Amazing you both are!!! ❤️

@marydavis4533 6 ай бұрын

I would like to see her garden wall more closely.

@legend7ify 6 ай бұрын

............G'day, progress continues, upward and onward. Cheers and God bless, Malcolm.

@allon33 6 ай бұрын

I see you have a lot wood inside of your mud buildings, here in the Australian desert that would attract white ants to eat the wood, very quickly. If anything gets into that wood, it would be hard to stop.

@kar702 6 ай бұрын

Have you tried local honey for your allergies? I’ve heard that it can work.

@davesturhahn719 6 ай бұрын

The active ingredient in benadryl is dypenhydramine and you can ask a pharmacist for it ,and a bottle of 100 is way cheaper, and it is just as good

@bobbiemooser7417 6 ай бұрын

I just love your videos. Look at all the progress you are making. Keep it going we are seeing incredible progress ❤❤❤

@kevinhwcrabbe-mr3dy 6 ай бұрын

Hey Jess and Jim, I love what you guys done there. You got a good idea of building that wall over top of that centre entrance so nobody fall over and all that beautiful plants your wife makes putting out she does very nice. May God keep on blessing you too out there God sakes keep safe out here.

@jewelssylva3738 6 ай бұрын

Yes please‼️Spring into Summer Season Garden Update❣️

@brendamower1412 6 ай бұрын

I love those beautiful Cactuses, and your house is going to be amazing 👏 🤩

@BerylMatcham 6 ай бұрын

Good to work slowly but surely 🎉🎉. You guys are a great team xx ❤

@kellypalmer1077 6 ай бұрын

Jim, seriously, I am sorry for what I am going to say, I have no idea what you are thinking, I have done research on these tubes, tou are killing me and all I can do is watch 😢😢😢😢😢😢

@ourselfreliantlife 6 ай бұрын

There is no need to apologize for a different opinion.

@brettcrawford8878 6 ай бұрын

Second hand used roofing iron is a lot cheaper to buy most of the time. Silicone with a caulking gun could be used to fill any existing holes in used roofing iron. (If it can be found and building inspectors or inspections are not a problem. Often the side that was facing down when previously used looks newer and has less corrosion if used facing up.)

@jeffreycheney9990 6 ай бұрын

I was taken back a bit while watching you pull your gorilla cart of cob to the new home. The background looked like you had real cliffs and canyons. But when the camera changed angles, your “canyon vistas” were not that big. But your excavations are creating an interesting landscape. I like it. Keep it up, you will have a canyon for a back yard.

@jewelssylva3738 6 ай бұрын

One other thing, Jess. I know that you know that getting local honey from local beekeepers helps with seasonal allergies. Because they gather pollen from the local flora & that pollen is what triggers your allergies. But to innoculate your system with the local honey you need to consume a tablespoon (or a little more) all year long. Well 5 or 6 months prior to allergy season, which is both Spring & Autumn for me. So I take a tablespoon on toast or in my tea Daily. 🍯 Natures medicine. Everyone ought to know, Honey has more benefits to for your immune system, & it is a natural antibiotic plus it can help balance your blood sugar. Ask your nutritionalist if you are already Diabetic some diets can include it & some can't. ... Okay, I'll stop. I'm feeling very motherly today. 💜

@peggystutz8522 6 ай бұрын

How large would your garden have to be to sustain you both and can some veggies and fruit?

@inDirect-D 6 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to see the food variety they’re growing.

@KeepItSimpleSurvival 6 ай бұрын

Good Job....When is the roof on that igloo going to have more rocks and get finished?

@KD8EGV 6 ай бұрын

Brother you are a one man show.

@ericjohnson1008 6 ай бұрын

It's great seeing how y'all are getting things put together. This is exciting.

@LadyDi1946 6 ай бұрын

How about a garden tour?

@Clintster59 6 ай бұрын

Rock crusher would be an asset gravel walk ways would be a plus but that’s another project

@KarlaHafdahl 6 ай бұрын

my fav couple, God bless you both

@yrukind 6 ай бұрын

On the Central Coast of California I have experienced excessive allergies and congestion. Thankfully from the added rain we have experienced for the garden yet unfortunately there grow a lot of weeds. I've noticed more new weeds that haven't here in the past 20 years and no natives. I feel this is attributes to not being use to this level. I usually take a T 3-4 X a day of raw local honey. It must be local to your area so ingest the natural pollen around you. I do like it with some lemon and heavy cayenne or ginger on the tough days. I hope you feel better. Love watching your process.

@ZE308AC 6 ай бұрын

Garden tour

@everettplummer9725 6 ай бұрын

China is getting into permaculture, I hear that they are planting a few billion trees, in their desert. Planting trees and bushes, are ways to hold water, in a desert. I would go with berries. Elderberry starts, takes off quickly, and quick is what you want. Underground cisterns are common in Africa, where they have made great progress. Imagine the flora and fauna, that would show up?