WILL WE EVER FINISH THIS

Lately, on the build, it feels like we are running a race . . .
But the problem is that if feel like the finish line keeps moving.
We accomplish one task, and think, “There! Now we are closer to finishing the build.”
But then, another task pops up.
It’s frustrating, but the only thing we can keep doing is keep showing up.
The truth of it is, there is a defined finish line, and we can clearly see it, but every step seems to take a little longer than we anticipate.
This is how the whole build has been, but I think it may feel harder these days because we REALLY can see the end, and we are SO EXCITED to get there.
Follow along, as we keep showing up on the build to make progress toward completing our self built home.
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And now a little back story on us, in case you just found us on KZbin. We’re Sara and Ryan. We are your average suburban family, but 10 years ago, we purchased a raw piece of land in the Hood Canal in Washington. We’ve been developing this piece of property slowly, and this year we knew it was time to go all in. So we purchased a log cabin kit home and decided that 2020 would be the year we built a house on our property. We plan to build this cabin (as much as we can) on our own.
Unfortunately, some unforeseen events in 2020 that were completely out of our hands put a delay on our cabin kit being produced and delivered in the time frame we had originally planned. While we could have just waited it out and pushed back starting on the build of our home, we decided to shift gears and change our course for the time being. We purchased a 30 foot yurt, and will be setting it up as additional living space when we begin to build our cabin.
In the summer of 2021, we FINALLY moved to the Hood Canal so we could start the build of our future home. While we are building our home, we are living in a camper trailer and the yurt that we built in the summer of 2020. We hope to have our cabin kit home built by the end of 2023. Just my husband and I are building the house. We get help here and there from friends along the way and we do plan to get help on the roof but other than that we are doing it all on our own.
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[@jimdelong949]

I know the things you're working on now seem to take forever. But just look how far you've come when you look at the entire build. You should never separate a wife from her kitchen stove or her washer. 😊 Glad you were able to get yours back in place. Cute hearing Sarah singing the tunecat the end. 😊

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

It helps when we look back at the very beginning before we had insulation, before we had electrical or plumbing and we have accomplished so much. This WILL be the year we move in.

[@user-om8jz8xr6s]

I am getting so excited with you guys, closer and closer. ❤❤❤

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

Thank you! We're getting excited, too.

[@seanclark7783]

I served in the Army and have been clean accross the USA and to Canada, Mexico, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi, Kuwait and Iraq

[@karenolson5556]

Your almost there...I can't wait to see you move in!!! Great job guys!!!

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

Getting closer!!

[@debibliss6541]

It's such a pleasure to watch a couple work together towards a common goal. And the fact that you also make me laugh is a plus. I wouldn't miss your videos for anything. Thanks for bringing a smile to my face and teaching me a thing or two in the process!!

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

Ahh... Thanks so much for cheering us on. It's truly been amazing to have a literal cheering section for us when we are feeling down about the build. I'm glad we make you laugh too. Bonus!

[@rhondabrown7269]

Sarah, with wood it will expand and contract depending on the long term temperatures. Mine shift in the spring and winter.

[@Tomwheat1289-uj8gc]

I still would have given it a light oil stain all over before it was installsd

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

Our growing and shrinking walls are actually because not every wall is 100% plumb. The framers weren't totally exact. Lol!

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

Every wall will be polyurethaned. We did that to our ceiling boards and some walls that are too high and awkward to get to after installation, but to get done with the shiplap install, we're saving a lot of that till the end.

[@Tomwheat1289-uj8gc]

@@OneFootOfftheGridI believe reg poly will yellow over time.

[@arpiyeretsian8924]

Love it so much already ❤

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

Thank you!

[@IXISSV]

Just think ...soon, there will be an episode without shiplap! 😂😂 Great job again both 🥂🍻

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

We can't wait for that day, and we know that YOU, our audience, must be getting a little tired of seeing shiplap go up. On to more entertaining things soon!

[@sylviakay-jones3674]

brilliant guys its all looking fantastic 👏👏👍👍🥰🥰🥰

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

Thank you so much!

[@djburland]

Having a laugh after your shiplap show comment! By the way, all Timber buildings shrink in summer and expand in winter xx

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

Lol! We've both said a few times "we're so tired of shiplap". Getting closer to the end of it, though. I think our walls that "shrink and grow" are more of an issue of not being 100% plumb. But maybe I'll start telling myself that its just that wood expands and contracts.

[@daviddarnell8898]

Of course that change is due to humidity. If you built in Arizona or the dry parts of Mexico, you'd only have a little swelling during the short monsoon season.

[@dorothywilliams8306]

Brian and Sarah you all have came a long way building your home and now you are all most done it’s getting closer to moving in time and I am so happy for you guys and I know you guys are so ready to god bless you guys this for and he is going to give you all the strength to finished your beautiful home

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

Thank you.

[@yvonbarrier1829]

It's looking good ❤. Greetings from England xxx

[@armidaperez5360]

Yes it looks great I agree.. and it's a house that ❤ built Your both helping to build it Ryan & Sara ..comments won't allow me to comment on my own 🤷

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

Thank you!

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

I just had a little chuckle when Ryan corrected our kids as if I'm the foreman of this project. I don't want that kind of responibility. And thank you Armida. Sometimes it's hard to remember that it's all a labor of love.

[@patriciafuchs5970]

It’s going to be pleasant doing laundry in that room. My only question is whether the wood will expand and contract due to heat and humidity.

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

We're not sure. The dryer is vented and we do have the option of turning on the bathroom fan if needed . . .

[@conniewright8080]

When glass jars are stuck together - put them in hot water & very carefully wedge them apart - since this is iron maybe heating them up a little with a lighter (using gloves) until they come apart.... or 1 more suggestion - slim needle-nose pliers going around many times will loosen them enough - with a thin screw driver..patience will be required....good luck

[@StacyForest738]

We are building a house too and I totally feel what you are saying about the goal keeps moving. I estimated electric would take us a couple weeks, tops. Nope, took almost two months! OMG, the way that I was so done with electric by the time we finished that. Sheetrock just had its final sand today! Yay! Your house and looking so good.

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

Everything takes so long even when you think you've budgeted extra time. Plumbing took us forever! Where abouts are you building?

[@StacyForest738]

@@OneFootOfftheGrid We are on the Cumberland Plateau in middle TN. Yes, plumbing was a pain for us too!

[@steveokeeffe8130]

Nice job ,it's coming together. SWEET!! best to buy the set of hole drills.

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

That’s what I (Sara) told him. Time to buy a new set 😂😂

[@nataliaraileanu5335]

Bravo! Succese mari! Așteptăm să vă mutați în casă. Salutări din Moldova.

[@maryr5640]

Hopefully, the electrician doesn't put the switch too far back when you install the fan😬 I know it feels so great to have such willing helping hands! Looking great 👍 👌

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

😂😂 that darn electrician.

[@sarahschlosser1203]

I am sure you are ready to be done with the shiplap. I can't wait to see the what the railing will look like and the floors.

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

Yes, so ready to move on to the next chapter. We are excited to start working on the railing both inside and out.

[@user-td5gv8mz1g]

Fun video. Thank you.

[@1ronco]

That's TONGUE AND GROOVE. DIFFERENT FROM SHIP LAP. GEEZ

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

@@1ronco we’re actually using both products. Shiplap on the walls and t@G for the ceiling.

[@1ronco]

Ah, this is the first video that I've seen that. Are you painting it?

[@poo2764]

Love you girl 🤣😛😇 You too must have nightmares about shiplap? But ye are getting to a place where ye can see light at the end of the tunnel. Yes the day will come. ☘☘☘☘☘☘☘

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

We'll trust you on that one. No actual nightmares yet, but it does make it challenging to keep going day after day. Reminds us a little of plumbing.

[@garylcampbell9964]

looks really good.

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

Thank you.

[@lauriejonelsonfranks4986]

Curious what you haven't done railing. Scares me every time you use the stairs 😢❤!

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

It's coming up next on our list once we get the shiplap walls done.

[@markkaes3144]

Sara Shiplap… oh boy, we’ll all be glad 😂🎉

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

Yesterday, we just recorded myself saying that I think all of you will ONLY see us doing one or two more episodes of shiplap. The end is NEAR!!

[@markkaes3144]

@@OneFootOfftheGrid we felt that way with drywall and then one day it was over… if I never do drywall again it may be too soon lol

[@nancyhoward7575]

What a beautiful house! Just joining. Are there any concerns about troubleshooting any problems later behind the ship lap?

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

It would be the same issue with drywall. If a problem comes along, we'll have to remove the shiplap to gain access and then repair.

[@user-eu9tk6wr1k]

The house is looking great you guys are doing a awesome job I nicknamed the house (grand woody) l.o.l.

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

😂😂😂 thank you!

[@daviddarnell8898]

Do you "feel" like you'd have moved in years ago if you hadn't decided to use the admittedly, pretty but slow to install, shiplap and tongue and groove?

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

It certainly feels like we've been doing it a LONG time! In reality maybe we could have saved a couple weeks, but installing sheetrock isn't a skillset that either Sara or I had, so there would have been a steep learning curve as well. In the end we are happy with all the wood.

[@rachelkoch9560]

Why didn't you put the electric panel in the laundry room

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

There wasn't enough clearance for where I wanted to put it, and the access from below would have made it challenging to run all the wires down and through that crawlspace (directly below that wall is a footer).

[@djburland]

Hello honey, can we change the shiplap?

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

What would you like to change it to?

[@Tomwheat1289-uj8gc]

What do yall do with endless eggs.

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

Scrambled eggs, hard boiled eggs, eggs over easy, frittatas, quiches. Baking cookies. 😂😂 we eat quite a few eggs. But when we have too many for our family then we gift some to friends. We don’t have enough chickens to consistently sell them, but it’s fun to gift farm fresh eggs to friends. And thankfully, our ducks are boys so no duck eggs!!

[@connyscheringa6106]

🤗❤❤✌

[@waderue]

I am not sure why your putting up shiplap in the mechanical room in most you don't because you get at stuff

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

Well the mechanical room is just right at the back of our laundry room. So leaving insulation exposed would have looked bad. If it was its own room, we likely wouldn't have finished the walls.

[@juliehuntington4825]

Is that a combo W/D? If not... where's your dryer?

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

I WISH it was a combo!! Our dryer will stack on top. However, it currently lives on our porch hooked up to a 5 gallon propane tank 😂😂 I haul the wet laundry through the house and out the sliding glass doors to the dryer. We need to reroute our dryer vent before we bring the dryer in and stack it.

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

It isn't a combo. We are going with a stacking model and our dryer is out on our deck right now. We knew we weren't completely done with shiplap so we didn't have to unstack and restack them 2 times. The dryer will find it's home on top of the washer soon.

[@brianankerso5284]

Hi! I still do not understand Why your don’t haven’t any protection between the insulation and the the timber in several years your will got huge problems with dust from the insulation Best wishes from Brian Kungshamn Sweden

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

What kind of protection would you use? Like a plastic barrier?

[@brianankerso5284]

Here in Sweden we have a kind of protected paper using after Rockwool but I see that different in US hope you’re don’t get problems in the future. Like follow the hard working couple Best regards Brian

[@flynnster]

Spray WD 40 to loosen it

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

I'll give it a try. I was thinking some sort of penetrating oil.

[@josefreck1103]

👍👍👋👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻☺🤗😉

[@mortenmyhrmoen7592]

🇳🇴👍👍👌

[@KrissBartlett]

good job but hey dont give up your day job your singing hahahah joke ok

[@OneFootOfftheGrid]

I (Sara) was actually a music teacher for 18 years so . . . 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️