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Wow!! Amazing!! I have been searching for the best countertop mix and have been undecided between the Quikrete mix and another brand sold on the web. After watching your video I decided to go with the Quikrete as it is more accessible and a little less expensive. Do you mind sharing how many bags did it take? Thanks again for the very informative video.

I’d never use aluminum with concrete. Doesn’t matter what you put on it that aluminum will eventually turn to a white gross material. I see it every day at my job where the aluminum meets concrete. Not to mention it’s a very soft metal and scratches easily. But hey it’s your kitchen not mine.

I wish she’d make a garden for the animals along with an animal trough with a little camera set up to catch the wildlife 💗 😢 We have already destroyed of so much of their land, please make an effort to give back what you can.

Love this video. Great tips thank you. Just moved out here from texas, way different climate and im trying to transform the backyard garden

This little hut looks simply like a sweltering hot box in summer.

it looks like your drywall and insulation adds up to $7k not $17k from what I see on your sheet.

You forgot the rebar.

Maybe it was drying too fast for reasons like: humidity too low, direct sunlight, wooden forms absorbing water, too hot out, blocks were too small to retain moisture, etc.

Completely shading the exterior walls with overhang dimension would knock off a degree or two. In south Louisiana that was the purpose of the wrap around second story balcony/ porches to avoid direct sun on the walls.

Needless to say at this point you all are in Olympic Athlete condition.

Always keep your hand five inches away from the snout of your nail gun. Injected nails happen lightning fast and are painful. Working overhead on your soffit was painful I'm sure after all that wall tamping. God bless you all.

The test blocks seemed to fracture about the same distance to the proportion. Perhaps resorting to a more common brick size would eliminate the fracturing and lay them like bricks. Hat's off to you guys, I'm a contractor in Houston and all that is labor intensive.

Gradient instruction thank you so much and you make it very simplistic

Pouring concrete, without plastic underneath it, is a really bad idea. The sand ground will absorbe the water out of the concrete bottom layer, and because of that it can never become as hard and solid as needed, and will crack easily. Also you pored the concrete without a metal mash or fiber strings. I wouldn`t have done it that way.

This was fantastic! Thank you!

Ze bestaan nog de vakman, geweldig dat u dit allemaal kan 🙏👌heb met plezier gekeken bedankt 👍

You don't need a mini split in Arizona. When it rains and it's too humid for a mini split the sun is blocked I live in Mesa and my evaporative cooler cools my 2100 ft² two-story house keeps it below 80 all day keeps us chilly at night and I save tons on AC costs

All that thing needs is an evaporative cooler and I would be in heaven

Hi April, I was just thinking about you and Red. I hope you're both well and enjoy your new house. Take care of yourself ❤Peggy❤

Getting ready to this myself. Don't have much choice. My double wide is literally collapsing. Thank you for this video.

The soil from under trees is leaf mold. Its better from the tall forests. But it contains all the local microbes.

started this series at #1 and im blown away by the knowledge you have.... I want to build my own living structure and I feel overwhelmed watching your videos. did you have prior experience in all of these fields or did you just do lots of research and learned things as you went? you speak very confidently when explaining whats going on.

Im in tonopah. My chip drop was full of pine needles and mesquite seeds. Now i got 70+ mesquite, 50+ sunflowers, watermelons, tons of acorn squash i cant even eat all of it, cucumbers, carrots, and im using sorgum and rye to feed back to the soil. Good luck!

The shower is too small as the angle on the spray will arc farther out then how does it drain?

What is the roof pitch? Im starting the framing on my desert cottage this month and im currently planning a 2/12 pitch on my metal roof.

Wow no rebar, going to have many cracks…..

Great job

Longevity not longetivity

How deep is the well

What happened? Used to love these vide

i recommend planting some trees from the out side of the garden it'll keep the garden inside a bit cooler and a bit shaded from the hellish sun of the summer like maybe papaya or madras thorn they have delicious fruit maybe even a palo verde you could even plant a prickly pear or a peruvian apple cactus all really good and can survive there

That was a very, very hot summer. Even my cacti we’re struggling.

I had the cutter ants. I ended up digging up the nest and moving it to another location.

Ahh the challenges of living in the desert 🥴 at least you can get decent soil to work with. I’m in high dry hot 🥵 sandy windy desert in nw Nevada. Seldom get rain ☹️ but have a well. Even have an evap cooler for greenhouse 😆 And shade cloth is a must Your garden is really cute & glad you found some good soil. Have a great day 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

don't worry . you can compost the powdery mildew

what variety of okra and cucumbers did you grow? thank you

powdery mildew comes from hot days and cool nights btw. what is mesquite soil?

thanks for sharing! I'm in Patagonia.

looks like you need a ladder broseph

I would like to see it after the final waxing.

Good job checking the template.

I don’t trust Aircrete to provide protect against Missiles thrown during High Wind Events. That’s why I refuse to use it to construct my Dome.

On my moms window, the channel balancer is all the way up on one side when the window is closed. So its not in the window anymore. Does that mean the spring is damaged or broken? We have yet to take the window apart as both her windows are like this, but one still opens while the other doesn't. The one that still opens, however, is a...its a pain, so she doesnt open it except a few inches. She's afraid she wont be able to close it again. I wanna tinker with both windows, but she's apprehensive because she's a fraid we wont be able to put it back together. Lol

I started installing 12 round mesh for HyperAdobe yard retaining walls. My setup is not very good. can you provide a link to the “sand bag mesh” 18” round you purchased? Thank you.

what ever happened with Kyle's hyperadobe home...finally got my property in Arizona in golden valley are you guys close to there hope to hear from yas would love to see kyles finished home !!!!

Screed, not screet but good work!

Imagine believing this lying trash lives "off-grid"

Coat the aircrete surface with brushable plaster/Paint slurry: Mix up a bit of white cement, water and sodium silicate (2% by weight), Highly reflective (High SRI) and very durable.

I dry sand it... Not an aggressive sanding, just basically polishing with 400 grit 3M. Wet sanding at that stage of the cure is guaranteed to leave noticeable streaking and swirling in the surface. That may be desirable depending on the look you're going for

Amazing that you're controlling the thickness by eye. I've seen tile setters lay a mortar bed by setting a 1x3 metal ground to trowel up to. Have you ever thought of making your own earthen floor tile?