Teaching your whole family the building blocks to life, genius. Thank you for sharing your journey together! It's like us viewers have become a part of your family. And for some of us who have had a rough family life at home... It really means a lot. Can't wait to see what lies ahead!
The room is beautiful, and the floor turned out great! It's lovely to see children helping to make their own home; it's like a huge arts and crafts project that is functional.
I am not sure how you folks do it. Every time I watch one of your videos I think it is the best ... then you top it with another fabulous one. I can not tell you what fun it is for me to watch all your energy and expertise for building. You are a joy to watch ... thank you for taking the time to share ... it is work to video edit and post. Thanks so much... Blessings
jim norlem Jim, you are the best. We can always count on you for an encouraging word. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Blessings to you & your family as well :)
I’ve always loved this family’s creativity combined with frugality and teamwork. It’s exactly what we all picture “Compound” living to be. A mini community.
Absolutely inspiring! We've been following your clan's creativity and energy over the last few years. We still have dreams such as these in our future...Our 4 children are 7 and under...May God bless you all, and keep the videos coming!
I've been a Boilermaker for almost 8 years. You obviously don't know anything about earth bags. You couldn't build what you're describing without having a much for detrimental impact to the environment than this house.
say what you will I loved this video I recently lost my job and was homeless for a spell fortunately I turned it around with help but I so enjoy seeing these videos of people doing creative things to make awesome homes
This is Fantastic. I'm so glad the paper floor projects are better. It looks Terrific Garen. Well Done. Love all the time you spend sharing with us. Thank You.
There are a few 5-6000 sqft. lots here for between $2000 to $4000. I plan to buy a lot and do the same in the future. Thank you for showing your vision which gives me more inspiration.
i love the look that the floor took on after the stain it is rich and beautiful. i want to do a paper floor and also mold seats aside my doorway into the cottage :D
PATRICK MCKOWEN LOL I think your children may be related to mine.... you know things are getting bad when you're all sitting at the table having dinner and you get a text message...can you pass the salt please..
I have always wanted to build my on place. I am now planning my future earth bag home with rocket stove. I'm really looking forward to more rocket stove videos.
Awesome people! watching this makes me wanna move to colorado or smth and settle down too! Gotta have my own clay pile though. Hello from Kyiv, Ukraine.
Please double check your pallet sources. If a pallet is branded on the side with an "HT", it means that it has been heat treated against pests. Any others are most likely fumigated--meaning that the pesticide is being burned (as in a stove) or coming into the house as furniture or building materials.
+Elizabeth Robinette Seems that the Pallet not to Burn is the one with this Logo,[MB]: "Methyl-bromide fumigation, this is a powerful pesticide (that has been linked to human health problems and ozone layer depletion) used to treat the wood to kill off invasive species like pine beetles. This type of treatment is banned in Canada and in a lot of countries because it poses a health risk to workers handling the pallets. But, you can still find it in some places. If you find a MB pallet, please do not use it for your craft projects or as firewood, find a waste-removal company who can dispose of it properly" ......thanks for the information.....
When I saw this I thought WOW. I'd love that. If I were only younger.e worked on this house for many years though our 40s and 50s but now older I wonder if we'd be able to shoulder all that work we see here. We'd like to move into a rural setting and have more room to grow food and have chickens.
one thing, you forgot the lime, lime 1part, with the 7 sand and 1 portland, will make a nice topper. we just worked on a rocket stove that needs a vent fan, as it has 65 ft of 10" dia duct, that dumps the heat to the floor. pretty cool setup
I'm trying to get my husband turned on by the natural building thing but he's got SHIPPING CONTAINER SHIPPING CONTAINER SHIPPING CONTAINER stuck in his head. Y'all are an inspiration! I hope if I play a mylittlehomestead marathon, he'll come around to it...
thesupermom1975 Tell him him how hot it will get in there in the summer. You'll be like sardines roasting under a tin roof. One of these earth bag homes would likely be the same temperature as the ground, which is significantly cooler- than ambient air temp in the summer, and warmer in the winter. Having an energy efficient home is all about having a lot of mass, and tin cans don't have any.
I like that you're not JUST doing cob and simple dirty things, but you're using those as foundations, layering refining, and finishing with better, resources, to make a more complete, and respectable structure. all told, it looks great! I really love the infloor heater! that should make for a nice toasty floor, I just hope nothing cracks, from the temperatures. still, the paper floor looked pretty snazzy! I'd be tempted to laydown thick rugs, cause essentially stone floors will get cold easily, and I don't know that it'd heat all the way around. but I'd love to have a link to an update, telling use how you built it is half the battle, telling use how well it's working, a month, a year after it's done..is also useful to know!
Very nice. One thing I thought of when I saw the flue buried in the ground....wouldn't the pipe rust, create holes and leaks? Not sure how long that would take. I have those (supposedly galvanized) pipes sitting in my garage and they rust, just sitting there. I was thinking masonry pipe sections, but those would leak too if there are ground movement issues...???? I would think underground flue's would have to be at least double layered and specially coated, to last for more than a couple years. I know...expensive. So I'm back to (sort of) old style radiant floor. Heat the water with the stove--run the hot water through underground rated piping. Seems safer and will last longer. Good issue for discussion though. Thanks for sharing your projects.
Also, from what I have learned about rocket mass heaters, you should perhaps incorporate an inspection hole, at the 180 deg bent in the piping - it tends to collect any fly ash, that made it so far into the ducting
OMG I love that floor! ...well and the rest as well, but that floor is fantastic (and the dark stain really put it over the top)! I *will* remember this... :)
That floor is gorgeous! Like a stained glass window! I'll have to find a tutorial to make it, if you guys don't already have one on here! Fantastic job!
A few years ago I went down for three months to Pisco, Peru where a devastating earthquake had leveled the city. Myself and usually about 100 volunteers on any given day did all sorts of construction work. With free/unlimited pallets and cement from the local cement company, donated/rejected utility poles and donated tarp I was able to design a modular system of 1mx2m panels which one team constructed at the volunteer location while the other team in four days laid the concrete pad. I'd designed/created jigs to make things an assembly-line process. We then drove the 14 panels to the home site and assembled them. The entire cost for a home was $500 including the furniture we built.
This one looks like it would work really well for a greenhouse. I would love to see an update on this heater to see how it held up and what if anything needed to be changed to make it more effecient.
Also this video is 3 years old so I was wondering in that time has there ever been any buildup in the spaces you cant get to or is it pretty easy to maintain?
The greatest thing in this video is how mom and pop are getting along!
i thought he was her grampa
i thought he was her grampa
Teaching your whole family the building blocks to life, genius. Thank you for sharing your journey together! It's like us viewers have become a part of your family. And for some of us who have had a rough family life at home... It really means a lot. Can't wait to see what lies ahead!
Also those floors turned out so cool!
The room is beautiful, and the floor turned out great! It's lovely to see children helping to make their own home; it's like a huge arts and crafts project that is functional.
I am not sure how you folks do it. Every time I watch one of your videos I think it is the best ... then you top it with another fabulous one. I can not tell you what fun it is for me to watch all your energy and expertise for building. You are a joy to watch ... thank you for taking the time to share ... it is work to video edit and post. Thanks so much... Blessings
jim norlem Jim, you are the best. We can always count on you for an encouraging word. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Blessings to you & your family as well :)
I’ve always loved this family’s creativity combined with frugality and teamwork. It’s exactly what we all picture “Compound” living to be. A mini community.
Beautiful Strutcture and Beautiful Family... just found your channel. I can see true JoY in your family.... what a gift
The addition of the tiles around the the stove not only make the stove...they make the room !
Absolutely inspiring! We've been following your clan's creativity and energy over the last few years. We still have dreams such as these in our future...Our 4 children are 7 and under...May God bless you all, and keep the videos coming!
I don't care what anyone says, this method of building for residential homes is superior to the Mchomes built these days.
I've been a Boilermaker for almost 8 years. You obviously don't know anything about earth bags. You couldn't build what you're describing without having a much for detrimental impact to the environment than this house.
That has got to be one of the most enjoyable presentations I've seen! Thank you.
The little homes are great so creative and very homey after their finish
say what you will I loved this video I recently lost my job and was homeless for a spell fortunately I turned it around with help but I so enjoy seeing these videos of people doing creative things to make awesome homes
+Mike Holmes
Cool... hang in there.
This is Fantastic. I'm so glad the paper floor projects are better. It looks Terrific Garen. Well Done. Love all the time you spend sharing with us. Thank You.
we love love love what you guys do...truly inspiring family!
wow that fllor looks like tile..i never would have guessed it was construction paper if i hadnt see you do it. awesome design
WOW I love it . turned out AWESOME. . I learn something new. you can build with almost anything . that's is a Awesome floor. you guys ROCK
There are a few 5-6000 sqft. lots here for between $2000 to $4000. I plan to buy a lot and do the same in the future. Thank you for showing your vision which gives me more inspiration.
That is a right proper house. Beautiful!
The floor reminds me of a crazy quilt. Very nice job.
I REALLY enjoy all your videos. Well done. This longer one was even better. Spectacular talent all. The room? AMAZING!!!
By far the best video i've seen on earthbag homes. Cheers from Texas!
These people are artists.
You guys are a joy to watch! Im left with such a positive attitude and inspiration after watching your videos.
That floor is amazing !!!! I have to do something like it!
That floor is beautiful.
What an amazing turn of events with that floor! Beautiful!
i love the look that the floor took on after the stain it is rich and beautiful. i want to do a paper floor and also mold seats aside my doorway into the cottage :D
Wish I had as many kids to help me out! Keep up the good work.
I have 2 - can't get them to clean their rooms -- can't imagine how I would get them to help build a room -- LOL
Cheers, Patrick
Don't want me no more kids! Had that for 30 years , nuf is e-nuf even if it's chocolate candy!
+PATRICK MCKOWEN lol That's great:)
PATRICK MCKOWEN
LOL I think your children may be related to mine.... you know things are getting bad when you're all sitting at the table having dinner and you get a text message...can you pass the salt please..
1. Move rural.
2. Spend a lot of time with your kids.
3. Teach your children how to be decent human beings.
4. Be a decent human being.
5. Goto 2.
I love those little rooms¬! Very smart for everyone!
I love the look of the floor that was done with the construction paper. :)
I have always wanted to build my on place. I am now planning my future earth bag home with rocket stove. I'm really looking forward to more rocket stove videos.
A great video. Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm and energy!
Hats off to you all. You folks are awesome! Love all the great ideas and how you capture them. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful!
I can feel the/my inspiration building!
This is exactly what I had in my gut, but couldn't quite figure it out.
Thanks guys!
Awesome people! watching this makes me wanna move to colorado or smth and settle down too! Gotta have my own clay pile though. Hello from Kyiv, Ukraine.
Awesome home. Awesome family.
WOW What a fantastic project with wonderful result.
Wow! This is amazing!!! Your videos are so informative!
You are ALL so talented. I enjoyed watching you work together.
Please double check your pallet sources. If a pallet is branded on the side with an "HT", it means that it has been heat treated against pests. Any others are most likely fumigated--meaning that the pesticide is being burned (as in a stove) or coming into the house as furniture or building materials.
+Elizabeth Robinette , Thank you for that info!
+Elizabeth Robinette Seems that the Pallet not to Burn is the one with this Logo,[MB]: "Methyl-bromide fumigation, this is a powerful pesticide (that has been linked to human health problems and ozone layer depletion) used to treat the wood to kill off invasive species like pine beetles. This type of treatment is banned in Canada and in a lot of countries because it poses a health risk to workers handling the pallets. But, you can still find it in some places. If you find a MB pallet, please do not use it for your craft projects or as firewood, find a waste-removal company who can dispose of it properly" ......thanks for the information.....
I love the floor! My favorite part!
love this stuff !!! these people are so innovative and creative.
Absolutely loved that movie. Does the heart good.
Wow that`s cool,Rocket stoves are the way to go.
When I saw this I thought WOW. I'd love that. If I were only younger.e worked on this house for many years though our 40s and 50s but now older I wonder if we'd be able to shoulder all that work we see here. We'd like to move into a rural setting and have more room to grow food and have chickens.
You all did a beautiful job. Love the floor and rocket mass heater.
just fantastic......
Love that floor !! it's a beautiful room 🤗❤
THAT, is seriously gorgeous.
one thing, you forgot the lime, lime 1part, with the 7 sand and 1 portland, will make a nice topper. we just worked on a rocket stove that needs a vent fan, as it has 65 ft of 10" dia duct, that dumps the heat to the floor. pretty cool setup
I'm trying to get my husband turned on by the natural building thing but he's got SHIPPING CONTAINER SHIPPING CONTAINER SHIPPING CONTAINER stuck in his head. Y'all are an inspiration! I hope if I play a mylittlehomestead marathon, he'll come around to it...
thesupermom1975 Lol :)
thesupermom1975 you will get your way it's much better
thesupermom1975 Tell him him how hot it will get in there in the summer. You'll be like sardines roasting under a tin roof. One of these earth bag homes would likely be the same temperature as the ground, which is significantly cooler- than ambient air temp in the summer, and warmer in the winter. Having an energy efficient home is all about having a lot of mass, and tin cans don't have any.
He's agreed to do something natural with pallets for the barn and he says we'll see how it goes. I'm wearing him down, y'all...I'm wearing him down!!!
thesupermom1975 let him make a video and see what he comes up with I too have containers in mind but it very costly in SA
I like that you're not JUST doing cob and simple dirty things, but you're using those as foundations, layering refining, and finishing with better, resources, to make a more complete, and respectable structure. all told, it looks great! I really love the infloor heater! that should make for a nice toasty floor, I just hope nothing cracks, from the temperatures. still, the paper floor looked pretty snazzy! I'd be tempted to laydown thick rugs, cause essentially stone floors will get cold easily, and I don't know that it'd heat all the way around. but I'd love to have a link to an update, telling use how you built it is half the battle, telling use how well it's working, a month, a year after it's done..is also useful to know!
MUY BIEN MUCHACHO
DESEARIA QUE TODOS LOS MUCHACHOS FUERAN COMO USTEDES
SUS PADRES DEBEN DE ESTAR ORGULLOSOS DE USTEDES
This family is too damn cool.
That floor is awesome.
love this and this family.......
I love that floor, it looks so good.
Very nice. One thing I thought of when I saw the flue buried in the ground....wouldn't the pipe rust, create holes and leaks?
Not sure how long that would take. I have those (supposedly galvanized) pipes sitting in my garage and they rust, just sitting there.
I was thinking masonry pipe sections, but those would leak too if there are ground movement issues...????
I would think underground flue's would have to be at least double layered and specially coated, to last for more than a couple years. I know...expensive.
So I'm back to (sort of) old style radiant floor. Heat the water with the stove--run the hot water through underground rated piping. Seems safer and will last longer. Good issue for discussion though. Thanks for sharing your projects.
most creative , open minds .god bless u all
what the heck that is unbelievable awesom great and fantastic
love the floor room
Wow - this really is a terrific video. Great job!
This is such a neat thing to do! I would like to do something like this for my daughter when she is a bit older...she's only 10 now.
Also, from what I have learned about rocket mass heaters, you should perhaps incorporate an inspection hole, at the 180 deg bent in the piping - it tends to collect any fly ash, that made it so far into the ducting
wow y'all make it look so easy!
oh look..a wholesome family.. I forgot what that looked like..
Very good job all.
Love the floor
OMG I love that floor! ...well and the rest as well, but that floor is fantastic (and the dark stain really put it over the top)! I *will* remember this... :)
That floor is gorgeous! Like a stained glass window! I'll have to find a tutorial to make it, if you guys don't already have one on here! Fantastic job!
+DarkQueen887
I can't remember where we found the vids. Somewhere on CZcams. Search paper bag floors.
wow very cool place, love the colored floor!
A few years ago I went down for three months to Pisco, Peru where a devastating earthquake had leveled the city. Myself and usually about 100 volunteers on any given day did all sorts of construction work. With free/unlimited pallets and cement from the local cement company, donated/rejected utility poles and donated tarp I was able to design a modular system of 1mx2m panels which one team constructed at the volunteer location while the other team in four days laid the concrete pad. I'd designed/created jigs to make things an assembly-line process. We then drove the 14 panels to the home site and assembled them. The entire cost for a home was $500 including the furniture we built.
still today one of my favorite youtube videos...How is that floor working for radiant this many years later???
That is amazingly beautiful x
Really nice parents!!
Gorgeous!
That's really cool - love the ingenuity - fabulous! :)
Great place for health air!
You guys deserve so many more views.
Great! You are an inspiration. Thank you.
You guys amaze me. That's all I can say.
This was very enjoyable to watch! :-] I like your family energy! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, awesome awesome floor! Maybe one day you could give us a tour of the whole property :)
Looks great!
I just found your channel and I am Caught up on your newest series and I’m going back and watching your old stuff and I’m absolutely loving it
LOVE IT
love all your videos thanks for all the great ideas... its great how you all get along so well.
This one looks like it would work really well for a greenhouse. I would love to see an update on this heater to see how it held up and what if anything needed to be changed to make it more effecient.
Also this video is 3 years old so I was wondering in that time has there ever been any buildup in the spaces you cant get to or is it pretty easy to maintain?
Great work guys. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks a lot for making this video! Really gets me motivated!
excellent
gorgeous
You guys are a cool family! Great job and team work!
Looks terrific. Every time you guys do one of these rooms/homes, you get better and better. What's next?
thats aamazing, the dark stain on the floor looked great. If it cracks and fails later you could look into an epoxy resin coating.
Awesome video as usual. I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge and ideas. Great room, I really love that floor!
love the floor!!!!
Lol 😂 you guys are funny! Take a picture of it now and post it
Great video. Loved it. Thanks for sharing.
the floor made me jealous!!!~~~ LOL