Tiny Texas Houses' "Willy Wonka" on making magic reusing wood
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- čas přidán 15. 09. 2014
- Brad “Darby” Kittel came to Texas living on a converted school bus. He had planned to write the Great American Novel, but he ended up buying up boarded-up homes and fixing them up using materials he salvaged from other old houses, barns and buildings.
After a couple decades refining his salvage mining techniques, he began using his collection to build “new” tiny portable homes from salvage. The prefab homes, measuring 64 square feet and up, are built from 99% salvaged materials. The other 1% is for things like electrical parts, plumbing, nails, screws, and some insulation materials.
Since he builds with natural materials (mostly wood) or materials that have already off-gassed, he calls his homes “organic” (he makes clear he doesn’t use plastics, formaldehyde, sheetrock, VOC paints, latex paint, carpet or toxic glues and minimal vinyl or PVC).
Kittel has started a tiny home community on his land in Luling, Texas to embracing what he calls Pure Salvage Living. Right now he offers the homes as rentals so people can experience a “truly organic house”. Some of the homes are being lived in longer term by employees and interns and the compound has a community kitchen and bath house. Kittel also hopes his village, or villages, will become completely independent from zoning and regulations by voting to become independent towns.
He’s also dug “four million years” beneath his home in search of fresh water and living space. He’s supported this huge underground world with salvaged railroad ties. At the bottom of main cave lies a pool of water where Kittel hopes to practice fish farming and access drinking water if necessary.
There are also caves down here that could be used as living spaces. Kittel has already occupied one (directly beneath his home) using an old RV (it was craned in before his home was built). He can access it through a trap door beneath his home and currently he uses it for solitude, but he sees its potential for underground living.
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“Why would you want to go in-debt all these children when you can teach them how to build a house for almost nothing?” Amen, brother, amen.
I agree
The government don't get hardly any property tax from small houses compared to big houses. Soon all tiny houses will be banned because there will be too many big houses not being bought.
Wow! There's a lot to learn from this wonderful guy.
I watched this film about 6 years ago, moved to texas, met this dude and now live in a tiny house made of salvaged materials. Thanks, Kirsten & @faircompanies !
Every time he says “so this way there’s no tax” I want to shake his hand and pat his back.
Amen!
Thank you wish you were in ct love what you do thank you I am grateful 🙏
Right. LOL 🤣
The knowledge this man possesses is astounding....He should be categorically listed as a national treasure.
I bet authorities did not like his community because of not making money on his projects. That is a pity. The buildings were beautiful.
After this video, the government knows all about it. No tax income for local government, No income for construction crews crews. Yeah its gone now.
Fascinating guy from his knowledge, passion, no shoes and no body fat.
“These are the last of the masters of the earth...”. Total respect for trees with that statement.
True. This guy should be commended by the Government for saving those salvaged woods and items making good use out of it which will contribute a great part in saving the Earth. He cares so much for the Earth and Human beings which is nice(",)
Values every trash and makes good use out of it and turns ally of them to great works of Tiny Houses
Agree.🌱
As an HVAC contractor it’s insane to me how much regulation there is in building. It’s such a racket. Your a damn genius.
As a man who just ate a sandwich, I would agree 100%
@@greasymuchacho as an alien who just voided what you humans would call my bowels I indeed also agree!
@@DanielBooneSpoon as a radioactive cannibal I support it.
as a dragon raging through cyberspace i concur
Its' Common Sense! Unfortunately, it's a rare form of thinking these days!
His concern for the youth/humanity is sincere and righteous
Brad thinks for himself, has heart and clarity. He’s awake, smart and passionate about helping people and the earth. Thank you Brad! This video is so inspiring. Thank you!
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2 true…
Byway is Texas codes still the same as he had mentioned?
This dude is a mad genius. I cannot decide which is more prevalent MADNESS or GENIUS. Either way I like his ideas, motivations, and willingness to experiment.
Zeev Kirsh He does not speak fast at all...moron.
Zeev Kirsh I believe his speech is 'excited'! He should be! He IS a genius! He just can't explain as fast as he thinks! :-) Brilliant!
MetusBatman V3 Yes, I believe he does speak quickly. I live in NYC and even I think he speaks quickly. But what I really want to know is why it is important for you to call someone else a "moron". Does that improve your day or make you a more complete person?
Wallace Murray You're a moron. Do you even know how many words per minute he is speaking, moron? No, you don't...and if you think he is speaking fast then you have brain damage. Also learn the purpose of a question, moron.
Zeev Kirsh I loved watching this guy as well. I have ADD, however it brings out my thirst for knowledge along with my creative and artistic talents. it's sort of a disguised gift with a title. lol:D I was thinking his guy behavior (the hyper activity actions to get things done) seems to somewhat fit in the ADD diagnose. But I really like your way of describing this guy. I find him very intelligent, educational and enjoys sharing his talents and knowledge. He's a self made genius. :)
A teacher for the world. He's showing just how good thinking and planning could change things so many.
🌱.
“My generation destroyed the family“. That was powerful.
I agree...a very profound and bold cultural statement slipped into lots of technical and scientific info. He ain't wrong.
Thank God my parents haven't destroyed my family lol
@@willworkfordoge You were one of the lucky ones.
@@farmyourbackyard2023 I know and don't think I take it for granted. I have seen drugs and money destroy families, even ones in my extended family, so I know I am lucky for sure.
@@willworkfordoge They're not talking about what one family can do to destroy itself, but what an entire generation can do to destroy family culture for everyone.
I'd be less afraid of drug users and more afraid of artificial isolation. The family they're talking about is nuclear family vs non-nuclear family. The nuclear family is one man one woman and some kids living together in a house. No grandparents, no cousins, no aunts and uncles, no family friends, and no ASSISTANCE or CULTURE. You don't get to interact with people of older and wiser age with family cultural and traditional knowledge, and your parents have to raise you and your siblings without any other adults in a house. I don't know if you have kids of your own or not, but two adults CANNOT raise even one child without help. And worse, if one adults is abusive, the other cannot kick them out safely. They NEED backup from other adults. And for children, learning as many different mindsets as possibly leads to a healthy, safer life where you're better able to think for yourself and have a stronger, truer sense of what's "normal" and acceptable.
Drug abuse, despite the fact that it can ruin lives, is a relatively straightforward problem that can be easily addressed by mental health professionals when the person has access to such resources and is not afraid to utilize them. Shedding light on drug abuse and developing empathy for people with addictive personality disorder can turn things around greatly.
Being isolated, that fucks people up just as badly. There's no changing things if you are cut off from your extended family. People need roots. Without roots, we're prime targets for capitalism and fascism, having nobody left to help us but the 1000x overpriced built-to-break products, jobs that take from us more than they pay, and a lack of any identity other than a national one.
Basically, people become slaves when they don't work for eachother. That's why community is so important. When we work for eachother, we make ourselves stronger, instead of all of us giving and giving to a distant entity that never gives back.
Stayed here once. It was Amazing and Brad was a very nice person.
Nice :D
How much does it cost to stay overnight?
He was ?
Wow!
Loved everything you did when I buy my property I want to instill all the things that you did I love every single one or you married? Just kidding anyways please send me your email or your DM me would love to buy that book and find out more
Just the organization of all those salvage materials is astounding. So cleanly stacked and stored. A unique, productive and inspired individual!
I noticed that. W O W!
I agree
I'm also just crazy about the stained glass!
My only "tiny" bugaboo
Are the bathroom arrangements
-lol
Gotta have a sanitary bidet
Oh & Brad, with all of that
Beauitful wood & nails
Please
Gotta have shoes!!
He can walk around barefoot, and doesn’t worry about stepping on a nail.
Make him in charge of HUD!!!!
@@dorothygarland1483 He's grounded barefoot...😎👍
man, this dude's energy is amazing
This is the mind & body minus toxins. Just a sample of the brilliance each generation lost to an artificial environment. They will NEVER do away with oil or oil products.
@@an-tm3250 That is all plastic is: oil. There is a machine built in Japan that converts plastic to fuel though.
@@johnnymeyer4253 The machine was created in India. May we'll be one in Japan now too tho. Heck, there's people doing it in there back yard in the US. Only excuse is lazyness and regulations!
When I first started watching this, I thought, here we go, another crazy hippy trying to save the world. 35 min in and I'm fixated. The guy is a wealth of knowledge, a true generalist in the greatest respect of the world. Looking forward to seeing more of his stuff now.
I like the idea of teaching kids, especially troubled kids on how to build these tiny houses
red flag
@@n.p.5627 ?
That would easily remove the "troubled" from them.
@@jameshardison5619 Yep, absolutely.
It would completely cure them.
I want to go apprentice under this guy! This is awesome, so glad that there is people like this.. taking ‘trash’ to make functional art, amazing.
Contact him. I'm sure he would love the opportunity to teach someone and share his vision for the future.
@@DesertSkiesAV how
@@mandyscardino7798 to be invited there, you would have to show some gumption
Me too!!!!
I'm ready to sign on. Lets make the world a better less wasteful place. If there are land issues let build them to float 😉
I stayed here with my sister on our cross-country trip a few years back. We each had our own tiny tiny house. It was quite the experience-very cool.
Do they have a website?
Awesome 👍!!! Did you get to meet this man?
@@marywelden7692 Yes it's in the description just below this video. I just looked at it. Pretty awesome.
This guy was the kid that stayed out all day in the summer and built forts in the woods!
I was thinking the same!
Me and my friends did that. We built a 3 story fort with scrap from trash when they were building the houses. We were 12 13 when we did that one . I’m saving now for property 😂
Hello 👋 we did it the the late 1960s and 1970s here in England..best childhood ever ! Back then it was safer for kids to be out in the woods and fileds of course but we had a gang of kids and we all looked out for each other awsome days I'm nearly 60 now and I've just built a mancave from 12.6 by 4.6 pallets it's awsome so we older generation still got it 👍😀
Hell ya that's what we always did! Any huge boulders we'd find we'd make into a cave house or build dams in the rivers or cabin in the woods, hell we had like 5 square miles of vines in the woods we called it Vine City n made all kinds of shit using the vines, swings n hammocks, we would spend all day until dark, try to make it home before we couldn't see in the dark...this guy on the show needs to take a trip up here to Pennsylvania, it would be like hitting the lottery, there's so many old old houses needing torn down but have nice vintage pieces he'd probably be able to use to make a bunch more tiny houses...tons of steel too from the old steel mills n train tracks
@@metaldetectingengland Same in Germany :)
I love these little houses. There's something aesthetically beautiful about them. The government wants us to live in plastic & composit houses that we can't afford & all look the same.
It's not implicitly bad motives. Certain of the regulations are for safety - though certain things are still not safe, as he points out. And certain other regs are standards so that fewer manufacturers are ripping people off, selling demonstrably shoddy things. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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He's like a building savant, man this guy could change the world for low income housing or homeless living.
Please no red tape, let this guy do his thing with no objections from the government.
+sweetdaddy coolaid Yeah, right. Put low income or homeless people in these homes and pretty soon the homes will be trashed and worthless.
these homes are made for most of nothing, why wouldn't people who don't make a lot of money not want one ? of course you would need land and you would need to make money so you could pay your mortgage, there are homeless people who work 40 hours a week, they just don't make a lot of money. not all poor people are bad people or drug addicts, they just want a good place to live in. Most of us can't afford a 450,000 house especially where I live in the LA area. Just watch some of those house hunter shows for the LA are, those homes are real small and they want 750,000 to live in a good area and in some bad areas. The problem is when your in an expensive city you don't feel like you have a good chance at living in a safe neighborhood. I don't want to buy a house in Compton for 500,000 dollars. Why not buy a tiny home for under 100,000 and you will own it. I live way out to have a house I can afford, this would just be another option for those that don't want to move way out of the city.
+sweetdaddy coolaid ikr,and this man makes a lot of sense when he talks about all the disease causing modern materials all around us. Pretty scary!!
natural materials is the way to go, but it doesn't scare me. life on Mars scare me
This Dude is A Total Legend we so need more people that have the same Mindset and this Planet would be great.👍👍👍
There are hundreds of these salvage businesses in Spain. They are called "Derribos" derived from demoliciones y desguaces. Absolute goldmines. This guy is doing great work.
Please do an annual update on 'Willy Wonka' of Tiny Texas Houses.' January 2020
He has Facebook page
@@fringestream990 What name is his Facebook under?
@@chanthamey3914 It looks like somebody's little kid figured out how to text!😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣
My grandfather was a master carpenter back in late 1800’s. Several of his houses are still standing tall! 😊
wow. good job ancestor!
So cool!
Great 👍👍👏👏
I wish with all my heart America had a few billion like him in this world today and if only 1/2 of them were the big box home building contractors today? Woowee!
Such a fascinating person, and I love what he's doing! I feel like he'd run a cult though haha.
Love this! More communities like this one need to be built. Yes, the family concept of living together has evaporated. We need to bring this back, this way we can take care of our elderly, and our children.
@Evelyn Salinas We tend to think that the younger generation is dropping the ball, but I have noticed through the years, it's our elders that have taught our younger generation a self serving, self centered mind set. The "me, me, me" and "big house, nice cars", way of life started 50 years ago and seems to be getting more severe as the years pass. I know elders that wouldn't pay on their own child's funeral because they didn't want to give up their money for their travel/vacations. This is not someone I'll be taking care of in their old age. This is why the "family circle" has been broken. Everyone wants to gain so much, even to the point they lose their connection and responsibilities to their family. It's truly sad.
As a senior, I concur.
I hope no one has stopped him yet cuz his vision is brilliant n_n
Your iconic documentaries, Brad Kittel and Lloyd Khan are the inspirations for my 95% salvaged home. I built my 188 sq foot home for 1500 cdn. Thank you so much for the best of the best. Brads a man who is passionate for life. His empathy is a lesson more could heed
I’m loving everything he’s saying here in Jan 2020. Mad Genius.
LOL - I just watched today! I'm better late than never too. Going to his channel now for updates.
@@1ndygirl me too lol
Wow I just stumbled upon this amazing man and I want to leave my life of just working .. working & more work to pay bills to just exist
Unbelievably clever ,this guy is, I would love to live this way
i was assuming it was released just for me today
@@sophiajoyceferry7150 - nobody is stoping you. Just do it...
I love how well he speaks & how knowledgeable he is compared to the idiocracy of today.
Much of what he's talking about is basic, common sense that most people of the WW2 generation had & thankfully some of it's trickled down, but later generations are an embarrassment for neglecting their kids to chase nonsense instead.
While I don’t really agree with your sentiment… if we’re going by your logic, the ww2 generation raised the generation that are all (allegedly) neglecting their kids.
“Then along came the government” I absolutely love your expressive way of telling a story!!! Tell it like it is Howard Cosell 💕
Ok, I'm going to have to watch this video like 3 times. He gave out so much information to process, my brain is spinning in my skull. Lol 🌪️🌪️🌪️
indeed
Haha Totally agree here. A genius all for his own good. Hopefully for mine if my brain can speed up a little lol
@@arlettasloan6453 books like The Window Sash Bible can be found on the internet! old wood windows are an obscure but fascinating subject.
Me too - the guy is cool and caring 🤗👍
Yep I totally feel the same
I need to take a 2 week vacation and just absorb this man's knowledge.
I absolutely love the 2 story tiny house with the stain glass window upstairs.
You know what?
I am so happy to finally see someone with an answer to the manufactured housing crisis!!! I always believed housing codes have predatory requirements built in amongst all the good.
"What am I going to do? Rape a rainforest?" I love this guy, he has the greatest intentions and a passion for this.
Wow here I am 7 years later finding a comment of mine. 7 years this video planted a seed in me and though it has been a slow journey I finally have my own land and still learning everyday.
This dude is like a wizard.
Wizard, as in a magician who obfuscates the truth to fool people
Nice we house
@@alabastardmasterson sounds like a butthurt Christian
Kirsten I admire and respect all your documentaries. Thank you for the eduction and the hard work you and your beautiful family have put into them.
Sir Brad has been here before. He had me at the "Bentonite Clay". Build with it, mold with it, insulate with it, craft with it, then, it's a crafty mask or soap to cleanse & detox the skin. Come on through Ancestors! The "Shoeless Extraordinaire". 💯 So gifted! May he live & prosper long enough to see all of his dreams come true 🙏🏾. Would love to see what he has going on now in 2021
bentonite and diatomaceous earth are awesome things.
Brad is the real thing...building the great american novel instead of writing it. Inspiring.
I imagine some people would see him as a nut, but I think he should do TED talks as a visionary and philosopher of our time. He is absolutely right that our baby boom generation really began the destruction with our crass consumerism, but possibly we were conditioned to go that way too.
I hate to burst your bubble, but it was The Hippies that started Crass Commercialism. In the 20's, they were recovering from the Scarcity WWI created. In the 30's they were dealing with the Sacarcity of the Great Depression. In the 40's, they were dealing with the Scarcity of WWII, and in the 50's they began to finally recover from alll the major productions halts in the first half of the 20th century.
In the 80's those hippies became Yuppies and turned that Commercialism Crass, and alll their children following them- knew nothing but massive consume and throw away.
@@Objective-Observer yuppies are the children of boomers
@@wiegershitpostcollective No, you got that wrong. Baby Boomers is the LARGER group, while Hippies are a subset of the Boomers. The Hippies were born either During, or Just after World War II. Do the math, if you are 20 years old during the Summer of Love, that means you were born in the 40's.
The Hippies were the ones who Rebelled against the American Dream of a good job, a nice home, a well fed family who had more than two sets of clothes that weren't repaired beyond recognition, more than one pair of shoes without holes in the souls, and a few luxuries as well: all the kids had a bicycle, a baseball & glove or a doll with clothes. They had enough disposable income they could tithe at their church every single week, donate to the charities of their choice. PAY FOR THEIR MEDICAL CARE FROM THEIR POCKET. Towards the late 50's, our economic status had improved to where each family could afford a yearly vacation, taking trips to other places. But they weren't pushing a Crass Commercialism; no, they were still recovering from PTSD the Great Depression created: food, shelter and clothing are first tier priorities- shoes were optional most of the year: tithing and charity are second, everything else is a luxury and you don't waste money on luxuries. My parents were Boomers, and we lived a frugal life, because there was always the threat the economy could tank- again.
The Hippies didn't want to have to work hard to achieve that American Dream. They didn't want to sacrifice for someone else's Freedom. They didn't want to have to get married nor be limited to sex with only one person. They didn't want to be held accountable nor burdened with the Fruits of their Parties [unwanted pregnancies]. They didn't want to stay Sober to find enjoyment in life. Nope, they wanted their parents to support them, while they partied and played and failed at their Communistic retreats in the wilderness.
Hippies were the children of wealthy parents, and it seemed Noble to rebel against their parent's crass commercialism... but that was an excuse to not have to work and sacrifice.
@Unmutual Well of course they were, until their parents pulled the plug on their trust funds, or their parents died and if they wanted to maintain that lavish lifestyle, they had to encourage others to buy more than they did themselves.
Truly, there is no other generation I have zero respect for than the hippies. They were spoiled children who rebelled against the American Dream, because it required hard work and sacrifice. But in their later years, they rebelled against their rebellion because they were always greedy brats.
@Unmutual
You are trying to Preach Zero Foot Print, while on the internet. YOU are a hypocrite. You don't have a clue what it truly means to be Self Sufficient. Low impact living!? YOU ARE ON THE INTERNET, THAT ALONE MEANS HIGH IMPACT LIVING. You cannot have ANY of today's techonolgy, without the DESTRUCTION that is takes to manufacture that technology.
Who do you think created this wondrous Technology? It wasn't the Greatest Generation who fought in WWII. IT WAS THE HIPPIES WHO CREATED THE TECHNOLOGY THAT SPAWNED WHAT YOU ENJOY TODAY. THAT CRASS COMMERCIALISM IS WHAT PUSHED PORTABLE TECHNOLOGY. AND ALL OF THAT MASS PRODUCTION IS WHAT FUNDED THE LAVISH LIFESTYLES OF THE HIPPIES IN THEIR MIDDLE AGED HEY DAY!
You are a millenial and you don't have a clue what it truly means to live Low Impact. I know you are a millenial, because anyone who has trully lived Low Impact, doesn't pretend on the internet... they don't have internet, because they don't have the technology. They don't have enough money to have tech and internet, because every waking moment is spent in securing the survival needs. You don't have a clue what that is like.
And as an Older American, I am proud of that..you have never had to go hungry for weeks on end. The older Generations worked very hard to insure: you don't have to do without.
Except, you never learn Self Sacrifice, if you never have to do without. You don't learn humility and gratitude, if you never have to do without. What fools we were to give you everything.
He’s got no fat on his body. This man truly living off his land! This is why our great grandparents lived so long! Hard work!!
Genius. I'm watching a historian, curator of all sorts, builder and policy analyst doing a tour on his environment. I'm not surprised if he is also living an alternative healthy lifestyle. He's got a sharp mind and a lean physique. Someone should film a documentary of his "ideas and practical creations".
Who can't love this man?he's awesome he can built a whole community of tiny houses with all those salvaged materials. God bless you!
This guy should be on the board of housing in this county to deal with city and rural codes. If that happen then we would have a whole different country....wink!
Please keep up on how him and his group is doing. I would love to see what is going on with them next year and so on!
@@Windchild69 I watched a great video on that, called "Inside Seattle's Microhousing Boom | IN Close". You might want to check it out, but it's basically about how people started building tiny houses with shared kitchen and and toiletries, and convert the large rooms of the house into smaller self-contained "apodment" (pod apartment) housing. Like a tiny house, but in apartment form. I know it's using new materials, but I believe it's somewhat of a middle ground. Even you could take a normal apartment with somewhat large rooms and split the rooms so that people have a bed with storage underneath, a closet for clothes, a desk and 2-3 windows (eventually with a trombe wall and solar chimney mix on the inside, for winter heat and summer air conditioning), and some racks/beams for above-head storage, especially for extra clothes, wet clothes, and baskets of a certain size).
Funny thing is, you know the old radiators which took a while to heat and also kept being hot for a lot longer? You can use two small radiators instead of one, having one work as the modern radiators, and the water will pass from that to another radiator with a special support made to hold all the soilcrete/dirtcrete (soil\dirt concrete) or rammed earth (if you make it from pure materials, it's 4%-5% cement, 20% water, 4%-5% clay and the rest sand, or just replace the clay and sand with dirt which already has clay in it), for having a thermal mass list like the old ones.
So true.😉
@NibiruLives he would be fired
No he doesn’t need to be
The Willy Wonka of Tiny Homes is amazing! That's what's this movement is about.
I was in awe of this video, I know when my mom had her house built, the builders burnt the leftover wood. I was upset. I saw uses for every piece. You are a visionary.
So much passion and knowledge every community needs a person like this. To educate both ourselves and our children. The guy is awesome!
Kirsten, _where_ did you find this guy? He's so charismatic he's mesmerizing.
I say on every one of your videos, "Oooh! This one is my favorite!"
But THIS one? I'm pretty sure this one is the mothership of tiny house videos.
I don't think you'll ever top this one. ツ
This man is AMAZING!!! I PRAY I CAN MEET HIM ONE DAY ON MY JOURNEY TO NOMADIC FREEDON
This man is amazingly smart and so freakin talented! It’s crazy how he can talk and talk about shit I have no clue or real interest in but I’m sitting here watching and listening to every word he says lol! Would love to see his work in person!
Brad's upper body is an anatomy poster...
I think he's gorgeous all over! Beautiful brains, too!
I agree,
I just love him all over brains, body and personality 😍
Sherry He’s VERY healthy and in GREAT shape! His personality makes him that much better.
This must be the Love Corner. 😍
Wow ! We need this guy in every community!
I love this!
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Absolutely love this guys passion and ethos for children’s future 💕
I ❤️ this guy. I'm hooked on watching tiny house videos, but I hate the ones that are all new materials, cost $200K, & are the same plan again & again. The whole philosophy is reduce & reuse.
I absolutely love that man. He has gumption & so much more.
A true craftsman only in America we must salvage old structures
The irony is thats how wealth was created to begin with but their descendants hold its creation hostage with regulation
Wow! This guy is AMAZING! I would love to have one of his homes! ❤️
Me too
GENIUSSS. I love ALL the houses! He's a great artist
This man is AWESOME!~ wish there were more of him! His knowledge is so abundant...God bless him!!!
I hope for more, too!
Well..
There's one like him who grows chickens and pigs in Virginia.
I kept learning more than I did in school in ten mins. I've always thought about the craftsmanship that went in to making things before and how easily people discard good things!
@@UrbanLegendAIR I totally agree with you. He taught me so much in that hour. He was absolutely enthralling and fascinating to listen to. I wish another episode could be made with him
Oh my goodness. Brad is such a cool guy. What an honor it would be to meet him.
He's such a great teacher. We need more voices like his to help influence government, builders & corporate AG. I just love what he's doing there. Many years ago, some people I knew had built homes entirely out of recycled materials. One young family bought a 49 acre blueberry farm in MA & lived in a lovely colonial farmhouse, then sold the house, & moved into a Yurt on their property while building several houses which they sold, each with a nice parcel of land, built mostly out of recycled materials.
I see in the comments, reactions like they've never heard of any of these kinds of concepts before, though there''s been a movement in the US since maybe the 40s, of people observing the rise of the chemical companies selling their chemical fertilizers, which obviously have some merit, & also soil killing pesticides & herbicides - which unfortunately do have their place so corporate farms can produce the level of food this huge nation requires to feed so many millions of hungry people & to export. Meanwhile the family farmers have struggled & many lost their farmland, tor just sold it to cash out during the rise of corporate farming, which used chemicals which caused soil erosion, & later gave rise to the GMO fiasco, & factory farmed animals.
My grandmother railed about foods being "adulterated", as did many others, & I remember my grandmother being upset to see what was only the beginning of the kind of movement that led to more profits for the chemical companies, & the food industry, while providing less nutritious foods, often empty calories, to families enthralled with the less nutritious, colorfully packaged foods, which has led to epidemic levels of illness due to poor nutrition, like obesity, & Type ll Diabetes - even in children, & Thyroid disease, some say due to eating too many grains.
And more began smoking too - all due to the rise of TV & magazine ads, constantly pushing smoking while the tobacco industry produced more tobacco than ever before, & promoting unhealthy habits like eating tons of grain based products, often containing tons of sugar & tons of soda, & at 1st containing a bit of Cocaine, in Coca Cola, & so many food products devoid of nutrition.
My mom studied nutrition & grew a veggie garden until we moved to an apartment in a city. There was a revival of Back to the Land philosophy & practices in the 60s, & now there's another revival, with so many on CZcams teaching us all how.
He spoke about the harmful chemicals used in building products. One of the 1st was the use of arsenic in pressure treated wood to repel termites, though that practice I believe has been stopped. Carpeting & drapes are - or were for a time - loaded with flame retardant, as were kid's PJs, which was making people sick. I think that's been curtailed though. In hurricane Katrina, there was a huge scandal when FEMA poured tons of money into providing trailers for people to live in after so many were left homeless. Then people began getting sick & we learned that the building materials, were outgassing harmful chemicals.
Sustainability had a major revival in the 60s, & now it's happening again. I'm very encouraged to see such a positive reaction to what he & others somewhat like him are doing, though they may not have his quite unique force of personality. I enjoyed every minute of this. Back in the 60s or 70s, I'd bought a couple books filled with houses built with a similar sensibility. One was "Handmade Houses", & the other was "Wood Butchers Art" ( I think). I'd spend hours looking at them. Like this guy, they used repurposed materials. And the people in those books showed so much creativity, having to work with whatever they could find - often for free, often at the dump, & those housed were built with no mortgages, all paid for ( except for the land in some cases), by the time they moved in! It's still possible today!
I don't know how easy it would be today to buy a block and build. I'm a single gal in middle age, reasonably fit but - I looked around last year for something i could afford with my small savings. Found a cute old place, but it was on the edge of a town that was right on the edge of a huge desert. Very quiet area, too far for friends to visit. Sadly. had to give up my idea. If younger, maybe doable.
@@pipfox7834 where there's a will, there's ALWAYS a way. The problem is not a lack of possibility. The problem is always a lack of vision and determination.
What an interesting man, filled with so much knowledge. If only someone would listen, we could save our world and our childrens futures. I really love listening to him talk. His voice is unique. 😊
I need to meet this man! It has been my dream to live in a tiny home on my own land forever and I believe this is the solution to the housing crisis in my country
This is so much more than the typical tiny house video. This guy, it’s like he “wills” these tiny houses into existence through forced innovation and mental strength.
I just wish you could legally put these homemade little homes in more places than just a few!
I grew up in a 900 sq foot house. Really it was 450 or 500 on the first floor, and the attic was converted into living space with a half bath. My dad always bitched how small it was, but I liked it. We had a big garden that more than made up for any perceived smallness. For a 4 person family, it really wasn't that bad. We had all kinda pets too.
They've done away with family and community, because they want people to have the illusion of independence, but really they've divided and conquered. Together we stand--united we fall.
I don't know why but these seem much more breathable than the city micro apartments
XD "so you actually have a van out here?" "Yeah... that's Jim he's 70 years old and has been out here for awhile now ..."
After watching this for the second time, I see the urgent need for a faster transition to the permaculture tradition for all, with integrated house design concepts as shown by Brad. I have developed a permaculture smallholding here in Ireland over the past ten years and can testify it works...but Brad is taking it all to a fantastic new level! Bravo!
Yes you be surprised how they wast wood here in the United States when tearing down a home a lot of the wood can be recycled. For years they were wasting now there are companies that will bid on taking down homes but they get to reclaimed the wood and hall away what can't be used there is home salvage yards people can by used house stuff.
@Bealtaine Cottage This is inspirational for sure.. im woring towards a 40 acre permaculture community, into micro farms, and business models that work together. There is a community building and large barn thst has much space for skills share, bsrtering or selling hand crafted items.
@@snoopu2601 Your right that it doesnt make sense to waste when there are creative persons that can make reclaimed look very good.
Make tiny houses out of houses you tear down for people.
Dude is leadership material
These homes are pure artwork ,,we need to take back our country & live as free people once again .
This guy is so anti-government...I love it!
Jack Stephens land of the free, if you get away with certain things the government can’t or won’t tax you on ! Get rid of our government we can all live by the barter system and maybe get along together!
@@kelleymariejones6388 Whats stopping you? Go live in the swamp and barter for pine needles and frogs
@@kelleymariejones6388 do you really think so lol
@@Blackw0lff People do that and get kicked off because most land is government owned or owned by rich bastards who are land hogs. You need to buy land and obey certain orders that are costly. Anything you do is controlled by tyrants that tax/rob and bully you.
Black Wolf take your sarcasm and fuck off, black wolf sounds Native American, if anyone would understand what the government is, it would be you! Oh maybe you just trying to sound badass and not actually Native American. Either way talk shit somewhere else, this badass bitch isn’t having any of it!
This is the seeds of an education; respect and gratitude sir.
Where is Brad nowadays. Would love to see what Brad is doing. God Bless you Brad!
This guy is absolutely fascinating, I could listen to him ramble on all day, so much knowledge.
RESPECT ! I live in the south (Mississippi) and it hurts me to see all these old homes destroyed, and all the material thrown away or burnt. Thank you with all my heart ! I want to move there. I am 62 and I could listen to him all day. He knows so much. I have thought about a lot he's talking about. But, he put it in plan. ❤❤❤❤
I've watched this 3x now...this guy is very intelligent!
I agree! The knowledge he has on buildings materials , geography, campers, sustainable gardening....stained glass!!? Unreal! I cannot believe the materials he has salvaged! Beautiful things! These little homes are not just homes, they are works of art!
Bryan Burns 1 up to that!
+Bryan Burns Sweetie, I live in Texas. He's a tweaker. Take it with a grain of salt.
+Kelly Marie Well shit, if that's true then.....He's doing pretty good for a tweaker!
+Kelly Marie What is a tweaker?
I just stayed at one of the tiny houses available to AB&B. It is amazing. Meeting Darby and Trinity was fantastic. What a great experience. So much more than just a cozy getaway. Also, they have a really cool pig named Scarlet there! I love her!
Do you happen to have a copy of the link from AB&B? Thank you in advance! (PS: I love Pigs)
Would love to stay there
Amazing dedication and respect to nature...recycling, low carbon foot print etc...great inspiring work, we need more people to follow your example.👏👏👍👍
Honestly! This man is a rare gem. Wow! He through so much education in this hr it's incredible. - I'm so greatful to have come onto this vid. Thank you so much for taking the footage and sharing it! Thank you
I am 71 years old retired mechanical engineer, home builder, home remodeler, professional gardener, tool & die maker + 15 more professions & I must say that Darby is 100% correct.
Thank you from someone I can truly respect. My elders inspire me greatly. I hope I can see that age one day too, God willing, my aneurisms will wait.
I'm watching this 7 years later. I can't help to wonder how this "village" looks now. Raised in N.C. and not in one of the huge, glamorous towns but a small town with lots of old history and ways. My grandparents grew 75% of their food, uncles hunted 20%,(wild boar, deer, squirrel which was my personal favorite and we fished once every 2 weeks and filled the freezer). Being a child and watching how my grandparents never wasted anything taught me to budget food, money and time, lifes lessons that I will carry with me all my life. Mamaws favorite saying, "waste not, want not", still rings true today but no one is listening. Love how this man thinks and wish we had a lot more free thinkers. Would love to see how far this project/dream has grown.
I am shutting it down soon. Not sure what will follow but the support for this concept still has not overcome the cheaper is better import mentality
@@TinyTexasHousesPSO Oh my! I imagined a flourishing village of like minded people who were thriving in a self made Eden! I really hate that more people can't see,(including government) that there is a way to solve the homeless problem in this nation! I've lived in a mobile home for 35 years, I do all my own construction, plumbing and roof sealing to keep my costs down and try to source all trashed things I can! Ot thrift stores. Found love late in life(bless his heart! I'm so set in my ways🤦) and when we take the trash off, more times than i'd like to hear, he says, "Dang it! You're the only person I know that brings back more trash than we take!!" But he finally has agreed that I have found diamonds in pile of trash! I do these things so I can enjoy the funner things in life. An occasional beach trip, mountain trip and trips to the river with a picnic in tow for a kick back day in nature. I'm not a total stickler bit was raised work first, then play! I wish you the best and hope wherever your journey takes you, you find peace, good health and happiness!!
Wow! This man is a treasure trove of information, a maverick & a hustler.
“we have to dodge bullets along the way, and, create a product we’d be proud to hand off to our children”
His tiny houses are so beautiful! I love them!
Me too!!! i've seen a lot of videos with his houses in them and I've watched this channel a lot but never seen this video before. How could I have missed it??
5 minutes in and I'm exhausted :) How is that man still alive with that brain and mouth??
I am not leaving at the beginning of this video because of boredom, it is because I know I will sit here for the entire hour. Raincheck
This is fabulous. A well educated person with amazing ideas and principles...seriously inspirational!
"50% of landfills are building materials". When you really think about that, it's staggering.
I think that was a generalization and should be noted that it is significantly less
www.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/pubs/MSWcharacterization_508_053113_fs.pdf
ansel k Based on experience, I'd believe the Willy Wonka of Tiny Houses over the EPA. Any day.
ansel k Using the charts in the pamphlet you referenced, the portion of discarded MSW that could be considered building materials is 50.7%. It depends on whether you count construction material landfills along with the garbage landfills or not. By the way, I worked for four years as a certified recycling coordinator and certified landfill operator and I found his statistics to be believable and pretty much right on.
***** Clearly states
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Metals comprise about
9 percent; glass about 4 percent; and plastic and wood about 3 percent each. Other miscellaneous
materials make up about 5 percent of MSW recovery in 2011 (see Figure 6).
so Total, that equates to 21%. I don't see where you are getting this 50.7 number. (obviously there are other numbers, I was more making a point, but just looking at the wood and plastic. That's only 6%!) The only place it states that number is where it says the amount recovered, but that is referring to "Total containers and packaging".
Anyways, just trying to keep facts straight. Please let me know! :)
***** Also, in what state were you a landfill operator? I would love to learn more about it and am going to school for this now. Anyway, super awesome!
My Daddy was in the timber industry for 45 years running saw mills and wholesale lumber company he told me when I was a kid. He seen the destruction of the Amazon rain forest where most of the oxygen we breathe and need to live very important. So recycling wood is crucial to our children's future. Keep at it brother
This guy deserves his own CZcams channel.
He has one. It's...a interesting place 😳
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@@dorothygarland1483 if you look up the title of his company Tiny Texas House it will pop up. I'll warn you though It'll seem a little unrelated to tiny houses.
I want to go help him with what ever just so i can live there. Omg I'm just in love with all the sane and insane of it all
I've been planning a visit since around the 10 minute mark
Me too!
Yes he could use the help if you want to build and do hard work.
Now the government will know about his underground fish.
I am expecting that to be a bait/fake, and for him to have everything he already mentioned he would like to make, hidden from the prying eyes.
@@SapioiT very true... we are assuming this is his only cavern lol
@@doodoodoodle He might even have an entirely different area, completed with people he can trust, where he lives most of the time, and the residents could be in on it, if promised a place there if anything were to happen (SHTF, apocalypse, whatever) or whenever it will be completed. As far as we know, he might have a completely underground city, with above-ground fresnel mirrors used to get lots of sunlight to the underground while looking like solar-panel arrays, while also using those to collect rainwater for the underground.
@@SapioiT scrolling around the comment section, someone else said they go out to his land and he now has tunnels..... I WANNA GO (like he has to have a reason for having a tunnel system, I'm a bit curious)
This man is my energy 100% 😂
@@doodoodoodle Yup, the only cult I've ever wanted to join! :D This man's a genius. "SPACE MAGIC" yes!!!
Where do I sign.
Brad! Your my hero, love your ideas brother. Keep up the good work. You are a genius. So glad there are dreamers like you that are making it a reality. Good man. 💘☮️🚪🗝🪑🧬🔮🪓⚒🔨🕰🕯🏡🏘🏠🎯🪕🥬🌽🍓🍇🌈🌏🌻🐚🌵👨🌾💪👏🥰👍🏻
He's a great role model for the future of housing. I totally, totally, totally love this!
I love this piece! I've probably watched it at least six or seven times.
I'd love to see a follow up, showing how Brad's community is coming along, five years later!
At his website, linked in the description, they are currently closed to visits and no longer doing the BnB rentals. He's got grey hair in the photos they had, still got the 10 pack abs, lol
This guy is very intelligent and a visionary. . . hope he doesn't start a cult though. At the very least he knows how to outsmart the building code guys and tax hawks.
I'd join
We need more people like him in this world!
After 30 years here l think there is chance
I'm from san Antonio Texas and I've met him,and yes he is very intelligent, and he's got a plan, (several) and it's definitely not a cult, lol
I know when he said compound and then quickly called community i thought uh o kiresh
the longer he speaks, the more craziness shows through, but the kernels of truth are brilliant. reusing our old “junk” to build our homes is an admirable and obvious solution to a crisis that will only get worse as everything gets more and more unaffordable. we have to preserve our rights to build shelter for ourselves and our families
WoW! He makes so much sense! Love his passion and knowledge. Keep recycling, building and educating.