1 00:00:00,900 --> 00:00:02,167 [Aaron] I've never built a house before. 2 00:00:02,202 --> 00:00:05,204 [Heather] I thought he was crazy, but he has a vision. 3 00:00:05,238 --> 00:00:07,740 [Aaron] This is something that I've dreamed of my whole life. 4 00:00:07,774 --> 00:00:10,576 [Heather] It's important that we have a first-aid kit on hand. 5 00:00:10,610 --> 00:00:12,778 [Joe] We've got to be careful. We don't want to tip it over. 6 00:00:12,812 --> 00:00:13,846 It's basically a puzzle. 7 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,383 The diagrams are not indicating where the posts go. 8 00:00:17,417 --> 00:00:18,484 These things are really heavy. 9 00:00:18,518 --> 00:00:19,852 Oh! 10 00:00:19,886 --> 00:00:22,888 [Joe] Anything slips out, some serious injuries can happen. 11 00:00:22,922 --> 00:00:25,491 [Aaron] You have a picture of how you want something to go, 12 00:00:25,525 --> 00:00:27,493 and this is pretty much the exact opposite. 13 00:00:27,527 --> 00:00:30,029 These are super fragile. 14 00:00:30,063 --> 00:00:31,830 - [man 1] Put it all the way down on the ground. - Sorry, we've got to-- 15 00:00:31,865 --> 00:00:34,400 [man 2] Hang on. No, no. It's pretty dangerous up there. 16 00:00:34,434 --> 00:00:35,634 [Aaron] My worst fears are coming true. 17 00:00:35,668 --> 00:00:37,703 It looks like the roof is leaking now. 18 00:00:37,737 --> 00:00:39,671 This literally is pushing me to my limit. 19 00:00:39,706 --> 00:00:43,108 [narrator] Are you ready to go off the grid? 20 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,815 [Aaron] Can't wait to show you where we're gonna put the house. 21 00:00:49,849 --> 00:00:51,050 [Heather] I'm so excited to see it. 22 00:00:51,084 --> 00:00:53,852 [Aaron] This is something that I've dreamed of my whole life. 23 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:55,454 I've never built a house before. 24 00:00:55,488 --> 00:00:57,756 The house is gonna be somewhere in this spot. 25 00:00:57,791 --> 00:00:59,258 - Okay. - Right here. 26 00:00:59,292 --> 00:01:01,660 So this is gonna be one side of the house with floor-to-ceiling windows. 27 00:01:01,694 --> 00:01:03,829 So you can just look out at the view and at nature. 28 00:01:03,863 --> 00:01:04,596 Beautiful. 29 00:01:04,631 --> 00:01:06,532 When I saw other amateur builders 30 00:01:06,566 --> 00:01:07,833 make their dreams into reality, 31 00:01:07,867 --> 00:01:10,736 I realized that it was something that could be accomplished. 32 00:01:10,770 --> 00:01:11,937 [Heather] Where the bedrooms? 33 00:01:11,971 --> 00:01:14,673 This side of the house is gonna be where the bedrooms are. 34 00:01:14,707 --> 00:01:16,809 - I thought he was crazy. [laughing] - That's okay. 35 00:01:16,843 --> 00:01:18,944 I kept asking him, like, "Why aren't you just buying a house?" 36 00:01:18,978 --> 00:01:23,215 But he has a vision and, you know, nobody deserves it more. 37 00:01:23,249 --> 00:01:24,850 - I'm Aaron. - And I'm Heather. 38 00:01:24,884 --> 00:01:28,287 [Aaron] And we're building an off-the-grid smart cabin in southern Vermont. 39 00:01:33,726 --> 00:01:35,828 [Aaron] My build site is located in Ludlow, Vermont, 40 00:01:35,862 --> 00:01:37,796 which is about five hours from New York City 41 00:01:37,831 --> 00:01:39,665 in the heart of the Green Mountains 42 00:01:39,699 --> 00:01:41,967 at the base of Okemo State Forest. 43 00:01:43,069 --> 00:01:44,770 Backyard's gonna be behind the house here, 44 00:01:44,804 --> 00:01:46,738 which is also where the garage is gonna be. 45 00:01:46,773 --> 00:01:47,973 [Heather] Cool. 46 00:01:48,007 --> 00:01:49,641 [Aaron] I picked this area because I'm really passionate 47 00:01:49,676 --> 00:01:52,411 about snowboarding and about the outdoors. 48 00:01:52,445 --> 00:01:54,613 I lived in New York City for the last four years. 49 00:01:54,681 --> 00:01:57,416 I was really dying to get back to nature. 50 00:01:57,450 --> 00:01:58,650 And so I always had this dream 51 00:01:58,685 --> 00:02:00,552 of having my own remote getaway 52 00:02:00,587 --> 00:02:01,887 where I could walk out of my front door 53 00:02:01,921 --> 00:02:04,823 and just hop on my snowboard and kind of hit the slopes. 54 00:02:04,858 --> 00:02:06,658 [Heather] So, as you drive up, you see the porch. 55 00:02:06,693 --> 00:02:08,260 Yeah. You can sit out on the porch. 56 00:02:08,294 --> 00:02:09,228 I love it. That's perfect. 57 00:02:12,065 --> 00:02:13,832 [Aaron] So Heather is my beautiful girlfriend. 58 00:02:13,867 --> 00:02:18,337 Aaron and I met as most 21st century couples do, 59 00:02:18,371 --> 00:02:19,705 through a dating app. 60 00:02:19,739 --> 00:02:20,672 We just hit it off right away. 61 00:02:20,707 --> 00:02:22,508 What better way to get to know each other 62 00:02:22,542 --> 00:02:24,376 than building a house together? 63 00:02:24,410 --> 00:02:26,512 I work in venture capital. 64 00:02:26,546 --> 00:02:27,846 I've never actually built a house, 65 00:02:27,881 --> 00:02:29,448 but I've built a lot of companies, 66 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:31,884 and I'm hoping that the process is pretty similar. 67 00:02:31,918 --> 00:02:33,919 One of the things I specialize in is technology, 68 00:02:33,953 --> 00:02:37,923 and I'm hoping to bring a lot of that technology into our build here. 69 00:02:37,957 --> 00:02:42,461 I'm building a 1,000-square-foot Vermont timber frame cabin. 70 00:02:42,495 --> 00:02:45,430 It's gonna have a big farmhouse front porch. 71 00:02:45,465 --> 00:02:46,832 When you walk in the front door, 72 00:02:46,866 --> 00:02:49,701 on the right side is gonna be the kitchen and the living room. 73 00:02:49,736 --> 00:02:53,005 Straight ahead is gonna be the guest bathroom and the guest bedroom. 74 00:02:53,039 --> 00:02:54,740 And then you're gonna have the staircase on the left 75 00:02:54,774 --> 00:02:58,744 leading up to the loft with the main bedroom and bathroom. 76 00:02:58,778 --> 00:03:02,314 So for off-the-grid features, we're gonna have a wood-burning stove, 77 00:03:02,348 --> 00:03:03,749 radiant heating in the floors. 78 00:03:03,783 --> 00:03:07,019 We're gonna have solar panels and a smart home battery for power. 79 00:03:07,053 --> 00:03:10,956 And we're gonna have water from a well in the back of the property. 80 00:03:13,359 --> 00:03:15,627 So, my budget is about $200,000 81 00:03:15,662 --> 00:03:16,929 and our timeline's four months. 82 00:03:16,963 --> 00:03:18,664 We really need to finish by that point 83 00:03:18,698 --> 00:03:20,699 because that's when the snow starts falling in Vermont, 84 00:03:20,733 --> 00:03:22,801 and we do not want to be caught out here 85 00:03:22,835 --> 00:03:25,404 in those kinds of conditions before we're dried in. 86 00:03:33,413 --> 00:03:37,950 Primary goal for today is to clear some trees and get a driveway installed 87 00:03:37,984 --> 00:03:40,219 so that we can deliver materials to the site. 88 00:03:41,521 --> 00:03:43,488 It's about 1.4 acres of land. 89 00:03:43,523 --> 00:03:46,058 We have quite a few very large trees 90 00:03:46,092 --> 00:03:47,759 that we're gonna have to take down. 91 00:03:48,461 --> 00:03:50,128 Because the land is so steep, 92 00:03:50,163 --> 00:03:51,663 we had to be creative with the driveway. 93 00:03:51,698 --> 00:03:54,533 So, the driveway is actually gonna have to loop around 94 00:03:54,567 --> 00:03:56,735 in a bit of an S-shape and go behind the house. 95 00:03:56,769 --> 00:03:58,570 The biggest challenges of the build 96 00:03:58,605 --> 00:04:01,673 is gonna be getting access to the site for our building materials. 97 00:04:01,708 --> 00:04:03,308 And then Heather's a little worried 98 00:04:03,343 --> 00:04:04,409 that I'm gonna break something. 99 00:04:04,444 --> 00:04:06,345 I already have 12 screws in my arm. 100 00:04:06,379 --> 00:04:07,379 Also, we talked about this. 101 00:04:07,413 --> 00:04:08,780 You're not breaking any more bones. 102 00:04:08,815 --> 00:04:10,749 [Aaron] We should probably know where the closest hospital is. 103 00:04:10,783 --> 00:04:11,917 [Heather] I don't know that. 104 00:04:11,951 --> 00:04:14,353 It's important that we have a first-aid kit on hand. 105 00:04:14,387 --> 00:04:15,887 And lots of insurance. 106 00:04:16,956 --> 00:04:19,758 I've never taken on a project this big before. 107 00:04:19,792 --> 00:04:23,495 It's definitely gonna be on a much bigger scale than I ever dreamed of. 108 00:04:23,529 --> 00:04:26,598 [Heather] So, I have, you know, used tools before. 109 00:04:26,633 --> 00:04:29,067 But I would not say anything to this degree. 110 00:04:35,608 --> 00:04:38,410 Turns out she's better with the chainsaw than I am. 111 00:04:44,584 --> 00:04:47,319 Neil is our expert excavator. 112 00:04:47,353 --> 00:04:51,056 He's gonna push down some of the really big old pine trees. 113 00:04:54,927 --> 00:04:58,430 So one of the other big challenges with taking down the trees 114 00:04:58,464 --> 00:05:00,299 is how are we going to get machinery 115 00:05:00,333 --> 00:05:02,901 into the site when it's covered in, you know, falling trees? 116 00:05:02,935 --> 00:05:05,804 So, we're actually gonna have to chop the trees up into pieces 117 00:05:05,838 --> 00:05:07,939 and then come in and do a burn pile. 118 00:05:07,974 --> 00:05:10,409 And that's gonna help us save time 119 00:05:10,443 --> 00:05:14,346 and get rid of all of this extra brush and trees. 120 00:05:15,848 --> 00:05:16,815 So, what's the plans today? 121 00:05:16,849 --> 00:05:18,550 - You want to clean off this vegetation? - Yeah... 122 00:05:18,584 --> 00:05:20,619 [Heather] Joe is the builder for this project. 123 00:05:20,653 --> 00:05:22,754 Being that Aaron and I both don't have any real experience, 124 00:05:22,789 --> 00:05:24,656 we need a true professional on hand. 125 00:05:24,691 --> 00:05:27,392 I have never worked on any project like this. 126 00:05:27,427 --> 00:05:28,694 This is definitely gonna be unique. 127 00:05:28,728 --> 00:05:30,829 It's gonna be a challenge and I'm looking forward to it. 128 00:05:30,863 --> 00:05:33,332 We're gonna bring this driveway back up to the top 129 00:05:33,366 --> 00:05:35,434 and we're gonna call for that delivery. 130 00:05:35,468 --> 00:05:36,802 [Aaron] The property is really steep. 131 00:05:36,836 --> 00:05:39,271 We're gonna have to put some sort of hairpin turn 132 00:05:39,305 --> 00:05:41,039 or what they call "switchback" 133 00:05:41,074 --> 00:05:44,743 just to get up to the actual house site from the road. 134 00:05:44,777 --> 00:05:46,511 Last thing I want to do is have my car 135 00:05:46,546 --> 00:05:49,247 snowboarding down the driveway into a tree. 136 00:05:53,119 --> 00:05:55,420 Now, that the driveway's done and the footers are in, 137 00:05:55,455 --> 00:05:57,222 it's time to pour the concrete floor. 138 00:05:58,591 --> 00:05:59,658 [Heather] We had a little trouble 139 00:05:59,692 --> 00:06:02,561 getting the concrete truck up the hill this morning, 140 00:06:02,595 --> 00:06:04,896 but luckily we had enough people stand by 141 00:06:04,931 --> 00:06:07,833 and make sure that the concrete didn't topple over into the street. 142 00:06:08,634 --> 00:06:10,602 We just watched the concrete pour 143 00:06:10,636 --> 00:06:12,838 and it looks like our concrete foundation 144 00:06:12,872 --> 00:06:16,241 and the first floor of our house is ready to go. 145 00:06:23,349 --> 00:06:24,349 Big day today. 146 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:25,751 We're gonna get some lumber on site. 147 00:06:25,785 --> 00:06:27,819 We're gonna start framing your cabin. 148 00:06:27,854 --> 00:06:31,423 [Aaron] It was literally 80 degrees yesterday, and today is 30 degrees, 149 00:06:31,457 --> 00:06:33,258 so winter is right around the corner. 150 00:06:34,460 --> 00:06:36,628 Super excited to finally start framing the house. 151 00:06:36,662 --> 00:06:39,664 Our materials are getting delivered in a couple minutes. 152 00:06:39,699 --> 00:06:42,667 And we've got all my best friends here for reinforcement 153 00:06:42,702 --> 00:06:44,669 and we're just gonna start building the cabin. 154 00:06:44,704 --> 00:06:46,438 Good thing I brought the heavy reinforcement. 155 00:06:46,472 --> 00:06:47,639 - Well, it's a good thing. - There you go. 156 00:06:47,673 --> 00:06:50,008 [Heather] We need to frame in time for winter. 157 00:06:50,042 --> 00:06:51,009 It's getting chilly. 158 00:06:51,043 --> 00:06:53,478 Hopefully we can just get this process moving 159 00:06:53,513 --> 00:06:55,213 and get it done within the week. 160 00:07:00,453 --> 00:07:02,654 [Joe] We're reviewing the framing plans today. 161 00:07:02,688 --> 00:07:04,656 We're gonna start being tricky right away 162 00:07:04,690 --> 00:07:07,526 because we're missing some anchor bolt nuts and washers 163 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:08,860 that foundation guy didn't leave here. 164 00:07:08,895 --> 00:07:11,463 We got a ton of guys sitting here waiting to get this frame in. 165 00:07:11,497 --> 00:07:13,598 Soon as that lumber shows up, it's go time. 166 00:07:13,633 --> 00:07:15,367 When you go to the store, we just tell the guy 167 00:07:15,401 --> 00:07:17,536 we need foundation anchor bolts and washers, 168 00:07:17,570 --> 00:07:18,904 he'll understand what we need. 169 00:07:19,806 --> 00:07:21,506 Without them, we're not gonna be able 170 00:07:21,541 --> 00:07:23,442 to secure the lumber and continue with the framing. 171 00:07:27,180 --> 00:07:29,047 Time is money. The lumber should be showing up soon. 172 00:07:29,081 --> 00:07:32,984 We're waiting on the bolts and the nuts for the anchors on the foundation 173 00:07:33,019 --> 00:07:35,520 and as soon as we get them, we should be able to get going. 174 00:07:35,555 --> 00:07:37,756 [Aaron] Got a whole crew ready to work. 175 00:07:37,790 --> 00:07:39,391 I just wanted to get an update. 176 00:07:40,660 --> 00:07:42,727 I just got an update on the materials. 177 00:07:42,762 --> 00:07:46,298 So unfortunately, the materials are delayed by about an hour. 178 00:07:46,332 --> 00:07:48,033 Another hour? 179 00:07:48,067 --> 00:07:50,635 Every hour we waste waiting for materials to be delivered, 180 00:07:50,670 --> 00:07:51,903 it's time, it's money. 181 00:07:51,938 --> 00:07:54,105 So, we really have to get this stuff done. 182 00:07:54,607 --> 00:07:56,141 [Joe] Aye-yai-yai. 183 00:08:03,516 --> 00:08:05,851 I just got an update on the materials. 184 00:08:05,885 --> 00:08:09,254 So unfortunately, the materials are delayed by about an hour. 185 00:08:09,288 --> 00:08:10,322 Another hour? 186 00:08:10,356 --> 00:08:11,523 Another hour. 187 00:08:11,557 --> 00:08:13,959 It's a lot of money sitting over here waiting. 188 00:08:15,895 --> 00:08:20,699 Hours add up to dollars, and here we are. Aye-yai-yai. 189 00:08:20,733 --> 00:08:23,969 It makes me crazy, but it happens quite often in construction, 190 00:08:24,003 --> 00:08:27,405 especially the first day on site when you're starting the build. 191 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:30,809 It's really frustrating, especially considering we're on a time crunch 192 00:08:30,843 --> 00:08:32,611 and we're very early on in building the structure. 193 00:08:32,645 --> 00:08:34,746 So, if we get delayed now, 194 00:08:34,780 --> 00:08:36,748 it kind of sets the tone for the rest of the week. 195 00:08:37,884 --> 00:08:40,785 So, we've got to make sure that we get this going. 196 00:08:40,820 --> 00:08:43,922 [Aaron] The house finally made it. I'm so excited. 197 00:08:44,824 --> 00:08:46,569 [Joe] The materials arrived on site. 198 00:08:46,593 --> 00:08:47,726 We're about a half a day late. 199 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:49,561 They were supposed to be here 7:00 a.m. 200 00:08:50,496 --> 00:08:51,830 Now we have to offload them on the truck. 201 00:08:51,864 --> 00:08:54,366 We really got a steep driveway, so, we got to be careful. 202 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:55,667 We don't want to tip it all over. 203 00:08:55,701 --> 00:08:58,069 We've got you this far. Let's get it up there. 204 00:08:58,104 --> 00:09:01,373 [Aaron] There's no way we're gonna get the truck bed up the driveway, 205 00:09:01,407 --> 00:09:03,842 so we're gonna have to basically carry 206 00:09:03,876 --> 00:09:06,378 each of the pieces up with smaller machinery 207 00:09:06,412 --> 00:09:07,646 like the Lull and the Moffett. 208 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:09,714 And we have about 25 pallets. 209 00:09:09,749 --> 00:09:13,952 Each one weighs a ton. So, we've got 25 tons of lumber. 210 00:09:18,724 --> 00:09:21,927 I had no idea how hard it would be to navigate some of these hairpin turns. 211 00:09:21,961 --> 00:09:25,430 I'm glad that we didn't make the driveway any longer than we had to. 212 00:09:26,599 --> 00:09:28,667 Thank God we still have dirt on the ground and not snow. 213 00:09:28,701 --> 00:09:30,669 Well, we wouldn't be doing this if we did. 214 00:09:31,704 --> 00:09:33,572 [man] We're gonna go down, we're gonna slide it. 215 00:09:33,606 --> 00:09:35,907 [Joe] The steep incline of the hill, the retainment walls, 216 00:09:35,942 --> 00:09:38,410 pivoting things around and moving these large pallets 217 00:09:38,444 --> 00:09:40,445 definitely presented us with a challenge. 218 00:09:40,479 --> 00:09:41,913 There are more loads coming up. 219 00:09:41,948 --> 00:09:44,549 Finally, we get all the materials up on the top of the site. 220 00:09:44,584 --> 00:09:45,617 [Aaron] So, what's next? 221 00:09:45,651 --> 00:09:47,352 Let's start framing. 222 00:09:49,622 --> 00:09:53,058 We received our shipment of lumber in 25 different pallets. 223 00:09:53,092 --> 00:09:55,760 They're not organized, they're not categorized. 224 00:09:55,795 --> 00:09:59,531 We had pieces of the roof mixed in with pieces of the floor. 225 00:09:59,565 --> 00:10:01,633 Definitely a jigsaw puzzle. 226 00:10:01,667 --> 00:10:03,435 What are these gonna be? 227 00:10:03,469 --> 00:10:05,103 These are gonna be the posts 228 00:10:05,137 --> 00:10:06,805 that hold up the walls in the roof. 229 00:10:06,839 --> 00:10:09,874 And this is like a mortise and tenon technique, 230 00:10:09,909 --> 00:10:13,678 which has been used in Vermont for 100 years to do timber framing. 231 00:10:13,713 --> 00:10:14,879 All are made to fit together 232 00:10:14,914 --> 00:10:17,649 and they're all marked with different numbers, 233 00:10:17,683 --> 00:10:19,584 and we need to figure out which pieces go where 234 00:10:19,619 --> 00:10:21,419 so we can start to assemble the house. 235 00:10:21,454 --> 00:10:22,220 [Heather] Right. Wow. 236 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:27,459 Unfortunately, the diagrams are not indicating where the post goes. 237 00:10:27,493 --> 00:10:29,861 So, it's basically a puzzle. We have a depiction. 238 00:10:29,895 --> 00:10:32,731 That's what we're going to try to work off. 239 00:10:32,765 --> 00:10:34,766 [man] We ready to lift any of these guys up. 240 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:36,635 [Aaron] How heavy do you think one of these weighs? 241 00:10:36,669 --> 00:10:38,303 [Joe] I'd say probably 300 or 400 pounds. 242 00:10:38,337 --> 00:10:39,604 [Aaron] Yeah. 243 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:42,073 [Joe] These beams are really heavy and so are the posts. 244 00:10:42,108 --> 00:10:44,576 If anything slips out, somebody is not paying attention, 245 00:10:44,610 --> 00:10:46,344 some serious injuries can happen. 246 00:10:47,647 --> 00:10:48,780 [man] Walk her out to the corner. 247 00:10:48,814 --> 00:10:50,649 [Joe] We're gonna use some of this temporary lumber 248 00:10:50,683 --> 00:10:53,118 to do some diagonals, and shore it up. 249 00:10:55,454 --> 00:10:56,287 Lock it. 250 00:10:58,257 --> 00:11:00,825 - [Joe] All right. Corner two. - [Heather] Here we go. 251 00:11:00,860 --> 00:11:03,328 [Aaron] The first post is up. So far, so good. 252 00:11:07,933 --> 00:11:11,503 [Joe] We're getting off this lumber that we placed over here out of our way, 253 00:11:11,537 --> 00:11:13,505 so we can get the Lull in right up against the foundation, 254 00:11:13,539 --> 00:11:16,374 so we can put those beams on top of these posts. 255 00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:18,643 If everything goes well, we're gonna slip that 256 00:11:18,678 --> 00:11:19,678 right in that pocket over there. 257 00:11:19,712 --> 00:11:21,680 All our posts and beams interlock, 258 00:11:21,714 --> 00:11:23,415 and it is very meticulous. 259 00:11:23,449 --> 00:11:24,849 If we don't have the right notch, 260 00:11:24,884 --> 00:11:27,152 we're not gonna be able to secure the next beam 261 00:11:27,186 --> 00:11:29,320 or move on to the next piece of the build. 262 00:11:30,556 --> 00:11:32,023 Hang on. Wait. 263 00:11:36,595 --> 00:11:38,263 Okay. Ready? 264 00:11:45,504 --> 00:11:46,805 [Chrissy] Hit it from this side. 265 00:11:46,839 --> 00:11:48,506 [Joe] It's not... You're wasting your time. 266 00:11:48,541 --> 00:11:50,275 [Chrissy] Yeah, yeah, yeah. Stop. 267 00:11:50,309 --> 00:11:51,743 [Joe] It's not moving. 268 00:11:51,777 --> 00:11:52,877 Well, to add insult to injury, we're here, 269 00:11:52,912 --> 00:11:54,813 we're trying to put the beams and posts together. 270 00:11:54,847 --> 00:11:57,582 The first ones we're putting together are just not cooperating. 271 00:11:57,616 --> 00:11:58,817 They do not want to go together. 272 00:11:58,851 --> 00:12:01,419 And we're gonna have to figure this out. 273 00:12:01,454 --> 00:12:02,687 We're gonna ratchet-strap this together. 274 00:12:02,722 --> 00:12:04,122 We're gonna put tension on it. 275 00:12:04,156 --> 00:12:05,790 And if that doesn't pull it in, 276 00:12:05,825 --> 00:12:09,761 they'll keep ratcheting it and tapping it and slowly work its way in under pressure. 277 00:12:09,795 --> 00:12:12,263 We're gonna try to get the bucket up there with the excavator, 278 00:12:12,298 --> 00:12:13,832 just hold pressure on it, 279 00:12:13,866 --> 00:12:16,334 so while they're pushing and banging on the other side, it doesn't bounce around. 280 00:12:16,368 --> 00:12:18,403 I hope we don't have to do this for every corner now. 281 00:12:22,374 --> 00:12:23,374 [Chrissy] All right. 282 00:12:26,245 --> 00:12:27,345 Help him pull. 283 00:12:28,414 --> 00:12:29,414 No. 284 00:12:30,483 --> 00:12:32,050 Not budging. 285 00:12:33,119 --> 00:12:33,952 - No? - No. 286 00:12:33,986 --> 00:12:34,786 About an inch off. 287 00:12:34,820 --> 00:12:36,421 [Joe] Trying to pressure treat it... 288 00:12:36,455 --> 00:12:38,256 [Chrissy] No-- Oh! 289 00:12:42,261 --> 00:12:42,560 Lock it. 290 00:12:43,996 --> 00:12:47,499 [Aaron] I was super excited to see the first beams and post go up. 291 00:12:47,533 --> 00:12:48,700 - All right. - Corner two. 292 00:12:48,734 --> 00:12:50,034 [Heather] Here we go. 293 00:12:50,069 --> 00:12:54,372 And then just minutes later I heard this big crunch and crack. 294 00:12:54,406 --> 00:12:56,174 [Chrissy] No-- Oh! 295 00:12:57,443 --> 00:12:59,544 [Aaron] I ran over there and I tried to figure out 296 00:12:59,578 --> 00:13:01,379 what had happened and what broke. 297 00:13:01,413 --> 00:13:03,515 I heard that crunch. Did we break anything? 298 00:13:03,549 --> 00:13:05,483 [Chrissy] No, it just came out of the hole. 299 00:13:05,518 --> 00:13:06,785 [Aaron] Well, maybe it'll go any easier now. 300 00:13:06,819 --> 00:13:09,654 Thank goodness nothing actually broke. 301 00:13:10,589 --> 00:13:12,657 Just took, took a lot more maneuvering 302 00:13:12,691 --> 00:13:17,195 and a lot more time to push through that. 303 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:18,596 That's it, Joe. 304 00:13:18,631 --> 00:13:20,231 - [man] You're in. - [Aaron] You're in. 305 00:13:20,266 --> 00:13:22,066 - Oh, yeah. - [all cheering] 306 00:13:22,401 --> 00:13:23,768 Yeah. 307 00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:27,272 That was an insane amount of time to try to get one corner together. 308 00:13:30,910 --> 00:13:32,777 What we're doing right now is we're cleaning up 309 00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:35,446 all the mortise and tenon joints. 310 00:13:35,481 --> 00:13:37,081 We're shaving them down. 311 00:13:38,584 --> 00:13:41,719 We're also beveling the edges to ease it as it goes in, 312 00:13:41,754 --> 00:13:43,822 because you saw how that one didn't want to go in. 313 00:13:44,690 --> 00:13:46,124 Some might fit better than others, 314 00:13:46,158 --> 00:13:47,625 but we're not gonna do trial and error. 315 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:50,195 Just get 'em a little loose, we'll lock 'em in, we'll peg 'em in, 316 00:13:50,229 --> 00:13:51,196 and we're done. 317 00:13:55,901 --> 00:13:58,503 Hey, guys, I think we got the wrong post over here. 318 00:13:58,537 --> 00:13:59,671 - [Chrissy] What? - Yeah. 319 00:13:59,705 --> 00:14:02,774 As we were moving along, we got ahead of the game. 320 00:14:02,808 --> 00:14:03,942 We thought we were making great progress, 321 00:14:03,976 --> 00:14:06,578 and it turns out one of the corner posts was incorrect. 322 00:14:06,612 --> 00:14:07,579 [Chrissy] What? 323 00:14:07,613 --> 00:14:09,447 [Joe] Yeah, I think it's wrong. 324 00:14:09,481 --> 00:14:11,249 [Chrissy] No way. Joe... 325 00:14:13,385 --> 00:14:15,086 - You kidding me? - What are we gonna do? 326 00:14:21,894 --> 00:14:23,962 [Joe] Hey, guys, I think we got the wrong post over here. 327 00:14:23,996 --> 00:14:27,765 [Aaron] We received our shipment of lumber in 25 different pallets. 328 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,468 They're not organized, they're not categorized, 329 00:14:30,502 --> 00:14:33,504 they're not really numbered in an intuitive way. 330 00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:34,439 [Chrissy] What? 331 00:14:34,473 --> 00:14:36,274 [Joe] Yeah. I think it's wrong. 332 00:14:36,308 --> 00:14:38,810 [Chrissy] No way. You kidding me? 333 00:14:39,745 --> 00:14:42,680 [Joe] We realized that we put the beams 334 00:14:42,715 --> 00:14:44,449 that have the notches for the floor joists 335 00:14:44,483 --> 00:14:46,618 actually in the area where the loft is going. 336 00:14:46,652 --> 00:14:49,020 So, what we need to do is we need to take those apart. 337 00:14:49,054 --> 00:14:52,557 We need to move them into this set right here in the middle. 338 00:14:52,591 --> 00:14:54,926 Again, waste more time, more energy. 339 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,730 [Aaron] Super frustrating when things don't go according to plan. 340 00:14:58,764 --> 00:15:00,999 Especially considering we're on a time crunch. 341 00:15:01,033 --> 00:15:05,848 [Aaron] Not to mention that it's freezing in Vermont and it's only September. 342 00:15:05,872 --> 00:15:08,706 It's only gonna get worse from here. Winter's coming. 343 00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:10,775 There are other factors at play. 344 00:15:10,809 --> 00:15:14,045 We really need to get the show on the road. 345 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,554 [Joe] It's never fun to undo something that's already completed. 346 00:15:23,589 --> 00:15:25,490 [Aaron] Yeah. It is what it is. 347 00:15:25,524 --> 00:15:26,691 That thing is so heavy. 348 00:15:27,893 --> 00:15:30,439 Today, we're putting all the posts in the right spots. 349 00:15:30,463 --> 00:15:31,629 Then we're gonna put up the beams. 350 00:15:31,664 --> 00:15:34,065 Then, we're gonna move to the floor joists. 351 00:15:36,535 --> 00:15:38,436 Put the center of the post in now 352 00:15:38,470 --> 00:15:39,771 and then we're gonna get this set across. 353 00:15:39,805 --> 00:15:41,773 All right. So, we got another beam ready to go up here. 354 00:15:41,807 --> 00:15:45,243 All right. And we're closing the gap from yesterday. 355 00:15:45,277 --> 00:15:46,244 [Aaron] Yeah. 356 00:15:48,414 --> 00:15:49,747 We have one more mess-up. 357 00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:52,016 - See these joist pockets here? - Yeah. 358 00:15:52,051 --> 00:15:54,052 You see how they're continuous every 24 inches on this side? 359 00:15:54,086 --> 00:15:54,686 [Aaron] Yeah. 360 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,921 What do you see over there? 361 00:15:56,956 --> 00:15:59,524 [Aaron] Same thing over there, but not from there. 362 00:15:59,558 --> 00:16:00,525 - [Joe] Exactly. - Blank. 363 00:16:00,559 --> 00:16:03,695 So, we have to replicate them all the way across 364 00:16:03,729 --> 00:16:04,562 before the floor joists fall off. 365 00:16:04,596 --> 00:16:05,596 For the floor-joist wall. 366 00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:06,597 We're progressing along. 367 00:16:06,632 --> 00:16:08,466 We're getting most of the beams in place 368 00:16:08,500 --> 00:16:10,601 and we're finding out that floor joist pockets 369 00:16:10,636 --> 00:16:13,438 are not notched into the beams like they're supposed to be. 370 00:16:13,472 --> 00:16:14,539 Most of them are missing. 371 00:16:14,573 --> 00:16:16,574 So, we have to go back over to the beams 372 00:16:16,608 --> 00:16:18,609 and we're actually gonna have to create all those pockets 373 00:16:18,644 --> 00:16:20,745 and re-tail the ends of the beams. 374 00:16:20,779 --> 00:16:22,847 - [Aaron] So we have to hand-notch everything. - [Joe] Yeah. 375 00:16:22,881 --> 00:16:25,383 [Aaron] You have a picture of how you want something to go, 376 00:16:25,417 --> 00:16:26,951 and this is pretty much the exact opposite. 377 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:30,388 [Joe] So, go get your chisel, and let's start getting at them. 378 00:16:30,422 --> 00:16:31,756 We're not gonna pick up the phone. 379 00:16:31,790 --> 00:16:34,959 We're just gonna take over and fabricate here on site. 380 00:16:37,496 --> 00:16:38,730 When you're working remotely like this, 381 00:16:38,764 --> 00:16:41,499 you're limited with equipment, tools and everything else. 382 00:16:41,533 --> 00:16:45,470 And to go back into town and have the mill rework them, 383 00:16:45,504 --> 00:16:46,871 we're gonna lose time just traveling. 384 00:16:46,905 --> 00:16:49,907 Who knows how long it's gonna take them to get these beams done. 385 00:16:49,942 --> 00:16:52,810 We could be talking hours. We could be talking days. 386 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:54,479 We're just not gonna waste our time on that phone call. 387 00:16:54,513 --> 00:16:56,314 It's gonna be faster if we just take over here 388 00:16:56,348 --> 00:16:57,749 and do it with our tools and our men. 389 00:16:57,783 --> 00:17:01,019 We're gonna have to take out the tools and hammer and chisel 390 00:17:01,053 --> 00:17:03,054 and do it the old-fashioned way. 391 00:17:19,838 --> 00:17:20,872 We're really excited, 392 00:17:20,906 --> 00:17:22,974 we finally got the final notches in the beams. 393 00:17:23,008 --> 00:17:26,077 Most of the floor joists are already going into place. 394 00:17:26,111 --> 00:17:27,478 They're already going to start setting flooring. 395 00:17:27,513 --> 00:17:30,314 We're gonna have some good eye candy coming up. 396 00:17:35,687 --> 00:17:39,157 All right, that's good. Windows and doors are here. 397 00:17:40,793 --> 00:17:43,928 [Aaron] Yo, guys, these are super fragile. 398 00:17:43,962 --> 00:17:48,366 Thousands of dollars worth of very fragile windows coming this afternoon. 399 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,234 And so, I'm a little on edge. 400 00:17:50,269 --> 00:17:51,836 So, when we're carrying them, let's just make sure... 401 00:17:51,870 --> 00:17:54,772 Hence the words "glass" and "fragile" on the bottom. 402 00:17:54,807 --> 00:17:56,474 [Aaron] Make sure that we're careful. 403 00:17:56,508 --> 00:17:57,675 - [Joe] That's the indicator. - All right. 404 00:17:57,709 --> 00:17:59,377 So, this is actually the bottom. 405 00:17:59,411 --> 00:18:02,213 So, when we pull it out, we're gonna come out sideways and I want to stand it up. 406 00:18:02,247 --> 00:18:03,748 All right? 407 00:18:03,782 --> 00:18:06,061 [Aaron] We have really big modern windows, they're casement windows, 408 00:18:06,085 --> 00:18:09,554 and just put as many windows in the house to create a lot of natural light. 409 00:18:09,588 --> 00:18:11,556 Watch that corner, Mike. 410 00:18:11,590 --> 00:18:13,724 [Joe] Yeah. All right. Put your ends down, guys. 411 00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:16,360 Slowly. Put it all the way down on the ground. 412 00:18:16,395 --> 00:18:17,595 - Very nerve-racking. - Yeah. 413 00:18:17,629 --> 00:18:19,497 [Joe] No, no, put your end on the ground, guys. 414 00:18:19,531 --> 00:18:20,431 - I would stop. - All right. 415 00:18:20,466 --> 00:18:21,999 We've got to... Hang on. No, no, no. 416 00:18:22,534 --> 00:18:24,102 Whoa. Whoa, whoa, hey. 417 00:18:28,574 --> 00:18:30,308 [Joe] Windows and doors are here. 418 00:18:31,710 --> 00:18:34,846 [Aaron] Yo, guys, make sure that we're careful, all right? 419 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,748 We have thousands of dollars worth of very fragile windows. 420 00:18:37,783 --> 00:18:39,450 [Joe] We're gonna get that out first. 421 00:18:39,485 --> 00:18:40,618 I'm a little on edge. 422 00:18:40,652 --> 00:18:43,654 [Joe] You gotta watch that corner, Mike. Yeah. All right. 423 00:18:43,689 --> 00:18:45,423 Put your ends down, guys. 424 00:18:45,457 --> 00:18:47,492 Slowly, put it all the way down on the ground. 425 00:18:47,526 --> 00:18:48,659 - Very nerve-racking. - Yeah. 426 00:18:48,694 --> 00:18:50,628 [Joe] No, no, not put your end on the ground, guys. 427 00:18:50,662 --> 00:18:51,562 - I would stop. - All right. 428 00:18:51,597 --> 00:18:52,730 We gotta-- Hang on. No, no, no. 429 00:18:52,764 --> 00:18:54,565 - [Aaron] Whoa, whoa, whoa. - [man] End's down. 430 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:55,666 This end's going down. 431 00:18:55,701 --> 00:18:57,368 [Joe] That's it. There you go. 432 00:18:57,402 --> 00:18:59,003 - And it made it. - [Joe] All right. 433 00:19:01,707 --> 00:19:03,741 All right, right there. All right, stop. 434 00:19:03,775 --> 00:19:06,544 Go to the last one there. Bring it in. 435 00:19:06,578 --> 00:19:08,479 You're gonna keep a little bit of a lean on it. 436 00:19:08,514 --> 00:19:09,547 We have 15 windows. 437 00:19:09,581 --> 00:19:12,583 Right, like that. Just like you got it. Perfect. 438 00:19:12,618 --> 00:19:15,553 Hopefully we'll get to put a couple of them up today 439 00:19:15,587 --> 00:19:16,387 and then the rest of them 440 00:19:16,421 --> 00:19:17,522 should come very quickly after that. 441 00:19:17,556 --> 00:19:18,222 Mm-hmm. 442 00:19:18,590 --> 00:19:19,757 So excited. 443 00:19:19,791 --> 00:19:21,392 The windows look good. What do you know? 444 00:19:23,662 --> 00:19:25,530 [man] You can come outside, with the level. 445 00:19:25,564 --> 00:19:28,566 Okay, so you're gonna come outside once we put it in. 446 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,369 They're very special material, they're fiberglass, 447 00:19:31,403 --> 00:19:34,372 and they're recycled materials as well. 448 00:19:34,406 --> 00:19:35,606 And what's special about them 449 00:19:35,641 --> 00:19:39,477 is that these materials allow us to use the color black 450 00:19:39,511 --> 00:19:41,512 on the inside and outside of the window. 451 00:19:41,547 --> 00:19:42,547 So just... 452 00:19:42,581 --> 00:19:45,416 Hold it up to the bottom. 453 00:19:45,450 --> 00:19:48,085 When I saw this, I kind of fell in love with it. 454 00:19:48,420 --> 00:19:49,654 Is it level? 455 00:19:49,688 --> 00:19:52,657 It's all part of the modern theme, modern farmhouse style. 456 00:19:52,691 --> 00:19:54,358 So I think he did good. 457 00:19:54,393 --> 00:19:57,028 It's a little to the left. Right there. 458 00:19:58,430 --> 00:20:00,531 [Aaron] All right, good job. First window. 459 00:20:00,566 --> 00:20:01,399 Nice. 460 00:20:01,433 --> 00:20:03,000 This is gonna be the bathroom window. 461 00:20:03,802 --> 00:20:05,403 Hey, Heather, you got that level? 462 00:20:05,437 --> 00:20:07,405 [Heather] Yeah, it's perfect. 463 00:20:07,439 --> 00:20:08,506 [Aaron] Windows are looking good. 464 00:20:08,574 --> 00:20:11,409 Heather was helping to level as we went along. 465 00:20:11,443 --> 00:20:12,843 Feels good to finally install them 466 00:20:12,878 --> 00:20:16,314 and see this place turning into a house right before our eyes. 467 00:20:16,348 --> 00:20:17,415 Look at that, that's it. 468 00:20:17,449 --> 00:20:18,316 [Heather] Ready? 469 00:20:18,350 --> 00:20:19,317 You're the level girl. 470 00:20:19,351 --> 00:20:20,484 [Aaron] Level girl. 471 00:20:20,519 --> 00:20:22,320 - Now we're perfect. - [man] Perfect. 472 00:20:23,555 --> 00:20:26,224 -There we go. -[Aaron] That's it? Thanks, man. 473 00:20:32,464 --> 00:20:34,765 So, it's mid-September and the framing is done, 474 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:35,933 so we're trying to take advantage 475 00:20:35,968 --> 00:20:39,036 of the good fall weather to get the roof rafters on. 476 00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:42,640 The guys, you know, were kind of carrying them on their shoulders, 477 00:20:42,674 --> 00:20:45,610 lifting them up and nailing them in 478 00:20:45,644 --> 00:20:48,512 and trying to kind of balance on the top of the roof. 479 00:20:48,547 --> 00:20:51,882 And so it was definitely nerve-racking to watch. 480 00:20:51,917 --> 00:20:55,086 It looks pretty dangerous up there where they are putting that roofing on. 481 00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:59,023 [Joe] Oh, let me tell you, they're very happy, too, that it's dry and not slick. 482 00:21:01,026 --> 00:21:04,495 We've been working in 70-degree dry weather all week, 483 00:21:04,529 --> 00:21:05,730 couldn't ask for better conditions. 484 00:21:05,764 --> 00:21:08,332 If it was a little wet or a little bit icy 485 00:21:08,367 --> 00:21:09,533 or even a little bit of frost, 486 00:21:09,568 --> 00:21:11,302 they would slide right off that roof. 487 00:21:13,005 --> 00:21:15,706 All the framing is done now, we're running our stop-ins. 488 00:21:15,741 --> 00:21:17,908 And we're putting our one-by-twelve sheeting up. 489 00:21:17,943 --> 00:21:20,344 [Aaron] I had no idea it could happen so fast. 490 00:21:20,379 --> 00:21:21,512 We're gonna have some metal on here, 491 00:21:21,546 --> 00:21:22,680 if not today, early tomorrow morning. 492 00:21:22,714 --> 00:21:23,614 Awesome. 493 00:21:23,649 --> 00:21:25,383 [Joe] Coming in early next week there, 494 00:21:25,417 --> 00:21:26,584 we've got rain in the forecast 495 00:21:26,618 --> 00:21:28,352 and the temperatures are gonna start to go down. 496 00:21:28,387 --> 00:21:29,520 Winter is gonna be here soon. 497 00:21:29,554 --> 00:21:31,622 Sounds like we need to get dried in ASAP. 498 00:21:31,657 --> 00:21:32,923 I'm super excited. 499 00:21:32,958 --> 00:21:35,660 It's the point of the build where you can finally start 500 00:21:35,694 --> 00:21:37,361 to see the house come together. 501 00:21:43,702 --> 00:21:45,469 [Joe] Now to the vapor barrier is complete, 502 00:21:45,504 --> 00:21:48,039 we're installing the last of the windows and doors. 503 00:21:51,410 --> 00:21:52,576 Right there, lock it. 504 00:21:52,611 --> 00:21:54,645 We're really lucky that we got all these windows undamaged. 505 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,881 Every time you order windows, something's bound to go wrong 506 00:21:56,915 --> 00:21:58,683 out here in the remote location that we're at. 507 00:21:58,717 --> 00:21:59,884 If we had a broken window, 508 00:21:59,918 --> 00:22:02,053 it would really delay the project. 509 00:22:03,121 --> 00:22:04,088 Looks good. 510 00:22:05,223 --> 00:22:05,990 Perfect. 511 00:22:06,758 --> 00:22:08,559 [Aaron] For the exterior siding, 512 00:22:08,593 --> 00:22:10,461 we're using rough sawn pinewood. 513 00:22:10,495 --> 00:22:12,797 So, rough sawn means you see all of the marks 514 00:22:12,831 --> 00:22:16,267 from the saw blade and it's not sanded or polished. 515 00:22:23,108 --> 00:22:26,677 [Joe] We definitely don't want to put guys on the roof today with this weather, I mean, 516 00:22:26,712 --> 00:22:29,413 it's getting closer to freezing right now. 517 00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:30,648 And as the day progresses, 518 00:22:30,682 --> 00:22:32,516 it's gonna be slippery and wet. 519 00:22:32,551 --> 00:22:33,551 And if it turns to frost and ice, 520 00:22:33,585 --> 00:22:35,186 we're really gonna get into trouble. 521 00:22:37,055 --> 00:22:39,523 Snow is on its way. It's pouring rain right now. 522 00:22:39,558 --> 00:22:41,459 It's 37 degrees outside. 523 00:22:41,493 --> 00:22:43,561 We're definitely not gonna be doing the roof today. 524 00:22:43,595 --> 00:22:45,996 Let's hope the weather changes. 525 00:22:47,566 --> 00:22:49,400 [Aaron] We were supposed to put the metal roof on, 526 00:22:49,434 --> 00:22:50,801 but we ended up getting rained out 527 00:22:50,836 --> 00:22:53,304 and it was too unsafe to install the metal roof. 528 00:22:53,338 --> 00:22:54,772 We ended up shifting the work indoors, 529 00:22:54,806 --> 00:22:57,375 but we still have to finish up as quickly as possible 530 00:22:57,409 --> 00:23:00,678 because that rain is gonna start to turn to snow very soon. 531 00:23:00,712 --> 00:23:03,447 So, let's get the stairs going, seeing how it's raining. 532 00:23:03,482 --> 00:23:05,750 - Yeah. - It's gonna start snowing probably later. 533 00:23:05,784 --> 00:23:08,185 At least we can get the stairs going inside. 534 00:23:10,856 --> 00:23:13,624 These guys are hustling all the lumber in for us. 535 00:23:13,658 --> 00:23:14,592 - Is that the last of it? - [man] Yes, sir. 536 00:23:14,626 --> 00:23:16,694 [Joe] All right, boss. Get it in there. 537 00:23:16,728 --> 00:23:19,764 What we're gonna do is we're gonna come up with four steps here. 538 00:23:20,632 --> 00:23:21,799 We're gonna come up to our landing. 539 00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:23,401 Then, when we come on the landing, 540 00:23:23,435 --> 00:23:25,236 we're gonna turn and go the rest of the way. 541 00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:27,805 Finishing off the floor landing right now, 542 00:23:27,839 --> 00:23:30,374 couple more boards and the stairs are done. 543 00:23:36,581 --> 00:23:39,116 [Aaron] Stairs are done, but there's something wrong. 544 00:23:40,585 --> 00:23:41,752 My worst fears are coming true. 545 00:23:41,787 --> 00:23:43,988 It looks like the roof is leaking now. 546 00:23:45,524 --> 00:23:47,425 Because we weren't able to put the metal roofing on yet. 547 00:23:48,860 --> 00:23:52,229 The rain is just coming down so hard that the roof is giving in. 548 00:23:53,532 --> 00:23:55,966 This literally is pushing me to my limit. 549 00:24:04,576 --> 00:24:05,709 [Aaron] My worst fears are coming true. 550 00:24:05,744 --> 00:24:07,578 It looks like the roof is leaking now. 551 00:24:07,612 --> 00:24:10,881 The rain is just coming down so hard that the roof is giving in 552 00:24:10,916 --> 00:24:12,683 because we weren't able to put the metal roofing on yet. 553 00:24:12,717 --> 00:24:15,453 But hopefully it's gonna stop raining soon. 554 00:24:15,487 --> 00:24:17,655 So, we better get this metal roof on in time 555 00:24:17,689 --> 00:24:19,990 for, you know, the next rainstorm. 556 00:24:24,996 --> 00:24:28,332 So, when I arrived yesterday, we were supposed to put the metal roof on, 557 00:24:28,366 --> 00:24:29,667 but we ended up getting rained out. 558 00:24:29,701 --> 00:24:32,703 Thankfully, the weather has come back on our side today, 559 00:24:32,737 --> 00:24:34,950 but we still have to finish up as quickly as possible 560 00:24:34,974 --> 00:24:38,342 because that rain is gonna start to turn to snow very soon. 561 00:24:39,945 --> 00:24:40,711 [Joe] So, they're putting the metal roof on 562 00:24:40,745 --> 00:24:42,346 the back of the house right now. 563 00:24:42,380 --> 00:24:44,248 They're ready to start the shed dormer. 564 00:24:44,282 --> 00:24:45,349 Very mild pitch. 565 00:24:45,383 --> 00:24:46,984 I think you could walk up there. 566 00:24:48,420 --> 00:24:49,854 The roof is steep enough at an eight-pitch. 567 00:24:49,888 --> 00:24:52,623 If it gets slippery, they will definitely slide off. 568 00:24:52,657 --> 00:24:55,493 So they're gonna be using support brackets and safety ropes today. 569 00:24:55,527 --> 00:24:56,627 Throw that rope over here. 570 00:24:56,661 --> 00:24:58,462 I'm gonna tie it off to Aaron's legs. 571 00:24:58,497 --> 00:24:59,697 - That sounds good. - Tethered to hip. 572 00:24:59,731 --> 00:25:01,532 It's a lot higher and a little sketchier 573 00:25:01,566 --> 00:25:02,600 than these guys make it look. 574 00:25:02,634 --> 00:25:04,335 - You see these cleats right here? - Yeah. 575 00:25:04,369 --> 00:25:05,402 That's how you're gonna climb. 576 00:25:06,338 --> 00:25:07,137 [Aaron] Uh-huh. 577 00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:09,607 So how do you like the views up there? 578 00:25:09,641 --> 00:25:11,642 [Aaron] The views are... are gorgeous. 579 00:25:11,676 --> 00:25:14,645 It's a little higher and sketchier than I thought it'd be. 580 00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:16,180 I don't have a fear of heights, 581 00:25:16,214 --> 00:25:20,384 but being up here is definitely pushing my limits a little bit. 582 00:25:22,621 --> 00:25:25,556 We're gonna be installing the final metal roofing. 583 00:25:25,590 --> 00:25:29,460 The metal roof is also really good for snow load capacity. 584 00:25:29,494 --> 00:25:30,861 Generally, once the roof heats up, 585 00:25:30,896 --> 00:25:33,264 the snow will actually slide right off it. 586 00:25:36,835 --> 00:25:38,602 Once I got up there, I realized how high 587 00:25:38,637 --> 00:25:40,504 and how steep the roof really was. 588 00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:42,473 These guys make it look super easy, 589 00:25:42,507 --> 00:25:44,441 but it's a lot harder than it looks in reality. 590 00:25:45,477 --> 00:25:47,511 Even today, when we had the sun out, 591 00:25:47,546 --> 00:25:49,713 I was up on the roof and it was still slippery. 592 00:25:49,748 --> 00:25:51,482 Can't wait to get down from here. 593 00:25:51,516 --> 00:25:53,117 Thank goodness the weather cooperated. 594 00:25:53,151 --> 00:25:54,919 We were able to get the rest of the metal roof on. 595 00:25:54,953 --> 00:25:58,022 We're now completely dried in. Heather's not here this week. 596 00:25:58,056 --> 00:26:01,725 I think she would be shocked by the progress that we've made. 597 00:26:02,928 --> 00:26:06,564 One of my favorite things is gonna be the front porch. 598 00:26:06,598 --> 00:26:08,532 That's one of the last exterior elements 599 00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:11,702 that really ties all of the design concept together. 600 00:26:11,736 --> 00:26:14,538 Now, it really looks like that modern farmhouse look 601 00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:16,574 with the fresh rough sawn pine, 602 00:26:16,608 --> 00:26:18,275 and I'm really excited about that. 603 00:26:23,949 --> 00:26:26,884 It's amazing, it's starting to feel like a house already. 604 00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:29,019 Now that the walls are up and you can really see the frame of the house, 605 00:26:29,054 --> 00:26:31,822 you can sort of get a sense for where everything's gonna be. 606 00:26:31,856 --> 00:26:35,492 So, it's nice, all these pieces finally coming together. 607 00:26:35,527 --> 00:26:37,695 We have a big push to finish on time. 608 00:26:37,729 --> 00:26:39,496 You know, we have almost half a house 609 00:26:39,531 --> 00:26:40,864 to build in the next couple of weeks 610 00:26:40,899 --> 00:26:44,735 and we need to be ready for snowboarding season to begin. 611 00:26:44,769 --> 00:26:46,670 So, hopefully we can, you know, 612 00:26:46,705 --> 00:26:49,840 get that final push and move in. 613 00:26:49,874 --> 00:26:52,676 Over the last week, we had all the plumbing and electrical done 614 00:26:52,711 --> 00:26:54,445 and we have the drywall coming shortly. 615 00:26:55,513 --> 00:26:57,581 When did you ever get trained as an excavator? 616 00:26:57,616 --> 00:26:59,416 Uh... one of the trips, when you weren't here. 617 00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:00,818 Okay. 618 00:27:00,852 --> 00:27:03,320 [Aaron] We discovered that the excavator is actually in the way, 619 00:27:03,355 --> 00:27:06,690 and so I might have to hop in there and try to move it. 620 00:27:06,725 --> 00:27:07,825 All right. Wish me luck. 621 00:27:07,859 --> 00:27:10,027 It's been a while since I've operated one of those. 622 00:27:10,061 --> 00:27:11,295 Or ever. 623 00:27:11,329 --> 00:27:15,299 But hopefully, I remember my training and I can back it up. 624 00:27:15,333 --> 00:27:17,101 [reverse alarm beeping] 625 00:27:20,338 --> 00:27:21,305 [Heather chuckles] 626 00:27:40,692 --> 00:27:42,660 - Nice job. Great work. - Oh, man. 627 00:27:42,694 --> 00:27:44,561 [Aaron] You definitely didn't think I could do that. 628 00:27:44,596 --> 00:27:46,430 - I had some doubts. - [chuckles] 629 00:27:47,799 --> 00:27:48,799 Drywall's here. 630 00:27:48,833 --> 00:27:51,301 - So, can I help you at all, man? - Sure. 631 00:27:53,004 --> 00:27:57,174 Joe must have thought that the drywall company would have a crew to deliver. 632 00:27:57,208 --> 00:27:58,042 Right. 633 00:27:59,911 --> 00:28:01,412 Okay. 634 00:28:01,446 --> 00:28:03,714 And then the drywall company thought that we would have a construction crew 635 00:28:03,748 --> 00:28:05,482 - for carrying the material out. - Right. 636 00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:07,685 - Ready? - All right. 637 00:28:07,719 --> 00:28:09,553 Turns out we were the only ones here. 638 00:28:09,587 --> 00:28:12,022 We were both part of his crew. 639 00:28:12,991 --> 00:28:15,659 [Aaron] We have almost 100 sheets of drywall. 640 00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:19,063 We don't even have the right window to lift it up to the second floor, 641 00:28:19,097 --> 00:28:21,699 so we're gonna have to bring everything into the first floor 642 00:28:21,733 --> 00:28:24,601 and hand-carry pieces up to the second floor. 643 00:28:24,636 --> 00:28:26,070 All right. Well, we'll just wing it. 644 00:28:32,877 --> 00:28:33,811 [Heather] This is crazy. 645 00:28:33,845 --> 00:28:35,546 [Aaron] How many more of these do we have? 646 00:28:35,580 --> 00:28:36,580 [man speaks] 647 00:28:36,614 --> 00:28:37,581 [Heather] Are you serious? 648 00:28:37,615 --> 00:28:39,416 This is my workout for the year. 649 00:28:39,451 --> 00:28:42,052 This is a challenge I was not prepared for. 650 00:28:42,087 --> 00:28:45,189 We need to pick up the pace. The garage is coming, we have a lot left. 651 00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:46,190 This is a nightmare. 652 00:28:52,630 --> 00:28:54,431 -Last one. -This is the last one. You can do this. 653 00:28:56,334 --> 00:28:57,434 Ooh! 654 00:28:57,469 --> 00:28:58,469 - All right. - Nice. 655 00:28:58,503 --> 00:29:00,170 [Aaron] Oh, my goodness. 656 00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:02,940 Good job. 657 00:29:02,974 --> 00:29:06,276 I feel like we've had two or three days already and it's only like 11:00 a.m. 658 00:29:06,311 --> 00:29:07,411 I know. It's crazy. 659 00:29:07,445 --> 00:29:09,357 All right, now let's get the garage going. 660 00:29:09,381 --> 00:29:10,414 Let's head to the garage. 661 00:29:10,448 --> 00:29:12,049 All right. The main event. 662 00:29:13,685 --> 00:29:16,453 So, one of the next big steps is our garage delivery. 663 00:29:16,488 --> 00:29:18,655 It has been fully assembled off-site 664 00:29:18,690 --> 00:29:21,959 and they're gonna be driving it on a giant truck bed. 665 00:29:21,993 --> 00:29:24,194 The garage weighs thousands of pounds. 666 00:29:24,229 --> 00:29:25,629 It's an oversize load. 667 00:29:25,663 --> 00:29:29,433 It needs special conditions to be able to make it on the roads here. 668 00:29:29,467 --> 00:29:31,869 They have to get up this muddy and steep driveway. 669 00:29:31,903 --> 00:29:35,272 So, this is gonna be a really challenging delivery. 670 00:29:35,306 --> 00:29:36,640 This thing looks huge, man. 671 00:29:36,674 --> 00:29:38,776 - [driver speaking] - [Heather] It looks awesome. 672 00:29:38,810 --> 00:29:39,710 [Aaron] I'm ready to do it, let's go. 673 00:29:39,744 --> 00:29:41,512 Okay, shouldn't have a problem. 674 00:29:41,546 --> 00:29:42,446 All right. 675 00:29:45,416 --> 00:29:46,617 Here we go. 676 00:29:46,651 --> 00:29:47,584 [Heather] Oh, he's not backing up. 677 00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:50,053 [Aaron] No, he's going to do the turnaround. 678 00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:52,289 It's a little wobbly. 679 00:29:52,323 --> 00:29:53,557 [Heather] It looks like it's lopsided. 680 00:29:53,591 --> 00:29:56,293 [Aaron] Yeah, you think it's gonna fit between those two trees? 681 00:29:58,263 --> 00:29:59,163 [Heather] Uh-oh. 682 00:30:03,368 --> 00:30:04,268 Okay. 683 00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:12,209 Both of his wheels were really digging in on both sides here. 684 00:30:12,243 --> 00:30:12,876 [Heather] Yeah. 685 00:30:13,511 --> 00:30:14,578 [Aaron] Is it not gonna fit? 686 00:30:14,612 --> 00:30:16,680 My problem is the two trees. 687 00:30:16,714 --> 00:30:18,415 [Aaron] Are you saying we can't do it? 688 00:30:21,686 --> 00:30:23,487 [Aaron] Is it not gonna fit? 689 00:30:23,521 --> 00:30:24,922 [driver] My problem is the two trees. 690 00:30:24,956 --> 00:30:25,823 [Aaron] Right. 691 00:30:25,857 --> 00:30:27,758 We're trying to get this massive garage 692 00:30:27,792 --> 00:30:31,595 up a muddy driveway between two giant trees 693 00:30:31,629 --> 00:30:33,697 and it's really not working. 694 00:30:33,731 --> 00:30:35,432 Are you saying we can't do it? 695 00:30:35,466 --> 00:30:36,834 I'm not saying we're not. 696 00:30:36,868 --> 00:30:38,735 It's just gonna take me a little bit to get up there. 697 00:30:38,770 --> 00:30:39,636 Okay. 698 00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:41,872 I've still got some tricks up my sleeve. 699 00:30:41,906 --> 00:30:45,876 My next option was go down, turn around, back up. 700 00:30:46,711 --> 00:30:48,478 [Aaron] This is the second challenge 701 00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:50,447 because this is the steepest part of the driveway. 702 00:30:50,481 --> 00:30:51,648 [Heather] Right. 703 00:30:51,683 --> 00:30:54,251 - And you can see the wheels are kind of pulling. - Mm-hmm. 704 00:30:55,820 --> 00:30:58,856 [driver] I'm gonna do probably two more inchworms back. 705 00:30:58,890 --> 00:31:03,093 I should be able to swing the trailer into position. 706 00:31:04,429 --> 00:31:06,263 And then hopefully slide the building off. 707 00:31:07,765 --> 00:31:09,466 - [Heather] Here we go. - [Aaron] Oh! 708 00:31:09,500 --> 00:31:11,068 Oh, wow. 709 00:31:11,669 --> 00:31:14,304 - Yay. Nice. - Yeah. 710 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:16,940 [driver] The job is done. 711 00:31:21,613 --> 00:31:23,580 [Aaron] We're getting close to crunch time now. 712 00:31:23,615 --> 00:31:26,583 We have less than two weeks left to finish the build. 713 00:31:26,618 --> 00:31:29,720 We have faced so many challenges along the way. 714 00:31:29,787 --> 00:31:32,289 So, given what we've been working with, 715 00:31:32,323 --> 00:31:35,158 I am very surprised by our progress. 716 00:31:35,193 --> 00:31:38,729 We had drywallers come in and actually install the sheetrock 717 00:31:38,763 --> 00:31:39,997 and then we had the painters come in 718 00:31:40,031 --> 00:31:43,567 and do a couple layers of fresh paint all through the house. 719 00:31:43,601 --> 00:31:45,636 Although it looks like it's ready from the outside, 720 00:31:45,670 --> 00:31:48,572 we still have a lot of interior work to do 721 00:31:48,606 --> 00:31:51,408 and hopefully by the end we're gonna have a great house 722 00:31:51,442 --> 00:31:52,442 and it's all gonna be worth it. 723 00:31:54,879 --> 00:31:56,613 So, we have a ton going on today. 724 00:31:56,648 --> 00:31:58,749 We're getting ten solar panels installed. 725 00:31:58,783 --> 00:32:03,320 This should provide us enough backup for several days of power. 726 00:32:03,354 --> 00:32:05,689 [Joe] So once all the equipment's installed and we're booked in, 727 00:32:05,723 --> 00:32:07,324 are we gonna have lights tonight? 728 00:32:07,358 --> 00:32:08,292 Yes. 729 00:32:09,594 --> 00:32:11,161 I'll take another panel. 730 00:32:11,195 --> 00:32:14,731 [Aaron] I'll be able to track how much my solar panels are producing, 731 00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:18,635 and, of course, how much money I'm saving by using the power of the sun. 732 00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:19,603 That's my last panel. 733 00:32:19,637 --> 00:32:21,405 All my connections are connected 734 00:32:21,439 --> 00:32:23,307 and beautiful system set up of ten panels. 735 00:32:28,179 --> 00:32:29,913 [Aaron] The wood-burning stove has finally arrived, 736 00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:33,250 which I've been desperately waiting for and dreaming about. 737 00:32:33,284 --> 00:32:35,319 Be careful. It's very heavy. 738 00:32:35,353 --> 00:32:38,588 Slide it back. That's good. 739 00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:41,258 [Aaron] It will be a significant source of heat for the house. 740 00:32:42,293 --> 00:32:43,293 There it is. 741 00:32:43,828 --> 00:32:44,895 Easy. 742 00:32:44,929 --> 00:32:47,608 [Aaron] The outside of the stove and the inside 743 00:32:47,632 --> 00:32:49,633 is actually lined with soapstone, 744 00:32:49,667 --> 00:32:52,135 which can provide consistent heat. 745 00:32:53,571 --> 00:32:54,738 Bring it over. 746 00:32:55,006 --> 00:32:55,906 Yeah! 747 00:32:55,940 --> 00:32:57,708 So, we take the newspaper here in the middle 748 00:32:57,742 --> 00:32:59,376 and you make yourself a little ghost. 749 00:33:00,878 --> 00:33:01,979 There you go, look at that, there's a fire in there. 750 00:33:02,013 --> 00:33:02,779 - Yeah. - Yeah. 751 00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:04,448 Feel the warmth already coming on. 752 00:33:04,482 --> 00:33:05,315 Right. 753 00:33:08,886 --> 00:33:10,620 All right. Be careful. She is fragile. 754 00:33:10,655 --> 00:33:13,857 We have our plumber here installing the smart steam shower. 755 00:33:13,891 --> 00:33:17,427 I've been super excited about making this a smart cabin. 756 00:33:17,462 --> 00:33:18,662 We're gonna have smart lights. 757 00:33:18,696 --> 00:33:21,098 Turn on the lights in the living room. 758 00:33:24,135 --> 00:33:24,968 Yes. 759 00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:27,471 Smart speaker system and smart TV. 760 00:33:27,505 --> 00:33:29,039 Turn on the TV. 761 00:33:29,407 --> 00:33:30,640 [TV chimes] 762 00:33:30,675 --> 00:33:33,710 Finally, my pride and joy, we have the smart steam shower. 763 00:33:33,745 --> 00:33:36,947 It has lights and jets and speakers 764 00:33:36,981 --> 00:33:39,616 and all this really cool, smart stuff built into it, 765 00:33:39,650 --> 00:33:42,419 trying to create an off-the-grid spa. 766 00:33:42,453 --> 00:33:44,354 Why can't you live in the woods in comfort? 767 00:33:44,389 --> 00:33:45,789 Craig, how are we doing back there? 768 00:33:45,823 --> 00:33:46,890 [Craig] We'll have steam before you know it. 769 00:33:46,924 --> 00:33:48,825 [Aaron] Part of my vision of living off the grid 770 00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:52,763 was living off the grid in luxury and in technology. 771 00:33:52,797 --> 00:33:55,165 And that's also fully sustainable. 772 00:33:58,436 --> 00:34:02,372 We've been waiting months and months for the septic tank and it's finally here. 773 00:34:02,407 --> 00:34:04,875 It's gonna be the last thing that kind of enables us 774 00:34:04,909 --> 00:34:08,412 to be able to move into the house and use the facilities. 775 00:34:08,446 --> 00:34:10,680 The septic tank weighs about 800 pounds, 776 00:34:10,715 --> 00:34:12,849 so we need to use the excavator to get it up the hill. 777 00:34:13,718 --> 00:34:15,585 I was holding my breath the whole time 778 00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:17,988 as he was bringing it up the hill. 779 00:34:19,390 --> 00:34:22,259 The septic tank was dangling by a strap. 780 00:34:24,729 --> 00:34:27,064 - Oh, my gosh. - [creaking] 781 00:34:27,098 --> 00:34:28,098 Oh. 782 00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:35,605 [Aaron] I was holding my breath the whole time 783 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:38,341 as he was bringing our septic tank up the hill. 784 00:34:38,376 --> 00:34:41,278 The septic tank was dangling by a strap. 785 00:34:41,712 --> 00:34:43,146 I saw it fall off. 786 00:34:44,348 --> 00:34:45,582 - Oh, my gosh. - [creaking] 787 00:34:45,616 --> 00:34:46,616 Oh. 788 00:34:46,651 --> 00:34:48,752 I thought that was the end, but he recovered it 789 00:34:48,786 --> 00:34:50,887 and we got it all the way up here, and now it's set. 790 00:34:50,922 --> 00:34:54,524 It's gonna be nice not having to use the outhouse anymore during this build, 791 00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:56,960 especially given how cold it's gotten. 792 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:07,204 I can't be happier and more relieved to finally be done. 793 00:35:07,238 --> 00:35:10,941 This has definitely been one of the hardest projects I've ever taken on, 794 00:35:10,975 --> 00:35:12,676 and I couldn't be happier with the final product. 795 00:35:12,710 --> 00:35:14,978 I absolutely love the cabin. 796 00:35:15,012 --> 00:35:17,347 It is better than I had originally envisioned it. 797 00:35:17,381 --> 00:35:18,915 And I'm so proud of Aaron. 798 00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:19,783 It really is an amazing accomplishment. 799 00:35:19,817 --> 00:35:21,685 I can't wait to just be able to walk 800 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:23,787 right out of my house and jump on the slopes. 801 00:35:23,821 --> 00:35:25,689 And it's a dream come true for me. 802 00:35:25,723 --> 00:35:27,557 The timeline was four months. 803 00:35:27,592 --> 00:35:30,861 We ended up finishing just under five months. 804 00:35:30,895 --> 00:35:33,597 The original budget was around $200,000. 805 00:35:33,631 --> 00:35:36,733 We went about $25,000 over because of challenges 806 00:35:36,767 --> 00:35:38,401 with the off-the-grid features. 807 00:35:38,436 --> 00:35:40,337 Better to do it right the first time, 808 00:35:40,371 --> 00:35:42,172 even if it's a little more expensive. 809 00:35:44,408 --> 00:35:45,876 Today, we have my dad and my sister coming. 810 00:35:45,910 --> 00:35:49,412 They drove many, many miles and hours to get here 811 00:35:49,447 --> 00:35:51,414 and we can't wait to show the cabin to them. 812 00:35:52,216 --> 00:35:53,316 [Jay] Wow. 813 00:35:53,351 --> 00:35:54,384 - Hey, guys! - Hi! 814 00:35:54,418 --> 00:35:55,752 The house looks amazing, Aaron. 815 00:35:55,786 --> 00:35:57,454 [Jay] Ah, look at the front door. 816 00:35:57,488 --> 00:35:58,588 What do you guys think? 817 00:35:58,623 --> 00:36:00,290 - It's great. - I love it. 818 00:36:00,324 --> 00:36:01,658 This is a custom snowboard bench 819 00:36:01,692 --> 00:36:04,528 that my friends and Heather built together for me as a surprise. 820 00:36:04,562 --> 00:36:06,196 Wow. I'm going try it out. 821 00:36:06,230 --> 00:36:07,464 Take a seat, try it out. 822 00:36:07,498 --> 00:36:09,399 This is great. Are these your old boards? 823 00:36:09,433 --> 00:36:10,834 [Heather] Yeah, they're his old snowboards. 824 00:36:10,868 --> 00:36:13,637 There's a bunch of stories with each of these snowboard. 825 00:36:13,671 --> 00:36:16,339 [Jay] Yeah, I'll bet it has a story that involves stitches. 826 00:36:16,374 --> 00:36:17,541 [laughter] 827 00:36:17,575 --> 00:36:19,409 [Aaron] Can't wait to show you my snowboard cabin. 828 00:36:19,443 --> 00:36:20,443 - Let's go. - Yeah. 829 00:36:22,146 --> 00:36:23,146 Wow. 830 00:36:26,551 --> 00:36:28,185 - This is fantastic. - You like it? 831 00:36:28,219 --> 00:36:29,352 I love the beams. 832 00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:30,587 It's really cool. 833 00:36:30,621 --> 00:36:31,755 [Aaron] This is the foyer. 834 00:36:31,789 --> 00:36:33,757 This is where you're meant to kind of take your boots off 835 00:36:33,791 --> 00:36:36,760 - and your snowboard off and your jackets off. - Right. 836 00:36:36,794 --> 00:36:39,563 Check out my custom live edge furniture. 837 00:36:39,597 --> 00:36:41,398 That's a bench that I had them make by hand. 838 00:36:41,432 --> 00:36:42,399 [Jay] Wow. 839 00:36:42,433 --> 00:36:43,900 - It fits perfectly in that space. - Yeah. 840 00:36:43,935 --> 00:36:46,603 - Come sit by my wood-burning stove. - [Jay] Ah. 841 00:36:46,637 --> 00:36:48,772 [Aimee] This is so nice. 842 00:36:48,806 --> 00:36:50,774 [Jay] That's so beautiful. That's a beautiful stove. 843 00:36:50,808 --> 00:36:53,210 [Aaron] This is actually made out of soapstone. 844 00:36:53,244 --> 00:36:56,112 The material is known to hold the temperature for really long, 845 00:36:56,147 --> 00:36:57,681 even periods of time. 846 00:36:57,715 --> 00:37:00,650 So, this thing is gonna stay hot for hours and hours, even if it's not lit. 847 00:37:00,685 --> 00:37:01,952 And of course, I got smart features 848 00:37:01,986 --> 00:37:04,421 that I can control all the lights in the house with my voice. 849 00:37:04,455 --> 00:37:05,355 Oh, my. 850 00:37:05,389 --> 00:37:07,090 Turn off the lights in the foyer. 851 00:37:09,327 --> 00:37:10,493 That's so cool. 852 00:37:10,528 --> 00:37:12,562 [Aaron] The lights and the TV and the heater 853 00:37:12,597 --> 00:37:14,764 all controlled by my voice and my phone. 854 00:37:14,799 --> 00:37:16,499 Can't wait to show you the kitchen. 855 00:37:16,534 --> 00:37:18,468 You want to go check it out? I'll follow you over there. 856 00:37:18,502 --> 00:37:20,036 [Aimee] Yeah, I'd love to. 857 00:37:21,472 --> 00:37:22,405 [Aaron] My farmhouse sink. 858 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,374 - Right. - With the farmhouse faucets. 859 00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:26,610 [Aimee] Those are my favorite. I love it. 860 00:37:26,644 --> 00:37:28,778 [Aaron] I tried to get, you know, really modern appliances, 861 00:37:28,813 --> 00:37:31,514 but also ones that fit in small places. 862 00:37:31,549 --> 00:37:32,449 - So... - [Aimee] Yeah. 863 00:37:32,483 --> 00:37:33,850 I love it. I love the kitchen. 864 00:37:33,884 --> 00:37:35,552 [Aimee] How do you get power out here? 865 00:37:35,586 --> 00:37:38,188 We actually have ten solar panels on the roof. 866 00:37:38,222 --> 00:37:40,690 We're off the grid and fully sustainable all the time, 867 00:37:40,725 --> 00:37:42,759 no matter what's happening. 868 00:37:42,793 --> 00:37:45,195 - Come check out my guest bathroom. - [Aimee] Wow. 869 00:37:46,797 --> 00:37:49,399 [Aimee] It's so nice. What is that? 870 00:37:49,433 --> 00:37:50,567 Some people think it's a phone booth. 871 00:37:50,601 --> 00:37:51,768 [Aimee] I was gonna say. 872 00:37:51,802 --> 00:37:53,937 - [Aaron] But it's actually a smart steam shower. - Oh, my. 873 00:37:53,971 --> 00:37:56,306 So, I have this remote control right here. 874 00:37:56,340 --> 00:37:58,341 You can actually turn it on and off. 875 00:37:58,376 --> 00:37:59,409 I can control the lights. 876 00:38:00,511 --> 00:38:01,678 [Aimee] That's great. 877 00:38:01,712 --> 00:38:03,413 [Aaron] Come check out the guest bedroom. 878 00:38:05,783 --> 00:38:08,385 - [Heather] Can't wait for you guys to stay in here. - Me, too. 879 00:38:09,754 --> 00:38:12,322 [Aaron] This is my upstairs loft. 880 00:38:12,356 --> 00:38:14,257 This is meant to be like a media room. 881 00:38:15,526 --> 00:38:17,560 - [Aimee] Look at that chandelier over there. - [Jay] It's cool. 882 00:38:17,595 --> 00:38:20,664 Oh, that's my deer antler chandelier, right in the window. 883 00:38:20,698 --> 00:38:23,300 So you can see it as you drive over to the house. 884 00:38:23,334 --> 00:38:25,535 Check out the bedroom. 885 00:38:25,569 --> 00:38:28,405 - Our antler light to match the chandelier. - [Aimee] Great. 886 00:38:28,439 --> 00:38:30,140 [Aaron] And it also is controlled by my voice. 887 00:38:30,174 --> 00:38:31,074 Yeah? 888 00:38:31,108 --> 00:38:32,509 [Aaron] Turn on the lights in the bedroom. 889 00:38:32,543 --> 00:38:34,144 [chuckles] Amazing. 890 00:38:38,582 --> 00:38:40,383 [Heather] Our favorite is the view here. 891 00:38:40,418 --> 00:38:43,653 And there is actually the Vermont snowmobile trails right out through this window. 892 00:38:43,688 --> 00:38:44,754 [Aimee] That's awesome. 893 00:38:44,789 --> 00:38:46,456 You guys have to get a snowmobile next. 894 00:38:46,490 --> 00:38:48,325 - It's already on his list. - It's all on the list. 895 00:38:52,096 --> 00:38:53,663 [Aaron] So, what do you guys think of the cabin? 896 00:38:53,698 --> 00:38:54,931 - I love it. - It's fantastic. 897 00:38:54,965 --> 00:38:57,033 [Aimee] It's really great to see luxury off the grid 898 00:38:57,068 --> 00:39:00,704 and be able to have some kind of experience like you would at a spa, 899 00:39:00,738 --> 00:39:02,505 but completely in the middle of nowhere. 900 00:39:02,540 --> 00:39:03,540 You know, it's great. 901 00:39:03,574 --> 00:39:05,408 I'm always proud of all of my kids, 902 00:39:05,443 --> 00:39:08,478 but Aaron's really done a number on this project. 903 00:39:08,512 --> 00:39:09,479 It's amazing. 904 00:39:10,781 --> 00:39:13,683 We started a project and we gained a lot of lifetime friends. 905 00:39:13,718 --> 00:39:15,018 Absolutely. 906 00:39:15,052 --> 00:39:17,454 [Aaron] We couldn't have done this without you. So, thank you. 907 00:39:17,488 --> 00:39:18,722 - Thanks, guys. - You're welcome. 908 00:39:18,756 --> 00:39:20,523 We're gonna hop on our snowmobile 909 00:39:20,558 --> 00:39:21,658 and come right up the fast trail here 910 00:39:21,692 --> 00:39:23,660 and visit and stay the night. 911 00:39:23,694 --> 00:39:27,030 Building off the grid was super challenging, but way worth it, 912 00:39:27,064 --> 00:39:31,735 and I couldn't be more grateful to have had Heather to do this with. 913 00:39:31,769 --> 00:39:33,970 [Heather] It has been so rewarding, so fulfilling. 914 00:39:34,004 --> 00:39:37,607 And I couldn't have picked a better person to do this with. 915 00:39:37,641 --> 00:39:39,509 Can't wait to spend our first winter here. 916 00:39:39,543 --> 00:39:41,411 Yeah, you have to teach me how to snowboard now. 917 00:39:41,445 --> 00:39:42,345 That's the goal. 918 00:39:45,216 --> 00:39:47,217 Since I was ten, I've been snowboarding 919 00:39:47,251 --> 00:39:48,284 and dreaming about having 920 00:39:48,319 --> 00:39:50,720 like an off-the-grid mountain escape. 921 00:39:50,755 --> 00:39:52,655 I've been waiting my whole life for it. 922 00:39:52,690 --> 00:39:53,623 This is a dream come true. 923 00:39:53,657 --> 00:39:55,358 [Heather] So proud of you. 924 00:39:55,393 --> 00:39:56,359 [all] Cheers!