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[Justin] We're building
an underground home.
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We're gonna put a foot of
dirt on top of the whole thing.
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[Janis] Oh, wow.
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[Justin] Whoa!
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It's got a mind of its own.
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Oh. Whoa, whoa.
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The motivation for building is
definitely time with the family.
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Oh, my gosh!
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Building this
is not going to be easy.
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It's not staying on the roof!
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[Justin]
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
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Trying to take me out.
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Access to the build site
is almost impossible.
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Uh, Carlos,
you're going off the edge.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa!
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It's been months of stress...
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[Janis] I'm not getting
a whole lot of sleep.
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and problems.
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Just too cold, too wet,
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so we'll put it on another day.
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[Janis] We can't keep going
unless we have that piece.
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It's not like you can
just go down to the store
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and buy another one of these.
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Hold on to it, hold on to it.
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You can see, the wind
is blowing this thing up.
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Here we are,
past our initial deadline,
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and we're paying for it.
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I just don't know if we're
gonna be able to keep going.
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[narrator] Are you ready
to go off the grid?
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So, what do you guys think?
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[boy 1] This is cool.
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[boy 2]
It's really hilly.
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[Justin]
It's pretty hilly, huh?
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- [boy 1] Yeah.
- [Justin] Lots of hills.
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So, we have this land
in Southern Idaho.
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[Justin] It's rolling hills, beautiful
mountains in the background,
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couple of small lakes close by.
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I love the mountains.
I'm a mountain girl.
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You could get lost
just looking around up here.
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-Totally
-It's just wonderful.
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Because there's no lights around
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from, like, a town or anything,
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at night, the stars
are gonna be awesome.
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- [boy 1] Yes.
- Right?
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You'll be able
to see a million stars.
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- I'm Justin.
- I'm Janis.
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[Justin] And we're
building our hobbit hole
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in the Bear River
Mountain Range.
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The build site
is near Preston, Idaho,
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which is about four-and-a-half
hours southeast of Boise.
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- Access to the build site is almost impossible.
- Yeah.
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[Justin] There's hills,
there's dirt, sand.
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[Janis] The road
is hard to drive on.
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There's just no easy way to
get things in and out of this site.
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I love this.
This is my favorite part.
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It's like a movie.
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Oh, wow.
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[Justin] Okay, you guys
wanna get out and walk around?
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- [Janis] Let's go.
- [Justin] Let's go see it.
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The motivation for building is
definitely time with the family.
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I'm an anesthesiologist,
Janis is a nurse.
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We have six kids.
The oldest is Jackson,
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he's 18.
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Zachary is 16, Zoey's 15.
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Dawson is 13, Holly is 10,
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and Grace is eight.
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[Janis]
Having six kids,
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it's like we are running
100 miles a minute.
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So, coming here will be
a really great place,
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where we can bond as
a family and spend time.
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What do you girls think?
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- What do you think?
- I think it's gorgeous
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and beautiful.
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[Justin] We're gonna start a
lot of traditions right up here.
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- [Janis] Mm-hm.
- [Justin] We want this
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to feel like
we're some place else,
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we're apart from this world.
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So, we've gone above
and beyond in the design
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to make it unique.
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We're building a 2,400
square foot underground house
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with two large decks
to take in the view.
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When you first walk in the door,
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on your right
will be the living room,
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on the left will be the
kitchen and the dining room.
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A little further
around the corner,
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we have a nice, little pantry,
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and a secret door going
into the main bedroom,
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with an attached bathroom.
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Downstairs, we have a
rec room with a pool table,
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and another secret door going into a
lounge room, and two more bathrooms.
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And two big bunk rooms
for the kids.
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For our off-grid features,
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we're building a pavilion
up the hill
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for our solar panels,
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and we'll have a well for water.
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And we're
building it underground
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because it's cool,
unique and whimsical,
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- and that's, kind of, what we're going for.
- [Janis] Yeah.
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But also because building
something underground
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makes it really well insulated.
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We've looked at a lot of places,
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- and we've never felt this good about a place.
- For sure.
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[Justin] We feel like this is the
place to build our little getaway,
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and a place we can have forever.
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Objections?
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- Good.
- [all laughing]
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We're building a 2,400
square foot structure,
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our budget is 200,000,
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and our timeline
is three months.
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Let's go make
some dreams come true
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- and frolic.
- Let's do it.
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Let's go frolic.
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Frolic time! Frolic!
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- So, the plan for today is to start digging.
- Yeah.
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Dig the basement. It's
going to be a big, ol' hole.
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- It's like a monster tugging over the hill.
- So big.
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[Justin] We've got a big
piece of equipment, a big truck.
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It's gonna get down there
with a big shovel
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and dig it out.
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[Janis] Whoo-hoo!
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Finally, it's here.
We can do this!
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Our friend Bracken
is here to help us today.
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I've never done
an underground house before,
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so, hopefully,
everybody's happy.
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[chuckles]
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- Well, this thing's awesome.
- Okay, let's get going.
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[Bracken]
Sounds great.
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[Justin] We've
already laid it out.
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It's all computerized and GPS'd,
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and he's gonna put it
exactly where we want it.
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Here we go.
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- [Justin] There he goes.
- [Janis] Whoo-hoo!
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Whoo-hoo!
Finally!
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[Justin] Wow.
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[Janis] Well, here's
the start of our dream.
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It's, like, we've been waiting
for this day for a long time.
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So, this is pretty exciting.
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-[Justin] Starts with a hole.
-Totally.
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[Justin] The hole for
the house, the basement,
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it's gotta be
10-and-a-half feet deep,
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45 feet on the long sides,
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and then, it's 20 feet wide.
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But it's a lot of dirt.
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So, we have to make
the basement extra deep
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because we've gotta have room
underneath for radiant heat stuff,
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and then,
we have to have the dome
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sitting right on the footing,
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right on the concrete.
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I think Bracken's a champ.
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I think it's gonna get done.
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Oh, my goodness.
That is deep.
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-[Justin] Look how deep that is.
-[Janis] Wow!
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We've finished digging,
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now we need to show the kids
and see what they think.
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Oh, my gosh! That
is a lot. That's like...
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[boy 1] It's bigger
than I thought it was!
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[boy 2] I totally wanna jump in.
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The kids thought
it was pretty cool.
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So, where we're standing is gonna
be where there'll be, like, a big window
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to sit in and look out that way.
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Over there is where
the front door is gonna be.
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The kitchen will be, kind
of, halfway in the middle,
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and Mom and Dad's bedroom
is over there.
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And then, over there is
stairs down to the basement.
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So, for you, little dudes,
your pool table right there.
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- Yeah!
- I like it!
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- So, living in this is gonna be okay?
- Yes.
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- I want to live in it.
- All right, okay.
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Makes me very excited
that they were that excited.
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Then we'll keep going.
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- Keep going.
- Keep going. Whoo!
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[Janis]
Had a great first day.
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Next step is cement trucks.
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So, day two of our build.
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We broke ground yesterday.
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That was a fun time, great day.
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Then we found out that our
road can't hold cement trucks,
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and we're supposed to have
cement trucks here in two days.
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So, we have to fix the road,
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and it's gonna cost $75,000.
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Who has $75,000 lying around?
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And no, we don't.
It is so upsetting.
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[Justin] We have a budget, and
we are so far beyond it with that.
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I just don't know if we're
gonna be able to keep going.
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[sighs]
It's so heartbreaking.
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[Justin] So, we broke
ground yesterday.
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That was a fun time.
Great day.
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Then we found out that our
road can't hold cement trucks,
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and we're supposed to have
cement trucks here in two days.
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So, we have to fix the road,
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and it's gonna cost $75,000.
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So, a bit of happy news,
the build's back on.
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- I sold a kidney.
- [laughing]
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We found the money,
we found a way.
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We didn't want to have to
spend all this money on the road,
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but we knew that if we didn't,
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then this whole dream,
this whole thing was over.
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- So, we're pushing through.
- [Janis] Pushing through.
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[Justin]
We didn't expect it.
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It's a lot more money
than we wanted to spend,
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but we have to get it done,
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so we're gonna keep on going.
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-[Janis] Keep on trucking.
-[Justin] Keep on trucking. Get it done.
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We finally finished our road,
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and the cement trucks were
able to make it to the site.
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We set the forms for our
foundations and let the cement flow.
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[Janis] We were just about
to start our basement walls,
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and the snow came
and completely shut us down.
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The snow has finally cleared up,
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and we're back to work, building
the forms for the basement walls.
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[Justin] And the concrete
truck is back on site
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and ready to pour.
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But it's not leaving
the trucks just yet.
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I'm having a major
freak out this morning.
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We have six
cement trucks coming,
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and the first one's
already here,
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and we still don't have the
official signed paperwork
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from the engineer
that says it's okay.
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We had the footings
already in place.
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They're two feet wide
and a foot deep.
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We got the rebar in place,
we've got the forms in place.
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So, the concrete truck is ready
to put the concrete in the walls,
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and the inspector says,
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"Well, the engineer says you
need a three foot wide footing.
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Yours is two foot wide."
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We are hoping that we can
just add another foot of concrete.
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But the possibility is there
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that we may have to tear up those
footings and make them all once piece
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if the engineer says
that's what we have to do.
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I gotta talk to the engineer,
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get us all on the same page.
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If we don't get the approval,
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the whole thing
will be scrapped.
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What I need to know, Jeff,
is if we can...
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Uh, if we can add a foot
of width to the footings
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or if we need to tear the
whole footing out and start over.
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'Cause we have
the concrete truck,
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like, sitting here, ready to
put the foundation walls in.
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Yeah, so we just add some rebar?
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We can do that? We can drill in
the side and we can add rebar,
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and we need to pour whatever the
extra width is to get us to three feet?
242
00:10:34,867 --> 00:10:38,069
Okay, great.
Hey, thank you.
243
00:10:38,071 --> 00:10:40,538
That's awesome. Man, that
made my day. Thank you.
244
00:10:40,540 --> 00:10:43,008
Whoo-hoo.
Okay, all right. Bye.
245
00:10:43,010 --> 00:10:44,643
Yes!
246
00:10:44,645 --> 00:10:46,945
Okay, we did it.
We're okay.
247
00:10:48,447 --> 00:10:51,316
This machine pumps the
cement from the cement truck
248
00:10:51,318 --> 00:10:52,751
out a hose,
249
00:10:52,753 --> 00:10:55,954
and they go into forms that we
have set up there for the walls.
250
00:10:55,956 --> 00:10:56,955
Are you gonna
get in there and help?
251
00:10:56,957 --> 00:10:59,324
- Are you gonna let me?
- Maybe.
252
00:10:59,326 --> 00:11:00,959
- Are you really gonna do it?
- Let's go. Come on, come on.
253
00:11:00,961 --> 00:11:02,861
- Really?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
254
00:11:02,863 --> 00:11:05,463
So, the wall's ten
feet tall and six feet up.
255
00:11:05,465 --> 00:11:08,333
There's a narrow plank
to walk on.
256
00:11:08,335 --> 00:11:10,168
And you walk on the plank,
257
00:11:10,170 --> 00:11:12,170
and you're holding this
hose, which is pumping out...
258
00:11:12,172 --> 00:11:15,006
I think he said
100 psi or something.
259
00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:17,542
I mean, it's this
enormous flood of concrete.
260
00:11:17,544 --> 00:11:20,645
Whoa! [laughing]
261
00:11:20,647 --> 00:11:21,579
Whoo-hoo!
262
00:11:21,581 --> 00:11:23,882
Man, this thing's got
a mind of its own.
263
00:11:23,884 --> 00:11:25,450
It was like a rodeo.
264
00:11:25,452 --> 00:11:27,986
I'm holding on to this hose, I'm
on this narrow, skinny little beam,
265
00:11:27,988 --> 00:11:30,121
and this thing's trying
to shoot me up in the air.
266
00:11:30,123 --> 00:11:31,322
And, sometimes, you miss.
267
00:11:31,324 --> 00:11:33,958
Whoa! [grunting]
268
00:11:34,827 --> 00:11:36,194
I thought I knew
what I was doing.
269
00:11:36,196 --> 00:11:38,430
I felt like I was
this big, concrete pro.
270
00:11:38,432 --> 00:11:40,832
And I can't even
tell you what happened.
271
00:11:40,834 --> 00:11:43,068
All of a sudden,
concrete's going everywhere.
272
00:11:44,003 --> 00:11:46,671
He missed the spot totally.
273
00:11:49,141 --> 00:11:51,142
[Justin] Whoops.
Sorry, boss.
274
00:11:51,144 --> 00:11:53,178
We're on truck number three
of six.
275
00:11:53,180 --> 00:11:55,046
It's going well, actually.
276
00:11:55,048 --> 00:11:57,115
To get to this point, where
we're actually doing this,
277
00:11:57,117 --> 00:11:59,017
is a massive relief.
278
00:11:59,019 --> 00:12:02,287
I feel like all this concrete
lifted off my shoulders.
279
00:12:02,289 --> 00:12:03,955
Whoo-hoo!
280
00:12:04,990 --> 00:12:07,192
[Justin]
That's it. We're done.
281
00:12:07,194 --> 00:12:10,295
A little rough start, but we
ended up with a great day.
282
00:12:10,896 --> 00:12:12,430
Great job, guys.
Way to go.
283
00:12:13,032 --> 00:12:13,998
Walls are all poured.
284
00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,067
We're ready for the next thing.
285
00:12:21,807 --> 00:12:25,076
[Justin] We've made great
progress over the last couple of days.
286
00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:26,678
The crew's been able
to start framing out
287
00:12:26,680 --> 00:12:28,680
the basement interior walls.
288
00:12:28,682 --> 00:12:30,882
[thunder rumbling]
289
00:12:30,884 --> 00:12:32,984
[rain pattering]
290
00:12:34,286 --> 00:12:37,422
But unfortunately, before we
could get the ceiling installed,
291
00:12:37,424 --> 00:12:40,225
we got hit
with a massive rainstorm.
292
00:12:42,962 --> 00:12:44,395
Whoo-hoo!
293
00:12:44,397 --> 00:12:46,397
So, we're gonna
have to call it a day.
294
00:12:46,399 --> 00:12:49,134
Uh, we got a lot done,
as you can see,
295
00:12:49,136 --> 00:12:50,969
but that's all we can do today.
296
00:12:50,971 --> 00:12:53,538
Uh, just too cold, too wet.
297
00:12:53,540 --> 00:12:56,441
And it's getting late. It's
gonna get dark here in a minute.
298
00:12:56,443 --> 00:12:58,610
So, we'll put it on another day.
299
00:12:59,178 --> 00:13:00,345
What are you gonna do?
300
00:13:06,852 --> 00:13:08,987
[Justin] After a couple
of days of rainy weather,
301
00:13:10,990 --> 00:13:14,159
the sky has cleared.
302
00:13:14,161 --> 00:13:16,694
And we were finally able to
complete the basement framing
303
00:13:16,696 --> 00:13:19,164
and install the plywood
layer of the first floor.
304
00:13:19,166 --> 00:13:21,733
Next, we install
the radiant heating tubes
305
00:13:21,735 --> 00:13:23,935
that are going
under the first floor.
306
00:13:23,937 --> 00:13:26,204
And I've got the pleasure
of being out here solo
307
00:13:26,206 --> 00:13:28,940
to slop on
a water-proof membrane
308
00:13:28,942 --> 00:13:32,010
on the concrete walls that
will eventually be underground.
309
00:13:32,012 --> 00:13:33,678
I think that's fun.
310
00:13:35,381 --> 00:13:36,781
We've come a long way.
311
00:13:36,783 --> 00:13:39,184
We get to extend
the footings finally.
312
00:13:39,186 --> 00:13:40,952
We get to put the floor on,
313
00:13:40,954 --> 00:13:43,254
so that we can start
putting the dome together.
314
00:13:44,223 --> 00:13:45,390
[Janis]
Today's a big day,
315
00:13:45,392 --> 00:13:48,259
'cause we finally get
to put up the dome.
316
00:13:48,261 --> 00:13:50,161
This is what
we've been waiting for.
317
00:13:50,163 --> 00:13:52,864
[Justin] The big day,
we're gonna build the dome.
318
00:13:52,866 --> 00:13:53,898
[Janis] Whoo-hoo!
319
00:13:53,900 --> 00:13:56,401
That means we gotta take
all these parts
320
00:13:56,403 --> 00:13:58,770
all the way down there
to the house.
321
00:13:58,772 --> 00:13:59,904
We've got a trailer here.
322
00:13:59,906 --> 00:14:01,673
We're gonna load a bunch
of 'em up onto the trailer,
323
00:14:01,675 --> 00:14:02,707
take them down.
324
00:14:02,709 --> 00:14:04,542
We'll also have to carry
some down by hand.
325
00:14:04,544 --> 00:14:05,476
And then,
once we get 'em down there,
326
00:14:05,478 --> 00:14:06,911
we start putting them together.
327
00:14:06,913 --> 00:14:08,913
- Are you guys ready for this?
- Yeah.
328
00:14:08,915 --> 00:14:10,915
- Okay.
- Whoo-hoo!
329
00:14:10,917 --> 00:14:12,517
[Justin] We've got
a big crew today.
330
00:14:12,519 --> 00:14:16,487
We've got five or six people that
are coming from the dome company,
331
00:14:16,489 --> 00:14:18,823
we've got four
local contractors,
332
00:14:18,825 --> 00:14:22,927
we've got our family, which is, like,
five of us that are up here currently.
333
00:14:22,929 --> 00:14:25,330
And then, three or four
more family and friends
334
00:14:25,332 --> 00:14:26,998
that are coming up
as well, so...
335
00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,701
I can't even count that many.
Ran out of fingers.
336
00:14:31,437 --> 00:14:33,271
I'm glad it's him
driving this and not me.
337
00:14:34,006 --> 00:14:35,673
It's not easy.
338
00:14:35,675 --> 00:14:38,009
Especially, backing up a
huge, long trailer like this
339
00:14:38,011 --> 00:14:39,244
all the way down this hill.
340
00:14:40,479 --> 00:14:42,647
Uh, Carlos,
you're going off the edge.
341
00:14:43,582 --> 00:14:45,083
Yeah, he's got
to straighten out.
342
00:14:45,184 --> 00:14:48,486
They maybe have underestimated
the number of trips this is going to take.
343
00:14:48,488 --> 00:14:50,688
It's a good thing we've got
this nice, wide road.
344
00:14:56,128 --> 00:14:58,096
Wait.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
345
00:14:58,098 --> 00:14:59,364
You want us to just unload them?
346
00:14:59,366 --> 00:15:01,366
- [man speaking]
- [Justin] This side? Okay.
347
00:15:04,003 --> 00:15:04,969
Whoa!
348
00:15:04,971 --> 00:15:06,504
It's great to have
this many people.
349
00:15:06,506 --> 00:15:08,907
We don't really know what it's
gonna take to put all this together.
350
00:15:08,909 --> 00:15:10,775
More hands
should make it better.
351
00:15:10,777 --> 00:15:12,043
[Janis]
There's a lot of pieces.
352
00:15:12,045 --> 00:15:13,011
[Justin]
There's a lot of pieces.
353
00:15:13,013 --> 00:15:14,245
I don't even know
how many pieces.
354
00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:16,781
I think there's over 50.
I think we've decided.
355
00:15:16,783 --> 00:15:18,716
- Somebody should probably count the pieces.
- Oh, yeah.
356
00:15:30,963 --> 00:15:32,997
[Justin] Okay, first
couple of pieces here.
357
00:15:34,133 --> 00:15:35,667
Yup.
358
00:15:35,669 --> 00:15:39,003
We're making sure that we
have a nice, exact square corner
359
00:15:39,005 --> 00:15:41,339
to start from, because everything
else goes out from that corner.
360
00:15:41,341 --> 00:15:45,343
So, if that corner's off, and we're not
exactly right, you know, 90 degrees,
361
00:15:45,345 --> 00:15:48,112
then, by the time we get
to the end of the line there,
362
00:15:48,114 --> 00:15:49,414
it'll be way off.
363
00:15:49,481 --> 00:15:51,983
Kind of surreal that we're
actually building this now.
364
00:15:51,985 --> 00:15:53,351
It's been a long time
thinking about it,
365
00:15:53,353 --> 00:15:55,853
and wondering if it was
really gonna happen, so...
366
00:15:55,855 --> 00:15:58,423
Actually being here and putting
it together is pretty awesome.
367
00:15:58,425 --> 00:16:00,491
Do you want a couple
of little loose bolts in?
368
00:16:00,493 --> 00:16:01,659
[man] Yeah.
Wait a minute.
369
00:16:01,661 --> 00:16:03,561
- [Justin] Wait?
- [man] Yeah.
370
00:16:03,563 --> 00:16:06,230
The beginning is always
more difficult. Then we go faster.
371
00:16:06,232 --> 00:16:07,432
I'm sure, I'm sure.
372
00:16:07,434 --> 00:16:09,067
But this is a crucial part.
373
00:16:09,069 --> 00:16:11,002
- It's laying the corner stone.
- [man] Yes.
374
00:16:11,004 --> 00:16:13,037
[Justin] We gotta
do this one exactly right.
375
00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:16,874
- We wanna come down from the top?
- [man] Always.
376
00:16:16,876 --> 00:16:18,710
- Always from the top-down, right?
- Always from the top.
377
00:16:18,712 --> 00:16:21,279
- I read that in the manual.
- Any difference goes to the floor
378
00:16:21,281 --> 00:16:24,048
- and disappears, but up is the main.
- [Justin] Got it.
379
00:16:24,050 --> 00:16:27,151
With the corner in place, we
really got moving from there.
380
00:16:31,957 --> 00:16:34,859
We're very carefully aligning
how they come together
381
00:16:34,861 --> 00:16:36,327
so that the whole thing
will be straight.
382
00:16:36,329 --> 00:16:38,162
We want the inside
to be really flush
383
00:16:38,164 --> 00:16:39,797
so that when we cover the seam,
384
00:16:39,799 --> 00:16:41,198
it doesn't look like a seam.
385
00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:42,834
It doesn't look like you have
a wave going down the wall.
386
00:16:42,836 --> 00:16:45,436
So, we gotta really
line those up perfectly.
387
00:16:45,438 --> 00:16:48,639
We're about, I guess, almost a third
of the way done with the whole building.
388
00:16:50,409 --> 00:16:51,509
Tomorrow, right back at it.
389
00:16:51,511 --> 00:16:53,644
We'll go as far
as we can around this side.
390
00:16:53,646 --> 00:16:54,846
We'll be done in three days.
391
00:16:56,515 --> 00:16:59,751
It's just been so amazing
having everyone else out,
392
00:16:59,753 --> 00:17:01,986
from Uncle Laney in his kilt...
393
00:17:04,356 --> 00:17:06,357
That's why we're not
getting him up on any ladders.
394
00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,894
I am so proud of you.
395
00:17:09,896 --> 00:17:12,463
to my mom being here.
It's just great.
396
00:17:12,465 --> 00:17:14,399
- I love you.
- Oh, I love you so much.
397
00:17:14,401 --> 00:17:15,700
And look at your dream.
398
00:17:15,702 --> 00:17:17,301
-Look at that.
-[Justin] I know. Isn't that crazy?
399
00:17:17,303 --> 00:17:18,536
[Justin's mother]
Love it.
400
00:17:22,808 --> 00:17:24,942
[Janis] Day two:
the dome build.
401
00:17:24,944 --> 00:17:26,144
We're gonna get this thing done.
402
00:17:26,146 --> 00:17:29,247
[Justin] Okay, next piece.
403
00:17:29,249 --> 00:17:32,016
- 25a.
- 25a? All right, I'll go get it.
404
00:17:32,018 --> 00:17:32,950
Thanks.
405
00:17:32,952 --> 00:17:34,986
It's so fun
to look down at the site,
406
00:17:34,988 --> 00:17:37,188
and to be able to see our work,
407
00:17:37,190 --> 00:17:39,357
and it's not just
a slab of cement.
408
00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:42,160
Yesterday, we didn't actually
have any major mishaps.
409
00:17:42,828 --> 00:17:44,195
Yes!
410
00:17:44,197 --> 00:17:45,329
It, kind of, worries me.
411
00:17:45,331 --> 00:17:47,198
[both laughing]
412
00:17:53,405 --> 00:17:56,240
[man] Uh, Justin,
there's no 25a out there.
413
00:17:56,242 --> 00:17:58,242
[Justin] We were actually
supposed to take the inventory
414
00:17:58,244 --> 00:18:00,211
of all the parts
a couple of nights ago,
415
00:18:00,213 --> 00:18:02,847
but that was the night
we spent back filling.
416
00:18:02,849 --> 00:18:05,083
And we never really got
to going through the manual,
417
00:18:05,085 --> 00:18:06,384
making sure
everything was there.
418
00:18:06,386 --> 00:18:09,520
No. 27, 27.
Oh, crap.
419
00:18:10,556 --> 00:18:11,589
- [Justin sighs]
- [man] It is not here.
420
00:18:12,291 --> 00:18:14,392
We don't have it anywhere, guys.
421
00:18:14,394 --> 00:18:16,928
[Justin] Hey, you can't
just not have that piece.
422
00:18:16,930 --> 00:18:19,931
We lost a piece
or we don't have a piece.
423
00:18:19,965 --> 00:18:21,165
It's almost just like this,
424
00:18:21,167 --> 00:18:23,334
but it doesn't have
this piece on it.
425
00:18:23,336 --> 00:18:24,635
It's not, like,
a decorative piece,
426
00:18:24,637 --> 00:18:26,938
it's, like, a structural piece.
427
00:18:26,940 --> 00:18:29,974
And we can't even finish
what we're doing without it.
428
00:18:29,976 --> 00:18:32,910
This thing took months
to get here.
429
00:18:32,912 --> 00:18:36,514
If we had to have them
send another piece, months.
430
00:18:37,216 --> 00:18:38,449
I don't see it.
431
00:18:38,451 --> 00:18:41,552
[Janis] We can't keep going
unless we have that piece.
432
00:18:45,691 --> 00:18:48,292
[Justin] Everything was going
fine with building the dome,
433
00:18:48,294 --> 00:18:52,196
until the instruction book
called for piece number 25.
434
00:18:52,198 --> 00:18:54,999
[man] Uh, Justin,
there is no 25a out there.
435
00:18:55,001 --> 00:18:57,401
We lost a piece
or we don't have a piece.
436
00:18:57,403 --> 00:18:58,936
And it's not, like,
a decorative piece,
437
00:18:58,938 --> 00:19:00,638
it's, like, a structural piece.
438
00:19:02,074 --> 00:19:03,174
I can't even think about it.
439
00:19:04,076 --> 00:19:05,242
I don't see it.
440
00:19:05,244 --> 00:19:07,845
[Janis] We can't keep going
unless we have that piece.
441
00:19:07,847 --> 00:19:10,181
So, did we number 'em
wrong or something, because--
442
00:19:10,183 --> 00:19:12,216
- [Justin] Maybe.
- [man] Hey, hey, hey.
443
00:19:12,218 --> 00:19:13,985
[Justin]
25a? Are you kidding?
444
00:19:13,987 --> 00:19:15,820
- [Janis] Did you find it?
- [Justin] Really?
445
00:19:15,822 --> 00:19:18,122
-[man] Looks like it got buried.
-[Janis] Oh, thank gosh.
446
00:19:18,124 --> 00:19:19,190
Who put that under there?
447
00:19:19,192 --> 00:19:21,225
[Justin] Nope, nope.
We're just happy we found it.
448
00:19:21,227 --> 00:19:23,227
- 'Cause it was probably me.
- It was the unloading--
449
00:19:23,229 --> 00:19:25,897
- Unloading was happening fast and furious.
- [man] It was the road.
450
00:19:25,899 --> 00:19:27,198
Oh, my gosh.
451
00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,167
-Bring it over?
-Let's do it. Let's get it in there.
452
00:19:33,605 --> 00:19:35,940
Crisis averted.
We found the piece.
453
00:19:35,942 --> 00:19:37,842
Getting it up
into place right now.
454
00:19:37,844 --> 00:19:40,711
But that was too close.
455
00:19:40,713 --> 00:19:43,247
It's not like you can just go down to
the store and buy another one of these.
456
00:19:43,249 --> 00:19:44,849
So, we're relieved.
457
00:19:44,851 --> 00:19:47,185
We're glad to have that
piece in. Glad we found it.
458
00:19:47,187 --> 00:19:49,353
Now we just got to keep going.
Make some progress today.
459
00:19:55,060 --> 00:19:57,328
A lot has gone on since we
finished putting the dome together.
460
00:19:57,330 --> 00:20:00,064
It's been pretty cool
to see it come together.
461
00:20:00,066 --> 00:20:02,400
We've got all the walls up now.
462
00:20:02,402 --> 00:20:05,369
We've been doing a lot of work on
the outside, with waterproofing and stuff.
463
00:20:05,371 --> 00:20:09,807
We've had to put little bits of
waterproofing on each, little bolt.
464
00:20:09,809 --> 00:20:12,143
The basement, now,
is all framed.
465
00:20:12,145 --> 00:20:14,579
We've got the stairs
that go down there done.
466
00:20:14,581 --> 00:20:15,579
We've just got the windows in,
467
00:20:15,581 --> 00:20:17,682
so we're excited
to see how they look,
468
00:20:17,684 --> 00:20:19,317
start placing them
in their openings.
469
00:20:19,319 --> 00:20:20,418
[Janis]
They're fun to look at.
470
00:20:20,420 --> 00:20:22,086
They took three months
471
00:20:22,088 --> 00:20:24,155
- to get here.
- Yeah. Three-and-half at least.
472
00:20:25,057 --> 00:20:26,991
Ah.
I sure hope this fits.
473
00:20:26,993 --> 00:20:29,093
-[Carlos] Yeah, you and me both.
-[Justin] It better fit.
474
00:20:29,095 --> 00:20:30,995
I mean, it's supposed
to be, like, exact.
475
00:20:31,863 --> 00:20:33,063
Wait a minute.
476
00:20:33,131 --> 00:20:35,333
- Are you all the way over on your side?
- Yeah, I'm good.
477
00:20:35,335 --> 00:20:37,134
[Janis] At the top.
Look at the top.
478
00:20:37,136 --> 00:20:39,203
Is this supposed to be out here?
479
00:20:39,205 --> 00:20:41,973
[Justin] The window is
just right, it's just the--
480
00:20:41,975 --> 00:20:43,841
-The frame?
-[Justin] The flange. This thing.
481
00:20:43,843 --> 00:20:48,145
The part that secures the window
to the house, we didn't account for.
482
00:20:48,147 --> 00:20:51,182
So, we should have gotten the
windows, like, three inches smaller.
483
00:20:51,184 --> 00:20:52,416
[Janis] How are
we going to fix that?
484
00:20:52,418 --> 00:20:53,784
[Carlos]
That is a good question.
485
00:20:53,786 --> 00:20:55,987
Did we not measure it right?
486
00:20:55,989 --> 00:20:58,356
[Carlos] So, you
have 40... Almost 41.
487
00:20:58,358 --> 00:21:00,291
40 and seven-eighths, but...
488
00:21:00,293 --> 00:21:01,959
But that's just
the frame of the window.
489
00:21:01,961 --> 00:21:05,296
-[Janis] That's just the inside. Oh.
-[Carlos] That's the inside.
490
00:21:05,298 --> 00:21:08,666
[Justin] So, we're trying
to figure out what happened.
491
00:21:08,668 --> 00:21:10,201
The windows don't fit.
492
00:21:10,203 --> 00:21:12,236
We can't modify
the window frame.
493
00:21:12,238 --> 00:21:14,538
What are we gonna do?
494
00:21:14,540 --> 00:21:17,408
[Carlos] The only thing we
can do is cut from the top point,
495
00:21:17,410 --> 00:21:19,210
wherever we tie in.
496
00:21:19,212 --> 00:21:21,178
We can cut that flange off,
glue it to the bottom.
497
00:21:21,180 --> 00:21:24,115
- If we take this flange off?
- [Carlos] Just-- Yes.
498
00:21:24,117 --> 00:21:27,285
You just take the flange off so
that it actually goes in square.
499
00:21:27,287 --> 00:21:29,220
- You can sit it straight up.
- [Justin] Okay.
500
00:21:29,222 --> 00:21:31,155
So, I think we have
a plan to try at least.
501
00:21:31,157 --> 00:21:33,190
We don't really have
much other choice.
502
00:21:33,192 --> 00:21:35,393
So, let's, let's get something
to cut this flange off,
503
00:21:35,395 --> 00:21:36,560
- and try it again.
- [Janis] Okay.
504
00:21:42,100 --> 00:21:43,601
Okay.
Now, the other side.
505
00:21:48,907 --> 00:21:51,175
- [Carlos] Moment of truth.
- Try again, huh?
506
00:21:51,177 --> 00:21:53,110
Let's try it from the outside.
507
00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,547
[window squeaking]
508
00:21:56,549 --> 00:21:59,183
Oh, yeah, look at that.
Beauty.
509
00:21:59,185 --> 00:22:00,451
- Whoo!
- See?
510
00:22:00,453 --> 00:22:01,919
Why?
What's the problem?
511
00:22:01,921 --> 00:22:05,289
It looks beautiful. The
windows look fantastic in there.
512
00:22:05,291 --> 00:22:07,325
Once they modified it.
513
00:22:07,327 --> 00:22:09,293
[Carlos] With it being
as tight as it is,
514
00:22:09,295 --> 00:22:11,662
I don't think that I wanna
put 'em all the way in
515
00:22:11,664 --> 00:22:14,865
just because when we fill it
with dirt on the top,
516
00:22:14,867 --> 00:22:16,801
we're gonna have some kind
of flex, some kind of movement.
517
00:22:16,803 --> 00:22:18,035
Okay, yeah.
518
00:22:18,037 --> 00:22:20,471
And then, we can adjust the
tops and bottoms that we need
519
00:22:20,473 --> 00:22:22,640
and have everything
exactly the way we need it.
520
00:22:23,175 --> 00:22:24,375
We can make it work.
521
00:22:28,747 --> 00:22:30,481
[Janis] Today, we're gonna
get the Murphy door in.
522
00:22:30,483 --> 00:22:33,951
- And Justin has been a fan of secret passage doors.
- Secret doors.
523
00:22:33,953 --> 00:22:35,486
I've always wanted
a secret door.
524
00:22:39,291 --> 00:22:42,193
[Janis] The Murphy door we
have faces the butler's pantry.
525
00:22:43,829 --> 00:22:45,896
Okay, halfway done.
526
00:22:45,898 --> 00:22:48,899
And so I stained it the
same colors as the cabinetry
527
00:22:48,901 --> 00:22:52,436
so that it would look like it is
just a spice rack with doors on it.
528
00:22:52,438 --> 00:22:54,071
But when you push it open,
529
00:22:54,073 --> 00:22:57,007
it's the bedroom
with a beautiful view.
530
00:22:57,376 --> 00:23:00,344
[laughing]
531
00:23:00,346 --> 00:23:02,646
[Justin] Oh, my gosh.
That's so cool.
532
00:23:02,648 --> 00:23:03,948
It's gonna be pretty neat.
533
00:23:03,950 --> 00:23:05,483
- He is always wanted secret doors.
- I love it. It's perfect.
534
00:23:05,485 --> 00:23:06,951
- I know and I want more.
- Always.
535
00:23:06,953 --> 00:23:09,220
I want one for the bathroom,
closet--
536
00:23:09,222 --> 00:23:12,056
- [man] Pantry, Mirror.
- Over here. Over there.
537
00:23:12,058 --> 00:23:13,157
[Justin] It will totally
blend in.
538
00:23:13,159 --> 00:23:15,092
[Janis laughing]
That's awesome.
539
00:23:19,498 --> 00:23:21,399
Another big thing
we've to do still
540
00:23:21,401 --> 00:23:24,535
is the support wall.
The buttress.
541
00:23:24,537 --> 00:23:27,037
It's gonna take a lot of mixing
542
00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:28,639
of the sand and cement.
543
00:23:28,641 --> 00:23:31,108
And we've to go all the way
around the house.
544
00:23:31,110 --> 00:23:33,477
But doing it ourselves is
going to save a lot of money.
545
00:23:34,279 --> 00:23:36,347
We gotta fill this
all the up to here.
546
00:23:37,048 --> 00:23:38,115
That whole thing.
547
00:23:39,918 --> 00:23:41,285
So, us the family,
548
00:23:41,287 --> 00:23:42,987
we can mix the stuff together.
549
00:23:42,989 --> 00:23:43,988
We can lay it on the ground.
550
00:23:43,990 --> 00:23:46,123
Doesn't require a lot of skill
or experience.
551
00:23:46,125 --> 00:23:48,159
So we're gonna get the kids
together and we're gonna do that.
552
00:23:48,161 --> 00:23:51,295
When putting the sand in the
concrete in when it's still dry,
553
00:23:51,297 --> 00:23:52,563
and then the water.
554
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,501
Repeat it over and over
and over and over again.
555
00:23:57,503 --> 00:23:59,470
I don't know for sure
but I'm thinking,
556
00:23:59,472 --> 00:24:01,505
I'm saying 500 loads
557
00:24:01,507 --> 00:24:04,074
to do it, all the way
around the house.
558
00:24:04,076 --> 00:24:05,009
It's gonna take a bit.
559
00:24:08,079 --> 00:24:09,513
[Justin] We're out of water?
All of it?
560
00:24:10,482 --> 00:24:12,516
I thought we'd get lot further
than that.
561
00:24:14,019 --> 00:24:15,519
Where should we go
get the water?
562
00:24:15,521 --> 00:24:17,354
- Reservoir.
- [Janis chuckling] Okay.
563
00:24:17,356 --> 00:24:18,789
Get back as fast as you can
564
00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:20,858
because right now we're
just waiting until you get back.
565
00:24:20,860 --> 00:24:23,060
It's already slow enough
with this tiny little mixer.
566
00:24:23,062 --> 00:24:25,796
If we're gonna have to stop
every few batches
567
00:24:25,798 --> 00:24:27,298
to go get more water,
568
00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:28,699
we're not gonna get very far.
569
00:24:29,935 --> 00:24:31,202
Hopefully, they hurry back.
570
00:24:31,204 --> 00:24:32,436
Hopefully,
they'll get back quick.
571
00:24:41,847 --> 00:24:42,980
[Justin] Cruising along.
572
00:24:42,982 --> 00:24:44,381
Mixing up sandcrete.
573
00:24:44,383 --> 00:24:45,749
Everybody is helping out.
574
00:24:45,751 --> 00:24:46,684
And we run out of water.
575
00:24:50,121 --> 00:24:52,089
I thought we'd get lot further
than that.
576
00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:53,657
Argh.
577
00:24:53,659 --> 00:24:56,160
We've a well
but we don't have it
578
00:24:56,162 --> 00:24:59,196
pumped and piped down
to where we are yet.
579
00:24:59,198 --> 00:25:01,499
So, we've got to figure out where
we are gonna get more water.
580
00:25:01,501 --> 00:25:03,667
- Reservoir.
- [Janis chuckling] Okay.
581
00:25:03,669 --> 00:25:04,969
Get back as fast as you can
582
00:25:04,971 --> 00:25:06,837
because right now we're
just waiting until you get back.
583
00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:08,639
The reservoir is about
two miles away.
584
00:25:10,141 --> 00:25:12,176
So we've gotta take
these water buckets
585
00:25:12,178 --> 00:25:13,777
to the reservoir and back,
586
00:25:13,779 --> 00:25:16,013
before we can keep making
our sandcrete.
587
00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:20,417
It's already slow enough
with this tiny little mixer.
588
00:25:21,686 --> 00:25:24,121
If we're gonna have to stop
every few batches
589
00:25:24,123 --> 00:25:25,823
to go get more water,
590
00:25:25,825 --> 00:25:27,091
we're not gonna get very far.
591
00:25:28,226 --> 00:25:29,460
Hopefully, they hurry back.
592
00:25:29,462 --> 00:25:30,995
Hopefully,
they'll get back quick.
593
00:25:40,105 --> 00:25:41,338
[Justin] All right.
Here they come.
594
00:25:42,007 --> 00:25:43,274
What took you so long?
595
00:25:44,976 --> 00:25:46,377
All right. Sweet.
596
00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:48,479
Let's keep going now.
597
00:25:51,016 --> 00:25:52,016
There.
598
00:25:53,084 --> 00:25:55,019
Dump it in. Argh!
599
00:25:55,021 --> 00:25:56,387
[Justin laughs]
600
00:26:02,928 --> 00:26:05,596
[Justin] There is absolutely no
way we're gonna do it this way.
601
00:26:05,598 --> 00:26:08,899
It just takes too long
to do such a small amount.
602
00:26:08,901 --> 00:26:10,434
But there is no way
this is the long term solution
603
00:26:10,436 --> 00:26:11,735
to go all the way
around the house.
604
00:26:11,737 --> 00:26:13,938
We're gonna have to
go back to the drawing board,
605
00:26:13,940 --> 00:26:16,907
come up with another way to do
this a lot faster, a lot more efficiently.
606
00:26:16,909 --> 00:26:18,309
'Cause this is gonna take us
months.
607
00:26:23,348 --> 00:26:26,750
[Justin] We've been working
our butts off.
608
00:26:26,752 --> 00:26:30,287
For the retaining wall, the
sandcrete ultimately didn't work.
609
00:26:30,289 --> 00:26:32,389
So we thought
why not use sandbags?
610
00:26:32,391 --> 00:26:34,124
And that worked out great.
611
00:26:34,126 --> 00:26:36,193
And it saved us a lot of time.
612
00:26:36,195 --> 00:26:38,429
We're making good progress
inside the house too.
613
00:26:38,431 --> 00:26:40,197
We've got the walls all framed.
614
00:26:40,199 --> 00:26:41,932
We've got some
electrical stuff going in.
615
00:26:41,934 --> 00:26:43,334
We've got some plumbing stuff
going in.
616
00:26:43,336 --> 00:26:45,936
Pretty soon we're gonna be
able to put up windows and doors.
617
00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:48,272
I'm not getting a whole lot
of sleep.
618
00:26:48,274 --> 00:26:51,275
[laughing] And today
I sat down for a few minutes
619
00:26:51,277 --> 00:26:54,278
and poof, I went out. [laughs]
620
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,780
With saws and generators
and stuff,
621
00:26:56,782 --> 00:26:59,049
just making a ton of noise
and she is just out.
622
00:26:59,051 --> 00:27:01,251
- [Justin laughs]
- [Janis laughing] So tired.
623
00:27:01,253 --> 00:27:05,322
[Justin] For the outside, we've added
a spray foam insulation to the dome.
624
00:27:05,324 --> 00:27:08,959
And now we're stretching a huge
pond liner over the whole thing
625
00:27:08,961 --> 00:27:10,094
before we cover it with dirt.
626
00:27:12,364 --> 00:27:13,330
[Janis] Uh-oh.
627
00:27:13,332 --> 00:27:15,332
[Justin] Hold on to it.
Hold on to it.
628
00:27:15,334 --> 00:27:17,201
You can see the wind
is blowing this thing up.
629
00:27:17,203 --> 00:27:19,336
One, two, three, pull!
630
00:27:19,338 --> 00:27:22,106
It took six guys
to pull this thing on.
631
00:27:22,108 --> 00:27:25,075
It weighs 600 pounds and
the wind just picked it right up.
632
00:27:25,077 --> 00:27:27,578
[Janis] Okay. We're
gonna start putting dirt on!
633
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:30,481
Whoo-hoo! That did it!
634
00:27:33,918 --> 00:27:35,352
- [Justin] Yay!
- [Janis] Whoo-hoo!
635
00:27:35,354 --> 00:27:38,756
-And we don't need sod. Look at this!
-[Janis laughs]
636
00:27:38,758 --> 00:27:40,491
[Justin] So we're digging
the dirt from right down here.
637
00:27:40,493 --> 00:27:42,426
We're just bringing it up
in big old scoop loads,
638
00:27:42,428 --> 00:27:44,094
using it to weigh it down,
639
00:27:44,096 --> 00:27:45,329
and then we'll start
evening it out.
640
00:27:45,331 --> 00:27:48,032
Then will put a foot of dirt
on top of the whole thing.
641
00:27:48,034 --> 00:27:50,968
It's gonna be, I don't know, I'd
guess somewhere around six tons.
642
00:27:50,970 --> 00:27:52,036
That would be my guess.
643
00:27:52,470 --> 00:27:53,704
Right there. Yes.
644
00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:56,407
[Janis] Buried our house today.
645
00:27:56,409 --> 00:27:58,275
How many people can say
they're doing that?
646
00:27:58,910 --> 00:28:00,077
I don't know very many.
647
00:28:00,079 --> 00:28:02,312
But we're burying it.
It is pretty exciting.
648
00:28:02,314 --> 00:28:04,248
[Justin] Put that one
right in here. Right in here.
649
00:28:04,250 --> 00:28:05,449
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
650
00:28:05,451 --> 00:28:07,484
[Bracken] Oh, God, Justin.
Looking out. Look out.
651
00:28:10,288 --> 00:28:11,388
[Justin] Jeez.
652
00:28:11,390 --> 00:28:12,790
Tried to take me out.
653
00:28:12,792 --> 00:28:14,091
I got little carried away.
654
00:28:14,093 --> 00:28:15,959
I was just giving him some
instructions on where to put stuff.
655
00:28:15,961 --> 00:28:18,328
-[Bracken] Sorry. I didn't mean to get you.
-It's all right.
656
00:28:18,330 --> 00:28:19,897
With all this dust,
it's hard to see.
657
00:28:19,899 --> 00:28:21,432
[Bracken] I wish
we had a water truck.
658
00:28:21,434 --> 00:28:24,368
Oh, my gosh. I mean
just a rain cloud. One even.
659
00:28:24,370 --> 00:28:25,436
We expected
660
00:28:25,438 --> 00:28:28,939
that when he digs up a big,
deep scoop like that,
661
00:28:28,941 --> 00:28:32,409
that it would be at least a little bit
brown and moist and it wasn't at all.
662
00:28:32,411 --> 00:28:35,112
It is just dry and sandy.
663
00:28:35,114 --> 00:28:37,281
[Janis] What are you gonna do?
664
00:28:37,283 --> 00:28:39,216
[Justin] That didn't quite go
as I expected.
665
00:28:39,218 --> 00:28:41,218
It's not staying on the roof!
666
00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:42,820
And it won't stay up
on the house.
667
00:28:42,822 --> 00:28:44,688
[Justin] All right.
Next one up a little higher.
668
00:28:44,690 --> 00:28:48,025
Part of the reason that we
set the deadline that we did,
669
00:28:48,027 --> 00:28:50,928
was to stay away
from this season.
670
00:28:50,930 --> 00:28:52,029
We knew it was gonna be hot.
671
00:28:52,031 --> 00:28:53,363
We knew it was gonna be dry.
672
00:28:53,365 --> 00:28:55,466
That's why we wanted
to be done a few weeks ago.
673
00:28:56,901 --> 00:28:58,936
Here we are,
past our initial deadline,
674
00:28:58,938 --> 00:29:00,337
and we're paying for it.
675
00:29:00,339 --> 00:29:02,005
We've all these sods
standing by,
676
00:29:02,007 --> 00:29:05,976
but it can't go on until we
have the house covered with dirt.
677
00:29:05,978 --> 00:29:08,412
I think we're just gonna
have to do as much as we can,
678
00:29:08,414 --> 00:29:11,615
and then wait until we can get some
water out here to moisten the dirt.
679
00:29:16,688 --> 00:29:18,255
[Justin] In the last week or so,
680
00:29:18,257 --> 00:29:20,224
we finished the outside.
681
00:29:20,226 --> 00:29:22,426
Lot more dirt
and lot more sod on top.
682
00:29:22,428 --> 00:29:23,427
We've water now.
683
00:29:23,429 --> 00:29:25,062
- [Janis] Hallelujah.
- [Justin laughs]
684
00:29:25,064 --> 00:29:26,964
There is been a well
this whole time,
685
00:29:26,966 --> 00:29:28,832
but we didn't have a way
to access it.
686
00:29:28,834 --> 00:29:31,635
So, we got a pump,
we got a tank.
687
00:29:31,637 --> 00:29:32,903
There is water down there
at the site.
688
00:29:32,905 --> 00:29:34,805
If you want to open the spigot
and have a drink, you could.
689
00:29:34,807 --> 00:29:37,674
And then we've really been
working hard on the pavilion.
690
00:29:37,676 --> 00:29:40,511
Which is where we're gonna
have all of our electrical stuff--
691
00:29:40,513 --> 00:29:42,613
- Solar panels.
- Solar panels.
692
00:29:43,348 --> 00:29:44,381
[Justin] Generator.
693
00:29:44,983 --> 00:29:45,849
That's exciting.
694
00:29:49,187 --> 00:29:51,288
- Special delivery.
- Just what I needed.
695
00:29:51,290 --> 00:29:52,556
[Justin] Just get
a little closer.
696
00:29:54,659 --> 00:29:55,993
[Janis] I'm a little worried.
697
00:29:55,995 --> 00:29:58,462
Because there is still so much
to do inside.
698
00:29:58,464 --> 00:30:00,297
And we're so far
behind schedule.
699
00:30:08,773 --> 00:30:11,308
[Justin] We have a lot to do
before we finish with the house.
700
00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:13,243
Now that the dome is covered up,
701
00:30:13,245 --> 00:30:16,446
we're confident that it's
not gonna shift anymore.
702
00:30:16,448 --> 00:30:17,948
So it's time for windows.
703
00:30:17,950 --> 00:30:19,750
Almost all the windows
are round.
704
00:30:19,752 --> 00:30:21,785
If they're not complete
circles, they're half circles.
705
00:30:21,787 --> 00:30:24,555
But the ones we're gonna put in
today, especially, are very unique.
706
00:30:24,557 --> 00:30:25,989
You don't just get these
anywhere.
707
00:30:25,991 --> 00:30:27,524
We had them special made,
708
00:30:27,526 --> 00:30:28,892
just the sizes we want
709
00:30:28,894 --> 00:30:30,160
and they're here,
710
00:30:30,162 --> 00:30:31,228
and we're ready to put them in.
711
00:30:31,230 --> 00:30:32,930
- [Justin] Yeah.
- [Janis] This window
712
00:30:32,932 --> 00:30:34,798
took 14 weeks to get here.
713
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,300
- [Justin] That's all you got to say.
- Yeah, we'll see.
714
00:30:36,302 --> 00:30:38,802
- [Justin] All you got to say is please don't drop it.
- [Janis] Oh.
715
00:30:38,804 --> 00:30:40,971
[Janis] The biggest
and heaviest window we have,
716
00:30:40,973 --> 00:30:42,973
of course, needs to be
installed above the egress
717
00:30:42,975 --> 00:30:43,941
for the basement level.
718
00:30:43,943 --> 00:30:45,375
- [Carlos] You ready?
- [Justin] Yep.
719
00:30:45,377 --> 00:30:47,845
[Janis] And watching them
lift it over into the frame,
720
00:30:47,847 --> 00:30:49,546
has me so nervous.
721
00:30:49,548 --> 00:30:51,114
[Carlos] Okay,
stick the bottom in.
722
00:30:51,382 --> 00:30:52,482
[Justin] Okay.
723
00:30:57,522 --> 00:30:59,323
[Justin panting]
Just a little too big.
724
00:31:01,125 --> 00:31:02,526
[banging]
725
00:31:05,597 --> 00:31:08,098
[Justin] It's pretty dang
tight. Nothing getting in there.
726
00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:09,199
[Carlos] The nails holding.
727
00:31:09,201 --> 00:31:10,968
[hammering]
728
00:31:10,970 --> 00:31:12,302
[Justin] All right,
I'm letting it go.
729
00:31:13,071 --> 00:31:14,271
[hammering]
730
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,507
- [Janis] It looks so beautiful.
- Doesn't it look good?
731
00:31:17,509 --> 00:31:19,509
[Janis] I love it
more than I thought it would.
732
00:31:19,511 --> 00:31:21,111
It's so cool how
733
00:31:21,113 --> 00:31:23,413
the window silhouettes the view,
734
00:31:23,415 --> 00:31:25,115
and I just love that.
735
00:31:29,954 --> 00:31:31,955
[Justin] Two of our windows
are very special.
736
00:31:31,957 --> 00:31:35,158
The custom-made stained glass
windows that we designed ourselves.
737
00:31:35,460 --> 00:31:36,894
[Janis] Oh, my.
738
00:31:36,896 --> 00:31:38,795
This is the dragon mountain.
739
00:31:38,797 --> 00:31:41,064
[Justin] This one is gonna be
in this window over here.
740
00:31:41,066 --> 00:31:43,500
- [Janis] It's beautiful.
- [Justin] That's gorgeous and that's gorgeous
741
00:31:43,935 --> 00:31:46,403
So it looks like the moon is
742
00:31:46,405 --> 00:31:49,806
- shining the light on the water.
- It's so beautiful. I love it.
743
00:31:49,808 --> 00:31:53,176
[Ann] So what we've got here
is the Tree of Life.
744
00:31:53,178 --> 00:31:55,979
We wanted the moonlight
chamber to come back across
745
00:31:55,981 --> 00:31:57,981
and echo words on the mountain.
746
00:31:57,983 --> 00:32:00,050
That's exactly what I wanted.
747
00:32:00,052 --> 00:32:02,085
- [laughs] Thank you.
- [Ann] I'm glad.
748
00:32:02,087 --> 00:32:03,320
That's what I wanted to hear.
749
00:32:03,322 --> 00:32:05,055
I love it so much.
750
00:32:05,057 --> 00:32:06,890
I felt so emotional about them.
751
00:32:06,892 --> 00:32:08,191
There is something emotional
about them.
752
00:32:08,193 --> 00:32:11,495
That's just a beautiful,
unique, personalized
753
00:32:11,497 --> 00:32:13,864
little thing
and maybe it's because of
754
00:32:13,866 --> 00:32:15,599
so many things have gone wrong.
755
00:32:15,601 --> 00:32:17,501
- Yeah.
- As we have gone through this.
756
00:32:17,503 --> 00:32:20,837
And it's been really hard that we
get to see that and have that moment.
757
00:32:20,839 --> 00:32:22,105
[Justin] Thank you so much.
758
00:32:22,107 --> 00:32:24,708
[Janis] It's exactly
what we had wanted.
759
00:32:24,710 --> 00:32:27,978
[Justin] We still have so much
work left before we're done.
760
00:32:27,980 --> 00:32:30,814
Over the past week,
we've put up all the drywall.
761
00:32:30,816 --> 00:32:32,149
[Janis] We got our
flooring done.
762
00:32:32,151 --> 00:32:33,650
And Justin
had some fun painting.
763
00:32:34,252 --> 00:32:35,519
[Justin] Argh.
764
00:32:36,387 --> 00:32:38,155
[Justin] We got our
kitchen cabinets.
765
00:32:38,157 --> 00:32:39,957
Finished up the bathrooms.
766
00:32:39,959 --> 00:32:41,725
Did a whole lot of work
on the outside.
767
00:32:41,727 --> 00:32:42,960
It's gonna be a race
to the finish
768
00:32:42,962 --> 00:32:45,996
but we're gonna find a way
to get it all done.
769
00:32:45,998 --> 00:32:48,665
One of the biggest
finishing touches,
770
00:32:48,667 --> 00:32:50,901
is putting on the big,
round door.
771
00:32:50,903 --> 00:32:52,035
All right, here it is.
772
00:32:52,037 --> 00:32:54,171
There is the door frame.
773
00:32:54,872 --> 00:32:56,106
There is the door.
774
00:32:56,108 --> 00:32:57,808
This door is massive.
775
00:32:57,810 --> 00:32:59,943
Solid wood. Custom-made.
776
00:32:59,945 --> 00:33:01,645
I don't know what it weighs.
But it's gotta be
777
00:33:01,647 --> 00:33:03,246
150 pounds maybe.
778
00:33:03,248 --> 00:33:05,949
[Janis] I could not even help to
lift it. [laughing] It was so heavy.
779
00:33:05,951 --> 00:33:07,851
Janis, hold the door
and don't let it fall.
780
00:33:07,853 --> 00:33:09,653
[Justin] We're gonna have
a tough time installing it.
781
00:33:09,655 --> 00:33:11,188
And none of us know
how to do this.
782
00:33:11,190 --> 00:33:14,124
These bolts are imported from
the land of New Jersia.
783
00:33:14,126 --> 00:33:15,392
[laughs]
784
00:33:15,394 --> 00:33:16,626
[Janis] We're on the last one.
785
00:33:16,628 --> 00:33:17,995
[Justin] Yeah, we'll
make that the last one.
786
00:33:17,997 --> 00:33:20,097
- [Janis] Okay.
- [Justin] Okay, Janis, you wanna do the honors?
787
00:33:20,099 --> 00:33:22,132
- [Janis laughs]
- [Justin] Come on. Come on.
788
00:33:22,134 --> 00:33:23,934
- It's a big gun.
- Okay. My skills.
789
00:33:23,936 --> 00:33:25,302
[drilling]
790
00:33:25,304 --> 00:33:27,104
- [Justin] Yay.
- [Janis laughs]
791
00:33:27,106 --> 00:33:28,705
- Last bolt.
- Last bolt.
792
00:33:28,707 --> 00:33:30,140
- [Justin] Give it a test?
- [Carlos] Okay.
793
00:33:31,376 --> 00:33:33,043
[Justin] Oh, here it go!
794
00:33:33,045 --> 00:33:34,678
[all cheering]
795
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,447
-[Janis] Oh, my gosh. This is open. We got a door.
-[Justin] Whoo-hoo!
796
00:33:37,449 --> 00:33:40,050
[Justin] We got it installed
and it looks amazing.
797
00:33:40,052 --> 00:33:41,351
Okay, close it, close it,
close it. I wanna see.
798
00:33:41,353 --> 00:33:43,420
[Justin] I was so thrilled
it worked.
799
00:33:43,422 --> 00:33:47,290
So many things have gone wrong
that we now went right, I was thrilled.
800
00:33:48,926 --> 00:33:49,960
[Janis] Who is it?
801
00:33:50,128 --> 00:33:51,294
Come in.
802
00:33:51,296 --> 00:33:53,997
I feel like this adds
the perfect touch.
803
00:33:53,999 --> 00:33:56,666
[Justin] Oh, man. I'm so happy
with that, Janis.
804
00:33:56,668 --> 00:33:59,269
-[Janis] Oh, I'm so happy too.
-I'm so happy with that. Nice job.
805
00:34:06,444 --> 00:34:07,911
[Justin] We are done.
806
00:34:07,913 --> 00:34:09,479
- Hallelujah!
- [laughs]
807
00:34:10,415 --> 00:34:11,915
My gosh.
808
00:34:11,917 --> 00:34:14,317
- It's been forever.
- [Justin] It feels amazing.
809
00:34:15,386 --> 00:34:17,154
[Janis] We are exhausted.
[laughs]
810
00:34:17,156 --> 00:34:19,089
- But...
- It's worth it.
811
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,962
[Justin] It's been months
and months of stress
812
00:34:26,164 --> 00:34:28,365
and problems,
813
00:34:28,367 --> 00:34:30,167
and to have it done now,
814
00:34:30,169 --> 00:34:32,002
is an amazing relief.
815
00:34:32,837 --> 00:34:34,704
[Janis] Original budget
was 200,000,
816
00:34:34,706 --> 00:34:37,207
and we ended up spending
300,000.
817
00:34:37,209 --> 00:34:39,342
[Justin] Lot of unexpected
expenses.
818
00:34:39,344 --> 00:34:41,244
And then just a lot of
mistakes that we made,
819
00:34:41,246 --> 00:34:43,814
and needing to do things
over again.
820
00:34:43,816 --> 00:34:46,016
[Janis] Our original timeline
was three months.
821
00:34:46,018 --> 00:34:48,752
And it actually took us
four months to build.
822
00:34:48,754 --> 00:34:50,320
But, it was worth it.
823
00:34:52,023 --> 00:34:54,091
[Justin] My dad, Danny
and his wife Rozell
824
00:34:54,093 --> 00:34:55,659
are coming today
to check out the house,
825
00:34:55,661 --> 00:34:58,095
and we cannot wait to see
what they're gonna think.
826
00:34:58,097 --> 00:34:59,963
And he is a pretty
emotional guy,
827
00:34:59,965 --> 00:35:02,532
so I bet he starts crying just
as he comes down the hill.
828
00:35:02,534 --> 00:35:03,567
[Janis laughs]
829
00:35:03,569 --> 00:35:04,935
- [Justin] Hey!
- Hi!
830
00:35:04,937 --> 00:35:06,169
[Justin] You made it.
831
00:35:06,171 --> 00:35:09,005
-Oh, my goodness! It looks so cool.
-I like the door.
832
00:35:09,941 --> 00:35:11,942
- [Rozell] Oh!
- [all laughing]
833
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,681
Started tearing up when
I crossed that hill there.
834
00:35:17,683 --> 00:35:19,149
- [laughs]
- I started tearing up.
835
00:35:19,151 --> 00:35:21,151
- I knew it.
- You're such an amazing kid.
836
00:35:21,153 --> 00:35:23,286
- [Janis] Aw.
- Could you see it from up there?
837
00:35:23,387 --> 00:35:24,354
No.
838
00:35:24,422 --> 00:35:26,256
- Not really. Not really.
- I didn't really see it.
839
00:35:27,291 --> 00:35:28,959
[Justin] Big round door.
840
00:35:29,894 --> 00:35:30,827
Custom made.
841
00:35:30,829 --> 00:35:32,462
It's one of a kind for sure.
842
00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:33,864
- [Danny] Look at the glass.
- [Rozell] Look at the window.
843
00:35:33,866 --> 00:35:35,298
Isn't this amazing?
844
00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:37,267
[Justin] These are
custom stain glass windows
845
00:35:37,269 --> 00:35:38,835
that a friend of ours made.
846
00:35:38,837 --> 00:35:40,537
[Rozell] She did
such a good job.
847
00:35:40,539 --> 00:35:43,073
- [Justin] A whole lot more to see inside. Are you ready?
- We are ready.
848
00:35:44,942 --> 00:35:46,343
[both] Oh, my gosh.
849
00:35:46,345 --> 00:35:48,011
- Look at the ceiling.
- It's beautiful.
850
00:35:48,779 --> 00:35:49,846
[both] Oh, wow!
851
00:35:49,848 --> 00:35:51,381
[Janis] This is all custom-made.
852
00:35:52,917 --> 00:35:55,785
This was my design. I drew it,
853
00:35:55,787 --> 00:35:58,588
- and found a metal shop that would cut it out for us.
- [Janis] Cut it out, yeah.
854
00:35:58,590 --> 00:36:00,023
[laughing] You want another huh?
855
00:36:00,025 --> 00:36:01,124
[all laughing]
856
00:36:01,126 --> 00:36:03,326
for the family.
857
00:36:04,929 --> 00:36:05,962
[Justin] Does it feel like
we're underground?
858
00:36:05,964 --> 00:36:07,330
- [Danny] Not at all.
- [Rozell] Not at all.
859
00:36:07,332 --> 00:36:09,966
- [Rozell] It's so bright and
airy and it just looks-- - Yeah.
860
00:36:09,968 --> 00:36:11,301
I'd have never guessed.
861
00:36:11,303 --> 00:36:13,069
[Justin] So you feel
how much cooler it is here.
862
00:36:13,071 --> 00:36:14,137
[both] It is.
863
00:36:14,139 --> 00:36:16,706
[Justin] This is just
because of the insulation.
864
00:36:16,708 --> 00:36:18,375
- There is no air conditioning.
- What?
865
00:36:18,377 --> 00:36:20,944
- [Justin] We've pipes in the floor.
- [Rozell] Uh-huh.
866
00:36:20,946 --> 00:36:22,879
[Justin] That will do heat
and cooling.
867
00:36:22,881 --> 00:36:24,114
[Rozell] Oh, wow! Really?
868
00:36:24,116 --> 00:36:25,282
[Danny] This is amazing.
869
00:36:26,217 --> 00:36:27,817
[Janis] This is the kitchen.
870
00:36:27,819 --> 00:36:29,686
So who picked this up?
871
00:36:29,688 --> 00:36:32,322
[Justin] We wanted something
big and grand.
872
00:36:32,324 --> 00:36:35,392
- [Janis] Rustic.
- And we got very lucky and found this.
873
00:36:35,394 --> 00:36:36,459
[Rozell] It's so cool.
874
00:36:36,461 --> 00:36:38,161
Where are you getting the water?
875
00:36:38,163 --> 00:36:40,931
[Justin] We have a well
and a big huge tank.
876
00:36:40,933 --> 00:36:43,366
All the power comes from solar.
877
00:36:43,368 --> 00:36:45,435
So up there on the hill,
we've that pavilion.
878
00:36:45,437 --> 00:36:48,338
That's the power source
for all of this.
879
00:36:48,340 --> 00:36:52,108
So we got all these
really nice things,
880
00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:53,343
but we're still
881
00:36:53,345 --> 00:36:55,011
- off the grid, living underground.
- [Rozell] Yeah.
882
00:36:55,013 --> 00:36:56,313
- [Janis laughs]
- Right?
883
00:36:56,315 --> 00:36:58,515
- [Janis] Do you like our table?
- [Rozell] I love that table.
884
00:36:58,517 --> 00:37:00,817
- [Janis] Yeah.
- [Rozell] That's so nice and big.
885
00:37:00,819 --> 00:37:01,985
Where is the rest of it?
886
00:37:04,088 --> 00:37:05,589
[Janis] This kind of our pantry.
887
00:37:06,557 --> 00:37:08,258
It had this spice rack.
888
00:37:08,260 --> 00:37:10,493
It's a very special spice rack.
889
00:37:10,495 --> 00:37:12,229
What makes it so special?
890
00:37:12,231 --> 00:37:13,663
- [Justin] What makes it so special?
- Yeah.
891
00:37:14,498 --> 00:37:16,700
- What?
- Oh, my goodness.
892
00:37:16,702 --> 00:37:17,801
- Oh, my gosh!
- Look at this.
893
00:37:17,803 --> 00:37:19,336
- [Danny] Check it out.
- Look at that.
894
00:37:19,338 --> 00:37:21,137
[Janis] You didn't think
that was behind the door.
895
00:37:21,139 --> 00:37:23,873
- [indistinct chatter]
- I will never guess.
896
00:37:23,875 --> 00:37:27,010
[Danny] We claim it. We got
this bedroom. Yep, I want this.
897
00:37:27,012 --> 00:37:28,278
[Justin] A nice big deck.
898
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,147
Yeah. It's a perfect place to
go out and enjoy an evening.
899
00:37:31,149 --> 00:37:33,450
- Just when it cools off...
- [Janis] Yeah.
900
00:37:33,452 --> 00:37:35,385
- We still have a lot more to show you.
- All right.
901
00:37:36,687 --> 00:37:38,121
- [Rozell] Love the sink.
- [Danny] Look at that.
902
00:37:38,123 --> 00:37:39,322
- [Rozell] Oh, my goodness.
- It's a barrel.
903
00:37:39,324 --> 00:37:40,490
Isn't that awesome?
904
00:37:40,492 --> 00:37:42,225
[Rozell] You guys did
a great job. That is cool.
905
00:37:42,227 --> 00:37:43,393
- [Janis] Thanks.
- [Justin] Thank you.
906
00:37:43,395 --> 00:37:44,961
- [Danny] That's great.
- That is awesome.
907
00:37:44,963 --> 00:37:46,496
- [Janis] Let's go see the basement.
- [Danny] Let's go.
908
00:37:47,665 --> 00:37:49,199
[both] Oh, my gosh!
909
00:37:49,201 --> 00:37:50,100
[chuckles] A pool table.
910
00:37:50,102 --> 00:37:52,302
[Rozell] It'll be so fun
for the kids.
911
00:37:52,304 --> 00:37:55,105
[Justin] Well, we've had
the spot for this picked out
912
00:37:55,107 --> 00:37:57,073
- since we dug the original hole.
- Yes.
913
00:37:57,075 --> 00:37:59,909
[Justin] When we're laying out
bedroom, bedroom, bedroom,
914
00:37:59,911 --> 00:38:01,311
there was always, "And that's
where the pool table goes."
915
00:38:01,313 --> 00:38:02,445
[Janis laughs]
916
00:38:02,447 --> 00:38:04,180
Then you comes down here
and it's fun.
917
00:38:06,083 --> 00:38:08,151
[Justin] Another cool bookcase
over here.
918
00:38:08,153 --> 00:38:09,819
[Janis] And then
when you push on it.
919
00:38:09,821 --> 00:38:12,088
[Danny] What? Another one.
920
00:38:12,090 --> 00:38:13,223
- Look at that.
- Oh, my gosh!
921
00:38:13,225 --> 00:38:15,925
This is so cool.
922
00:38:15,927 --> 00:38:17,160
[Justin] This is the TV room.
923
00:38:17,162 --> 00:38:20,463
Great place for the kids
to come and relax.
924
00:38:24,769 --> 00:38:26,269
[Janis] Here is
one of the bedrooms.
925
00:38:26,271 --> 00:38:28,038
You can fit a lot of kids
down here. Right?
926
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,040
Yeah. All of us could
stay here.
927
00:38:30,042 --> 00:38:32,876
[Justin] There's another bedroom
right next to this one that also has six.
928
00:38:32,878 --> 00:38:35,011
- More?
- Yeah, that many.
929
00:38:37,448 --> 00:38:38,815
[Janis] And here's our deck.
930
00:38:38,817 --> 00:38:40,984
- Oh, look at the view.
- You guys got everything.
931
00:38:40,986 --> 00:38:43,086
[Justin] We love
just sitting out here
932
00:38:43,088 --> 00:38:44,487
and looking at this view.
933
00:38:44,489 --> 00:38:45,655
Little hot tub.
934
00:38:45,657 --> 00:38:47,624
I could see
how it will be beautiful.
935
00:38:47,626 --> 00:38:50,160
We've made a bunch of memories
building it.
936
00:38:50,162 --> 00:38:52,529
- And now we're gonna get to make a bunch of memories...
- There you go.
937
00:38:52,531 --> 00:38:53,363
- Using it.
- Enjoying it.
938
00:38:53,365 --> 00:38:55,198
enjoying it together.
939
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:58,101
- [Danny] So proud of you guys.
- [Janis] Thanks.
940
00:38:58,103 --> 00:38:59,169
You're awesome.
941
00:38:59,171 --> 00:39:00,970
- Definitely did a good job.
- You put it together.
942
00:39:04,942 --> 00:39:08,111
Couldn't believe that it was
on the ground. It looked so just
943
00:39:08,113 --> 00:39:10,947
like a beautiful fairytale
house. It was amazing.
944
00:39:10,949 --> 00:39:13,516
[Danny] I'm so proud of Justin
and Janis.
945
00:39:13,518 --> 00:39:15,385
To the point where it brings
tears to my eyes
946
00:39:15,387 --> 00:39:17,253
every time I think about
what they've done.
947
00:39:17,255 --> 00:39:18,588
Just amazing.
948
00:39:22,059 --> 00:39:24,828
[Janis] You know, it kind of
makes me emotional because
949
00:39:24,830 --> 00:39:27,464
we put so much work into this.
950
00:39:30,668 --> 00:39:33,169
Walking in there today was like,
951
00:39:33,171 --> 00:39:35,438
[sighs in relief] okay.
It's worth it.
952
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,508
You get to enjoy
your hard labor.
953
00:39:39,410 --> 00:39:40,844
- [Janis laughing] Whoo-hoo!
- Oh!
954
00:39:40,846 --> 00:39:42,112
- Cold?
- Yeah.
955
00:39:43,013 --> 00:39:44,948
It's kind of
the ultimate fairytale for us.
956
00:39:44,950 --> 00:39:46,149
[laughing]
957
00:39:46,151 --> 00:39:48,051
[Janis] It was an adventure.
958
00:39:48,053 --> 00:39:49,919
I think I overfilled it.
959
00:39:49,921 --> 00:39:51,421
[Justin] We've got this
beautiful place now
960
00:39:51,423 --> 00:39:53,423
to enjoy with our family.
961
00:39:53,425 --> 00:39:55,658
Make great memories for
generations and generations.