[Richard] We're building a grain bin.
This is kind of complicated. It's not just a square house that you
frame up and everything is level.
Okay.
So our goal is to have a location that we can
use to get away from the busyness of farm life.
The reason we're doing this is for a lot of more history to be made.
- Go, up, up. - [Richard] Ho, ho, easy.
We kind of like to do things most people don't.
- [Richard] Hit it, boys. - [Rick] There it goes!
I just like the challenge of it.
My confidence level is not sky rocket high.
[Richard] Oh, man.
He's stuck.
[Rick] We need to get the tractor.
[Richard] We just really have to stay on our timeline,
we just don't have time to spare.
He's almost in the power pole.
Welcome to Indiana, this is horrible.
- Stop, stop. - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
[Richard] Hey, stop.
[narrator] Are you ready to go off the grid?
Whee, squishy!
Come on, let's follow Daddy.
You see any fish, Ez?
Our family has been here in this portion of Indiana for six generations
and this is our favorite location to go to unwind and get away.
Daddy found rocks for you to throw, honey.
[Richard] Hey, Elise,
do you think this is a good place to build a getaway?
- Yeah. - You could have a bonfire,
roast marshmallows.
Oh, yeah, those are my favorite.
Good throw, sis.
[Richard] When we were deciding where to do this,
it really wasn't a decision we made. This is our spot.
Bye-bye, rock.
- [Richard] I'm Richard... - [Rick] And I'm Rick.
and we're building our bindominium on our family farm in Indiana.
The largest motivation for this build is for family,
whether it's our immediate family or my extended family.
This way we'll have somewhere where someone wants to come
be a part of the farm in the springtime,
planting or fall or the harvest or summer
and just wanna fish in the pond.
Just lot of memories have been around that farm pond
that was put in 1968 by my father
and now we'll have a place to go and spend more time.
[Richard] Everywhere they look will be a piece of the farm history
for them to enjoy and reminisce with as well.
It's kind of a special spot for us.
[Richard] The build is in Monticello, Indiana.
It's about an hour and a half north of Indianapolis.
This is very much going to be a family build from top to bottom.
It will be Dad and I and also my brother-in-law Kyle.
[Kyle] Being able to work with my brother-in-law and father-in-law
will be very fun for me 'cause it's something that we do every day.
We have really good chemistry,
we kind of know what each other's strengths and weakness are
and it's just fun.
[Richard] Well, it's absolutely enjoyable to work with the family and--
- Even me? - Yeah, most of the time, most of the time.
The build is going to total 1,400 square feet.
We're going to use a repurposed grain bin,
attach a granary and add a wraparound deck.
When you enter the space, the first thing you will see is the main living area.
Behind the main living area is the dining room table.
To your left is the kitchen
and through a small door, you'll enter the bathroom.
Between the kitchen and the dining room area
is a spiral staircase which will take you upstairs to the bedroom.
In the bedroom is two bunkbeds, a queen bed
and also a door to access the second level porch.
For our off-grid features we're going to utilize solar for electricity.
And for water access we're going to drive a sand point
roughly 30 to 40 feet deep until we find water.
If everything comes together as we hope, it's gonna be cool.
[Richard] We're gonna get this done in six months
and we hope to keep cost as low as possible
by reusing as many materials as we can.
We're starting in the middle of the winter
because really that's the best time for us as a farm family
to devote time.
We already work 100 hours a week in the busy seasons.
We can't make that 120. We've gotta sleep at some point.
We've already been warned, nobody pours concrete in the winter
and nobody tries to access build sites in the slop
and here we're gonna try to do it off-grid.
We kind of like to do things most people don't,
so I just like the challenge of it.
[Richard] It's really hard to say what we might experience.
We just really have to stay on our timeline
because when we hit the fields we just don't have time to spare.
Here's to hoping.
[Richard] Here we are, day one of the bindominium construction
but instead of starting with construction,
we're starting with deconstruction.
We are going to tear this grain bin down.
This is a property that my mom and dad bought in the '80s.
This is about five miles as a crow would fly from our build site
so we need to deconstruct this bin first.
We'll load it on a trailer
and then we will move it to where we are going to have our build site.
Irwin's gonna run the crane, we'll swing it over,
drop the hook through the top hole and we'll hook it to the tire.
Then, we'll lift the entire structure up.
We wanna make sure when we're doing that everyone's clear,
in case something unplanned does happen.
[Rick] It's January in Indiana and it's cold
and we need to get the job done,
so you put the layers of clothing on and you go out,
no babies allowed, get the job done.
Here she comes, boys.
Yeah, they're good.
We have to make sure that we keep centered on the bin
when we're lifting it to keep the load balanced,
so we don't tip or roll either way.
So we just gonna have to be extra cautious and calculative
with what we're doing.
Everybody's clear?
Let's just watch and make sure it comes up even.
We're good? All right.
- All right. - [Kyle] It's up.
[Richard] Watch the blocks, make sure we clear those.
- We got her now. - [Rick] Okay.
Okay, swinging around.
- We're good? - I think so.
Now it's time to start removing the bolts and taking the sheets off.
Ready?
Hit it, boys.
The measurements are 27 feet in diameter.
There are 63 sheets.
It's nine sheets per ring.
We will tear it down from the bottom working up.
Yeah, this a really tedious process.
There's like 3,200 bolts in this bin
and we're just getting started so it's gonna be a long day.
[Rick] Watch yourself.
[Richard] It's heavy metal with sharp edges.
We've got lots of trip hazards here
so we have to be cautious of our surroundings.
I believe that, know, know, I know that...
- That I will be the best bolt remover today. - Yeah.
We'll see.
One more.
We'll get this thing done here, couple of more hours.
[Rick] He's worried about losing his tools.
Whoa, hey!
I got it.
Who thought that one through?
[Both] Not me!
All right, that's a wrap.
- Good job, guys. - [Rick] All right.
You know how it goes back together?
Yeah, we'll just replay their footage in reverse.
It feels good to have the bin down, no one was injured today.
Looking forward to reconditioning the sheets to prepare it for our rebuild.
[Richard] Next up, we need to pour the concrete foundation for the grain bin.
But that's going to be very tricky this time of year
because we need temperatures to stay above freezing for at least three days.
[Richard speaking]
How's this for concrete weather?
I'm starting to get really nervous.
And we were really optimistic that we're gonna have a quick turnaround
and get this concrete poured which is the next big step.
But Mother Nature dictates what we get to do.
I guess we're just gonna wait.
That's what we get for trying to do a build in Indiana,
in the middle of winter.
[Richard speaking]
Well, how's this for concrete weather?
And we were really optimistic that we're gonna have a quick turnaround
and get this concrete poured which was the next big step.
But, welcome to Indiana, Mother Nature dictates what we get to do.
It has been a month now, since we have done anything
Today it is 16 degrees.
You can see the pond out there, it's still completely iced over.
We've been waiting to pour concrete,
but the weather really just hasn't let us do it, we had no window at all.
We're starting to get a little nervous.
As we are already behind schedule
and we've not even started construction.
The last six weeks have been less than ideal is a nice way of putting it.
What did we go, 39 days below freezing?
Yeah, 39 straight days below freezing.
- So not real good for our-- - [Rick] Our concrete pouring, no.
[Richard] Now, it's starting to melt down, which is gonna be a mess.
Next up, we need to pour the concrete foundation for the grain bin.
But that's going to be very tricky.
The path is just right through one of our farm fields.
Yeah, there's just no sort of driveway
or road or anything that we can use.
So it's just a muddy, slimy mess.
Those concrete trucks are gonna be all over the place
flinging mud on themselves and we just hope that they don't sink in.
We're gonna have at least five trucks coming today
and just gonna get worse as each truck comes.
Yeah, come ahead, almost there.
[Rick] Perfect.
[Richard] Man, it sure feels good to see some concrete coming out.
And the weather has not been on our side,
but we're finally here, the concrete truck got back here okay.
We've got about four maybe five more trucks.
So, it's looking all right so far. Hopefully, it stays going this well.
[man] We're just gonna keep dumping in that footer.
[Richard] So we've got the footer poured up.
Now we're staring to pour the floor.
So we've had five trucks come in,
there's gonna be probably at least two more.
It's getting really sloppy, the sun's coming out
It's warming things up,
which the heat is good for concrete curing,
but it's not good for ground conditions.
But we'll see what happens.
He's skating.
Come on, come on, buddy.
He isn't gonna make it, this guy is gonna get stuck. Come on, man.
Hammer down, let's go.
Ah, man.
He's stuck.
[Rick] That concrete's setting up.
The concrete that we have poured previously is drying
and we need it to mesh.
So, we're gonna have to get this truck pulled out pretty quick.
[Richard] If we can't get this truck situated where it needs to be
to pour the concrete, we're gonna have to scrap this whole project.
Oh, boy.
[Richard] He's skating.
Come on.
So we've had five trucks come in.
It's getting really sloppy, the sun's coming out.
It's warming things up,
which the heat is good for concrete curing,
but it's not good for ground conditions.
Here we go.
He's got a big old trench.
Come on, man.
Hammer down, let's go.
Ah, man.
He's stuck.
Hey we've got one stuck, let's get that tractor and get it hooked up.
[Rick] That concrete's setting up.
[Kyle] We're cutting close on time
'cause the concrete that we have poured previously is drying.
So we're gonna have to get this truck pulled out pretty quick.
We've got a real heavy tow strap.
We're gonna hood a clevis through his tow point up here.
And we can see if we can get him taken care of.
Hey, guys, let's make sure we're staying out of the way,
in case that strap lets go, we don't want anyone getting hurt here.
[Rick] Let's go.
All right, we're going backwards.
Come on.
Go, go, go, go, go...
[Richard yells]
Got him.
[Kyle] There we go.
[Richard] Nice.
All right, he's out.
Good job.
Great.
We're on the clock, this guys are rolling,
but we gotta keep this truck moving around, get this thing poured.
The good news is, what we have on our side here is,
as he keeps pouring he gets lighter.
So, our problem is not getting worse at this point,
so hopefully we can keep it moving.
We're just about done.
You can see we've got pretty much all the concrete we need out there.
Feels good to be at this point, we beat the clock.
We're under some pressure there.
But everybody stuck it out and happy to be at this point.
We're very excited to finally get to today.
It's been a long time coming, a lot of delays along the way.
We're just really excited to get this structure going up.
We're gonna rebuild the grain bin,
so the sheets have been prepared and cleaned
and we're ready to just get this thing up.
We're finally here on construction day.
We've got the roof together and the first ring,
so we're gonna get started on laying the next six rings.
It's basically the same process,
we're just doing it in reverse.
We'll just start carrying sheets, poking bolts
and threading nuts and see if we can get this thing put together.
Dad unfortunately is gonna miss
helping out today so we brought in the A team.
We're very thankful that they're willing to pitch in and help us get this done
'cause there's no way we'd get it done without them.
That's good.
[Richard] Now it's time to start lifting the bin up and attaching the rings
and just keep raising her up.
Get started.
What this seemed to be in the center of this.
Perfect.
Yeah, I think we're good, we're ready for the next sheet.
[Richard] Oh, it feels good to finally see something going up instead of taking things down.
It's been a long time coming, the weather really hasn't cooperated.
The wind's supposed to pick up this afternoon,
so we're trying to get as much done as we can here this morning.
Ready? All right, let's raise her up.
[man] All right, here we go.
[Richard] We're way behind schedule, but we'll catch up.
Here you go.
Keep going.
Rolling now.
Here, Ezra, run your finger along this
as I'm putting it down.
There you go, push hard. Good job, buddy.
This is a family build
and I'm really excited to bring my son Ezra
to the build site to help with some tasks.
And we had him taping the sheets
and then poke in some bolts and he just really loved doing that.
Ezra, what do you think this is gonna look like when it's all done?
[Richard chuckles]
[Richard] I think you're probably right.
Do you think we'll have some sleepovers out here?
Are we?
Yeah, we'll have some sleepovers out here.
Here, poke it in there.
The whole idea of this build is to kind of memorialize the pieces
that are from this farm.
And so being able to include our family, especially our kids, in this,
it's just really fun and we're all making some memories here
and hopefully this place stays for a long, long time for them to enjoy.
You got them all. Good job, buddy.
The grain bin construction is complete, we feel really good about it.
But the hard part is still to come.
Welcome to Indiana mud season.
This is horrible.
We've got pouring rain,
20 mile an hour winds, supposed to have 25 to 30 mile an hour wind gusts.
And we're gonna suspend a building in the air.
Sounds like a really good idea.
Today we need to somehow lift this granary up,
set it on a trailer and transport it to the build site.
The plan for the granary is to attach it to the side of the grain bin
and utilize that space for a kitchen and a bathroom.
Obviously, it's muddy, sloppy, nasty,
rain's pouring and the wind's blowing,
so let's just be cautious of our surroundings.
If we see anything of danger, make everyone aware.
We really don't wanna be doing this today, but we don't have an option.
We're already behind schedule, we gotta get it done.
All right, we're going up.
Oh, boy.
Let's not stand under it.
Man, if this isn't some barnyard stuff, I don't know what is.
[man] Okay.
The granary is really old, the wood is wet
and weathered and hasn't been maintained,
so we could lift thing and it just crumbles.
Yeah, I don't really want anybody close
if that thing goes boom shakalaka.
We've got a high-voltage electrical pole on each side of the granary
and when we're moving this, if we hit it, it could be catastrophic.
Hold, Roger.
Ho!
Have the ending go up a little.
Stop, Roger.
Okay, stop, Roger. Stay there. Don't move.
Okay, Kyle.
Keep coming.
Ho!
Stop there.
Little more.
Ko! That's it, that's all I can give you.
Go down.
My confidence level is not skyrocket high.
[Richard] It's loaded, that's a step further
than we were at the start of the day, so...
Our power box over there is gonna get caught by the I beam hanging out.
The back I beam extends out past the trailer
and there's an electrical box over there that it's going to catch,
so we're gonna have to get the tires over the conduit
and then we're gonna see if we can scoot the whole thing over
to clear that box.
Ooh...
Go.
He's got a foot.
Ho!
So our risk is falling on the power pole at this point.
Come on.
Keep going.
- Stop stop. - [Richard] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Stop! Stop!
Oh, my gosh!
[Richard] Welcome to Indiana mud season. This is horrible.
Soaked, muddy, dirty.
I don't know. We're gonna get it done though.
Ho!
He's just almost in the power pole.
Push just a little bit.
He's holding tension so don't go in...
We've got three inches from this power pole.
Come on.
Keep going.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Hey, ho, stop.
Ho!
That's it. He's hit the pole.
Irwin's gonna hold the box.
I'll talk to you.
Stop, stop.
Go.
You're out.
Oh, my gosh!
That will work.
Feels good, we got it out.
But what doesn't feel good is we're freezing,
the rain's really coming down, the wind is blowing.
We're gonna have to wait for the fields to dry out.
There's no way we're gonna get it back to the build site.
I'm going to warm up.
While we wait for the granary to get out to the build site,
we're gonna keep moving forward with other projects.
We have this old barn on the property that needs to come down.
I've known that this barn meant a lot to my dad
and it's something that should have gone a while ago,
so it's exciting for us to have come up with a way to repurpose
so many components of it.
And the first step for today is going to be
taking the sheets of tin that are on the roof of the barn.
And our plan for repurposing that is
to make them into wall coverings for the first and second floor.
All right, let's roll.
You're ready?
[Richard] Here we go.
We think there's about 69 sheets of tin to come down,
so we'll have three people on the roof,
two people on the ground and see how we get along.
One down, 68 to go.
It's a little windy up here
and a little bit chilly.
[Rick] Please be careful up there, guys.
[Rick] Got it!
[Rick] The barn we believe is, it was built right at the start of 1900s.
The history for me is, so many life lessons that I learned there.
We used to milk cows and just the different things that took place in there.
Dad teaching me lessons about life.
That's where we worked everyday growing up.
And so that barn has been the symbol for me
of what dedication, team effort has done.
When this build is complete, which I'm really looking forward to,
everywhere we look, we're gonna look at a piece of our farm
a piece of our family history,
and all the people that are a part of that
and that's really exciting to me.
[Rick] We're taking something down
and we're going to be creating something that will be here for generations to come.
All right, last piece, guys. Here we go.
[Rick] That's it.
We're good.
Yeah.
[Kyle] That's a victory.
[Richard] That is a victory.
[Kyle] All right.
[Richard] All in all, another good day on the farm.
[Richard] This is a huge day for us.
We're super pumped about the opportunity
to finally be able to move this granary over.
We've been delayed and delayed and delayed with weather
and we took that opportunity to replace some of the rotten plywood on the sides.
And then we would have had to put just the wrap around it.
- Cold. - I am cold. Man!
Kyle is gonna be operating the truck,
Dad is gonna be in there with him. Dad is really familiar with the field
and any obstacles that may be there.
- Let's do this. - We're off.
[Rick] We're gonna have to move it three-quarters a mile,
across the field and the field is a little rough.
[Richard] I'm gonna be following them and make sure it's not shifting
or swaying real bad or anything like that.
[Richard] We're really relying on this structure holding together
and us being able to get it there
The worst thing that could really happen is for some reason it shifts
and tips over and collapses and at that point it would just be junk
and we're gonna have to start fresh which will delay us even more
and we just can't have that so we gotta get it there.
- [Kyle] Good? - Looks good.
It's not moving at all.
Stable Mable.
I like it.
[Rick] It's a big day on the farm.
[Kyle] Come on, girl.
[Richard] All right.
The eagle has landed.
Good deal.
- That was successful. - [Rick] You got that.
[Richard] First thing we need to do is cut the hole in the side of the grain bin
that the granary is going to made up to.
It's just short of 12 feet wide and just under eight feet tall.
We're getting there.
Next we're going to take off the face of the granary,
so we can attach it to the bin.
[man speaking]
- [Richard] Heads up. - [Kyle] Timber!
[Rick] Boy, the wind's blowing.
I don't like the wind.
Not today.
[Richard] So this is over a hundred-year-old structure.
It's really delicate.
We're gonna be lifting it off in these high winds.
We're really nervous about it.
We're hoping that it's gonna go okay.
If not we're in a really bad spot.
Watch that cable in the beam up there.
[Rick] We created a big sail.
I mean we have the winds coming out of the northwest.
They take the face off, now you have this big hole that's sucking in wind.
[Richard] Kyle watch that front side.
[Kyle] Yup.
[Richard] Just get us a little closer.
- Just keep him out of that bin! - Go up, up.
- [Richard] Oh, easy. - [man] Ho, ho! Hey!
[Rick] Boy, the wind's blowing.
I don't like the wind.
Not today.
[Richard] I'm confident in our ability
to be safe with the crane.
It's just the weather conditions
that we're experiencing with these high winds.
That thing's just a big sail, so...
Watch that cable in the beam up there.
Kyle watch that front side.
[Kyle] Yup.
[Richard] Just get us a little closer.
Just keep him out of that bin.
[man] Go up, up!
- [Richard] Oh, easy. - [man] Ho, ho! Hey!
Okay, let's try to keep this dude square now.
Cable down.
Up.
Okay.
Oh, man, that feels so good.
That sets on there nice.
I know, it looks like we actually knew
- what we're doing. - [Rick] Knew what we're doing.
Some prior planning.
[Richard] I got chills.
I'm so excited to just see it
coming to life. It's like, this is cool.
[Rick] Lot of history here
and the reason we're doing this is for a lot more history to be made.
[Richard] Now that we have the granary attached to the grain bin,
the next step is to bring the old beams that we salvaged
from the old cattle barn over to the build site.
And get them in place to support the second floor joists.
The beams are going to be supporting the floor joists for the second floor.
They're old and we're just gonna have to be super careful.
Little more.
Good.
That's good.
Okay, I'll stand on this side.
We're trying to be sure that we're doing this the right way.
I'm a little nervous about just the single lift point.
But I think it's the best way to do it to get everything rotated.
There's no way we're gonna do this manually,
so we'll use the crane and go from there.
Okay, easy.
- [Rick] Keep going? - Yeah, keep going.
Is it gonna get snagged there?
No, we're clear.
That's going better than expected.
Not done yet.
[Rick] You wanna stop him now or?
[Richard] Keep him going.
All right.
Okay, stop.
We're good.
Looks good, I like it.
[Rick] Yeah.
One down, one to go.
Come on.
[Richard] When we were lifting it up, there's little creaking and cracking.
- [Richard] Easy, easy, gosh! - [Rick] Ooh...
[Richard] You hear it cracking?
Just get nervous when you start hearing those noises
with the old beams and old wood that we were working with.
Okay.
-Don't. Have him go easy... -[Rick] More.
until he gets almost all of the weight.
If anything were to break, it would really wreck the project.
- [Richard stammers] - [Rick] Almost there.
[Richard] Okay, let's...
Hold on. Go up, go up.
All right.
Okay...
[Rick] Ho!
Come on.
[Richard] The beams are going to be supporting the floor joists for the second floor.
- [Richard] Easy, easy, gosh! - [Rick] Ooh...
[Richard] You hear it cracking?
They're reclaimed from the barn.
So, we're just gonna have to be super careful.
- I guess, have him go easy. - [Rick] More.
[Richard] Okay, let's hold on.
Go up, go up.
Ho, okay.
- Let's bring it up, guys. - Yup.
[men straining]
[Richard] Okay, hold on.
That's what we'll tighten.
[Richard] That'll work.
It fits in there like it was originally designed to be there,
which I think is very fun.
And you get to preserve the integrity of the original construction
and the craftsmanship of those men from back in the early 1900s.
They didn't have a crane, Richard.
Nah, they didn't have a crane, those dudes.
I think that looks really good. It's coming together.
Nice work, everybody.
-All right. -[Richard] Looks like a barn now.
Now that we have the support beams in place,
the next step is to get the floor joists in place for the second story.
After that, it's all hands on deck
to get this thing insulated and a fresh coat of paint to give this thing a face-lift.
Once we get this thing painted, the windows can go in
and things are gonna wrap up real quick.
Really big day, kind of getting to see things come together.
It's like watching it be born.
We've really busy just pounding things out here.
So, yeah, now we're kind of starting to do the finishing touches.
And one of those is how we're gonna get water.
We've ran a bunch of ideas around,
and ultimately we've settled on using a sand point.
All right, let's roll.
What the sand point really is, is just a spike at the end of a pipe,
with a three-foot section of screen.
And essentially what we're gonna do
is just keep attaching sections of pipe and pounding it down
into the ground until we find water.
My confidence level is pretty high that we're gonna find water.
The pond that we're right beside here is spring fed.
So, the odds of there being a water void at the depth of the pond is pretty good.
So the sand point's installed
and we're trying to make sure it's level
before we start ramming it down into the ground deeper.
All right, Irwin, let's pound her home.
We've pounded it in about 30 feet and we think we've got water,
so we're gonna put the pitcher pump in and see what we get.
Ha!
Look at that, we got water, man.
[Irwin] That's a good sign.
I can put a shallow well jet pump in there which uses very little power
and there will be plenty of water supply
for this smaller structure out here and no more water than we're going to need.
Time for a bath. It's been about a week.
[Richard] Now we're really just ready for the finishing touches
and that's really just gonna be kind of making this project into a home.
Nice.
Now there you can put the faucet on.
It's been a long hard project and it's taken a lot of all of our time.
But this stage is really fun, 'cause we get to include the kids a little more.
It's safe, there's no sharp objects and things like that,
so we're really excited to have them out here today and just feel like
they get to take ownership of some of the work that's being done.
First tractor I bought.
[Richard] We have this idea to make what we're calling
the generation wall.
And the idea is to kind of honor the family heritage through pictures.
And we're going back seven generations.
[Rick] We do all this...
Honor our family.
- Yeah. - Honor our family.
- [Richard] The generation wall would mean... - [woman] Such a treasure.
[Richard] We got some more to add on.
Yeah, we do.
- [Rick] You all right? - Yup.
We just happened to stumble across this old windmill.
And my dad's cousin is kind of the family historian.
He was able to tell us that this windmill came from
the original Roach homestead.
We were trying to figure out a good way to incorporate that
and one of the guys that's working with us
had the brilliant idea to make this into a chandelier.
You're ready?
One, two, three.
Look at that.
Even it's from the 1800s, but to find a way to incorporate it
and see the beauty of it.
And it means a lot to us, so it was fun to see that lit up.
So now it's just a final push. We've got to get this done.
It's one of the busiest times on the farm and we hope to be done in a week.
When we started this we had no idea how it was going to go.
And we were fighting all of the elements of the cold,
the snow, and the rain.
And to finally be here today and to enjoy this with the family is,
this is such a relief and so rewarding.
Our timeline was six months.
And we all came together and each of us pulled our weight.
And we were able to meet the six-month timeline.
As far as the budget goes our goal was to keep it as low as possible
by repurposing and reusing as much as we could
and we're very proud that we were able to get creative and keep our cost very low.
[Rick] We're excited to be showing this off to my sisters Robin and Raegan
and looking forward to seeing their reaction
Oh, my God!
[Richard] Look at that, huh?
- [Rick] You didn't think we had it in us, did you? - [Raegan] No.
[Robin] It's so awesome.
Hey, hey.
Welcome back to the farm.
[Rick] The building that you see that sticks out of the bin,
that granary is on the first farm that our father bought.
And so we took the old grain storage
and connected it to the new grain storage to make what we have here.
[Raegan] Are those solar panels up there?
[Richard] Yes, those are solar panels.
Since we're off-grid, our power options are a little limited.
So that's our power source right now.
Would you like to see the inside?
[Robin] Sure.
[Richard] All right, let's do this.
I can't even say anything.
Oh, wow!
[Richard] We're calling this the generation wall.
And the wood behind these pictures
is from the original Roach barn.
The idea is for everybody, including you guys, to add family pictures...
- [Raegan] Yes. - to the right and just keep this thing growing.
And I love this picture of Gramps and Gigi.
[Rick] Which would be our parents,
and, yeah, this is Robin and myself and Raegan.
[Raegan] You brought in the table that we dined around.
Yeah, all the time.
- [Rick] Yeah. - It was Grandmother Roach's.
[Rick] Grandma Roach gave Mom and Dad that table and chairs
- and that was always our dining room table. - [Robin] Yeah.
And then the beams, these all came from the cattle barn
and we're excited about preserving the original craftsmanship.
Everything, all of this wood has been reused.
[Raegan] Great.
Inside there above the toy tractors is
- contoured, that's amazing. - [Rick] That's the curve of the bin.
- That's the curve of the bin setting into the building. - [Raegan] Yeah.
Oh, wow, did you notice that the cabinets
- came from the kitchen? - [Robin] I know they're Mom's
cabinets from the kitchen.
So where we are right now is the actual granary.
We've left the grain bin and now we're in the granary
and it was just converted into the kitchen.
[Raegan] That's Mom's original
stainless steel sink.
How do we get water?
[Rick] Our water source is coming from a sand point driven well.
[Richard] Already we've got the bathroom
which has some really neat features too it.
[Raegan] Wow!
So we're still in the granary, but this is the bathroom.
- [Robin] This is awesome. - [Raegan] And the tub from Grandmother's...
[Robin] The only tub Gramp's loved taking a bath in.
[Raegan] That's right. It was long enough.
[Robin] Yeah.
As well as the mirror is from Grandmother Dyer, which is my mother's side.
- That's... - [Raegan] She got ready every morning
- using that mirror. - [Richard] That's neat.
- [Rick] Are you ladies ready to see the upstairs? - [both] Yes.
[Rick] Eighteen steps, come on.
- [Richard] Check that out. - Oh, wow!
[Richard] This is the original windmill from the Roach homestead
and the windmill is pictured...
- in those pictures downstairs. - [Raegan] In that picture.
That's what you're looking at.
Our history from the first people to come here assembled that
and we got to raise that up.
[Raegan] Wow!
[Richard] Pretty cool.
Just so neat how things just have worked out in the whole process
and we all know that's not by chance.
[Robin] My family has always loved coming to farm.
I brought my kids here so many summers
and I'm so thankful that I can continue to do that in generations to come.
It just was beyond description the kind of surprise that it was for me.
It's absolutely amazing.
[Rick] We took stuff that we were going to bulldoze down, burn,
bury and do away with. and we created something that you go, yeah!
[Richard] It was a lot of sacrifice, a lot of time, a lot of hard work,
but when you look at this it encompasses our family. Proud to be a part of that.