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  @-1Patroit.11 күн бұрын

  I like that but what was the total cost after you finished

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  @texasscience658028 күн бұрын

  cool house

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  @shawnbeckett1370Ай бұрын

  Short and sweet, awesome

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  @dominickthompson7090Ай бұрын

  Dude I've tried to clean out the old guns so many times, and must have just bought 3-4 new ones after giving up in despair. This hack is huge! THANK YOU! It was the spring in the ball valve that must have been clogging mine up. I watched your video, ran to the garage and in 15 mins had mine working again. Really appreciate you!

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  @jimeller8192Ай бұрын

  I don't see how the plumb bob is doing anything? Just because the nail is centered in the board, what difference does that make to the legs of the transit? What am I missing

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  @NarayanVigneaultАй бұрын

  nice captions! ;)

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  @Bonecarpenter.2 ай бұрын

  So the humidity would cause pools of water to form in the tunnels that might stagnate potentially? If it does how does one remove the water out the tunnels safely?

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  @mrduncan80462 ай бұрын

  Were participants given an installer card after? Or was this an independent course?

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  @joelrothschild53282 ай бұрын

  Any suggestions for a gun that will not shut off? I followed your video and cleaned everything out real well, but it still won't stop dispensing.

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  @ThisisMindoMint2 ай бұрын

  ❤OH MAN I have been waiting so long. Love this channel love the videos and love the commentators voice and tone. LOVE IT. Where are you???? Please come back. I know it takes time to make videos but I need to know if your planning on posting more. I’ve watched them all now about 2.3 times according to my calculations. All the best from PHX AZ😊😊😊😊😊

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  @crushffl2 ай бұрын

  Any idea how much should I expect to pay per sft for a gunite roof? I'm designing a home approx 4000 sft. It will be a simple, symmetrical roof design with an 80' gradual arc, 50' wide. Think a flattened aircraft hangar.

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  @kcconaty52702 ай бұрын

  Wow just came across your channel 👍 cool Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼 subscribed

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  @MrBeard-ig5zc2 ай бұрын

  Wow. Haven’t caught up on your project for a couple of years. Your place looks beautiful. God bless you all.

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  @justmyopinion52342 ай бұрын

  How much did it cost? Why didn't you spray foam before concrete?

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth2 ай бұрын

  Costs ended up (at the end of it when we moved in well past this point in the video) at about $92 per square ft. I didn't spray foam first because the kind of high psi foam that you can use in that application is considerably more expensive (6x) than sheets of XPS... I would have done it that way if the cost were closer.

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  @sponation2 ай бұрын

  you should alternate sides of the breaker panel for each breaker so you are not pulling all of the power from one leg.

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  @RiDankulous3 ай бұрын

  This is wonderful! You are a trailblazer!

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  @boardwalkbw71303 ай бұрын

  I absolutely love it!!! I'm obcessed with making those concrete arched beams for my home build!

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  @thedavesofourlives13 ай бұрын

  yikes! NEVER POWER before flowing water through!

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  @rolig35183 ай бұрын

  I hate these guns. I clean them immediately after use and they still fail. It doesn't matter if its a "good" one or a cheap one.

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  @CrniStevan3 ай бұрын

  I don't know man, I tried cleaning my gun yesterday and I could not unscrew the barrel. I ended up bending it and breaking it. In any case, I think a proper use and right away cleaning the gun is the best advice - too much of a hassle to clean the gun after the form has hardened. But all in all good information.

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth2 ай бұрын

  Oh yea, I always tried to keep them clean. But go thru 20 or 30 canisters over several months of building and your chances of not having this problem go way down... I figured it was a risk that I would destroy it, so I might as well try.

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  @chasehughesofficial3 ай бұрын

  I love how this sounds like a Wes Anderson film.

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  @wolfmantrucker15413 ай бұрын

  How much was thT build?

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth2 ай бұрын

  By the time we moved in (after kitchen, windows, tile, paint, HVAC, etc.) we were at about $92 per sqft.

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  @madisonwood20063 ай бұрын

  "promo sm" 😭

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  @johncollins83043 ай бұрын

  Learned a lot. Thanks!

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  @johncollins83043 ай бұрын

  "Size is somewhat between 13mm and 1/2." Ha ha! 13mm was too big and the spanner was just rounding off the section; 12mm was too small. The Goldilock's size for me was 1/2". Gun secured in vice, heavy lump/ club hammer to smash the spanner -- took time but eventually came free with minute movements. (Everything removed and soaking in white spirit overnight. We'll see. If NG will try acetone, then in ultrasound bath.)

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth2 ай бұрын

  Manufacturing tolerances. For me, the 1/2 inch was just too small and I couldn't get it on.

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  @shannonstiles87514 ай бұрын

  What if you had a heater in the air intake room or do you?

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth2 ай бұрын

  Nope, no heater in the air intake room. I let the air come in after being warmed by the earth tubes and then just distribute it thru the house. If you are used to forced air being hot, you will find that you really enjoy having the air nice and cool (it feels fresher that way) and getting your warmth radiated from the floors and walls. Radiant heat from the concrete feels like sunshine on your skin rather than hot air in your lungs. Not heating the air also means the air stays at about 30 or 40% humidity all winter (heating air dries it out), so we didn't get dry skin or electric shocks like we did in the previous house.

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  @ariadams32904 ай бұрын

  Did you ever consider using lime and volcanic ash? The Romans used it and over 2000 years later, it still holds up - not to mention its insulation and waterproofing capabilities...

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth2 ай бұрын

  It is all about your supplier. I don't live anywhere near a source of volcanic ash. However, they did use "fly ash", which is a byproduct of the steel making industry in my area. I also used glass fibers in some of the situations (to resist cracking), etc. As for lime, I used that in the stucco mixtures that I made myself. You'll need to find the videos about stucco for the bedrooms to see how I mixed it up on the floor.

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  @ariadams32902 ай бұрын

  @SimonHomeintheEarth Thanks, I must've missed those. I hope you didn't take my comment as condescending...merely an observation...it is turning out beautifully

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  @Vanillabean3214 ай бұрын

  This is incredibly cool!

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  @Vanillabean3214 ай бұрын

  This was so informative and very cool to see. Fantastic project.

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  @Mrcaffinebean4 ай бұрын

  Those arches are gorgeous man! Just an incredible home through and through and through

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  @abh1144 ай бұрын

  Thk you sir! Best GS gun repair on KZread

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  @keithahlstrom1764 ай бұрын

  Ooooof! So much work! As you are sitting there with so many unfinished projects - do you ever wonder if you should have scaled it all back at the planning stage? When I was planning my home, it would get out of control and I would collapse it back to a simple project again. I’d probably still be working on it today (13 years later) had I not simplified everything. Great project! You do you! 😂

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth2 ай бұрын

  Oh yea, we went way too complicated... I was experimenting with different methods. But it was a process so I could learn about the different methods. If I could go back, I'd avoid doing a number of things that just made things more difficult.

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  @keithahlstrom1762 ай бұрын

  @@SimonHomeintheEarth I had many of the same things you did on my wish list. Earth tubes etc. now I am both jealous and happy I didn’t at the same time. Looks amazing. Good job!

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  @1ofsolitude4 ай бұрын

  I occasionally home brew, so this looks like a lot of fun to me. Too bad I'm no where near proper maple trees and i have no clue how to tap a maple tree either. But if i ever move close to some good public or private maple trees i can use, you can bet your sweet bippy im going to learn how!

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth4 ай бұрын

  Yea, I just found out today that people sell the "maple water" to people who don't have their own trees... Maybe I'll do that for the rest of this season (if any one wants mine).

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  @warren_duke4 ай бұрын

  I did the same thing years ago. 48:1 ratio. Not worth the cost of fuel for 14 hours cook time.

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  @ForbiddTV4 ай бұрын

  Yeah a lot of work. Luckily my Aunt Jemima makes mine for me for about four dollars.

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  @iteerrex81664 ай бұрын

  I was thinking to reduce it down with the sun, then boil it down at the final stage. Make a dust proof contraption out of a fresnel lens, a pc fan, and a large flat container. It wouldn’t be bad If it gets it down by say 80% in a few days.

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth4 ай бұрын

  @@iteerrex8166 Yea, that is an awesome idea... I have a big lens I got from an old TV... I should try it. Next year...

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  @user-nj7lg4sy4d4 ай бұрын

  45:1, id take it down futher with less smoke time

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth4 ай бұрын

  Any further and you really risk burning it (that happened to my first batch, it was like burnt marshmallows). I stopped when the density and temp were correct. Normally, you can get there with a ratio of 40:1 or less. I think I had some waste spillage or something. You can go further (some people make maple candies), but I think you need to switch to a low heat process for evaporating the remaining water. I haven't looked into that very far.

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  @timlawson72674 ай бұрын

  🔥🔥

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  @hughshax59034 ай бұрын

  Was it worth it?

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth4 ай бұрын

  It was interesting to do it myself. But yea, if you just want maple syrup, go to the store and buy it. Even the good stuff shipped from Vermont or Canada is cheaper than it costs to do it yourself... Unless you are using your own free wood. Maybe next year I'll scale up with my wood. We'll see if I have the time.

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  @MWReviewsIt4 ай бұрын

  Thanks for saving me $50 on buying a new gun!

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  @Summersault6664 ай бұрын

  Which kind of pump are you using? Do you know the flow rate?

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth4 ай бұрын

  I had hired a crew for this part. They brought their own equipment. On their best day, they put up about 40 cubic yards, but the pump was only running half that time.

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  @DawktaHiveMind4 ай бұрын

  How do you utilize the product?

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  @C800o4 ай бұрын

  Boil it down to make maple syrup 🇨🇦

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  @buyerenogurlfwendo21064 ай бұрын

  I imagine you simmer/boil it until it caramelizes into a nice brown color.

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth4 ай бұрын

  @@buyerenogurlfwendo2106 Yup, a little more scientific than just color, but yea, we boil off the water to increase the ratio of sugar until we get syrup.

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  @johnnyripple89724 ай бұрын

  This must have cost a fortune.

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth4 ай бұрын

  Nope. Concrete is very cheap and I didn't need plywood or shingles or siding, etc. The entire house project has come in at under 95$ per square foot, but that quonset garage, with its bathroom, electrical, windows, garage doors, shotcrete, etc. came in at $28/sqft. This makes it about the same cost as a low end pole barn in my area.

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  @johnnyripple89724 ай бұрын

  @@SimonHomeintheEarth Thanks for the reply. I got quotes $135/sq foot for the Quonset kit with delivery. But, that’s it.

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  @brian7android9854 ай бұрын

  Really love the floor grill in the tower.

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  @elliotazus62585 ай бұрын

  Hi Simon, I didn't realize it was your YT Short video at first. I thought it was some guy tapping maple trees. I recognized your voice! Long time KZread subscriber from California. God bless and take care. Are your boys in college now?

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth5 ай бұрын

  Yea, I just took the second one for his info session at EMU (engineering) Saturday morning. He was accepted with a scholarship, but he needs to finish up his last year of high school first. The older one is 2 years in already.

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  @iteerrex81665 ай бұрын

  Can’t wait to get some maple trees. It also has other benefits for a homestead.

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth5 ай бұрын

  Yea, we don't have enough extra wood for boiling it off this year, so we are going to start small just to get the hang of it. If it is fun, we'll scale up for next year. We have at least a couple dozen sugar maples big enough to tap.

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  @iteerrex81665 ай бұрын

  @@SimonHomeintheEarth I’m planning to run some experiments to see if it’s worthwhile to dry it using the sun, and how it comes out. It would also apply to cane juice and coconut water. Once sufficiently dried then boil it.

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  @adamfrbs92595 ай бұрын

  That earth tube is gonna smell eventually...probably by now.

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth5 ай бұрын

  Nope, we live in the house and it all works perfectly well. Is about 60 degrees plus or minus a few degrees, year round. Fresh air. No problems. There is no where in the HDPE pipe for anything to grow.

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  @adamfrbs92595 ай бұрын

  @@SimonHomeintheEarth whew. That'd be annoying if it did.

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth4 ай бұрын

  @@adamfrbs9259 Yea, I spent a ton of time researching to make sure I did it right. I also came up with several back up plans just in case it was a disaster. Fortunately it worked. You can see other videos on my channel with more details, updates on those tubes, etc.

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  @adamfrbs92595 ай бұрын

  In my neighborhood, tweakers would steal that copper lol.

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth4 ай бұрын

  In my neighborhood, almost everyone has guns and that would probably be a short lived business opportunity ;)

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  @adamfrbs92594 ай бұрын

  @SimonHomeintheEarth i left out my old full exhaust i swapped out from the headers back for the scrappers to take....they snagged just the one Cat and left the rest...lazy scrappers/thieves these days I tell ya. Lol

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  @fintan35635 ай бұрын

  I don’t know why, but as I watch this episode I get the strangest craving for POPCORN! 🍿🍿🍿

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  @fintan35635 ай бұрын

  Pella USED to be the best windows money could buy. (Or at least I thought). It’s a shame their quality has deteriorated so much over the years!

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  @fintan35635 ай бұрын

  1/25/24 - Wow! Here I thought you gave up vlogging about the building of your fascinating home. This morning I find you have been video active lately. Welcome back!

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth4 ай бұрын

  Yea, life ebbs and flows. Subscribe and click the bell icon so KZread notifies you when I post again. I am a bit stuck on a difficult video, but I'll get it out sooner or later.

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  @niels79545 ай бұрын

  Why rebar? Doesn't the arch structure take care to keep the concrete in compression? Rebar is used when reinforced concrete will encounter tension conditions. An arch is always in compression so I argue that the rebar is a big mistake.

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  @SimonHomeintheEarth4 ай бұрын

  I would argue that the rebar isn't needed for an arch structure under pure compression, but also that defying the building inspector is also a bad idea. To get the house built, I had to get my plans approved by an engineer and the building inspectors. They specified the rebar requirements. It certainly didn't hurt to add it, except for the cost of 2 tons of rebar. It probably did help keep the shotcrete from sliding down, so that was helpful.