Our wall sheathing is looking good and roof features are starting to show 😌 Those ceilings are looking amazingly high. I was almost uncomfortable with it. Until I saw the framing on them! We are going to love coming home to this house ❤️ This has been a wonderful, creative process for me. Can’t wait for the rest of it to continue. O U R P R O C E S S : website:

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Homes today are practically made from cardboard, we then push people into cities made out of said cardboards.Inside,they are forced to surrender freedoms to live in a shell of a home I am out. I will build better homes for those who choose to live free #exitthecity #homestead #grownostr #tspfriends

Week4 - Concrete prep and plumbing rough We’re ready to pour concrete. Last few items to inspect today before we get concrete delivered. Vapor barrier is down and lapped over. Want to make sure we don’t have any big gaps in there esp where we finish the floor and will be unable to see it if there is moisture building up. Rebars come next, over the vapor barrier. We made the spring closer to make it more rigid. Thankfully we did not have any extra labor cost from that (Amen!) Plumbers then came back and taped up to the vapor barrier. Also, we checked that they have insulayfoam around their pipes. This helps a lot once concrete is poured as it gives them wiggle room for final fixture locations Me and my family are excited for the concrete pour. We are all set!!! O U R P R O C E S S : website:

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Week 3 now and we have concrete forms in the ground! We can finally walk around and visualize the spaces with my kids. They keep asking about their rooms and such. I am just trying to keep the contractors moving! Demo took some juggling but we got thru it. We are moving at a good pace, a true blessing. God is helping us every step of the way. I feel it. We had dirt brought in, about 10 loads, which is 120 yards We are getting plumbing done after this. This is plumbing rough-ins where the plumber digs up his drain lines. There is little work for water supply at this point. No rebars yet, we are ordering some extra ones for tomorrow. I am working closely with the concrete contractor. We upgraded the slab for better rigidity than what we originally got quoted for, which is typical to the homes they do. It'll cost extra I thought. I keep reminding myself, this is not supposed to be a typical home. I designed this to be a robust, premium homestead. Now I get to build it as a robust, premium homestead. Somehow, the extra beam and rebars are not adding to my labor costs, only to my materials. Such a blessing! We're looking to add more dirt after this, we'll balance it out after plumbers are done as they add to the dirt as they excavate for trenches for their drains. O U R P R O C E S S : website:

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Week 3 now and we have concrete forms in the ground! We can finally walk around and visualize the spaces with my kids. They keep asking about their rooms and such. I am just trying to keep the contractors moving! Demo took some juggling but we got thru it. We are moving at a good pace, a true blessing. God is helping us every step of the way. I feel it. We had dirt brought in, about 10 loads, which is 120 yards We are getting plumbing done after this. This is plumbing rough-ins where the plumber digs up his drain lines. There is little work for water supply at this point. No rebars yet, we are ordering some extra ones for tomorrow. I am working closely with the concrete contractor. We upgraded the slab for better rigidity than what we originally got quoted for, which is typical to the homes they do. It'll cost extra I thought. I keep reminding myself, this is not supposed to be a typical home. I designed this to be a robust, premium homestead. Now I get to build it as a robust, premium homestead. Somehow, the extra beam and rebars are not adding to my labor costs, only to my materials. Such a blessing! We're looking to add more dirt after this, we'll balance it out after plumbers are done as they add to the dirt as they excavate for trenches for their drains. O U R P R O C E S S : website:

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On July 13 2024 someone tried to assassinate Trump. I’m putting it here since we know at some point Facebook and everything else will block it, and Nostr won’t even let me myself delete it. #assassinationattempt #grownostr #trump

Handgun training? Thankful that my wife is getting trained and building some interest in defending herself. She sent me this after I set up a class for her and some of her friends. In my opinion all women should have good training on self defense. Actually I think we all should. This is a life skill #grownostr #homesteading #freedom #greatreset #homestead #buildtheark #homebuilder #Texas

Neighbor RV Crushed by metal frame of barndominium in storm Slowly thinking about this, this can always happen to us. Sometimes the risks are too much and then things go against our way. This was a very hard thing for me to look at and to glean lessons from. As we drove by (a couple of times) to take a look at our neighbor, fellow builder, fellow dreamer's damaged RV, partly crushed by the metal frame of the family's barndominium build - it felt heavy in our hearts. We felt this weight - me, my wife and my children. We all realized quietly, deeply, that this can happen to us too. All that work, destroyed and piled into a significant setback. More time and struggling just to get back to par, then so much more to get through to the other side. We take on risks, we take on hard things. And sometimes we fail. On the other side of these challenges, there is much value. Much meaning. For those of us on this path, despite the challenges, we know it is worth it for the well being of our children-and also their children. #grownostr #homestead #homesteadbuild