MASSIVE PROGRESS DESPITE DELAYS Roof Deck Overhang FINISHED A Frame Footer

The land is cleared, house pad dug out, and official plans are in hand. The next step is to lay out the footer for the bedroom wing and start digging. Fingers crossed everything comes together. Supply line delays and issues with contractors have us scrambling to finish the renovation house, but we're making it work. We're finally seeing massive progress happening quickly, which means we're able to start stepping back from the renovations and start focusing on the A-frame addition. It's been months, but now it's finally starting moving. How heavy is that? That heavy? Well, it's going to be heavy. That's the range. The plus side is the second heaviest box we've got to move. What's the first? The refrigerator. Three, two, one. Oh my gosh, that's not bad. Yeah, that's what your back says, huh? All the appliances for the renovation house are officially in, which is very exciting, but also a reminder that we are behind on where we planned on being because we should be installing all of these and we're not ready yet. So in the meantime, we're going to be storing all the appliances in our barn and as soon as drywall is done, which should be started next week, then we can finally start getting the appliances and the cabinets and all that good stuff installed. Is it really happening that fast? No. Can you believe it? You say it's happening fast now. It's actually, we're right way behind. Once we get the ball rolling, the ball doesn't roll now. That's what's happening. Right, yeah. We're behind. It should have happened a while ago. It should have, but the ball's rolling now. Ball's rolling. Let's keep it up. That was a bit heavier in the range. Once I saw that washing machine, I was like, oh yeah, that's going to be heavier. And it was. And the thing about it, the whole bad thing about this is, it got delivered to the other house. I had them load it into this trailer. Now I'm unloading it because the house isn't done. We're going to reload it and then re-unload it again. So we got two more times. It's called being behind schedule. Yeah. And making it work. Yeah. We're making it work. Yeah. The hard part, the refrigerator. We may have a plan. We'll see if it works. We probably shouldn't do it, but we're probably going to do it. Ready? Our plan worked. It worked. Success. It was. So the plan for today is to get the footer for the bedroom wing of the A-frame all laid out. That way, when the rental machines arrive, we are ready to go. We can start digging out, getting the rebar in, and pouring concrete. We're going to start this way and just work our way around laying it all out. We'll dig the entire footer out together. Then once that's done, we'll dig the pier footings last. And we'll pour this entire thing at one pour. When we form up the walls on top of this footer here, we'll stop it right there because we're going to pour this entire thing as one piece. And that's going to be like roughly nine feet up. We hold the tape measure together where it's at. We put a stake in there. This entire thing's square. And we can run off this control line right here for coming out that way and square over this for all the turns and bends, everything over here. We can do the same exact thing on that side. This right here actually signifies the very back portion of the footer itself. But it's also the corner of this entire thing being completely square. Do the same thing on that side. So the tricky part is getting everything scheduled correctly. We have concrete coming. We've got to schedule him with a pump truck. It's a different pump truck this time. And they're thinking there's a 90% chance they're going to be able to get here on the same day as the concrete. So if he doesn't come, it's going to be a lot harder for us to get concrete poured. It's going to be a lot of concrete. So that's the first issue. So then next, scheduling the machine. The issue with scheduling a machine and you're digging, just the way it works out. If you're digging a trench, you best watch for weather. Chances are it's going to rain. So we're trying to work all that into the mix and getting the concrete here the same day at the pump truck and making sure everything flows together. So we're going to get ahead, get everything laid out. And just fingers crossed, everything comes together. We are so happy to be partnering with Anchor, the sponsor of today's video. Our summer projects are coming to a close. But we all know Josh and I will be out here working all winter long. And that means we need reliable, long-lasting power on hand at all times. And that, my friends, is why we choose Anchor. 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Click the link in our description box below and stay powered up. Now let's get back to the build. A failed roofing job by a shoddy contractor working out of compliance with the state of West Virginia has forced us to jump into action and tackle the repairs ourselves. We are fighting both the weather and the 12-12 roof pitch in an attempt to get the roof covered before any more interior damage is done. Whose harness got put down first? Um, yours did. You set that, yours. I unbuckled mine. Yesterday got cut short because of the rain but today we are back at it and I'm guessing that we have maybe like 20 sheets to get all the way across the top. Not considering that last little section that is right along the ridge and then we'll be on to the front side. Yeah and I think we're gonna move a lot faster today because of two different things that happened yesterday. We got so done with the rain and when that happened I got a haircut. That's one thing. The second thing is I have a new tool pouch that's gonna hold some nails and my hammer. Yeah. It's actually not new. I was gonna say the same thing. It's not new. So the concrete guy when they came to the house and left us a huge mess and a huge headache they also left me a tool belt with a hammer in it. So that's what I'm using today. So we should roll so there's no more hammers back and forth. This is what happened to my hip and I'm ready to go. Yeah we were sliding the hammer up and down. Yeah and I slid down to Erin yesterday and she caught it and she's got a little bruise right here and it's a little swollen. It's okay. That's all right. She's tough. We're tough right? Yeah the guys who yesterday were very impressed with her lifting up. She's the OSB. Yeah they were too. They were not. They were staring. Just enough. They were probably looking to see what was done on the roof. They did give me a pair of gloves though. They did. We finally found a crew of guys that are reliable. They're here on time. They're here in their second to be here and they're working every day and getting work done. We're actually standing on the new deck they have built for us. They've been working on the overhangs up top. They got the eyebrow done over the house. So now when we stand back from the house, when we look at the house, it doesn't look like a blank wall. It actually looks like a house is now coming together with all the details. It's gonna make the house look cozy and inviting and it feels good to get some progress going on this house. It's been months but now it's finally starting moving. So from here on out we're gonna run full sheets all the way across. So it comes off the overhang. We take our circular saw and cut up all the excess scrap off and that scrap is big enough for the next piece on top. We'll use it as we go up. We're loading up more OSB and then we're heading back up. Doing it again. Am I the apple of your eye? You are. Just now that we finished it's starting to get shade on this. It's almost completely in shade. So what's gonna happen, I'm gonna say it again. Once we cover this thing properly, no water gets through there, it's not gonna rain for a month. It's supposed to rain every single day of next week. That's not going to. And I guarantee that's gonna change. That's not going to. I know it says it's going to but it's not going to. It's supposed to be covered. We attract rain. I hope you know that. And crazy people. You attract crazy people. It's not me, it's you. So we're on to our very last row. It's only 10 inch pieces up top. So the house is 37 foot one across. I gotta cut five pieces at 10 inches. So we'll see what we have left over and we'll make it all work. But we're almost on this side. And we actually did the hardest side first. So the easy side is gonna be on the front side. This is gonna be very simple. No big deal. Not a big deal. All right girl, that's it. We got five sheets left. When this house was originally built, it had no eaves anywhere around it which resulted in major water damage in all the areas of doors and existing windows. So getting eaves installed all the way around the house was imperative for us to ensure that no damage occurs after we do all of this rebuilding and renovation work. And while we have had issues with two of the contractors we've hired, we also have been really fortunate to be able to start building a reliable team of tradesmen around us. That includes everybody from the team of guys who have done the great site work, HVAC guys, plumbers, and most recently a group of carpenters who have been helping us with a lot of the framing, deck building, and getting these eaves installed all the way around the house. So with these eaves going on all the way around the house, we do need to make sure that they are properly supported or I guess like tied into the house. And one of the issues that we had is the current two by sixes are coming across obviously perfectly flush where the eaves are at. And we need a way to tie the entire roof in together because if we just leave it the way that it is, those eaves are going to end up sagging down over time. And we of course don't want that to happen. So that's one of the reasons why we're going back in with this OSB sheathing. We're able to run it all the way across the roof and all the way across the eaves so that the entire roof from the sheathing to the eaves is tied in together and properly supported so we don't have a saggy roof. Did I explain that well? You want to be careful. If we're tied in right here and you go all the way to that corner over there, keep in mind if you fall at that corner, you're going to go off the edge. It's going to sling you down. You hit the ground. Okay. Does that make sense? Yeah, it does. So we got to move our lanyards over there and get it close enough. You know what I mean? Okay. Because you will go over there and it's going to, all the slag is going to take it up and pull you back down. You'll swing to the ground, hit the ground. Got to keep that in mind when you're up here. Okay. So we finished what should be the most difficult side of the roof. We're getting the machine all moved over, getting tied off and all set up so we can do what should be the easier side of the roof. It's going to be easier. Less sheets, smaller, less of a slope. It will roll. The only issue that I have is that I'm a little bit sore and not super confident in my energy level. I think I used up a lot of my strength. Get going, girl. Once you get going, give you 15 minutes, you'll be a workhorse again, you know? Yeah. One of those things you got to get up there, get started and then just kind of like grind through it and it'll be done, right? Correct. You got it. So we got to take the underlayment off. Take it off. We'll chalk a line down that side. We'll get most of the OSB up here. We'll put some nails in the roof, put the OSB on top so it doesn't slide down. And then once we get the first row down, we're going to roll on this entire thing. It's going to be so much easier working up here with everything up there. No ladders, no pushing anything up, no steep. We're walking, girl. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. So that's going to be good. Watch out for that hole right there. There's a hole in the roof. Big one. Yeah. The OSB will cover it though. We're trying not to break any legs today, you know? So we're done. I'm exhausted. I'm laying down. All the sheathing is done. So the next step we're going to do is ice and water shield all the eaves and everything around there. And then we're going to properly staple down the synthetic underlayment. And once that's done, bring on the rain and it's not going to leak. I'm pretty sure. I'm like 99% sure it won't leak because we did it at our house and it didn't leak. We had a flatter roof than this on the dormers and it didn't leak. And the water come down and didn't leak. So I'm exhausted. I'm beat. But look, it's done. There's a little bit wavy. You got to keep in mind. It's an old roof. We put rafters in there. We couldn't get it perfect, but it's not too bad. Once we get a roofing on there, you shouldn't see it. The backside is really nice. The one that's really steep down, real big slope, not wavy at all. Just this front side right here on one portion is a little bit, but we knew it was going to be that way when we put the rafters in. But it looks good and I'm just rambling because I'm exhausted. How do you feel, honey? I'm tired. You're tired? I'm ready to be done. Yeah. So if you didn't know, you're hired. She is now the concrete man and also my roofer. So I'm still trying to fill the spot of electrician. I think Hayde might have taken that spot. I think so. Hayde? Yeah, that's not my thing. Not your thing. But you're a roofer and you're a concrete guy. She does all the rough, hard tumble work. A lot of the lifting and all the heavy stuff. That's what she's into. All the brute work. So she's like a bull in a china closet, guys. Oh, this girl.