Floor Joists are Up & Its Full Speed Ahead (🤞Rain Go Away!)| Q&A + MAILCALL | Episode 11 |6.07.22

Good morning, everybody. Good morning. Good morning. Welcome back to real talk with SLR. How are you guys doing today? So, how about that video yesterday guys? Man that was that was a lot of work. Yeah a lot a lot of work. I'm still sore You guys don't know the video that I'm talking about We posted a video where we were putting up the floor Joyce on our main channel simple life reclaim So we will be discussing that in today's video if you haven't seen it yet Go ahead and make sure to go and check it out because it was a very very good video Yeah, a lot of work went into that. We had some of our family. Come on over Literally, come on came over and his son half pint they came and they put in a lot of work blood sweat and tears There's no way that Gary would be at this point in our build without Our good friend David and him loaning us our tractor and just everything man Like oh, he's been a very big help to us to get to these final stages. So, thank you David. We appreciate you, bro You're awesome, like words cannot even describe Cuz we're the three best friends that anybody could have yeah But yeah, man, we had a really good good time the floor Joyce are up now, they're not secured down yet That's actually something that we have to do Gary you ran into town yesterday and got some more supplies. Yeah. Yeah, I had to go get some plumbing Stuff and I ended up making a boo-boo on the room Joyce. That's all right We did not secure in the room Joyce yet That's actually something that we're gonna start working on today But like he said he made a little boo-boo on one of those cuts so he had to go get some more supplies yesterday, which we got today and We're gonna be working on that today. So long as we don't get drowned out. There's like a 70% chance of rain today Yeah, it's I'm not happy about it. It was looking like it was gonna be pretty good this week. And now all week is supposed to be rain I can hear the thunder and lightning in the distance. I don't know if you guys can hear it on this but it's coming It's coming So we're gonna get out and try to get as much done as possible because the rest of this week looks really nasty And while you know that Gary and I are not afraid to work in the rain, hence our last few videos There are some things that we just can't do in the rain because it's going to ruin the materials. It's not safe and certain things we just cannot do like the trenches you need to dig so we could do all that plumbing and get the Electricity over there and get the water inside over there. Yep. So we're kind of waiting it out We need to auger down the holes so that way we could put in the sump pumps but we don't want to auger the holes until we're done using the Yeah, the backhoe portion because we got to dig out those trenches because the backhoe is already attached to the tractor right now We'd have to switch out parts and it's kind of like why do all that when we have other things? So we're trying to get everything organized to get everything straightened out and figure out a really good game plan But this rain man has really been a thorn in our side I'm not happy about it. It's been non-stop Messing with us. Yeah, so Yeah, it is what it is, yeah, we'll get done what we can We really want to be inside our basement before the 4th of July I don't know if that's going to happen or not because it seems like every time we get going really fast and full speed Ahead then we get like a week of non-stop rain and then it derails us a little bit I hope it doesn't rain all week right now. It's calling for it all week. Yeah Yeah, but you know Excuse me But we do what we can and we're going to get into the basement I don't know when that's the always the big question on our channel for a lot of the things that we do is when when And it's kind of a joke because we don't have the answer to that like we really don't we it's gonna happen as I guess in the perfect timing whenever all the stars align and When we're actually able to get things done, but we are making progress day by day This weekend we made full speed ahead progress if it was just you and I doing it over there I mean it would it we would have probably still been at this point right now, but it would have taken us two days Three days, you know without the tractor and stuff like that. It would have taken us longer than just taking us a lot longer Yeah, we didn't have the tractor. Yeah, man, and we would be so much more sore than we already are Dying Well, it's raining. All right, cool That's another inside joke anyways So today we're going to get over there when we're done with this The stream it's not alive. It's a recorded video, but when we're done recording today's real talk, we're gonna get over there We're going to put on the rim joists and try to secure and batten down the hatches before the storm hits us so that way nothing falls off and breaks and Yeah, so we're gonna try to get that done. Hopefully it doesn't pour on us in the process I wanted to answer some of the questions that you guys have had because you guys we were Bombarded with this question on our last video on the main channel simple life or plain and so I'm not calling out anybody in particular Because we got hit with this question multiple times So the question is the are the floor joists that we put up going to be in the way of our stair system going up from the basement to the cabin They are going to be and I am planning it to be that way for right now because one I Don't want to have a open hole from the top to the basement. So The only way to make sure that it's secure and actually braced correctly. I have to have those Supported right there and actually make it to where when you get the plywood on will actually cinch everything in it'll be nice and safe I'm going to have to cut that out But you're just gonna wait and see how I do all that until the actual cabin portion is driving I don't want to cut a hole in that subfloor. No, we're driving. Yeah We're gonna be living in the basement down there We don't want water to creep in if I have to walk I'm gonna have to walk from the walkout basement up to the hill and everything else anyway, so I mean, it's alright It's perfectly fine. The that's the design of what we're doing and everything else. There's a master plan. Yes If I had it my way, we wouldn't be moving into the basement. We'd stay inside the trailer until everything's completely dried it Yeah, but we're getting it my way. So we're gonna be moving into the basement Correct, but it's not gonna take us too long to do the cabin once we start working on it But again, the order of operations around here is we're gonna finish off the basement move into the basement Once basement is finished We're going to build Gary's garage So that way we have a place to store all of our building materials and things that we're going to need for the cabin Once the garage is finished then it's cabin time So those are the orders of operations on how things are gonna be getting built around here And again top priority for us right now is finishing that basement and then being able to get into it So I I want to get into it because it's just gonna make life a lot more Sane and normal and you know, there's things that I miss that we don't have like having a nice big You know table for us to have dinner as a family sit around it Sarah prayers, you know do our thing We haven't been able to do that pretty much since we've been out here We do have these little folding tables and stuff. And so the kids can eat on that We have places that we eat, but usually we eat on our laps, you know There's just not very much space and if we were to I don't really like to eat outside because of the bugs there's so many bugs and We'd need like a enclosed, you know screen tent or something, which I've considered but again it's just another cost that I don't really want to spend right now just for You know for us to eat we can eat inside the trailer But there are things like that like that I'm looking forward to having inside the basement having a real legit full-size shower and bathroom That's something that I'm really looking forward to Gary I know you're looking forward to the bed having a nice king-size bed important of the bed I really I think once we get little little victories like that It's going to continue to fuel us and make the rest of the challenge of all these other things that we have to build like The garage in the cabin. I think it's gonna make those things easier Explain it to me. I get it I just like I said I would much rather have just stayed in this trailer because I'm not inside that trailer other than to go to sleep Yeah And I get stuck in there a lot more to do dishes and deal with the kids and then Cleaning it and everything else. So like I'm I get stuck in there a lot more than Gary does I'm outside I'm more I'm in my element being outside. Yeah, and when it's time to go to bed and relax Right, okay So Kimmy Kimmy Chamberlain's boyfriend wanted to know why the sump why do we need a sump pump when we have French drains? So technically, no, we would not need the sump pumps, but the sump pump is definitely something that is peace of mind Now I'm going to make it to where Regardless if the sump pump fails, it will still activate the the drain port and actually get out of it but it also Creates a spot where now if I just connect all the pipes and everything. I'm relying just right now with the sump pump I'm gonna actually have a hole that's very pretty deep in there and it's gonna have rock down there It's also gonna have all the holes in it where it can actually collect all the water as well into that spot Now that just creates a spot where now it's this much deeper water likes to go to a Deep spot, you know and the final shallowest spot or the deepest spot and it's just gonna pull up right there And with the sump pump, it will actually collect all that water and hopefully I will never have any standing water Anywhere, whether it be just a little tiny bit Anything like that. It'll always just So that's the whole reasoning on it, it's just extra extra just to Reassure ourselves that we're not gonna have any water issues because yeah, it's a basement and that's a it's scary We get a ton of water out here like when it rains it rains man Like it it floods today today. It's supposed to have half inch to three quarters of an inch just today and It's not uncommon to have two inches in one day So that throws us off from the desert like no tomorrow because that's our yearly annual like rainfall. Yeah It's nuts to me I'm like, okay. Yeah, we get one one whole year of rain in one day Definitely have some adjustments in Everything moving out from the desert to this forest climate. I mean, it's 100% different It's night and day different the one thing I know is water is one of the biggest damaging things to all building and all houses is That's where you can create rock mold all sorts of Issues and damage and it's just yeah water is a powerful force I mean the Grand Canyon like water is super powerful So definitely don't want to be messing with that I'm gonna be making sure that it gets where it needs to get away away So, okay. So Laurie Keegan wanted to know why are the floor joists so close? So the floor joists are not set yet. Yeah, we just got them up there. I wanted to get them all up because Number one thing is get them up on the building I could have measured everything out It would have taken a lot longer and it would have just made it like okay now We're gonna have to do this step as well as this step and then yes, it would have been done Which would have been nice. It kind of would have dragged out the day and we were borrowing come on and half pints time And so we didn't really necessarily want to drag it out when that was something that Gary and I could do by ourselves the Like he's saying the big point was get it up on top get it up there There's now me and Mel can manage and mess with it and everything else Having that third person made it to where I didn't have to jump off the wall You didn't have to jump off the wall or anything else and just try to so much Move around the tractor and everything else. And yeah, it was it was that that teamwork was that was real I got a little side skirt and I don't usually address things like this But I wanted to because there were a couple of people and I'm not even gonna give you attention on who you were But there were a couple of people that were throwing shade towards my brother and Roxanne like they're not doing enough Country Road here. I'm talking about. Where was your brother? Why aren't they helping that enough? So they were helping They were helping in the background. They were helping with the kids. They were feeding us They were doing a lot of the stuff that you guys don't necessarily see We really don't appreciate it when you guys talk smack about our family members or our friends. It won't be tolerated We usually will leave it up if it gets super nasty Then you guys will be dismissed and that's just how it goes because you don't mess with our family, dude We don't appreciate you guys questioning like certain relationships that we have when it comes to that and like the dynamics just Believe us and trust us when we say that everything is all good and that we are all working together as a team We are super thankful and proud of and happy for and everything of Country Road here They are a very big help and a very big part of our whole journey Without them helping and feeding us and without them Watching the kids and stuff. It would have made everything a lot more difficult For us to get that day done. So again, thank you Anthony and Roxanne for helping us out We appreciate you guys. We love you guys But as far as you guys leave in comments on our channel You know talking smack because there were some people that were just straight-up talking smack about my brother. I take offense to that I don't like that. That's not something that's gonna win any brownie points with us in any kind of way It's not gonna you're not gonna make me happy about that It's not you even if you're trying to be like, oh you guys are so much better than or whatever We don't like that that does not give us Brownie points or anything. It makes us actually kind of upset. So in the future, please don't do that Please don't talk negatively about our family or our friends or anything because it's not gonna win any favors by us If anything, it just makes you look really bad to us So I just wanted to throw that out there on some real talk cuz that's some real talk right there Don't be picking on my family. Don't be questioning motives or situations or anything because believe me It's all good around here. It really truly is. I know you guys think that you know, there's probably some some sort of drama There's not there's really not so I Definitely had to I had to say that because that was something that comes up sometimes and it definitely bothers me Let's see. So oh We Gary did put up the star link yesterday on the pole We were talking about how he was gonna do that and Michelle was asking what kind of pole and how are you doing it? So I was looking all over the place and the thing is is I wanted a 20-foot Now I could have went with a 2-inch pole and a thinner wall or whatever But the problem is is try Picking up a 20-foot pole and trying to manage that in a sense Yeah, I'm trying to get some C channels and then make it to where I can cement a pole inside of a bucket and have a C channel grab onto that and then grab another C channel and put it up onto the pole and bolt the thing I end to where you can sort of pivot and then come in and Bolt it again with another one well Yeah, I scratched that real quick because I was just looking at the prices of the poles and everything else and I was like Gonna be just crazy and I started thinking as well Darling is supposed to be mounted on your roof so in theory if it's mounted on your roof with metal and everything else like that and It's a lightning rod already in a sense like that Why not just say screw it and just leave the pole up until I'm ready to leave and then I can just pull the pole down So I went a different route and I got the top rail for chain link fence Pretty thin diameter and everything but Elon Musk definitely saved the day with that one because he had the little Stoppers or whatever that you put the pole in and it tightens down to the pole and everything like that Gave us some extra long ones and whatnot. So I was all sweet. I can go with the thinner pole So now with that thinner pole, it made it a little easier for me to maneuver it like that But also the poles actually have a female in and a male in so I was able to cut one in Flip it around put a whole bunch of screws in there where it's like sticking out like this and it looks like it's got like Like legs on it and I put that into a bucket and I cemented that into there So that way that legs sort of give it some sort of strength and resistance to the concrete and we're having it You know getting pulled out See that's done Then I ended up flipping it around and putting it in and I put eyelets on the top and actually put guide wires on it He is so smart, right? This guy over here is like the redneck genius when it comes up with finding solutions to problems and on the cheap I gotta say man. I'm so proud of you, baby. You kick butt you did such a great job. I'm so happy Oh, where's your phone? Where's your cell phone? I want to show them a live speed test really quick because some people Were saying that we're not getting very good speeds and this and that now keep in mind. We do have some obstructions still barely, but we do we do still have some and It's not exactly the prime weather, but let's show them a live speed test really quick for our Starlink in our area. That's my speed All right, y'all there we are That's my speed let's see what's going on break this very second and it does fluctuate too we'll do this like three times I Know it's backwards you guys. I'm sorry. It might not be when they actually there's 42.8 We're getting in about 8.91 Which is awesome for me that means faster upload speeds, which means that videos aren't gonna take me five days to upload So I did great. I did end up testing it a second I put it up there and it's it's interesting when it does the download really really high The upload is really low, but then once the download is like toggling at about like 40 The upload is breaking really high so it seems to toggle back and forth between wave You know it like it goes up and down and up and down but consistently the upload speed stays around five Yes, which is great because our cell phones. I was lucky if I got one yes, and that would be like oh It's a good day Let's let's upload and I would get one and now when I'm when it's one Megabyte a second and I got you know 10 to 20 gigs to upload just do the math It's so many hours. Just sitting there waiting for things to upload so Thank you, baby again for helping me out with that because now we can get these videos And hopefully when we do live streams, it'll be a lot clearer. Yes. Oh and speaking of live streams I got all of the stuff situated and worked out here on YouTube's and so tomorrow when we do our live stream We will be doing it here on real talk with SLR We're going to you know take a picture and set up the stream and all that but it will be at six o'clock tomorrow here on real talk and Yeah, I hope you guys can all make it. I will make an announcement on the main channel simple life reclaimed We were gonna try to do it over here last week, but you know I've had to wait for 24 to 48 hours Well I got everything squared away, it's all good to go now so tomorrow We will be doing our life here, so I hope you guys can make it Now we actually got to get going here there was one more thing that I wanted to do with you guys before we got on out of here and it was Our good friend mr.. Paul honeyman uncle Paul from over the pond He sent this and it's actually for us and for country road here, so I'm gonna go ahead and open it and find out What it is? Gary checked the p.o. Box yesterday if you can't tell finally it's been like I don't know a month or so We just haven't been into town Look at this 41.36 Love you uncle Paul Let's see what is it? Oh? We got a note we got a note we got a note mmm It's got his address on there. Thank you. I'll be writing you back pen pal, and it says dear 41.36 I saw this and had to get it Get one for Jesse and Lisa. I remember your gnome garden. I ordered there's I and What is that Ordered there's and had to and had to Laugh out loud well had to laugh out loud, so please put Jesse in your garden So I guess Jesse and Lisa are the gnome names. I'm assuming That's awesome oh My gosh, yeah, he's gonna go in the gnome garden for sure for sure for sure Thank You uncle Paul Check him out Hey, and I'm wearing a gnome shirt today. Yeah, it's perfect. That's awesome look at his butt It's the gnome from uh it's the gnome gnome Yeah That is so cool, dude, that's awesome. Thank you uncle Paul. He's gonna go into the gnome garden for sure I love him and his name is Jesse. I guess so We love Jesse from uncle Paul. Thank you uncle Paul, and I'm gonna keep your note, too I've actually every time that you guys send us letters I've been keeping them all inside a binder and one of these days I'm gonna make like a little flip through and show you guys all the beautiful letters and love and support that you guys have sent Us throughout the years it's been amazing It's gonna be a part of the legacy down here for the whole building and you know my grandchildren and great-grandchildren And stuff will be able to read it one day. Hopefully I can keep it keep it good We got one more thing that was sent. Let's get this one open real quick now this one is Kla it doesn't say anything other than that and it just says Mel and Gary simple life reclaimed And then our PO box, so it's from Flint, Michigan, so Kla from Flint, Michigan. Thank you so much. Let's see what's inside We need to open a box oh My gosh a laptop cooling stand I don't know if that's what it is it might not be that I bet you It's probably not that because this box is Light for laptop whoever this was has a laptop cooling stand no, I need one of those See no, it's something else something else What is this? Oh? Gosh, thank you so much. You know what this is guys Any idea what this is This is a lid for our redneck pool filter we were talking about how we wanted the screw-on lids so now You can go ahead and put this on there Drill some holes in it, and then we can get rid of those bungee cords This is okay, that is awesome. You can actually put this on the bucket Thank you so much, we are gonna put that to you like right away Get rid of them bungees. We actually just bought a bunch more of that cop that poly cotton and some people were wondering How often do we have to fill and change that so we haven't even changed it since we made that video and the pool is Still remaining clear It's about that time though to clean it out because we could tell by looking at the holes that it's dirty The pool is getting a little fog Thank you for that, I don't know who to thank from Flint, Michigan though I appreciate it guys whoever sent that over to us. No. I look there was no no nothing But we got it, and I want to thank you so much. That was my scrap from my notes. That's my scrap Yeah, but I want to thank you guys so much for sending us that and uncle Paul Thank you so much to you guys never have to do anything like that, but you know what it's so cool when you do So thank you so much. Yeah, but we got to get going It's about that time this video actually went a little longer than we wanted to but that's okay We love you guys, and I want to thank you so much for hanging out with us today We will see you tomorrow, but it will not be bright and early It's going to actually be a live stream, and it'll be at 6 o'clock Arkansas time so we hope to see you guys there But we got to get some of that rim joists up before it gets too late and we start getting pounded on by the rain So we got to get but we love you guys And I want to thank you for watching today's video and until the next one guys. We hope you have a good one Bye you guys