Battling The Heat! | Zip Sheathing Installation (Part 2) | Building Our Off-Grid House (BY Hand)

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Hey, Y'all! We are Justin and Lil, plus four kids and one on the way. Just over a year ago, we moved our RV to 18 acres of raw land, built a solar power system, and now we are DIY building our Off-Grid house by hand. If you're new, check out our Playlist to catch up on our journey. Thanks for joining us!

In this video, we are zipping right along with the Zip Sheathing installation. We finish nailing the Zip System wall sheathing while while struggling to survive the wicked southern summer humidity and heat wave. Justin spends a lot of time at the top of the ladder, since our house is a pier and beam foundation and is high off the ground, and needs routing water breaks to replenish the amount of sweat dripping off of his face.

Despite the torturous high temps, Justin expertly lifts and nails the Zip System sheathing into place using his Dewalt 20V max nail gun. Then, we trimmed out the front door using the reciprocating saw. It wasn't the right tool for the job, so Justin only finished half of the opening, and he is ordering some better tools to cut out the rest of the windows and doors.

The kids don't care about the small opening, though. They are happy with the skinny front door. Without front door access, the kids would have nowhere to ripstick, climb like monkeys, and make herb shops.

The nail gun is behaving, the sun is out, and it's family time on the off grid homestead.

Not in the video is Justin vaulting over the side of the pool and creating a tidal wave at the end of the day.

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