The House Is Taking Shape! - Leg Arm's House Build Part 8
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It is exceptionally kind of Annie and her husband to give your son those tools. It is things like this in life that really remind one that people are kind and generous at heart. Wonderful gifts.
I’d suggest putting an old door blank on your main entrance during construction. Replace when complete with your good door. This prevents dents, scrapes and damages during construction to your finish door
You are a client after my own heart! I have built and remodled many homes over my 40+ career as a carpenter/contractor. To see the level of excellence in your build, warms my heart. Nine foot walls in the basement!!!!!!!!!!!!Be still my beating heart! Congrats to the crew, they can be proud of thier skills. Good luck and love on the completion of your build!
that is a good is crew isn't it. Hard to find.
What a kind gesture from Annie & her hubby. Very sweet!🙂
Yes indeed for the son and daughter!
😃whole vid thinking,
-bc Welker’s shared their farm with us as they grew the food we eat
-we fell in love with them(esp Coby…that might just be me)
-kept watching
-you & Nick were able to save YT funds to build homes for your family(next generation farmers)
Kinda amazing story.
Thanks Chrissy for your very kind words
@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob how many generations of your family has been farming? I’m a staunch supporter of American family owned farms(which is why I watch so many on YT) vs corporate farms owned by the CCP. Love seeing Scott & Nick adding new homesteads on the farm. I’m sure you’re very proud too.
I'm third generation on this homesteaded land
I'm what I would call an old school plumber, I done my apprenticeship in London England in the 80's where everything was copper and cast iron and the guy who taught me always said sweat the joint when we was soldering copper. A great memory. 👍
Nick and Scott your father is a man of many talents! Please appreciate the time you have with him! I recently lost my father and miss him everyday! Thank you Annie and her husband for the very generous gifts!
When passing through a beam with your service runs, always cut your holes in the centre of the beam. It’s called the neutral axis and carries no load / stress / tension / compression (ref your accurate structural eng term)
Your Father must be one of the proudest DADS in the state of Montana..... I hope he has many, many years left to enjoy the farm and grandkids........
We live in Central Virginia and built a house in 2012. We put in Rinnai tank less hot water heater and have not regretted it it once. We have three remote control pads, one in the kitchen and the others in bathrooms. I really like the fact you can set the water temp to whatever you're comfortable with and hop in the shower and turn on nothing but hot water. The water heats to your chosen setting and remains there while you shower. That way you are not heating the water to 120 degrees, or whatever, and then have to mix cold water in so you don't scald yourself. If it's a really hot day you set it lower and take a cool shower. If it's super cold, like it is in Montana, you can push the setting up to make it toasty warm. All with having to mix a bit of cold water to get to your comfort level. Plus you can have 3 people taking a shower at the same time, have the dishwasher and laundry going at the same time and never run out of hot water. You choose wisely by going the way you did. Merry Christmas and God bless from Virginia!
Came to Welkers Farm looking for tips on removing an axle on my old Chevy truck, stayed for a Big Bud rebuild, stayed for a semi truck rebuild, then farming, then a sprayer , then a spray trailer, then some farming. in between all kinds of grain and fertilizer storage. Gotta say the house building is the cherry on top, your doing a top notch job on what looks to be a beautiful home!
I haven't had a tank water heater for almost 15 years and I love them. Hate tank water heaters because you are limited on your hot water. with a family, you really will love it.
Hi Scott I don't understand why people have a reluctance to use an Instantaneous gas HWS, about 5 months ago I had a new one put in l
Same make as yours.
My first one lasted approximately 20 years it was a Bosch, with pezo electric start rather than a pilot flame burning gas all the time. You will find that the biggest joy is never running out of hot water like you do with a storage unit, that is unless you run out of gas (propane)
The house is coming along very well, it's the start of a new chapter in your lives enjoy the experience.
Tony from Western Australia 🇦🇺
Beautiful home Leg Arms I'm happy to see standing seem steel roofing. When you build a home you don't mess around. Maintenance free for the most part maybe so,e pressure washing once a year and you're set
What kindness out of that contractor/skilled tradesman. Giving those tools to the kids will stoke there fire, to repair things.
I have an old farmhouse that I completely gutted. I had the exterior walls sprayed with closed cell foam. Besides insulating the foam gives the building more structural strength, creates a vapor barrier and helps to deaden noise. Insulating with fiberglass would have been tricky as the wall studs varied, as if the builders just guessed at 16" centers.
Unless Rinai has changed there flow control they will shut down on low flow ! Taking showers for me and the wife was not to good as you would suddenly get a cold shower. We had to turn on the hot faucet in the sink during showers . But you have made the right choice with the tankless. It cut down our gas a bunch! BTW the house looks awesome !!
Foam also adds a ton of rigidity to a structure. Important on a bald prarie
Looking so awesome. My son just built a house next to me and he did the 9 foot celling and the tankless water heater. I have to say that the water heater is the way to go. He gave me his old water heater and i now have 100 gallons of hot water. Love it. Lots of things to get done but you are on top of it. Nice looking home.
You’ll love your steel roof! We put one on a year ago and now I can sleep at night knowing that I’ve a roof that won’t leak and will last along time! Best wishes to you Scott and your family.
Scott you have to be so thankful of the great teacher you have in you father, as I am thankful what my dad taught me.
The biggest thing about sweat joints is clean. I have seen them fail, just from oil from your hands. I managed a place in Lewistown a few years ago, and I had to pressure test it myself. Northwest Energy does not do it. In subzero temperatures, I used a spray bottle with Dawn, and windshield washer fluid. It would still bubble at -15f. That was the coldest I tried it at. The tankless is definitely the way to go. Limitless hot water, and less money out to the gas company.
I put in a tankless water heater back in 2012. Same brand as your's, best thing I've put in this place. Totally enjoy the fact I'm not heating water just to let it sit until it's needed.
Great planning, Great work and Great people working on your dream home. I good Plan always makes it easy to get goals done. God Bless everyone helping to make your family's dream come true. Thank You and family for sharing your dream with us.
Great idea on the insulation, I built 2 houses and did this ! Spray insulation really tightens up the house from air leaks ! ! Can't get too much insulation in attic ! I put in 18" in '76 when 12" was recommended, now minimum is 18".
🔥right on leg arms, place is really coming along .. happy for you and the family. And bob you are father any son would love to have around, plus you slap it side ways in the can am 🔥👊🔥⚙️🏍🔨🚜🪵top notch builder right there, helping the kids
I love Roscoe’s facial expression when he got his tools
Scott, I love that you take the time to explain why you do what you do but after watching for the last couple years I have come to understand that there is a reason for everything you do ( with the exception of dropping the Bud draw bar on your arm) great work on a beautiful home
I always say as farmers we have to know a little bit about enough to just make us dangerous. Little bit of vent work if you have livestock, little bit of carpenter work, little bit electrical work, little bit of plumbing work, a big amount of mechanic work. A big amount of heavy equipment operator work. Fair amount of truck driving work. It just seems like it never ends. But I've had people come to me and say how do you know that I don't know that, LOL I always say we just know a little bit about everything just enough to make us dangerous LOL. But I'm thankful that I've learned these things because someday I may need to do it and won't be able to either afford to have it done or find somebody that can do it! Wish you the best on your build Scott looks to me like you've got a wonderful contractor there and help from dad and brother you're going to have a home to be proud of there! Praying for you realize what a blessing this is.
I think Mr Welker has more class than most men!
Bonjour la famille Welker bon courage pour les trajets la nouvelle maison le chantier avance bien bonne fin de semaine
An attractive well laid out house Scott and the Mrs. Your contracting crew is first class. Good people.
Better than the average general contractor.
BTW,,,, I have installed a bunch of that Locking Standing Rib metal... It really holds up to some wild storms...It is quiet and water cannot be blown over that seams.... Great choice..
Hey Scott,
We installed that same tankless heater in my parents house. The suggestion that the gas company gave us is to put a timer on the circulation pump . That way during non peak times it won't constantly circulate water (and use gas to keep it at temp) during peak hours (mornings and evenings) you still have instant hot water but during non peak you may have to wait a few seconds to get hot water at the tap.
When the timer broke (faults to on) you should have seen their glass bill! But all in all great system and has saved them a bunch of money over normal 60gal tank (my house).
My parents could run the dishwasher, the washing machine and showers for 7 people at Christmas and still had hot water at the kitchen sink.
Glad the build is coming along. Not too much longer and you'll be cleaning the windows so y'all can move in
I loved your Dad's smile when you both were tearing across the field and sliding around in the side by side. Really great stuff. The house is looking awesome, and smart call on the insulation.
Yeah, he may be a grandfather now, bu he is still a 20-ish old lad at heart. Never loose that, always embrace your young inner self
Esp out in the wide open plains where there’s no wind break. Can’t imagine it having grown up in PA in a valley between 2 mountain ranges.
@@chrissyfrancis8952,, oof, You maybe didn't get much for beautiful sunrise and sunset? I am in Western Minnesota, my Dad's family was from Duchess county New York,
2 elderly Aunts came to visit during the 1930s my Dad said, and the Aunties had never Seen such gorgeous sunsets in western Minnesota, because the mountains were in the way back home for them.
As a plumber I use tankless in my own house, endless hot water is great with lots of growing kids, we have really good water here in Seattle area. Check hardness of your water, maybe you will be doing a softener anyway, the harder the water the more descaling you will have to do on a tankless unit. Set it up for descaling and maintenance with set of isolation valves.
doin it RIGHT, looks good, the tin roller makes the roof without seams in each run. The 2# sprayforam seals all the air penetration out. perfect. Tankless Rinnai is great, do your maintenance EVERY year on them, blow out the filter and cycle white vinegar through the unit, you'll be glad you did. making your own manifolds and plumbing saving the big bucks
House is Looking good LegArms, Robert a.k.a. Bob/dad still has kid at heart. ❤ Awesome to see your kid face with the tools
When wiring the house, make a central switch inside front closet for outside Christmas lights, no more going outside in the dark to shut off lights at night ! Also, a switch at wife's side of the bed to turn off bedroom lights when she gets into bed ! Nice surprise, she'll love it and may reward you !!
Better yet, wire in a timer so they turn on and off on their own.
Dont forget to prepair the house for outdoor cameras! If u draw some rj45-cabels u can use PoE-cameras witch is the best (like Reolink, like i have). :)
I really like that large utility room. Makes life so much easier when you gotta fix something.
Thank you Nick for signing my hat at F2F on Wednesday, it was incredible meeting you in person
Glenn Gaul, Earling Iowa
The word is actually sheathing. I love my rinnai. I used them in Japan so when I built my forever home 5 years ago I put one in and it has worked very well. Unlimited hot water.
Your Dad definitely is Very talented . And Roscoe will look up to you for advice someday I hope we get to see it through your channel
I've got a Rinnai "Tankless" (We call them instant) hot water heater, out here in Australia, and it's been fantastic, nothing like a nice long hot shower in the morning to help wake you up in the cold of winter.
Dad's cheeky smile after drifting.... priceless. Well done Welkers and Craftmen!
Doing a foam layer is the best thing ever, With you winds it "Glues" your house together and removes all the air leaks! Im so glad we did it on our new house, you will be amazed!
Does it increase the R value over rock insulation or more about keeping out air coming through
@@rickpederson1219 It increases the R value. You can google it but you have two different types of foam. Closed cell and open cell. The R value if higher on the closed cell but it is way more expensive. Most do what Leg Arms is doing going with a closed cell then using Batt insulation to increase the R value.
Not many people sweat copper anymore in a residential application. Pretty work!
Scott, don't forget to insulate those basement outside joists !
I'd suggest setting up a cot, mini fridge and a small bedside lamp in your mechanical room.
The stone that you have on the front of your house at 11:55 looks a lot like the stone that I put on the front of my house a couple years ago. Very classy look
I have the same water heater. You are going to love it. As long you have water pressure, you have hot water all day long if you want. I have kids in high school sports. After game night, all four showers are in use. No lack of hot water.
Thank y'all for posting God bless y'all and your families and your homes
If you haven’t thought of it, you need to consider putting insulation in the interior walls. Helps tremendously on soundproofing rooms and just making the house sound tighter.
Even if it’s just bedrooms, it makes a big difference, I do Sheetrock and insulation and the sound insulation is pretty nice to have, and it’s fast to put in
That rolled metal roofing trailer and machine is one VERY VERY EXPENSIVE setup. Going to,look amazing 🤩. Very happy for you dude and your family. So exciting!
Uhhhh excuse me sir but if you’re not driving you no touch controls 😂
I’ve been in this my whole life 48 years in construction and you my friend are not cutting corners I wish all would do the same yea it costs but in 30 years you will have had as many problems as I And it’s not many. God bless and can’t wait to see it surrounded by a field of wheat awesome
Your piping would make an old union hand PROUD! I'd like to share something an old EAST TEXAS plumber told me when I was a young EAST TEXAS plumber. "It aint a Hot water heater! It heats COLD water and makes Hot water! It's a COLD water heater! ;-)
Just a thought, but i know you are already days into the water plumbing. It would be a good idea to put a valve(s) above each of the manifold valves to allow you to drain the line down to that bottom most manifold valve. Added cost with an additional valve and/or pipe, but leaves you with a line that would have no water in it to deal with while you repair it.
I SUGGEST YOU KEEP YOUR BASEMENT WALL BOARD UP OFF THE FLOOR AT LEAST 3/4 INCH SPILLS AND MOISTURE WILL WICK UP THE WALLS MOLD CAN HAPPEN! ITS CODE IN SOME AREAS.
The giant freeze in Texas a couple years ago broke most all the tankless water heaters because they were mounted to exterior walls assuming it wouldn’t get cold enough to freeze the water which then destroyed all the plumbing and heat exchanging fins inside of them.
Starting to go from a house to a home! Great job to all. Looking so good.
You are going to be amazed with the tankless hot water heater performance! Have you considered a recirculating pump to give you instant hot water at the point of outlet. We have them and absolutely love it!
Love, love, love the music on here. I was almost in tears when your son got his tools. He's so stinkin' cute!! He looks just like his Daddy!! So good to finally get a video from you guys. I was getting worried, silly me🙃. Have a wonderful Christmas 🎄and New Year 🎆.
Scott, your plumbing is a work of art in itself. hope everything keeps going as well as it can.
Only thing is the water heater exhaust in spec? I have one 90 and out the wall it goes because it required a short pipe and I think only 1 or 2 90s. Only issue I have had with my instant water heater is gas pressure in the winter the LP gets cold, you are on gas so hopefully not an issue for you. You do not need a hot water heater, you only need a water heater if it is hot you do not heat it. You may need to put an under the sink heater for the dishwasher to get the hot water there right away instead of waiting for the cold to run out and hot water to get there. Very nice looking house.
Stacked Stone is a fantastic material and adds so much character to the build.
Hay man, your new house is looking fantastic, can’t wait to see the finished article, great vlog👍👍👍🇦🇺
House looks great the grey sheeting and the black windows look amazing along with the wood and stone accents. Congratulations on your new home
Around here the standing seam roof guys are installing while rolling it out so only handle sheets once. Handling it once decreases chances of damage.
You only put the valley metal on that way if you can get the roof on before moisture hits. If it rains or snows water can get under the flashing and Valley metal..His roofers are doing it right.
House is looking great can’t wait to see it finished LegArms
Love the 2x insulation and that water system!
Bravo,, the house is looking great, rock work outstanding,, colors on house perfect... Waiting to see how you do the radiant heat ,, good job Scott 👍🏘👍👨🌾👩🌾
Your dad is a national treasure! Love his zest for life.
Lookn good Arm legs. The tools for the kiddo were very cool
Use floor trusses in your basement instead of TJI's. You can free span the whole basement and put walls were you want. Not much more expense and plumbers and electricians will love you!!!!!
You will love the water heater. I am on city water but I still have a water softener. 2008 installed a Ranaii no problems this far.
Love the stone work out side , things are looking good inside
Leg Arms: We had the same tankless water heater installed in our house about 1 year ago. It has been working GREAT for us in that time. Your research has turned up a good item. We use it ONLY for showering, but it appears to be able to heat water as well for heating. Perhaps it was oversized for us, but the bills for it are still low.
Really great video so good of you to share and take us along with your house building I am already looking forward to part 9 and was so kind the builder giving the tools to your lad real big smile on both sides of the screen
Awesome video! So happy for you all!
It's coming along nicely. Not "hot water heater", just "water heater". Hot water doesn't have to be heated!!🥵 Dad is a trooper, he keeps "soldering on"! Cool video!
I only wish that when the last piece of a puzzle comes together that it is the last time you see it. From experience, I found that if its only simple things to redo, then life is so good. That many different crews working simultaneously is just crazy confusing yet a good confusing so how to say... its getting there. Hopefully the youngest legarms will never have to thread a pipe by hand.... who would of thought we could build such a machine(not cheap) that took all that putting pipes on handles to get more leverage on say a two inch cast steel pipe could make your eyes water cause of how easy its done now. Oh yeah, they mess up too but you fix it instead of bulling your way on through unless its only one fitting... that one last fitting will convince you to have at least two of everything that is easy to break on them! Robert, why not have schools teach some of the old ways of doing soldering wire or pipe? Kids are learning theories on how stuff did work "maybe" because the instructor is no smarter than the kid in school. On a side note, truly just a side note for sure.... if a person could buy double everything used in building their home, then sell that package to someone ready to build, you could adjust your price on materials to cheaper than they could buy from the stores, they save time and money and you could come very close to recouping all the money for all the materials used on your own build.
We love our reni tankless water heater. Probably in the top 3 things of our home. Efficient and you never run out of hot water no matter how many showers or how long they are.
The finishes on your house look great. Glad you are sharing the build with everyone.
You guys have so much talent between all you all. There are many "tankless" decisions in life. I put in a boiler and ran a tank with a coil for hot water. Looks great.
Bob did a lot of work on that manifold and never broke a sweat 😄
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Working in the building industry for years ive seen alot of houses, barns and more being built so this video has no surprises for me . Yet im sure alot haven't so build on mr. Leg Arms 💪build on. Smiles 😃from Canada 🇨🇦
Wow.. Rodger and Annie.. what a great gesture..
Monday fun day! Some days I wish I was a kid again, but if I was a kid I couldn't work at my local hardware store with some great staff and working hard and having fun! I bug my staff members quit a bit! Lol! Plus, I couldn't drive my fishing boat around if I was a kid, so there is pros and cons to it. Love the episodes! Looking forward to seeing the finished home! God bless! Daniel from Canada!
I have the same water heater and really like it . Great looking house and seems to be a great bunch of guy’s building it
I accidentally found you on Facebook and then switched over to TH-cam to find you. Very interesting stuff a group working on the farm. The house bill looks amazing. Congratulations on getting that done or close to done. Look forward to watching more video soon.
You have love contractors when they take care of the kiddos too!
Man U make it look so much easier than it was when I was building mine!
Your house sure is looking great.
Nice were you can do some of the
work and being your general contractor.
Priceless to see your boy getting
his own tools. Hopefully he will
have most of it all his life.
The house is looking awesome!!! Everything looks like it is coming together nicely. I am sure your son really enjoys his new tools too!!
Still a lot of work todo, but its looking allready great Legarms. I hope that you can use your utilityroom after all is finished, there is a new legarms busy to take over!! LMAO your sons face was priceless when he get all the gifts. You no Legarms when all is finished go outside and look from a distance to what you and all the guys have build. AMAZING and good looking. Greetings from the Netherlands, God bless all of you. Harry
Scott, You must be very proud and rightfully so. I am sure it has seemed a little overwhelming at times, but as you know all is possible through the belief and trust in our Lord God. BTW I am sure those daring rides with Robert Andretti Earnhardt Welker across the fields and power sliding to a stop at the shop, help keep you awake and very alert! LOL God Bless you all
Bob at least you didn’t have to sweat the details. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Bernie!!! As the fool says " paste makes waste.......😊" I'm a real sweat of a guy......thank you and merry Christmas to you and your family
I would do a bib (blown in batt) over the foam. If you have any gaps of the batt, say where the foam is on the side of the stud you will cut its effectiveness in half.
Flush your hot water heater out every year with a descaler. If your water is hard you should install a water softener before the heater. I have had a few of them fail after 2 years before we learned to descale them. In some cases it is necessary to descale a few times a year.
Beautiful home. Those guys are doing a great job on all the aspects of the build. You're lucky to have found them. That's a lot of manifold.HAHAHAHAHAHA. That spray foam also seals any air leaks.