It never ceases to amaze me on the scale of ambition and bravery needed to make such progress. Most builders wouldn't have the bottle for this design and location. This is your first time and I take my hat off to you.
Thank you for showing that it doesn’t always happen perfectly-it’s refreshing to amateurs like me to see that. I do marvel at people who even try this method-it’s far beyond me and my math skills, let alone carpentry skills.
Dan here watching from Madison, Wisconsin in the colonies. Another inspirational episode and you still have all ten fingers! Seriously, I'm loving every frame of your videos and your commentary bumps it up another notch.
I am really enjoying your video series of your barn build. I am just south of Spokane WA in the States. Can’t wait to see the finished product. This makes me look like a slacker when it comes to my projects.
Well worth going back to the first video, its a tale of hopeless optimism, epic struggle, mishaps, triumphs and large vehicles going doing 55 point turns. Greetings from Westray Island Orkney.
All of this is incredibly interesting to me. I imagine buildings like this are always 200 + years old, so to see a new one being built is fascinating. I'm from Tucson Arizona in the USA
How have I not discovered this sooner? Found it a few days ago, blitzed it all already. Amazing stuff, love what you're doing, the cock ups and subsequent solutions really make it. Proper DIY'er! Got me thinking I need to build something new. Hello from sunny Birmingham (the UK one!) 😄👌
If you're out there building on your own, with no one overhead, what's the purpose of the hard hat? I mean, if that 1 ton beam falls on your head, I don't think a little plastic shell will help. Just curious. Carry on, and cheerio from Texas.
First time I catch one of your videos. Very much love this type of content, so I will subscribe today. Looking forward to more interesting videos. I'm from Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada which is not that far from Niagara Falls.
Hey, just discovered your channel. I love it. Maybe you should get a wooden mallet to wack the beams together. And seeing you work those wood off of a wet ground is painful to watch XDDDD It'll take some time or money, but you should also buy or make some sawhorse to get those wood off the ground
Hey Alex, Dan from east of Toronto Ontario, while it's a bit painfull to watch. You are putting it all out there, good for you taking on a project like this
Yes yes yes Alex This has made my early Saturday morning coffee watch. Love the work done in this episode buddy Really looking forward to episode 27 to see the rest of the timber frame go up Fingers crossed for some dry weather for you I feel your pain with the good old English weather, its been a bit moist to say the least Keep up the great work Alex 👍
The great British summer hasn't been too kind to you I'm sure, but great to see even more progress. Take a break and enjoy your Christmas, Alex! All the best, Roy.
NW USA basically has British weather - used to go to Seattle quite a bit and generally rained. My favourite biography is Phil Knight Shoe Dog - set in your home town! 😀
Just one other thing. Those little pieces of equipment are adorable. Didn't know they made telescopic fork lifts that tiny. Man y'all really have some tiny machines over there. Cheerio!
we have small equipment here in the US just construction companies don't want them. Building codes require a offset from the home to the property line... I believe the standard in texas is 6'. So you can have larger equipment for greater utility. In Europe I have seen homes with less than 2' between homes. They build primarily with stone so they stopped burning down half of London every 50 years or so. The size of the homes themselves are very different 700-1100sq ft. Where in the US we tend to build between 1600-2100. Folks are surprised that he hasn't moved faster in his construction... sure he is just working weekends but they build much slower than we do because it is impossible to get the materials there at once. We build 1000 unit sub divisions in 3 years with a average construction time of 6 weeks for a single unit.
Love this series and you have a wonderful dry sense of humor. I love all of this...I have the aspiration to do something similar as well. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and New year. p.s. watching from Northville, Michigan (between Ann Arbor and Detroit)
I had almost that exact drill bit snap off on the last hole on a outdoor shower I’d built high up on a ladder right at the end of the drill. I’ll be honest I just left the drill bit in there as a peg. It’s still held together now perfectly fine 😂 Jason, La Spezia Italy
Watching here in Ranburne, Alabama. Some TH-cam research and a bunch of make it up as you go along seems to be working out fairly well for you. Telehandler😂
you would typically use green lumber in post and beam. The offset for the dowels is to keep the joint tight as it dries. The offset is determined by the thickness of the beam. lol we literally had a offset chart from england when we pinned our beams. I know your beams are heavy... ours were 4'x22"x42' laminated with an average wind speed of 30mph getting the proper mechanical advantage is tough at times for those who know what they are doing. Just figuring it is a bit comedic....
Yes I can see you're right on the offset. They feel very solid indeed now they're up and also I've noticed they are bending and settling into shape, so should be ok. Fingers crossed 😀
Hi, Great progress. With my minor woodworking experience . . . templates and clamps help with many projects when positioning things. If possible I use clamps as an extra pair of hands . . . 2 hands is simple not enough 🙂
Thinking one of those Japanese pull saws might help you remove some of those tricky bits left inside the beams where your circular saw doesn't reach. They let you lay the saw parallel to the angle you want and better control a cut to keep things on the right angle. I think that may end up a bit cleaner than using the reciprocating saw.
Writing from Morgantown, WV (Right above the E in West on your map.). It looks like you could use some clamps when constructing your test framing to hold the pieces together while screwing.
You have some vise grips? If you get a bit stuck (been there more times than I care to remember,) you can usually get a heavy duty vise grip cranked down on it and use that to back it out.
Alex, I’m addicted to your barn project and can’t believe you have managed all this so far on your lonesome - outstanding sir. I have to ask you two questions if you please. Why didn’t you cover up all your oak timbers? You are now trying to cut and manoeuvre timber that must weigh twice as much and be twice as hard to cut? Also, why wouldn’t you sand them before installing them? (South coast just outside Portsmouth, UK).
I have five daughters, no sons. I've HAD to do almost everything by myself. You have a son, right? Is he away at school? Or is this project done single handed on purpose? I guess I could understand that chest out... "I did that" moment. I did it myself when I finished my motorcycle build. It's May 26th, 2024 today. I should be caught up in a day or so. Can't wait. Cheers from Concord, NC, USA.
Great episode! Merry Christmas and happy new year! Been there when you're on the wall reaching precariously for the piece you need while holding the others. It would be cool to take that oak plank cutoff, have someone cnc/router/paint your channel emblem and name into it so you can hang it on a wall of the office or grave when it's complete! Cheers
Really impressed with the build, binge watched over the last few days and you've definitely earned a subscriber! Do you have an estimated cost so far? From sunny (not) Pembrokeshire.
Hi, this is Simon from Neede, the Netherlands, I love your perseverance. Not sure if I'd be able to hold up with either the weather, or tenons not fitting by some margin. Was wondering why you are not offset drilling the whole through the tenon, so it would pull it all a bit more together. At the other hand, it could just be extra work on top of an already lengthy list. Merry Christmas!
That's eacrly it - so much effort to put the pieces in and out, better to compress with the winch and dowel them in, then release teh winch to create the pressure. Probably! 🤣
I’ve noticed some folks using a metal pin for alignment, replacing it with wooden dowels once it all lines up. But your current strategy also seems to work.
18:57 all the way to 19:27ish... not to laugh at misfortune, but that's 30 seconds of prime "thats what she said"... because I'm mentally 8 😂 Impressive progress sir, keep at it!
This is fun watching you do all this without my help! Hampton, NH, USA
Thanks - appreciated!
It never ceases to amaze me on the scale of ambition and bravery needed to make such progress. Most builders wouldn't have the bottle for this design and location.
This is your first time and I take my hat off to you.
Cheers JG! We're getting there 😀
Thank you for showing that it doesn’t always happen perfectly-it’s refreshing to amateurs like me to see that. I do marvel at people who even try this method-it’s far beyond me and my math skills, let alone carpentry skills.
Columbus , Ohio
This is my first video, I will go back to watch the others. I cannot wait to see the finished building. Looking good so far.
Cheers Jason - hope you enjoy them
Good morning from Calhoun Georgia USA. Love the build. Like seeing the screwups and triumphs. Keep up the good work.
Dan here watching from Madison, Wisconsin in the colonies. Another inspirational episode and you still have all ten fingers! Seriously, I'm loving every frame of your videos and your commentary bumps it up another notch.
I am really enjoying your video series of your barn build. I am just south of Spokane WA in the States. Can’t wait to see the finished product. This makes me look like a slacker when it comes to my projects.
Had to subscribe… just a good Handel with a man and his passion to build a barn, the hard way 🙏💪👍. Elkhart Indiana USA… retired US Navy Chief
Well worth going back to the first video, its a tale of hopeless optimism, epic struggle, mishaps, triumphs and large vehicles going doing 55 point turns. Greetings from Westray Island Orkney.
All of this is incredibly interesting to me. I imagine buildings like this are always 200 + years old, so to see a new one being built is fascinating. I'm from Tucson Arizona in the USA
Cheers - yes hoping it will look older than everything around it when complete
Alex, you are a great person! Congrats from Bulgaria.
Cheers mate 😀
Enjoying your videos from Vaggeryd, Sweden, 30 min south of Jonkoping at the south end of the lake Vattern
I bet that's not on the map! Thanks for watching 😀
That is proper infantryman weather there! Greetings from snowy Tallinn, Estonia! Keep it up, you're an inspiration!
Hi Alex,
Love watching the progress on the barn build. Keep up the great work. Enjoy this from Albury, New South Wales, Australia.
Will do Matt - we're getting there 😀
Well doing - I'm exited to see the finish - Kim Lange - Frankfurt am Main - Germany
Might be a while! But thanks for watching
How have I not discovered this sooner? Found it a few days ago, blitzed it all already. Amazing stuff, love what you're doing, the cock ups and subsequent solutions really make it. Proper DIY'er! Got me thinking I need to build something new. Hello from sunny Birmingham (the UK one!) 😄👌
In my opinion, handling alone this big puzzles is very tricky. Safe work and enjoy progress!👍
Cheers from Campbell River on Vancouver Island British Columbia!
Cheers James 😀
Hi there, long time viewer from Takestan county, Qazvin, Iran
Enjoy your content, waiting passionately for you to release new episodes.
Thanks - I appreciate it. Hoping to get more regular episodes out in 2024 😀
Hi, this is Christian from Trondheim in Norway. Impressive stamina and determination, you are an inspiration!
Cheers Christian!
If you're out there building on your own, with no one overhead, what's the purpose of the hard hat? I mean, if that 1 ton beam falls on your head, I don't think a little plastic shell will help. Just curious. Carry on, and cheerio from Texas.
A good point - although as you see I did clonk my head climbing up that stepladder 😀
Spectacular work. That shed’ll be there a century from now.
That's the plan! Thanks for watching 😀
First time I catch one of your videos. Very much love this type of content, so I will subscribe today. Looking forward to more interesting videos. I'm from Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada which is not that far from Niagara Falls.
Thanks - appreciated - good schedule coming up in 2024 😀
Hi There from Luxembourg, got myself into your whole stuff today and i have to say: Love it! :)
Great build going on! I’m from Attica,Indiana USA
Cheers appreciated! 😀
Hello from Sarajevo, Bosnia, love your work, keep it up
Im Grant and Im from Houston Texas! Love the videos! Keep up the good work.
Watching from Aalborg Denmark! Well done Alex, truly an inspiration!
This is a fantastic build! Have you thought about making a “persuader” - a giant wooden mallet? Keep up the great work!
Like teh sound of that! Will investigate 😀
Hey, just discovered your channel. I love it. Maybe you should get a wooden mallet to wack the beams together. And seeing you work those wood off of a wet ground is painful to watch XDDDD It'll take some time or money, but you should also buy or make some sawhorse to get those wood off the ground
Earlier in the build I made something similar out of trench blocks + 2x4, but will give it some thought for the annex section
'Optimism and TH-cam based research' - yep that's the best approach in 2024 actaully.
Good point - works on most things! 🤣
Watching progress from Seattle! Great work so far- good videos too. Congratulations! F Novak
Hey, this is Stupha tuning in from Taichung, Taiwan. Really enjoy your channel.
Cheers for watching Stupha 😀
Hey Alex, Dan from east of Toronto Ontario, while it's a bit painfull to watch. You are putting it all out there, good for you taking on a project like this
It's more painful to be there trust me! 😀
Yes yes yes Alex
This has made my early Saturday morning coffee watch.
Love the work done in this episode buddy
Really looking forward to episode 27 to see the rest of the timber frame go up
Fingers crossed for some dry weather for you
I feel your pain with the good old English weather, its been a bit moist to say the least
Keep up the great work Alex 👍
Thanks David - really appreciate it! Funny to think of people out there watching my barn madness over a coffee! 😀
It's an enjoyable watch first thing in the morning with a coffee Alex
Can't wait to see the next installment of madness on your chanel, it's ace
The great British summer hasn't been too kind to you I'm sure, but great to see even more progress.
Take a break and enjoy your Christmas, Alex!
All the best, Roy.
Well the summer was fine, I just didn't do enough work, so now left doing the winter shift 🤣 Merry Christmas to you too Roy
G'day Alex.
I Love following along with the build mate!
From Narooma, New South Wales, Australia. (On the coast About 4 hours south of Sydney)
G'day and thanks for watching! Maybe you could send some of that hot weather over here please 😀
Great work ❤ all the way from Gauteng, South African
Merry Christmas from wet and rainy Portland Oregon!
NW USA basically has British weather - used to go to Seattle quite a bit and generally rained. My favourite biography is Phil Knight Shoe Dog - set in your home town! 😀
Just one other thing. Those little pieces of equipment are adorable. Didn't know they made telescopic fork lifts that tiny. Man y'all really have some tiny machines over there. Cheerio!
we have small equipment here in the US just construction companies don't want them. Building codes require a offset from the home to the property line... I believe the standard in texas is 6'. So you can have larger equipment for greater utility. In Europe I have seen homes with less than 2' between homes. They build primarily with stone so they stopped burning down half of London every 50 years or so. The size of the homes themselves are very different 700-1100sq ft. Where in the US we tend to build between 1600-2100. Folks are surprised that he hasn't moved faster in his construction... sure he is just working weekends but they build much slower than we do because it is impossible to get the materials there at once. We build 1000 unit sub divisions in 3 years with a average construction time of 6 weeks for a single unit.
Yes it's a pretty compact bit of kit!
Love this series and you have a wonderful dry sense of humor. I love all of this...I have the aspiration to do something similar as well. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and New year. p.s. watching from Northville, Michigan (between Ann Arbor and Detroit)
Cheers - really appreciate the remarks! 😀
Great project! Clément from Berlin, Germany.
Merry Christmas, Lovely episode keep up the good work, it is always interesting to watch. Greetings from Burgas in Bulgaria!
Cheers Burgas - have a great Christmas too🎄
This build starting out making a big shed. Now it's just an excuse to use all the toys. 😂
Exactly 🤣👍
Beautiful work! From Simms Montana USA
Nice work. I commend you taking this project on yourself! It’s looking nice! - Boston, Massachusetts USA
Yes it's been fun - but a long way to go! 😀
Good progress Alex - need to change our Telehandler to one with crab steer.
I never knew there was such a thing... 😀
Great video as always Alex! Cheers from Viña del Mar, Chile!
Thanks Skult, appreciated 😀
New subscriber. Loving the videos. I’m from Monroe, Louisiana in the US
Cheers for subscribing - glad you're enjoying them 😀
I had almost that exact drill bit snap off on the last hole on a outdoor shower I’d built high up on a ladder right at the end of the drill. I’ll be honest I just left the drill bit in there as a peg. It’s still held together now perfectly fine 😂
Jason, La Spezia Italy
That's exactly what i would have done too if I couldn't have got it out! 🤣
It's looking great, Alex!
Watching here in Ranburne, Alabama. Some TH-cam research and a bunch of make it up as you go along seems to be working out fairly well for you. Telehandler😂
We are getting there Harvey! 😀
you would typically use green lumber in post and beam. The offset for the dowels is to keep the joint tight as it dries. The offset is determined by the thickness of the beam. lol we literally had a offset chart from england when we pinned our beams.
I know your beams are heavy... ours were 4'x22"x42' laminated with an average wind speed of 30mph getting the proper mechanical advantage is tough at times for those who know what they are doing. Just figuring it is a bit comedic....
Yes I can see you're right on the offset. They feel very solid indeed now they're up and also I've noticed they are bending and settling into shape, so should be ok. Fingers crossed 😀
Really coming together, looks awesome so far :) Merry Christmas!
Cheers Damian - have a great break!
Hi, Great progress.
With my minor woodworking experience . . . templates and clamps help with many projects when positioning things.
If possible I use clamps as an extra pair of hands . . . 2 hands is simple not enough 🙂
Good call Chris - I'm going to use templates more for the annex woodwork in the Spring. Thanks for watching!
😁 Marry Christmas. from Nagele the Netherlands. I like this kind of build. keep it up. 👍
Have a Good Xmas and New Year Alex, catch up next year matey !
Cheers mate - got a good schedule lined up over the next few months. Have a great break!
Outstanding, Alex!
Greetings from Stubbekøbing in Denmark. Find that on ya map lol.
Your perseverance is almost as epic as your garage will be.
Thanks Hagar! I appreciate it 🤣
Thinking one of those Japanese pull saws might help you remove some of those tricky bits left inside the beams where your circular saw doesn't reach. They let you lay the saw parallel to the angle you want and better control a cut to keep things on the right angle. I think that may end up a bit cleaner than using the reciprocating saw.
I'll take a look into that - cheers 👍
Writing from Morgantown, WV (Right above the E in West on your map.). It looks like you could use some clamps when constructing your test framing to hold the pieces together while screwing.
Good point - but got there in the end!
You have some vise grips? If you get a bit stuck (been there more times than I care to remember,) you can usually get a heavy duty vise grip cranked down on it and use that to back it out.
Good call - might invest! 😀
Alex, I’m addicted to your barn project and can’t believe you have managed all this so far on your lonesome - outstanding sir. I have to ask you two questions if you please.
Why didn’t you cover up all your oak timbers? You are now trying to cut and manoeuvre timber that must weigh twice as much and be twice as hard to cut?
Also, why wouldn’t you sand them before installing them?
(South coast just outside Portsmouth, UK).
If you coat your drill bit with a bit of bees wax it will help it stay cooler and cut better.
Love it so much keep it up as always 💘
Cheers - appreciated!
I have five daughters, no sons. I've HAD to do almost everything by myself. You have a son, right? Is he away at school? Or is this project done single handed on purpose? I guess I could understand that chest out... "I did that" moment. I did it myself when I finished my motorcycle build.
It's May 26th, 2024 today. I should be caught up in a day or so. Can't wait. Cheers from Concord, NC, USA.
Great episode! Merry Christmas and happy new year! Been there when you're on the wall reaching precariously for the piece you need while holding the others. It would be cool to take that oak plank cutoff, have someone cnc/router/paint your channel emblem and name into it so you can hang it on a wall of the office or grave when it's complete! Cheers
The latter more likely! Cheers for watching 😀
Really impressed with the build, binge watched over the last few days and you've definitely earned a subscriber! Do you have an estimated cost so far? From sunny (not) Pembrokeshire.
Nice work! Seattle, Washington, US
Thank you Nick 😀
Amargosa Valley, Nevada at the base of the Funeral Mountains which borders Death Valley. Sounds so ominous, eh mate? :)
Hi, this is Simon from Neede, the Netherlands, I love your perseverance. Not sure if I'd be able to hold up with either the weather, or tenons not fitting by some margin. Was wondering why you are not offset drilling the whole through the tenon, so it would pull it all a bit more together. At the other hand, it could just be extra work on top of an already lengthy list. Merry Christmas!
That's eacrly it - so much effort to put the pieces in and out, better to compress with the winch and dowel them in, then release teh winch to create the pressure. Probably! 🤣
I’ve noticed some folks using a metal pin for alignment, replacing it with wooden dowels once it all lines up. But your current strategy also seems to work.
18:57 all the way to 19:27ish... not to laugh at misfortune, but that's 30 seconds of prime "thats what she said"... because I'm mentally 8 😂
Impressive progress sir, keep at it!
You probably don't know who Frank Spencer is (hapless 70s UK sitcom character) but that's basically me in that section 🤣
This is how we build houses in Indonesia. We use teak wood in place of oak.
👍 Picton. NSW. Australia.
Just subbed, here in Post Falls, ID
Soo Nice - MERRY XMAS!!!!
Cheers mate and you too! 😀
Hey, you wanna put Lebanon, CT on the map? I'm sitting in a post and beam (c.1740-70?) colonial...and very interested to watch one being built!
I spray me auger bit with silicone before drilling for dowels...
Ok, after the drill between the knees bit...time for you to buy a proper tool belt young man!
Good point! But I'm too disorganised to use one 😀
Oh no, I just ran out of videos when I learned there has been an update for a year???
👍👏
Hi Alex from Boring Old York UK I'm afraid.
Nothing boring about York mate! 😀
Put a pin on your map for me, Addison, Alabama, It's just above the 2nd "A" in Alabama and just below the "S" where Memphis is written.
All the 'A's 😀
good job from Salyersville, Kentucky
Cheers Adrian 😀
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