I truly enjoy your videos on “how to”, but this one was exceptional. I was a construction engineer in my working days and was often faced with “how do we do this”. Your solution was genius. Well done. Do more of these as they come up.
5 months ago
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Yes!!! Absolutely! I LOVE watching and learning from you guys! My husband and I are staunch DIYers and almost all our knowledge comes from pros like you. It’s the only way to get things done right! I watched the 800lb BEAST installation! WOW!!!!! That was INCREDIBLE!!! Keep on giving us your pro-tips too! Love to watch you guys!
5 months ago
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So great to see you fellas thoughtfully work backwards from the end to the beginning. Definitely out of your comfort zones but working the plan, trusting one another, double checking, building in the redundant systems to maximise the chances of success. Neither one of you could have done that job on your own. It took both of you. Respect!
5 months ago
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Loved watching the video and seeing Matt be featured more too. He’s learned a lot from you and it was awesome watching you both ebb and flow off the situation and each other to make magic happen.
5 months ago
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I enjoy everything you put out, even if that’s not the renovation I’m doing at the moment! I love my house even more cause I’ve done so much work myself! Thank you!!
5 months ago
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I think people watch to learn and gain confidence in doing their own home renovations. When a project is so big that it requires a crane, I think that's outside the scope of what makes this channel great.
5 months ago | 3
I enjoyed watching you take on a huge reno change like the beam to vault the ceiling as well as the step by step for more amateurs like me.
5 months ago
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Well planned out As you always say, " the end from the beginning " Thanks, Jeff, for sharing all your knowledge
5 months ago
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I honestly love watching all your videos. Esp the ones where you're working on your forever home.
4 months ago | 0
Thank you for all your time and videos, I remember as around 5 years ago or more that I started to learn to do things myself thanks to your videos ( I wanted to change my windows). I am so grateful!
5 months ago
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Your son grew up so fast! I remember him so many years ago on your show. Glad to see him still with you... And looking like a younger you!
5 months ago
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I love it, we ( husband and I) take your advice and you do it first. Currently painting kitchen cabinets and doors/drawers. Roller/ brush Michigan
5 months ago
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Great teacher love see him do all kind a projects my go to guy for dyi
5 months ago
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Awesome. We ain't building chicken coops in Dorchester County today boys. That was slighly out.of yals comfort zone . Ain't playing around with pex this week. Awesome job & keep up the good job
5 months ago
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Wow! Big beam, I lifted a 300lb er last week but just with a lift. Didnt need a crane. Thats wild. Good lookin son you got too! Yall twins
5 months ago | 1
It’s awesome to watch and see you have to figure stuff out on the fly - great content! I vote “yes” for more like this, as long as you still keep doing the usual content, as well. Thanks for the extra effort and giving us something different to try out.
5 months ago
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I like it. It's motivating for those of us who do DIY projects. We may not ever do something as extreme as what you're doing, but it's still cool to see. Thanks for all your videos.
5 months ago
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I can't read everything on that LVL to determine the size, but I can appreciate this project! I've had to do similar, minus the crane: I had to haul up five 2x12" x20' LVLs with what looks like the same rating and deflections you have there, into a hole I cut in my attic siding, pulling them through with rope and grit. Then assembling them into a giant beam with nails joining each every 12" and glue between, then cutting a trough in the 2x4 old growth attic joists. Used ratchet straps to elevate the beam above the trough, added joist hanger straps to the cut joists, lowered the beam into place on top of 4x6 posts at the ends that I cut into the walls, (had to add 2x4s on end for full support). Doing all this allowed me to remove four interior walls, and an added bonus eventually I could build a second floor. The engineer originally specced out smaller LVLs but they weren't much cheaper, and couldn't support a second floor, always inquire because engineers default to the cheapest good option for a project! Best of luck, I like the variety!
5 months ago | 0
Home RenoVision DIY
This week’s upload isn’t your typical “how-to” video.
We’re lifting an 800lb beam into my forever home to vault the ceiling — and there were no instructions in the engineer’s plans for how to actually do it.
So my son Matt and I came up with our own plan. We built scaffolding on the roof, rigged up temporary rafters inside, and brought in a crane to make it happen.
This is the biggest DIY project I’ve ever taken on, and we decided to capture it in a different way — more like a behind-the-scenes documentary than our usual step-by-step content.
Don’t worry, we’re not moving away from tutorials. I love making them and being helpful. But for big projects like this one, we’re testing new ways to bring you into the real process.
If you’ve been watching Home RenoVision for a while, I’d love your feedback.
Should we keep going in this direction for these larger builds? Cheers and thanks for watching
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