Posted on 01/24/2017 2:45:46 PM PST by simpson96
Just a few years ago, Cara Brookins and her four kids felt trapped -- powerless to stop the domestic abuse happening around them, prisoners inside their own walls.
You see, for a short time, Brookins was married to a man who she says “descended into full-blown paranoid schizophrenia.” And even after the two were divorced, he continued to come around and frighten her family. (snip)
Brookins didn’t have enough money to buy the sort of home that could comfortably house her four kids, but she wanted them to be in a safe place. So, they moved out of the house she shared with her abusive husband and into a tiny home outside of Little Rock, Arkansas. Then, shortly afterward, Brookins had an epiphany.
“I had rented this cabin for a Thanksgiving getaway,” she tells CBS News. “And driving there, we passed this house that had been ravaged by a tornado. It was this beautiful dream house and it was sort of wide open. You don’t often get the opportunity to see the interior workings of a house, but looking at these 2x4s and these nails, it just looked so simple. I thought, ‘I could put this wall back up if I really tried. Maybe I should just start from scratch.’”
As it turned out, she had just enough money to buy all the construction supplies and an acre of land. So, without looking back, she and her family jumped headlong into the project.
“Once I had bought all these supplies and they were all piled up, there was no way out,” Brookins explains. “There wasn’t enough money to pay anyone to put them together. There was no plan B.”
Faced with the overwhelming task of constructing a house with their own hands, Brookins and her family turned to an unlikely source: YouTube.
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WOW !!
Amazon had a Delco starter for a 65 or so that was highly rated with a 25 buck rebate.
The starter works great and the rebate showed up in the window advertised.
That was an old and grimy starter I swapped out. I haven’t changed out a small block Chevy V8 starter since the mid 90s when I had a K10.
My first 35mm camera was an XG-1, then upgraded to x-700. I’ve still got the bodies and lenses, but film processing is expensive. I’ve saved literally thousands of dollars in the ten years I’ve had the Nikon. Might upgrade soon to a D810, and go full-frame.
My D80 does plenty of things I haven’t explored yet. Most of what I shoot is existing-light landscapes, or at least usually not people.
$94 for the dealership to change the cabin air filter on my wife’s car last time she had it in for service. Thankfully, she declined. I had no idea where it even was so I watched a couple of YouTube videos that night. Next day, I bought a Fram filter, spent fifteen minutes putting it in and saved $79 for my trouble.
Not a disbeliever, merely a skeptic ;-)
Like you, my husband is a carpenter. He is bigger and stronger than I and building a new house is a large project for him. I could have all the necessary info in my head, but completing it would be impossible for me. Even Sheetrock is heavy, let alone bundles of shingles, rafters, etc.
I hope she’s armed because that rat bastard is still out there. Kudos to this beautiful family.
Like you, my husband is a carpenter. He is bigger and stronger than I and building a new house is a large project for him. I could have all the necessary info in my head, but completing it would be impossible for me. Even Sheetrock is heavy, let alone bundles of shingles, rafters, etc.
Like you, my husband is a carpenter. He is bigger and stronger than I and building a new house is a large project for him. I could have all the necessary info in my head, but completing it would be impossible for me. Even Sheetrock is heavy, let alone bundles of shingles, rafters, etc.
Well, I’m suspicious .. having watched a lot of HGTV shows over the years, what about plumbing? That requires digging and laying pipe, etc. and then, figuring out how to supply water to the 2nd story.
This doesn’t pass the smell test.
I’m primarily a video person, mostly for stock stuff which pays better than photos in my case.
I’ve used a few people and except for the brightest days, I used some kind of supplemental lighting or reflector.
Since I’m cheap, I rarely rent studio space and based on what sales I’ve had, stick with objects and animals. No release form necessary. Plus my home really isn’t practical due to layout.
Maybe I might get back into hiring talent again if stock video sales pick up.
Then again, people CAN do some amazing things sometimes.
There’s a young man in the pic. U only need one.
“Setting roof trusses 30’ in the air for a 2.5 story house isn’t for the weak or the faint-hearted.”
My dad and I figured it out. Together we simply used weights to counter balance the rafters.
I think the mother was very cunning and willing to spend the time to learn. Heck, my mom laid the bricks for their house. I was damned surprised by that, but she did a great job.
I’m sceptical myself. How’d she know what and how much to buy in matErie etc. Plus, there is a loyal of specific knowledge and practices in home building, framing finishing. I’d imagone if someone did do this there’d be a lot of amusing effups along the way.
You/dad/mom are good examples of the possibilities.
Yuge roger to that !
Here, hold my wifi and watch THIS !
I suspect they had some friendly help. But don’t we all? Even contractors use advice from colleagues.
I can’t find one for putting up those soffit thingys that close off the bottom of the roof. Until I can figure it out and do it, I am comfortable knowing that my tiny little house gets lots of fresh air. I did a lot of the work here myself, and most of it was YouTube directed!
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