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Interview: Off-Grid Timber Frame Home Build and Lifestyle

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Off Grid Living in Colorado High Country

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Josh sits down with Amy and Brian, the hosts of 'Colorado Mountain Living', against a scenic mountain backdrop. They discuss their journey of building a 1,300 square foot timber frame home, highlighting the fact that Brian, who previously worked in healthcare, taught himself timber framing. They explain their goal of off-grid living, their plans for solar and potentially wind power to achieve a near-zero footprint, and the various challenges like insulation for extreme cold and navigating local inspection processes. They also talk about their YouTube channel's origin (prompted by Josh) and their aim to share their learning process with viewers. This discussion centers on construction and sustainable living; it does not touch upon native grassland restoration or ecological revitalization of the surrounding land, beyond a general appreciation for the natural setting.

Goal: Amy and Brian discuss their experience building an off-grid timber frame home in Colorado, detailing their learning process, sustainable living goals, and construction challenges.

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red here we are big dog super frame I'm like no you're not really out the to tie hey guys we are here with Colorado mountain living Amy and Brian and we're up here in the mountains look at that backdrop that is out their front window once they get the house built that's gonna be out their front window I'm out of breath because I'm from 200 feet of altitude and what are we at here nine thousand three hundred nine thousand three hundred feet of altitude here this is high altitude living and it's best the beard fits but the shorts don't it is it was 95 degrees in North Carolina up here it's close to 39 degrees right now we were here about a year ago and I'm gonna post a link to the video right up here and they were just getting started building their house we were showing the foundation and everything so check that video out and we'll also post a link down below to their channel and another scrolling little thingy majiggy up here while they're talking so you can go check out their channel so reason we're here was these guys were in Greensboro North Carolina I worked with Brian at the hospital and met these guys through beekeeping and you know just general having the same interest in life so tell us and tell the world what you're doing up here what's your goal here I go yeah well first goal is the build our dream home mm-hm yeah and we're under way with that and just really live in the clean air and I'm living and you know get away from the crowds a slower pace of life I think and being able to have spend more time working on your hobbies that you really enjoy yep so you guys initially had a goal of building your house it's about 1,300 square feet you said your goal you built the timber frame for your home Brian did all the timber frame work and he's not a timber frame guy he's not a framer a lot of people go in their videos I'm like oh you're he's a pro carpenter he's not a pro carpenter but buddy's YouTube watcher so the reason why these guys channel is so cool is because they're learning as you're learning and lessons learned from people that have made mistakes and people that have done it right building a house here in Colorado the inspection process all the things that they're having to go through right now we're in a basement here in Colorado and we're semi off-grid there's no permanent power structure here yet not yet so these guys are going to be building a solar setup for their power possibly going on grid for certain things but I think you're kind of…

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