https://dalek.zone/videos/watch/1bf97c05-75c3-43a5-99f9-a54cbaf82215 Building a house in the middle of the Arizona desert is no easy task. After years of living in an RV, Red and April decide to build their dream off-grid home from scratch. But with extreme temperatures, sudden floods, rising material costs, and unexpected construction problems, turning their dream into reality proves far more challenging than they imagined. From pouring the foundation and building custom steel roof beams to designing energy-efficient systems and transforming secondhand materials into beautiful interior features, the couple refuses to give up. Watch how nearly a year of hard work, clever solutions, and determination transforms a remote piece of desert land into a stunning off-grid home built with their own hands. Red & April Off-Grid https://www.youtube.com/@RedandAprilOff-Grid 0:00 From an RV to a real home 1:05 Laying it out to face the sun 3:05 The change of plan on the walls 3:50 Homemade steel roof beams 6:15 Keeping the desert heat out 9:45 Three shades of metal siding 12:16 Solar, propane and what runs on which 14:00 Concrete walls that store heat 21:00 Second-hand kitchen cabinets 25:40 Earthen floors 29:34 Pouring concrete countertops 32:55 The backsplash they found by accident 36:10 A front door from a New Mexico restaurant 37:00 The family dresser 38:10 The last job: the shower 42:04 Home Sun, 15 Nov 2026 01:27:39 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://dalek.zone https://dalek.zone/lazy-static/avatars/a55f8692-6e09-4120-b58d-bf7412e5489a.png https://dalek.zone/videos/watch/1bf97c05-75c3-43a5-99f9-a54cbaf82215 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://dalek.zone/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.