Building Off the Grid

Oh my! First, I'm amazed with folk who attempt building off the grid and truly don't think through the details of the process. Second, why do the wives all have their full face make up on, hair swinging down voluptuously....; no dirt...? I guess their concern is more the camera and TV than the build! Silly females!! So i guess the show is more fake than it'll admit to!!

I am in construction, have huge problem with lack of good safety practices on this episode, COB building in Oregon. The young lady doing the work has flip flops and doing concrete work. She had no dust mask when concrete dust was flying, no gloves when applying wet concrete on the footings, did she not ever hear about lime poisoning? Then, I really had enough of the show when I saw her digging with shovel with her bare foot. One older fella had only hard hat on when all were standing about while cutting out an unstable middle support. Sloppy all the way around and just wrong way to do a good job and stay safe thru it. Terrifying examples on how to work safely! I would bet they all end up with some terrible skin,lung problems or injuries due to their awful work habits.

Definitely, some creative ideas with homes.

BTW svader, I feel the same way when I see British TV in the US. I mean really, driving on the Left side of the road, people can get killed doing that.

Forget the intended drama for this type of show. After having worked on an industrial site where safety was driven into our very beings...go home in the same condition as you did when you arrived for work...I am disgusted at the MASSIVE amount of safety violations these people commit. Proper use of gloves, shoes (one man did a show barefoot), safety glasses, tying off/harnessing, lack of respect for nature, improper use of tools because of lack of knowledge...the list is endless. The show should be ashamed to air something with such disregard of personal safety. I've known people to lose limbs due to their shortcuts; people have died because they didn't pay attention to a live electrical boards; and costly mistakes are common when a communication process isn't in place. You have an opportunity to showcase the necessary and appropriate way to do things, and yet, this far, you have failed.

A couple of things I would like addressed. 1) the safety issue brought up here before 2) slow the dram and 3) and most important I want more information on the "off grid" part. If they living there full time, is it a vacation home? What about septic? Plumbing? Or bathroom issues in general none of that is every discussed and is a major point of living off the grid. What we can't talk about composting toilets? I would like more details on the solar systems, how many watts? What kind of batteries? Where is their battery storage? I would also like to see follow up. What's it like to live off the grid? What changes did they have to make, what didn't work? What did they have to add/take away/fix.