A family of six building a solar-powered dovetail log cabin gets waylaid by driving rain, broken equipment and hurricane winds. It's a race against time to get the roof and doors on before the first Maine blizzard hits.
A young man is designing his first home on family land in rural Illinois to be off the grid and on the go. He and his buddy combine their experience as long-distance travelers to improvise their build through a Midwest winter.
An eco-friendly couple plans to build a timber frame, straw-bale cabin in a heavily wooded forest of Maine. But an early winter with single-digit temperatures threatens to end the dream before it even starts.
A couple faces torrential downpours, earthquakes and dangerous volcanic activity while building an off-grid home within the edge of an active volcano on Hawaii's Big Island.
Kolin Buzerak returns to his family's 100-acre property in Upstate New York to put down some roots; he plans to build an off-grid timber frame cabin with a full kitchen, living space, dining area, and open loft bedroom.