The BEST episodes of Building Off the Grid
Every episode of Building Off the Grid ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Building Off the Grid!
A team of builders face difficult conditions to build innovative homes in remote areas. They are faced with tight deadlines and uninhabitable landscapes as they attempt the impossible.
#3 - Carolina Catamaran
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/13/2020
A couple constructs an upcycled off-grid homestead deep in the sprawling South Carolina islands; plans for the catamaran-style home include a luxury yacht aesthetic, but the couple must build during hurricane season to meet their deadline.
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Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/6/2020
Novice builder Danny Clark attempts to construct a 600-square-foot stone cabin in Vermont's White River Valley; the home is sure to be a true work of art, but his inexperience, the harsh winter and the unusual architecture push him to his limits.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#5 - Underground Living
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/6/2018
Specialty builders Jon and Amanda D’Aleo design and build “earth-sheltered” homes for clients in southern Colorado, but they weren’t expecting a project this far off the grid. They’ll have to work overtime to get a house constructed and buried before the Colorado winter hits.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#6 - Gnome Sweet Home (aka Mud Men)
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/18/2016
Matteo Lundgren is taking the art of natural building to a whole new level with his custom-designed Cob houses that blend with the environment surrounding them. Together with his designer, Peaches, they're creating homes built solely from the earth's ingredients, and he wants the whole world to do the same. Follow along as they hand-sculpt houses that are literally grown from the ground up.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#8 - Hudson Valley Retreat
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/5/2020
Peter and Ashley Jensen build a sustainable straw bale panel house in the Hudson Valley -- the first of its kind in the States. With only three months to work, the race against nature is as they attempt to finish before the East Coast winter sets in.
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#11 - Windy Mountain
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/2017
A snowmobile guide and his wife build an off-the-grid cabin by the rivers and mountain ranges of their beautiful home state of Wyoming. The build includes a 272-square-foot cabin with a small shop and garage that are all constructed with zero fossil fuels, meaning no gas generators or grid power will be used and all of the heavy lifting will have to be done by hand. The team faces many challenges, including snowdrifts and visits from four-legged neighbors, but the five-week project will prove to be just as grand as the scenery that surrounds it.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#12 - Montana Mountain Modern
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/19/2020
A father-son duo builds an off-grid home in Montana's Flathead Valley. The 720-square-foot stick-frame home takes advantage of the mountain winds using a wind-turbine generator for power and features plenty of upcycled materials from the surrounding area.
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#14 - Maine Straw Bale Cabin
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/7/2019
An eco-friendly couple plans to build a timber frame, straw-bale cabin in a heavily wooded forest of Maine. But when winter comes early, the already difficult build nears impossible as single-digit temperatures threaten to end the dream before it even starts.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#15 - Floating Castle
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2019
Marine scientists in Florida hire engineers Nicolas Derouin and Arnaud Luguet to create a first-of-its-kind floating home. They have nine months to complete it, but unpredictable weather and building hiccups may sink this project before it can swim.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#16 - Hawaii Bamboo House
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2019
Bamboo-home architect David Sands seizes the opportunity to build his own getaway in Hawaii that features a luxurious outdoor bath area and detached, starlit master bedroom. However, volcanic eruptions threaten to send the entire project up in smoke.
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#18 - Spearfish Canyon
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2017
Deep in the backwoods of Spearfish Canyon, South Dakota's premier off-grid builder Jared Capp sets out to turn four shipping containers into a stunning two-story mountain hideaway. The five bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms property will have a well for water, a living roof, solar panels and other high-end amenities. Getting the containers to the remote location will be challenging, however, and will require Jared to cut a road through the forest first.
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#20 - Colorado Cliff Home
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2020
An adventurous couple builds a technologically advanced, solar-heated house on a cliff overlooking the vast plains of Colorado. Their Passive Plus home includes solar, passive solar, septic and water catchment technology ideal for off-grid living.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#21 - Massive Mud Home
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/29/2016
After getting engaged, Summer and Jack move away from New Jersey to fulfill their life-long dream of living off-grid; they buy a plot of land in Sedro Woolley, Wash., and commission Sunray Kelley to design and build their dream mud home.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#22 - White Mountain
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2017
With help from a team of friends, an avid outdoorsman takes on the challenge of building a cabin in the remote White Mountains region of Alaska. The crew must work through snow, wind and a whole lot of mud to haul materials and build the perfect cabin in just seven days.
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#25 - Glacier River Cabin
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/5/2017
A young couple is leaving their Air Force to build a log cabin together and start a new life in the last frontier of Alaska. With only three weeks to make it ready before the winter, they’ll need all the family, friends and determination they can muster to get it done. Follow their journey as they endure the elements and long northern days to handcraft their new home from the ground up and completely off the grid.
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