Building Off the Grid
TV Show · Reality

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.

2014 · 40m
Starring Mick Foley, Collette Foley, Jake Rademacher

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Building Off the Grid
    What do you do if you don't trust the world around you? You build a new one. That's the motto of Michael Reynolds, architect and visionary that created the Earthship.
    40m
  • EPISODE 2
    Alaska
    Steve Perrins II, a native Alaskan, will lead his wife and younger brothers 13 miles on horseback into the wilderness of Sheep Lake. They have two weeks to construct a one-story cabin with archaic tools and pioneering techniques.
    38m
  • EPISODE 3
    Off the Grid: North Pole
    Jeff Ward has been building houses in remote locations all over Alaska for years. He and his son, Bryce, who is the current mayor of North Pole, combine their talents to create an off-the-grid cabin not too far from Santa's house.
    38m
  • EPISODE 4
    Yurts So Good
    Chris and Catelyn are building the home of their dreams, a 700-square-foot yurt with modern amenities in Montana. Follow them as they prep their own land and break ground to build the ultimate luxury yurt in the woods.
    37m
  • EPISODE 5
    Alaska Range
    Ana and Jacob build their dream cabin on Alaska's remote Paxson Lake. With their son and daughter in tow, it's a family affair as they fight extreme Alaskan elements and put their carpentry skills to the ultimate test.
    38m
  • EPISODE 6
    Rocky Mountains
    A mountain biking group from Carbondale, Colorado, builds a mountain retreat that doubles as their very own bike park. The team hauls their materials across rugged terrain by bicycle and even excavates by hand.
    38m

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Cast & Crew

  • Mick Foley
    Self
  • C‌F
    Collette Foley
    Self
  • J‌R
    Jake Rademacher
    Narrator
  • R‌H
    Ross Huguet
    Narrator
  • D‌P
    Drew Patterson
    Narrator
  • M‌P
    Marc Pierce
    Producer
  • C‌R
    Chris Richardson
    Producer
  • C‌D
    Chris Dorsey
    Producer

About

Building Off the Grid

Reality

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.

Information

Studio
discovery plus Renovation
Released
2014
Rated
PG

Languages

Original Audio
English (United States)
Audio

English (United States) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
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  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

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  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
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  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
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  • Costa Rica (Español)
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