HAUS PLANS' solo-building lesson starts with a Chihuahua dismissal
A temporary ledger board does the heavy lifting after the hardhat-wearing "New Guy" is sent home.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
3 Easy Hacks for Working Construction Alone
Who needs a second pair of hands when a piece of lumber can hold the panel? HAUS PLANS ®️ answers that practical question after a distinctly less practical staffing problem: the "worker" being sent home is a Chihuahua wearing a miniature hardhat and safety vest.
That staged introduction sets up "3 Easy Hacks for Working Construction Alone," the most-watched of the channel's three new uploads, with roughly 546,000 views. The builder anchors a tape measure or chalk line with a nail, installs a temporary ledger beneath a heavy PVC sheet, then rests the sheet on it with screws already started at the stud locations. The dog supplies the comedy; the ledge supplies the missing hands. Viewers carry on the New Guy running joke, imagining fishing plans and an opportunity to leave work early.
The rest of the week moves between fixing things and knocking them down. "How to Repair an Underground Water Line" restores a damaged temporary supply on the site of a planned shop. In "I Tore Down a Building With My Homemade Wrecking Ball," a concrete-filled ocean buoy becomes an excavator attachment for demolishing a shed with a rotten floor. That upload currently has the strongest daily momentum, while October's "How to Patch a Hole in Subfloor" remains another substantial draw.
The channel added about 16 million views over the week, more than any of the nearby DIY channels listed here. Its current daily viewing is more than twice its usual level, though subscribers held steady. Tiny Home Tours also had a growing subscriber audience, while jimmydiresta's daily viewing was quieter than usual. For HAUS PLANS ®️, practical repairs and jobsite comedy remain comfortably under the same hardhat.
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What viewers say
I’ve got a soft spot for the new guy!
@luminoxx5150See it on YouTubeWhat!? I wanna go home early too!😂
@joshnolastname407See it on YouTubeThe new guy is just like me 😂😂
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The videos drawing views on HAUS PLANS ®️ right now
- Channel
- HAUS PLANS ®️
- Subscribers
- 1,940,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 16,244,969
- Videos published this week
- 3
- Video published
- October 28, 2026
- Video views so far
- 545,848
- Views on its first day
- 344,836
The numbers
Here is how the week added up for HAUS PLANS ®️.
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What supports the heavy panel in HAUS PLANS ®️' solo-installation lesson?
The builder screws a temporary ledger beneath the mounting position so the panel can rest on it during fastening.





