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You have made so many change in this house.

The wall outside looks good.

Such beautiful and careful work, Andy. I never knew that watching someone building and working with stone could be so interesting. Best wishes to you both and all the people of Spain.

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Sharon, glad you are back and that your Mum is doing well. Andy, lots of tedious work with the stones and filling the cracks in the ceiling but it sure does look beautiful when it’s done. It’s wonderful how you take the house bit by bit and restore inside and out as you do certain spaces. I so enjoy seeing the changes to the stonework from broken areas with holes all over to beautiful stone walls that still hold their history.

Guess we need suppressors

If you run a thin bead of putty, silicone or whatever sticks well to roof tiles on the underside edge, you’ll create a drip line and water won’t be able to drip past it. It should then drip off where you want it to. I’ve just done the same here at ours and it’s worked a treat.

great sorting of the roof. unsettled weather is going to be all our problems. here too in mallorca, after living here for more than 10 years the difference is unbelievable. we all need to futureproof for the extreme weather . collect water in the winter however . The summer has so much drought. The balance needs to be thought about. We all need to be alert, but be safe. THOUGHTS FOR THOSE IN VALENCIA. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Gracias oraciones por los compatriotas fallecidos por Valencia toda las personas que han perdido todo y salgan adelante 😢🇪🇦

My prayers are with all who lost a loved one in those terrible floods🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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Thinking of you. Stay safe.

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I get a kick of that white house in the distance, it sorta looks like a shark! Coming out of the puddles.

Big hug, Sharon. I get the same Reaction, no need to apologize.

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Your dry area appreciates the rain but my heart breaks for Valencia! Such a devastating result. Lord have mercy ! They have certainly suffered enough

The rain was a blessing in disguise. Finding the leaks at this stage has probably saved you a heap of trouble in the future.

Ah bless you Sharon. I'm glad the people pelted the King with mud in Valencia! All being said glad you got some rain.

Hi Sharon and Andy. Love your channel. My house is built on Limestone and fossilized sea bed..At only 4 mtrs above sea level. So we do not put cement in the sinkholes..instead plant trees..about 15 of them. Import good soil coral the water into natural drainage routes and limit the amount of cement. Did the terrain influence your buying the Finca?

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Gladly you found it with the leaks 😊 the water is good for the land let's hope it's stays like this and not a flood.

Valencia looked like a war zone 😱😱🥺🥺 Glad you found the leaking tiles Progress outside is making it look beautiful 👏👏👏👍

The EU is to blame for the flooding getting countries to demolish dams ect to open rivers back up Spain has got rid of 133 dams in the last 12 months

When Sam goes back to see her mother, do you write a list of british things you want her to pick up. Baked Beans maybe, pickled eels, cornish pasty, haggis etc etc

What will the chickens need in terms of warmth in the winter?

It’s probably difficult to do now, but you might try cutting a drip edge on the bottom side of those tiles. It’ll prevent the water from traveling back up under them.

Welcome back Sharon. It’s a strange blessing to find the leaks now instead of further down the track when all the lime wash has been done. That exterior wall looks better and better.

We cannot even imagine how devastating the destruction is - praying for everyone who suffered loss🙏

The Same Sith you, allways Stone Walls and this for years

That sounds like it was quite challenging - on a ladder, at night, in the pouring rain! Glad you found the problem, though and were able to fix it. Here’s to staying warm and dry in that room this winter!

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Glad to hear that you missed torrential downpours in your area of Spain !!

Andy please consider NOT climbing up ladders when you are alone. It's too easy to fall off.

Did you get any rain to save?

I am so sad for the Spanish people affected by so much loss, including lives. I send love from California.

We are up in Valencia, Andy. Thankfully our side of the city wasn’t very affected, but what has happened south of the city and in other parts of the province is horrendous. The scale is enormous. To make matters worse the Valencian President (Mazón) has been completely inept. We have been walking hours to the south to help clear mud and give out food, water and supplies. We have been channeling the Finca Life work ethic and just cracking on ❤️ Love to you both

We used to use chicken wire as support where lime mortar or plaster doesn’t stick well. Not sure if this would have worked here in your case! Great work! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

My heart goes out to the people in Valencia, God, just devastating to see it on the news, just horrific. Pleased you’re all ok there, really puts things into perspective. On a more positive note, great progress Andy..I don’t envy the ceiling work. When we moved in here we had a big bulge in the kitchen ceiling from a leaking pipe. I had to cut a 3 foot square out and plasterboard it and skim it..that was five years ago and my shoulders are still aching 😔😐

I like the pipe idea for the light, as someone else mentioned, it has a bit of a steampunk vibe to it 👍…amazing that the leaky roof has cut channels into the plaster..would’ve started building stalagmites eventually lol 😂…great that the bigger channel seems to have solved it..but mad that someone built it with a roof sloping into the wall in the first place 😐😆

I know I’ve said it before but hats off to you both on your work ethic and dedication to your home..that looked a pig of a job but another massive job ticked off the list and another step closer..great stuff both of you 👏🏼

Careful Andy, don’t start the old penetrating fluid debate, everyone has got an opinion on it ha ha!..I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything so debated on bike forums etc 😂 my personal favourite though is Plusgas, but I’ve heard great things about ‘Freeway’ too..they use it in aviation I believe. As I say, everyone is allowed their favourite. I must get round to trying the atf mix though, I’ve not given that a go but have seen it used on UA-cam to free up seized pistons so there must be something to it 👍…floor is going great by the way, nice to see a bit of experimentation to find the best solution 👏🏼👍

Interesting video guys and it sounds an absolute minefield. Portugal seems nuts too. From what I’ve heard, properties in Portugal are often split equally between family when someone passes away. I heard of a couple who bought a property, finally got to moving date - and when they arrived, there was someone sat in their living room. Turned out they’d unknowingly bought the house and land with the exception of the sitting room!..that had belonged to a different family member, so they had no alternative obviously other than to buy him out. Crazy eh? 😯…can I ask one quick question please?..if you bought an already established home, with habitation certificate etc..just a bog standard house - can you work on that yourself?..I mean, could you fit a new kitchen/bathroom etc?…or would you need town hall permission and have a registered builder do the work?…really informative that, well done for giving people a heads up! 👏🏼

Great work guys, the roof line looks so much better. Interesting to see the plan too, I’m wondering if it was council built 😂..all the angles and banana walls adds to the fun. Our house was built in 1933 and I thought that was bad enough!..hope Sharon had an amazing birthday too 😀👍

Great job.

Probably with your ground being so dry, it was a blessing that the water had a place to soak into and not cause flooding for your property. We are in a very dry spell right now here in the southern New Jersey in the USA, too much dry or wet cause issues no matter how you look at it. We are having trees go on fire in residential areas because it’s so dry. Also lots of brush fires and no rain in sight.

The prep work you do is boring but essential - it all leads to progress