Epic DIY Renovation: Moving Earth & Digging Trenches | Doing it Ourselves
Вставка
- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- This Easter weekend, we took on our Doing it ourselves renovation project with gusto! Armed with a digger and a dumper truck, we dived headfirst into the task. From digging trenches for pipes to creating a massive hole for a rainwater soakaway, we've been putting in the sweat and effort to transform our space. It's been exhausting, but every bit of hard work brings us closer to our renovation goals.
Join us on this journey of Doing it Ourselves as we share the highs and lows of our project. From the challenges we faced to the triumphs we celebrate, it's all part of the DIY adventure.
If you enjoy our content and want to support our channel, consider buying us a coffee! Your support goes a long way in helping us create more free content for you to enjoy. Click the link below to buy us a coffee and become a part of our DIY community!
[Buy Me a Coffee www.buymeacoffe...
Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more DIY tips, tricks, and adventures. Together, we can conquer any renovation project - one trench at a time! #DIYRenovation #DoingItOurselves #BuyMeACoffee
oooh I love the progress!!! Cheers
Thanks Laura. It was a big weekend for progress!
Progress not perfection! It is coming along nicely, just keep the picture the end result in your mind. I am so excited for you, you have both worked so hard. 💕🌸🐶
Thank you! Will do!
So interesting to see what and how you did this and why.Bravo Louisa tackling the dumper truck.You can graft Mark.An amazing job..and Rowan making food.A real family.Thoughf the onion planting a good idea.
Thanks 👍
Greetings from Indiana !! You need to pat each other on the back for a job well done! Though it looks like a lot more to do ... one day at a time! I think we all have on going projects to do being DIYers . Keep Calm and Carry On . Blessings Paula
Thank you Paula
I love your optimism 'it's all going to look lovely'! Have you noticed that the soil from the ground seems to double in size once you removed it? You had a very tight space to work in overall. When you get a grab truck to take away all the surplus material it will look so much bigger. You both have worked so hard to get to this stage. Well done both of you.
To think, one of the reasons we moved to Starre Corner is because Rowan wanted a garden - poor Poppet, we've wrecked it 🤣
You two deserve a medal for all your hard work & effort. Such a daunting challenge to take on !
Thank you. We just need to hold our nerve and finish the task in hand.
Now that's what I call teamwork!
Absolutely! 😁
Hi Louisa, I've heard that you can burn the old tree trunks from the inside, save the ash for your garden.. check with someone who has experience in this.. maybe an old farmer? Just a thought. Love your progress!
We like that idea. We will investigate further 😊
Il love Ur videos blogs what a good cook u are 👌🌻hi from Ireland and Luna my dog 🐶
Thank you Tom
It will be worth it, even more so because you've done it yourselves. Well done!
Hope your feeling better. 💐🌷
Love to Maple. ❤🐾
Thank you. I agree, the sense of achievement is immense.
This will be so nice even if you do half of what you want to do. I know I would be so excited to get rid of the rubbish to see progress. Something finished will be so nice. It would make me so happy to have a clear area. I hope Mark has success.
I feel reassured that it will all come together at once.
Oh goodness, I have that scarf. You are doing a marvellous job.
Thank you. It's a big job but we keep chipping away at it ☺
You have achieved so much. Love that little robin. I'm currently working on my allotment. Any digging and the robin appears from nowhere to fish out the worms. 🌼🌻🌼
Robins are such sweet little garden companions 😊
It’s all going to be gorgeous! We have been in our old house for 37 years and we are still working on her! ❤️
Old houses are never ending 😊 It will be nice to get to a point where it feels a bit more done. We will get there 😊
Make sure you slope the soil correctly. It should be higher by the house and not lower. Water will run towards the house if lower. Not good.
Don't worry, we know what we're doing 😊
Enjoyed watching your progress very much. It will all look lovely when you have finished I’m sure. Things just take time but are worth waiting for. X
Undertaking this renovation project has taught us the art of patience 😊
Lots of work that has helped make some progress. Looking forward to seeing what comes next. ❤
You and me both! 😊
Have you in your mind when the house and garden are going to be finished
No, it will be done when it's done. We are working as hard as we possibly can but we don't want to put ourselves under self imposed pressure
This is not a criticism but I am wondering why removal of all the broken piled up old parts around the perimeter were not removed first? It just looks like a lot in your way.
That is a question for Mark - he has his own way of working. It all makes sense to him,so I have to leave it to him. His brain works in a very different way to mine 🙃
@@elegantlyknackeredstyle makes sense. Thank you! 😊
@@ojluna All I need to focus on is that it all gets done eventually.
Please give us an update on the onions you planted, sounds like a great idea 🙂🤞
I will do 🙂
Well done to both of you. Such hard work and it is easy to not factor in how your energy levels will drop over the course of the project. Have been there with the dumper truck and the digger and know what it is like, especially when you are on a time limit with the equipment hire and at the mercy of the weather conditions. You must be so pleased to see the changes happening. Lottie x
Thanks Lottie. It's easy to forget we are not in our 20's anymore 🤣
Well done you two!
Thank you Eileen.
Well done, you’ve achieved such a lot!
Thank you 😊
Can you offer the waste fill to neighbors or a free sight to help reduce your costs for removal?just a thought
We have tried this. It sadly didn't generate any interest.
Another great video we too are going through the same process with an 1890s house in the country but in Perth Australia
I love you boots and am in desperate need of boots that just slip on and off, with out a fight 🤪what brand are they please?
Thank you. My boots are Muck boots. They are so warm and comfy. Can you get them in Australia?
I have an impression that you are making even bigger mess than before.Such a lot unnesesery rubbish everywhere.Don't buy more items for now.Just paint your kitchen wall temporary.Even for few month.Any color.Just for tidy and make more calm.
Love your hair and earings! You look great in this mess.
There's a phrase - things have to get worse before they can get better. I feel maybe you don't appreciate the vision we have and the project that we are undertaking.I am assuming you have never undertaken a large scale DIY renovation. I am sharing a realistic overview of renovation living - warts and all. The unnecessary rubbish as you call it is mostly reclaimed and salvaged materials which we have collected for the renovation. I don't believe you can see what a warm and cosy home we have created. even amid a renovation. Juggling renovation living with family life can be tricky but I think we have got the balance just right. The main thing is that my family feel.comfortable and that we are still getting on with the renovation task in hand.
Looks like you could have brought in bigger machines?
We had to take what was available to hire but yes, bigger machines would have been preferable.
It will be great when its all done@@elegantlyknackeredstyle
It will