Facade Grind: Progress Update Before Our Departure. Ep: 49 of our Italian house renovation
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Welcome to the forty-ninth episode in the series of Villa Aroldi - An Italian House Restoration.
Join us for an exciting update as we put in the hard work on the stables' facade, determined to push forward with our renovation journey. Despite our dedication to the grind, we must bid a temporary farewell as we embark on a journey to Sweden. Watch as we make significant strides in revitalizing the stables' exterior before our departure. Don't miss this bittersweet chapter in our renovation saga as we balance progress with the reality of our temporary absence. Stay tuned for an update on our journey ahead! ✈️
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What a sweet little neighbor ❤ so sorry that the window situation is not resolved yet. Bon voyage to Sweden 🇸🇪
Yes, she is the best!
Thank you, we will make the best of it
I've really missed you guys! Being English, I really appreciate your dry sarcasm, you are hilarious!
Bloody annoying that the window saga is STILL not resolved, what a pain in the arse for you!
Haha thank you!
Yes the story that never ends, hopefully we will have some news in the end of may 🙏🏼
Italian bureaucracy is the definition of hell.
My grandpa sued the neighbor for removing a little bridge that united the house to the road. WELL … in the end grandpa won but it took 10 years! Insane.
Good luck, you will need loads of patience.
@@mamig3216 Wow that sounds insane! Luckily they have changed the judicial system to make it faster these days, at least for smaller cases such as this.
@@VillaAroldi great to hear that things are improving, although since I live abroad I’m glad I don’t need to deal all that much with the mess that is Italian bureaucracy 😅
Just love your sense of humour, and dedication to those jobs where time goes awry, like when you start you think it won’t be too bad, then as you progress, time stands still and you think you’ll never finish then the finish does come and, after a while, you think, well, that wasn’t too bad.
Haha so true!
you guys are so funny!!😂😂😂😂 ....LUV your funny fire dialogue.....so good to see you both again🙏🙏💪💯
Thank you for watching!
Thank you for the update. Your neighbor never fails to deliver, so lucky.
Yes she is so sweet!
Loving your videos and your commentary! Watching from New Zealand.
@@brian40115 Thank you for watching and glad you like it!
We missed your videos, great see you again! A short note: the reason why the fires are banned in winter is not for safety but for environmental reasons as in that time of the year the smoke usually stays in the atmosphere much longer and there is less „green“ on the trees etc. to process the fumes (sorry, I am not a native speaker, hope that makes sense ... 😉)
Thank you!
Yes my neighbour told me the same, I just find it funny anyway, large uncontrolled fires in the summer must be worse than trapping a bit of smoke in the atmosphere 🤷🏽♂️
@@VillaAroldi well, it seems like it’s not so much the smoke but the released CO2 that nature can’t handle well in winter 🤷♀️ I only got aware of that as we have strikter speed limits in Austria in winter than in summer on some highways for the same reason. But honestly, not sure about that whole CO2 narrative all together …
@@HannahMariaWhiteLight I really cant say, I wonder how much difference the co2 for a car is when doing 90 compared to 120, cant be much difference. I think they should look into all the cargo ships instead, that's the real problem.
Awesome job on the brickwork. You mentioned re-pointing between the bricks, so it's my assumption is that you will keep the bricks unplastered and unpainted. If so, there is a fantastic product I used when I renovated my 200-year-old stone village house on Naxos Island in Greece. After months of removing old cement plaster, cleaning each rock, removing all the sand packing between the rocks, and re-pointing, I needed to prevent rainwater ingress into the rocks / pointing and protect the building. The product I used is Sikagard -700 S - a one-part water-repellent impregnation for absorbent cementitious substrates. It penetrates well into the open pores of the substrate, providing durable water repellency, while still allowing water vapour diffusion in both directions. Sikagard -700 S complies with the requirements of EN 1504-2 for hydrophobic Impregnation (penetration depth class I). Sikagard -700 S is used as a water-repellent and colourless protective surface treatment on absorbent exposed materials such as concrete, cementitious rendering, concrete tiles, fibre cement, brickwork (clay and lime sand, non-vitrified), and natural stone. Sikagard -700 S can also be used as a hydrophobic primer under solvent-based or emulsion protective coating. And no, I don't work for the company, it's just that the product is fantastic, the stone colour did not change, the product is super matt (not a varnish finish) and it works really well - 7 years now and my walls still repel water and look great. Happy renovating 🙂
Thank you! I have been reading up a bit and Sikagard seems to be just what we need and we will absolutely use it!
When you are away from the house, I'm sure you have it well monitored to keep it secure. Building construction sites are often targets for theft and vandalism. There's so much of your own hard labor to protect!
Yes exactly, unfortunateley we have already had a break in 😩
@@VillaAroldi I'm sorry to hear that. I hope nothing was damaged and that nothing expensive was taken.
@@Bobrogers99 nothing that’s not replaceable, but we did lose a few things of sentimental value with no real value which was unfortunate.
So nice to see you back. Sorry for all the window problems. Safe journey.
Thank you for watching!
The facade looks great!
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Thank you! 🙏🏼
Wow, shocked that your window ordeal hasn't been resolved yet. Best of luck with that.
Yes, fingers crossed we have some good news soon!
Trabalho maravilhoso de restauração. Parabéns e sucesso ❤❤❤
Thank you for watching!
Mate. Love your humour - keep it up 👍🏿
Thanks, ill do my best 😂
What a great job it's not easy
Thank you!🙏🏼
Welcome back! I do love your deadpan sense of humor.
I was hoping you might start work on the pool this spring but I guess you we hoping that too originally.
So were we! Unfortunately the pool is hopefully next year, we have no schedule at all anymore 🤷🏽♂️
Good to see you back at it. good luck
Thank you!
Sono così felice di rivederti, pensavo che ti fossi arreso dopo tutte le difficoltà della finestra.
Ho letto dove un elefante si mangia un boccone alla volta, quindi mastica bene e abbraccia Anna!
Haha, that is a great saying!
No we will not give up, it will just take some extra time, the house will for sure be finished eventually!
Thank you for watching!
Your vlogs are very entertaining 🤣🤣🤣
Glad you like them and thank you for watching!
Soooo sorry for this delay!! I had a Bad feeling about the window company a long time ago as they didn’t seem to care about how their lapse in service and delivery was affecting your project!!
I certainly hope you are able to not only get your windows , or if not, then get your money reimbursed With Interest, because of the costs in the waiting and how these delays affected your timeline! This company has cost you not only time but money in your project management!!! But!! I don’t know how it works in Italy and you both seem so Positive, kind and patient, that I know you’re going to be grateful to have the money returned, just so you can proceed with this restoration!!😅 It is a terrible situation for you and Anna to have to deal with this as you have made much progress in a short time and then were really on a roll until the reality of this company’s unethical business practices!! Enjoy your time away and we all will be waiting, I’m sure!! 😮 😂
Thank you for your very kind words!
Yes we have been fairly patient but that’s over now 😂 we just hope to have this resolved as quickly as possible so that we can continue!
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I love your dry humor! "Arsonist wife."
Haha!
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Great humor. I know it takes a lot to add the little touches to a video! Also loved seeing your 90-year-old neighbor . . . and the well-behaved dogs!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi I work in the province of chieti, and we do restorations, and if we have to remove the render and then jet wash the wall's, then we remove the cement between the bricks with 3 cutting disc's on a grinder, and when pointed wire brush it off before it gets too dry, hope this helps all the best 👍
Thank you 🙏🏼 those are some great advice! Whenever I jet wash though it cuts really deep holes in the pointing which concerns me as it will weaken the building 🤷🏽♂️
On some parts of the wall's that we do we get deep holes, but when you do the pointing you push it in, and all will be fine, when we do it we don't have any problems, and the grinding does take along time and is boring but worth it 👍
@@davidrollason3315 Thanks that's great to know!
What a beautiful country you live in and your home is going to be gorgeous...
Thank you 🙏🏼 we are very fortunate
Venga chicos , espero que se resuelva pronto el problema. Estaré esperado ansiosa volver a veros 💪🏻💪🏻
Thank you! So do we 🙏🏼
The window situation must be a real frustration. But the facade is cleaning up nicely and progress on the bathrooms is nice to see!
Yes it really is! We are trying to get work done where it's possible.
Thank you for watching!
The asphalt disks are usually used in the automotive industry. They help to remove paint while insuring that the metal structure underneath doesn't get damaged.
Thank you, I didn't know that!
Great to see you two again.
Thank you for watching!
Your intro! I couldn’t stop laughing. Thanks for the giggle Man with a Grinder but not in Grinder 😂🤣😅
Haha, Glad you enjoyed it!
Henrik I think in a previous life you were a stand up comedian 😁looking forward to your return plus getting window issues sorted hope you and Anna have a great break 🤞🏽
Haha!
Yes, so far we are having an amazing time! Hopefully we will be back soon with new windows!
Merci et à bientôt 🙂♥️🇧🇪
Thank you for watching!
Great work on the facade and the bathrooms! Have fun in Stockholm -- a place my husband and I loved visiting -- and I'll catch you whenever you return.
Thank you and thank you for watching!
What a tedious job that brickwork must be. I hope its not too long before your window situation gets sorted.
Yes fingers crossed! Thank you for watching
Nice to see you again! Hope the window situation is ending soon. Have a nice trip to Sweeden❤️
We hope so too!
End of may we will have some news 🙏🏼
A Very humorous video!
Thank you, glad you liked it!
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Thank you for watching!
It'll be quicker to remove the pointing if you use a circular saw set to the appropriate depth. With a dust extractor attached to make it easier to see what you're doing. Then a grinder for the vertical joins.
Actually the pointing is not that bad, cleaning the bricks themselves though 🤯
Been there, thank you.
Haha
Thank you for watching
Surely it would have been better and easier to sandblast the brickwork if that service is available.👍
Im sure it's much easier, the problem is I need scaffolding around the whole house for the whole process.
Are you using a lime render for pointing instead of cement so your bricks can breathe?
What's the status on your window supplier? ❤️🙏
Yes absolutely!
Ill do an update soon for you guys!
You might consider getting a tile/stone DIAMOND GRIT DISC FOR YOUR 4" ANGLE GRINDER
Thank you, I’ll look into it!
I made a little yell when I saw there was a new video from you!
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Thank you for watching!!
Ich mag Häuser mit "Gesicht".
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May I suggest you hire a external sandblaster machine easy and quick
Well, that was an idea, I need a scaffolding on the whole stables for that and tenting them costs an arm and a leg 😝
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Yes, doggos are life
Pozdrawiam serdecznie.
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Hi....we could do with a update😊😊😊
Hi
Yes, I will release something soon, there just hasn't been much to update you guys on, but I will post something very soon!
Piano, piano. 😉 Italians used to build houses to last hundreds of years, why would you expect a remodel to the 21rst century to go fast? 🤣
Haha true 😂
I would like to enjoy the house in this life time though 😝
I was always told that the bricks have a fired finish that is important... if you grind or sandblast off the fired finish,the bricks will be prone to erosion. Often, old brick structures have fired bricks on the exterior finish and non-fired bricks on the interior of the wall. I hope you are not compromising the brick facade.❤
You might be right, I think I can save them with a water repellent though, if not then we will have to put a new facade plaster on, but I hope we don't have to!
Middle aged man on Grindr haha...a new vlog series maybe??
Haha, I might be on to something 😂 i think ill stick to renovation 🤷🏽♂️
Like.
Thanks for the visit!
You're such a tease. You talked about not having a front door/window on the stables, and your transition was "one week later." I wonder if you'll get a door this year.
Yes, we have no idea at this point, hopefully it will be resolved soon so that we don’t have to live in that darkness anymore
Also be careful with the cement dust it’s toxic for your lungs
Yes, thank you 🙏🏼
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Thank you for watching!
ya know, i'm thinkin that the digging in marks on the brick are quite nice....this marking, appearing consistantly, across the entire facade could look very nice and integrate easily with the other existing textures present on the brick and mortar....a possible artistic accident!🤔😀
Haha yes, I don’t mind some marks here and there as long as it’s not a pattern, they can all be a bit wonky I don’t mind that at all
Can't you make a simple latch for the bathroom window and seal it? Make it work for a while, doesn't have to be a permanent fix, just a fix to get you through so you can carry on.
Yes that would probably work but we might ruin a lot of work once the new windows go in so we rather wait a bit.
My observation of living in Italy is that you just can't buck bureaucracy! I'm so sorry your windows are such a hold-up (in more ways than one!).
@diannacatesdunn the vendor took his money to pay his taxes. You can’t make this stuff up.
Haha you really can’t!
Well this one time it’s not bureaucracy, it’s just a bad vendor. Ok, the time spent in court is a bit of frustrating Italian bureaucracy but then again not too bad with just a few months/half a year
It is the court delays that I was referencing in my initial comment....but then, patience has never been my strong suite!
Where does your stormwater runoff from your roof go ?
It’s supposed to go into drain pipes, but we need new ones so it’s total chaos!
Здравствуйте. Так , долго вас не видели😊! Думали, что , уже, канал забросили.
Slow and steady. It's best to subscribe to a few of these channels at a time. Even then, you might only get to see 1 new video per month and a few shorts here and there.
We are still around, I just can’t make videos without any new content , channel will not be abandoned! I am doing this until it’s all finished, don’t worry!
Hello are you giving up youtube? did you recover your money from the window guy?
Hi
No not at all, just delays etc. Ill release a video updating everyone soon!