Escape to a French Fishing Port - 2
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- The second of a series of videos about restoring a French townhouse and improving its energy performance.
Cold and grey late autumnal weather has come to Brittany, and we have had to change our plans.
Our programme of work to the house, is part of the widespread and radical changes that the whole of humanity needs to make to address anthropogenic Climate Change. This video is not meant to be controversial, but you will not be able to understand the choices I am making in the refurbishment of my old house if you do not accept the conclusions of contemporary climate science. There is no longer any doubt that the planet is warming due to human emissions. This is not a controversial political statement, but simply scientific fact. And this issue is really urgent. We need to make big changes during the next decade if we are going to secure the future of humanity. But the video is intended to be hopeful and to show that there are solutions.
The company that put the limecrete on the walls of my house is Ici la Terre: icilaterre.bzh
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Piano Ballad - Final Cut Pro music
Easy Now - Melanie Bell from Epidemic Sound
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Great video I moved to France eight years ago my life in France is now the norm. My wife is French so I suppose it was a little simpler for me to make the move. I must say I am very happy here for many good reasons one being the French people. My home is triple A and is heated by the heat from the ground geothermic so no wood stove or other type of heating and it always a constant 21.5 degrees. The house is not very old and was designed by a French architect. I am very lucky well that's how I feel as the land on which the house stands was once the village orchard so some of the fruit trees in my back garden are very old. The whole garden is surrounded by a high stone wall which is around two hundred years old. So why do I watch Rogers videos well he re kindled my love for sailing and as a result I am now the proud owner of a small Catboat which I am refitting in my large barn. I am also a member of a sailing club in La Rochelle a 25 minute drive from my home. What we all have in common at the club is the love of sailing not racing going to the nearby rivers and islands around the coast to camp picnic and meet with other clubs, absolutely idyllic.
Very interesting. The techniques for creating a modern low energy house are very different from those required to upgrade an old one, and that is the point of this series of videos. In what part of France is your house?
Hi . As with other comments I to am happily retired and married to a French wife. I am Australian and we spend six months in France in a beautiful village south of Toulouse. Your comments about the market place and coffee are so true. I have been taken in by the french people. My obligation now is to polish up on my french.
The other six months we enjoy the spring and summer in Australia.
I confess I have a " plastic" Hunter 17ft skiff but will have to do something about a wooden boat for France. Cheers.
Hi . As with other comments I to am happily retired and married to a French wife. I am Australian and we spend six months in France in a beautiful village south of Toulouse. Your comments about the market place and coffee are so true. I have been taken in by the french people. My obligation now is to polish up on my french.
The other six months we enjoy the spring and summer in Australia.
I confess I have a " plastic" Hunter 17ft skiff but will have to do something about a wooden boat for France. Cheers.
@@RogerRoving between Niort and La Rochelle 👍
What's is your electric bill per month?
As a radon specialist I learned something about older building construction! As a geologist I agree with you wholeheartedly about climate change. As a small boat sailor I love your videos!
You should be at COP38 rather than the vegetative Sunak!!!!
Rodger, I am so glad that you say what you say and make the content that you make, both the sailing and the home restoration. It is beautiful and clearly emanates from a wonderful person, so thank you for inviting us to see and be a small part of your life that you do so well, and clearly love.
Those that criticize your view or your desire to communicate your understanding of a subject to YOUR audience are so missing the point. And their comments suggest that they will never see differing points of view to their own, or give other people a basic respect to voice an opinion, so they clearly only watch material that gives them an opportunity to voice their opinion that you have no right to voice yours. That the fact that you allow them that right to comment, and then you take the time to reply with such courteously, is irony clearly lost on some.
Please, don't stop trying to make our world a better, safer, kinder place. We need many more like you.
Thank you for saying that, Jonathan
So refreshing to hear someone who understands the concept of Mean Radiant Temperature and in essence understands human comfort within a building. Looking forward to more of this series.
Thoroughly enjoyed these two videos on the house. Marvellous work and thankyou for sharing this with us.
Fabulous stuff Roger. Thanks for making the time and effort to share and educate us both on land and the water. Best
Mr. Barnes, addressing the global warming in an existing home, with an eco friendly solution has my respect. I moved from a big house on 3.5 acres, to a little house on one quarter acre, 520.26 square meters to 120.77 square meters. This result was piles of extra stuff, some given away, some thrown away and some piled into store rooms…sheesh. My electric bill went down from $1,000/month to $60/month. I cannot imagine moving my home, away from my grown kids and grandkids, across an ocean, to France. I continue to enjoy your sailing adventures. Thanks for sharing and much respect, Sir…from east Tennessee.
Climate change isn't a scam.
There's climate change and always will be.
But global warming? It's not obvious.
Excellent..informative and relaxing to watch the daily life of Douarnanez. Thank you Roger.
What a treat to see this video. I'm hoping to see a part 3 and more !!
A man from Shetland told me that fishermen there noticed almost 50 years ago they were catching fish they had never experienced that far north before. Climate change is very real and has been going on for a long time. Well done Roger to you and your team for the innovative work that you are doing.
Best wishes from North East Scotland.
I remember catching semi tropical species in northern Atlantic waters in 1972.
The older fishermen were able to name them and said that it happened some years.
Interesting, informative with a little romance and whimsy to end. Excellent keep them coming and good sailing when you get a chance
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I very much enjoy following your adventures in Brittany Roger. I was in a quandary as the brexit cutoff approached and eventually made the decision to return to the UK (N. Wales) as my children and grandchildren are there and I felt the separation would be difficult, especially considering the 90 day rule and pensions, healthcare etc. I traded down to a much smaller house due to the ridiculous inflated Welsh property market (I’d also sold my sailing boat). I appreciate your stance on the realities of climate change and it’s scientific evidence base. I wish more people would speak out and do what they can to ameliorate the problem/crisis. I feel a smaller manageable sailing boat may be something I’ll need in my life soon. I’ve restored a number of old houses including an cruck built stone cottage in Wales which I used lime-based mortar and render. I also spent some time restoring a stone farmhouse near Landivisiau (Finistère) belonging to a friend
Thank you for another great video Roger. We have an old house in Brittany that we will be renovating soon. We'll also need to insulate internally and have been concerned about the lack of breathablility of modern insulation techniques, so you sharing your experience is very valuable. Thanks for including the link to the company you're using. It sadens me that any discussion of climate change is immediately so volatile. As you eloquently explain in the video and in the comments, it's not a matter of belief or politics but simply a fact that is supported by overwhelming scientific evidence. Thanks for having the courage of your convictions and making yourself a temporary lightning rod of sorts for dissenting opinions. Bon courage!
I enjoyed your video very much. Looks like you are very committed to the cause. Nice to see the ocean as well. And good song choice. Thanks.
More videos please Roger, spur of the moment stuff, going shopping in the car, waking round town, chatting to people, little interviews, anecdotes & asides, being in coffee bars, restaurants, getting supplies, paying bills etc....doesn't have to be about dinghies or architecture; your daily life in France is fascinating & colourful for all of us stuck here in the UK!
Thank you for your clear words, Roger, and for your effords to show, that tradition and the struggle against clima change can go together. Unfortunately here in Germany, the direction is, that all old buildings are seen as sinful energy wasters, and the new buildings are plastic bags to fulfill energetic demands without thinking of the people that have to live in them. I appreciate your way to preserve the old (saves also energy and resources) and to do the best to save the clima.
Well said
Roger, I enjoy all of your videos: sailing, history, different places, the restoration of your new to you home, your expressed reasons for how you are making decisions on how to restore your home, and your gracious replies to those angered by your statements about Climate Change. I read almost all of the comments. Frankly, the angry arguments by some is upsetting to me. Your vlog usually leaves me feeling relaxed and peaceful. This “discussion” did not. My opinion is that you have the right to say/do what you want on your vlog. People who disagree and are not open to discussing it, should let it go or stop viewing what upsets them. Keep being true to yourself. Do not be discouraged. Your contributions are valuable. This is your platform. I applaud you, sir.
Really interesting. As another WARP holder I recognise your reasons for making the move. Our house is also old, but was already 'renovated' when we bought. So we're slowly undoing and correcting some elements, but not sure we have the energy to rip out all the interior plasterboard and insulation to start the interiors again. Interesting to see how easily you drill holes in your stone. Where we are it's mainly flint, blunts drills in seconds! Have to be quite ingenious to fix things to the stone work.
The stone is granite, so I had to borrow a professional drill to do it. Even so, I still blunted a number of bits!
@@RogerRoving The good BOSCH hammer drills everything :-)
Thanks for another life lesson. Well said and thoughtfully presented. Every little bit helps.
Thankyouroger for a very interesting video again ,i do enjoy seeing your house progress as much as the sailing.they really do go side by side .fascinating to here the details about how to insulate an old building and keeping its integrity .very much look forward to the next updates .best wishes robert.
Best wishes for completing your home, I'm sure it will be warm and cozy and not rot! Thank you for showing Tres Hombres, we saw them when they came to Grenada to get chocolate, and I'm glad they are still at it, the wind is free!
I watch all your videos with content interest.
As an engineer, I understand the whole concept.
Governments make noises about what they intent to do, but it never comes to fruition.
We put cost and speed above all else when tackling any project, not just housing.
There are so many ago old proven methods and materials but we seem to refuse to embrace them and put things in place that work and have a sustainable future.
We only seem to be interested in today.
The power generation infrastructure in the UK of which I am a part, is one such.
The CEGB was concerned with the security of supply for this country, that has all gone. We are supplied by many many smaller companies, some of whom are only interested in short term profit, they are short life generators, such as wind turbines.
Congratulations and well done, fully understand everything you are trying to achieve.... Good luck I hope even in the darkest of Novembers you still feel comfortable . I jumped a bit further 14 years ago to Thailand and have been renovating a traditional Thai wooden house for all the challenges you have said..... 44C today which gives a different aspect, however we survive and adapt, and life is so much better.
Charles's explanation of the tech. he's using is brilliant. Truly excellent-thank you Roger.
Your videos are always informative and entertaining Roger. Thank you.
Impressionnant à voir cette machine qui projette le mélange chaux chanvre sur tes mûrs, chez moi c'est un petit artisan qui avait fait manuellement , je suis très content du résultat, bon courage pour la suite des travaux 👍
Cette machine s'appelle Dollars Ex Machina, n'est-ce pas?
Excellent video, great content.Thank you so much
I agree wholeheartedly that climate change is the most important issue of our time. It has informed my decision to work as a builder using straw, clay, lime, and timber for the last couple of decades in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. I really appreciate the care and quality of work you are doing to upgrade your home in Brittany.
I will however disagree that lime is carbon-neutral. You are correct that lime absorbs CO2 when it carbonates. However, it only absorbs the CO2 that was driven off from the limestone when it is burned. All the emissions from extraction, transportation, and manufacture are left in the atmosphere.
In part because of your channel and book, I have added a small sail-and-oar dory to my collection of kayaks and canoes. My first weekend overnight was excellent and I'm looking forward to longer explorations of the Salish Sea.
Roger, your house is coming along nicely since you walked me through it little over a year ago. It is a lot of work now but your a trail blazer with this project. Future generations of owners will certainly be grateful that it was done with a changing world in mind. Because of climate change their lives will certainly be profoundly different than ours. I wish I could say that over here in the USA the residential and commercial building industries are forging new paths in ecologically friendly structures. Unfortunately construction methods remain archaic and relatively unchanged from a generation ago. Essentially, contemporary American houses are just collections of sticks supporting thinly insulated walls, inefficently cooled and heated with a variety of fuel sources ranging from natural gas to fuel oil. All lorded over by a roof covered in black asphalt shingles which insulate nothing in the winter and heats up the house tremendously in the summer which has to be counteracted by large air conditioning systems which drive up energy cost which.... You get the picture! One day it will all have to be either rebuilt or torn down and replaced.
just Wonderfull to watch, thanx
Merci Roger. That is one of the best videos I’ve seen for ages mate.
If you leave a comment claiming that anthropogenic Climate Change is a scam, I would be very grateful if you would also post a link to an authoritative source for your information. If you want to deny the evidence of contemporary science, it's only fair!
No. It's not Climate Change that is the scam. The scam is in how it's being used. The California Gold Rush was real. There was gold. But lots of scammers conned a lot of people out of their little money over it. And it was the storekeepers and saloon owners who made money.
not really Roger...the burden of proof is on the person claiming something. modern science is run by grants...and because of the push by the agenda 2030. consensus is not science it is politics...love your sailing tho...love your channel...be even better if non sailing topics left elsewhere please.
youtube.com/@ClimateRealism?feature=shared
Hi Roger. I've heard a rumor that vineyards of the British Isles have come and gone and returned over the centuries due to climatic episodes such as the little ice age. I don't deny the earth warms and cools, I just don't think unelected bureaucrats should be promoting social programs or complete surveillance to "stop" it.
Look into the vineyards and wineries and economic effects felt in the past 500-1,000 years in the British Isles and Europe. It's worth revisiting our history, as our Fore Fathers gave their lives for the Freedoms we have today.
By the way, when a cow tugs at healthy grass, the grass sends down deeper roots. When a cow steps, it disturbs the soil revealing more seedlings and when a ruminant animal poops and pees, it fertilizes the earth. Building topsoil, lush pasture and the most nutrient dense food on the planet. Sun, rain and rotational grazing.
Call out the bs when you see. If the bs won't grow grass, then it probably won't grow healthy and morally straight humans.
Cheers.
You wouldn't accept the sources. That's the game you play
I love this new series a lot. It resembles Grand Designs, but in more intimate and detailed manner which is great. Can't wait to watch the next episode.
Thanks very much for this inspiring climate-friendly approach to insulating an older house. Greatly appreciate the breatheability aspect as that's one of the features of the house I am living in that traditional insulation precludes.
We have enjoyed all of your dinghy cruising youtube episodes. These two episodes about renovating your French house are particularly interesting. We'd love to see more. Design and tech details much appreciated. Harry Adams
Hi Roger! Fellow architect and sailor here. Thanks a lot for your videos, I really enjoy the slow rythme (compared to contemporary equivalents), the informed thoughts you share and of course the sailing aspect of it! I'm trying to wrap my head around thermal efficiency of buildings and as you know, it gets very complicated very fast! Are you familiar with the work of Kiel Moe? I'm dramatically simplifying his work but, from what I understand, this american architect postulates - and proves- that in most cases, across the life span of buildings, the carbon cost of the materials used to waterproof and insulate buildings is far greater than the cost of heating buildings less well insulated (but better ventilated). It seems that it's all a matter of how you define the reference for your carbon calculation, i.e. do you just consider the finish building or do you also include the carbon footprint of the material, transport for that material, cost of recycling it, etc. Definitely worst investigating. Cheers
The issue of embodied energy is a big one, yes, and research is still being done into it. All we can do at present is to try to use materials that are as local as possible, and use the minimum of energy in their production. The lime and hemp used for the 'hempcrete' on my walls are both produced in France.
Hi! I came across this looking into insulating part of my dad's Victorian house. Basically, a lot of houses in the US are built using sprayed PU foam to insulate/airtight the building. It is cheap to do and means that you don't have to pay so much attention to the construction- pipe work and electrics are often installed before foaming. PU foam is an environmental disaster. Production emits more CO2 than it saves and it can't be recycled or reused. Due to the fire retardants it can't even be used as fuel in a waste to energy plant.
Hoping all is well with you Roger. I love your videos and have missed them.
Thank you for making the video, it was a pleasure watching
Of course you are quite correct about climate change. Fascinating to see the work you are doing on your house and glad to see you are getting down to the quay as well! I had really interesting tour of many Brittany ports last September when I visited a French friend in Paimpol
What a beautiful place to live. I know your house will be awesome. We live in a 1927 house, we love it!
Very informative. More hemp to the people.
Astonishing. Well done 👍
Reggaeton!
Love it 🥰
Congratulations Roger! France is the biggest hemp producer in Europe. Many people are using chenovette...hemp fibers , mixture with lime.
Thanks, Roger. You're answering lots of the questions I have regarding hemp and solidifying agents. Good point regarding the services conduits around the rooms.
That's so interesting especially the detail about how to heat your room. Thanks so much for publishing your project
There will be more on heating...
Very interesting, Roger. Please keep us informed on your house!
Will do!
Very interesting Roger, I watched part one and this one this evening. I am building a new timber framed house in the UK and so everything is essentially in a plastic bag with an MVHR system. My hands are tied by building control, so hopefully it is a good system for my house. I also work on older houses, so I value your insights into the different approach for older buildings.
Thank you Roger for your video's! They are so beautiful! Congratulations on your move to France! All the best into the new year!!
Thankyou Roger we are missing you and part 3. Please let us know how your refurbishment is going
Wonderful. I love boats and France. I have twice taken yachts from Le Havre through Paris and via the canals to southern France. Beautiful experience
Yes. the inland waterways are lovely.
Terrific work on the house. Many do not understand that materials selection is not simply a choice to do one thing in place of another. What you are doing takes a commitment level which needs constant reinforcement. Your way is different than what “most people” are doing. That difference, is enough to keep them from making the choices that are honorable. I liken it to the choice of a disposable plastic water bottle over a reusable one. PS will come set tile or stone for you if needed in trade for a few days sailing.
Very interesting project.
Maybe even more interesting than your sailing videos.
I hope you will let us follow your building project until finished.
Talking about sailing ships, today I saw the Swedish navy traning ship “Gladan” anchored off the port of Morgan, Gran Canaria.
Each year they go on a long voyage with navy cadets.
Supper interesting, thanks for making this. Look forward to seeing part III!
Good on you Rodger for sticking it out regarding climate change, I find the real reason behind people denying that we are contributing to global warming is that they don't want make any changes or compromises to their life style.
Thoughtful, commes toujours, merci/thanks!
Thanks for putting climate change front and center of your video, and not being cowed by the critical commenters.
Thank you. I did not really want to spark arguments about it, but it is interesting that my detractors still fail to produce an iota of authoritative evidence for their contrary views. The point is that you cannot understand the choices I am making in my house if you don’t see it as part of the fight against Climate Change.
Hi Roger, I've been enjoying your videos for the last few months and I hope you don't get discouraged from the comments from those who don't realize how critical climate change has become for us and the planet, the planet will survive.. Your videos are excellent encouragement for those like me who love dingy cruising. Good winds from Roberto and Sheila from Washington State
Hello Roger from rural Wales our friend Tony is staying with us who introduced your channel. Like you he is. Struggling post Brexit. As a former site manager I have learnt something about the use of clay which I had no knowledge.. He has 20 years plus in Spain but now can only stay 90 days. So ifyou want a guest I'm sure he would help you. As it is after the 90 days he either comes to Uk or north Africa.
Nice video Roger. I love France spent a while working there in the centre of the country and in Brittany. Due to Brexit that all came to an end sadly. I agree climate change is a problem. But the way its used by government and corporations as a cudgel to beat us all is becoming disgusting, banning combustion engine cars by 2030 or all home owners must have heat pumps installed etc etc….these laws rules etc only hit the hard working person in the wallet..and hit the poorest among us the worst. Emission zero power generation has been known to us for many decades, yet the green lobby has scuppered that totally before our current attitudes to climate change became more aware. Yes I’m talking about nuclear power. Until governments get their act together in providing zero emission power, the pathetic attempts by us individuals are worthless, yet our governments would rather use climate change as an excuse to tax us.
France has nearly 70% nuclear powered electricity. But yes, Green groups must stop opposing nuclear power as they did in Germany.
Thank you for the Wonderfull education, As well as being informative its very entertaining. Good luck with your future life in France.
Best regards
Stumpert
Thanks Roger. Looking forward to part 3.
It should be more exciting!
Le plus français des marins britanniques ! Il faut venir nous voir à "escale a Sète" en Avril 😊
I was astonished by your report that your first video in this set was met with disbelief in climate change. I have been involved with the formulation of policies to arrest climate change here in the state of Montana for years, and have of course run into my share of deniers. But as th of climate policyhare your environmental sensibilities. Thank you for the work you are doing on your house; it provides a great example of the importance of building energy conservation, which I think gets sort shrift in discussions of climate policy.
That's the internet for you, there are quite a lot of deniers about every facet of life and science. They used to sit around in the pub grumbling and talking about dog racing, now they are all experts on everything because they have been sucked in by amateur conspiracy theorists on UA-cam.
Another beautiful video and thank you for the discussion on climate change and sustainable construction.
So nice of you
Just received your book and I’m excited to start reading it. All my experience in sailing has been in 9 meter or larger boats but your videos have really inspired me and shown me a window into a simpler and more approachable sailing experience. Thank you
Thank you Jon
Thank you for posting that segment .
I'm a retired builder from the states Florida specifically .
For years now in all my masonry homes here I've used open cell spray foam on the trusses and drilling holes in a set pattern on the block walls and using spray foam on them that coupled with impact Insulated windows and exterior doors with 18 seer high efficiency cool and heating systems dramatically reduces power consumption by as much as 2/3's
In the UK and northern France we have a huge problem of very high humidity in the atmosphere, particularly in winter, and that is why one tries to avoid impermeable insulation materials in old buildings.
Great video Roger. Many thanks - Mat & Jo
Awesome video Roger. Thanks for enlightening us!
My pleasure!!
Love your videos for the sailing and travel log of your new coast. As a design-builder who's most interested in our local old housing stock, I'm especially enjoying this re-hab of your home. You're so right, the new net-zero design is important but it is our old housing stock that needs this type of attention if we're ever to stem the high energy requirements for the bulk of our housing.
Thank you. I aim to concentrate more on the effects of interventions in old building than the science of Climate Change, which I had not expected to be seen as controversial. It is however a necessary background to understand my choice of technology to improve the performance of my house.
Merci boucoup, Roger. I really enjoyed and learned a geeat deal about adapting buildings with natural materials. The footage of Tres hombres was wonderful. I would love to see some more videos on them. I am hoping to build a traditional timber frame home in a rather damp, seaside environment. It would be wonderful to grow some hemp for insulation.
There will be no need to save the planet - it will do this itself when time for this has come. Your ideas of insulating old buildings are great!
It is of course simply an expression, which really means something like "save the ability of the planet to support human civilisation as we know it".
Thanks for a very interesting video Roger.
We need to rediscover hemp in the UK.
…and mushrooms 😁
It's so strong and durable. I read somewhere that it was commercial pressure from producers of something else but I forget what,that got I banned. And of course a bit of a problem is that even though commercial industrial hemp is not trippy that doesn't stop occasional raids by ignorant druggies ,who damage and trespass at the least. But it would be good to be in use again.
Brilliant video Roger, hopefully one day I will pop over to France and look you up.
Happy New Year Rodger. Thanks for the videos. Many happy returns !
Nice one, keeping it real Roger! 👏
Thank you for doing what you can as an individual about combatting climate change. As a society we now have the technical ability to combat it on a macro scale before it's too late. We need install world wide high voltage direct current distribution electrical grids to transport electrical energy generated via renewable sources such as wind, solar, hydro, etc. long distances.
Delightful video. I'm totally in tune with your view on global warming. ( We saw 21°C one day last week in Narbonne !) I like the mode of insulation you've chosen. I suspect that the usual technique of clapping glasswool insulation onto walls of older French houses & covering with plasterboard creates problems, creating cavities for insects to live & thrive, perhaps humidity pockets etc. The hemp & lime solution looks to be much more sympathetic to an older style of construction. I believe horse-hair was originally used in plaster of older buildings? 🤔
So much potential in that house, Roger! Glad it went to someone who will improve it for the next hundred years and with an eye on it's environmental impact to boot. That's responsible home ownership!
Thank you. Sometimes it seems a little overwhelming though.
@@RogerRoving It absolutely can be overwhelming. I built my previous home from the ground up. Quite an experience and you learn so much in the process, in good ways as well as bad.
Thank you Roger!
Whilst I love your sailing videos, I was really fascinated by your previous video on restoring your house and I’m glad you’ve followed up with another. It’s great to hear the reasoning behind using traditional materials and I’m looking forward to future videos. Don’t be surprised about negative comments regarding your views on climate change, there’s a lot of people who are concerned about the misinformation from both sides of the argument and who have vested interests and so getting a balanced view that is unbiased isn’t always easy. I think I might have argued this with you before 🙄. None of us can hand on heart deny climate change so please keep on putting the message out in your videos.
I’m pretty shocked how deeply entrenched so many people are in their science-denying views. It’s like the Salem witch trials all over again!
Fascinating stuff, Roger, most educational..
I commend you for trying to reason with the unreasonable. Believe the science or not we are all in this together and we need to make changes, ideally before it is too late. Building regulations in Australia are far too lax and our buildings are shamefully inefficient, I hope that early adopters such as yourself can show us the way to do and be better.
I do hope so. I was trying to be optimistic, not antagonistic in this video!
Are we REALLY all in this together. I suspect some of us are in the big lifeboat and some of us are up that proverbial creek. Even if something is real doesnt stop it being used as a pretext for CONTROL. And some people like being in control.
Delighted to get the latest building up dates. 😃
Great, thanks
Well done Roger. Watch out for the pitchforks.
Awesome, merci. You answered my previous questions and I learned something new. Most interesting and informative on the use of Hemp and Lime. Hemp should certainly be widely produced for its many uses, which have nothing to do with its misguided reputation. (Of course the plant you used never even had a drug content)
Thanks also for the plain truth about climate change. From a lifetime of professional experience across several continents I add my conclusion in strong support of the unquestionable scientific facts.
Those who are duped by false denials have never seen the dreadful reality. I have sailed seas without fish or birds, heard the 'silent spring' in forests hunted empty of song, visited 'wildlife reserves' where no animal remains alive, seen barren wasteland from horizon to horizon where once rainforest grew, witnessed the dying of some of the planet's greatest rivers, and the stench of unspeakably poisoned rivers, passed through vast, 'dry season' floods, and 'monsoon' droughts, survived lands without rain or soil where nothing can ever grow upon the barren rock and hopeless people wait to die young.
At the same time, there are those of us working night and day in conjuction with the EU commission and hundreds of private agents, to reform and reinvent the entire, pan-european construction industry and facilitate the paradigm transformation essential to avert catastrophe.
In the midst of our battle for survival of all on this beautiful planet which we hold dear, your charming, tasteful, informative videos are always an oasis of peace and encouragement. Thank you so much.
That is such a wise comment. Thank you.
I'm not an architect, sailor or scientist.
However, the resources of our planet are finite and are being consumed ever more quickly.
I don't need science to tell me this is not sustainable indefinitely.
I do enjoy Roger's videos regardless of the subject 😊
All that military hardware being flung about in those current two conflict places in the world must represent a colossal waste of good mineral and metal resources,and if all that smoke isn't going up into the atmosphere then I don't understand climate change. But I expect it's all MY fault as usual. Carless me,sitting in the dark,with no heating on and wearing clothes I bought 20 years ago. Getting lectured about changing my wasteful profligate lifestyle by some rock star or hot lady in movies wearing a million dollar outfit ( on loan free from the designer) and with a huge limo out back to get strsight to the private jet.
Thank you for addressing climate change in your own home! love the channel.
Inspiring. Thanks for trying to be a good steward.
I try
Thanks, Roger!
Lovely, Roger.
Hi Roger, like what you are doing on the house, however, glad you included a bit of a sailing boat at the end. As a mining engineer know next to nothing about architecture but interesting stuff. Have booked to come over for the 18th July festival, staying near by. Not bringing Ajax this time but wife definitely! Hope to bump into you at least, have a beer/ wine or maybe get a sail at most! Cheers and keep up the great work. KR Nick.
I am loving this channel I have recently stumbled on, might I suggest to plug and screw those horizontal timbers to the wall, maybe a smaller drill bit is called, and dispense with the hammer...
Love your videos, we live in an old house in uk, though it is really a part of an old house that was divided up, and also has grown by extension.
It does seem, from what you say, that renovating to best effect always seems to involve a huge expense. I hope someone can come up with a way of improving insulation in houses that doesn’t cost a fortune nor create problems for down the line.
There are grants to insulate buildings in France, but not the way I'm doing it!
Thanks for explaining that, I always thought you were banished from the UK or something, some of my favorite content was there like the trip to Clovelly. Did Mary leave permanently as well? Climate change is hard to dispute these days, let the naysayers suffer and do what you have to do to prepare for it.
Great video as always! I had a question for you or any readers! If you were to capsize what should you do? And what precautions could you take to keep your dinghy afloat?
Many thanks again! 👍
Thanks for the update, especially about Tres Hombres! Nice to see someone, who still does hand drawn architectural sketches. "Smells like a barn" would be a nice slogan for the hemp insulation company!
You're very welcome!
Wonderful stated comments explaining the realities of climate change.
Brilliant video, Roger, and always learn something from you, whether sailing or architecture. On the question of climate change, I am not sure that we wicked humans are entirely to blame. Yes it is happening, but is it not part of a natural cycle of warming and cooling that has been happening for millenia? I do accept, though, that this time around the process is probably being speeded up by our carbon emissions and it makes sense, now that we have the technology and knowledge, to reduce these as much as we possibly can. But whether we are in total agreement on this or not, I am totally absorbed in the way you are restoring your house - both educational and fascinating and well explained. Thank you
Anthropogenic Climate Change is overlaid on top of natural processes. I think we can now take this as proven by contemporary science. Naturally the Earth would probably be heading for another glaciation.
Enjoyed this video, I live in a house with no insulation. It's block, fortunately I'm in,Florida. If I could afford it, I would try what you are doing, unfortunately I can't. My plan is to sell and move on to a sailboat. In my younger years I had a boat which I lived on while sailing around Florida. I did that for more than 20 years then I fell in to working to much. I've watched many of your videos and enjoyed them emencly. I also like your boat. I am also of the opinion that climate change is real. Thanks for all your content, keep up the good work.
I think that conserving natural resources and not polluting is the right thing to do.