Renovating a 500-year-old Cottage: SHOCKING NEWS! Log Grenades, Magnet Fishing, Carpentry & Stags!!!
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- We receive some devastating news about the cottage restoration. Scott goes magnet fishing. Katie Cooks: Tablet (a Scottish delicacy). Lee's Blu ray wall-case is finally finished and posted. We now have a pet deer; 'Brico' stays with us on a more permanent basis, and, as it is rutting season, the stags are back on the island. Scott also films some incredible drone footage above the island (including the deer).
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Get out the Claymore and go and have a wee chat with the gent who had that fart stuck in his brain of doing that poor cottage a disservice.
😂😂😂 and couldn't agree more
Thank you Scott and Katie for showing us week after week all your blood sweat and tears in renovations of the cottage it’s been wonderful thank you for your hard work and my wife and I are very thankful we have people like you who still care about our heritage
10 out of 10 Scott for the drone footage. WOW. Katie & Scott don't loose faith. Stay strong 💪🏻 don't let the ************ win 😤 we are all behind you. X
The shots of the deer should be printed and framed. They’re so beautiful! Thanks for everything that you share. Have a blessed week.😊
Lumberjack from Grimsby……brilliant
It’s beyond me why when 2 people want to do the right thing to a building,then someone wants to come in and basically vandalise a historic building…
You are breathing life back into it,and giving it a soul again…
Some have no idea of retaining history…
I’m totally on your side to restore it correctly
Don't give up Katie and Scott. I'm sure your sympathetic renovation and hard work to the cottage will be recognised. Beautiful drone footage of the island. 💗
Thank you for transporting me to Scotland. It is such a peaceful and beautiful place.
Pray for America. We have experienced so much devastation from the hurricane. It tears my heart out when I see how many are suffering.
Plus the fires on the West Coast!
Good Luck you both have put so much both physically and lots of times mentally into what you have achieved 😊 💗 ❤ Sending hugs and best wishes from Scarborough North Yorkshire I'm 85 yrs old widow just love you're video Take Care 💖
Cedars great for lining closets and making a blanket trunk.
I pray that everything will turn out all right. What you two are doing is really interesting. Don't give up .❤😊
I’m so sorry to hear of the news regarding the restoration of the cottage. After all the work and progress you two have made over the past year and a bit, it use be very disheartening. Wishing you luck with your attempts to carry on the way it should be done. Hopefully Historic Scotland and some of the other agencies can help in this endeavour.
Hello from a fellow Grimbarian, although I now live on the other side of Louth.
I have spent the last couple of weeks working through all of your videos, starting at No.1. Fascinating stuff. I spent four years (way back, in the mid 60's) living on a Hebridean island, so this is a wonderful way for me to relive some of my own experiences. I wish you all the very best with what is to come. Stay strong, don't lose heart.
There are days when it is okay to be discouraged, but this is NOT one of those days.
I feel totally gutted for you. All the research, love and hard work you have put into restoring this historic cottage over the last 12 months is so amazing and the thought that someone wants to hide it all beggars belief!!! My heart goes out to you. Let's hope they change their mind.😢
What a stunning start to the video 👏👏👏
What a beautiful landscape and the drone footage is gorgeous. I hope the issues with the cottage can be resolved. Take care.
Wow, that sunset literally took my breath away. And OMG, that stag bark literally scared the s**t out of me! A bit of warning in future please 😂I love the new stove. Exceptional arial shots and music. Wish I could help you. I'm just too far xx 🇦🇺❤xx Teresa
Lovely job on the shelving unit Scott! 😊
I would think thee heritage foundation and organizations are your best bet .. literally.Im in the US . That's who Id have a meeting with all of them together. Best to you both.
Love it already! ❤😊😊😊
Hope things work out for both of you about the Cottage ,on the beautiful island 😊
Incredible amount of HARD work done so far… hope all works out well xoxo
💕🙏💕 The Most relaxing videos I have seen. Thank you for sharing your lives. I will continue watching. Prayers for your safety chopping up those tree slabs into kindling. 💕🙏💕
Discussing your being treated like that stay strong i think the right people involved will help you a lot good luck I for one will still be watching ❤
I think it's time for Scot to get his scuba diving gear on 😂
That drone footage is outstanding
Katie, I saw you do something that made me freeze. As Scott was hitting the wedge, you were standing to the front of him. I know of horrible accidents where the hammer slipped out of the hands of the person wielding the force. It hit the person standing about where you were and killed them. Please don't do that anymore! 😬
I'm so sorry to hear your shocking news! That's awful. If there is anything I can do to further assist you, I'll be happy to do it.
My scots auntie in Arbroath used to make tablet, or heart attack in a pan as some call it! Wonderful stuff! Keep up your fight for the traditional, and any historial society must back you! ~ Bless you both!
Your news is heartbreaking but I’m sure you will find support from all those organisations you mentioned. Lots of love and hugs! Excellent drone shots-so mysterious! ❤❤
Everything will work out - your passion and dedication are not for nothing.
What devastating news! I hope you find a way to change their minds. With you in spirit through out the ‘ battle’. From Australia.
Horrendous news!😢. The heritage needs….must be retained.
I’m so sorry, I hope you find someone that can help save the cottage 😢
think the tool that came with the stove is for removing a hot ash can
Wow, what a shock! We look forward to your videos each Sunday after church! You both have worked yourselves to death to bring that cottage back to its original condition, not to mention trying to fix all the sloppy and frankly, ugly renovations that were done over the years. I know the water issues have been a nightmare. Hang in there Katie and Scott! From Northern California, you are in our prayers!❤🙏
Ditto from another Northern Californian who also watches the weekly videos right after church.... Why on earth would someone think that just covering up the damp spots would "restore" the cottage? It makes zero sense.
Goodness , shocked at your news…what utter folly ! I’m sure a solution will be found, just a shame that it adds to your workload & stress levels. Wishing you both the best & help & advice is quickly forthcoming x
From watching other magnet-fishers, I’m pretty sure you could get one with more “grip” for heavier/ stuck items
Why don’t you contact Core Conservation in Edinburgh, they could possibly help?
Perhaps you should don a wetsuit Scott, and investigate the metal treasure in the water!
The important thing at present is to remain positive and be considered in your thoughts and deeds. Until the chimney is fixed and flashed you will continue to have damp at that stove location, its priority No1. The gable wall will have a solution but it needs to have your planned input. Your stonemason should be able to provide you with his considered scope of work based on his long experience. Also request a written detailed scope of work from the builder who is to undertake the work, with these you can at least start to negotiate. What is definitely unadvisable is for work to start without a detailed and considered and agreed scope of work because this is likely to be counter productive and consequently uneconomic in the event of remediation. It seems that the proposed work has not been seen or surveyed in-situ by the builder, highly unusual? Is the builder guaranteeing the work? If the builder is undertaking the work on the chimney, again request a written scope of work and a guarantee. Do not be put off with the use of modern materials and techniques they have their place but you need to know how they are to be deployed and they should be used sympathetically with the buildings history. Is it a listed building?
Lincolnshire Mountain Rescue sends you our full support.
That quote is from Lonesome Dove--great movie! Great book, too.
surely David Niven can help and fight in your corner. 🤣
I soooo love that last song in your video ❤❤❤
Heartbreaking.....
As you seem really very eloquent with the written word have you written to the King and his many trusts etc.? 😎 Go to the top man in the country Scotland that is...Be Brave 😁
hope things are going okay there
No, there is a threat to the whole project.
Always worried you would do all the work, than.lose it, I really hope not🖐🇺🇸
Have to work but will catch up sleep well😊
Shocking news and I do hope you find a conservation agency who will be willing to help. The damp you've uncovered in the main room should be strong arguement toward a proper conservation instead of just chucking a load of covering back on top. It makes me sad. Is there a Scottish equivalent to the listed building system we hear about on BBC in England? There must be someone. There must. ❤
Evening ou both😊
Around 1992 I think I have been to this house on its own island in the middle of a huge loch…we also went to an ancient cemetery where our host rang a bell on the altar
Is it the landowner that has decided to bring in the builders to bodge the cottage ?If it's out of your hands as hard as it may be you can always walk away.I wish you all the luck in the world regardless.
Movie Quote: Was it from Dances With Wolves?
Magnet fashin. I;m nae just quite sure, but I think ye hiv te switch it on mibee. Or swing it roon a fare bit mare to wynd the thing up ye see. Ohh aye, these modern fashin techniques are a guy bit different. 👍🏼 Keep trying min. Een day ye micht catch a staoter. 👍🏼
Guys get a fan to put on the top of the wood burner it will push the heat out into the room,Amazon?
and put me down for some tablet :)
😂I know what movie that line is from! Hahaha
Think roof leaking that's causing dampness on chimney
Them there holes in the stones are stone worms.😎😀
Cedar great for kindling and starting.....smells great, but after a while gives me a headache. Hardwood like oak/ash/beech for burning though from my experience. Sorry to hear about "the imposed plans" Sounds like you already know which Scottish rural heritage bodies to contact.
Such bad news for you! After all the work you have put in that place! Don't know how successful you can be when you don't own the place? But good luck!
Dances with Wolves !
That is shocking news about the cottage. Let us know if there’s anyone we can write to in support of your restoration work ……
That man’s great with the hammer, direct hit every time 😊
You need a stronger magnet Scott, I'd love to see what's hiding in the water !!
Wish I could offer practical help, but count me in for any digital support. Much love and fingers crossed you can get the help you need.
Guess a log splitter is on wish list or sponcer list
There seems to be an awful lot of metal under that water. I recon you have found an old WW2 U-boat that took a wrong turn back in the old days. haha
washing that tablet ceramic pot … 😮 😂
I've heard playing one 'quango' against another sometimes works e.g. English Heritage V. Health &Safety exec,
Stunning drone photography!
I can't for the life of me understand why you have to put all of that internal stuff you ripped out back in. Why??? If that stuff is as recent as the 1970s then what possible historical value does it have? It was put in within living memory and is of limited historical value, particularly since it is not part of the much older external structure. It's not like you removed medieval wall paintings or Da Vinci's Last Supper! Losing a foot of space all round also makes the building less habitable. Which government body has told you to do this? Have you consulted an independent historic buildings expert who is also familiar with the relevant Scottish legislation? It would cost money but might be worth it in the long run. I truly hope you find a solution to your building issues because your channel it is so fantastic! ❤ps. remember to put a carbon monoxide detector in the room with the wood burning stove. 😃
Who has ordered this blasphemy? There may be wax, and pins...
If there is oil in the cedar wood, would it not be ideal for roof shingles or to use for outside projects. I'm just asking because I am making Eddings for my veggie beds and have to soak the wood in oil to make it last.
Bigger magnet
I wonder, does citronella oil keep midges away like it does mosquitoes?
Alas, not in my experience. If it did, Scotland would be awash with citronella…😕
Did they not use that cottage to film Derry Girls that episode when the went to the beach
Someone please show Scott how to use an axe and a sledgehammer, it's hurting my eyes every time.
Does it get the job done? Yes, so wind your neck in.
Caramels!!!
Sorry to hear about your restoration struggles! Let us know if there is some way we can help, a number to call, an address to write. Willing to do what I can!
Totally stupid if the cottage cement and plaster board are put back,does nobody give a monkeys about the heritage of this? And for you to live in it wet through, totally wrong,you got any legal help with this? We all should be free from damp and mould for human inhabitation
Is this cottage not yours
Chain saws?
We can't use the blades we have for this particular job.
Try a hook of some sort.
Dances with Wolves
36 (ish) minutes in; wouldn`t the magnets tend to stick to each other? I may have saved you the price of some magnets. You`re welcome! 😁
U need a stronger magnet
Dang what a waste of good cedar wood perfect for shipbuilding it resists the rot. Also cedar in travel chests and wardrobes are perfect protects your clothes from all kinds of bugs and critters that want to eat your clothes. Have a look at Ran Sailing he is building a 50ft sailing yacht with the hull built out off Yellow Cedar.
Am I being an ar*e but would you not use a flippin chainsaw I would 🤷♀️ but then what do I know?
We'd need a rip saw blade to go across the wood the way an axe does. So hand labour it is! 💪🏻
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