@@emmashayeI'm pretty sure he's just happy to be able to spend the time with you and that you are ready and willing to learn about the things he knows and is passionate about. Cherish this time and the opportunity that you have to spend with him and the memories you are making
great video. one suggestion i have is when working with power tools always wear eye protection as well as ear. additionally put your hair in a ponytail so it doesn't get caught in the tools and yank a chunk of your scalp off with the hair.
It’s obvious that you’ve got stuff to learn, but you are in good hands with your Dad and there will be a wealth of good information from some of us with the right experience watching this if you should ask. Love the building itself, looking forward to what you find along the way and what you do to the building project you have taken on. Great stuff.😎🍺☮️🇨🇦
My uncle Walter had a store just like this in Dawson Illinois the entrance was the same even the hangover was the same. He had a gas pump under it please don't take the hangover down. That is part of the charm.. I'm 83 now and the empty store building is still there........
Just remember when working on the old building. Don't cut corners. Do it right and you will never have to do it again. It will stand the test of time. Something you and dad can be happy with in the years to come.
just started watching your videos yesterday, this is the second one and the first time I got to see your dad. He is a patient guy and I love how he lets you figure stuff out. Great team and I absolutely love your building
OMG ...you have an excellent building to work with. This I need to watch. Years ago we did an old school building in Ohio with 2ft thick walls and 12 ft ceilings.Again your building very pleasing to the eye.
My Abandoned Home...looks like an old store to me ! Good thing Dad knows what he's doing !!!! Our county code now requires metal flashing around 4x4 in the ground before putting in cement. I did my new mailbox post just like you..lolol.
That's a gorgeous old building with lots of history and potential. I'd love to have that for myself. Spending time with your Dad, and learning from his experience is absolutely priceless. I'll be following your progress and cheering you on from afar. Best of luck with your super cool project.
It's great your dad teaching you all these skills because you can definitely use them later in life too. When I bought an older home years ago and had to do a renno, I spent thousands hiring people like your dad (contractors) to fix up my old house because I didn't know what to do. :P
Thank you for sharing your progress, with the assistance of your dad. Know when to get assistance is a good thing. Everyone stay safe, warm, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia
I love watching you young ladies taking control and making a life for yourself ( with a little help.. but we all need that). You should try and watch a young lady .. Tia Weston?… I believe is her name. She bought a home for 1$. She is doing alot of her own work on her own.. with alittle help from dad. As a 65 year old.. I’ve had to do most everything on my own .. raising kids and grandkids. Does the heart good to see your independence. Keep it up! We are out there cheering you on!😉
I have to agree, I love working with my dad 🥰 When I started my career I actually worked with him for the first almost 5 years. I followed in his footsteps and went into the same line of work. The outside of work projects were even more fun though. He would get me started on a home project, then let me run with it. He was always pleasantly surprised at what I managed to do with a little direction. As my confidence grew, it was fun to show him the finished projects 😊
I like your building. Please wear eye protection. I know it's yours but if the building faces south, you may want to leave that roof on the front. It may be on there to block the sun blazing through those windows. I'd bet there's a local farmboy that would be more than happy to teach you how to weld... This will be cool and I'm looking forward to seeing it through with you. Best regards from Indiana.
Amazing how she can visualize the shed under the stairs already. Not sure but I think that comes from not realizing the amoung of work the inside is going to need. What an cool od building. cant wait to see the next installment!
Such an exciting project! My suggestion is when closing off the area under the stairs, to consider splitting the "shed" into three areas. The one under the upstairs door is for gardening equipment and have the door to that open to the backyard. The middle section be for storage with a door opening on the side (the only place it could open). And the shortest area under where the steps start would be a great place to keep garbage bins and recycling containers, with double doors for easy access. Just something to consider.
The lamp !! 😊 I was born in Fredericksburg, Va. Now live in Alaska. Have been to all those areas in VA & all over WVA. Love what you are doing. Had the same dream when younger, but life happened. Now trying to build a different dream. Have late husband's family living in the Warsaw area !! Your dad can probably do more research about the company through the courthouse records . 😊
We explored an old building nearly identical to yours over the summer. The exterior stairs actually had a funicular built onto them which was really cool
Hi..im really loving your channel it is so relaxing to watch 😄...i just have one suggestion....instead of using 2 screws on the top of each support beam i would of used a nice thick through bolt...over time and use those screws are gonna end up snapping.....good luck on your journey i cant wait for your next video...👍 haha just noticed im a month behind....time for a binge watch 🤣
Dad "make sure we get that on camera". That's awesome. Many of the funest times I shared with my Dad was when we worked on tasks together. I think it kind of made us more equal partners in those moments and easier to joke around. We still reminense about those times we shared years later! Remember when.......😊
I would strongly recommend lag bolts for the posts. 2 in each. One going the same direction as the screws you already have and another going on towards the wall.
Not sure how i stumbled upon your channel but your father taught me something ive been building for 25 years and i like how he left that 4×4 post dangling to level it up in concert thanks old timer i will surely use that method
In the early 2000’s I was a salesman and used to call on maintenance teams at institutions like schools, hospitals, gov bldgs, etc. one of my customers was an orphanage in Mpls, MN. I visited them regularly and got to know the two maint guys very well. One day I was at their power plant and as we talked I looked up and noticed metal stairs cut off that lead to a second level. I asked them about the stairs and they said the stairs were intentionally cut off sometime in the 70s and they used to lead to an apartment that a modest quiet maintenance man who dedicated his whole life to the orphanage uses to live in but he passed away in the 1970’s. After his death the head of the orphanage ordered the steps to be cut off and they hired regular maintenance people to work regular 40 hr shifts. The story passed on was that The orphanage loved and respected the old modest maintenance guy who lived on site and he was a wonderful person to all and took care of the buildings and people as though they were family and upon his death the orphanage was so distraught that they wanted his apartment locked and secured in homage to him. One of the maint guys confessed that they were curious one day and so they secretly used a ladder and entered the apt. He said everything was still in the apt and it was a time capsule from the 1970s…. He said next to the bed were clear wear marks in the wood floor where the old maint guy kneeled to pray several times a day. They knew they shouldn’t be there so they got out of there leaving it undisturbed as a time capsule in honor of the old maintenance guy that lived on site. The whole orphanage was very old and turn of the century and sometime in the 80’s or 90’s was changed from an orphanage to a temporary holding home for juvenile delinquents that the police needed to secure for short times. It is still private and owned and operated by catholic charities.
The overhang, please keep it. Not sure if I can continue watching. My ideas and hopes for the building are very different. Keeping loft, exterior stairs, overhang, back doors, original shelving….I am aching inside over the lost charm of the building. So much history there.
When she was chatting to the visitor she mentioned adding a porch to the front and possibly a balcony on that so not all hope is lost. :) I actually think that will look even nicer.
@claudiakemper4033 being that she seems to appreciate the weird little artifacts from yesteryear piled in there I think perhaps you worry too much. She seems interested in salvaging all she can but yet she still has a right to tweak it to make it her own. I think she'll do a good job. I don't see her taking it all modernist nor full industrial but maybe a "modern vintage" of sorts. Fusing old with new without it losing all its flavor.
Hey girl, you can always get a hearing aide later on , but you cannot get another set of eyes, so wear safety glasses when drilling many things especially metal..
Both of you should be wearing safety glasses. Get saw dust from sawing the wood posts or metal chips from drilling in your eyes and you will be making a trip to the emergency room while they locate an ophthalmologist.
Kinda looks like you were putting the wood directly in the cement. By doing that, the wood will just rot away. There are metal fasteners that go on top of the cement to put the wood on. I might recommend watching some UA-cam videos about whatever projects you are going to work on.
Your dad is a patient man and knows what he is doing but does not communicate his thoughts well. You need to get work pants on. Good luck. When you got the water he was coming to find out what was taking you so long and then realized you were setting up 3 different shots to get water...😅
Ten years ago the build quality of DeWalt tools was the gold standard but its trash now. I've had to return multiple battery packs from brand new tools because they were dead, wouldn't hold a charge, or didn't seat right into the tool. Might wanna upgrade dad to Milwaukee for Christmas and from now on. Or do the ryobi loophole. Battery packs now are like ink cartridges for printers. Just as cheap to replace the whole printer as it is to buy refills.
If you're going to do more welding it may make sense to purchase an inexpensive/used welder and do it yourself There are plenty of UA-cam videos of how to weld Main thing to beware of is not to grab the ground and the welding tip at the same time when it is turned on or could let to electrocution You can make crafts out of metal items and then turn around and sell them
Safety glasses. Last thing you want is a hot sliver of metal into the eye, or even a wood splinter. -signed a retired carpenter with 37 years in the trade.
There's nothing better than watching a father / daughter relationship get stronger !!! Thank You for keeping us tuned in !!
He's probably tired of my questions 😂 but I'm having a great time! hahah
@@emmashayeI'm pretty sure he's just happy to be able to spend the time with you and that you are ready and willing to learn about the things he knows and is passionate about. Cherish this time and the opportunity that you have to spend with him and the memories you are making
probably he likes to have a project as well, wins all around
This is a man who loves his kid!
great video. one suggestion i have is when working with power tools always wear eye protection as well as ear. additionally put your hair in a ponytail so it doesn't get caught in the tools and yank a chunk of your scalp off with the hair.
Your Dad rocks. Lucky to have him and appreciate all of that knowledge! You are on a learning journey.
He really does, I'm so grateful for his help! 😊
You're father is a patient man
Very very patient
Your dad is amazing and I love how your cherish your mom ❤
You're dad is so sweet. You are very lucky to have him. ❤ Mines a deadbeat 😢 I wish my dad taught me stuff when I was younger.
I think it's adorable how your dad loves to help you. Such a great daddy/daughter team. 🥰
It’s obvious that you’ve got stuff to learn, but you are in good hands with your Dad and there will be a wealth of good information from some of us with the right experience watching this if you should ask. Love the building itself, looking forward to what you find along the way and what you do to the building project you have taken on. Great stuff.😎🍺☮️🇨🇦
My uncle Walter had a store just like this in Dawson Illinois the entrance was the same even the hangover was the same. He had a gas pump under it please don't take the hangover down. That is part of the charm.. I'm 83 now and the empty store building is still there........
Looking forward to following your adventure on this project and I really love your hat
Thank you!! 😊
Your dad looks like someone i could have a beer with! Nothing like a father and daughter bonding project. I'm excited!!!
Just remember when working on the old building. Don't cut corners. Do it right and you will never have to do it again. It will stand the test of time. Something you and dad can be happy with in the years to come.
just started watching your videos yesterday, this is the second one and the first time I got to see your dad. He is a patient guy and I love how he lets you figure stuff out. Great team and I absolutely love your building
it's so cool that you have a dad to help you. you two make a great team!
OMG ...you have an excellent building to work with. This I need to watch. Years ago we did an old school building in Ohio with 2ft thick walls and 12 ft ceilings.Again your building very pleasing to the eye.
This is so cute. I love how your dad is helping out with the remodel ❤
I love the idea of turning that area under the stairs into some type of storage. Makes it into usable space and it will look so much nicer as well.
Awesome work. It's amazing how a little support structure can breath so much life into a dwelling.
My Abandoned Home...looks like an old store to me ! Good thing Dad knows what he's doing !!!! Our county code now requires metal flashing around 4x4 in the ground before putting in cement. I did my new mailbox post just like you..lolol.
That's a gorgeous old building with lots of history and potential. I'd love to have that for myself. Spending time with your Dad, and learning from his experience is absolutely priceless. I'll be following your progress and cheering you on from afar. Best of luck with your super cool project.
Love this video working with your dad! Can’t wait to see the progress of your beautiful old building.
It's great your dad teaching you all these skills because you can definitely use them later in life too. When I bought an older home years ago and had to do a renno, I spent thousands hiring people like your dad (contractors) to fix up my old house because I didn't know what to do. :P
Thank you for sharing your progress, with the assistance of your dad. Know when to get assistance is a good thing. Everyone stay safe, warm, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia
I love projects like this! Can't wait to see what you do with the place.
i live in southeastern Virginia and am excited to see what your plans turn into.. the future is exciting.. cant wait.,
Love that your Dad smiles at your naivety…
Love your hat! Love seeing you and your dad working together!!
Pretty amazing. I actually googled the name on the building. Fascinating history. Really enjoying the video. 😊
Wow totally awesome. nice Father / daughter project.
I love watching you young ladies taking control and making a life for yourself ( with a little help.. but we all need that). You should try and watch a young lady .. Tia Weston?… I believe is her name. She bought a home for 1$. She is doing alot of her own work on her own.. with alittle help from dad. As a 65 year old.. I’ve had to do most everything on my own .. raising kids and grandkids. Does the heart good to see your independence. Keep it up! We are out there cheering you on!😉
You’re so lucky to get to work with your dad.!!!
What a great channel discovery. New sub. Wanna watch your and dads journey. Best wishes!!
I have to agree, I love working with my dad 🥰 When I started my career I actually worked with him for the first almost 5 years. I followed in his footsteps and went into the same line of work. The outside of work projects were even more fun though. He would get me started on a home project, then let me run with it. He was always pleasantly surprised at what I managed to do with a little direction. As my confidence grew, it was fun to show him the finished projects 😊
This old building is so cool.
That front overhang protects the foundation from water.
And probably is important in keeping the first floor cool in summer
What a fun project. Looking forward to seeing the second floor and what treasures might be waiting there.
you and your dad are such a good team.
Looking good there, the wall/shed idea will be great 👍🏻
I like your building. Please wear eye protection. I know it's yours but if the building faces south, you may want to leave that roof on the front. It may be on there to block the sun blazing through those windows. I'd bet there's a local farmboy that would be more than happy to teach you how to weld... This will be cool and I'm looking forward to seeing it through with you.
Best regards from Indiana.
I’m hoping my friend will help me do some welding, but we’ll see! 😊
Down the road. You might think of replacing the wood. With metal posts.
The base. Look how they put up light posts.
With a flange and nuts and bolts.
Amazing how she can visualize the shed under the stairs already. Not sure but I think that comes from not realizing the amoung of work the inside is going to need. What an cool od building. cant wait to see the next installment!
Such an exciting project! My suggestion is when closing off the area under the stairs, to consider splitting the "shed" into three areas. The one under the upstairs door is for gardening equipment and have the door to that open to the backyard. The middle section be for storage with a door opening on the side (the only place it could open). And the shortest area under where the steps start would be a great place to keep garbage bins and recycling containers, with double doors for easy access. Just something to consider.
Great job on the posts. Good video.
Just found your channel! Love the space, I love anything vintage❤( you need eye protection please!!)
The property is really cool. ❤❤❤
Found you by accident but now I know your a WVU fan I'll be keeping up with you. WVU BSEM 1988.
The lamp !! 😊
I was born in Fredericksburg, Va.
Now live in Alaska. Have been to all those areas in VA & all over WVA.
Love what you are doing. Had the same dream when younger, but life happened. Now trying to build a different dream. Have late husband's family living in the Warsaw area !!
Your dad can probably do more research about the company through the courthouse records . 😊
Good job!!
Thank you! 😊
Hope you open it as a general grocery and small cafe and provide something cool for the rural community it's located in as that would be great 🎉
We explored an old building nearly identical to yours over the summer. The exterior stairs actually had a funicular built onto them which was really cool
Sooo what's on the 2nd floor. ? That's why I started watching. lol
Hi..im really loving your channel it is so relaxing to watch 😄...i just have one suggestion....instead of using 2 screws on the top of each support beam i would of used a nice thick through bolt...over time and use those screws are gonna end up snapping.....good luck on your journey i cant wait for your next video...👍 haha just noticed im a month behind....time for a binge watch 🤣
When using power tools, you should always have safety glasses, a mask, and earplugs on. I love the relationship you have with your dad. Treasure him.
Dad "make sure we get that on camera". That's awesome. Many of the funest times I shared with my Dad was when we worked on tasks together. I think it kind of made us more equal partners in those moments and easier to joke around. We still reminense about those times we shared years later! Remember when.......😊
I see many many years of labor at this rate ?!
Hi from Colorado Springs 😀
I love the West Virginia sweatshirt!
I would strongly recommend lag bolts for the posts. 2 in each. One going the same direction as the screws you already have and another going on towards the wall.
Wow your dad is badass. He's gonna be the star of your channel if you keep bringing him back.
I try, but he's too busy!
🥺🛐sorry bout Mom. Hell of an adventure your tackling 🖖🤞👍
Always take the dead battery and put it on the charger when you get the charged one. 😊
Not sure how i stumbled upon your channel but your father taught me something ive been building for 25 years and i like how he left that 4×4 post dangling to level it up in concert thanks old timer i will surely use that method
“I need earplugs”
“Huh?”
😂😂😂
Along with the safety glasses, tie your hair back when using power tools. No baggy clothes either. Ain't no fun when somebodies bleedin.
What part of WV? Your dad looks so familiar!!
Looking good
Thank you!
The benefit of “chorded” power tools.
Hello Emma, is this place on the National Register. Good to see you and your dad working together.
In the early 2000’s I was a salesman and used to call on maintenance teams at institutions like schools, hospitals, gov bldgs, etc. one of my customers was an orphanage in Mpls, MN. I visited them regularly and got to know the two maint guys very well. One day I was at their power plant and as we talked I looked up and noticed metal stairs cut off that lead to a second level. I asked them about the stairs and they said the stairs were intentionally cut off sometime in the 70s and they used to lead to an apartment that a modest quiet maintenance man who dedicated his whole life to the orphanage uses to live in but he passed away in the 1970’s. After his death the head of the orphanage ordered the steps to be cut off and they hired regular maintenance people to work regular 40 hr shifts. The story passed on was that The orphanage loved and respected the old modest maintenance guy who lived on site and he was a wonderful person to all and took care of the buildings and people as though they were family and upon his death the orphanage was so distraught that they wanted his apartment locked and secured in homage to him. One of the maint guys confessed that they were curious one day and so they secretly used a ladder and entered the apt. He said everything was still in the apt and it was a time capsule from the 1970s…. He said next to the bed were clear wear marks in the wood floor where the old maint guy kneeled to pray several times a day. They knew they shouldn’t be there so they got out of there leaving it undisturbed as a time capsule in honor of the old maintenance guy that lived on site. The whole orphanage was very old and turn of the century and sometime in the 80’s or 90’s was changed from an orphanage to a temporary holding home for juvenile delinquents that the police needed to secure for short times. It is still private and owned and operated by catholic charities.
progress!
Love watching the progress. Please wear eye protection! It only takes one metal shaving or wood sliver to cause had damage. Please work safely😊❤
I was thinking the same thing,,
Somebody get that lil gal a tool belt-She’s a worker!🤩
The overhang, please keep it. Not sure if I can continue watching. My ideas and hopes for the building are very different. Keeping loft, exterior stairs, overhang, back doors, original shelving….I am aching inside over the lost charm of the building. So much history there.
When she was chatting to the visitor she mentioned adding a porch to the front and possibly a balcony on that so not all hope is lost. :) I actually think that will look even nicer.
@claudiakemper4033 being that she seems to appreciate the weird little artifacts from yesteryear piled in there I think perhaps you worry too much. She seems interested in salvaging all she can but yet she still has a right to tweak it to make it her own. I think she'll do a good job. I don't see her taking it all modernist nor full industrial but maybe a "modern vintage" of sorts. Fusing old with new without it losing all its flavor.
If you use a flame to scorch the wood that goes into the ground it won’t rot. Good job..
Use a rust converter primer before painting.
Andddddd subbed. Lovely project, looking forward to see the progress! Good luck from falling England
I’m curious. Is the building part of the historic district and are there any restrictions on what you can do?
Someone attempted to make it a registered historic property many years ago, but it fell through somehow, so lucky for me there are no restrictions!
Damn, that's one scary staircase!
I want to own a property where I don't know what's in it. I want to get to that level of not poor.
Just found your channel and was wondering what that building before it was abandoned
When you are working with metal, use eye protection, especially drilling or grinding or wire brushing
Hey girl, you can always get a hearing aide later on , but you cannot get another set of eyes, so wear safety glasses when drilling many things especially metal..
Both of you should be wearing safety glasses. Get saw dust from sawing the wood posts or metal chips from drilling in your eyes and you will be making a trip to the emergency room while they locate an ophthalmologist.
Cool😊
I learned everything from my father also.
Kinda looks like you were putting the wood directly in the cement. By doing that, the wood will just rot away. There are metal fasteners that go on top of the cement to put the wood on. I might recommend watching some UA-cam videos about whatever projects you are going to work on.
Old dad is going to have tell you watch and see don't question it you will see when it's done
Princess nice video 🙈
Your dad is a patient man and knows what he is doing but does not communicate his thoughts well. You need to get work pants on. Good luck. When you got the water he was coming to find out what was taking you so long and then realized you were setting up 3 different shots to get water...😅
Ten years ago the build quality of DeWalt tools was the gold standard but its trash now. I've had to return multiple battery packs from brand new tools because they were dead, wouldn't hold a charge, or didn't seat right into the tool. Might wanna upgrade dad to Milwaukee for Christmas and from now on. Or do the ryobi loophole. Battery packs now are like ink cartridges for printers. Just as cheap to replace the whole printer as it is to buy refills.
When using power tools use safety protection
What are your plans for the building?
Wear a mask when working with cement and concrete. ❤
I noticed a viewer misread your baseball cap, I did not however.😊
If you're going to do more welding it may make sense to purchase an inexpensive/used welder and do it yourself
There are plenty of UA-cam videos of how to weld
Main thing to beware of is not to grab the ground and the welding tip at the same time when it is turned on or could let to electrocution
You can make crafts out of metal items and then turn around and sell them
What part of the country is this in ?
The stairs need to be attached to the building. I saw that they were pretty lose on your other video. : )
Safety glasses. Last thing you want is a hot sliver of metal into the eye, or even a wood splinter.
-signed a retired carpenter with 37 years in the trade.
Wonder why not use metal 4x4?
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