Cleaning our whole building with €300 and 1 hour of work | Italian farmhouse restoration
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
- Young family restoring great grandparents’ 110-year old stone farmhouse in Southern Italy.
In this video, we apply a masonry cleaning solution to our building in preparation for repointing the exterior in the future. We also work on roof repairs, indoor plastering, and cleaning up the forest next to the house.
The masonry cleaning solution used is D/2 biological solution, which is available in Europe via a UK-based distributor : d2bio.co.uk/
The US and Canada distributor list for D/2 can be found here : www.d2bio.com/
This video was not sponsored.
00:00 Summer landscapes
00:50 Cleaning the exterior (removing lichens)
03:18 Sweeping the roof
04:13 Views around the house
04:30 Cleaning roof tiles
07:00 Evening views
07:31 Stormy weather
08:16 First coat of plaster (scratch coat)
11:39 Relaying roof tiles
16:54 Cleaning up fallen tree
25:00 Son's new axe - Навчання та стиль
There's a link to the cleaning solution's supplier in the description.
There will be two more videos from our most recent summer trip coming as soon as I finish editing. Have a great weekend!
Reminds me of 50 years back. I was in my 30s at the time and invited to stay at his recently acquired farmhouse in southern Tuscany. We reset the roof canali (snakes skins underneath never mind the scorpions!) and played Italian card games after drinking local wine at late lunch. For me, nostalgic.
The fact that your great grandparents house sat empty all this time gives me a great romantic idea of finding out if I can find property that previously belonged to my family. 👍❤
In our case, our family had a presence here over the years. Someone was coming basically every few years, checking up on the place and doing basic cleaning and minor repairs, visiting with neighbors, etc. If a house or land has been adversely occupied by someone else for more than 20 years, it would be very difficult (impossible basically) to recover it. However, if the place is effectively abandoned / truly unoccupied, there may be a path! Odds are it would be cheaper to just purchase something, in most cases, though.
Yes, I can understand why but there are a huge amount of abandoned houses in Italy. My family was from northwest of Sicily, west of Palermo. It would be wonderful even just to return to the area and find some rural property with potential. Going to pursue that within the next year hopefully.👍❤
@@neutonrenda2303 I saw many affordable properties in Sicily online. Compared to US, UK, Netherlands some of the properties are very cheap.
This is such a beautiful house and location, you were so lucky to have the gift of this option in your lives.... yes there will be a lot of hard work, but when it's finally done, what an emotional and esthetic satisfaction to have made it come alive again!!
Your G-Grandparents would be so happy! 💕
I love that you’re reclaiming your family’s old homestead.
Generally with a tile roof like that, you start at the bottom and work up. You waterproof membrane needs to be layered so that the higher lever is on top of the lower level.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It will be more obvious in subsequent videos that the membrane is laid as you suggest, with significant overlap. As for the work order, we chose to work from the top down to save on energy. Carrying tiles off the roof and then back on is exhausting, so moving them as little as possible saved us a few days' effort. I want to also emphasize that this is also just basic maintenance (no battens or insulation, etc), since we don't yet know what we'll do with the space below and might change it significantly.
Your home is so organically and historically beautiful. I so delight in seeing your family lovingly restoring it.
Thanks for sharing a piece of your life with us! I especially enjoy the scenery and watching you're family! 🙂
There are so many beautiful old properties in Italy and the countryside and the people make it such a lovely country to call home. I'm in Roseto Valfortore now, being english, I have to sort permission to live here long term. Very best wishes to your family and for all you hope to achieve.
Best wishes to you as well. There are some castle ruins in your area I've been meaning to visit, near Tertiveri and Montecorvino. Very different, beautiful landscape down there.
@SouthernItalyHomestead How beautiful Italy is, as if you are in paradise. An amazing paradise. The most beautiful country and the most beautiful people. This is life. If it is not like that, then there is no need to live.
I totally enjoyed all your videos and I just wanted to tell you that you made the right decision that place is a gem. The scenery around there is absolutely gorgeous.
Thanks!
That t-shirt is perfect! Glad to see the progress you’ve made. It’s a beautiful place.
Going back to your ancestral home is so significant..restoration work is difficult when you have time restrictions..you seem to be very patient..doing a great job..a beautiful place to be with your family..till next time..thanks for sharing..watching from Australia..☀️❤️☀️
it's looking awesome, the renovations are coming together slowly but they will be well worth it once finished
thanx for sharing
Я смотрю Ваши видео, как многосерийный художественный фильм. В нем есть главные герои, художественный замысел и прекрасное музыкальное сопровождение. И конечно интрига!
Спасибо и удачи !
Creating great memories with your family, love the background sounds of nature.❤
Beautiful location. Is living there year-round the ultimate goal? Periodically renovating on vacations has to be anything but simple.
Hard to answer this in a short amount of time. Basically speaking, the plan is flexible and depends more on conditions than timeline. While it may seem like I'm a "just go for it" kind of person based on our first video, I'm actually a very careful planner and like to have an exhaustive understanding of all possible scenarios and a reasonable degree of certainty of success when making a bold move, which also includes intangible considerations like our own son's ability to thrive in the local school system and his comfort with change. Conditions need to be right for it. Point is we're setting up multiple possible paths, we'll see how it plays out.
@14:25 ...The tiles with deep curvature are so called the "canals" and need to be placed on the bottom; the others with shallow curvature are called the "cover" and need to pe positioned on top, across the two lines of canals. If you mix them around, there won't be any proper water evacuation and the roof may leak
Wow, it must feel like you've ascended into the clouds, and the thunder is awesome.❤
Beautfiul video. Peaceful, so many bird songs, the lush green and rolling hills. Thank You for sharing~!
Looking forward to your research on lime mortars. Wonderful project. Great you are finding your roots and appreciation of your ancestors way of life.
Love following your journey ...
The old tiles were made by shaping them over a knee? That's why they are different sizes..We have these on our home in the Ariege. Beautiful vlog, thankyou
That was magical 😊😊😊
Just a suggestion. When you are trying something new (we all do at one point or another) like plastering especially,,, start with your feet on the ground. At a level that is MOST comfortable. Baby steps. Starting on a ladder that is close to the wall like that would be hard for an experienced plasterer. Your doing great, but it would be like writing cursive before you know how to write block, if tou know what i mean? Yall are on an excellent adventure, and i am envious. Keeeeep on truck'n!
Thanks!
A warm refuge in a quiet place is all you need to be happy, but as much as you love nature, don't allow ivy to grow on the wall of your home.
I always enjoy each visit. Thanks for taking us along with your family to this gorgeous place
Thanks for replying. Bravery cutting down that tree and to find that hollow part was a stroke of luck for prevention.
So awesome to see! Thank you for sharing this special family experience, within a family heirloom.
Amazing what you continuing to do with this beautiful house
What a wonderful family
I know it is a personal choice but i would be so very tempted to leave some unplastered wall as they always seem
to look really nice and natural.
There might be some places where it would make sense to do that, for example downstairs. I'm inclined to keep the upstairs plastered for several reasons. One is that the 'fireplace room' was actually the old kitchen, and every feature you see in it had a function. The in-wall cabinet held bread and cheeses I believe, the small in-wall cabinet by the door held dishes and liquors. As a kitchen, a smoother finished wall makes it harder for rodents to climb, there are also sanitation benefits to lime plaster, so I think of the upstairs plaster as part of the old design that's worth preserving. Removing it entirely I think would erase too much of the original character of those rooms.
What a beautiful house in a fantastic location.
Good advice regarding the cleaning method.
It seems harmless, but too often people turn to the high-pressure cleaner, even though it can often do more harm than good.
Beautiful🙌
👍👍👍 old roman tiles !
How cool that your live in an area with electric windmills yet your home is an old farmhouse! Best of both worlds! You are very lucky. What region are you in?
Love all the sounds of birds and crickets rain and wind! Spectacular 😁
We're close to the border between Molise and Campania.
Complimenti per il vostro stile di Vita,Famiglia e luogo ..bellissimo video 😊👍👏❤
I don’t know much about building but I do know that water always flows down, following gravity. Because of that a roof is always built from bottom to top.
If you look closely, you'll see that the tile is laid correctly. What matters is the overlap.
I agree and the paper underneath should also start at the bottom
Hola, agradecería, y mucho, que los subtítulos estén activados.Gracias.
Love the t-shirt, attention to detail.👍😂
It's so lovely watching you and your family. Wonderful that you changed your mind to restore and begin to restore ir? I am curious what area are you in? I am headed to southern italy, calabria to buy a piece of land, maybe with a ruin, doesn't have to be. Also a flat in a village or town. I want to be about a mile or so from a village on the property. Just curious it looks like a beautiful village. And the terrain is charming...Thanx Gina in Upstate NY finishing up an 1857 Historic Renovation heading to Southern Italy. I love watching your process...
Our place is in the foothills of the Matese mountains, near the border between Campania and Molise.
lovely beautiful@@SouthernItalyHomestead
Lovely cinematography, the drone really shows off the landscape 🌄
Merch for fellow YT creators ? 😁 ...but does this indicate overconfidence ?
I've mixed feelings about the cleaning - I love the like new look but I also love the lichen and the patina of age.
Your axe was beautifully crafted 😮🙌
Would love to learn more about the research you have done regarding lime rendering (both process and products)-- we have an old masrony home that we are refurbishing in Italy and have a large ground-floor space that was previously painted/treated with modern materials. I'm hoping to return to a breathable lime render / intonaco that can work better with the inevitable umidita' di salita.
Peter Ward's book "The Warm Dry Home" might be a good reference for you. Nigel Copsey's book is a good resource as well. So far we've only worked with NHLs but I think we'll be switching to hot mixed quicklime in the future.
@@SouthernItalyHomestead Thank you so much. Will check these out. I watched a video about hot-mixed quicklime recently! It may be a niche interest, but I welcome any videos you do in the future on this topic! Thanks again and best of luck.
I am enjoying your videos. The house and property are in a stunning position. I live in Italy also. I bought an old home in a small village in the Mountains of Abruzzo. Are you in Puglia? The mountains look similar to Maijela and Grand Saso here. I love rural life. Your family seems happy there. What a wonderful place to live and learn the language and have a care free childhood. Wishing you all the best, Looking forward to new videos.
Our place is near the border between Campania and Molise. My father's family is from Abruzzo, I've been up there as well a few times. Would love to visit the Campo Imperatore in spring some day.
Great t-shirt! I believe you :)
How big is the house if I may ask?
Are you planning to move there eventually or it will be holiday property?
Upstairs living area floor surface is about 40m^2, downstairs floor surface is about 90m^2. The tricky part is that the three parts of the building aren't connected (no stairs or doors to go between them currently), so they're like three separate spaces. We are still trying to figure out how to work with this constraint. As for whether we'll stay there full time, ideally it would be nice but there are many hurdles to cross before it will be possible.
@@SouthernItalyHomestead Ok, thanks! I have a property I'm considering in Liguria which is about the same size and exactly same issue of 3 parts of the building not connected to each other. I'd be very interested which solution you come up with for this.
I've been told the shape of the roof tiles are also the shape of the person making them's thigh. They would put the soft clay over their thigh to shape it. Apparently some had rugby player thighs.😂❤
I just found your videos and so I'm enjoying them. I also wanted to ask about those vines growing on the trees and wondering if you are planning on destroying them? They look like they are killing them.
I believe the ivy is Hedera helix. Having studied this question a little I think the matter of their role in a forest ecosystem is debated. We may remove the vines in the forest immediately around the house, to allow more light into the area, but we might also leave some vines in other forested areas as they have a role to play in habitat. This vine is a native species in this area, so the reasoning may differ in a place where it is invasive. www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/plants/wild-flowers/ivy/
If you can please let me know the name of that solution is used to clean your stone I would be very grateful. I would love to tell someone else about it, tell them to watch this sort that they can see how impressive it is.👍
It's called D/2 biological solution, there's a link to the UK supplier in the description and the US website has links to other suppliers around the world.
Thank you so much.👍
Check out also carbon dioxide washing, pretty much like dry cleaning but cheaper gas than nitrogen
I would relay plywood then a water proof membrane then the tiles. Do right do it once
The reason we do it like this is because we're basically certain we'll be redoing that roof eventually. We just don't yet know what to do with the space below. Still unsure of how to best use the space.
Amigo: las tejas se colocan desde abajo y hacia arriba
These roof tiles are not affixed or attached to anything? They are just lying on top of one another??? Crazy!
Nice chainsaw!
There are many ways to do it. Traditionally they're just laid directly onto wood. I guess the traditional clay tiles have a rough texture which gives them much friction against each other and wood. They are kind of 'locked in place', at least when the roof has a low pitch like ours. Around here people will also put rocks on top of the tiles, to weigh them down and protect from wind. For now we're just doing minimal maintenance so that we can use that part of the building as storage, and may come back to do it 'better' once we know what we'll do with that part of the building. Some people do fix barrel tiles using various systems, for example nailing them to wooden battens (you'd have to carefully drill holes in the tiles, though). I've also seen some 'S'-shaped hooks that allow you to lock tiles together.
@@SouthernItalyHomestead So that explains the rocks I've seen on top of roofs in Italy! Pretty cool! Great channel! Being an Italophile, I enjoy living vicariously through you, haha!
Maybe the roof tile different width roof tiles indicates which are for under and which are for over?
another family that was able to escape the matrix🎉
Don't want to be this guy but I have to say it. Please be VERY careful with that chainsaw. I saw you make some moves which got a lot of people killed. You won't have time to call for help when that thing finds the way into your chest. With camera work and probably your son somewhere around you have some potential for fatal distraction. And this size chainsaw will jump in milliseconds. I can't tell you what to do, just wanted to let out my concerns. Be safe.
Thanks I do appreciate the concern, I always welcome feedback as long as it's respectful / courteous. I guess you're referring to paying attention to my tip / kickback, which I'm well aware of, but should do better with keeping both hands on the saw etc. My basic 'rules' are to be mindful of what's behind what I'm cutting / know where the tip is and I also try to stand offset to one side from the plane of the bar, and also managing throttle (no full throttle near the end of a cut). Have I understood basically what your concerns were? If not let me know more specifically, I'm not at all bothered by courteous feedback and in fact am grateful for it.
@@SouthernItalyHomestead I see you are aware of said problems. I guess you are the one person of which the shirt didn't lie :) Perhaps try and focus a bit more on the inertia of the big engine especially when cutting on the upper bar side. Steady throttle management can be helpful to settle the saw where you want it. You'll figure it out. It all comes with practice at this point. Again, be safe. Great project.
Thought you looked pretty safe. One thing they teach on chainsaw courses in UK is to put the chain break on after doing a cut. Hold the handle as normal with your left hand then roll your hand against the chain break to engage it. This is good habit when you are in amongst vegetation and your feet get tangled - if u trip no doubt you already have the chain break on. Most accidents with chainsaws seem to be feet and legs as this is where you are cutting, so boots and trousers are always a winner. The most dangerous thing I reckon in chainsawing though is cutting timber under tension (eg a tree laid over at 45 degrees, half fallen) proceed with extreme caution in those situations as when you cut it, it will split in a nano second and you don't want to be in its way! They call those widow makers.👍
They make special clothing for chain saw use. Good investment, much cheaper than hospital visits. One of my co-workers, an experienced chainsaw user, had a chainsaw buck when he was trimming some trees that fell across a access road, it hit his leg but he was wearing chain saw chaps and was not hurt. He told me it happened so fast and he was sure glad he took the time to put on his PPE.
@@brianboot8623 The pants I am wearing are Type C chainsaw pants. Protection on the back side as well.
Did you consider leaving the rock bare on the interior? I love the look of the rock wall so I'm just curious. Also do you know how old the structure is? I've watched all of the videos and I don't think it was mentioned.
We will leave part of the wall exposed (pointed stone without plaster), the part near the window that already has exposed stone. Most of the wall will remain plastered however. Other parts (for example the downstairs areas) might remain exposed stone without plaster, I haven't decided yet. One reason we'll keep the plaster upstairs is because it's original, and also the layout of the room with the fireplace is very typical of the area. It's basically the kitchen, and all of the cabinets, shelves had specific 'functions' that were common to all houses of this area, and plaster is part of that look. I think the biggest change upstairs will be that I might replace or redo the fireplace itself. As for the age, I know to a certainty that it's at least 110 years old but am not certain of the exact age.
Can you please tell me what it is that you use to clean the stone? I have a house in Santa Fiora, Crosseto and I too do not want to use a power washer. Thank you
It's called D/2 biological solution, if you import it from the UK there will be a small import duty. There are links in the video description. I want to be clear that it only works on certain kinds of stain, specifically biological stain like algae, mold, lichens, and some small amount of air pollution.
where do I find the description?
Hello, new to the Chanel..just wondering what part of southern Italy you are located...i was born in Realmonte Agrigento....thanks
Near the border between Campania and Molise.
Do you have any idea yet from maybe neighbours wether the D2 treatment worked?
Yes, I've seen some low resolution cell phone images and it seems to have worked. I've used it in the past as well so I know what to expect from it. Some update videos will be posted in late Spring as well.
@@SouthernItalyHomestead Good to hear! We are about to apply D2 to the north side of our stone house 🙂
Such a magical place....and then the green mafia put these winmills...
‘Wet and Forget’ is a relatively cheap solution that may also work.
May I ask for a link to description of the cleaning solution please?
The description directly beneath this video has the links, there should be a "show more" button to expand it.
@@SouthernItalyHomestead Thank you! I didn't notice.
@@SouthernItalyHomestead How did you calculate the amount of product needed? I've not found anything about it on their website.
@@lekago The info sheet says the following : "Typical coverage to remove medium deposits will vary from 250 to 350 square feet per gallon.
" static1.squarespace.com/static/646546ce4f831c0ce0779a7c/t/648e438ff0988678a84250e1/1687045007775/DATA_D2_112012.pdf
Keep in mind that this only works on biological growth and some air pollution staining, things like paint won't be affected by it.
@@SouthernItalyHomestead Thanks a lot!
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I'm worried that if i buy a property in Italy it may be reclaimed by a long lost relative. Is there a way I can be assured that this won't happen?
Well, if a property is being sold then it's owned by the seller. The risks to you primarily come from how the seller obtained the property. If they obtained it more than 20 years ago, you're pretty safe from any imaginable situation. If they obtained it less than 20 years ago then you'd have to look carefully at the title history and ask a notaio (Italian notary) to do this check for you to explain any irregularities. I would consult with a notary to see what kind of documentation you should ask to see up front before agreeing to any purchase.
Where do I find the description?
Should be directly below the video, I will paste here for you the text : The masonry cleaning solution used is D/2 biological solution, which is available in Europe via a UK-based distributor : d2bio.co.uk/
Penso che aver pulito le fughe dei sassi e averli fugati con calce sarebbe stato piu bello che intonacare tutto di nuovo. Comunque un consiglio, se non smalti con la cazzuola e usi la spatola, tienila con la mano girata verso l'alto, fatichi un quarto
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Hi, what part of southern Italy is the house located in ?
Foothills of the Matese mountains, near the border between Campania and Molise.
@@SouthernItalyHomestead Thank you. The river is gorgeous.
Ug…you have those damn ugly wind turbines too! Beautiful house.
I cannot watch people walking around on a roof without a harness. Accidents happen so quickly
Amigo: haga que un albañil le enseñe a aplicar el "plaster"
Avete una bella casetta! Ma penso che dovete pulire più alberi intorno a lei. A volte qua in Italy vento e troppo forte e rompe alberi.
Ha una nuova legge in Italy da qualche anno che dice che ogni casa dovrebbe avere sul tetto un posto dove si attacca un filo lungo. Ogniuno che va sul tetto avrebbe essere attaccato li con filo, non puoi muoverti liberamente sul tetto senza sicurezza!
You are violating a major rule. 'There is no substitute for local knowledge.' This applies whether the activity is sailing and the locals know where all the shallows and submerged rocks are,, or to roofing with clay tiles. Find a local pro and hire him for a few hours. It will save you doing it all over a again. Bottom to top. Yes, you can do it top to bottom,, but you will have to handle every tile twice. You cannot walk on unsupported tiles, they break. Tiles are not laid trough and cover exactly atop each other. The trough is laid first, then the top end of the cover is laid slightly down slope such that the top of the cover bumps into the bottom of the trough tile. This reduces voids, makes for a firmer roof. Work bottom to top. Arrange your work so you do not have to walk on tiles. Your under layment is laid bottom to top,, so any moisture that gets through,, or condensation that occurs between the tiles, runs harmlessly to the bottom. Hire the local old guy to show you how. You will know you have the right guy by looking at his hands. They will be twice the size of normal,, thick, hard, dry leather hands.
Too bad you don’t have a mill set up. You could be using your downed trees for lumber.
I actually have a chainsaw mill already, but the problem with a fallen tree is that it's already very hard and there's a risk the chainsaw engine would break if I try to mill it. My saw is right at the edge of what can handle chainsaw milling even for green trees of large diameter. We had hoped to fall and mill something this summer but the rain made it impossible (have to fall before a certain date here, by law, can't do it in summertime).
not safe walikng on the roof with no belay - you were lucky
I don't understand, what make you guys think that your child is responsible enough to handle a axe, sorry, but many years of experience has show me that regardless how smart is a child, he is still a child
Axes typically aren't sharp unless specifically made to be so. His is not, and doesn't need to be for it to work. I happen to think that he can handle that specific task, and more importantly he was very excited about it. A year prior when he saw me splitting firewood, he ran up and wanted to use the large one but of course couldn't lift it. That's when I had the idea to make him his own. Thinking back to my childhood, those moments of being able to do something a little more 'grown up' were some of the most thrilling and encouraging memories that I have. When my grandfather let me use the hammer to nail something down, yes I hit my thumb a few times. To this day, I still have the marks of small scars from boyhood. We let our son take small and supervised risks when we feel he can handle it, and I happen to think that doing so is very important to a person's development.
so sad, a beautiful landscape ruined by windmills
Eclairage Zéro on voit presque rien dommage...
Of course they have a free range vegan hipster broom 😂
Your once and future president claims windmills kill birds. Have you found that to be the case?