At one point I'd started to ask a coworker to "clean that up and make it look good", but I realized part way through that "good" was ambitious so what I actually said was "make it look... Uh... Less bad" That became a part of our vocabulary.
As a longtime subscriber, I thoroughly enjoyed these kind of update videos. I want to say I can remember each one of those repair videos when you posted them. I’ve learned a lot from you, so thanks dude. Make On
honestly the slapdash repairs over the decades give me a warm smile. looks like solutions from before big box stores and common heavy equipment. the real backwoods experience.
I love reading the comments under these camp vids... So many people don't quite grasp that these are just cottages. Not 4-season-occupied homes. I've never seen such trapped water heaters! That was hilarious. Hope you had a great vacation. Those are some long drives.
The video years back putting a roof on your shed where your friends and family came over to give you a good ribbing about the cottages and your relationship with your dad is still one of my favourites.
It's not unusual for Matthias to take a seemingly mundane topic and make it a great watch. Half assed repairs are a whole realm of applied skill and experience. Developing methods of taking off the 'right way' blinders, becoming comfortable with novelty and leaving good enough alone. And it's always fun to listen to sound reasoning.
I can't believe I've been watching your channel for well over 10 years. I was still in high school when I found out about you. Since then, I've started my own business as a residential carpenter and custom woodworker. Good shit Matthias, never stop what you're doing. Those foundations do give me pause, though lol!
If I won the lottery I would offer your Mum a price she could not refuse. I've loved that place since the day you showed it to us. Everything about it speaks to me.
Someone in the comments of another Amogla video mentioned the idea of a bunch of “maker” UA-camrs going out and doing a whole thing of making a bunch of content together fixing things up. Every time I see one of these videos that idea sounds cooler and cooler.
just love it. I've probably seen most of the amogla camp videos and given the situation in our family, I'm getting soo nostagic every time I see your live progress, too.
I was working on my dad's Miata a while back, and ended up having to use every single socket extension in the garage at once lol. Sometimes you just do what you have to do to make it work 😅
Very pretty cabins :) A shame about the foundations and decks, but impressive that your dad put them up (by himself?) with limited knowledge. More than I think most creative handy people will build in their lifetimes, I'm sure. Keep up the good work, I always enjoy your videos :)
He was more productive by not taking time to research, and just doing it. Just some things turned out to be not quite right. But his philosophy later in life was just "it will outlast me, so I don't care"
@@matthiaswandel I am currently rebuilding a barn that has become an island in suburbia. It wasn't built the best. Lots of the poles were rotten at the bottom and someone stacked logs and rocks under them to hold them up. Lots of not-so-great framing practices throughout, but I always say to myself "It lasted long enough for their needs."
I just don't understand the need for people to make/leave critical comments about things they have no involvement in. Keep on doing what you can, when you can to keep the property usable for your family and keep on making the videos you make. I enjoy them and often learn from them.
I would be glad to fly up there, pay for my own room and board and I’d work for free, 8+ hours a day doing whatever work needed to be done. Hell, I’d probably pay for the opportunity! Seeing this in my feed made my day. Been fascinated with this place for years.
Stapling patches of chicken wire makes an effective deterrent around pipes and corners where they usually try to make a hole. Standard practice in California’s older house services.
Mathias, I know, firsthand, about the impossible task of keeping ahead of entropy, particularly in a remote place. You are amazing in your persistence and ingenuity.
Hello Matthias, watched every video for probably 8 years now, would love to see more camp stuff, spent some time growing up on a lake front property a bit like this and it was some of my greatest time so far, hope to be able to have something like this one day, you've got to keep it and enjoy it, considering I'm in my earlier 20's and live in a different continent my perception of the task this really is likely far off
Every time I watch video about the Amogla camp I think about throwing everything away and make some offer to Matthias...like fixing things around the prooerty for staying in one of those beautiful cottages...
Very beautiful Matthias, thanks for sharing. And nice to see how long half-assed repairs can be made to last. I should try caring slightly less about some of the work I do (I mean it!).
Ah, my Uncle would have loved a place like Amogla. He was a resident of the Sault for 40 odd years, working for the MNR - huh, he may have even been into Rock Lake in an official capacity when some of the newer cottages went up (environmental assessments and whatnot). It's good to see that the camp is still standing - if limping - after all this time!
You know what i've watched this channel for 10 years or so and only now realized it's not about engineering or woodwoking - I'm sorry, Matthias (in a Canadian accent). This channel is about family.
Originally from NW Ontario and cottages or camps are always a summer thing I can relate 100%. And at 72 it was the time when construction was not dependent on big box stores but more “just get it done”
We have to dig 1.0 meters deep and put river gravel underneath (and 0.2 m all sides around) at least 0.8 meter deep concrete fundaments following our German norms and specifications for funding buildings in my nook of the woods to avoid frost-damages. We're "the Riviera of Bavaria" though (roundabout 350 km from Black Forest), I doubt we got frost that deep as Amogla gets it each winter in a hundred years. Germany overdoes it here, as usual, however our foundations fail in case of highwater washing away everything else including the gravel only. I still wonder why Mr Wandel senior did it that way in Amogla back in the days.
easy. we did it all ourselves with no heavy equipment, that really limits the options. at the time, it cost us about $5000 to build a cottage, in 1984 dollars. by german standards these would not have been built because they would have never paid for themselves.
@@matthiaswandel Well, by German standards they wouldn't have been built, that is a fact, and they couldn't have been built, either, in 1984, because last time a lovely camp on a remote lakeshore was even _allowed_ to be built like Amogla Camp in Germany was roundabout early to mid fifties. It went downhill from that time into "absolutely forbidden to build anything whatsoever outside of regulated and standardized village areas", which was, I reckon, one of the major reasons people emigrated from Germany in the eighties, to Canada, to Australia and New Zealand, to freshly de-Francoed Spain, de-Salazared Portugal and to freshly de-Titoed Yougoslavia even. Anyway, thanks for sharing, and it wasn't meant to be rude or insulting, quite the opposite. Have a good time there creating family memories for the kids! I would try keeping Amogla as a family place no matter increasing maintenance - it is a gem! I reckon Your mom has her gut feeling about it ....
I think your repairs are all fine. I'm not sure what people are complaining about. The complexity of managing this many cottages means you have to get the work done efficiently, or the complexity only goes up. I've been waiting to hear more about Amogla Camp, and I think it would be great to see it running again.
this video just multiplies my feeling about why I don't like building anything out of wood anymore that is exposed to the weather. i guess if i'm going to spend the time and investment building something, the period it should be capable of lasting has to be more than wood. thanks for sharing!
A raspberry pi and a gyroscope could be used to remotely monitor the tilt of one of the cottages (if there’s WiFi). That would be a cool analysis for the frost heaving :)
The rate of angle change would be a fraction of a degree per year. Not even fancy inertial navigation systems have that little drift. Also, no wired internet.
@@F0XD1E Yes, it's a little messy. Use gloves for sure. Foam squirt first, pack scrubber and foam squirt again. Foam to seal the holes, metal to stop the chewing. Try to get the foam mixed through the scrubber.
Steel wool and foam work well for smaller holes, but for the larger gaps he’s dealing with, a metal plate is the best option. I like the idea of adding small holes to focus the squirrels’ chewing, though I hope the holes aren’t big enough for mice! Considering he tested different hole sizes in another video to see what they could squeeze through, I’m sure it’s secure.
Hello Matthias, you will have some job´s to do , no boredom will appear in future! Funtation like this I have see´n only in Spain, where temp ever goes down to zero. With best regards from Bayern
Nice that you’re still keeping the camp! I know this is a long text but I have a point at the last two parts: We have only 4 houses (with all buildings I think it’s about 15-20) but I understand what it takes to keep everything running. You have to be creative, experienced and “work smart”. I think when people sees it, they only see That problem and think they have all the time, money and resources, but after that specific thing is fixed there’s the next thing, and less time. The it starts over. And you don’t get payed for it. So you have to really like it! (Now I’m working on a staircase. Then it’s a door, firewood, a driveway, a stuck vent(?) in a boiler, and so on. And most of the time it’s just me. Sometimes my partner helps. My points: When there was thoughts about selling Amogla camp I was thinking about buying it, but now when I saw the video I’m glad it’s staying in the family. It belongs with you. Hope there will be more videos of this in the future. It’s nice to see others working with about the same thing as me.)
Matthias I have enjoyed your videos for years. The camp sequences are among my favorites. A humble suggestion. If you are up to it, ask for some viewer community help. I live in an old order Mennonite area, I am not Mennonite, but I work with them on projects. People show up with the necessary tools and skills to complete a project or projects. A work week at your camp for those willing to rough it a bit would be fine. Camp, work, swim a bit, laugh and accomplish something in the process. Consider the offer.
I remember when Matthias was looking for help with maintenance for a summer, probably 15 years ago, I almost sent a message...I can imagine that it would have been a great summer!
Always nice to see your family's Amogla/Algoma estate, those youngsters we saw will soon be wielding excavators and other small scale machinery all over that landscape revamping that paradise. Just imagine the legacy deficits heaped up at Blackberry or Microsoft and ilk. The squirrels infiltrating the cottages and sheds, are they actually chipmunks, red squirrels or the grey/black squirrels? Does that great expanse to roam in peace remind you of your farmland property?
As a very long subscriber (~17 years) I really enjoy your camp repairs and I was sad when you posted that you would sell it. I am happy now that you decided not to sell it
I was really just thinking of this camp the other day and was wondering if there were any changes. Amazing your family is still holding onto it! I remember many of these repairs from previous videos :) Thanks for the update!
Is any of that ash still good for tool handles? We don't have hickory in Europe so we use ash. Cleave some straight logs into sticks and they'll make superior straight-grained handles when seasoned.
It must be lovely having your own holiday camp . . . somebody must also mow all the grass areas . . . Until you see all the maintenance . . . then where do you stop?
I do like the aesthetic of the patch repairs. Sure it's not "proper" but these quirks are what give a building soul. Perfection is the enemy of Good Enough, as they say.
Its astonishing how much maintenance is required for stuff that "just slowly gets old...". I understand now that a commercial camp will require a LOT of maintenance to keep everything in tip-top condition.
I'm a busy guy, so I watch most videos at 1.5 speed. The part where Mattias is walking around the camp is hilariously reminiscent of Rick Mercer's rants, except in a rural setting. And of course Mattias lacks Rick's anger, frustration, and sarcasm.
People generally don't understand that cottages are just that, cottages. They aren't someone's permanent residence. Which generally means the lodgings are more rustic and camp like in nature. P.S. We call the steel wire repair here in NL a 'Newfie clamp' btw! :)
I made an emergency repair on my first car with coat hanger wire. after that, I was never without a few tools and a couple of wire coat hangers in the trunk of that car.
The key to doing a half-a repair is to check it frequently. If it works then OK, check it again later. If it turns out that it isn't working then do something different. All of that work and all of those little problems look like they could become overwhelming. It looks like repairing of those things could be a full time job, I don't know how you manage just spending a little time infrequently.
10:16 🤣 ahaha hilarious!!! It's too bad you guys couldn't live there full time and run the camp again, but I guess it's too far away from family and schools etc.
@@doggfite I know, he just seems like he'd be the only one in the family who could save it and bring it back. I'd just hate to see it sold and family regret it later on down the road. But Matthias did mention the next generation may take over so 🤞
Water heaters "used" to last a lot longer than currently. Noted that big box WH are either 6 or 12 yrs warranty and YT plumbers seem to expect a 10-12 yr lifespan. I have two in my house and one failed (leaked all over basement) at 26yrs old and the other is hanging in there at 45yrs old.
Tank water heaters are not vastly more efficient now than then, they are better insulated which constitutes the majority of the improvement. When measured against the $1700-2500 for replacement which is typical in the US for tank type, the energy savings are swamped by the 10-15 yr replacement cycle. Simple maintenance of an annual flush and check of the sacrificial electrode every 5 years can extend the life and maintain functioning.
This is all fascinating and eminently watchable. In light of how effective the stabilizing braces are at keeping the foundations functional after they have begun to shift, why not install bigass braces in the first place?
Perhaps someday we’ll see another triumph of your ingenuity and resourcefulness by devising a way to effect a substantial foundation repair without heavy equipment. Maybe you could move there someday and make your constant and resourceful repairs the subject of another channel.
I've never seen pinecones that small. Here in Australia they're about the size of a pear. But then I've never seen squirrels either (at least in the wild). Possums, however, are another matter.
Are you still based in New Brunswick? Man, that is long, long haul to Amogla with the whole family. Do you break up the trip with an overnight in Ottawa?
For the lower decks, could you get away without having a railing? They don't seem like they're very high off the ground and you could just remove the rotting rail posts. Just a thought. I can appreciate the idea of simplifying things for sure : )
12:12 When I saw the island, I wondered if that was where NileRed released the stinkiest chemical known to man. He does live in Canada... but I highly doubt it's the same place. Actually, I'm sure it's not. I can see multiple islands, and the area Nile was in only had one.
My summer ritual is to watch Matthias Amogla maintenance videos and listen stories of the camp. Thanks.
Get outside and do something
Your father had a great life. I envy him for his bravery. Nice to see the family keeps his heritage alive.
“Make it less worse.”🤣
I’m stealing that!
Microsoft Coprighted that........................Just as soon as they heard that someone else had said it.
At one point I'd started to ask a coworker to "clean that up and make it look good", but I realized part way through that "good" was ambitious so what I actually said was "make it look... Uh... Less bad" That became a part of our vocabulary.
Or in other words "make it more better"
@@A_Stereotypical_Heretic that's quite popular where I am. Even more betterest. LOL
As a longtime subscriber, I thoroughly enjoyed these kind of update videos. I want to say I can remember each one of those repair videos when you posted them. I’ve learned a lot from you, so thanks dude. Make On
honestly the slapdash repairs over the decades give me a warm smile. looks like solutions from before big box stores and common heavy equipment. the real backwoods experience.
I love reading the comments under these camp vids... So many people don't quite grasp that these are just cottages. Not 4-season-occupied homes.
I've never seen such trapped water heaters! That was hilarious. Hope you had a great vacation. Those are some long drives.
The video years back putting a roof on your shed where your friends and family came over to give you a good ribbing about the cottages and your relationship with your dad is still one of my favourites.
i like that you aren't afraid to post your half-assed repairs. ignore the haters!
I took a look with Google maps at the camp... Man, the Canadian definition of "much more developed" is so far from what I'm used to, I love it
I have learned so much from you in the 10 years I've been watching your channel. Thanks for what you do :)
It's not unusual for Matthias to take a seemingly mundane topic and make it a great watch. Half assed repairs are a whole realm of applied skill and experience. Developing methods of taking off the 'right way' blinders, becoming comfortable with novelty and leaving good enough alone. And it's always fun to listen to sound reasoning.
I struggle with this very thing. I had a hard time with those blinders!
I can't believe I've been watching your channel for well over 10 years. I was still in high school when I found out about you. Since then, I've started my own business as a residential carpenter and custom woodworker. Good shit Matthias, never stop what you're doing. Those foundations do give me pause, though lol!
Better half-assed than no assed at all. Words to live by.
If I won the lottery I would offer your Mum a price she could not refuse. I've loved that place since the day you showed it to us. Everything about it speaks to me.
Same here! I would love this place!
Someone in the comments of another Amogla video mentioned the idea of a bunch of “maker” UA-camrs going out and doing a whole thing of making a bunch of content together fixing things up. Every time I see one of these videos that idea sounds cooler and cooler.
Wtf would you do with an old run down cabin?
@@A_Stereotypical_Heretic You wouldn't understand.
@@sbrunner69don’t feed the trolls!
just love it. I've probably seen most of the amogla camp videos and given the situation in our family, I'm getting soo nostagic every time I see your live progress, too.
"Why do car manufacturers make new cars so hard to work on?" Water heater installer: "hold my beer."
I was working on my dad's Miata a while back, and ended up having to use every single socket extension in the garage at once lol. Sometimes you just do what you have to do to make it work 😅
Very pretty cabins :) A shame about the foundations and decks, but impressive that your dad put them up (by himself?) with limited knowledge. More than I think most creative handy people will build in their lifetimes, I'm sure. Keep up the good work, I always enjoy your videos :)
He was more productive by not taking time to research, and just doing it. Just some things turned out to be not quite right. But his philosophy later in life was just "it will outlast me, so I don't care"
@@matthiaswandel I am currently rebuilding a barn that has become an island in suburbia. It wasn't built the best. Lots of the poles were rotten at the bottom and someone stacked logs and rocks under them to hold them up. Lots of not-so-great framing practices throughout, but I always say to myself "It lasted long enough for their needs."
I just don't understand the need for people to make/leave critical comments about things they have no involvement in. Keep on doing what you can, when you can to keep the property usable for your family and keep on making the videos you make. I enjoy them and often learn from them.
I would be glad to fly up there, pay for my own room and board and I’d work for free, 8+ hours a day doing whatever work needed to be done. Hell, I’d probably pay for the opportunity! Seeing this in my feed made my day. Been fascinated with this place for years.
Stapling patches of chicken wire makes an effective deterrent around pipes and corners where they usually try to make a hole. Standard practice in California’s older house services.
1/4 hardware cloth
Mathias, I know, firsthand, about the impossible task of keeping ahead of entropy, particularly in a remote place. You are amazing in your persistence and ingenuity.
Glad to see the camp. I used to fish there with family and friends.
That’s so cool
I love this video, seeing the camps, the repairs, and the beautiful scenery. Thanks.
Hello Matthias, watched every video for probably 8 years now, would love to see more camp stuff, spent some time growing up on a lake front property a bit like this and it was some of my greatest time so far, hope to be able to have something like this one day, you've got to keep it and enjoy it, considering I'm in my earlier 20's and live in a different continent my perception of the task this really is likely far off
Every time I watch video about the Amogla camp I think about throwing everything away and make some offer to Matthias...like fixing things around the prooerty for staying in one of those beautiful cottages...
Very beautiful Matthias, thanks for sharing.
And nice to see how long half-assed repairs can be made to last. I should try caring slightly less about some of the work I do (I mean it!).
That place looks like heaven on earth.
Great to see the family camp again. I remember each of the repair videos you posted at the time you posted. Guess I've been around awhile.
Ah, my Uncle would have loved a place like Amogla. He was a resident of the Sault for 40 odd years, working for the MNR - huh, he may have even been into Rock Lake in an official capacity when some of the newer cottages went up (environmental assessments and whatnot). It's good to see that the camp is still standing - if limping - after all this time!
Environmental assessments weren't needed in the good old 80s
@@matthiaswandel Ach, I meant the cottages at the north end of the lake :)
Thanks, always nice to see what's going on with the Camp.
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Matthias, Yes I was wondering how the camp was going and if your Mother still wanted to keep it! Lots of memories for all !
Love this camp sooooo much!!!
We have had a water access seasonal camp in the Adirondacks for the past 20 years. Every word of this video rang true.
You know what i've watched this channel for 10 years or so and only now realized it's not about engineering or woodwoking - I'm sorry, Matthias (in a Canadian accent). This channel is about family.
I'm connoting this comment as the most loving comment to Matthias I've ever read.
Originally from NW Ontario and cottages or camps are always a summer thing I can relate 100%. And at 72 it was the time when construction was not dependent on big box stores but more “just get it done”
We have to dig 1.0 meters deep and put river gravel underneath (and 0.2 m all sides around) at least 0.8 meter deep concrete fundaments following our German norms and specifications for funding buildings in my nook of the woods to avoid frost-damages. We're "the Riviera of Bavaria" though (roundabout 350 km from Black Forest), I doubt we got frost that deep as Amogla gets it each winter in a hundred years. Germany overdoes it here, as usual, however our foundations fail in case of highwater washing away everything else including the gravel only. I still wonder why Mr Wandel senior did it that way in Amogla back in the days.
easy. we did it all ourselves with no heavy equipment, that really limits the options. at the time, it cost us about $5000 to build a cottage, in 1984 dollars. by german standards these would not have been built because they would have never paid for themselves.
@@matthiaswandel Well, by German standards they wouldn't have been built, that is a fact, and they couldn't have been built, either, in 1984, because last time a lovely camp on a remote lakeshore was even _allowed_ to be built like Amogla Camp in Germany was roundabout early to mid fifties. It went downhill from that time into "absolutely forbidden to build anything whatsoever outside of regulated and standardized village areas", which was, I reckon, one of the major reasons people emigrated from Germany in the eighties, to Canada, to Australia and New Zealand, to freshly de-Francoed Spain, de-Salazared Portugal and to freshly de-Titoed Yougoslavia even.
Anyway, thanks for sharing, and it wasn't meant to be rude or insulting, quite the opposite. Have a good time there creating family memories for the kids! I would try keeping Amogla as a family place no matter increasing maintenance - it is a gem! I reckon Your mom has her gut feeling about it ....
I think your repairs are all fine. I'm not sure what people are complaining about. The complexity of managing this many cottages means you have to get the work done efficiently, or the complexity only goes up.
I've been waiting to hear more about Amogla Camp, and I think it would be great to see it running again.
this video just multiplies my feeling about why I don't like building anything out of wood anymore that is exposed to the weather. i guess if i'm going to spend the time and investment building something, the period it should be capable of lasting has to be more than wood. thanks for sharing!
if it was all concrete, the stuff would be in much worse shape -- cracked to hell from the frost action!
@@matthiaswandel I wasn't implying all concrete for everything. But lots of composites available for decking would be an option.
A raspberry pi and a gyroscope could be used to remotely monitor the tilt of one of the cottages (if there’s WiFi). That would be a cool analysis for the frost heaving :)
The rate of angle change would be a fraction of a degree per year. Not even fancy inertial navigation systems have that little drift. Also, no wired internet.
That camp looks like a wonderful place to get away and forget about life for a while! 👍👍
Dollar store stainless steel pot scrubbers and expanding foam can help fill critter holes.
What's the strategy? Packing a hole with the scrubbers and squirt the foam inside them?
@@F0XD1E Yes, it's a little messy. Use gloves for sure. Foam squirt first, pack scrubber and foam squirt again.
Foam to seal the holes, metal to stop the chewing. Try to get the foam mixed through the scrubber.
Steel wool and foam work well for smaller holes, but for the larger gaps he’s dealing with, a metal plate is the best option. I like the idea of adding small holes to focus the squirrels’ chewing, though I hope the holes aren’t big enough for mice! Considering he tested different hole sizes in another video to see what they could squeeze through, I’m sure it’s secure.
@@xsietube Yes, I agree.
Man, remodeling them is a fantastic opportunity for you... tons of content for your channels and your audience would probably keep them booked solid!
except we don't live there
@@matthiaswandel Seems like a great place to raise kids...! ;)
Hello Matthias,
you will have some job´s to do , no boredom will appear in future!
Funtation like this I have see´n only in Spain, where temp ever goes down to zero.
With best regards from Bayern
Nice that you’re still keeping the camp!
I know this is a long text but I have a point at the last two parts:
We have only 4 houses (with all buildings I think it’s about 15-20) but I understand what it takes to keep everything running. You have to be creative, experienced and “work smart”.
I think when people sees it, they only see That problem and think they have all the time, money and resources, but after that specific thing is fixed there’s the next thing, and less time. The it starts over. And you don’t get payed for it.
So you have to really like it!
(Now I’m working on a staircase. Then it’s a door, firewood, a driveway, a stuck vent(?) in a boiler, and so on. And most of the time it’s just me. Sometimes my partner helps.
My points:
When there was thoughts about selling Amogla camp I was thinking about buying it, but now when I saw the video I’m glad it’s staying in the family. It belongs with you.
Hope there will be more videos of this in the future. It’s nice to see others working with about the same thing as me.)
Just think about all the memories you have from this place
And his children are there making new ones.
Matthias I have enjoyed your videos for years. The camp sequences are among my favorites. A humble suggestion. If you are up to it, ask for some viewer community help. I live in an old order Mennonite area, I am not Mennonite, but I work with them on projects. People show up with the necessary tools and skills to complete a project or projects. A work week at your camp for those willing to rough it a bit would be fine. Camp, work, swim a bit, laugh and accomplish something in the process. Consider the offer.
I remember when Matthias was looking for help with maintenance for a summer, probably 15 years ago, I almost sent a message...I can imagine that it would have been a great summer!
just that with a new baby, I didn't have the time to spend there myself.
Always nice to see your family's Amogla/Algoma estate, those youngsters we saw will soon be wielding excavators and other small scale machinery all over that landscape revamping that paradise. Just imagine the legacy deficits heaped up at Blackberry or Microsoft and ilk. The squirrels infiltrating the cottages and sheds, are they actually chipmunks, red squirrels or the grey/black squirrels? Does that great expanse to roam in peace remind you of your farmland property?
As a very long subscriber (~17 years) I really enjoy your camp repairs and I was sad when you posted that you would sell it. I am happy now that you decided not to sell it
I love a solid janky cottage.
I was really just thinking of this camp the other day and was wondering if there were any changes. Amazing your family is still holding onto it! I remember many of these repairs from previous videos :) Thanks for the update!
I was just wondering about this camp and how it's doing as summer was ending.
Is any of that ash still good for tool handles? We don't have hickory in Europe so we use ash. Cleave some straight logs into sticks and they'll make superior straight-grained handles when seasoned.
Screw piles I'd recommend them most places easy and fast to put in and can take a lot of weight depending on the gauge used
have an irrational jealousy for that kind of responsibility, love these videos
It must be lovely having your own holiday camp . . . somebody must also mow all the grass areas . . .
Until you see all the maintenance . . . then where do you stop?
Really cool. Those cabins give me a tinge of anxiety thinking of having to keep them up.
I do like the aesthetic of the patch repairs. Sure it's not "proper" but these quirks are what give a building soul. Perfection is the enemy of Good Enough, as they say.
Its astonishing how much maintenance is required for stuff that "just slowly gets old...". I understand now that a commercial camp will require a LOT of maintenance to keep everything in tip-top condition.
My video about the domes on my second channel. I was just horrified at the thought at how much will need fixing when those get old!
what a beautiful camp and lake.
Thank You, Matthias
Today I learned I've been watching Matthias grumble about water heaters and squirrels for 14 years. ❤
I can't remember where I saw this but... "It's okay to half-ass something when all you need is half an ass"
My.carpenter dad always said the phrase in the trade was "it ain't no fuckin piano"
I'm a busy guy, so I watch most videos at 1.5 speed. The part where Mattias is walking around the camp is hilariously reminiscent of Rick Mercer's rants, except in a rural setting. And of course Mattias lacks Rick's anger, frustration, and sarcasm.
I wonder if you could make a sacrificial shed for the squirrels with lots of storage for their cones?
People generally don't understand that cottages are just that, cottages. They aren't someone's permanent residence. Which generally means the lodgings are more rustic and camp like in nature. P.S. We call the steel wire repair here in NL a 'Newfie clamp' btw! :)
I made an emergency repair on my first car with coat hanger wire. after that, I was never without a few tools and a couple of wire coat hangers in the trunk of that car.
You should build a cottage in New Brunswick!!
How are you keeping mice down while it's unoccupied ?
Traps
The key to doing a half-a repair is to check it frequently. If it works then OK, check it again later. If it turns out that it isn't working then do something different.
All of that work and all of those little problems look like they could become overwhelming. It looks like repairing of those things could be a full time job, I don't know how you manage just spending a little time infrequently.
A la primera me gustó ese lar. Es vuestro?
10:16 🤣 ahaha hilarious!!! It's too bad you guys couldn't live there full time and run the camp again, but I guess it's too far away from family and schools etc.
I think it's more about it being too much work and he just really isn't interested in the commitment
@@doggfite I know, he just seems like he'd be the only one in the family who could save it and bring it back. I'd just hate to see it sold and family regret it later on down the road. But Matthias did mention the next generation may take over so 🤞
I’d be happy to live in any of these cottages/cabins
What does Amogla mean?
Algoma spelled backwards
Water heaters "used" to last a lot longer than currently. Noted that big box WH are either 6 or 12 yrs warranty and YT plumbers seem to expect a 10-12 yr lifespan.
I have two in my house and one failed (leaked all over basement) at 26yrs old and the other is hanging in there at 45yrs old.
How efficient are they though? Water heaters can use a lot of energy and low efficiency can waste more money than replacing them would cost.
Tank water heaters are not vastly more efficient now than then, they are better insulated which constitutes the majority of the improvement. When measured against the $1700-2500 for replacement which is typical in the US for tank type, the energy savings are swamped by the 10-15 yr replacement cycle. Simple maintenance of an annual flush and check of the sacrificial electrode every 5 years can extend the life and maintain functioning.
This is all fascinating and eminently watchable.
In light of how effective the stabilizing braces are at keeping the foundations functional after they have begun to shift, why not install bigass braces in the first place?
We didn't anticipate these problems at the time we built the cottages
People leaving negative comments acting like they've ever volunteered their time to patch up a dozen cottages every year.
What's the purpose of raising the homes? Is it against the snow? And if so, are there better options for construction (nowadays)?
its on a slope. And having a gap between the joists and potentially damp soil cuts down on rot a lot.
"developed a squirrel leak" :)
Perhaps someday we’ll see another triumph of your ingenuity and resourcefulness by devising a way to effect a substantial foundation repair without heavy equipment. Maybe you could move there someday and make your constant and resourceful repairs the subject of another channel.
That's a cool place. It has a lot of character.
What convenient timing, I was just looking on your random channel to see if anything new was posted :p
I've never seen pinecones that small. Here in Australia they're about the size of a pear. But then I've never seen squirrels either (at least in the wild). Possums, however, are another matter.
Are you still based in New Brunswick? Man, that is long, long haul to Amogla with the whole family. Do you break up the trip with an overnight in Ottawa?
Frost heaving is why most homes built in minnesota have basements, theoretically the building is resting on ground that never freezes.
and basements in houses that aren’t heated get destroyed in winters.
i am glad y'all didn't sell the camp a lot of memories there maybe you are right maybe one of the grand kids will take it on
One of my other favourite UA-camrs often uses “not just good, but good enough” :)
this looks like a really nice comfy place to be :)
1:33 My house used to have this exact same lino 🤣 and I'm on a different continent!
For the lower decks, could you get away without having a railing? They don't seem like they're very high off the ground and you could just remove the rotting rail posts. Just a thought. I can appreciate the idea of simplifying things for sure : )
That sounds like the right thign to do when all the railings fail. Right now, I didn't want to mess up the aesthetic of it.
That is one long drive from New Brunswick. I see why you don't get back often.
Why is option to turn on the CC not available on your videos?
Okay Matthias. What's the difference between a hot water heater and an ordinary water heater. I love your video's!
same thing. hot water heater makes hot water. car factory makes cars.
"Nothing is as permanent as a temporary fix" comes to mind with this video 😂
Right on mum for not selling up!!
I'm imagining future squirrel gauntlet Rube Goldberg style videos featuring Matthias wood gears. 😆
12:12 When I saw the island, I wondered if that was where NileRed released the stinkiest chemical known to man. He does live in Canada... but I highly doubt it's the same place. Actually, I'm sure it's not. I can see multiple islands, and the area Nile was in only had one.
Beautiful place! I envy you 🙂
Beautiful area. I miss fishing Canada. eh
Making it betterish
Lovely place!