Casting a New Foundation | Restoring a 100 Year Old Barn!

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  • @neutonrenda2303
    @neutonrenda2303 Місяць тому +19

    Your daughter is lucky to have a great family, she looks really happy and that is definitely a blessing. I have been around someone who has suffered with epileptic fits and I know how helpless it made me feel. I hope that it doesn't happen again for as long as possible. Please give her a huge hug from South Africa.❤️

  • @lelins300
    @lelins300 Місяць тому +11

    Really hard work
    One person himself placing and moving videos
    Same person bringing cement mixer and cement himself pours concrete
    Same person is bringing the reinforcement bars
    Taking care of farm
    And then compiles and edits videos
    Keep going 👍❤️

  • @paul4124
    @paul4124 Місяць тому +9

    With your work ethic you deserve all the success in the world. God bless you and your family ❤🇦🇺

  • @chrisallen2276
    @chrisallen2276 Місяць тому +7

    Hello from Canada !! Love what you guys are doing! Sorry to hear your daughter had an incident and hope she bounces back. prayers for your family ❤

  • @wayneevans3342
    @wayneevans3342 Місяць тому +23

    Hi Erik, if you need to place concrete again in cold weather, dont stress. I was a materials engineer in the British army. In the Falkland Islands we used hot water in the concrete mix and covered the finished concrete with insulation, rockwool inside plastic, just like a duvet. Leave it on for the first 7 days. Use this method whenever the temperature reaches 3° on a falling thermometer. You can continue down to -5° without any problems. Keep up the good work! Best wishes to the family.

    • @grazzer1673
      @grazzer1673 Місяць тому

      Good tips, but concrete will never properly cure at -5° ... unless you're talking centigrade.
      Even then I wouldn't recommend it.

    • @MateuszŚciebura
      @MateuszŚciebura 20 днів тому +1

      plastyfikator -8🤔👌👍

  • @winterhorse290
    @winterhorse290 Місяць тому +7

    Great job! I love watching people restoring old things, machinery, building or tools.

  • @elizabethwesson553
    @elizabethwesson553 Місяць тому +11

    I hope your sweet daughter recovers quickly ❤

  • @terryrogers1025
    @terryrogers1025 Місяць тому +1

    You are doing an excellent job on capping the barn wall, looks like it is turning out quite well. If you have a farm, there is never a problem keeping busy, just takes time and patience. I wish the best for you and family, will keep your daughter in my prayers, thank you for the update, enjoyed watching, stay dry.

  • @DavidVanHelden1
    @DavidVanHelden1 Місяць тому +4

    If I could have a wish come true.... I would wish I could live in Norway....the USA just isn't fun anymore... keep up the good work... you have a beautiful life 🙂

    • @farmerbill6855
      @farmerbill6855 28 днів тому

      What's stopping you? We certainly don't need you here.

  • @rafaeldouglas2065
    @rafaeldouglas2065 Місяць тому +1

    Great to see your efforts in restoring the farm buildings. Dedication and commitment are very evident. I wish you both all the best in your endeavours from Scotland.

  • @artrioangelus
    @artrioangelus Місяць тому +10

    Such fortitude! I respect and admire your determination.

  • @philipholum4277
    @philipholum4277 20 днів тому +1

    your idea of using the foam seems to work out very well!

  • @elliotazus6258
    @elliotazus6258 Місяць тому +2

    Hi Eric, I am a new to your channel for a while and saw mostly old videos a couple of years old and I am enjoying them. I watched the one that you talked about your high blood pressure and diabetes. Which you got rid of by weight loss and controlling your sleep apnea with a cpap. That is terrific!! Now I am seeing recent videos only 10 days old. You had mentioned the farm was a struggle and mabe you should move on; im glad you didn't, which shows you are a conquer!! God bless and take care for you and your family from your California subscriber 🙏 🤲

  • @ryegraskacarturkmeni3863
    @ryegraskacarturkmeni3863 18 днів тому

    Pencere iç açıları tam olması gerektiği gibi yapılmış mükemmel detay.Harikasınız.Turkei.🌱

  • @JerryMabrey
    @JerryMabrey Місяць тому +3

    Everybody has an opinion about the walls but just know theres a right way and a half assed way of doing things.

  • @EnGammalAmazon
    @EnGammalAmazon 16 днів тому

    Very nice video. Thank you for sharing the part about your family and what you are dealing with. I believe that what is important in life is not the things we accumulate, but who we are being in each and every moment with those around us. Thanks again.

  • @NSResponder
    @NSResponder Місяць тому +2

    I'm no expert, but those chickens look pretty happy to me.

  • @acanadianineurope814
    @acanadianineurope814 Місяць тому +26

    i hope you get another 260k views !

  • @janeshorsestuff
    @janeshorsestuff Місяць тому

    You work so hard. And you wife too, looking after the children. I hope your daughter is stable now.❤

    • @Norwegianfarmlife
      @Norwegianfarmlife  Місяць тому +5

      Thanks. Most can see how hard I work on the videos but my wife’s contribution to the farm is often difficult to see on the videos. As our daughter require on adult at here at all hour’s day and night the truth is that the videos you see and the farm we have would not have been if I did not have such an amazing wife. ❤️

  • @carolewarner101
    @carolewarner101 Місяць тому

    Utrolig! What an exciting project to restore such an amazing old barn. I LOVE those thick stone walls. It will be beautiful and functional when you've finished it.

  • @Рамиль07
    @Рамиль07 Місяць тому +1

    Привет из Казани. Ты снимаешь классные видео. Очень приятно смотреть Ваши видео👍

  • @forrestvalleyfarmer
    @forrestvalleyfarmer 16 днів тому

    Hope you are all well prepared for the coming forecast and that you and your family can sit inside calmy. Take care!

  • @luislosrobles7394
    @luislosrobles7394 8 днів тому

    estimado, muchas gracias por mostrar la vida tal cual es ( osea como corresponde, cosa muy rara en estos tiempos), espero que les vaya muy bien en lo venidero. saludos desde Concepción, Chile

  • @hamburg6958
    @hamburg6958 Місяць тому

    Dear family I can only say that your community is extremely strong. Is it the country with the extreme weather conditions? I don't know because I don't live there. I am from northern Germany. I too have had ups and downs in my life, but the fact that you show us the UA-cam community what happens to you with all the bad luck and mishaps makes your video unique and great.

  • @bsg2580
    @bsg2580 Місяць тому

    Rain is the worst. I would take a step back and cover that whole floor inside the foundation with 4” of gravel. You will need it later and it will make your life so much easier now. New subscriber and this reminds me of my younger self!

  • @Painless61
    @Painless61 Місяць тому +2

    A backet of water and a Handvoll of Stones clean the Mixer super … no waste of water … nice project

  • @roberthill9011
    @roberthill9011 11 днів тому

    Hi hope you're all well from Shropshire England have fun 🕊️

  • @davidwatsonii9469
    @davidwatsonii9469 Місяць тому

    so sorry to hear about that baby girl, prayers for strength, good luck

  • @danielpospisil1192
    @danielpospisil1192 Місяць тому +1

    If you're really building everything yourself or with your family, it's incredibly hard work. But the result brings great satisfaction, self-confidence and respect for what we have built ourselves ! 🌅

  • @krabbly
    @krabbly Місяць тому

    Good video. Nice family. Everything will be ok. Tank you from Ukraine

  • @Eowynna
    @Eowynna Місяць тому

    Hello , bonjour ,
    Merci pour cette vidéo .
    Les travaux de la grange avancent bien 👍🏻

  • @Lorus1976
    @Lorus1976 Місяць тому

    I also made concrete on my house today. 😄Good job. I hope you can finish your work before the snow is comming.

  • @liamreger4971
    @liamreger4971 Місяць тому

    This is amazing i live in a small village in germany. We have the same buildings that were abandoned about 50 years ago. This is realy inspiring me to do the same like you. Keep it up and it will look awesome in the future. ;)

  • @autoboybv
    @autoboybv Місяць тому

    Good health to you and your familly and happy days ahead!

  • @neutonrenda2303
    @neutonrenda2303 Місяць тому

    Hi Eric, I've been waiting for your video, how exciting to start the barn. You must be happy with your first part of the ring beam. Doing it on your own is a huge job, but looks how far you've come already. 👍

  • @Arneparne
    @Arneparne Місяць тому +3

    276k views på andre videoen! Gratulerer!! Den cigman'en var rå, tror jeg får ønske meg en sånn til jul av julenissen

    • @Norwegianfarmlife
      @Norwegianfarmlife  Місяць тому +1

      Takker, ja måleren funket bra. Tror aldri jeg kunne målt ting så langt vekke uten kamera for laseren er umulig å se på 120 meters avstand 😊👍

  • @ahkkariq7406
    @ahkkariq7406 Місяць тому

    Gleder meg til hver nye episode. Fint å følge dere. Håper det går greit med jentungen.

  • @ulfrogeriversen2123
    @ulfrogeriversen2123 Місяць тому

    Endelig ! ventet lenge på de gode videoene 🙂. blir alt for lenge mellom videoene.

  • @ProtonOne11
    @ProtonOne11 Місяць тому +8

    Nice progress on the barn foundation. I hope the concrete was wet enough to fully cure and harden. It needs the water to make the proper chemical bond and not stay in a half way state between powder and solid.
    I wonder why you did not clear the way on the side of the barn that leads uphill a bit more, so you can drive the concrete mixer and bags up there on the tractor and then pour it down from the top. Seems like that would have made the work a lot easier and quicker, especially if you did the back wall first and worked your way forward from there.

    • @perstaffanlundgren
      @perstaffanlundgren 16 днів тому +1

      Low cement water ratio is directly related to higher concrete strength, and reduced chrikich in the cured concrete.. as long as the cement is not dry powdery it will cure fine. The reason that wet concrete is used in modern buildings is that the formwork and rebar require god flowabliety, especially narrow walls and pillars. Flow additives are used to avoid high water cement ratio and still get acceptable flowabilty .
      Do not over saturate with water it makes for bad concrete.
      If you do pouring on stages skore up the concrete where you will add more to ,brush away the cement skin layer. Before it is hardned. when continuing, do a layer of stronger mix on the cured surface like 1part cement 2 part sand one part aggregate. Then do the normal ratio forward.
      Also when pouring on stones you can brush a 1cement /2 morter sand slurry on them to increase bite.

  • @mauricebrown9094
    @mauricebrown9094 Місяць тому +2

    Good job Pal. well done..

  • @tommybarber7616
    @tommybarber7616 Місяць тому

    Hello from Texas barn is coming along nicely

  • @waskier4842
    @waskier4842 Місяць тому +47

    Thick concrete on top of dry stacked rock. NO! Thin pour a few buckets as internal chinking with thick concrete on top. Now all you can do is some surface chinking.. some walls have some, most none. Now you need 85 #4 8' tall rebar vertically installed. You've near zero horizontal stability. Spend next summer with a chinking pump and fill those walls with mortar. It'll help with structural rigidity, warmth, and keep bugs out.

    • @gamingbigfilipp
      @gamingbigfilipp Місяць тому +9

      yeah excactly , i worked on conctruction with my father I was making concrete and he was making stone walls, what he did right here is very wrong and bad...that's not at all structual and could collapse.The least he can do now is fiil the emty space between the rocks with concrete it reinforces it .

    • @NSResponder
      @NSResponder Місяць тому +15

      Those walls have had a century to settle. They're not going anywhere.

    • @robertbowler6130
      @robertbowler6130 Місяць тому +1

      Why could if collapse? ​@@gamingbigfilipp

    • @BWIL2515
      @BWIL2515 Місяць тому +2

      In a perfect world you would fix the walls first then the top but it looks fine from my house in Dallas Texas

    • @Rubbernecker
      @Rubbernecker Місяць тому +4

      It'll be fine.

  • @bensouthwell1339
    @bensouthwell1339 Місяць тому +2

    just use simple small stones for "spacers" on your Re-Bar, as long as concrete can reach all sides of the bar. = quicker and cheaper!

  • @victor58010
    @victor58010 27 днів тому

    Perhaps you could use a drill to twist the wires holding the rebar together?
    It would greatly speed the process up.

  • @fishaholic122
    @fishaholic122 Місяць тому

    The soupier the concrete the more it will get down in the nooks and cranies better, i see toward the end u were indeed making it wetter, good

  • @richardhogben3776
    @richardhogben3776 Місяць тому

    awesome work, must of been a great shoulder workout

  • @thestoneforestchannel
    @thestoneforestchannel Місяць тому +1

    Good job, greetings from Barcelona.

  • @johnnester2340
    @johnnester2340 Місяць тому

    Awesome video. I wish I was there to help you. Dream vacation for me!

  • @luismy9645
    @luismy9645 Місяць тому

    Taş eviniz çok güzel.Benimde hayalimde taş ev var.Mutluluklar dilerim. İstanbul'dan sevgiler.

  • @uhjeen
    @uhjeen Місяць тому

    Heya from luxembourg, love what you^re doing!

  • @noiseosoutros
    @noiseosoutros Місяць тому

    Very very good thank you my friends ❤

  • @JRattheranch
    @JRattheranch Місяць тому

    Oh boy are you lucky! If you were attempting this rebuild in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 now, you'd have to cease because of that little bat! Interesting to see how similar the construction is to our old mills and dwellings all over Wales! My home in Wales has 700 mm walls with a very similar construction!.😊

    • @the_hate_inside1085
      @the_hate_inside1085 Місяць тому +1

      Bats love barn attics. He will probably get EU-funding for the barn. Had to evict a few who stayed in the chimney at my mother in laws, and started to make a rackus, when I was making a fire...

  • @laplumehm3859
    @laplumehm3859 Місяць тому

    Hello, depuis la France 🇫🇷 Normandie.
    Nouvel abonné.
    Félicitations, beau travail.
    Amitiés.
    🍀🍀🍀

  • @NeilBates-k3t
    @NeilBates-k3t Місяць тому

    You are doing a great job my friend and I am no expert but a little more editing would show the same results more effectively you are a craftsman you do the world a favour good job

  • @cool_space_zebra
    @cool_space_zebra Місяць тому +2

    blir artig å se når dether prosjektet blir ferdig :D

  • @MichaelDebalski-mk6bt
    @MichaelDebalski-mk6bt Місяць тому

    Beautiful old farm !

  • @АлексейСидоренко-х5ж

    Молодец,действуй. Успехов.

  • @dimassimjs
    @dimassimjs 11 днів тому

    Thk U for sharing ❤

  • @Melicoy
    @Melicoy Місяць тому

    Very refreshing video. Thank you

  • @bobs12andahalf2
    @bobs12andahalf2 Місяць тому

    Those concrete caps will be fine and the walls under them will be fine too.

  • @binflynn1
    @binflynn1 Місяць тому

    True enjoy the good parts of life , good video 👍

  • @norwegiangadgetman
    @norwegiangadgetman Місяць тому +1

    You should consider stopping at the nearest Felleskjøpet, or Biltema(I think there's one in Ørsta) and pick up a 'Krafse' Best tool ever to scoop sand out of a tracktor bucket and evening it on the road.
    The Cigman rangefinder is a neat tool. Want one, but can't justify the expense.

    • @Frank-Thoresen
      @Frank-Thoresen Місяць тому

      Jeg tenkte også på krafse. En rive er ikke det beste for å flytte på jord eller grus. En krafse med en bøy på enden av håndtaket hjelper med grepet. Fint med en spiss krafse også for å drenere vannet fra veien ut til grøfta.

    • @Norwegianfarmlife
      @Norwegianfarmlife  Місяць тому

      I already have one but i cannot find it 🤔😂

  • @williambowman7589
    @williambowman7589 Місяць тому

    Another fantastic video 😊

  • @OfBronzeandBlaze
    @OfBronzeandBlaze Місяць тому

    Here in the US it’s becoming popular to place bat houses in trees when you find them on your property. They were likely roosting in the barn rafters years ago before it fell. Giving them a new home on your property will hopefully keep your interactions to a minimum as bats carry a ton of disease. But they’re an important part of the local ecosystem. As a plus, they eat mosquitoes!

  • @neutonrenda2303
    @neutonrenda2303 Місяць тому

    You have saved the stone walls for sure. Have you got any plans for the tower section, do you know what it was used for? Even with the rain you have done an epic amount of work, much more than I thought possible working alone. Wow, can't wait to see the next update, take care and enjoy your family time.❤️

    • @ProtonOne11
      @ProtonOne11 Місяць тому +2

      The "tower" is a silo where they kept silage as feed for the winter. There is even a little corn chipper that still sits out in the middle of one of the fields, so it makes sense that they made corn silage on the farm at some point. I guess they could have used grass to make silage too, as some years it might be very hard to get enough sunny days to make enough hay for the winter season.

  • @tjoberget
    @tjoberget Місяць тому

    Kjekt å sjå at andre òg tek på seg slike store prosjekt. Lukka te' :)

  • @user-freddy
    @user-freddy 9 днів тому

    멋지네요 대단해요

  • @edisneri4118
    @edisneri4118 16 днів тому

    very nice video...

  • @dankathyseefeldt9493
    @dankathyseefeldt9493 Місяць тому

    I agree. You placed dry stones on top of the dry wall. You now have very little adhesive to the foundation.

  • @picklesgherkin
    @picklesgherkin Місяць тому

    new sub here, wait'n on the next vid with anticipation👍👍

  • @peterfarrell8520
    @peterfarrell8520 Місяць тому +9

    The original barn wall’s were properly mortar layered stone, with what looked like concrete sill or capping blocks. So why didn’t you finish the top’s of stone walls, by bedding those finishing off stone with mortar. As the infills and especially the corners of the concrete plates are critical. For securing the roof and the trueness and pitch if needed.

  • @imhere9745Elaine
    @imhere9745Elaine Місяць тому +1

    Just found this Chanel , part of my family came to Canada from eather Norway or Finland, last name was Larick ,or Larrick wonder if you have ever heard eather one .

  • @DinSF
    @DinSF Місяць тому

    Sorry to hear about your daughter having a seizure. She looks happy and active.
    Thank you for wearing masks when doing all the dusty work with the concrete and the chicken coop. Your lungs appreciate not getting all that exposure. 😊

  • @Rubbernecker
    @Rubbernecker Місяць тому

    Excellent video series, and beautiful farm! New sub!

  • @andersmartensson1851
    @andersmartensson1851 19 днів тому

    Bygg en fladdermus holk . Du slipper få in fladdermössen i huset och Fladdermössen kommer att utrota alla elaka insekter i dit område . En Fladdermus äter i snitt 1 dl mygg och insekter / dygn 🙂

  • @carolinemoynan6990
    @carolinemoynan6990 Місяць тому

    Good video’s Eric

  • @alexengineer882
    @alexengineer882 28 днів тому

    Молодец! мужик! Надо жить на природе

  • @victor58010
    @victor58010 27 днів тому

    Also,add forks to your tractor bucket.

  • @Wrootplonk
    @Wrootplonk Місяць тому +2

    Eyyy, ny video. Sweeet.

  • @the_hate_inside1085
    @the_hate_inside1085 Місяць тому

    My barn is just a foundation now, it was too far gone to repair. Try to be wary with storing cement outdoors in any greater lenght of time, the bags can turn solid from air moisture alone..

  • @leighrawnsley2266
    @leighrawnsley2266 6 днів тому

    i'm restoring a place in scotland but i'm using lime rather than concrete as its breathable and doesnt damage the stone if moisture gets behind it

  • @antolinijeanfrancois7
    @antolinijeanfrancois7 Місяць тому

    Bonjour bravo tip top super cool pour le boulot courage pour la suite. Mais béton et pierre ne font pas bon ménage.

  • @berg8970
    @berg8970 Місяць тому +1

    This is my first time watching your channel, The carnivore diet or way of eating can greatly help your daughter with her seizures, please when you have time research the vast benefits of eating this way not only for your daughter but your whole family too. If you should want more information I would be happy to share.

  • @ciceroalves2668
    @ciceroalves2668 Місяць тому

    Tudo de bom a você sua família

  • @hannetang
    @hannetang Місяць тому

    Her har I endnu en følger 😊

  • @Renaissance-t9l
    @Renaissance-t9l Місяць тому

    Europeans are the best . Great job

  • @neutonrenda2303
    @neutonrenda2303 Місяць тому

    You have saved the stone walls for sure. Have you got any plans for the tower section, do you know what it was used for? 🤔

  • @virgiltolu2988
    @virgiltolu2988 Місяць тому

    Hi, let the cat free because it doesn't run away from you, it's used to it, it's ok, I like the way you work, I'm following you from Northern Ireland, show the sheep when you have time, please!

    • @ahkkariq7406
      @ahkkariq7406 Місяць тому +2

      They don't want to release it until they have sterilized it, which I can understand.

  • @AHomelesschannell
    @AHomelesschannell Місяць тому

    And yes all you ned todo is vibe or agitate the concrete to make good adhesion to the rock

  • @devemch7851
    @devemch7851 Місяць тому

    The barn foundation is interesting. How is it built? Did the original builders use morter or cement along with field stone to build this foundation? The windows are also interesting in that the window walls are tapered.

    • @Norwegianfarmlife
      @Norwegianfarmlife  Місяць тому

      The barn is built on bedrock using big square stones of granite. No mortar or cement is used to build this structure. The mortar you see in the video is just on half of the building and only applied on the inside to keep that room from being drafty. They have built like this for thousands of years in Norway and many of these structures still stand. The only danger to a structure like this is trees. Roots in between the rocks slowly push walls like these out until it collapses. The shape of the windows is to let more light in as the walls are almost a meter thick. 😊👍

  • @RafizGasimov
    @RafizGasimov 14 днів тому

    Azərbaycandan salamlar

  • @ВолодимирК-б1ц
    @ВолодимирК-б1ц Місяць тому

    Привіт з України !!! Бажаю вам здоров'я і успіхів у відновленню старого будинку !!! 😊

  • @AHomelesschannell
    @AHomelesschannell Місяць тому

    If you want to make the top of that wall level, just fill that form with concrete

  • @Oracul41
    @Oracul41 19 днів тому

    Если долго мучаться, что нибудь получится 😊

  • @ridhobaihaqi144
    @ridhobaihaqi144 Місяць тому

    Norwegian harvest moon 😊

  • @vinogradowladimir
    @vinogradowladimir Місяць тому

    Интересный проект. Одному конечно работать тяжело. В идеале еще взять большой шприц для цемента. И зацементировать все щели.

  • @chapachap7204
    @chapachap7204 19 днів тому

    Why do you use ready-mix b30? Wouldn't it be cheaper to use sand, cement and granite crushed stone in a ratio of 1:2:4?
    And pouring without vibration greatly reduces the grade strength of concrete.

  • @ankemuller2951
    @ankemuller2951 Місяць тому

    Absolut unprofessionell! Neuer seen a Bala Bala live Himmel ever😂

  • @djtouchdown
    @djtouchdown Місяць тому

    Har fulgt med deg siden starten av kanalen. Imponerende ka du/dere har fått til så langt! Er håndverker selv)Men var usikker på om du noen gang kom til å gjenbygge fjøset. Skal du gjøre alt arbeidet aleine? Er planen å ha dyr i det og drive som det var med bruk av silo og møkkakjeller?Lykke til videre med prosjektet! Hilsen en landbruks-interessert bergenser😊

    • @Norwegianfarmlife
      @Norwegianfarmlife  Місяць тому

      Takk for det😊 Vi kom frem til for lenge siden at dersom jeg skulle gjøre alt selv så ville jeg aldri blir ferdig. Har bestilt et grindabygg som skal settes opp på murene når alt er klart. Han som leverer det setter det opp og lager taket ferdig. Jeg tar over igjen etter det👍

  • @wojtas-4
    @wojtas-4 Місяць тому +2

    Dlaczego kupujesz gotową zaprawę betonową, jest ona kilkukrotnie droższa od zrobionej samemu, dodatkowa wadą jej jest brak kruszywa (drobnych kamieni) to one dają wytrzymałość a praktycznie nic nie kosztują. Bardzo przygnębiająca u was pogoda !, w Polsce dni deszczowe w ostatnich dwóch miesiącach można by policzyć na jednej ręce.