Finally back on track!! (Rescuing a 120 year old house)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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Felix is such a great videographer. Love all the B Roll shots he gets and the editing transitions. Really adds to the story
love the music action 2:12
Filex is tha bomb 💣
Summer heat will rise into that space above the bedroom, cooling the house. You might want to put in ventilation, or a skylight window that you can crack open to allow the heat to escape outside.
all attic spaces are required to be vented, so should be vents up there already, unless they took them out doing those block walls
@@IslandAdventuresDepends which country you are in and how old the house is! Most of the houses around me (England) were built in the 17th century…
On the other hand, most of the heat from the sun on the building would previously be held in that attic, but now it can freely mix with the rest of the air. Removing the attic might actually make the upper floor a lot hotter.
Vents would be a good idea, but they'd need to be controllable, and they'd need to go thru existing roofing, and either of those two things alone would be a pretty tall order; both together are a helluva lot.
And wait for winter, all the warm air just disappears into the attic.
@@arminosaeure29 Condensation.
Traditionally, attics were not part of the "conditioned" space of the house. Air would circulate up from under the eaves, along the underside of the roof sheathing, and out of some kind of vents. This dries out the roof and keeps it from rotting. If you are opening the ceiling to the attic space, you are changing that relationship. You need to make the attic part of your conditioned space and make sure your roof sheathing still has air circulation so it does not rot.
We changed that principle by adding insulation under the new roof anyways (which you are required to) so it was time to rethink anyways
also check whether the insulation covering inside the roof is allowed to get sunlight. we had some major trouble with that cause we added an attic window!
The collaboration between you two is nothing short of brilliant. The dialogue, labor and videography is top notch. I'm glad that you're back in 'the zone ', I understand, only too well what that feels like. 👍👍
It is wonderful seeing you back in love with LiseLotte's potential again. Hard earned, and really beautiful!
Hey Laura! It looks awesome! Just a few ideas: for the windows in the attic go symmetrical otherwise it look weird from the outside. For the beams you can remove the stains where the nails where with oxalic acid (it works like magic!). For the floors in your house - Have you thought about making a sub-floor of OSB and the plane or drumsand the old boards and put them on top? Then you will get wood floors and you don't have to worrie about stability :) Kind regards from a Danish Cabinet Maker and Furniture Restorer living in Stockholm ps. Keep up the good work!
You could put in a custom-made hammock floor, it would be safe, you could use it as a reading/relaxing space, and it would preserve the light and feeling of open space.
As for the stairs, some alternating tread steps would look great and save a lot of room, as they're right between a ladder and regular stairs in terms of slope
Awesome idea! Like they do in tiny houses!
Thanks for inviting us into your renovation process, it's a pleasure to follow you. I often react to you not wearing gloves and glasses during renovation, I just want to express this concern to you, and encourage you to take care of yourself 🖤 Thanks for an inspiring channel!
Nice to see you so happy again after all the setbacks - keep going. I am sure the house will look amazing in the end.
So happy that you got your excitement back, Laura. ❤
The high ceiling looks really great and I am so happy for you that you found faith in this project again. Just one thing: please wear eye protection in the future. For one I can tell you from experience that a scratched cornea is no joke and second with your videos you set an example on how to do things and protecting oneself on a building site is a big part of that. :)
Love the idea of having a little railing along the attic opening, first of all for safety. But it could also be a great place to put plants, maybe a little bookshelf, or a "desk" where you can sit on the floor and rest a laptop or a cup of coffee.
This video gave me a new appreciation for subfloor. The amount of dust and dirt accumulation under the floor is insane.
Upper rooms are light and warm. Good for reading libraries and entertainment. Bottom floors are cool and dark, nice for sleeping and storage.
I did something similar with my bedroom. First years I slept in the nook, now it is a little working space. It is great for the eyes and mind to have a high ceiling and the cats love the exposed beams❤ You will love it. Keep up the great work!
In your climate, you’re going to need to close cell insulation against the roof sheathing. Otherwise, the condensate from the indoor air will rot out the roof rafters.
with the building materials she uses (clay walls and wood insulation) this is far less of a topic.
Just look at traditional built houses in Europe that are hundreds of years old...
@@123Liquid321 That's a very bad comparison to make. Older buildings have significantly less insulation and trap significantly less moisture.
Even using traditional or natural building materials, when you try to make a building more energy-efficient you change how it behaves pretty significantly.
The German building regulations already regulate this. ;-) A vapor barrier is mandatory.
Those thin attic floor boards with all the gaps were never a barrier to air, heat or humidity. Taking them out doesn’t change much. The new roof takes care of moisture problems. It has vapor permeable insulation with a vapor retardant sheet on the underside.
You DID find treasure in the old house, beautiful usable space. Thank you for bringing us along.
Great idea to expose the beams in the attic.❤ My husband and I did the same in 2017 at our home and I still love those exposed mayflies. 😊
Lara! There you are! We are with you! Keep imagining. We need you and we’re happy andante with you !
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Your excitement has me smiling from ear to ear. Welcome back!!!
Vaulted ceilings rock. I’ve done them in at least one room of three renovations and am blown away a) how good they look, and b) how much work they require to actually get sorted;)! Wish I had your skills
There’s always lows and highs in renovation but when it’s all done and you haven’t cut corners you will appreciate it so much more
Laura you have some really creative ideas. Exposing the beams in the bedroom is going to be so visually spacious.
I do wish you would wear your goggles when working on that dirty wood floor. When the wood floor boards are dry does that present a problem with cracking etc.
The staircase has an amazing handrail or bannister. Just love how it curves around the bend. So seamlessly.
The window idea is brilliant in the loft area. It will bring in a lot of natural light and at night maybe you can see some stars and the moon❤️
You have the best music. It is appropriate for listening and relaxing relaxing after discovering the vast space in bedroom.
Insulation is a great idea and a necessity. I am so happy for you hat you feel inspired again.😊
When you sat at the edge of the loft and talked about adding a railing, I immediately thought about doing the railing as a desk you could sit at (Füße baumeln lassen) and if you want to turn it into a movie space the desk could double as a place to put down drinks and snacks 💕
you can really tell when shes in the charge of how stuff will look like, it really reminds me of how creative i used to be as a child while playing minecraft with things like having a room with a high ceiling which connects to the attic, and seeing that creativity makes me weirdly happy lol
The beams in that ceiling are a work of art in themselves. So many years, so many stories..🔥💯❤️❤️❤️❤️
You do need a lot more insulation in the roof. And don't forget to leave some ventilation space directly under the roof as this could make it rot. As for the stairs/ladder debate, go for storage stairs, you won't regret it, especially if you hurt your leg or something.
Well, I mentioned I am adding another 15+ cm of insulation..
I would open a window for sure. It will give you a greater amplitude in the environment and more light. At the end you will have a place to stop and reflect. Strength, focus and a big hug.
I’m so truly happy for you! You really needed a win. ❤
Happy for you Laura.
Suggestion: Before you actually put a window in that loft, make sure the view from that point is what you would want to look at. from that window. And make sure the light entering from it wouldn't cause issues such as waking you up hours before you want to wake up!
I didn’t think of that. Good point.
Professionals are over rated.
You also need to keep in mind what the ascetics are from the outside. Will the window enhance or worsen the exterior elevation?
There are such things as opaque glass and blackout binds, y’know.
I love the idea of a window in the sitting space! It's so good to see you being excited again about your house!! 💖
Windows up there are a great idea. You could add glass blocks to maintain insulation and wall thickness... or ... ordinary windows that will open and allow convection of heat escaping while drawing in cool basement air.
Dear Laura, where were your safety glasses and gloves? Eventually we see you wearing a mask but not immediately. You have got to focus on your personal safety now so you can have a healthy future to enjoy your house. PLEASE TAKE BETTER CARE of yourself and your self.
Wishing you and your friends a blessed week filled with gentle seasonally appropriate weather and restful evenings together. Peace Laura
It would be awesome to have the attic loft as your office with the reading nook beside the open area for the bedroom. If you paint the clay drywall in the softest green turquoise the beams will play off the green beautifully and reflect the light from the windows making it look like the sky above the beams.
Insulating and ventilating above the insulation will be tricky. Do your homework! Best wishes and glad to see you're excited again about this house.
I did, don‘t worry
Yes Laura! back in the saddle making it the house you want, so happy to see your doing it safely and using best practises! Cant wait to see you turn this old house into a home!
Ich liebe Lieselotte! Beste Serie ever!
Ich würde im Dachboden 2 Fenster nebeneinander machen, für Symetrie und noch mehr Licht!
Fun! Really creates anticipation for what is to come!
I hope you enjoy that room as much as we enjoy seeing you back on track and happy.
Contagious joy of growing creativity - your channel is and has been a happy one to follow since its inception. Cheers!
I love that open ceiling, Laura! Thanks for sharing how you explore the new space, creatively. I'm getting a lot out of how you get ideas and visions. Cheers from Seattle.
As soon as you showed the open space, I visualised one of those net hammocks in one of those beam gaps.
A suggestion for the window in the reading nook/attic: if you put it one frame to the right it will bring light to the attic AND the bedroom as only half of it will be above the floor. Also, you can sit right by it dangling your feet as you did in this video :)
Thats awesome - I love the high cieling and your regained motivation!
The window is a perfect idea! with enough light you could have lots of haning plants there!
Oh and maybe you could ad a little observatory dome up there! 🤩🔭✨
Happy to see you happy! 💛💚💙💜 All I can think of when I see those beams: A swing, a swing!
Best LK video in months!! I’m so excited to see the progress!!!!
This house will be so beautifull and cozy… i am do glad you got your faith back!
Proud of you Laura for your perseverance! You can now create and imagine the possibilities instead of repairing and worrying about what has gone wrong. It’s clear you came out stronger on the other side!
I love all the ideas for the house you had in this video. Maybe a fixed steep stairway between the door and the bathroom, so access is right as you walk into the room instead of on the other side. I think you should use the reclaimed floor from the attic to make the stairs out of. I also love the window idea to let more light in and also to help vent the house.
I'm so happy to see you excited like this. That nook is cute, imagine how warm it will be in the winter and with a killer view of the snow.
You look really happy for a change I mean really happy 😊
making the ceiling higher in the bedroom is brilliant!
It's so fun to see how much you two are smiling and laughing! This is a beautiful place to be with the project. And wow that room is going to be gorgeous.
Wow ! So much potential in this project. Trust the process. 😁
Great job! You’ll have to consider heating in the winter because the volume is now much bigger 😉
It’s so exciting, Laura. And so nice to see you happy with the house again after everything you’ve suffered with it so far. But omg you have learnt SO much ! Really looking forward to seeing the transformation. I opened the ceiling, just as you have, on my old house and know very well that excitement.
Oh man this is exciting. So easy to see how gorgeous it is going to be, love the attic window/skylight.
I am beyond happy to see you back 'in the groove.' Your happiness gave me a lift.
Such a great idea; we can dream with you of this space!
You could lay some trellis across part or all of those exposed beams and have hangy vine plants or string lights or both hang down into the bedroom from the horizontal trellis.
Good to see Laura using more PPE. Still need some safety glasses!
Can't say I'm a fan of this idea. Old houses are constructed in a way where the attic has an important breathing function and stiffling it with insulation and whatnot might cause temperature or mold troubles down the line, especially if you're planning to use the entire space. Remember what the previous renovations by the original owners caused just because they wanted to have whatever was modern at that time.
This whole project has been lurching from one new idea to another with predictable results. She still hasn’t actually planned anything with an architect (plus a surveyor would have saved her so much in time and money) and there are so many problems she has run into that a professional could have pointed out. I’m all for DIY but this is getting painful to watch with zero planning ahead.
@@iNerdier I kind of understand she has the money to spare and doing it like this is much more interesting view-wise than having a supervisor or just leave it to a company, so, in a sense, doing it without much planning is earning her more money than the alternative. From the perspective of someone wanting to renovate and move in ASAP, you're of course absolutely right.
@@iNerdier I have to agree, she hasn't even finished the exterior walls properly and she's onto another project. No planning.
That's ok, it's hers to do with it what she wants
This is not an old house anymore in terms of building physics. New roof, new structural walls, new insulation, new heating, etc. Whatever function the attic once had, it didn’t factor into the construction of the modern roof.
One little advice: the festool hkc 55 has a plungecut function. There is a little black lever which unleashes the saw up from the plate, and when u press the saw down it clicks in. This is much saver then the oldschool method that you shown.
Old house is coming along you will figure it out it’s going to be beautiful.
Thanks!
Could you utilise the stairwell in the other room to access your new nook? Dropdown/ pulldown stairs / ladder to line up with the existing stairs or similar? To keep your bedroom as open as possible!
A balcony window on the roof line would be so cool! They have windows that fold out to a standing balcony. You rock! Love all your videos!
You could build steps going up to your attic/ nook, the kind they have in Tiny houses were each step is also a storage space, they are sturdy and aesthetically pleasing and useful,and use very little space, that would give you something practical and permanent so that you want to go upstairs to use this space.
Awesome Laura! Its gonna bee beautiful!👏🎉❤️
Very nice idea! For me personally I might have considered to rip out the floor above the room with the stairs coming up from the groundfloor. The sleeping area would have stayed small and cozy and the attic space could be used as a seperate sleeping area for guests, who wouldn't have to enter the main bedroom first. Great video anyways!
Your ladder could be series of drawers that pull out like steps when needed. Think about it. It could work. 🇨🇦👏💕
Love this Laura! My hero!... build a tansu step chest for your bedroom / ladder. Sending love from Canada.
You might think about putting a study/ reading room up above the bedroom but as others have said it may get hot up there in summer so you may want to put opening windows for cross ventilation.
So happy you have the experience to consider insulation. That space will be so cool.
I am so emotionally invested in this house! I know I'm not alone in that feeling among your fans. Suggestion: have one or several of your sponsors fund a trip for one lucky Kampfkopf (what your fans should call themselves, if they don't already) to be a part of the housewarming party when Liselotte is finished. What do you think?
PS: Please make some merch with "Kampfkopf"
So cool to watch you go trough this proces. Can't wait to see how it comes along! Enjoy the buzz
Laura! It's gonna be so amazing when you finish the house! 😍 Thank you for giving the opportunity to be apart for this journey. These videos giving me so much motivation to keep going forward because it is my dream to renovate my future house by my hand too. So thank you! ☺
Wir haben das in unserem Schlafzimmer auch gemacht nur an den Wänden aufgehört, also quasi nur den eigentlich Raum höher gemacht. Beste Entscheidung ever! Ich freu mich jedes mal wenn ich in den Raum gehe :)
The beams are beautiful! And I love the open attic in the bedroom! Are you going to keep the old attic stairs?
Also, for the floor boards you removed, I think it'd look really cool if you used them to cover the roof insulation!
"you're killing my vibe" 😂
Amazing takeaway on the ceiling...!!!
Fantastic idea to expose the beams. I love the idea of the window. I would consider leaving a space then having another window to the right of that if you are planning on having some plants. Lots of natural light for the plants but it will also enhance the clay walls.❤
A beautiful moment when the vision comes to Life! Love that your working out your passion for your artful home filled with your inventions (killer grill cheese on a stick) and whatever you stir up in the future! Go Laura! And your crew💕
For anyone unfamiliar with building envelopes, she's going to need to be very careful about converting her roof due to vapour that gets trapped beneath impermeable roofing waterproofing. And still accomodate some good amount of insulation between the rafters to keep her heating bill in winter down. These types of changes with chapel style roof lines can be very challenging - and you need to ask a professional for advice and direction. :)
Typically we do close cell spray foam on the bottom and close cell XPS insulation above the sheathing
She seems to be doing everything without a plan... skipping from one job to another, get the house walls finished first, then get in some experts to talk about insulation.
@@oogiesmuncher because she hasn’t talked to an architect and keeps changing her mind. Remember when the biggest priority was stripping a door before even seeing the state of structural timbers?
@@charlesfield9286 in the UK I saw a report last week saying that mortgage companies were pulling out from accepting properties with that sort of spray insulation - I think due to condensation risk.
I don't think clay-wall buildings like this work the same way as houses you typically see in the US. I don't think the roof is vented and the attic in this case is conditioned space, regardless of the floor/ceiling boards. Removing them effectively does nothing.
As far as not demoing everything, I don't think she plans to. It's all clay walls like the ones she took down. Removing them is pointless.
A Skylight (dachfenster) above the bedroom would have been nice. Some natural light does wonders in the morning and a nice starry view in the night could be nice as well.
It looks like an old japanese house now, with the beams exposed all the way up! Super cool!
Conditioning will be an issue but you can adjust to your advantage. If it were me, now I would sleep in the loft in the winter. Save money on heating..
I don't know if it's been suggested or not, but she could span like a net between two of the beams and create a sort of hammock. Perfect for reading and/or just chilling
Metal cutting blade on the multi tool from underneath on that nail!
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This is like the second chapter of the works ! You can finally see forward and back in your vision of your house ! Congrats to haven't giving up Laura
It's amazing how the walls were so damaged but those beautiful beams are in shape ! I'm now impatient to see what you will do
Good vibes from France !!!
It’s so good to see you genuinely happy again! I love your loft idea. I think it will be beautiful, but yes…. Railings!❤️🤗🐝
What a thrill-a positive demo experience! Glad you’re feeling in control again.
Glad to see you wearing a mask more often
Laura
Have you considered a ‘dormer window in your attic, on the raking roof? Will bring in the light, and increase the space.
I second (or third, or fourth, or ... whatever) the suggestion of adding a venting system to the peak of the roof to make the attic space livable!!
Yes insulation is important to prevent heat transfer: In winter you want to prevent the heat from transferring out, and in the summer you want to prevent the heat from transferring in.
BUT you also need to consider the natural convection within the house itself. The heat will always rise naturally to the peak of the roof! In the winter the attic space will need little to no heating, and still be one of the coziest spaces in the house. But in the summer, even with a massive cooling system, it will be virtually uninhabitable, because of all that "hot" air accumulating and stagnating under the roof!
You NEED a vent (or venting system) AT the ridge-line where you can exhaust the hot, stale air in the summer, but that you can close in the winter to prevent heat loss.
I had the "unfortunate" experience living in an attic room (Dachstübchen) right under the ridge of a half-timbered house (Fachwerkhaus) just a short train ride east of your location. There was ONE small window on the roof incline that started right at table height. From the top window ledge to the roof ridge was another vertical 1m with absolutely no venting. That summer, even though the outside temperatures rarely reached 30℃, each day by 09:00 the temperatures on my worktable would surpass 35℃ and could go as high as 45℃. It was impossible to be productive in that heat environment, since even my computer just shut down from overheating.
I'm impressed, Laura. Talking to yourself in English. Wow!
i love the window idea
Love it! I can't wait to see what you do next! I know that the longer it takes, the more content you have for YT but, I am so anxious to see the final results!
Loving that staircase! It's a blessing that it is ONE thing that hasn't needed replacing.
Good to be back on track; There is hope.
If you are planning to make the attic a living space, it is mportant to have a way to get out quickley in case of fire. A window is a very good idea.
John in Bethel, Missouri. USA
Anybody else getting loft hammock/netting floor vibes?
Also, thanks for addressing folks' questions regarding insulation. ❤
Lovely to see you happy again. Great content.