Hand-Built Stone House Tour
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2018
- Watch the last stone being laid on a hand-made house, 31 years after the project began.
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I can't imagine the feeling you felt in completing this after 31 years.
Congratulations!
A remarkable achievement, regardless of how long it took - outstanding work and perseverance.
Just looking at those young trees along the driveway. When they get big and old, the place is going to look magical.
You are a very impressive man, Steve Maxwell with a very impressive house and a beautiful family. May you live many, many decades to enjoy it all. Kudos.
Don't be embarrassed by how long it took, it honestly one of the most beautiful houses I've ever seen and your love in every piece of it is apparent in the way you talk about how you built it. I hope it stays in your family as a legacy for many many generations to come.
As an older journeyman stone and brick mason of 35 years I want to say congratulations! That was a long journey with a lot of hard, heavy dirty days of work. I applaud your dedication and perseverance. Beautiful finished product.
Hello Mr. Maxell, what a beautiful house. Your work not only shows wonderful craftsmanship, but also a sense of wholesomeness as well as do your videos. Something that is very nice to see and take in these days. Prayers to you and yours.
I HOPE YOU MAKE A VIDEO OF WHAT THE INTERIOR LOOKS LIKE ... I LOVE EXTERIOR STONE WALLS ... WHAT AN AMAZING SKILL . . .
No shame in the time you spent my friend! I am personally aware of the time and immense amount of work this type of project would take! I too have raised a family while building a homestead ground up. In two two stages separated by 18 years. I am now building a stone addition in the form of a colonial style kitchen with large hearth and bread oven. I am re-cutting 19th century foundation stones which I harvested from an old homestead in a Pa forest near my home. The stones range from 100 to 300 lbs and I have hand moved about 375 of them 3 times by hand. I am in year 4 of this project and will finish in 2021 God willing. You did a beautiful job! I can tell you are a detail guy. Well done!
Now that's perseverance! Well done, it's a fine home.
Absolutely beautiful home. Congratulations
Beautiful home and beautiful job pointing. I imagine that also creates a groove for the rain to find a runoff path.
It's beautiful.
31 yrs well invested.
A noteworthy end to a project that few people could accomplish. Well done, well done indeed !
I cannot imagine just how much rock you had to gather and cut and move. I placed splitrock around our very first house we built, about four feet off the ground and that took me years to do. There is nothing like stone used in home construction.
A wonderful, productive life! Thank you, Steve, for sharing with us.
Wow, beautiful work! Congratulations!
Congratulations Steve ... incredible project. A milestone you might say :)
And a lucky man to have a wife who would share this with him and work along side him.
Congratulations. Truly a beautiful example of patience, strength and love. The stone work is exceptional as well.
Brilliant mate......You are awesome... Sharing with your audience this diligent accomplishment!.... Brilliant!
You have achieved greatest Milestone in your life. Congratulations.
I don't even know you and I feel somewhat overwhelmed and happy for you to accomplish this magnificent project. Well done. Thanks for the video. Cheers, David.
I'd love to build a stone house like this. Since I don't have a large family mine would be smaller. I'm sure you used asphalt shingles due to cost, but slate would be beautiful and last for decades. The rest of your beautiful home deserves it.
just amazing. I'm 30 years old and I'm researching and collecting information to build my own house too. Will be visiting your videos more for sure.
Congratulations! You have my profound respect. Well done indeed.
This is so beautiful, thank you for sharing. Wow!
Amazing, what an achievement! Never be embarrassed by the amount of time it took to build it, most of us could not build this in a life time. I want to build a stone house too, not as elaborate as yours but at least 1600 Sq Ft. I'm inspired now! Thank you for sharing your journey :)
Hello Judah! Thanks for your kind words. I'm glad you're inspired. There's a lot of simple but hidden things to learn if you want to work well with stone. If you want to get serious about your stone work, connect with me by email at steve@stevemaxwell.ca. I could save you 10 or 20 years of trial and error!
Bye for now and thanks for watching,
Steve
Congratulations! Looks great!
Well congrats👏👏👏👑. History in the making...
Now that is dedication. Well done!
What a beautiful home! God has truly blessed you!
Great accomplishment Steve, treasured memories. Take care.
A beautiful house that will last for centuries! Amazing..
This is amazing! And a dream many of us have, made true. Congratulations
Your home is beautiful well done thank you for sharing
Very impressive. A work of art that will last hindrance of years!
Fantastic achievement. Well done.
Amazing video, thanks so much for posting 🪨 😁
Maravillosa casa, sin esos años de construccion y todas esas historias que debes tener, no seria lo mismo. Felicitaciones desde Chile.
Congratulations on finishing the project.
Beautiful.
Beautiful moment, Steve, thanks for sharing. So is there a 1987 stone somewhere else as well?
Been enjoying some of the stories on your website as well!
Congratulations and hats off to your beautiful house......Home🙌😊
Well done. No matter how long it took, it is beautiful. Congratulations.
Great Job.
Awesome
Love this channel
don't be embarrassed...the stone cathedrals took 100 years to build with 100s of laborers. be proud. It'll be around after we are all gone. well done.
Gosh I dream of a home like yours. Much respect to you! I imagine you also built the home of your desire debt free!
I really admire your achievement - it's a beautiful house. In years gone by, I did quite a bit of stonework but only building garden walls etc. However, I'm now like your wheelbarrow: old but not too feeble.
Wow congratulations!
Amazing story!!
Wooww! Very impressive! You are incredible
amazing and inspirational video. thank you for sharing a little part of your life with us Sir.
Awesome 👏👍
What a sense of accomplishment CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🎉
Inspiring!
wow. must be very satisfying.
Built a stone house in the.90s with my wife on 5.acrez and 4 little kids. Took a year of spare time. We had a small house on it already I'd rebuilt was a mess. Wish I never sold it but hey it'll be herelong after I'm gone
Awesome home, would definitely love to see the actual home tour as well.
Same…
There is a house in tasmania called rose cottage built with stone which I remember them building forever it's finished and looks as good as yours , persistence pays off
Bravo
Beautiful house and a fantastic achievement.
Just wondering do you have any guides on structural stone building technique, like the way you propped the stone for setting 1:04 ?
congrats
Dream house
This, sir, is a castle unto your name that shall stand for centuries, so 31 years is but a little time compared.
NIce job.
Very nice. I am just starting a similar project. Looking forward to the work if you can call it that. It is a great way to relax.
Wow! Gorgeous. My dream is to build with stone.
Wow
Congratulations. An absolutely stunning achievement.
Thanks Patrick! I appreciate you taking the time to write. Drop by my website baileylineroad.com
WOW!!!!
video title: "hand built stone house tour" well that was pretty much not true wasn't it! Since the "tour" portion of the 5:35 minute video was 0:00 minutes!
Would be nice to see an actual tour of a hand built all stone house!
Exactly
Beautiful home. Would love to see inside.
This is just gorgeous. I hope to build a stone home soon! ❤
Thanks for your note and kind words. Tell me about your plans for building with stone. I'd like to hear. Bye for now, Steve
@baileylineroad my plan is to do something much simpler then what you have here. A box shape and one floor. Then to use metal joists and rubber roofing. (I'm trying to make a completely fire proof home as fire is common here in AZ). Rock is also plentiful and often given away for very low prices or for free. I am thinking a concrete foundation and metal rebar as well
Outstanding. I actually prefer the style of stonework at 5:20 , but understand the historical significance of the traditional pitched face, ribboned joint outer facade.What steps did you take to quarry and process the stone? How is the stone work at 5:20 built. This and your hour long video on stone archs are the finest stone videos on youtube. Id love to know anymore resources you could suggest. Thank you.
Congratulations! Do you think you'll ever do another boiler video? I noticed you aren't using the Optimizer anymore.
Sir u have built a beautiful stone masonry house..n I really liked pointing work.,even I have a old British stone masonry bungalow in Darjeeling it was built during British rule India..so I'm planning for restoration work of my house this year, I'll definitely take some of the ideas from ur video Thankyou for sharing it.
Interesting video.
Searching info on building rock houses.
Considering building something similar for my daughter.
Did you have experience with masonry work prior to this project?
In did find your site and will examine that for information.
What a graet Legacy.
Wow, sir, this is remarkable. I find myself going down a similar path in life. I am 19 and wish to build a stone home for my soon to be wife and I. As of now I don’t own any land, nor I do I know anything about masonry or constructing a home. I am going to begin the first steps of this enterprise shortly. This video hammered a stake of certainty in me. Thank you for sharing your story- I will begin mine soon.
Good Morning! Thanks for your note and kind words. Great to hear from you and to hear about your aspirations. I was 18 when I decided I wanted to leave the city where I grew up and live in the country. I was 22 whenI bought my 90 acre property on Manitoulin Island, Canada, and here I am, 58 years old, living in the stone house my wife and I built while raising our five kids. It's been a great adventure and I'd be happy to mentor you, if you like. There are many ways this adventure can go wrong, and just a few for making it work well. Send me an email at steve@stevemaxwell.ca if you'd like to talk.
How did you tie your plates to the top of the walls?
What is the detailing tool your using ? What's it called ?
i’ve never seen anyone point stone like that what is that style called i would love to learn it
This is the second time I am watching your video sir, I am deeply inspired by you and economical conditions are convincing me to build my own stone house , but since I have no experience whatsoever ,everything I am trying to learn through UA-cam videos , and honestly there aren't many out there.
I want to build two storey house, I am kind of afraid of build load on the foundation , rocks being so heavy , how deep an wide do I have to dig?
What type of stone did you use? I am looking to build my stone house and came across your video and not only love the stone work but the type of stone. Its a beautiful home on a beautiful piece of property. Enjoy and cheer it for all the years to come.
Now its time to add a slate roof and it will be truly done
Is the house 'Tour' on another vid? Or is This a vid of, point-joints?
what a beautiful home thumbs up, you heard the saying Rome wasn't built in a day....... Congrats
What was you mortar mix? Did you use any additives like acryl 60?
Hi Gary!
Thanks for your note. The mortar mix I used was based on the traditional 3 parts sand to 1 part cement mixture. For the cement component I used 50% Portland and 50% masonry cements. A lot of people feel that any kind of Portland is a no-no for stonework, but I disagree, at least with the stone I use. My limestone is harder even than mortar made with straight Portland, let alone the mixture of cements I use. After 31 years there's absolutely no deterioration anywhere on my stonework, so I trust this recipe.
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Bye for now and thanks for watching!
Steve
@@baileylineroad I used three buckets of sand to 1 bucket of masonry with a shovel of portland, It has been 30 years and not one crack in the field stone retaining gravity wall that I built.
Gorgeous. Was it all local stone?
Hi Jeff!
Thanks for the kind words. Yes, all local stone I quarried and shaped myself.
Drop by my website baileylineroad.com for a visit sometime. You'll find lots of stuff there, including tool giveaways, articles and the chance to ask me questions.
Bye for now and thanks for watching!
Steve
Hi steve, can I ask how did you support a family of 7 and still have time for this? What was your occupation?
Good Morning and thanks for your question.
I grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, Canada and decided to move to the country when I was 22. I'd saved all my grass cutting and Christmas money ever since I started cutting lawns when I was 12. I paid $16,500 cash for my 90 acre property in 1985, with no house. In 1988 I took at shot at writing magazine articles, since I figured I could make money with that without traveling for work. I could work at home and that's what I did. Over time I got better at this kind of writing, then moved into creating content for the internet when that became a thing. So in short, I work from home writing articles and making videos (no wasted time or money commuting), I don't watch TV, I work ten hours a day, six days a week (on work that I love every day, all day). My wife used to be a registered nurse, but she stopped working outside the home in 1998 when our 3rd child was born. I don't have a particularly large income, just average for a family of 7. But I do a lot of things directly for myself without it costing me money. The house you saw, for instance, cost me only about $35 per square foot in out-of-pocket expenses. The rest was my own labour. My truck is 30 years old (but I've kept it up so it's still completely reliable), and I wear simple work clothes 6 days a week. I could go into more detail, but essentially I spend very little time in non-productive activities (I love my work, so work isn't work), I do everything I possible can for myself without money, I earn money without wasting time traveling, and I've enjoy good health all my life.
Does this help?
Bye for now,
Steve
"I'm embarrassed I built such a beautiful house by hand b/c it took me too long"...
WELL maybe be embarrassed about your libido, lmao...
I think that's a very cool look to the home..
You didn't talk about it, but I'm curious about the "convex pointing technique" for the mortar, you used... and is it better than the "concave" pointing method?
B/c most masonry I've seen in the US, uses the concave pointing...
Anyways, thanks for your time!
looks solid but the mortar looks wont matter when you install insulation on the outside like its supposed to be done
Insulation does not go on the outside of anything...
Where in this video is there a “tour”
This story is very inspiring looking forward to more content no offense but I could tell you're getting up there in age maybe go on to investigating all of the new home codes 4 Solid stone homes to educate the new generation old school solid Stone Construction
Amazing! But it isn't a tour as the title of video claims. I want to see more.
I wanted to see the tour :/
As..stone mason you charge by the hr. It's.labor. intense
The wheelbarrow. Made me misty.
Then a tornado hits and takes it all down in 2 seconds
Congratulations on the beautiful home. However, this video isn't a house tour, in fact you see very little the entirety of the house at all