Making a Victorian window. Bedroom renovation
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- In this video we are renovating a bedroom in a home built in the mid 1800s. As part of the job I had to build a new window frame matching the existing one in order to replace a damaged section. #diy #carpentry #renovation
Very reasonable price. Especially since they got a hand crafted window with it. The window alone would cost that price.
Thank you Lori!
Really enjoyed watching the window remake and learned a few things too. Subbed and liked.
Thanks mate, much appreciated!
after many years of using a wallpaper stripper with bad results on the plaster underneath I have stopped using them and now just use soapy warm water and the plaster has been far less badly affected... hope you don't mind me jumping in, but could be worth ditching the stripper... thanks for sharing. you made a lovely job of the window!
I am not ditching the strippers! And the steamer too! 🤣🤣🤣 Jokes aside, I don't mind it at all mate in fact I always welcome people sharing their experience and thoughts it is very helpful for me too! Funnily enough I was trained in college to strip wallpaper with just water and sponge, and sometimes (if it is a small section or just one wall) I'd still do it that way, however when it is a bigger area I would pull out the steamer. It makes the job faster, and given that I hate stripping wallpaper, regardless of the method I just want to get it over with!
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perhaps a big difference is that you can plaster too and I can't! thanks for your reply, I really enjoy stripping wallpaper, maybe I need locking up!
That price is ridiculously cheap for the quality of the work. I wish you were available for work on my house up here in the Scottish highlands!
Thanks mate! Fun fact, there used to be a guy in Scotland who used to impersonate me and my company, so beware of hiring a company called R T Renovations! 🤣🤣 This is a true story BTW, I know it may sound like I'm making this up but the guy had his van sign written with my mobile number on it, so for about two years I would regularly get job requests from Dundee!
Hi nice job price sounds good to me. If your ever nailing glass in again slide the hammer along the glass that way you won't break the glass!
I believe that's a very reasonable price especially having to custom make the window as well as all the prep work that was done on the walls which makes all the difference. Well done!
Thanks mate!
Happy New Year Ross! Your videos are always packed with awesome tips and methods. I really enjoy your real and down to earth way of showing your projects. As always your customer got an amazing deal and the price is, in my opinion, was very reasonable. The room looked fantastic. Thanks again for a great video!
Thanks Craig, appreciate the feedback! I'm very happy you liked the video, I always try to improve the production and give you more value!
Prefer to use SBR myself,superior product to PVA. as it as better bonding properties than PVA.
I, too, use SBR, but only when the background is a bit questionable. Especially when dealing with lime mortars or in the 30s, sometimes they would save on cement by adding more lime to the mix, and Gypsum doesn't like it. However, PVA is a lot cheaper, so when things are OK, I'd rather use it.
The comment on the linseed putty taking a month to dry isn't a bad thing as I recall doing the same thing many years ago and the linseed putty actually took 6 months to fully cure🤔. Regarding the price for all the work you did, my comment is, was the customer happy and if so then the price was good. Also the window that you made to replace the busted one looks great, from the camera you can't even tell that it's a whole new section, well done 🧐🫡.
That's the only reason I hate using putty, and when possible I'd use quadrant instead, but sometimes it has to be like for like!