#22 - Can We Solve the Problems & Mysteries of Our Stone Home?
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Another week of render, mysteries, and problems at our stone home renovation in Portugal -- but it's all good fun! We're gardening, getting to work in the courtyard area, and Michael heads back in the house as the rain comes to chip more render off the walls.
This week's mystery: a little horseshoe hidden in the courtyard wall. A lucky charm? I've put it back in case but please comment if you know of the significance of this!
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Watching other homesteaders, they make friends with similar people in the local towns, so they can help each other out. everything from digging / construction / knowledge / beams etc.etc. 👍 I always wanted a Wisteria but my dad advised against putting it near the house wall, of course, I didn't listen and only a few years later, . the tendrils lifted the roof tiles and made it's way into the attic space..🤐 Way to go, prune back hard , no fear of killing it. .🔪🪓
Yes, it's a very invasive plant
Definitely! It did grow out of control last year...and the vines! We're might give it an even harder prune next year. We'll see how it goes 😊 thanks so much!!
Thing about a wisteria is that if you keep the plant above ground tight and manageable, the root system will remain in proportion. If you let the plant ramble and get out of control, it will extend it's root system to support the plant. Keep your plant tightly controlled and pray that it hasn't been allowed to be rampant in the past.😂😊
Not sure how wild it's been allowed to grow but the neighbours (who used to own the house) are good pruners so 🤞🏼
Please put the horseshoe back in the wall, tips upward, or you are throwing away the good fortune wished by the builder. I'm in Cornwall and we do that here too
Thank you ☺️ I (Becci) have already done it... As soon as I saw it I knew it was in there for a reason 🍀 thanks again!
Quite comnun in Portugal, also place the horse shoe in the black off a door😊
☺️ thank you!
With every video, I’m astonished all over again as to just how beautiful your property is.
Ah, thanks so much ☺️ we love it!
Well deserved cervejas! You can almost here the building breath a sigh of relief with the rendering being stripped 👍
Cheers 🍻 you definitely can!!
the holes in the walls were used for supporting the scaffolds. On the first floor, becouse it was used as lodges, they didn't mind in cover the holes, at the end, becouse they were also usefull for ventilation. On the second floor, where the living areas would be, they conver them up.
Amazing! Thanks so much ☺️
The holes were for their scaffolding.
Thank you 😊
to find a horseshoe is for luck! I think that on the paper there was a message from the past (maybe)
Thank you. We've since found another in one of the garden walls 😍 I did wonder the same but checked again and it wasn't ☹️
Elk filmpje wat ik bekijk over doe het zelf in Portugal zie ik hetzelfde. Het dikke cement wordt van de muren gehaald en een prachtige muur krijg je te zien. Maar goed dat je dit handmatig doet want ik heb ook al gezien dat de voegen en stenen gaan barsten bij het gebruik maken van een elektrische beitel.
Succes bij de volgende klus. De Wisteria zal heel mooi gaan bloeien dit jaar. De plant was echt aan een snoeibeurt toe.
Thank you so much 😊 definitely! Because it's damp a lot of the render can bring the stone away too so by hand has definitely been best. Can't wait to see the wisteria too!
Those tons of elbow grease you put in there will pay out nicely - there is no other way to get your walls dry. Ver< impressive! The "horseshoe" might have been worn by a mule but I agree it was put there for luck - you may want to de-rust it and then either put it in hot oil or clod-bluem though. Re. the cement, have you checked it for asbestos - in the old days it was not only used for roofs but mixed with normal cement as well. As long as the cement remains undisturbed, it is no problem as the asbestos fibers are usually fully covered by cement, but when you take down the rendering like you do, asbestos could be releases. In any case, I would wear a mask and glasses - no use with a hurt eye, and even if there is no ascestos, there may be spores that are not healthy.
Thank you so much 😊 totally agree with horseshoe. Have put it back in the wall for now just to be sure! And no issue with render... I (Becci) have been trying to encourage a mask! 😅
I'm following your channel from South Africa, greetings 🇿🇦
Hello 💛 thanks so much. Have a lovely weekend!
they used small stones on the under side of the wall becouse they were building against the rock. The rock would give the structural support they need to the building.
Thank you ☺️ really interesting to know!
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What a lovely thing to say ☺️ thanks so so much!! 💛
Other vlogs have shown the holes to be scaffold support holes.
Makes sense. Thank you 😊
Orange picking / picker.
Don't know if someone has already suggested it, but you can get a pole with a metal, (maybe plastic), cup on the end, with a cutter than can be triggered from the far end. You put the cup end around an orange, and then pull the cutter lever to detach the orange. This will allow you to pick oranges higher up in the tree. This tool probably won't cost much.
You can even make your own, though it might take a bit of trial and error. Perhaps someone has a UA-cam video on how to make one :-).
Every time I see ripe oranges high in your tree, I keep thinking how to get them down safely. Now I remembered about the picker I describe above.
Good luck should you choose to accept this mission :-).
Interesting!! I'll have to have a look into it! Unfortunately they are very bitter still so just picking up a few as they drop and giving them to friends for marmalade 😊 but it'd be good to get them all down so we don't waste any. Thanks again! 💛
Bonjour et merci pour le partage. Est-ce que les trous dans les murs ne servaient pas à placer les échafaudages lors de la construction de la maison ? Bien à vous ♥️😊🇧🇪
Merci! 😊 We did think this with some of the outer walls and that wall used to be an outside one so you could be right! 💛
What I heard on another channel who also was renovating a stone house was that the larger stones were put on the bottom because they were holding more weight.
Yes, you can definitely see where the bigger ones are supporting more. Smaller ones are apparently used where they're not on view too 😊 bigger stones showed more wealth!
Can't beat a Yorkshire cup of tea x
The best! ☕
Would gutters and drainage channels help move water away from house and help the house dry out??
Definitely. The problem we have is the land behind our house isn't ours... Yet. Something we're working on 😊
The holes in the wall is for suporting scafold beams.
Thank you! 😊
I just can’t say enough about you and your wife I Love all your content. Love the dogs and really enjoy the kitty. You both have definitely made this a beautiful paradise❤ Thank you for sharing your life and this wonderful journey. Love Cindy❤
Oh thank you so much! That's such a lovely thing to say 🥰 pleased you're enjoying and thanks for watching and commenting...means a lot to us! 💛
It means luck and should protect you. Put IT back :)
Thank you! ☺️ I (Becci) put it straight back when I saw it!! 🍀
The transformation of your property is amazing. Your a very hard worker and its showing in the work your doing. I know I couldn't have gone up in the attic part to take down the ceiling or spent any time in those old spooky rooms but you have done well. Looking forward to watching further videos to see how it all turns out.
Thank you so much 😊 that means a lot!!
Minute 22:28, the difference between stones above and below the ground level could be about money / effort / beauty. Nice big stones, which cost more money or effort, selected where they were visible and more “common” stones where nobody outside sees or notices them. Later both types were rendered. Just a guess…
Interesting!! That does make sense 😊 thank you!!
Have you any plans to pressure wash the stone walls after you take off the rendering? I know someone (lives in northern Italy in the mountains), who did that to his dry stacked stone home. The color of the stones was truly beautiful. It is such a beautiful piece of property. I see why you chose it, or it chose you. It also seems comfortable for you both to live in easily. The dogs and the cat like it .
Yes I think we'll definitely do that! I do feel like fate led us here somehow 🥰 thank you!
Don’t know if you have come across UA-cam channel- make do grow? They are renovating a stone house in Portugal too. They are lime rendering walls and removing joists and beams too. Might be worth a look? Well done anyway I really enjoy your working videos. Cheers to you all Jeanette
Thanks so much, Jeanette. We have! Amazing work they're doing and really helpful 😊 thanks again.
Six of one, half dozen of the other.....
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Bravo togli tutto dal muro e sigilla le pietre con calce e sabbia verra una meraviglia come in origine... Il ferro e antico rimettilo dove lo ai trovato protegge la casa e coloro che la abitano.. così dicevano gli antichi auguroni da Roma italia❤🎉
Grazie mille! I've put the horseshoe back as I think you're definitely right! 🍀 Have a wonderful weekend!
Hey guys great work, you Geordies have got a hard work ethic. Getting all that render off would drive me insane.😂
😅 thanks so much! We're from Yorkshire 😉 I don't know how Michael does it!
Rocks in wall are beautiful from BC CANADA
Thanks so much 😊
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys, good work guys 👍😁💪.
Thanks so much. Have a great weekend 💛💛💛
Подковата е да носи щастие!
Thank you 😍
Becky is cutting the vines not isteria.
Portugal meu querido país.
😅 The vines and wisteria are all wrapped around each other in this courtyard. Beautiful in summer!
É lindo 💛
The horse shoe is a Good Luck charm.
Absolutely! I've put it back where we found it 😊🍀
I suggest you keep the Wisteria away from your roof as It will get under your tiles and invade your ceiling. I saw a video some time back where it done this and caused heaps of damage.🌱🌿🪴
Definitely! The vines got underneath it last year so need to be more on top of it this year 😅 thanks for watching!
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Going to coppy your ladder/steps mod. lol
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