I am so glad we found this! (Rescuing a 120 year old house)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- This week we found out that my house almost burned down at one point...
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Laura, I truly admire this modern recreation of the ship of Theseus.
You had me snorting asI read this, fortunately I didn't have a mouthful of coffee.
At this point, Laura legitimately could make a second house. Maybe a viewer giveaway?
this is EXACTLY what Haus Leo Lotte is!
@@kayerin5749 *Liselotte
I was just about to make a house of Theseus comment.
This seems like such an insane amount of work and money to invest just to still have an old house in the end…
At this point it's gone from "wtf is wrong with your house" to "wtf isn't wrong with with your house" 😭😭😭 all the work you've done so far is great!
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This is not exactly reinforcing the German stereotype for precision...
@@cv990a4 🤣🤣🤣🤣 right?!
They used to build smoking canals, for smoking meat, into chimneys 150 years ago... Treasure, smoked pig?
I think it is so fortunate that you decided to continue the tear down upstairs otherwise you would not have found that. What really occurs to me is that you were the perfect person to buy this house. A
Others may have found a lot of what you did, but not this. I believe you didn’t just save this house, but also the homes near it. If this house had caught fire it could spread…fast. The neighbors are lucky YOU bought this house.
This house was just one normal moment away from being lethal to its occupants. In so many ways. Amazing job you've done getting to the bottom of literally everything about this house. Whew!
In regard of the bad structural state of this house I'm wondering if there shouldn't be an official security check on such old houses before they go to the market. At first glance it didn't look that bad, but imagine Laura would have only done some cosmetic work to the walls and floors... one day it all would have crashed down...
Usually all serious buyers of such old houses would send some kind of expert to perform due diligence before committing to the purchase. Hard to catch something like that chimney, though.
Yeah, if it were me I just move in, only to be crushed a month or year later when it falls down. Everything was plastered over and even an inspection would have revealed only a fraction of the true problems underneath. It turned out to be in shockingly bad shape.
"I touched way more stones that are not in the house anymore." True Story. It's really amazing what you have accomplished this far. Strong and level and to your liking it will be beautiful.
As much as I have enjoyed this series (it's how I found your channel actually), I feel like it's the single most potent warning to prospective home buyers in the entire world. This house had everything possible to have wrong with a house wrong with it. 🤣 We got it all folks! Mold! Water damage! Asbestos! INSECT INFESTATIONS... It's cool that you're basically building a new house from the ground up but also oh my god you had to build a new house from the ground up
Yeah, it's actually a good show-case for why the decision is so often to _not_ restore a house but pull it down and build it from scratch 😬
Laura, please please wear eye protection! It's so easy, and SO important!
Love these videos! Speaking of treasure, with everything opened up, maybe this is an opportunity to place a "treasure" of your own for someone in the future.
Exactly what I was thinking!
Exactly! Make a time capsule, seal it well!
It’s amazing all the various ways you have found for this house to collapse or be totally destroyed: water, mold, bugs, fire, poor workmanship . Yet it stood long enough for you to come and rescue it. If houses could say thank-you, this one would be hugging you gratefully.
When you pulled out the hose and taped it, I was all like What’s She Gonna Do Now?! Lol. That was thoughtful to your neighbours ❤
'Thoughtful' would have been using a chute. Imagine the noise alone...
Before it's too late: don't forget to think of a chimney for the ventilation of the house, especially bathrooms and kitchen. The air needs to be renewed and you don't want to see holes in the facade
„Zentrale KWL mit Enthalpiewärmetauscher“ is what you’re looking for here
Heat recovery ventilation
"holes in the facade" Those are called windows, and seeing them IS impotant :P
@@bl4cksp1d3r bathrooms with or without windows MUST all have mecanical ventilation, and there's a reason: People DON'T open the windows.
@@sportlolthey must have?
The video cuts in this are great. I would love to see another vid with 5 Lauras talking to each other while doing different projects around the house.
About the fireplace...
At the beginning of this year I got surgery to remove a nodule in my thyroid. Usually these are benign and some people leave them in for years. I went ahead and got the surgery, which was very scary for my because I had never gone under the knife before. When they put me under I kept thinking of Laura and how she'd tear open the walls of her house and found terrible things but kept an upbeat attitude.
So I kept repeating the words "I'm glad we're doing this" in my head.
They actually found cancer. I'm glad I did it and I'm glad me and my doctors found it.
They had to take my whole thyroid out in the end and it's sad to lose something that I wanted to use.
But my treatment has been going well so far and my doctors think I'll make a "full recovery" minus the thyroid.
So I wanna say thank you to Laura for reminding me that challenges and scary discoveries can be a good thing, because it allows us to find solutions and make things better. Thank you
This is such a beautiful message!
Thanks for telling us this story. The whole world could use more of this attitude rather than living (dangerously) with things we *know* should go away.
I hope your recovery continues to go well love! Thanks for your lovely insight.
Thank you for telling your story, it helps me feel a bit more courageous thinking about my own upcoming gastroscopy which I've been fearing a lot because I don't know what they will find. (I've had problems with gastric reflux and pain for a year now and diets, meds etc hasn't helped).
I wish you a smooth recovery and all the best in your life.
All the best to you, too. I am keeping my fingers crossed for you.
Laura, no need to tear down that chimney and interfere with your new roof. A stainless steel liner can be installed that will allow you to continue using it to vent a combustion appliance. Or if you will no longer need to vent an appliance you could use it to vent an erv/hrv to reduce exterior penetrations.
Glad you found that problem. IT's amazing what can be hidden in the walls, isn't it? This is going to be a lovely house for many generations!
Damn, came for the reno vids stayed for the Cinematography! *chefs kiss*
"Call the chimney sweep" reminded me of my ‘favourite’ word when learning German, Schornsteinfegermeister once heard, never forgotten. Good luck with the build, I enjoy the content of your channel.
When I was a child our old house had a similar situation. Original chimney had an opening for a stove in the side that was covered over with a tin plate and plaster and lathe. Our basement fireplace was later tied into the old chimney and eventually the tinplate rusted away and smoke poured into the wall and up to the attic causing a lot of smoke and charring before fire department got there and put it out. Thankfully, it never flamed up or the whole house would have burned down. Had to replace the whole chimney. Glad you caught this! (By the way, the HULK called and has some walls he needs you to smash. He liked your work!)
Ich liebe diese Videoserie über die Hausrenovierung einfach so sehr. DANKE an alle beteiligten. Ihr seid „geil“.
I know it's not your general thing, but I love these restoration videos. For the chimney it looks like you've had a (or several over years) creosote fires ... very dangerous. In addition smoke and moist air = acid, which destroys chimneys' especially brick. The good news is that framing out the chimney and using a modern stainless steel chimney liner should not be too expensive (at least compared to other costs in restoring a house, and likewise I don't know regs in Europe so could be talking out my tailpipe, but when a cleaner told us our chimney was in bad shape I was worried about having to spend many thousands .... but then was told it was large enough that I could just have a stainless liner installed, and township agreed that would be adequate).
There's something about building a house.... I want to build my own small summer-house/recreational cottage (on my own land) but building permit rules are such that I'm going to have to hire contractors to do most it. I'm bitter about that as (with advice from brother and others who have been in the trades) I was hoping to do "with my own heart and hands" for most of the work. But simply time limitations on building permits (I'm still working and the land is 150km from home) mean I will have to contract much of it.
This is going to be such a beautiful home when you're finished. Keep up the good work Laura and team!
Deciding to do a thorough renovation may seem expensive but when you discover multiple structural or safety issues it can be a blessing in disguise. Better now than after renovations are done. Keep your eyes 👀 on the prize which is how happy you will be when your nest is complete.🇨🇦♥️
Make sure you put treasures in the walls as you build the house. One of my favorite things to do is place your intentions, and good thoughts in the walls. I have done that for each room of my house before I had the whole house painted. you could put a current newspaper in the walls and cute notes or memories in the rebuild for future owners to find.
Once again, well done for all your hard work today or maybe a couple of days? Your rewards will be ten fold. So much for a house that didn’t need a lot of work. You and your crew are amazing.
Gosh Laura the beams are so beautiful. You can feel the love you have with the friends around you it's truly so nice 🤗
This episode made me choke up. I’ve followed it from the start and seeing it in this stage has made me realise how empathetically stressed I was for you! And now I’m filled with admiration about your perseverance and developing skill. What a journey.
Hey Laura, ich schaue grad mit meinem Sohn die vorletzte Folge der Maus und meinte eben, dass er deine Beiträge immer cool findet. Du motivierst ihn jedes Mal zu basteln und allgemein kreativ zu werden. Vielen Dank dafür!
Laura, love those timber frames! Shelves, and even beautiful handmade colored smoky glass to partition and keep the light! Well done on all the hard work!!
Hi Laura,
I absolutely love the house renovation! such a labour of love....
I am not sure of your regulations over there but here in the UK any old timbers being exposed have to be treated with fire proofing treatment before you finish them. I was involved in in a converted a Wearhouse circa 1860s exposing the beams every internal beam had to be treated by code for insurance and fire safty standards.
If you have not checked this NOW is the time to check your building code.
Graham
the timber frame is gorgeous
That chimney brick fire is so scarey Laura. Best to do new double walled insulated metal chimney.
"This house was close to burning down," Laura Kampf. Instead, Laura tore it down to rebuild it!! For some reason that comment cracked me up!!
Hugs from 🇨🇦
Och my. So much work. I am so glad we bought a newly built house.... It still has so much work but gosh darn the number of hidden sceletons in Laura's house is staggering. And how many people live in houses in a similarly poor condition.... It is just dangerous...
On the transitions between the floors: when using material that "lives" (expands and shrinks based on temp/hum) like wood, you may want to keep a small gap between the rooms (like you do at the walls). Often that's filled with either a silicone material that can following the movement of the floors or covered with a small profile.
As a person who is himself busy gradually - slowly but surely - fixing up a 240-year-old Fachwerkhaus in northern Germany: I’m getting a kick out of your “archaeology.” I found a kitchen floor made up of literally 14 different layers and sections, 7 layers of wallpaper, as well as many other “treasures”… Bravo for taking on such a project!
You are a brilliant person with sh.t loads of ambition and ability. If you come to Arizona (different country) you’ve got a friend ❤
This was great to watch. Thanks!
I love how thoughtful you are for your neighbors
The upper floor looks amazing now, airy and full of light! WELL DONE!! Despite the massive cleaning task of cleaning afterwards, bringing all that "filling" down... well, I wish I could have helped you! I'm in great need of a task JUST like that.
It's not a Sunday without a video from Laura and an update on the "Baufortschritt"
You'll get there and with your endless enthusiasm and get up and go attitude, before you know it, your house will be the envy of the neighbourhood. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪.
Speaking professionally as an architect trained in passive energy efficent design and given the substaintal insulation to the exterior, putting insulation on the inside of the outer walls, apart from covering up the half-framing, reduces the usiable thermal mass of the wall, thereby requiring more energy inputs to maintain thermal comfort.
so so so beautiful
Awesome editing and directing Felix !
This house does not deserve you! Wow, incredible, and scary - so glad you found the issue. I watched Restoration Home and a lot of those places that are older seemed to have fewer problems. The place is going to be rebuilt with a lot of love though and look amazing when you're done.
Not having a chimney would be absolutely heartbreaking.
Your chimney problem reminds me of when we had to tear down the one in our old house. When we looked inside the house we discovered that the previous owner had left some exposed wood beams inside the fireplace! Good thing we tore it out as we could have burned down with something like that.
Thank you
You guys have so much fun, love it!
HEY! great swing and follow through!
Beautiful!
I hope you are remembering to leave small surprises in the little spaces you find for the next people to discover.
That chimny leaked trough thats why it is black, probably not burned. A chimny should not leak though so that is not good. In the Netherlands you can resleeve a chimny using the old chimny. They fit a new pipe in the old hole.
Beautiful straight spruce!
The exposed timber framing inside the house will be absolutely GORGEOUS. Cannot wait to see your vision come to life.
I would look into a chimney tube that is two layers of SS with a insulation between to run down the chimney that is in your house. That way you don't need to rebuild a chimney. Best wishes to you it looks great.
Cool video! Great music choice! Love the fusion jazz with moog and electric piano
On your chimney you should get a mason to look at it. They could run a stainless steel liner inside the old chimney and make it usable again.
Just a suggestion if you really want to use your chimney.
Chimney fires are very common in old houses. Internal chimneys are usually the source for the fire. Chimneys built on the exterior wall of houses helped prevent chimney fires
Just when I thought there were no unplesant surprises left!
I’m so excited to see her start building! It’s going to be gorgeous
Here in the US old chimneys are relined with a expanded metal tube to channel exhaust outside without relying on the integrity of the masonry stonework. It may be a viable solution for you as well. Stay safe out there and enjoy the holiday season. Peace Laura
Just amazing!
This video made me give the fireplace in my living room the side eye. As far as I know it's been inspected recently because both the water heater and the furnace (both under 10 years old) are vented through it. But YIKES!
Tough break about the chimney, but better to find out now before it's a problem later. Time to talk to a chimney expert. I'm sure there's a way to fix it. Thanks for sharing!
that concrete based wall filler is definitely not a loss, well done for ripping it out.
Time to pull out the belt sander Laura, that orbital needs a buddy. Great work as always! 👏❤️
omg, the relief I got through the screen haha. Can for sure say I'm invested in the house build :D
I love this hold house. First you replace the outside, then you replace the inside... and you're done !!
That house is amazing and I'm so happy to see you taking care to restore it. Your video production has gotten better and better and now I'm hooked. Thanks for being awesome.
GOOOOOOOOD Morning Laura, great to see you again. The project is coming along quite well in spite of the hurdles. All of your content is high energy and fun. Also, I just realized I want to learn German.
Seeing the progress you're making makes me really happy 😊
Hi effciency stoves only need a 80mm exhaust. You can drop inn a liner inside the existing chimney. As for a homy feeling wood fire consider a pellet stove in the living room. Also highly efficient and much easier than wood burning. Also not risking to be banned from using it in the future because or air pollution...
Pellets produce about the same air polution as other wood stoves.
@@4203105 at least you can’t detect it from the outside to neighbors can’t snitch on you….
A huge job, very good
Laura, a rule in our demo/rebuild project was "If you are swinging a demolition hammer above your head, you must wear a hard hat." Of course, you are a hard-headed individual and you will make your own decisions! Good luck with the next stage!
In the UK, we often have to line older chimneys with flexible pipes, to stop this exact thing. The burning is one thing but you also get carbon monoxide leakage!
I love your approach to this house though, superb stuff
Watching you take out that piece of wall above the stairs "carefully, slowly" is like watching that German childhood kids game show on SuperRTL/Toggo, where they have to hammer out as many blue foam pieces as possible without the ice diamond falling down 😅😂😂😂 Ich liebs!
Looks amazing
We used to use a marble to see which way an old house was leaning. Looks like a roll of tape also works. Chimneys are for chimney specialists just as much as asbestos removal is -- watch and learn, but don't do it yourself.
They did the asbestos removal themselves though.
This is looking better and better every week!
Pink tape roll indicates the direction of the bowling alley ;)
What a beautiful "L"!!!!
I think you have made the right choice about showing off the wooden frame work.
As for the chimney, could you use a chimney liner, if you plan to use it at all!?? ❤
The blood, sweat, and tears that are going into the restoration of your house are revealing what a gem it will become. Did you ever imagine how big the project would get?
Its amazing to see what you and Michael Alm are doing differently to your respective houses. I wish you luck with this massive project (and the chimney is super scary)
I believe you and your crew are incredible! Thank you for sharing this!
Glimpses of a future beautiful interior are appearing. I'm excitedly awaiting the new designs you can think of. thankyou for your videos of this old houses restoration.
Great transitions while you showed us the transitions
wow, that wood is gorgeous! well done!
This house is gonna be so pretty!!!
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There are companys who drill out the old chimney and insert a modern stainless steel chimney in the old structure.
I've been working with some very weathered wood lately, and found a worn wire wheel cup in my impact driver or drill will smooth and burnish the wood, without taking down the uneven grain like sanding does. I don't know what you're looking for from your timbers, but I thought I'd share that, if you wanted to keep any of the more rough look of them, without getting splinters.
What a crazy story renovating this house. As I wrote one time,....this house needed you to survive. It's been weak, but raises up like Phoenix out of the ashes with you and will be strong and bright like a star, shining on his rescuer's.🙏🇹🇭👌
Love your house video thanks
Es wird so schön! Wirklich wunderbar. Das Haus hat Glück gehabt mit dir!
I bet the poor neighbours loved that.
Agreed. Why not use a chute?!
This video was a throwback to Prodigy’s ”No good”. But with better walls.
Have yought about putting some kind of colored glass like stained glass in the timber frame with LED lighting? I think it might look cool. If the glass is on both sides of the timber frame with the light in between .
That transition at 2:06 is smooth af 🧈
The exposed frame looks like pitch pine to me. Otherwise known a monkey puzzle tree. BIG LOVE...
You have way too much fun with that damn hammer Laura, but it was nice to see you sharing the good times with Vera.
You haven't made a wrong decision with the old house yet Laura, the great thing about taking the house back to the bare bones is that nothing is hidden and you will find & correct or remove all the issues that could harm you and those you love.
Stay well and stay absolutely crazy and safe, best regards from Scotland