Maybe show a few shots of the house from the outside at the beginning or end of the videos along with shots of the rooms from more of a distance. Those are called establishing shots. They help the viewer gain perspective of what you are working on and will help orient viewers who have not seen previous videos.
Unfortunately the rooms are small, especially this one, this is the max wide shot possible, but I could probably do some sort of intro/recap for the new people
When I find your channel it was 11 episode already, so I subscribed immediately and start watching from beginning. WELL DONE JD , very PROUD OF YOU , YOUR ETIQU, YOUR PERSONALITY ❤ 👏🙌🙏
This definitely looks like rammed earth construction. The holes are there to pass through supports for forms. The layers are where the earth was tamped down. The form edges would be moved up, supported by posts in the holes, and the tamping would repeat. Wonderful for keeping out the hot sun, great for noise control, and will last for eons -- provided you keep the exterior well protected. Assuming you live in a pretty dry climate. These do great there. Less so where there's torrential rain.
on 18:22 there is a blue gray drill hammer. it has the motor below in 90 degrees angle. that type is realy good and cheap also, it can be chinese harbour freight type is good enough. it have a more slower hamering speed. and also you should not hammer into the wall but more along side it.
There is a saying in Germany: Buy cheap, buy twice! Investing in good tools will last you much longer and make it easier than buying cheaper tools. Especially as you said, you will need to do the floors and the bathroom. There is also an option to rent tools, or buy used equipment.
@@My15KHouse Unfortunately, the yellow Hammer you bought seems to perform badly for the money you spent. I have a Boschhammer gbh 2-26 that starts at 160€ here, and it blast away walls like yours. You should have a look at something like that, when you plan to work on more spots in your home. Or go for the workout and use the hand tools 🤣🔨💪🏻
Hey JD. The holes on the wall are a part of the construction method. They would make a wooden frame, fill it with rocks and clay and build the walls moving the frame around. The wholes were the sustaining points of that frame. The technique is called Taipa, in portuguese. Google has some old images that illustrate this better.
Really enjoying your channel. I love that you are showing the whole process and not just before and afters. And explaining as you go! Since you are new to UA-cam, I just want to say please don't be upset by perceived criticism, most of the time people are just trying to be helpful. 😊
Watching from NJ! We used to have an old house and every time we started a project my Italian husband would curse up a storm because it always ended up full of surprises and a bigger mess than expected. I enjoyed the finished product but he would get frustrated. I enjoyed giving old things new life. One time I removed layers of paint from frames of 9 windows in my porch through the pandemic. It was therapeutic. We ended up selling the house this is why I enjoy your channel so much. I like to see the calmness of how you approach your work 😊
I watch Make Do Grow, they are amazing. When cleaning out my Father-in-laws house after he died there were more than 15 hammers. Not that he used them, he just lost them in his tool mess and bought another lol.
I love when you share your research and philosophy behind your building methods. When I was younger I could use whatever tools were handy. Now that I’m getting older I need to have the tool that does the job most efficiently. If you’re able to get a job done at the quality and price point you want, it doesn’t matter how you got there.
if in doubt if the plaster is good (even if it looks good) then just knock on it... if it sounds hollow = remove it... if it sounds solid = all good... and yeah use whatever tools you have but some tools do make life so much easier but if you need to break 5 bricks then you don't need a mason hammer but if you need to break 200 bricks then get one it's all about the scope really
I so love watching your channel. I look forward to it. You are doing an awesome job with the equipment you have at hand. All the more satisfying when your renovation is completed.
"Say no to unitaskers" had me laughing out loud! I get it. My house and garage is full of tools, scraps and remnants from all my projects. I've easily got 50 cans of paint and varnish.
Love that light ochre wall color! I think I could have guessed your philosophy on "uni-taskers" based on the brioche mold/drain catch basin hahaha- I'm the same. It's kind of a creative exercise I enjoy to see what I can make work as a tool that is already on hand.
Hello from Chile. I always learn from you and I really like your videos. Happy to hear you are not shopping at a store that supports a war. Also like the last few minutes of your videos with you walking in the neighbourhood. Looking forward to your next video. Have a good week.
To be a UA-camr I’m thinking you have to have the patience of a saint! Absolutely love Make Do Grow, looks like you have the same tile with the same concrete, holy cow, gonna be a beast of a job!
I’m glad you are conscientious with what you support and what materials you choose. I love lime too, it even self-heals. So glad I found your channel! Keep it up!
In preparing the walls. You do scrape off the loose stuff with what you are using (spatula) no special tool needed but when you finish buy a spray bottle and dilute Aquadere 2/3 water 1/3 Aquadere. Spray it onto the wall. Start at the top completely wet the wall until it begins to run down the wall then keep spraying following the runs down the wall until you get to the floor. Wipe up the floor before it dries. Let the wall dry completely . When the wall dries you have a firm base that has soaked into the sub straight. This can be finished with whatever you want to use to finish the wall. Aquadere when dry resists moisture transfer, resists mold, captures dust, resist cracking and breaking and makes a "keyed" surface which just about any wall preparation or finishing product will stick to without further preparation. Good Luck
I enjoy watching you work while I eat cookies! Ha! If I'd been doing that work I'd have been yelling the F word every few minutes. You are a man of great patience! Cheers from Alabama.
I'm in the middle of doing the exact same job in my 18th century stone farm house. What a job but it's got to be done. I believe the problem lies in the modern pain that has been applied to lime wash. Like yourself I am improvising with the tools I have already.
The thing with tools is always what my dad told me years ago: saving money in the first place causes you to buy the same tool over and over and in the very end you payed more than double of the price for a better one in The first place. Believe me, I have learned my lesson more than once. Keep up the nice work. Looking forward to the next episode
Make Do Grow is a great channel to watch as well as Finca Life. They are located in Spain and are renovating a place that requires the same type work that you are doing. They are very particular about how they do what they do. They want it to be done right, too.
You have all the time in the world, and doing it the most convenient way for you specifically… well done! Natural materials and low impact!🎉 Waiting to see more…
great approach, JD. slow and steady and being immersed in moment. even chiseling plaster can be satisfying. (at 75, I find strimming meditative.). also, love your eco-consciousness.
I’ll bet that a lot of us have used the handle of a screwdriver to hammer a nail into a wall at some point. :) I love listening to your reasoning for the benefits for using the materials you’ll be using. It makes perfect sense for the reasons you’ve explained. It’s such a lovely home and you’re doing an amazing job. I hope that the store will give you an exchange. Fantastic video.
I just moved to Coimbra from the US - thanks so much for taking those steps. My plan to is to start learning the neighborhoods and purchase an older home for reno myself!
The holes are for holding the wooden form together as it was built. I've built with taipa and know. Cement is a killer on taipa walls. Don't be tempted to use it! It stops the damp from leaving the walls and rots the mud.
I love that you are doing the necessary work by hand. There are so many channels that use all kinds of fancy equipment that most of us either can't afford, or don't want because we enjoy seeing people use simple techniques and hand tools. It's how I've learned to maintain my own house without a lot of expense. Time is another thing altogether lol
You’re such a cool guy! Can’t wait to see what happens next. I appreciate you taking the time to explain why you are doing the things you do. Best of luck.
Rising damp perhaps playing a Role in the integrity of any of these old homes, mine had no foundation or damp course and bricks laid on dirt act as a sponge , use what you want if you worry about opinions on here it will consume your energy don’t buy into it keep it up 👍❤️❤️❤️🙏
Thank you for your channel - Please remember you cant make everyone like you, just do what you want and dont think about what someone else think about it.
I love watching your channel and your mindset. Thanks for not shopping in stores that are Russian war supporters. Keep up the good work from Grenada Mississippi.
Hi 🙂 I agree with you 100% on buying and than storing items/tools for one particular job ( renovating , gardening . cooking ...) . Clay has a kind of greasiness so that moisture does not soak up from the ground, as in the case of cement. .....
Broadly speaking there are three categories of breakers (jackhammers) that each use different chucks for the bits. SDS+ is the smallest that you've got. Machines range from around 2.5 to 6.5 kg and usually do drilling, hammer drilling and chiselling. They're good for drilling holes, removing lime and lime-cement plaster, chasing brick and mud walls for electrics, plumbing etc.. Not much use for concrete except drilling holes up to maybe 20 mm. SDS-Max: one step up from SDS+, usually do hammer drilling and chiselling or chiselling only. Good for drilling larger holes in brick and concrete (up to maybe 50 mm) and limited concrete hammering. Weight goes up to around 10-12 kg, which is getting heavy to handle at chest height or higher up. SDS-Hex: pure demolition. 15-20 kg, really only usable on floors, you can let the weight of the machine do the work for you. Deals quickly with non-reinforced concrete up to maybe 120 or 150 mm, reinforced is more time-consuming but doable. The next step up is the pneumatic kind they use on roads, not really DIY-friendly anymore. For thin slabs without rebar a 5 kg sledge hammer is probably not much harder to use. Letting walls breathe has a major disadvantage: damp air. You really don't want your rooms to be humid all the time, so I'm a big fan of damp-proofing whenever possible. My parents had two crazy guys with electric chainsaws slice through the walls of their house in segments, add a membrane and fill the gap between the membrane and old wall with mortar. My cousin got his hands on a giant old two-person lumber saw and used that to cut through the walls of an old outbuilding, one metre at a time. You can get sealants that are injected into holes drilled at regular intervals but that method is a bit unpredictable because it relies on capillary action inside the wall. if the capillaries are full of water it won't work at all and even if not it might not work everywhere. Of course then you can spend lots of money on esoteric devices that claim to keep walls dry using electrodes and whatnot, as far as I know none of them have really been proven to work. Which is hard to do, to be honest, because simply replastering a damp wall can make the symptoms of the damp problem disappear for years, there's quite a lot of variables at play. Completely sealing a wall from the inside does keep it from buffering moisture you bring into the room, e.g. from showering and that can feel uncomfortable, which is why lime and clay plasters have advantage over pure cement. Sealed walls also make existing condensation issues worse.
you watch the made do grow youtubers. Are they in the same area as you. Yes they are very specific and educated on all of their projects...you are doing an amazing job. I am watching them too as well as others as I am headed to Portugal soon and the referrals for solar, heat pumps etc is invaluable. Keep working at it...
Yes. 'Make. Do. Grow.' I love watching those two. He can't go wrong gleaning some tips from them. A collaboration between them would be great for him. And, even better for us, the viewers 😜 PS. I'm keeping an eye out for your channel and Portugal adventure. Go well.
@My15KHouse I was wondering why they didn't run the pipes in the ceiling so you could have easy access? Even if you have some exposed pipes, at least they are not sweating inside the walls. I'm sure you will find the best way.
My thoughts exactly, all pipes eventually leak, why make it difficult to find and fix the problem, and no insulation on the hot water pipe is crazy too
I guess, the thick wall plus tubes were some kind of cooling-system - kiind like today, with much bigger dimensions with earthships. My mom's house has very thick walls, too, about 40 cm, and it's cool inside all summer long
The whole one-big-bed- room for the tiny room was my idea also, from the beginning! Super convenient next to the bathroom and technically a bedroom doesn’t need anything else than a bed, you’re only there for sleeping anyways. (And it was no window, lol) The slightly bigger room then could function as an office/library/guest room. 😊
Exactly! My first thought was to make that the guest bedroom but it would be empty most of the time so better to just make that whole section of the house the "bedroom" and the other a library/guest room
Enjoy watching the progress of your remodel. I wonder if it would be better to replace that waste pipe for the kitchen sink. With it twisted like that, looks like it would be easy to clog and hard to clear out if something solid managed to get into the drain. Looking forward to your next video...
Hi mate, I don’t think the drill is the problem. There is a possibility that you do not have the drill bit inserted properly. I’m assuming that drill takes SDS bits, if you haven’t used an SDS drill before, then it can be an easy mistake to think that the bit is inserted correctly. Pull back the black collar on the drill, twist and push the drill bit back into the drill until you feel it engaging with the collar. Good luck!
The bigger the rotary hammer the better but you also might change to a different bit. The pointed bits work better than the chisel shaped ones if you don't have a monster hammer. You just have to be more strategic when using it. Take little nibbles and chop it out out in sections.
I was wondering if the pointed bit would be better but had already decided to return it for a more powerful one so didnt want it to look like i used it too much
Like the Brico Marche stores. They don’t have the big selection that Leroy Merlin has but they are. The best would be a family owned builder supply if you have one in your area. I am lucky to have one of those near my beach house (near Torres Vedras) and they have pretty much everything at good prices. The problem is that they are usually mom and pop owned, usually the employees are older and they will not speak much English. On the other hand they are usually very knowledgeable and are always willing to give good advice. One of my neighbors is an American retiree and he has learned Portuguese really well and quickly. I was amazed to see how well he could communicate with the store owner who is in his 70s and doesn’t speak any English :)
There actually is a small one here in town that is very convenient for some things though its kinda random what they do and dont have, but its just run by one old guy that I think has had some health problems so its only open sporadically now. But I do like to support it whenever I see that its open.
Hy guy, you’re completely right when not buying tools that you don’t need later or think twice if it’s necessary in order to get a certain result. It sometimes really depends on the budget or the time you have to do the work without a specific tool. Your way works for you and that is all that counts. I am a nerd with tools and like to buy them in the home depot. But many of these tools I have not used so far 😄 but if I was in need, I had them 🤣🤣 Many tools you can rent which is another option. I think it’s more important to spend money for the right material because that definitely can make a big difference. Greetings from Germany and keep on going 👍🌞🍀
If I had the space and money for a workshop it would probably be full of random niche tools too haha. Unfortunately I havent seen any tool rental places in this area
Agree on limiting consumption, supporting ethical stores and knowing when to get a tool that will vastly save you time. Hope you find a better tool locally - in our town there are smaller loja de ferramentas that sell the larger, more expensive tools. They are not always listed on Google maps, though. Hope you find a better tool to help you! You’re doing a great job! 🙌🏽
You've started with the kitchen,yess. For me the kitchen is the most important room.Besides the bedroom, because you need a good night of sleep.I'm sure the moisture problems in the walls became of using cement,so I think you do the best job for the house by removing all of it.
When a decent human being renovates his home...
Well done sir.
Love your consumption policy 🎉
agreed
Totally! I must admit, I rarely consider end of life disposal when I’m buying things, but this was an excellent reminder to do so.
We appreciate your ethos.
You're so right about "making do" with what you have already instead buying new stuff all the time!
Maybe show a few shots of the house from the outside at the beginning or end of the videos along with shots of the rooms from more of a distance. Those are called establishing shots. They help the viewer gain perspective of what you are working on and will help orient viewers who have not seen previous videos.
Yes. I'd love that effect. Sounds great 👌🏼💞
Unfortunately the rooms are small, especially this one, this is the max wide shot possible, but I could probably do some sort of intro/recap for the new people
When I find your channel it was 11 episode already, so I subscribed immediately and start watching from beginning.
WELL DONE JD , very PROUD OF YOU , YOUR ETIQU, YOUR PERSONALITY ❤ 👏🙌🙏
I'm glad you're sticking to your principles. It can be hard to do. Your subscribers are going up. 13k- geat job!
thanks
This definitely looks like rammed earth construction. The holes are there to pass through supports for forms. The layers are where the earth was tamped down. The form edges would be moved up, supported by posts in the holes, and the tamping would repeat. Wonderful for keeping out the hot sun, great for noise control, and will last for eons -- provided you keep the exterior well protected. Assuming you live in a pretty dry climate. These do great there. Less so where there's torrential rain.
Ah, that makes so much sense, thanks for the info!
on 18:22 there is a blue gray drill hammer. it has the motor below in 90 degrees angle. that type is realy good and cheap also, it can be chinese harbour freight type is good enough. it have a more slower hamering speed. and also you should not hammer into the wall but more along side it.
There is a saying in Germany: Buy cheap, buy twice! Investing in good tools will last you much longer and make it easier than buying cheaper tools. Especially as you said, you will need to do the floors and the bathroom. There is also an option to rent tools, or buy used equipment.
living in germany, i would keep an eye on makita or bosch products. dont know, which are the brands to buy in portugal. 🙂
price is not a good determiner of quality, and in this case its about the specifics of the tool
@@My15KHouse Unfortunately, the yellow Hammer you bought seems to perform badly for the money you spent. I have a Boschhammer gbh 2-26 that starts at 160€ here, and it blast away walls like yours. You should have a look at something like that, when you plan to work on more spots in your home. Or go for the workout and use the hand tools 🤣🔨💪🏻
Hey JD. The holes on the wall are a part of the construction method. They would make a wooden frame, fill it with rocks and clay and build the walls moving the frame around. The wholes were the sustaining points of that frame. The technique is called Taipa, in portuguese. Google has some old images that illustrate this better.
Thanks!
Really enjoying your channel. I love that you are showing the whole process and not just before and afters. And explaining as you go! Since you are new to UA-cam, I just want to say please don't be upset by perceived criticism, most of the time people are just trying to be helpful. 😊
I wasnt upset, I think the hammer stuff is more funny than anything, but it made a good moment to talk about my decision making process for tools
Watching from NJ! We used to have an old house and every time we started a project my Italian husband would curse up a storm because it always ended up full of surprises and a bigger mess than expected. I enjoyed the finished product but he would get frustrated. I enjoyed giving old things new life. One time I removed layers of paint from frames of 9 windows in my porch through the pandemic. It was therapeutic. We ended up selling the house this is why I enjoy your channel so much. I like to see the calmness of how you approach your work 😊
Exactly, it seems like a lot of people think its hard work but so much is actually relaxing and therapeutic
I watch Make Do Grow, they are amazing. When cleaning out my Father-in-laws house after he died there were more than 15 hammers. Not that he used them, he just lost them in his tool mess and bought another lol.
Yes, make do with what you got. Like you said, why buy something you're going to use once. Great job young man!👍
thanks
I love when you share your research and philosophy behind your building methods. When I was younger I could use whatever tools were handy. Now that I’m getting older I need to have the tool that does the job most efficiently. If you’re able to get a job done at the quality and price point you want, it doesn’t matter how you got there.
if in doubt if the plaster is good (even if it looks good) then just knock on it... if it sounds hollow = remove it... if it sounds solid = all good... and yeah use whatever tools you have but some tools do make life so much easier but if you need to break 5 bricks then you don't need a mason hammer but if you need to break 200 bricks then get one it's all about the scope really
exactly
I so love watching your channel. I look forward to it. You are doing an awesome job with the equipment you have at hand. All the more satisfying when your renovation is completed.
thanks :)
Love that you're showing the ups and downs of the actual process. I enjoyed seeing the shopping trip to the DIY store.
Great job man. I love watching what your doing.
thanks
Smart. I have at least 5 hammers and can never find the one I want.
Greetings, one of your new [ 13,1 K ] friends from around the world. Boy there are alot of us,! Good job
13.1K and groWING.....fast. Great channel!
thanks!
Very satisfying indeed,watching the plaster coming off the walls was poetry for the eyes.
Getting plaster of wall very satisfying. Well done. 😊
Thank you from Ukraine!
"Say no to unitaskers" had me laughing out loud! I get it. My house and garage is full of tools, scraps and remnants from all my projects. I've easily got 50 cans of paint and varnish.
Your videos are getting better and better. I enjoyed the sections of your video where you sped it up, and added a nice soundtrack.
thanks
When buying tools,I find that the low quality ones don't usually get the job done. It is worth investing in a higher quality tool.
it is high quality, its just the wrong tool for this job
He bought a hammer drill not a jackhammer/power chisel.
Hope you find a better product. And, looking forward to next week :)
Love that light ochre wall color! I think I could have guessed your philosophy on "uni-taskers" based on the brioche mold/drain catch basin hahaha- I'm the same. It's kind of a creative exercise I enjoy to see what I can make work as a tool that is already on hand.
always some fun little problem solving
Hello from Chile. I always learn from you and I really like your videos. Happy to hear you are not shopping at a store that supports a war. Also like the last few minutes of your videos with you walking in the neighbourhood. Looking forward to your next video. Have a good week.
tru that there are so many tools you can use for so many projects. Keep your philosophy if it works...cheers great job
To be a UA-camr I’m thinking you have to have the patience of a saint! Absolutely love Make Do Grow, looks like you have the same tile with the same concrete, holy cow, gonna be a beast of a job!
I’m glad you are conscientious with what you support and what materials you choose. I love lime too, it even self-heals. So glad I found your channel! Keep it up!
Another very enjoyable video, can't wait for the next one!
In preparing the walls. You do scrape off the loose stuff with what you are using (spatula) no special tool needed but when you finish buy a spray bottle and dilute Aquadere 2/3 water 1/3 Aquadere. Spray it onto the wall. Start at the top completely wet the wall until it begins to run down the wall then keep spraying following the runs down the wall until you get to the floor. Wipe up the floor before it dries. Let the wall dry completely . When the wall dries you have a firm base that has soaked into the sub straight. This can be finished with whatever you want to use to finish the wall. Aquadere when dry resists moisture transfer, resists mold, captures dust, resist cracking and breaking and makes a "keyed" surface which just about any wall preparation or finishing product will stick to without further preparation. Good Luck
Sure looks like you're enjoying yourself. You have such a good, great, and positive attitude. Thanks for sharing the knowledge you have learned.
I enjoy watching you work while I eat cookies! Ha! If I'd been doing that work I'd have been yelling the F word every few minutes. You are a man of great patience! Cheers from Alabama.
Oh, you have enough to share with everybody? :)
@@EricOnUA-cam Sure.. come on down!
Not fair. I'm watching this at 2am and not even a cookie crumb to be found around here... 😶
I'm in the middle of doing the exact same job in my 18th century stone farm house. What a job but it's got to be done. I believe the problem lies in the modern pain that has been applied to lime wash. Like yourself I am improvising with the tools I have already.
Yes, the modern stuff is whats causing the headaches, if everything was traditional it'd be much easier
The thing with tools is always what my dad told me years ago: saving money in the first place causes you to buy the same tool over and over and in the very end you payed more than double of the price for a better one in The first place. Believe me, I have learned my lesson more than once. Keep up the nice work. Looking forward to the next episode
Make Do Grow is a great channel to watch as well as Finca Life. They are located in Spain and are renovating a place that requires the same type work that you are doing. They are very particular about how they do what they do. They want it to be done right, too.
Nice, I'll check them out
Ace Hardware is alive and kicking! (Ace is the Place!)💕
You have all the time in the world, and doing it the most convenient way for you specifically… well done! Natural materials and low impact!🎉
Waiting to see more…
For tools, if available in your area, Lidl and Aldi has often great options at great prices
I believe if u use the jack hammer at an Angle. So it will go under the tile it my work better
Thx for speeding that up......!
I appreciate your evaluation of your purchases; very holistic thinking
Good job ! Keep with your videos and dont give up ! I wanna see the final results.
great approach, JD. slow and steady and being immersed in moment. even chiseling plaster can be satisfying. (at 75, I find strimming meditative.). also, love your eco-consciousness.
We’re cheering for you!
Hard work. But you keep on delivering. Love to watch your progress. Waiting for next video. Thanks
Looking good, a large primary bedroom is a great idea.
I’ll bet that a lot of us have used the handle of a screwdriver to hammer a nail into a wall at some point. :) I love listening to your reasoning for the benefits for using the materials you’ll be using. It makes perfect sense for the reasons you’ve explained. It’s such a lovely home and you’re doing an amazing job. I hope that the store will give you an exchange. Fantastic video.
Not me only opening UA-cam several times to check if a new video has been uploaded 🙃
so sorry! I was super busy but there will be a new one in a few days!
I just moved to Coimbra from the US - thanks so much for taking those steps. My plan to is to start learning the neighborhoods and purchase an older home for reno myself!
Awesome!
The holes are for holding the wooden form together as it was built. I've built with taipa and know. Cement is a killer on taipa walls. Don't be tempted to use it! It stops the damp from leaving the walls and rots the mud.
I love that you are doing the necessary work by hand. There are so many channels that use all kinds of fancy equipment that most of us either can't afford, or don't want because we enjoy seeing people use simple techniques and hand tools. It's how I've learned to maintain my own house without a lot of expense. Time is another thing altogether lol
You’re such a cool guy! Can’t wait to see what happens next. I appreciate you taking the time to explain why you are doing the things you do. Best of luck.
Thanks! I like hearing the reasonings behind why people do things so I try to do that myself
They might have painted over whitewash. Paint won’t stick to whitewash, permanently. Satisfying like peeling sunburn.
Rising damp perhaps playing a Role in the integrity of any of these old homes, mine had no foundation or damp course and bricks laid on dirt act as a sponge , use what you want if you worry about opinions on here it will consume your energy don’t buy into it keep it up 👍❤️❤️❤️🙏
Your wisdom is way beyond your years! Just keep doing what you’re doing!
Thank you for your channel - Please remember you cant make everyone like you, just do what you want and dont think about what someone else think about it.
I love watching your channel and your mindset. Thanks for not shopping in stores that are Russian war supporters. Keep up the good work from Grenada Mississippi.
Peeling that whitewash away was quite satisfying. 💖💖
Like the way you tackle this Reno!
PS fwiw, I wouldn't remove any thick internal walls, it might be more trouble than it's worth. Existing layout looks mostly fine
Yeah thats the plan unless I just cant stand the size of the kitchen and bathroom, but I think it'll be fine as it is
Hi 🙂 I agree with you 100% on buying and than storing items/tools for one particular job ( renovating , gardening . cooking ...) . Clay has a kind of greasiness so that moisture does not soak up from the ground, as in the case of cement. .....
Love that you’re sticking to your principles! Enjoying your channel.
We commend your stoic nature. The ocre wall looks now like a Antoni Tàpies painting. This kind of brilliant art only years of passing time can birth.
So glad to hear you are following make do grow. They are a brilliant couple who will give you lots of knowledge.
Yes, I've learned so much from them
When you apply new plaster, use glasfiber reinforced mats underneath the areas where the plaster broke before or apply a mat on the whole wall.
I'm going to keep it traditional, it was damaged because of water but that shouldn't be a problem anymore
Broadly speaking there are three categories of breakers (jackhammers) that each use different chucks for the bits.
SDS+ is the smallest that you've got. Machines range from around 2.5 to 6.5 kg and usually do drilling, hammer drilling and chiselling. They're good for drilling holes, removing lime and lime-cement plaster, chasing brick and mud walls for electrics, plumbing etc.. Not much use for concrete except drilling holes up to maybe 20 mm.
SDS-Max: one step up from SDS+, usually do hammer drilling and chiselling or chiselling only. Good for drilling larger holes in brick and concrete (up to maybe 50 mm) and limited concrete hammering. Weight goes up to around 10-12 kg, which is getting heavy to handle at chest height or higher up.
SDS-Hex: pure demolition. 15-20 kg, really only usable on floors, you can let the weight of the machine do the work for you. Deals quickly with non-reinforced concrete up to maybe 120 or 150 mm, reinforced is more time-consuming but doable. The next step up is the pneumatic kind they use on roads, not really DIY-friendly anymore. For thin slabs without rebar a 5 kg sledge hammer is probably not much harder to use.
Letting walls breathe has a major disadvantage: damp air. You really don't want your rooms to be humid all the time, so I'm a big fan of damp-proofing whenever possible. My parents had two crazy guys with electric chainsaws slice through the walls of their house in segments, add a membrane and fill the gap between the membrane and old wall with mortar. My cousin got his hands on a giant old two-person lumber saw and used that to cut through the walls of an old outbuilding, one metre at a time. You can get sealants that are injected into holes drilled at regular intervals but that method is a bit unpredictable because it relies on capillary action inside the wall. if the capillaries are full of water it won't work at all and even if not it might not work everywhere. Of course then you can spend lots of money on esoteric devices that claim to keep walls dry using electrodes and whatnot, as far as I know none of them have really been proven to work. Which is hard to do, to be honest, because simply replastering a damp wall can make the symptoms of the damp problem disappear for years, there's quite a lot of variables at play.
Completely sealing a wall from the inside does keep it from buffering moisture you bring into the room, e.g. from showering and that can feel uncomfortable, which is why lime and clay plasters have advantage over pure cement. Sealed walls also make existing condensation issues worse.
Thanks for the info! I was able to exchange it for an SDS-max that hopefully wont be too heavy to hold up
Watching the plaster come off is like watching Dr Pimple Popper. Very satisfying 🤣
Soooo right. Agree.
But looking plaster come off doesn't make me wanna puke 😂
Than you for this video. Good luck and all the best.
عملك راءع شاهدت جميع فديوهاتك نتطلع للمزيد بالتوفيق 👍🏻🏡
My kid loves to peel paint when I'm doing projects. Lol
its so satisfying lol
For concrete, you have the wrong chisel in your jackhammer. You need the one with the round tip.
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@@My15KHouse Glory to heroes!
Very therapeutic I can imagine 😊
@1:42 just before you put the caption, I was thinking "that must be so satisfying!"
I wish it was a bigger area haha
I like how you try to make ethical buying decisions 👍
Would love to see one of those Chinese stores!
you watch the made do grow youtubers. Are they in the same area as you. Yes they are very specific and educated on all of their projects...you are doing an amazing job. I am watching them too as well as others as I am headed to Portugal soon and the referrals for solar, heat pumps etc is invaluable. Keep working at it...
Yes. 'Make. Do. Grow.' I love watching those two. He can't go wrong gleaning some tips from them.
A collaboration between them would be great for him. And, even better for us, the viewers 😜
PS. I'm keeping an eye out for your channel and Portugal adventure. Go well.
@@tessasinclair6315 Yes Tessa. Are you in Portugal? Or moving to? You in US?
I've learned so much from their plastering trials and errors
@@My15KHouse I bet but that is exactly how we learn. right? Great job
@@myitaliantherapyginafiore4414 Hi, Gina. No. No, unfortunately, not; and no, I'm South African.
I like the way you think! Good work!
thanks!
You have more patience than most. I guess all you can do is keep calm and carry on ❤ wishing you the best.
I was wondering why the layers were separate since whitewash should bind to itself, but it looks like all whitewash, I couldnt find any paint
@My15KHouse I was wondering why they didn't run the pipes in the ceiling so you could have easy access? Even if you have some exposed pipes, at least they are not sweating inside the walls. I'm sure you will find the best way.
My thoughts exactly, all pipes eventually leak, why make it difficult to find and fix the problem, and no insulation on the hot water pipe is crazy too
I guess, the thick wall plus tubes were some kind of cooling-system - kiind like today, with much bigger dimensions with earthships. My mom's house has very thick walls, too, about 40 cm, and it's cool inside all summer long
Hi, I very much enjoy and appreciate how you are sharing your journey. All the best
thanks
It’s satisfying to watch as well! a great job! 👍👏👏😄🇸🇪 (but the jackhammer sounds like being at the dentist..)
Nice, keep it simple and clean
Nice job.
thanks
The whole one-big-bed- room for the tiny room was my idea also, from the beginning! Super convenient next to the bathroom and technically a bedroom doesn’t need anything else than a bed, you’re only there for sleeping anyways. (And it was no window, lol) The slightly bigger room then could function as an office/library/guest room. 😊
Exactly! My first thought was to make that the guest bedroom but it would be empty most of the time so better to just make that whole section of the house the "bedroom" and the other a library/guest room
Good job. Sometimes things work and sometimes they don’t. It’s a process.
Enjoy watching the progress of your remodel. I wonder if it would be better to replace that waste pipe for the kitchen sink. With it twisted like that, looks like it would be easy to clog and hard to clear out if something solid managed to get into the drain. Looking forward to your next video...
Yeah, Im going to raise up the sink since its kinda low, so I'll end up redoing all that. Im sure stuff gets caught in those grooves and gets gross
I enjoy very much your videos! Keep going! You are doing great job!
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Hi mate, I don’t think the drill is the problem. There is a possibility that you do not have the drill bit inserted properly. I’m assuming that drill takes SDS bits, if you haven’t used an SDS drill before, then it can be an easy mistake to think that the bit is inserted correctly. Pull back the black collar on the drill, twist and push the drill bit back into the drill until you feel it engaging with the collar. Good luck!
You are correct that its SDS and that I havent used that before, but it seemed like it was in right according to the manual
Oh my! That was a lame Jackhammer, more like a Jillhammer LOL 😅 Hope you got a refund.
Yeah I was able to exchange it
The way the walls are constructed is call tapial. It is just compacted earth. There are some nice videos about the ancient process.
The bigger the rotary hammer the better but you also might change to a different bit. The pointed bits work better than the chisel shaped ones if you don't have a monster hammer. You just have to be more strategic when using it. Take little nibbles and chop it out out in sections.
I was wondering if the pointed bit would be better but had already decided to return it for a more powerful one so didnt want it to look like i used it too much
Like the Brico Marche stores. They don’t have the big selection that Leroy Merlin has but they are. The best would be a family owned builder supply if you have one in your area. I am lucky to have one of those near my beach house (near Torres Vedras) and they have pretty much everything at good prices. The problem is that they are usually mom and pop owned, usually the employees are older and they will not speak much English. On the other hand they are usually very knowledgeable and are always willing to give good advice. One of my neighbors is an American retiree and he has learned Portuguese really well and quickly. I was amazed to see how well he could communicate with the store owner who is in his 70s and doesn’t speak any English :)
There actually is a small one here in town that is very convenient for some things though its kinda random what they do and dont have, but its just run by one old guy that I think has had some health problems so its only open sporadically now. But I do like to support it whenever I see that its open.
Look at you! You are so comfortable in front of the camera now❤️love your uploads and look forward to each new one
Hy guy, you’re completely right when not buying tools that you don’t need later or think twice if it’s necessary in order to get a certain result. It sometimes really depends on the budget or the time you have to do the work without a specific tool. Your way works for you and that is all that counts. I am a nerd with tools and like to buy them in the home depot. But many of these tools I have not used so far 😄 but if I was in need, I had them 🤣🤣 Many tools you can rent which is another option. I think it’s more important to spend money for the right material because that definitely can make a big difference. Greetings from Germany and keep on going 👍🌞🍀
If I had the space and money for a workshop it would probably be full of random niche tools too haha. Unfortunately I havent seen any tool rental places in this area
@@My15KHouse I can definitely understand the dilemma. Hope you make progress in the project and find the things you need in brico marche 👍😄🌞🍀
Agree on limiting consumption, supporting ethical stores and knowing when to get a tool that will vastly save you time.
Hope you find a better tool locally - in our town there are smaller loja de ferramentas that sell the larger, more expensive tools. They are not always listed on Google maps, though. Hope you find a better tool to help you! You’re doing a great job! 🙌🏽
You've started with the kitchen,yess. For me the kitchen is the most important room.Besides the bedroom, because you need a good night of sleep.I'm sure the moisture problems in the walls became of using cement,so I think you do the best job for the house by removing all of it.
"low key hoarder" lols!!