Thanks a lot for the comment. The stuff you said about why you follow me on KZbin is a real compliment. I have now started to try and take the weekends off, I think it's going to help with my general mental health to have two days a week away from construction work. I did get home and have a couple of beers ! things have eased up with work and I am feeling in a much better place now, thanks again for your support and kind comment 🙏 all the best to you over there in England

Hey man thanks for making the effort to respond to the video, I think you are right, all we can do is push on and better days will come around, sorry to hear about the diesel incident and your engine seizing up, I hope today is treating you better, thanks again for the comment 🙏👍

Hi, Thanks for the comment and the interest. I will make that video and talk about my experience of moving and living here. It may be a couple of weeks before I get the time to do it. In the meantime: Moving here has been a great choice for me. I am familiar with the Ostersund area and I like it. The construction industry and Swedish culture in general is way less "lively" than English culture can be, by this I mean my experience on building sites in England was lots of friendly insults and abuse towards your fellow workers, here the atmosphere is more sensitive and polite. To be honest sometimes I miss the banter. One thing that I am still getting used to is that in Sweden being a carpenter is viewed as quite a prestigious job, way higher in societal terms than in England, again that's just my experience. Taxes are high. Healthcare is exceptional. Traffic is non existent outside of the main cities. I can't think to give advice on the right thing to do but my thinking when we were moving here was that if it didn't work out then we would just return to England and at least we would have tried. I will make that video soon, thanks for this interaction, it has been a pleasant thought process for me 🙏

Hey man thanks for the kind words, comments like this are great motivation, glad you came across the channel 👍

I appreciate the info and thanks for being kind about the build at the same time, I will be back at that project soon so I will look at putting a few air holes into the unit, thanks for taking the time to comment 🙏👍

😅 Thanks for the comment 🙏

Thanks for the encouragement, it's nice to hear from a fellow carpenter 👍

Thanks for the enthusiasm, and taking the time to comment. 🙏👍

Thanks, I just checked them out after I saw your comment, I have never used them but the next deck I build I will see if they have them at the store and give them a try, thanks for the comment 👍

It is, the sink is manufactured in at the factory, it gets delivered like this. I get your question, I was surprised the first time I saw this arrangement. Thanks for the question 👍

Thanks for the compliments. I went to Glasgow many years ago, I expected a bit of hostility being an Englishman ! but it was one of the friendliest experiences I have had when travelling to a new place, thanks for the comment, nice to hear from another carpenter 👍

Thank you, I have had the same experience with some of the KZbinrs who I watch. I hope the channel doesn't disappoint. I am still in the developing stage with filming and production skills, so the content should only get better in time Thank you for taking the time to comment 👍🙏

Thanks for the feedback. They are good points, I have been thinking it would be good to do some voice overs just as you suggested, I have been busy with site work lately so I kept on editing the videos and I didn't want to wait until I had the time to record the voiceover so I have been uploading without it so far. One thing I am stuck on, is should I make content that I think people will like or just do what I want to do ? anyway thanks again for the feedback and the comments 👍

@Workshop23Workshop23 that's awesome. And yes I know it's difficult, but you got this! And that's a tricky balance, but you don't want to burn yourself out by doing things you don't enjoy as much. Ive seen it happen with other creators, I'd say just do what YOU want to do and what you enjoy, and it will help you stay motivated to get that done, and there will be people who will enjoy whatever you put out there!!

Thanks for asking I appreciate that 🙏, I am good right now, last week I was feeling low, I think I was burnt out from working a lot

​@@Workshop23Workshop23Yeah that can happen, it's normal, don't forget to give yourself some time here and there to relax and do something you enjoy that is different from work

Thanks. That is my hope. I have plans for some larger projects and builds as the channel grows. My ideal situation is that I can at some stage work on projects solely for the purpose of interest on this channel and I can move away from paid customer work because when I am doing a project for a customer it limits the amount of time and effort I can put into the filming and content. Thank you for the "well done" and the comment 👍🙏

Thanks 👍, I was very fortunate and had a family member with a successful business, they loaned me the deposit and I had been working an industrial job for a couple of years so was able to get a mortgage. I used credit cards to buy the material for the renovation, it was only a small renovation, mainly painting and sanding wooden floors that kind of stuff. Your question stirs up emotion in me because of how hard it is to get started and buy a property, without the help I got I honestly don’t know how I would have ever got started. Your question has made me think about making some content about my own journey of property development, it’s not the biggest success of all time but maybe there is a few things that might help other people to get into it. Thanks for the question 🙏👍

around the age of 19 I started working for a painting and decorating company, it was renovating rental properties for local councils. The work was kind of fast and rough but it was lots of hands on experience. After that I worked for a small local builder who was doing home extensions and loft conversions. I was earning low money as a labourer but I knew I wanted to learn the process of building so it was good exposure to that. Also at this time I watched every episode of property ladder and grand designs ! Those things combined just started to get into my mind so I could understand how buildings stitch together. The physical skills came a bit slower and I just progressed from labourer to plasterboarder, then I started to do some woodwork and so on. When I look back the early work I did was not great, maybe not even good, but it was good enough and I was motivated to get better so I just kept wanting to do the next job better than the last. My thoughts on how to get started would be try to work for a small local builder, take the low wage, that way there is no expectations on you and tell them that you have a lack of skills but you want to learn, most people (me included) like to give advice so they will probably be happy to tell you how to do things. The physical skills just take lots of repetition so try to be on site using tools, loading out bricks, cleaning up, it all counts. I think classroom training for building is very slow, it can be good but real site experience is the quickest way, in my opinion. Thank you for the question and good luck 👍

1: I did remove a piece of drywall and replace it with 15mm plywood, it is the first time I have done this, the reason was, I needed a good material to fix to for the wall cabinets and the budget did not allow for the whole wall to be removed and lined with plywood so this was a cheaper alternative. I am not sure if it is common but it worked out great so I plan to do this again in the future. 2: The plywood strip was only temporary to make the installation easier because I was working alone, this was the first time I had done this and it also worked well so I will be using this technique again. Thank you very much for the questions 👍🙏

@@Workshop23Workshop23 Thanks for the detailed reply! I think you've found good solutions in both cases.

If the "why" is why ask me anything, I mean anything about renovating. I often have people ask me in person about a project they want to do at home. I thought if anyone who watched the video had some unanswered questions then maybe I could help them with an answer. I hoped that it would increase activity on this channel and also give some value to people who watched it. Thanks for the comment 👍

Thanks, and good luck, have you started filming already ?

The kitchen was designed to cover the complete section so I was able to fix directly to the plywood. If any of the wall was going to be visible I would usually cover the wall with plasterboards. Thanks for the question, I hope to upload part 2 on this coming Saturday 👍

There will be, I think I filmed that in the next episode of the install. Those thin filler pieces take lots of time for such small pieces but I think they are what take the kitchen fit to a higher standard if they are done well. Thanks for the comment 👍🙏

Yeah the drill machine has a bubble level built in, also by pre drilling the hole with the hammer drill it creates a guide for the screw, if you hit a stone it rocks it can send the screw off course, thanks for the question 👍

No worries 👍, that’s correct you can switch into reverse and remove the screw, if it is tight in the ground you can do as you say and flip the diagonal pipe, I don’t know if it is in the video but once you have one screw in the ground you can then use the previous screw as your anchor for the diagonal brace, that worked pretty good

You are welcome for the videos 👍, thank you for the questions I think it helps with the channel growth🙏. There was some variation with the alignment I corrected this by moving the posts forward or back in the screw bracket. I used 3 screws on each side of the bracket, I do not know if there is an industry standard but this was what I agreed with the customer and it seems to be a good level of strength. Thanks again for the comments and questions 👍

Thank you for the compliment and the enthusiasm👍. I actually don’t know the type of wood. It’s what the suppliers offer for outside work such as decking projects and fences, One thing with the wood is the posts are glued beams which means they are made up of separate pieces of wood that are glued together, this type of posts was preferable because it tends to stay straighter over time, thanks for the comment 🙏

They are STAVREX ground screws, check out the link, it’s a short video I made before the one you watched to show them going into the ground, hope that helps: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/ml6Xc6Klr8iHmqc Thanks for the comment 👍

Thank you for your compliment on the channel. You are correct in your thoughts about being knocked out of plumb. Stones were not much of an issue in this particular ground but there were some tree roots that did exactly that. I found I could tackle this issue somewhat by doing a thorough job with the pilot drill. I imagine if you were to do this work regularly you would pick up some tricks and techniques that would improve the overall result. Having said that being the first time I had used the screws it went well in general. Thank you for the comment 👍🙏

Awesome, good luck with it, and thank you for the comment 👍

Yeah I get it, the mind often goes to “I have to get this done” and I don’t enjoy the process of the project, thanks for the reminder, I am going to focus on enjoying the day, the project will inevitably be finished at some point. Thanks for the comment 👍

Nice coincidence, good job capturing all that footage, for me filming is the key to motivation, some days I might not feel like I will capture anything worthwhile but I turn on the camera anyway and that often spurs on creativity. Good luck with the editing, feel free to put the name of your channel in a comment once you have uploaded your first video 👍

I agree, I came to hear about the financial rewards, but you don't have to be a jerk about it damn

American, obviously. No manners of course, but then no-one expects otherwise.

Thanks for the encouragement, sounds like you have plans of your own, just take the first step, you don’t have to have it all figured on day one 💪 thank you for the comment 👍 and good luck

You are welcome, thank you for taking the time to comment 👍🙏

No worries, feel free to drop back in with a comment once you get started and put your channel name in the comment, 👍

Thanks for the comment, I took a Quick Look at your channel, very cool idea, I will take another look when I have some free time. Thanks for taking the time to offer some encouragement, I will push on 👍

Thanks, that is a valuable comment for me. I film what I am genuinely doing and I try to make it look a bit stylish and cinematic but I try to keep it as realistic to my daily life as I can, thanks for the comment, it was a good boost of motivation 🙏

That's awesome, thank you for the kind feedback, and thanks for taking the time to comment 👍🙏

I kind of agree, This is somewhat of a special case, my friend who borrowed the tools in the video is the same friend who did the CAD drawings for the CNC machine that is producing the products I am working on, so I think it was a fair trade in value. Thank you for commenting 👍

It has felt good to get back in the workshop, I have been on site a lot lately but I hope to spend more time in my workshop over the next couple of months, thanks for the comment, Sometimes I upload a video in sections and then as the full edit, truth is I do this to try and get more exposure, my apologies if that becomes a bit annoying for people like yourself who come back to the channel regularly, thanks for the comment 🙏👍

@@Workshop23Workshop23 you should not apologize, it’s your channel, I’ll always catch up at some point, dark winter Sundays with a tea/coffee is often my fave

Awesome, thanks again for taking the time to comment, I will keep the camera rolling 🤟👍