A Day Off: Century Old Door Frame Removal: Our Farmhouse Ireland

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Sorry for the late video. We took a couple of days off after 31 days of filming and uploading. True to form, we managed to have one day of not doing anything in the house or on the land, but today we gave in and did a bit of work.

[@flyingeaglewoman8682]

No apology necessary- good for you two! That was a long run in the yard. The door is wonderful, it will clean up nicely. And the stone is cool to see as well, btw.

[@christinerowlands539]

Glad you found time for yourselves x

[@flyingeaglewoman8682]

@@christinerowlands539 100%

[@chisamosa]

I would use the beautiful door elsewhere and leave the stone opening as stone, it’s gorgeous

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It’s a difficult choice because exposed stone always looks lovely but I think we will most likely put the frame work back. The door will definitely stay whatever we decide for the surround. ❤️

[@annacoll2205]

Enjoying your Reno.My husband and I have done the same in 5 houses but now in our 80s so having to sit and watch you.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Wow 5 renos! I’m pretty sure we will do this one and no more after! lol…..until we’ve nothing left to do and then I get bored! 😂😉

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Enjoyed

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Happy to hear 😊

[@SylviaWhite-w7p]

Glad to see you indoors for a change after all you need a bit of comfort

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you. It has been nice having a couple of days "off" and doing some bits back in the house. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)

[@helenangelful]

A lovely video, a homely new carpet and stone revealed doorframe. Most of all, glad you took time off for yourselves, after the garden marathon. Look forward to tuesday now. 💛

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It was lovely just relaxing over the weekend, even taking the door frame off and the rug was a nice change from the non stop 8 months we have had. I will see what we can come up with for Tuesday. Thank you Helen for joining us on our weekend off :-)

[@kathryncooper7452]

Carpet will make it warmer too, and it looks so much nicer.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Much warmer Kath. It sounds silly but it smells warmer too. It doesn't take long now to become cosy. Hope you are all well.

[@zoerochelle]

I am fascinated by old stone houses. They are very rare in the western US. Our homes are wood framed. A house left abandoned for decades would probably fall down. Thank you for taking us along on your adventure.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I have never thought about a wood framed building not lasting long if left in the same way as these stone houses. Our outbuildings, which I am sure you have heard us say in the past are 200+ years old and that blows our minds. It isn't even old compared to some buildings around, but those buildings are now in our care. Not that we did a good job with the roof on the one, but we won't mention that bit lol. We often wonder how hard it was, or how much hard work it was to build with these stones, some of them are so heavy. And something that was built 200 years ago with just a mud type mixture between the stones is still stood today. Dawn can't wait to make a start with all the lime work outside when the weather changes. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)

[@zoerochelle]

@@thecornerhouseproject I have confidence you’ll get those outbuildings in shape eventually. You have a lot to do.

[@neutonrenda2303]

It's amazing to see how confident the cats are getting, I'm sure it's like ' Carry on up the Corner House ' with three of them. I'm easily amused watching what they get up to.😂❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Haha yes, it really is! They are right little nutters! Up to all sorts of naughtiness and we love it 🥰

[@colinchick2692]

Can you just imagine when you have finished the house/garden what it will be like to look back on the process and remember how is was at the beginning. Amazing history of your journey.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good morning Colin It is something we are looking forward to, but we do also look back even now at some of the videos and go "wow". Just opening the front door now into the hallway then and now is always a wow. A bit of carpet makes a huge difference too. Loads to do and years to do it in, but hopefully we won't be too old to remember what it used to be like. We are certainly proud of what we have done so far, certainly the joists and floors. Thank you for watching and commenting :)

[@jmck6320]

I vote for exposed stone. Sitting room is looking decadent! Carpets,luxury

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I am voting for exposed too as it is an internal wall, well, one side it. I am sure with Dawn's magic repointing, like the joist pockets we can have them exposed. We will see though. Now.... how do I make a door frame lol. Yes, a giant rug. I don't know if it phycological or actually warmer, but it smells warmer (if you know what I mean) and feels warmer. Thank you as always :-)

[@neutonrenda2303]

With the wooden frame out, it gives me a much better understanding of just how thick the walls are. I couldn't see that on film with the frame in. 👍

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It is lovely to see isn’t it? It does, however, make it difficult to want to cover it back over lol The doorway is so wide now as well it’s lovely!

[@simonworthington5162]

Well thank you Ben for your close shave and getting the video up and out. Hard hats needed for those loose stones above your head. Glad you got to have some downtime and relax.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yes, really should have had hard hats on I think we have gotten out of the construction mindset after being outside for so long. None of the bits were to hand that we needed to use! It was nice to do something a little different and it’s needed doing for a while. We could do with doing the other door too but we need that one more still whilst it’s still chilly out!

[@10928rob]

Seeing that great big lintel, reminded me of Freddie flintstones house, it's massive, and you definitely deserve a few days in with all the cold and rain you have been working in, nice to see you indoors, for a change, 😁those cats are lively 🙂xxx❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hahaha yes! It does, doesn’t it!? 🤣 it has been very nice to be indoors for a few days. It’s been very chilly today and blowy as well, so even more reason to be in the warm! They are lively little sods! Always on the go! ❤️❤️❤️

[@williamfrasermilne]

Great work as always. Good to see what you are doing. A wee change from the garden. All the best.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thanks William. There is a load of house work that needs doing so we will have to mix it up from time to time. Don't worry though, we will try not to do lumps of one thing more than the other. Thank you again :-)

[@nevisscot7697]

I like the exposed brickwork doorway.👍

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yeah we really like it. Repointed with Dawn's fair hand and I am sure it will look great. Being an internal wall and only a small area, we have already chatted about maybe leaving them exposed. Not sure yet, but for now, they are all exposed :) Thanks for watching and commenting :-)

[@legrandeileen4863]

The exposed stone would look fantastic. You're doing great Dawn and Ben ❤❤❤❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It really would, we agree, but does it take away what was there if we don't reproduce it.... we will be very torn with making a decision on it, but we will see. Thank you so much. We feel we are getting somewhere :-) Thank you for always watching :-)

[@ellenchapman5293]

Hi Dawn and Ben, if anyone deserves time off, it is you both. You have spoiled us over the past month with a video to watch each day and whilst I have enjoyed every moment, I believe that on top of all the work it is an extra 'chore' that might get a bit much for you to keep up with. Just keep dong what you do best and the rest of us can just be patient and look forward to catching up with progress as you find time to update. The doorway looks great with panelling and it looks great without, it will be interesting to discover what the final decision is on the finish there and how it ends up looking :)

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you Ellen, that is very thoughtful of you indeed. We love to share the daily but we won't say it isn't hard work. I know with the door, the panelling makes the doorway what it is, grand, wide and a statement. The stone makes it look old and clean. When we know the decision you will know too. Thanks for being with us :-)

[@lindahill9215]

Hello. I've been watching your pass videos I've missed. Enjoying watching your progress. Flooding around the building can be controlled by french drainage. My husband and I had the same problem. You can dig it yourselves we did ( at 60 yrs.).most exspense was rock

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Linda, thank you for going back and watching more. We really hope this is the case but our house was built on top of a massive rock. Some of it is exposed outside our house, in the road and also the field across the lane. He have a feeling that once we try to dig down we will hit the rock. The video the the electric pole being installed, if you haven't seen it, shows what they had to break through to just a pole in. At worse, once we have dug the last of the grass and mud from around the house we will expose the top of the rock. The water will have to flow somewhere. That will be a job in the near future, if only to remove the grass and mud. Thank you again for commenting :-)

[@marionmounsey4737]

Hi Dawn and Ben, hope you got to relax a bit on Sunday🤗 xx

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Marion We had more of a rest on Saturday and the stuff on video from Sunday didn't take too long and it was relaxed doing it, it was a lovely couple of days break, thank you. Hope you had a nice weekend too.

[@rebekahvenn201]

Hiya hope you have enjoyed your much deserved time off. Absoloutely love these updates. Glad you managed to get the door casing off in one piece. Its amazing to see how they used to fit things years ago.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi, yes it’s been lovely thank you! Aww we’re really glad you like them 😊😘 Yeah it came off pretty well, quite eaten by the woodworm unfortunately but at least we have it to go by as a template when we put it back.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It has been a nice couple of days off thank you Rebekah. But we couldn't go two days without doing something lol. The door sort of fell out in bits. The stones look nice exposed though but it is even nicer to have finally got rid of the woodworm eaten wood. Another bit gone :-) Thank you as always for watching and commenting :-)

[@LewisC1944]

I remember the smell of woodworm dust, horrible. The stonework of your house is amazing it's a shame it will not be on show. XX

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good morning Carol. Yes, we had forgotten what it smelled like, it didn't take long to remember though. It was more the damp smell yesterday though so wasn't so bad. Yeah, no stones on the outside will be visible in the end, but not sure what we will do with this door yet. We will see. Have a nice day. See you soon xx

[@colettelavery7452]

I am sure you are both really pleased with your carpet. It will make the room nice and cosy.The doorframe has stood the test of time. It had to have been decent timber first day.I love the stonework around the doorway. No day off for Dawn and Ben. Take care and God Bless you both xx

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yes it’s lovely to have something warmer than concrete to walk on and fingers crossed it will make it a touch warmer in there too. The frame work is ok in places but the wood worm have eaten a lot of it unfortunately. Such a shame as so much timber has suffered in the house. Aww yes, the stonework is amazing isn’t it? I love just seeing it and looking at how each stone works with the next to create this strong strong structure! lol, no, not really a day off but nice to mix things up a little! Take care Colette and speak soon. Xx

[@davidhill8279]

The correct name for woodwork dust is frass.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It is indeed David. It shares the same name as frass from caterpillars, it isn't actually dust at all but their poo, but woodworm dust sounds much nicer haha. Thanks for watching and commenting :-)

[@Bently2849]

Good evening Dawn and Ben! A lovely change of pace for you both and your viewers! So glad you are planning on keeping the doors as they are truly beautiful. Carpet is a great thing to use until you have finished the room and can finally use it as a true completed living room. You did a super job with the jams and the rest of the door surrounds. Good that you are getting a chance to remove the woodworm detritus and get the moisture out of the walls. Not sure why the gas produces condensation but I bet you could use Google to find out! Ah the internet- can’t live with it and can’t live without it. What has happened in the last decade or two. Have a good day and see you in your next vlog either tomorrow or the following day. 😊😉

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good morning Cristy, hope you are well. Yes, it has needed doing for a while now and with being given a carpet the time was right. A couple of easy days was a nice break too. Getting rid of the door frame was really nice, like you say, helps get rid of the moisture in the walls behind the frame. There is a brilliant comment on this video which explains in detail why you get moisture from the gas fires, it is a great answer. Our internet was good, not the fastest to upload but it was useable. Now for some reason it is really bad. It is OK if we don't need a video uploading quickly, like this video lol. Thank you for always watching and commenting and yes, see you Tuesday :-)

[@andie1769]

Fabulous doorway!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thanks Andie. A bit of lime pointing by Dawn's fair hand and it will look fabulous. Thanks for always joining us :-)

[@neutonrenda2303]

Love the doors, luckily you'll be able to copy the old frame using the old pieces. It add loads of charm and character.👍

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yeah the doors in the house are pretty special and it will be great to replicate the framework because it is one of the things that wowed us when we looked at the house in the beginning.

[@adrianhayes6146]

Evening workers, I thought hang on you normally have mud on your faces and half a tree on your shoulders. Nowt wrong with the carpet, help along the way is all you need. In 1964 I started my Carpentry and Joinery apprenticeship and we had to knock cement courses out from between whatever the wall was, with a Cold Chisel and lump hammer so that you could then bang in a wooden semi curved wedge into the hole you dug out to enable you to either nail or screw your fixture to. No power drills and plastic plugs. Oh happy days!. Your doing a fantastic job, good thinking with the water excess. Take care, see you tomorrow. 🤓🐄🐐🐓🌴

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Adrian When we first saw wooden plugs we knew we were in the right place as they are just a sign of old. Unless of course you look at the ones I have done since being here, most for the electric timber plates on the walls. It just works doesn't it. I didn't use a cold chisel though, it was a big 6kg SDS drill lol. I am really pleased with the extra water capture, every drip of water I hear is going into the new tank is a smile on my face, The big rug is great, we have lovely neighbours. Thanks for commenting Adrian :-)

[@helentaylor4911]

I hope you put a woodworm treatment on the timber you used for the electric especially being so close to the door.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Helen The timber is pre-treated and also had a shower of clear wood treatment for all the nasties. It is only a temporary strip of timber but anything which keeps the bugs away is worth it as that door frame wasn't pleasent. Thanks you for watching and commenting :-)

[@peterdowden7694]

The second arch-shaped bit is called a reveal. It might have a strip attached called a jamb, that the door shuts against.

[@peterdowden7694]

I see now there are two reveals with quite a thick jamb between.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Peter, that's the word, the reveal. Yes, both the kitchen door and the livingroom doors are both double thickness, about 2 feet thick walls. Spinning round on my seat in the kitchen to look, the wall may be thicker then the living room. I plan on just using some joist to make a quick frame so we can hang the door back on for now. Anything pre-plastering or whatever renovation happens to the walls will only mess up anything nice. Thank you for commenting on this video, I learn all sorts on here from people like you. Thank you again :-)

[@benitacope7797]

If the dust is that bad in all of the wood throughout the farmhouse I would just get rid of all existing wood and replace with new. Take photos first and replicate it. We had to do it with our house.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

We started out wanting to save as much as we could, but so much of it is beyond help so we are going to be doing like you say and replicating it. So much of the wood in the house was so badly woodworm eaten. Luckily the bits that matter like the stairs and the roof managed to get off quite lightly, so that’s at least something.

[@Shae_9876]

Love the exposed stone! 😀

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good morning Shae Yes, something about it just looks nice. Not sure if it will be exposed with just a door frame or if we will reproduce what was there. Time will tell. Thank you for watching and commenting this morning :-)

[@strawberryfair]

happy sunday all…

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Happy Sunday to you too! ❤️

[@dianerayburn1728]

If there's dust still coming from the wood, the worm is still active. Or so my dad used to say. Drilling holes and injecting insecticide into the wood is the best method if it isn't too far gone.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Diane Sadly, the only thing this is good for is the fire. The dust is years and years of woodworm from when the house was empty. No doors slamming or breeze blowing to move it away. Sad to have to remove it all, but at least we can try and reproduce what they are like, just with treated, worm free timber. Thank you for always commenting :-)

[@lesleybonarius2085]

The carpet will make it feel a lot warmer :)

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Oh it does already we love it! Makes the room feel mot homely now and the cats love it too ❤️

[@lindahill9215]

Every now and then you need time for yourselves. You get burnt out on work,work,work. You in up forgetting why you love and want your house fixed. Enjoy your break❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you! You’re absolutely right, I think that did happen to us with doing the top floor of the house. It’s been nice to get out on the land to give us a break from the house stuff and it was nice to get back to the house bits to have a break from the land. It’s a good formula I think to keep us interested and excited for all the things to come. ❤️

[@Cuernavacachica02]

I’m glad you two took a bit of time and at least gave the body a rest!! That is a beautiful door and I hope you are able to do something about the wormwood! That’s some incredible building you have there! It looks like the way I imagine the castles were built!! See you two tomorrow! (Or whenever 😅😅😅). What sweet kiddies!! I’m waving to them too!!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It was actually nice to slow down a little and do something less muddy haha. Yes you’re right about castles, I think that’s what makes these stone buildings look so majestic even in the most simplest of buildings. I’m not sure we will,be able to save the original door frame or at least not all of it but it would be lovely to be able to try. The kitties are great aren’t they? Love having them around they brighten our days no end!❤️

[@mariemcgovern868]

Ye deserve a day or 2 or even 3 off 😊

[@thecornerhouseproject]

You know Dawn, doesn't stop. :-) See you soon.

[@tracybush8115]

Haha, oh those elephants running around - I mean cats - they sound like elephants. Stone doorway and lintel really nice!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Haha, they are always somewhere, in the way, supervising or giving advice on the best way to do something.... well, that is what they look like anyway lol. Yeah, we are loving the woodworm free door way :-) Thank you, as always for watching and commenting :-)

[@pitsnipe5559]

Amazing how thick that wall is. You mentioned that the exterior was rendered in concrete? I’ve heard other KZbinrs talk about not rendering stone with concrete as it traps moisture, that it should be done in lime mortar. (?)

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yes Ed, what you have heard is 100% right. The lime lets moisture in and out and it evaporates on the outside of the walls. Concrete doesn't breath so moisture can't get out and sits in the walls. The concrete removal will be a huge undertaking, but will be easier now we have the scaffold towers. We are not sure we will get to do it this year not, but if not this year, it will be next. Scroll down to @Mitch-Hendren comment, he explains it really well. Thank you for always joining us. See you Tuesday :-)

[@alanelder3259]

Great video ! Would you consider a 'normalish' door frame . Dress the stone and make a feature of the stone work, and really show off the door.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you! We’re not sure, I think Ben would probably go for a normalish door frame, but I don’t know…I really like the style of the door frames in the house. Part of me thinks no wood at all against the stones might be a better thing as any wood that has touched the stones had succumbed to the woodworm! Lots to think about lol

[@lavignemorte]

We had a huge amount of moisture and condensation in our bungalow in Mayo. We installed a Positive input ventilation system from Nuaire. It worked brilliantly to eradicate the moisture in the air.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Are they the system that pushes air into the house which in turn pushes the damp air out? It seems to be the Calor gas heaters which cause the most condensation, once we get a stove fitted in the living room we are hoping it will be a thing of the past, but time will tell.

[@lavignemorte]

@thecornerhouseproject Yes, that's it. It pumps filtered air into the house. We had our fitted in the loft space with a vent through the ceiling. They have several models including a heating air version. The calor gas is a big culprit for sure but actually even us humans expire a huge amount of moisture just breathing 😲. I can't remember all the information but the PIV does something like 2-3 complete air change in the property a day.

[@clivecarser7356]

Love the bare stone walls ,abit of TLC and they will looks amazing.!!!! Oh and glad to hear you are getting a liner fir the fire 😂😂😂

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It’s lovely doesn’t it? Those stone lintels! Haha thought you might with fire! 🔥😂😂

[@GayleRussell20]

Love the stone!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Looks lovely doesn’t it? ❤️

[@johnoneill5812]

This was really interesting to see what was underneath. If you're open to suggestions, I think the exposed stone would look really good once it is cleaned up and re-pointed. Not sure if the door serves a reaI purpose in modern living. Maybe the original idea was to contain the heat in the room when it was occupied and not let it escape upstairs until it was time to go to bed. Will be interesting to see how you deal with the rubble layer; it definitely calls for hard hats. Best regards.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It would be soo lovely to leave it expose and it is such a temptation because of how bloody lovely it looks. I think we will definitely clean it up and repoint and maybe we will see from there . Ideally we do need the door back on as it does help with the heat retention, but maybe once we have our heating system sorted and maybe have radiators around it could be something we look at in the future. Yeah that rubble layer is a conundrum for sure! The majority of it is wedged but I would think as soon as we start to mess it about it will start to shift, so yes definitley one for hard hats and some thinking! 🤔 We will have the same problem with the window lintels all around the house too! 🫣😘

[@bobbiebrandel3152]

I think lime in the doorway would look wonderful....

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It would, wouldn’t it? Just rounded off door openings. Soo many options. I do love these old door frames though and also the bare stone looks good too but I would think it would make it quite cold with exposed stone. Not sure but I would think the lime helps it retain heat. Like having a coat on!

[@barbhale8709]

Always enjoy your home improvements.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

There will be a lot more to come lol. So much to do, looking forward to the warming days so we can fix up the outbuilding and get a roof back on that. Me and Ben have just been been talking actually on how nice it will be to have doors and windows open again so we can get on with sanding some of the woodwork down to get going again!

[@margarethamilton3835]

You have a beautiful big living room. I would love to have that space. I also had a stone house here in Canada that had sat empty for years. The walls “weeped” for ages when we heated the house. It was plaster as well.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It is a lovely big room, we’re very pleased with the size of the rooms. They should be quite easy to furnish with all the space. I think we’ve been very lucky with drying this house out after all the water that came in from the roof, the humidity is very good in here. Which is lovely.🥰

[@SweetOne.]

Ben you are pretty good at doing some woodwork. Take the measurements off the old frame and knock up new pieces, treat the new wood if it isn't already and you could have that framed up again in no time. You can buy some fancy trim and double it up for the design around the edges if you don't have the tools to router them. You will want to have a door there if the living room is ever used for a guest room. (If I ever win the lottery I'll need a place to sleep lol)

[@thecornerhouseproject]

"Good" hmmmmm, I am not so sure. My Dad was a carpenter and joiner in his day and if he could be over helping I am sure he would, but... I don't think the skill rubbed off on me to much, I am more geek than chippy lol. They were our thoughts Janie with reproducing it, a bit of wood, a bit of trim and we are sorted. Now, I just need about 5 months to psych myself up to doing it. Dawn will have it done quicker than me. Yes, really needs the door back on as the doors here are lovely. Also, we don't have any spare door space left in our bedroom. We have 3 spare ones in there already from the partitions that have gone lol. You don't need to win the lottery to stay here, just enough for a flight here and back again :-) Have a nice day Janie :-)

[@SweetOne.]

@@thecornerhouseproject You fixed the table, made a work bench, fit the kitchen, cut all the joists and noggins. I have faith in you Ben! You've done pretty good so far for a Geek lol Dawn is a great motivator! You are an amazing team. It hasn't been a year yet and look what you have accomplished. That outbuilding roof was already collapsed - I went back over the video's and the lintel above the door was snapped in half. It needed a new support and acro props - I missed it. Neither of you should have been inside that building the way it was. It could have come down at any time ivy or no ivy. Glad you weren't in there when it happened. Not either of your fault. You can put in a temp board with acro prop to change out the rotten wood in the doorway, I watched someone else do it with a window. A bit fiddly and slow going but they got the wood replaced and stones above repointed with lime. The wood is there to attach ceiling slats, door frames and window frames. So all openings should have a lintel with wood under them. hard hats and masks required 😉

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Ohh the work benches are the work of Dawn. I was at work one day and the timber was ordered and delivered. I get home and we had three benches made lol. I like to think of myself as not a geek you would look at and say "he's a geek" lol. I am a hidden geek maybe. The timbers are already a rough size to be able to hang the door back on but we are deciding if to bother for now. Depends on how much warmer the rug makes it feel in the living room. There will be a door on it when you come and stay though hahaha. Thanks for the vote of confidence. Yes, we don't do too badly as a team. Have a nice day, hope it isn't too cold.

[@rontanser9369]

If you all is concrete render outside, instead of lime mortar, the concrete seals, the moisture in instead of letting it breathe, but they always used to put concrete on the outside years ago, not knowing what damage it would do

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yeah the front of the house is concrete render, but the sides and back of the house are lime (luckily) we could certainly tell with how badly rotted the joists were in the front of the house wall pockets in comparison to the back, which were relatively unscathed going into the wall pockets. I’m not sure whether we will be able to get round to taking the render off the front this year as we have repointing to do on the sides and back of the house which is more important to get done and also the outbuilding needs repointing and repairing to ultimately get a roof back on it.

[@SylviaWhite-w7p]

It could be treated with wood hardener as you’ve a,ready treated for worm may be able to reuse then

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thanks for your comment Sylvia. Although the camera made it look like the wood was quite thick, the left and right surrounds were quite literally a shell with no weight to it at all. We may be able to save some of it using those methods, but for now it is our of the house. We have the hardener ready :-) With woodworm hatching season coming up, the more timber like that out of the house the better, even though it has been treated, there is no guarantee it has killed or will prevent wood worm from hatching. It could be a 3 or 4 year process of treating any remaining timber before they are all irradiated. Thank you for watching and commenting with suggestions. Hopefully some will be saved.

[@jeanhawken4482]

How they lifted the stones !! They are whoppers.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Incredible isn't it. They are so heavy but yet so high.

[@evelyngorfram9306]

The humidity that comes from gas fires (& all fires, to differing extents) is part of the smoke. The process of turning organic matter into heat combines hydrogen & oxygen into H2O molecules, at the same time that it's creating better-known combustion products such as CO2 and carbon monoxide. Since it's well above boiling temperature, the H2O is produced as steam (it's much of the white component of woodsmoke), some of which enters your room & cools down into water vapor/humidity. The amount of H2O produced varies with the type of fuel, combustion temperature , etc; but some water will always be produced. Pedantic geekery aside, what fun to watch such you did on March 3 in Ireland here in Seattle while it's still March 3rd. It's like we're on the same planet & everything! ((But don't worry that I'll expect this sort of alacrity every day, or even every March 3.) Congratulations on two jobs that both worked out well & took less(!) time than expected. 🥳

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I don't know if you have watched the TV Series called "The Big Bang Theory", but are Professor Proton from said series? hahaha. That is brilliant Evelyn, thank you so much for that as now I know why the gas fires produce condensation on the windows. The dehumidifier deals with it really well though. It is odd isn't it. I do like time zones, especially as we have some viewers in San Francisco 8 hours behind us and we have some in Australia which is I think 9 hours in front of us. Nearly a whole day. March 3rd 2025 - remind me nearer the time and I will see what we can do :-) Yep, two more jobs done in the house, one really needed doing and didn't take long at all. Thank you as always :-) PS - Alacrity, what a great word :-)

[@evelyngorfram9306]

I haven't seen any of the Big Bang Theory episodes with Professor Proton, but he sounds like my kind of guy. (I studied Materials Science/Engineering in college; &, as a teaching assistant during grad school, gained a slight reputation for wild analogies.) I'm really glad my explanation made sense & was helpful - it can be hard to gauge listener comprehension over the internet. One of my favorite Peanuts cartoons has a brooding Linus asking "What if tomorrow never comes?," & Lucy replying "It's already tomorrow in Australia." My sister named a dog Alacrity (although he was Alec for short). She said that, that way: "Every morning, I can jump out of bed with Alacrity!" Have a great day/week/interval until your next video post.

[@dishmurphy6539]

Thanks guys. I’m still looking forward to the property’s namesake “Corner” with the interior green wall. 18” to the road if I recall correctly. How do you deal with drainage in that corner? Unless you’re making the green wall a feature 😉✌️💚

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you very very much indeed Dish :) that is very very kind. I think 11ft to the road, but since the grass has gone from the front of the house, the 18" to tarmac could be about right lol. The green wall has long gone and not returned since we have had the dehumidifier running and the heater too. Hopefully it won't be long until the chimney liner gets dropped down (we hope it fits) and then a stove fitted. Since Dawn did the small channels and dug out that really wet corner to the corner stone in the ground, the damp has reduced immensely. Soon we will remove all of the remaining mud and grass from the front and sides of the house too see how we will tackle the little rock the house was built on. We think it will be interesting. But, even if we can't dig down water will run around the house and not sit in grass or pool anywhere. Wish us luck. OR - we could save all the effort and stick a frame around any green which grows on the wall inside hahahah. Thank you again Dish, that is really kind of you.

[@carrieashley6465]

I hope save the wood and us again as it really pretty color and it sad didn't walls deep old houses over there wow I bet warmer winter and cool summer ??

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Sadly we couldn’t save a lot of this frame work as the woodworm and eaten it down to the varnish, so there wasn’t a whole lot of wood left. We will replace it with an indentical framework though as we love all those features in the house. Yes that’s the principal with the houses, the stonework acts like a storage heather, I think it’s called thermal mass but don’t quote me in that! 😂

[@debbiesmith1626]

Thanks

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you so much Debbie, that is really nice of you and means a lot. Look out for your name Tuesday evening. Thank you again :-)

[@TheHavasu_77]

Happy Sunday!! I’m actually the first one to comment, yay!! 😂🎉❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yay! Well done! 🥳🥰 Happy Sunday to you too! Hope you and your family are doing ok? X

[@TheHavasu_77]

@@thecornerhouseprojectwe’re hanging in there, my husband handles grief by avoiding talking about it, and his family doesn’t have funerals or anything, so I’m just trying to be supportive. I feel like I’m lost and I don’t really know what to do or say, so I’m just going on with life and living vicariously through my favorite KZbin families. The old stones in the doorway are beautiful! Maybe touch them up with some pointing and not put in such a deep wood paneling?whatever you put back in there, the deep mahogany stain was beautiful so keep that color at least! Love you all. 💚💚💚

[@ldianehigley3287]

Glad that was you, not me pulling that nasty wood work out! I would be tempted to just leave the rendering after you have done, but you probably want to use the door. Looking good--a little here, a little there and one day, voila! it will be just the way you envisioned it. 😻

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Haha yes it’s not nice, in the beginning there was so much woodworm dust everywhere but since we did the upstairs there has been too much that we’ve had to deal with, so it really wasn’t pleasant to touch that all over again! It would be so tempting to leave it out as it looks beautiful but yeah we’d need the door for heat retention in the winter months.

[@terrybull1043]

The door got a faked wood grain which is fairly easy to do ❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

The door is real wood but I think it’s painted over so much that there is no wood grain visible anymore. It’s a really heavy door.

[@alanlucas2886]

hi dawn and ben we happy lol

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Alan! Yay 🥳

[@alanlucas2886]

@@thecornerhouseproject your late lol

[@karenklucas923]

😊 just fun catching up😊😊

[@thecornerhouseproject]

🥳 that’s what we like to hear ♥️

[@Torridgemaid]

Generally I believe woodworm treatment works on bare wood, if it’s painted or lacquered, that needs to be removed before treatment.. check the instructions to see what it says on your tin 🤔

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi and good evening. We always doubted how well it would work on varnished or painted timber. The only original wood that will stay in the house will be the doors and stairs. The rest has either gone or going. The timbers we have put in have all been treated and we will be treating it as well as smoke bombing again. As far as we know, woodworm has been in the house a long long time so could take a good while to get rid of it all. But treatment will continue. Thank you for commenting tonight :-)

[@dorygeancunningham8027]

I bet that rug is so nice to have when trying to relax and you don’t have that cold floor. Ben we have buds but no blossoms on any trees here. Golly that does look like a big doorway once you pulled everything away. I would be inclined to show it off by just having the joints repointed, then having a simple door jam with the door, but I don’t know what your vision is for how you want you home to look like. Even if you replace all that woodwork or keep the stone exposed, it will look lovely. Are you planning, and I know you have so much to do, to refinish the door?

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good morning Dory, how are you today? I am sure the blossom will soon be showing and you will be outside counting them in all hours of the day hahaha. You can feel the difference with the rug, not sure if it is psychological or not but does feel warmer and smells warmer too. It will certainly do something, like you say, it is covering the cold, hard floor. Isn't the door way stone great.... we will be so torn with the decision of reproduce the door way or keep the stone exposed.... we will see. With refinishing the door, something will be done with them, we are just not sure what yet. Back to bare wood? Back to varnish / stain, not sure. Another thing time will tell lol. Thank you so much for always joining us. Maybe today you will have one blossom :-)

[@James-rn6lo]

If there is woodworm bin the lot

[@thecornerhouseproject]

All outside as we speak. It’s a real shame that so much of it has been eaten by the woodworm. When we get a chance we will have a proper look to see if we can save and repair it but I think it’s possibly too badly damaged unfortunately.

[@diegojines-us9pc]

big door frames are good for hiding electric wires. maybe consider running a few light switches.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Ooh what a bloody good idea! I love people’s comments on here as they are such simple ideas that make you “oh my goodness, yes” but wouldn’t have thought of it ourselves! So thank you!

[@TheHavasu_77]

Oh that’s just the living room! Couldn’t you just not put a door back?! Let the fireplace heat and the stove heat from the kitchen circulate through and be rid of the wood worm snacks all together?? The door IS beautiful though! ❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Sadly not, there was more dust than wood remaining. The bottom of the frames were gone and the bottom hinge had nothing left to screw in to. The fireplace is out of use at the moment as it leaks smoke into the bedroom above, or at least the loft space. So since we found that problem, it hasn't been used. The doors really are lovely, they weigh a tonne too. As always, thank you :-)

[@micheledenise2305]

I believe I would treat all the wood in the house to kill the wood worm so it won't spread to ur new wood even ur stairs.. I've seen channels treat everything! In the US we call it termites 😊

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good morning to you :-) Yes, already done. We both smoke bombed it all after spraying it all down with treatment. Landing, windows, stairs, door frames and even the floor that remained upstairs was covered even though we knew it was coming out. It is something we are keeping a close eye on and will be spraying it all again and smoke bombing too. With the house constantly drying out, the timbers are much much dryer now which also stops the woodworm. Thank you so much for watching, commenting and being a channel member :)

[@ChristineKelly1000]

A Google search says they are not the same: Woodworm is the larvae of specific types of beetles while termites are a type of cockroaches living in colonies. Termites do not bore visible holes like the woodworms in the wooden furniture. Hence, termites are much harder to detect. 😊

[@davidstoddard9160]

I would suggest sanding in place and fill in bad spots with the sawdust and glue and restain.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Unfortunately, It needed to come off because of the extent of woodworm damage. The frame is paper thin in places from how much has been eaten away. We would have preferred to be able to keep it in place though.

[@gillianrobinson5428]

Cost fortune for that door your right keeeper.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It weighs a tonne and is real timber throughout. Even the doors we took off when we removed the partitions upstairs are still stored in our bedroom. They aren't going anywhere :-) Thank you Gillian for watching and commenting :-)

[@AnitaMcKeown]

Well deserved time off.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you Anita. Try telling Dawn though, she has always been the same. Thanks for your comment :-)

[@alanlucas2886]

alan alan behave lol

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Alan and Alan behave lol :-)

[@alanlucas2886]

@@thecornerhouseproject my namesake

[@peterdowden7694]

Butane is C4H6. C4H6 + O2 (oxygen) -> CO2 + H2O.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

The door jam and reveals I understood.... this one Peter is a little bit over my head, but I get the gist. Closer reading of your comment tells me this is why the windows get covered in condensation from the gas heaters. Hahaha.... Thank you very much.

[@ruairithomson6915]

As you are keeping the door, fobt make my mistake and mislay the door catch!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Haha yes, I said to Ben we must remember to take the catch off! Luckily we have done that with it all the doors we removed upstairs so fingers crossed we can still find them! 🫣😂

[@Mitch-Hendren]

Woodworms are absolute b****s. They get everywhere thats out of sight or more to the point out of spray range. . must admit I do like the idea of leaving bare stone. Just make a door frame big enough to cover the centre. Theres not a lot to a door frame . The wall that gets wettest is the one that gets the weather unfortunately. As shown by your paint getting worn off it so quickly Then of course cement not lime render traps the moisture in Its meant to wick up the wall then be evaporated outside . Leaving inside dry As long as it can evaporate faster than it wicks up it'll stay healthy. Its how stone buildings work.. Im learning how to slate a roof today . Through necessity not a sudden urge to learn something... Ive got as far as battens and underlayment. First slate tomorrow. Carpet looks great . Makes a difference losing that echo in a room Cheers .

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good evening Mitch, we couldn't agree more with everything you say about the lime render vs concrete. Our entire front needs the concrete removing before we re lime render it, but it is one of those things can can wait a little while. We know it needs doing, but getting the grass gone at the front will help with drainage etc. Roofing sounds like you have it all under control. Did you get different slates in the end? Good luck with it all and photos will be nice (insert Winkey face here) I never noticed a lack of echo, I will have to watch it and see. Thanks for watching and commenting :-)

[@Mitch-Hendren]

@@thecornerhouseproject hint taken.. ..are you going to plasterboard your ceilings? Btw. I have a plasterboard lift if you want a borrow of it .

[@thecornerhouseproject]

We intend to do the ceilings as they were with the T&G strips but insulated above :-) But, if we do plasterboard, the lift would be a great thing to borrow so thank you very much.

[@alanlucas2886]

you carnt do that to me no show lol

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Sorry Alan, but if you mean no video on Monday, we don't have enough hours in the day without me sitting up until 2am editing and then trying to upload with our slow internet. 2 nights running we have been out in the car to get a fast upload speed to get them done so you don't miss us too much hahahaha. Service will be back to normal on Tuesday :-)

[@alanlucas2886]

@@thecornerhouseproject ben theres 25 hours in a day you need 8 hours sleep so you got 17 hours free time pmsl ben

[@alanlucas2886]

enjoy your day off both

[@tracybrown6207]

All might not be lost. I used to watch a french chateau channel and they had wood like this and they treated it with Xylophene (for pests), then a stabiliser, then a hardener. You can treat it better now you have taken them down and treat both sides. Escape to the Dream was its name and around last Summer they were doing this sort of stuff and it will give you a step by step guide on how and what to do, if you are interested. That door needs that frame style back again to keep its grandeur. That carpet is a perfect size and done you a good turn. The fire grate is stunning, shame you would have to get rid for a burner. Are you going to paint the paint effect in green and red on the fireplace itself?

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Oh definitely interested, I will have a watch as I don’t enjoy having to get rid of the bits in the house 🙁 and if we can save it I would prefer that. We have already had to lose so much out of here and it would be a shame to lose anymore. Although I do think parts of the door frame may be too far gone. It’s almost paper thin in places. I agree with the door needing the frame for the grandeur! The fireplace I am so sad about. We can’t use it anyway at the moment as it plumes smoke out into the bedroom upstairs and we don’t know where it is leaking from but it does seem to come out of the roof in places, so the plan is to get a flue put in but we’ve then since learnt it can only be a certain size (can’t remember what size now) if you want it to be an open fire our chimney is too small for the guidelines! 🙁 so it will have to be a stove unfortunately. Yes, we will paint over the red and green effect I think. It will look nice all one colour I think. 😘

[@tracybrown6207]

@@thecornerhouseproject I am pleased my comments are giving you options. Your house is similar to the old french ones - stone and really thick, you might find some other ideas too whilst watching, I call it research ;)

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I like research 🧐 I might go and have a little ‘research’ time now 😉

[@kaye-q1k]

That door width is really wide was that an outside wall at one point.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Well funny you should say that…because although doorways are typically quite deep, we have been told that the house was actually built in 2 halves. We don’t know the ins and outs of it or dates of when each part was built. We would absolutely love a definitive answer because it puzzles us no end! We could certainly tell from doing the floor on the kitchen side and then moving onto the living room side that the construction was very different on the living room side. More polished, if you like, in the construction of it on the living room side. It’s definitely a head scratcher!

[@coby6417]

🌟👍🍀💐

[@thecornerhouseproject]

🤩🍀😘😉

[@Britbabe53]

Still binge watching here... but do you really need a door to the living room? I know it's a British thing but it's not absolutely necessary no?

[@thecornerhouseproject]

No I suppose it isn’t but I do like a door! Hides the mess you don’t want people to see!😉

[@CynthiaEvans-i2f]

[@thecornerhouseproject]

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[@annacoll2205]

Thanks

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you 🤩