Bathroom Renovation in Bulgaria | Installing the Boiler

[@simoneclarke5104]

Good job😄

[@jeanettebarns1024]

well done guys you are a inspiration to a lot of young families xx

[@the_phoenixproject]

Thank you!!

[@jamessearle2339]

He is a very good rep of omeone with dislexea dont ask for a spelling or for a maths question but very practical ask me how i know same ass love the work you are a insperation thanks jim

[@the_phoenixproject]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@miroslavangelov84]

Great job guys . Laura ill give now one idea most of bulgarians who are living in a villages are doing it . The big bottles from water (10 liters bottles) fill them up and leave them all day somewhere where is sunny and once the water get hot enough you can have a nice sunny shower . Trust me its amazing 😂

[@the_phoenixproject]

@@miroslavangelov84 we have a campervan shower that's the same! It's great! ☺️❤️☔

[@rachaelbarat8460]

Phenomenal work and I see young Nova is watching. A young apprentiship

[@alpaycavus7002]

İ am always waiting for a new video. Thanks to you wunderfull people, we are moving to Bulgaria. ❤

[@the_phoenixproject]

Good luck! 😊❤️

[@TheGreenGizmoOfficial]

So happy for you guys 💚 The start was well edited with the pause and rewind. Loved it :)

[@the_phoenixproject]

Glad you liked it! I had some extra time to work on a new intro style 😊

[@kosmicheskiprah]

Useful and informative video. Thanks, Andy. No haircut, but nice moustache! 😃 You are preparing for winter, but posting about boilers when it is like 40ºC in most parts of the country with this scorching heat is funny 🤣 Congrats with the boiler. Happy days! Will your parents revisit?

[@the_phoenixproject]

It's Anthony - but thanks 😅 Yes, they visit again in September.

[@NewBulgarians]

I cut my own hair too, not been to a hairdresser since Dec 2006 (in Bulgaria) I also cut Darren's hair with clippers. Well done getting the boiler sorted.

[@Хармония-ш6ж]

Hello Phoenix Family, I don't know what's your knowledge about your house (the materials is built from and so on.) But I will allow myself to explain you somethings about your house. Maybe you already know it and some you don't. So, excuse me in advance if i repeat sth. you already know. Such house like yours, were built in early/mid communist time(or renovated at the time), almost all of such houses (which are to be found in villages mainly!) are built almost the same way in whole Bulgaria. Which helps alot if you have neighbours who are familiar with village houses. That is how I am able to give you some tips. So, to the info: The house is semi-modern build. Its modern, because you have the bricks "glued" with cement and some cement beams. The facade and the walls from inside are normally covered with 'керпич' (mudbrick in english) and then over the layer of this керпич is painted with paint. The facede of your house is not covered, but the inside walls I noticed had a layer of керпич. I am not sure but if i see it right, your bricks are 'glued' with керпич together. This mudbrick gets harder with time(when it dries up, which already is:D). Neverthless its good to know which one its cement or керпич. .Now for the roof and chimney, very important. The roof normally for its structure has wooden beams and wooden planks. Some houses may have straws or metal plate between the wooden planks and the tiles of the roof. If its metal maybe its already rusted. Straws can also be found inside the roof at its outerparts. Definitely check that out, mouses/rats chew that stuff too. Check the beams if they are eaten by wood eating bugs!!! The Chimney, if I have to bet it wasn't cleaned since many years, if it is, you are lucky for that part :D. So, do check that too, before the winter comes. What I recommend: I don't know the village you are living in, or if its a small town. I saw a video where you mentioned of a sudden power outage. You need to get a generator or a way to provide electricity in such cases. Sometimes, especially before or at big holidays, the grid can get overwhelmed. And small towns and villages normally don't have such looked after grid to be honenst, sadly. If a hard winter hits, i've seen enough news though the years about villages without electricity, when hard winters come. In the sense this applies for internet too. Internet is more sought over and kept in check. But it never hurts to have alternative in Bulgaria :) The old bricks of your house. Keep those things, they are well made. And a generall rule, the older a brick is the harder it gets. P.S. Congrats on the bulgarian, no idea since when you try to prounance and learn bulgarian. You are doing very well, indeed, even with pronunciation!

[@the_phoenixproject]

Thank you so much for the information! ☺️ We know most of what you mentioned but it's good to know from a true Bulgarian who can confirm these things. We appreciate your wisdom 😊 много благодаря ❤️

[@radostinangelov9193]

Guys you came to live in Bulgaria the same time I left England to live back in my country again after 10 years living in England.

[@the_phoenixproject]

Поздравления! 🥰✨

[@СтефанЕнев-в1б]

❤😮 Здравстуйте друзя, очень рад увидет вас двоих удачи Стефан България ❤

[@the_phoenixproject]

☺️❣️🙏

[@СтефанЕнев-в1б]

@@the_phoenixproject благодаря за вниманието моля, чичо Стефан Сърнево област Стара Загора

[@zaharipantev9389]

Love you !

[@the_phoenixproject]

❤️

[@keddesmart]

I would recommend adding a pressure relief valve on the boiler to mitigate thermal expansion when water heats up. In Denmark where I live it is required by lay to have an expansion relief valve of 10 bars - back in the day it was 6 bars. Following you channel for a while and going house scouting in Bg in september. Cheers

[@the_phoenixproject]

We already have one on the boiler 👍

[@keddesmart]

@@the_phoenixproject Great, didn't notice it 🙂

[@owenoneill5955]

Chances are....the last one took ages to heat the water up and was so heavy because it was full of limescale...depending on you local water supply the new one will need '' emptying'' / ''cleaning'' after 2 to 3 years. I took 2 full bucket loads of limescale out of the old one where I lived for a couple of years. It comes out like a thick sludge and can be done '' in situ '' by removing the control plate on the bottom, this is what you have to do if the element needs replacing anyway....maybe 20 leva instead of a new boiler.

[@the_phoenixproject]

Thank you so much for this advice and you are spot on. The limescale here is no joke!

[@udififkfkfck]

​@@the_phoenixprojectthe old water supplying companies in BG after 1990 don't use anymore softener in the small counties cause of cheating & saving €€ but still charge the same price as is in the big cities so to keep our kidneys healthy we don't drink tap water like used to in the bad old communist times when everything was bad and the food was natural!

[@englishrightscomefirst5416]

Please put some goggles on when you are using the angle grinder. Same with the little ones when they are close to you when grinding and cutting. Love your enthusiasm but you only have one pair of eyes. Keep up the hard work 🥰

[@the_phoenixproject]

He usually remembers, but good advice!

[@Kitty_cat2001]

I think the main thing is what someone else said either put special stuff like de scaler in it or clean the unit every year or two?

[@the_phoenixproject]

It's not the reason it broke, but good advice all the same!

[@QuantumBraced]

Just curious, why didn't you guys go for an instantaneous water heater? They're cheaper, much smaller, and more energy efficient.

[@the_phoenixproject]

@@QuantumBraced a much bigger strain on an electrical system and we get power cuts so we need the water to heat up and stay that way.

[@duncan4504]

Hello. We met at Palamartsa a while back , good too see your still hacking away at things haha. Question for you though , Di you still have too fly back too London just to apply for the kids visa? And how long does it take? Will you guys wait in UK or flay all the way back again?? Seems a he'll of a double round trip. We're just about to get our kids application. 🤪

[@the_phoenixproject]

I'm pretty sure I responded the last two times you commented and asked you to send us an email?

[@duncan4504]

No,sorry didn't get any replies from you and my wife did send email too, with no reply as well, hence this recent comment. We were just wondering how you were coping with the kids visa as you guys are a few month ahead of us in all of this . Just any tips or advice you may have come across, that's all. Cheers.

[@the_phoenixproject]

@@duncan4504 can you please check the email address you entered? We check our emails daily and haven't received anything.

[@the_phoenixproject]

@@duncan4504 also, my main tip is - wait and see what happens. That seems to be the advice from the Bulgarian embassy and every agent dealing with visas. Your situation will inevitably vary from ours. Keep in touch with your agent and ask for updates. They should be speaking with the embassy to find out more for you.

[@duncan4504]

That's us booked our flights to go back too blighty for our kid visa ,one way ticket just on the off chance the visa will take less than a fortnight(hopefully) .

[@alexs3119]

Hi there. By pure accident I run into your channel and I am amazed with your enthusiasm. I have to tell you that I am not a builder by any means but I built two houses myself. What you have there is not a good option. That house is, and will be a bottomless pit to throw your money into. First of all, what I've seen, that house doesn't have proper and solid foundation which is fairly common in that part of the world. (I might be wrong and didn't see correctly) Second thing, the roof is in very bad condition. Just those two things that have to be attended urgently, will soak a lots of your money out. Third thing is hydro-insulation is non-existent, and non-existent thermal insulation which is going to burn enormous amount of money for winter heating. I understand your financial situation and your wish to succeed but be smart......and I mean - be smart. What I would like to tell you here, is next. You have a place to live in, and that is awesome, (when I built those houses I didn't have that luxury). You have a nice block of land and build a new house. I know you'll say - what is wrong with you? but I honestly don't want to see you stressed fixing unfixable things over and over again. If you put down on paper and do all calculations (several, long, sleepless nights, a few buckets of coffee and lots of headaches) you'll understand just how expensive is sorting out foundation, thermal insulation, hydro insulation and roof.......that is going to cost you a lot of money and that money probably will be sufficient to build a new house. For 7.000 pounds you've bought yourselves block of land and that is an awesome deal ( you probably wouldn't be able to buy a second hand car in BAD condition in GB). Anthony is handy man willing to do even things that he doesn't know how to do, and you Laura,( I think I picked up your name correctly ) you are hard working woman........you two, can do that, and I mean - YOU CAN DO THAT. With a little bit of expertise and (of course, watching KZbin instructions😇😇😇😇) and of course a bit of help of Anthony's father and occasional professional assistance you'll have a brand new house with a lot less stress, "leaking eyes" and frustrations which is going to reflect on your two girls. Think - long run. You don't have to do it quickly......bit by bit, but my honest and friendly advice is to go that way ( based on my personal experience). Wishing you all the best (from the bottom of my heart)

[@the_phoenixproject]

Hey! We honestly appreciate your opinion and 1) Bulgarian houses are built to move. We live in the hills and sometimes there are earthquakes. This is why concrete floors are uncommon and mud floors are normal. 2) Anthony's Dad is a professional builder by trade. He inspected the building before we bought it. We wouldn't have bought a house that was built terribly. These houses can withstand ten times what a British house can stand. There's no chance we would spend money building a new house. We have already survived one winter here with heavy snow as you may have seen. It's really no big deal. We plan on getting some volunteers this summer to put a new membrane in the roof to help with retaining heat. But honestly, it's no problem. Even if we spent £100,000 on this house it would be so much more amazing than any house we could find in the UK for the same price. I hope you can tolerate watching the rest of our videos without wincing and thinking we are idiots 🤣 Thanks for your advice and hope you enjoy! ❤️

[@alexs3119]

@@the_phoenixproject No, no.......I didn't say that.......God forbid........I just didn't want you to spend a lots of money going into thin air. I am honestly wishing you all the best

[@the_phoenixproject]

@@alexs3119 It's not going into thin air don't worry. It's going into a wonderful house and we have the best people to advise us on doing things right. Don't worry! 😊

[@ViktorGeorgiev]

Your old boiler would have taken long to heat up, because it was probably full of scale around the heating element (i bet it was never cleaned) which prevents it from heating up the water quickly. This new one should heat up in an hour maybe, maybe less. That said if you want to keep it in a good condition you may need to open it once every 1-2 years to clean the heating element from scale.

[@the_phoenixproject]

We also have no idea how old it was because it was in the house when we arrived. It has probably never been cleaned and the electrics were dodgy running through it and all sorts 😅 We will definitely remember that the limescale will build up and clean the new one regularly!

[@gw6056]

Why didn't you use 3 core 2.5m going to 16amp rcb

[@the_phoenixproject]

Because it was cheaper.

[@gardenianfly2277]

Първо трябваше да ремонтирате покрива

[@the_phoenixproject]

На време 😅🙏

[@QuantumBraced]

But why is the water pressure so low? Защо налягането на водата е толкова ниско?

[@the_phoenixproject]

Because it was old, worn out, filled with limescale? It was also wired up weird. In any case, it stopped working, so we needed a new one. It came with the house so we can't complain!

[@QuantumBraced]

@@the_phoenixproject I didn't mean the boiler, I meant the water coming out of the tap at the end of the video, pressure seems very low.

[@the_phoenixproject]

@@QuantumBraced because there was a broken valve in the village and it's now been fixed.