Flooding & Finally Caught On Camera - Chateau Life 🏰 408

[@malina1239]

You should get Nic the three surgeon in for week, he’d make the property stunning again and you’ll have wood or pellets for years!!!

[@jlotoo850]

Excellent Idea!! And while you are at it, hire professionals to remove the wallpaper so you can get back to working in the garage, where your specialty is...

[@juliechapman-xu4if]

Warm water with fabric softner. Use hand pump sprayer. Soak for 30 minutes. I did 12 rooms 12' ceilings. All types of papers. Scoring before spraying. Good luck.

[@judithbecker564]

Works a treat! Cleared 60 years of wallpaper , score, fabric softener.

[@joyeddlemon798]

Wallpaper removal is the worst! Very slow tedious process. You’re doing an excellent job. Once you get the vinyl layer off, soak the paper again and let it sit 10 minutes. It will scrape off much easier than using the steamer. Once the paper is all removed, you still have to make sure all the glue is washed off the wall. It’s a pain in the butt. Good luck.

[@laurensouthgate2458]

You have a beautiful property Phil.

[@SweetOne.]

Cold weather, cold water and a wet boat. I don't envy you having to clear the overflow. Well done!!

[@cornishcoves9399]

they certainly resemble our Canadian beavers but it appears they are NUTRIA ...perhaps you need some nature management advisor if they are causing any damage relative to flooding issue. Phill you need a WALLPAPER REMOVAL PARTY...it is not easy work especially since your injury and many hands suitably provided refreshments may welcome a chance to help you remove the old wallpaper and progress to next stage .🦆🌲🌲🌲

[@lyndaward5179]

Loud music helps when you are not filming for us, some people think you are made of money Phil to get people in to do jobs is a great expense, best wishes from Lynda

[@stephaniegaromon3244]

I think you have the best process figured out for the wallpaper. I put the warm water with fabric softener in a sprayer, score the wallpaper and let the solution soak in for more than a half hour. As you see the steamer then works better. Those furry rascals are doing so much damage but they certainly look like they are enjoying life!!

[@sofiebribiesca6678]

No matter what, place still looks amazeballs.

[@Swede-m7q]

Your walk around the property was a beautiful reminder of just how gorgeous it is. Removing wallpaper reminds me how Billy worked on the kitchen at the convent, day after day plugging away, and eventually it was done. It will be the same for you and the d@mn wallpaper. ❤

[@mbuonato]

After removing wallpaper from every room in my previous home, I’ve never put it up again. I got a projector and an adult coloring book and hand painted some designs.

[@cazzawazza9553]

Wow that's a brilliant idea

[@cecoya]

Great job Phil. Hopefully, you can get the sluice gate fixed one day soon. The wallpaper removal is moving right along. A bit tedious and long lasting job to be sure. I know that you like the wild life around you but those things are not very cute or nice. Didn't one attack Lightning a few years back? Eventually, you are going to have to deal with the monsters, I don't think they will leave on their own. Have a great day

[@judithcarroll3206]

Hi Phil, oh the trials and tribulations of having a moat, almost envious 😔 Brazen lot of wildlife you have, remind me are they protected? Can you set humane traps. Slow but good progress with the walls. Keep it up. Stay safe and strong. Keep smiling. Judith 🦋💕

[@claireangier3322]

I think Phil needs protecting from them 😆 Remember when Lightning was attacked by them and two dogs of Billys were also attacked. 😵

[@suehall3298]

You will nail it eventually 👍🤗🍷🍾🌹🌹🌹 Love Sue ❤❤❤🇬🇧❤❤❤

[@pennystevens7012]

Hi Phil you should try spraying with water and we use fabric softener smells good and breaks down the glue. Also I believe we call those pesky little animals muskrats in Canada

[@beckysimeone4882]

Muskrat are different. Those are Nutria (Coypu) from South America and are an invasive species to France.

[@mavep2855]

Slow and steady wins the race Phil. Those critter remind me of beaver and they can be quite destructive also. Keep on, you’re on a roll. ❤️🇨🇦

[@kimberlyobrien4677]

Your place looks so beautiful in this video

[@marshawhite2904]

Removing wallpaper is the most tedious job !!! Steaming seems to work the best ! Good luck Phil ❤😊

[@MK-Farm-Michigan]

Phil, I have an old house, and what you're doing is exactly why I did not put any wallpaper on my walls. Too much work.

[@Toomanydogs7]

Hi Phil, great progress on the wallpaper

[@victoriatracey5919]

Your perseverance will pay off Phil, it’s just such a slow tedious task, I don’t envy you 😊

[@reneskaaning5751]

Beautiful property

[@deb0523ful]

Such a beautiful place

[@msilas5577]

Keep going! You can do it!🎉🎉🎉

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

So much potential with the property. Hope it works out for you. 👍👍👍

[@charmees6637]

You do t need a gym with all the work you do around the Chateau. That damn wallpaper again 😬😲

[@marysell6184]

Great job on removing the wallpaper, Phil! Glad to see the process is going a little better for you. Well done on clearing the spillover! You have such a beautiful property! I can easily see why you enjoy living there.

[@emtodd859]

You really need to consider cutting down and removing all trees and bushes around the moat. You can plant again however you will never get rid of all the problems caused by the roots until you do this. It’s not the ideal situation but you bought all the problems when you took over the Chateau. It will grow back.

[@monikastuckey8737]

Wow, those creatures are amazing. Long whiskers on them. Nice footage. Sorry they cause plant damage. Glad you unstopped the drainage holes

[@Robin-xr2tz]

Phil glad the wallpaper is a wee bit easier. How’s your back doing?

[@jackjohnson6673]

Try a heat gun. You can adjust the temp so you don't burn anything. Heat releases adhesive in many cases.

[@marj7060]

I really appreciate your perseverence managing things alone in your beautiful home. Kopf hoch. Alles wird gut ⭐️

[@merrileeheard3889]

Phil, I live in a very rainy Canadian city! We have catch basins everywhere and they get clogged with leaves constantly. Our city actually has a program where you can "adopt" a catch basin, and clear the leaves to prevent flooding. Not as cool as your moat though! I regularly go out and clear four or five. It's great exercise for this old lady! Those rodents are DEFINITELY a pain in the behind 😮😮

[@lwest5686]

Sounds like we're in the same area 🙂

[@merrileeheard3889]

@lwest5686 Vancouver here, aka Raincouver. Hi neighbour

[@lwest5686]

@@merrileeheard3889 me too ❣️

[@deborahdigiuseppe9717]

You’re doing a great job removing that paper,it’s a tedious process but you have the patience to do it 💪🏼👍

[@wendyrose8430]

I had vinyl wallpaper everywhere in the kitchen and the bathrooms when I bought a 20yr house which is fairly modern . The builders or 1st owners probably thought it was cheaper to wallpaper everywhere. But with the humidity of these rooms it was time consuming to remove. No particular tips except keep doing what you’re doing it’ll be worth it in the end 😘

[@peggyfield2203]

Ask Sadie what she used. It seemed very good 11:02

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Having had trees down in France, I know that's thousands of euros of work to get all those trees down, cut up and branches chipped. That's an expensive property to maintain so it's down to Phil to do it all.

[@HeatherT-y7i]

Thank you.

[@guillermodelnoche]

Our chateau had 7 layers of wallpaper. We were instructed to use glue and go over all of it. Let it dry completely and then you just wallpaper over all of it. If you value your sanity you should consider this technique. You can really see all of your hard work coming to fruition!

[@ChateauLife]

Problem is I don’t want to wallpaper after I want smooth walls and paint plus the vinyl wallpaper needs to be removed as it is trapping moisture under it and damaging the property Need to do the job right no matter how tedious

[@gabbyharris2906]

Well done Phil. You are getting there with the house and the moat issues will get sorted eventually. Cheers 👌🤗💯

[@juliemix3373]

Good job, Phil on clearing out the slice gate thingy. Glad the wall.paper trick is working for you. Cheers

[@grannyrosie1]

I live in new orleans and our large metro are has many drainage canals. Those critters look like our nutria. They too dig borrows and ruin our canals. At certain times of year the state will pay $5.00 per ro kill. Some places eat them. Though to me they are over grown rats and would not even try to eat them.

[@cathyellingsworth8300]

Good job!

[@carmel-on8im]

If i had to remove that wallpaper it would drive me crazy. Good luck with it.

[@andreastieff]

Ryan removed so much wallpaper at the apartment at the convent. Maybe he has some tips.

[@pammacleod7689]

Remember the movie Cattyshack? I just imagine Phil fighting those rodents.

[@rosemariedeschenes7013]

Such a beautiful place for a walk ❤❤❤❤❤

[@sdowdy5839]

Phil, if you drain the moat it makes cleaning the banks much easier, then fill it back up!

[@AlpacaMade]

Flushing the sluice gate was satisfying even if the wallpaper removal is not...yet👍

[@kimberlyobrien4677]

My husband and I moved into an old house here in America and we had to take eight layers of wallpaper off of the walls and every room. We didn't have as many rooms as you we only had four downstairs and four upstairs but it was definitely daunting. We took the perforator roller and perforated the wallpaper then sprayed it down with the vinegar and baking soda really well we soaked it and then we waited about 15-20 minutes and went in and started scraping and it was so much easier. But I'm sure you've probably already tried that baking soda and vinegar mixture but definitely soak those walls after you perforate it

[@mannyortiz4814]

Phil my love. Happy holidays 🌲🎄🎅. Take care and stay safe. Love ya 🍺🇺🇸🌞❤️🕊️⛪️👍🌹😇🙏

[@thewilliamseswonderfulworld]

Those overgrown rats would not last long in South Carolina. We have lots of hunters here that don’t like vermin biting their dogs.

[@trishpurden7131]

Hi Phil, when you get to the underside of papers..try using wall paper stripper ….you make it up…soak for recommended time. Then strip it off..should come off easyer. Thanks for video. Cheers Trish NZ

[@AtlantaGarden]

Phil, here is my mental trick for handling tedious tasks [like stripping that nasty wallpaper]: I set the timer on my phone for 60 or 90 minutes, and when it goes off, Voila! Done for the day. Just do that every day. [And sometimes you'll feel like going longer.]

[@kaye-q1k]

That was very neat to see yourvrodents up close.

[@gayebickle1725]

I think sconces would be the way to go in the bedroom which can be independently switched so you can make it as bright/less bright as you like. 🇦🇺

[@MickiConn-eo5or]

You need a full time grounds keeper,so much work. Once you get the sides cleaned up it will be beautiful!

[@Janekeleher]

I always add white vinegar to hot water to remove wallpaper easily.

[@nelleg152]

That wallpaper is definitely stubborn ❤

[@AnneRoche-dv4uf]

I feel your pain with the wallpaper stripping! Such a tedious job but the end results will be worth it. I have seen you clearing the sluice several times now and wonder why you don't cut back the branches that seem to hang over it? But maybe its just the camera angle.....

[@lucindajennings148]

What a job. Clearing the water problem looked satisfying but the wall paper...ugh.

[@nancylindroth6336]

Try putting lit flares in the critter tunnels with live traps nearby to catch them.

[@lindagage7315]

Good job on the wallpaper! Well done those critters need to be trapped!

[@mistywolf312]

Animals in captivity escape on their own or did some unscrupulous breeder accidentally leave doors open so they wouldn't have to feed them because they were not profitable anymore as people stopped buying fur is the unasked question. If everyone who has the problem fed them contraceptive laced food in a few years the issue would solve itself humanely.

[@marybullock5146]

I love peeling off wallpaper. I’m available anytime 😊

[@y.lelivelt2619]

I like to remove wallpaper. There must be more people who likes it as well. Perhaps you can find vollonteers Philip.

[@amyvetter1830]

cute, but very destructive critters, around here(Oregon, USA), they are always trying to keep them out of the ponds and river banks. Have you got a friend/enemy you can ship them off to? ha ha

[@jkshanahan007]

I wonder how deep the moat is.

[@fiberotter]

Geez, your Nutria are huge!!! They are living large at your place. No wonder you are having problems.

[@lindamitman4538]

Nevertheless he persisted… Love to you Phil, this will be one hell of a chore

[@susansawatzky3816]

Have you tried using a heat gun on the vinyl ??

[@joannemacintyre251]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@carolflynn7933]

Beautiful creatures ❤

[@marytaylor9185]

How is it that these beautiful creatures could be so destructive? They are so cute!!! Look at those beautiful eyes and long whiskers.............ahhhh!

[@carolflynn7933]

@marytaylor9185 I know . They are so cute, I love all animals ❤️

[@beckysimeone4882]

What? They are giant rats with huge teeth and claws that tried to kill Phil and Billy's dogs. That is not cute.

[@mariannesvensson3660]

I’ve seen you handle the overflow a lot of times and I’ve always wondered why you don’t fix a bridge out to the sluice instead of standing on the boat.

[@katiebaldwin40]

Wow! Spillover is working great now.

[@wandacasper5612]

There is always something to do at home.

[@melaniewest3947]

It will be worth it when you get it all done.

[@lindabaker2905]

You will get done Phil!

[@Jim_Welch_OK]

Didn't Ryan figured out a good method.

[@SusieMonk-jh8tj]

Soak soak and soak . This from the woman who soaked the awful fibreglass wovenhorror! Instead of just pulling it off.Unbelievably disgusting🤣bon courage ❤

[@drumminghands6356]

Excellent ❤

[@leahgannon5030]

I wonder if wallpaper remover with heat applied would work better,the room temperature might be too cool? Just a thought.The heat source could be a blow dryer or some other tool that produces heat.Or maybe you are already doing that.

[@joyeddlemon798]

Those steamers are very hot themselves. I’ve tried it all. Steamers, vinegar and hot water, wallpaper remover, fabric softener and hot water. The fabric softener or the vinegar usually works the best in my opinion.

[@lesleybonarius2085]

Have you tried scoring the plastic layer before steamIng? Just heard the bit about the spiky roller LOL

[@annettesharrock1236]

The usual problem with the moat then Phil . Those Critters still squatting then Phil . Getting there with the stripping of the wallpaper then

[@louiseemerson331]

Crank your favorite rock ‘n’ roll while you’re removing the wallpaper!

[@raynonabohrer5624]

All you have beavers. How interesting. I didn't know you had them there in europe too. They can't do a lot of damage. But they do live there.

[@stephjezo6470]

Nope, he has Nutria. They are incredibly destructive and invasive. The local government actually gets involved when you have them there they are so bad.

[@YetAnotherJenn]

Those are Nutria. Not beavers. Invasive rodent species from South America.

[@daynight4902]

best

[@catherineboshey8488]

Sorry, the only suggestion I can give about the wallpaper... put on some music, have a drink &/or cigar and just keep at it. I do have a suggestion for the colours in the room. When I think about designing something - I first decide on a colour that I like and look at what's beside that colour, or across from it on the wheel. I look at complimentary colours, opposite colours. Decide what level of colour light or darker and stick with those colours (what I mean by that is don't choose colours that are not in harmony with the colour) hope that make sense,. Usually, only 3 colours per room. Think of an imaginary triangle and see if those colours strike your fancy. It's all up to personal taste. But, I will say if you chose 3 colours they should be in harmony ie: the adjoining rooms can be done in the same colours but you can switch it up by making the main colour in the main room the 3rd or accent colour in the adjoining room next, and the 2nd colour in the first room can be the main colour in the 2nd room with the 3rd colour in the first room can be the accent or 2nd colour in the 2nd room. The internet has many ideas for colour combinations and concepts for using the colour wheel. It can also give you colour concepts. I hope I explained this in a way that is understandable and that this is helpful to you. If you are dead stuck pick something in the room that will have all the colours you would like in the room. Maybe the colour of the fireplace, a picture that will be in the room that you like or even a pillow cover or bedspread. I may be telling you what you already know but this has always worked for me even when I'm not inspired. Good luck room main room adjoining room 2nd adjoining main colour colour 1 colour 2 colour 3 secondary colour colour 2 colour 3 colour 1 accent colour colour 3 colour 1 colour 2 I'll be watching

[@sandrabutcher1961]

maybe a bigger scraper would help

[@malina1239]

You have to bite the bullet and get a big steamer for the wallpaper, otherwise this will be a very long and boring project for you😢 I have vinyl paper on my walls. The top part comes right off and leave the paper backing which is perfect to just paint over or put up new paper. So sad that yours is so brittle and hard to work with😩

[@smgreenartsprivate]

I thought you had the authorities deal with the coypu? I think if you cannot be rid of them I would sell if it were me. Poor Lightning :( If you knew what they eat maybe set up traps? Edd showed us a lovely property needing work no moat no water round have a look. I hope you have asked Sadie what it was she bought for her former convent apartment to rid her of the wallpaper.

[@toniasalways]

Instead of pulling the paper at 90 degrees pull it back onto itself; straight up, more or less touching the wall.

[@ashleyreeder3511]

Ah do you have unrecognized gourmet food? Who are their foes? Would the curer be worst than the pain?

[@Hope-fv3kf]

n France the Coypu has few natural enemies apart from man

[@gioiapharo7433]

My Husband Fux Painted over our wall paper

[@farmingirl4281]

If you have viewers from Louisiana they can give you a recipe for those.😜

[@hedgewood7152]

✨🌞✨

[@corinnemartin6456]

Could you have a paper stripping party of sorts with a few mates to break the back of the work ? 😊

[@inkmetal1]

I thought they relocated your varmints.

[@MachasDaughter]

Those little buggers. They need to be evicted.

[@ChazzyB-2024]

Coypu do make very nice fur coats, though I don't know if that is legal anymore?

[@merrileeheard3889]

Probably not, but that would DEFINITELY help solve the problem 😂

[@lcg5790]

Are the giant rats a protected species? I'm the sort who would call the local pest control as I just couldn't take them damaging my place like that. Ugh.