Restoring A $7,000 Mansion: Building A New Servant's Staircase

[@lauramalinowski9849]

It's so nice to see Justin getting more comfortable with the camera. You three actually look like you are enjoying the work.

[@marshalltille7770]

He is warming up more. Keep it up sir.

[@Djdj-kd8ue]

As U were going thru the Entro, I know U had mentioned as U started the demolition things that weren't going back. I just realized how much you're actually talking away from the original aesthetics. I understand U R wanting to "update/modernize" the home & I no U R not going to change yr mind & I don't no Y I even waste my time leaving these comments, I guess to help the channel out. I'm telling "Self" now I am not commenting anymore until you're moved n, that is if I'm still alive. Not that I think U R doing a bad job, because I don't think that @ all. When U started saying how it was , my ❤️sunk, ALL the decor in today's time will never honor that home, because it's now becoming a house like everyone elses. God Bless ,Be Safe,& Wishing You All Prosperity *Note*My Mom's Brother did the very same thing to their homestead in GA & even though it was A Beautiful place when they finished it,he regretted the things he took away from the home.Ok I'm done

[@marionberry6909]

@@Djdj-kd8ue It’s too late now.

[@consuelayip3470]

Wow, the repeat intro about restoring and remodeling grandpas $7000 mansion was only 10 secs long today! Way to go Cole!

[@emma_m0]

What on earth gave it away that it cost $7000? 😂

[@maryhelvey8841]

Justin is getting vocal. I like that. Terrific job Justin and Roman. You two are awesome. I enjoy watching the videos

[@Mapleranch]

Juston seems shy to me. I like hearing him talk. He's so cute!

[@vmdyer6743]

Justin is very trustworthy you can depend on him and roman too .never met him but I can tell 😊

[@davidyansky6605]

Thumbs up for no repeat of the intro.... Keep going strong!

[@baciar404]

You tell him Justin. Justin is engineering, drawing and building all when he works. Much love y’all

[@DriftingDan26]

A no I think Cole uses AI for his engineering

[@gladiola8126]

What a blessing to be able to DO THIS! Thanking the Lord you have such a strong network of people supporting you and helping you during this time! (YAY GRANDPARENTS!!!! ) ❤🙏🏻

[@WilliamKraemer-vt4vh]

I find myself waiting all day for your next video. So fun watching you

[@charleeghee7195]

I liked the intro on this one. Liked all your explanations too and I especially like how you guys can pick on one another and still remain friends. Great vid!

[@Stakman1]

I wish I had a friends with skills like Justin and Roman have. Nice work everyone.

[@ActionTeamJoe]

I cannot wait to see it completed. How beautiful this home will be!

[@jbeutell]

He should have a merch contest to guess the completion date.

[@hollyporter1193]

The teamwork with Juston & Roman is awesome

[@DrMJJr]

1:10 I remember when that FRONT LAWN was a MESS, but look at it now!!! GORGEOUS COLE!! Congratulations 🎉🎉

[@russellhouston3759]

THANK YOU THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH for not editing into the same 3min intro!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@diogor420]

Agreed!

[@austinreed.]

I love it

[@marshalltille7770]

Oh crap, he didn’t? I usually fast track that and need to ACTUALLY watch it.

[@Scotty_KoDomino]

Now if we could get them to show more work and less repeating themselves.

[@russellhouston3759]

@Todays_Big_Ray_Report that's what I'm talking about!!!!! I'm Literally bored and so thankful for the fast forward feature!!!!!! Lolol

[@janetscott5252]

Justin and Roman are so knowledgeable. You're so blessed to have them! Lots of progress! 🙏💜🙏

[@someperson7]

I like that you're already planning to make life easier for the servants.

[@russellhouston3759]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 like Roman🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@imurhuckleberry7777]

thats how his boys will sneak girls in the house, in 20 yrs🤣🤣

[@someperson7]

@@russellhouston3759 Shoot, Roman is so capable, I expect him to be very successful at whatever he decides he wants to succeed at.

[@jeb3415]

@@imurhuckleberry7777 he may regret not allowing for a squeak in the new staircase 😆

[@ginadelsasso288]

Hahaha. You are so right. ​@@jeb3415

[@scottharper9645]

This is a wonderful description of an upper middle class home in the 1880’s - 1930’s. My family lived in one in Iowa as well. I was the last generation born in the home built in the early 1890’s.

[@neilballou3203]

Love this series Cole, Justin and Roman.

[@alaeniasharpe8881]

Cole an awesome little Easter egg for future generations is to pick a board and put the family's heights and ages on it with the date. That way a hundred years from now someone can find that Easter egg leading back to the renovation happening now. There's something so sweet about those personal touches that make people reach out from the past -- it's that connection across generations

[@Diamondgirl-p3u]

I am so amazed at the knowledge, skill and creativity that the three of you possess, I’ve enjoyed every one of your remodeling videos and look forward to the next ones.

[@jmtz4054]

Cole you make me smile! You bring such joy into your hard work! Always smiling and having a fun time doing all the hard work! I love your channel!❤❤

[@someperson7]

Justin: I never blamed Roman Roman: Let's go to the tape

[@Paltse]

Your stairs are the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything".

[@darlenem4940]

I loved seeing all the numbers as they were thinking. Now we can see how hard their thinking. Love this series 😊

[@denisemanley5318]

Just love watching Justin cut the frames for the stairs. It is so interesting to me.

[@MichaelHolloway]

That last joist on the basement stairs can be cut (as long as the stair wall supports it) and rotated flat and glued under the sub-floor if you support it with blocking on the both ends; gets you about 6.25" higher head clearance! :)

[@gwenmurillo1093]

Love watching you three get along as you are doing all this work!

[@hydro2wheel]

Watching Cole and crew moving the staircase 5 3/4 inched just for more headroom was awesome for me! I am 6' 7". My friend had a double wide trailer back in the day that had all of the interior doors a standard 7' tall. Both of the exterior doors however were only 6' tall. I cannot count how many times I hit my head while he lived there.

[@donnavickery9623]

The stairs look great. I don’t know how you all are able to figure that out !!! It is over my head !!! Have a great day !!!

[@renfairegoddess]

Tread=Run Rise & Run is what I learned in school (Drafting class for my Interior Design degree).

[@hughkizer1510]

I love watching your remodel of the original farmhouse.

[@charleswelch249]

You are going to have a great place to raise your family. Hope you guys are doing well in your temporary dwelling. You are making the house great enough to hold another century before another major remodel.

[@bethcervenka1813]

Totally agree about having professional planes. They figure out plumbing, electrical, and HVAC. My husband and I designed our dream house and gave our plans to him with photos of how we wanted the outside to look and he created the plans. We were then the general contractors and hired subs and did work our selves.

[@jeremydouglas4663]

Been watching since cole had around 60k subs. This house project is extreme detection. Best series on on KZbin right now keep up the awesome work .

[@greghamann2099]

A flash in the pan. No future. The house nerds won't stay. Why they hate farming.

[@patriciasiefert7140]

You guys must have so much fun working together. You all do excellent work!

[@dawncarnell7029]

I know I can’t be the only one waiting for the next video!! Love seeing the enter action between you guys! I know the edits are real….maybe we can see a bloopers video in the future 🥳 can’t wait for the next one! Now on the Daddy Cornstar! 😁

[@gatolibero8329]

Give Justin some credit. Renovation is more difficult than new construction. I used to work renovations with a guy who did them only because nobody else would take on the challenge. Builders want new, easy construction or they won't take the job.

[@greghamann2099]

Totally agree.

[@alexandermarken7639]

seen many new builds with less care than Justin is taking on every single board. Roman and Justin would be dream builders.

[@leetingler619]

Yes ! Justin is quite skilled and knowledgeable. And remodeling takes 2X the work or more.😮

[@barnacmongars]

I hate doing New construction always feel cappy and just goband go. I like the challenge and creativity you need for renovation

[@ybme2741]

My grandparents house had servants staircase. It was so steep. But we ran around playing tag and stuff , it was the best

[@monachinn1576]

Great job on the Stairs. The house is coming along great.

[@laurascholz7334]

Well done, everyone Good job. I hated to see the old stairs go.

[@robdurland1703]

It looks amazing so far keep up the great work you three work so well together thanks for sharing your work and content

[@gregzais9248]

You guys crack me up and are fun to watch. Calling Justin out by reviewing old video - hilarious. Keep up the good work gentlemen!

[@jki4x4]

It has been interesting watching you 3 guys working on your house. Thanks for Posting...

[@carolsmith785]

I just love you guys. I'm just an old lady loving your videos.

[@joshs5435]

Great work guys! By code the window at your new stair landing has to be tempered for safety since it is less than 24” above the finished floor. It’s important in case someone lost their balance and fell into the window! Love the videos!

[@jimmccormick6091]

I dont know if there is a whole lot of "code" and "building inspectors" and "plans"going on out there.....

[@joshs5435]

@@jimmccormick6091 it about safety for Cole and his young family. While you are likely right that it’s unincorporated and not specifically bound by building codes - it’s still the right and safe way to do things! :)

[@NavyVet_ET1]

I think the window is going to become a door that is handicapped accessible. That is what he said in his video.

[@chadwessels1441]

Right and safe? 2x4 floor on 1' centers doesn't seem like it is engineered for a true floor anywhere in the US.

[@ILGuy2012]

@@NavyVet_ET1 That's not the window joshs5435 is referring to. It's the window by the landing between 1st and 2nd floor (shown at 10:00).

[@connieverbeck1110]

Great progress!! 👏👏👏👏👏 Glad the notebook was found!!

[@markitathomas4146]

The adjustments they will have to make going up each flight of stairs is going to be fun to watch.

[@karengrammond8338]

Thanks for another great video. Times fly's by so quickly as you fellas do your thing.

[@liamfoxy]

Glad to see those old radiators still there. Hope you sell them! I know they aren't what you need in the new place, but there are definitely people out there that would pay a good chunk of change for those big ones

[@tinaparrish6930]

Love watching your restoration.❤

[@konigink]

Oak is a harder more forgiving wood than pine. It would make sense to use oak to construct a high traffic area like servant stairs because of how often they were used.

[@ericdecker2132]

Handi cap access with 120 staircases. Makes senses.

[@JaniceSeagraves]

Good job, Cole, Roman and Juston. Excellent job with the reno. I can't wait to see what you do with the place. Made sure you get the asbestos tile in the entry way removed, too. You don't want the babies crawling on those things.

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

Thank you! Really look forward to to your videos! God bless you all!

[@patricia.g1651]

Many old houses had 2 sets of stairs. The second set was not necessarily for servants. Usually it offered easy access for the family to the kitchen, the back door, and basement. Less dirt and mess would be tracked through the front entrance and the fancy parlor.

[@GingerClark-z5x]

There won't be a fact parlor R here. It is all plain Jane

[@benhur520]

@@GingerClark-z5x But there will be a living room with a television 4 feet from the couch, there will however be a huge kitchen where they'll cook white rice, black beans, corn and a can of tuna all mixed into one bowl.

[@greghamann2099]

I can confirm our house built 1869 had a servants stairway and was used as such with a small servants quarters.

[@comeoncarebear]

Thank you all for sharing another great fun video watching from WA State.

[@TheStevenc819]

I absolutely love you guys. Your work on this house is above and beyond anything I've ever seen. Plus, you guys are funny!

[@lorettajones6120]

Cole your parents raised a great worker...Well you know how to hire the best. I just love Justin and Roman

[@KathleenAhart]

Love this remodel. Secretly here for all the antics.

[@pamtanner516]

Your grandparent’s home so reminds me of my grandparents home in Michigan. Probably built about the same era. On my grandparent’s home the door towards the left side was the front door and actually came into their dining room. The door to the right, came into a very large mud room with cabinets on the bottom, for storage. There was also like a plate rail/shelf with hooks to hang coats. There were 3 doors besides the outside door. One went to the basement, one went to back stairs to the upper portion of the house, and last doorway directly into kitchen.

[@francinecannon1903]

Thanks!

[@SandraPhillips-cb5og]

I love how you address this topic with such honesty.

[@poodlegirl55]

I like how the intro changes every time. I'm Roman, Coles neighbor...Justin's friend....crazy guys.

[@slapstickdome9797]

I liked Cole going up to the top floor from all the new stair build 🤗. Lookin so good, guys. 👏👏👏

[@anniehawkins6321]

Wonderful video of the cornstar mansion! It is really becoming a home, especially since there are stairs now to more easily work from top to bottom ! Good job on the stairs today!

[@wkjeom]

Great stair building. Another great video. I don't think this will get old. Every video is exciting.

[@MsSkipperkim]

Before you get too far along in the build, you should have a signing party. Have friends and family come over and sign studs. If they can't make it, like us fans, you could just printed out. For those too young, staple a picture of them. Be sure to date stuff too.

[@fletch61]

My family have always signed behind wall units or inside walls etc with dates of build ..cost.. who was there ..pet names .

[@probablynot1368]

We would do the same thing whenever we renovated each house we lived in. Our last house we renovated/rebuilt, we hid a time capsule under the attic floor. I had gone to the city records department and researched all 5 prior owners of the property, even obtaining documents with all of their signatures. I included small ‘artifacts’ found in the walls, vents, and under the floor boards (children’s small metal toy soldiers, marbles, old tools, hair clips, artist sculpture tools, coins, and even election pins and Emory boards, as one of the prior owners had been the city mayor for 16 years). I added old newspapers found within the walls and added a couple of new newspapers, new coins, and our information. I also included old photographs of the house, from when it was first built, through its various architectural changes, including today’s revised floor plans and elevations.

[@JT-1969]

Hey Cole, seeing how the old house was, I hope you are planning on putting in a wood burning stove, a farm house wouldn’t be complete without one to keep the family warm on a cold winter’s night.

[@lidymaehoward6726]

You could save the short odd pieces of wood and cut them in different sizes and make blocks for your son to play with. My dad did this for my youngest daughter and she built all kinds of things.

[@JB-ej2qy]

Thank you Justin for finally saying a print would be nice. 😂

[@focirs7484]

Be good to see what’s happening on the farm and crops since the planting.

[@ohheyychristian]

This was the unexpected KZbin series that I didn't know I needed. Had a great laugh at you guys pulling up the footage of Justin groaning about his notebook XD. Can't wait to continue to follow this build!

[@PSB-900]

Amazing Kentucky Blue Grass Cole! Nice work guys!

[@jameskotsch8271]

I am impressed with the house progress, looks good.-You all make a good team.

[@onamissionize]

Can't wait for the next one. Great job guys!

[@chadfranzen2088]

Keep up the great work Justin. 👍

[@maureenbrophy7852]

Lovely series. Great friendly banter 💐

[@WthrLdy]

Our family home was built at the same time as yours and the back stairs were simply the back stairs. The main/cook had a small room off the stairs, on the main floor, at the back of the house.

[@mmegraham]

Exactly. It seems this house had a main staircase and a back staircase. It's big enough to need two sets of stairs for the main floors. Servants' stairs really were something different.

[@WthrLdy]

@@mmegraham and larger houses typically had a second set of family stairs for safety purposes - fire threat was real, and terrifying

[@greghamann2099]

@@mmegraham No nothing was built without purpose. Cole is correct I also lived in such a house older and more ornate also on a farm. I have also done research on this subject.

[@theelusive11]

Our home was built in the country on a farm by RICH farmers that owned the lumber yard nearly 200 years ago. The house was moved into town in the 1940’s with horse and wagons it is the size of Cole’s house. It has servants stairs and a servants room upstairs. The stairs lead to the kitchen. The room became my brothers bedroom and when old enough to try sneaking out my mother would do things to find out. First it was put a chair against the door so when he opened the door the folded chair would fall over and she would hear it hit. Next week after he went to bed she put a string on the door and a bell in her room. Next week it was empty cans on the stairs. It was always something. The next brother she had new tricks. She lived for the next trick and the next brother to try to make it out without her finding out. Her aunts were even in on the game of catching the boys. I liked my sleep too much to bother to try to sneak out. The mouse traps on the stairs was a great one.

[@vmdyer6743]

It will really be a home when they get the 2 little boys in there and dc n mc come to visit ❤

[@Renee4ever68]

I love to watch this channel! Thank you for sharing!

[@Mustang-vz9ih]

Cole, since you have not done the plumbing yet, I think you should consider putting floor drains in the bathrooms. These are common in Europe. These make cleaning the bathrooms very easy. Have Nave look at Aurikatarina's cleaning videos and see what she thinks. I wish I had a floor drain in my bathroom.I bet Roman has an opinion about bathroom floor drains.

[@jennifer64707]

I love that you didn't remove the home and start over but, tragically, all the beautiful woodwork in the house has been lost with the massive remodel that was the soul of the house the history is sad that it is all gone

[@linethy42]

@jennifer64707 Well, what was reusable has gone into Cole’s heated shop 😉

[@bettyrush3651]

Thank you for sharing this journey 💕🙏

[@Dwayne-mb2uj]

We had a small space under a stair case that we kept as a reinforced tornado shelter safe room when we lived in a similar farmhouse outside of Witchita.

[@greghamann2099]

It was always a coat closet under our servants stairway. But that is interesting.

[@ILGuy2012]

He has a full basement for storm shelter.

[@TnTnO4]

Haven’t finished watching just yet. Just have to say please do something with the beautiful wood with the stairs!!!

[@markevans9188]

don't forget to put in blocking for your stair rails. and in the bathroom and kitchen too! and consider moving that head knocker floor joist back. there is room to do that.

[@Greg8872]

Quick tip for finding the fraction, when you get 7.325, subtract the whole number, 7.325 - 7 = 0.325, then multiply by 8 (or 16, depending on how accuate you want) so 0.325 * 8 = 2.6, now round to nearest, 3 = 3/8 , so 7-3/8"

[@alexgarza7486]

I think the treads on the stairs look like they’re 8 inches. You should put them at least 12. What happens when you put another layer on them or carpet them what’s gonna happen? God bless still next time. Love your videos. Keep them coming please. I look forward to them every day.

[@phily5404]

the other answer: 9:50 ≠ 10 10 10 (so a slash). and total genius Juston for screwing the extra 2x4 on the top side. that is so smart! (oh Cole - why did you take the builder's plan book? lol)

[@leetingler619]

Nice work, Roman, oh, and the other guys😅. BUT SERIOUSLY Folks! Cole and the team are building this house with ❤ love. Not to just get the job done. A job well done guys.😊

[@johnwilliamtuckey2796]

IDK; if I am a terrible person; but I've been watching Cole for perhaps 4 year's and I finding the home renovation and Roman and Justin the very best! I just love the camostry of all three of you gentlemen. Thinking new stars are born with of course Roman and most definitely Justin! Your OKAY to Cole! LoL Love you guy's! P. S. Is there a potential time line to when Cole's growing 6'8"? Ove

[@jamesbreault5762]

Looking good guys we refer to risers as kick board

[@steveneal2706]

Great job guys. Thank you

[@emmalupton2998]

Really enjoying your farm, family, house building. ❤

[@maggiep3129]

Having a second set of stairs leading from the bedrooms (or more commonly, the master bedroom) to the kitchen is a typical old farmhouse feature. That way, dad could get up early, go down to the kitchen and start the fire, then head out to start chores. Mom would follow down those same stairs soon after to start breakfast. All without waking the kids or grandma/grandpa on squeaky floors or stairs on the main staircase. Friends had an old farmhouse in upstate NY that had a staircase from the master bedroom to the kitchen hidden between two walls. Small door in the corner of the bedroom with staircase just large enough for one adult to traverse down, which led to small door in the kitchen. So your stairs are not necessarily for servants since they lead to the family floor of bedrooms.

[@greghamann2099]

More like this floor plan of what I experienced. Steep narrow dark stars to the kitchen from the smallest bedroom of five. Servants Quarters. Largest bedroom with the best view off the grand staircase. L shaped Hallway. Built in 1869. Indoor plumbing added later. Original brick outhouse still standing. Brick made 30 miles away and delivered by train. Brick manufactured in Watertown Wisconsin. Big house a lot of brick.

[@maggiep3129]

@@greghamann2099 Oh, interesting… that would be another option. My friends house though, that steep narrow staircase was from the largest bedroom. In Cole’s house it is like this staircase is the “family staircase” for a quick trip to the kitchen (heart of the home) instead of using the main stairs. Could go either way though!

[@greghamann2099]

@@maggiep3129 Styles change over time. All these old houses are similar but can be decades apart in their construction.

[@s.reeves4703]

I so enjoy watching "This old Cole's house"...❤😊

[@lindakinsey1093]

Thanks for considering the tall people. Good stair build.

[@terrystephens1102]

Great job, Team - you’ve done a great job on the stairs - you made it look easy. 😁👌👌👌❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@teddieryan2288]

In my grandmother’s huge old house, the back staircase was called the children’s staircase since my grandparents had 11 kids. Kids were not allowed to use the grand staircase, or the front parlor or library. Dining room, sometimes.

[@gaylewatkins4685]

Awesome video. 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@geezba]

Remember that the first and last steps of the stairs need to be adjusted in height to make sure that the height from the finished floor at the base of the stairs to the top of the first tread, and the height from the top of the last tread to the top of the finished floor on the landing, are the same height as the height from each tread to the next. Your feet will certainly notice if the height of the steps is not the same all the way up or down.

[@justmeiniowa]

Why would they want to start doing anything correctly and to code at this stage?

[@robsterenborg]

@@justmeiniowa that means that there is no building inspection correct ?

[@justmeiniowa]

@@robsterenborg Have you seen anything that would PASS an inspection? That is answer enough.