Ep 03 - 30 Days Transforming My Collapsed Wall into a Strong Stone Facade!

[@barriegannon3572]

You are a really gifted filmmaker, no chatter just great content, 😊

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thank you so much !

[@John-nb2qm]

Beautiful video

[@hughw8543]

Fascinating and relaxing in equal measure. The new window will be a brilliant addition to the cottage 👏👏👏

[@saifou44]

Pas de bla bla, pas de blagues douteuses. Continuez comme ça.

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Encourageant !

[@siwwootton6821]

Wonderful - the window in that position will give the house balance 😍

[@rogerbird2166]

What a wonderful result…..your hard work, skill and patience do you and your home proud !

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Yes, I did it in my way and I am satisfied.

[@claymccleery9451]

Stunning stone masonry. And your cinematography is superb.

[@alisonrosier2679]

I love it when your videos come on youtube....a joy to watch❤

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Glad you like them!

[@melissaeden1219]

Both the wall and the filming are beautifully done!

[@melaniemckinlay-whyte7492]

Absolutely Beautiful! Well done! 👍

[@СветланаЦветик]

Красивая природа, хорошая работа. Merci pour votre vidéo .

[@barbarakeegan9516]

You’re doing an amazing job👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@SusanPuncher]

Beautiful work

[@huwbevan2056]

Fantastic result

[@RobinMuirhead]

I see you turn calamity into a window of opportunity!

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Exactly ! Setbacks are opportunities to learn and improve our skills.

[@carolevans3374]

What a good job you did, happy for you 🎉

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thanks ! I'm happy to hear that !

[@Lavendel369]

Wow wow WOOW!!! ❤️ You are doing it! What an absolutely beautiful, respectful and love fulfilling work. Thank you so much for sharing your process. What a victory!! You are an amazing fellow human. Simply beautiful.. Everything! Very well done with the editing too..awesome twist seeing "many" of you working together and with the calm sequences of nature and French vibe music, i enjoyed every second ❤ sending a big warm hug from Denmark. Thank you.

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thank you from Brittany ! Yes I did it !

[@nigelhills4973]

Beautiful stone work! 👌🏽

[@rachel-b8d]

Your video is a work of art and you have an eclectic taste in the music you have chosen. I wish they were longer too!

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thanks ! More to come!

[@merciafabian4962]

Great video - thanks for sharing

[@ski2itri]

beautiful, thanks...love watching your videos

[@gaborkonyari5225]

Gratulálok! Szép munka! Várom a folytatást.

[@ffss53]

wonderful job, I wish you could post regularly and longer videos ... beautiful nature around your place.

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thank you very much ! I do my best !

[@petrekovairena1891]

Moc jsem si přála aby si tam dal okno a je tam , krásná práce gratuluji. Záběry přírody jsou překrásné.

[@LondonerinScotland]

Beautiful work! Well done. Looking forward to more of your videos.

[@bananaboxcmi]

Amazing skills at building and filming.

[@rontanser9369]

Brilliant job, well done

[@juliacampos4391]

Amazing job!! Just wish longer videos!

[@steelexpress_1]

Beautiful stone work…. I look forward to your videos ❤❤❤

[@jeanettefrancis6473]

Beautiful stonework. Great to have help from your dog. Lovely music and content.

[@tjbren576]

Beautiful! Be proud!

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Always!

[@VaultMCMLXXXIII]

Beautiful! Just like new!

[@marksiezure3285]

Artistry in motion! Simply beautiful.

[@Saltsurfer1984]

Just so beautiful and calming

[@mardemar]

Чудове відео! Супер природа! Хороша робота!👍

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thank you !

[@thaturbanguy8765]

Excellent work 👍😎

[@UCLALJR]

Thank you for the lovely video! The new window looks as if it's always been there, and gives balance to the building. Depiction of the passage of time by the development of the cherry? plum? tree was so pretty and apt. Can't wait to see what you do next. Thanks!

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thank you ! It's some cherrys !

[@SuzannaTaylor-cg9jr]

lovely video & that wall is gorgeous!

[@warrenmusselman9173]

Beautiful stone work.

[@michellewilliamson449]

You have done a fantastic job on the outer wall! Love the scenery and the 'sponge drop'.😂

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@durandyamina5021]

Great job! And a wift of summer is very welcome ,it’s just the begining of winter and already I long for sunny days .

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Same here!

[@sofaboy11]

Brilliant stone work very impressed with your skills looking forward to seeing more of you chanel

[@MyFrenchCottage]

More to come!

[@joanne9735]

Wow oh wow!

[@Anupamakiran]

Absolutely beautiful!!!

[@jenniferjones3408]

GREAT JOB !!!!!

[@carlosdelagarza8983]

Superb!

[@michaelkohl9728]

There are You-Tubers and there are filmmakers. Top shelf all the way around.

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thank you very much !

[@kimstclair1879]

Congratulations, this was so beautifully put together the video and your work that I watched it twice while having my lunch today. I also live in Brittany (Plessala) and could relate to the countryside aesthetic. Look forward to seeing the window go in and your next vlog, cheers and a job well done.😊

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kelliethomson922]

Beautifully filmed 🌺 🐝 🐮

[@ColinBarrett001]

Magnifiquement filmé. Vous êtes un véritable artisan. Merci de nous avoir fait partager votre expérience.

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Merci beaucoup !

[@Britbabe53]

Beautiful work!!

[@CatMindy2187-o4v]

Beautiful....

[@bondfieldmarcoux833]

Excellent work and so beautifully minimalist. Love to hear the birds. And actually like your mystery. French or English, who knows? but your work est incomparable et si jeune, Admirable!⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thank you ! Votre commentaire est mystérieux aussi ! I don't know if you're English or French - me neither ?

[@delwichedanielle3999]

Vraiment magnifique. Merci♥️🙂🇧🇪

[@cathythompson8734]

Amazing!

[@robweberdesign]

It looks beautiful! You should be proud!🏆

[@sallyflavell6221]

Meticulous work❤ such beauty to the eyes! So impressed with your skill and fine detail👏⭐️👌

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thank you very much!

[@JohnR-gk7ch]

Nice work!

[@ibindermann]

3 handsome men working, no wonder the cows are watching! Beautiful work.

[@arnomrnym6329]

Great work! 👍🏾😎

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thank you! 👍

[@TheLostTowerDiaries]

Fantastic job!

[@Mariqueluc]

Super ❤❤❤

[@zmar7827]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@Dannyp8038]

It looks like you have decided to put a window in where one didn’t have one. It will be interesting to see how you deal with the mess behind the window frame. Great work by the way a very skilled stonemasons 👏

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Yes, I decided to create a new window. You can see the original wall in episode 1. More in future episode ! Thanks !

[@MrLacarpe42]

très joli travail;-))

[@susangladstone357]

Beautifully executed;0

[@barthanes1]

It looks like your cottage walls could stand up to a trebuchet for a few hours.

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Yes walls are thick !

[@ragnes18]

video-poetry

[@asztapaszta9]

Beautifully filmed! I would watch your videos, even if I were not interested in the stonework! Is this your own house or just a project?

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Both! It's mine and it's a project!

[@soniquetemusic]

Nice stonework! What type of mortar did you use?

[@MyFrenchCottage]

I used lime mortar. It allows stone walls to breath.

[@soniquetemusic]

@@MyFrenchCottage thanks for sharing that detail

[@pomellalaroda3318]

❤

[@RobynCollis]

That looks wonderful, you made a silk purse from a sows ear as the saying goes. But scary! You could have lost your house.

[@MyFrenchCottage]

What a good saying !

[@galaxiasN]

Красота

[@shar71on]

The restoration is coming along well and looks fantastic 😍 btw, who's that lazy bugger sitting down on the job 😂😂

[@MyFrenchCottage]

You noticed him! 😂

[@sharonbuckley4591]

Triplets or multitasking? Great video.

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Clones!

[@elenikatseni8772]

🧡🌹

[@paulwilliams6753]

Did you ask everyone to show up in the uniform for the day? Are you triplets as well!!!

[@MyFrenchCottage]

They are my clones!

[@jebise1126]

just how thick is that wall?

[@MyFrenchCottage]

The original wall was more than 1 meter thick (approximately 3 feet 3 inches if you live beyound the Channel). The wall collapsed (as described in episode 2). Inside the house, a cement coating helped hold the stones at the back in place. I rebuilt the wall with 15 cm (6-inch-thick) concrete blocks and added 25 cm (10 inches) of stone masonry, for a total thickness of 40 cm (16 inches approximately).

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Rebuilding a stone wall : an adventure or a nightmare in your opinion?

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Reconstruire un mur en pierres : une aventure ou un cauchemar selon vous ?

[@Icon-s9c]

Please make vertical videos are videos with an aspect ratio of 9:16, which means that the width is 9 units and the height is 16 units. This video size has become increasingly popular due to the advent of devices

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Yes, I have some #reels shorts on my KZbin chanel.

[@agrondyrmishi9451]

Bukur me pun bëhet jeta

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Exactement !

[@robertwagner7122]

Why are there more stones behind the new window? I dont get it...why is the stone wall so thick?

[@MyFrenchCottage]

The original wall was more than 1 meter thick (approximately 3 feet 3 inches if you live beyound the Channel). The wall collapsed (as described in episode 2). Inside the house, a cement coating helped hold the stones at the back in place. I rebuilt the wall with 15 cm (6-inch-thick) concrete blocks and added 25 cm (10 inches) of stone masonry, for a total thickness of 40 cm (16 inches approximately).

[@robertwagner7122]

@MyFrenchCottage okay, thanks for the explanation, was just curious when i saw what was behind the collapsed wall! Cool videos! 😊

[@stephencrowther524]

Please get steel toe cap boots….dont ask me how I know !😢

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thanks for the advice! Safety shoes are important !

[@martinehug-simon3811]

Sorry just to see concrete make me think that things could have been done differently with a mix of wood, stone, bricks etc....

[@MyFrenchCottage]

For the reconstruction, I reused stones from the fallen wall (Ep 02). I used lime mortar, allowing the wall to breathe. The window stones are locally sourced blue granite. I used concrete blocks inside the wall so concrete is invisible and the wall is strong.

[@claireangier3322]

@@MyFrenchCottage You've done a lovely job!

[@andymccabe6712]

I hate Safety Nannies.... ...but, I have to say, there's NO WAY I'd be handling those effing great big blocks of stone without steel toecap boots.....!! .....mash up your feet .. and you're f***ed!!!!

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Safety first! 100% true!

[@autobot513]

Beautiful job!