Finally! Time To Tear My House Apart

[@HarryLovesRuth]

I assumed that Jess's laces were pink because they were treated for indoor use. Gotta use green laces for working on wet areas.

[@oseiltonmendes5051]

Escort o seu trabalho personalizado perfeito o rei aqui do Brasil aqui o rei não sou o rio Roberto Carlos admiro seu trabalho tamo junto tá agora a resposta é sua para a gente tamo junto para sincronizar nosso trabalho aqui com madeira mas o retorno de trabalho também sem sistema dele também tá bom você merece tudo isso aí você é sua esposa

[@Goabnb94]

H3.2 Laces

[@DoCLov]

“It’s pretty dry” “just like your jokes”

[@hurricanehobbs8508]

This is funny

[@silvrdragona]

Can we all appreciate the amount of effort it takes for Scott to setup the camera under the house while on his back?

[@Monkey_Snot]

I gotta say Scott, I'm not a carpenter, I don't build or reno houses, I'm a woodworker, I build furniture and everything else, but I just love your channel more than woodworking channels, lol I know it's weird, but love your content, everything from the music to all the camera angles, keep it up. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦.

[@NavVasudevan]

Agree. Attention to details.

[@Metal-Possum]

Woodworking on KZbin has become quite pretentious... building on the other hand is merely a case of getting it done. Power tools, saws that aren't of Japanese origin, and tolerances that are perfectly adequate for holding up a roof and four walls.

[@joffinbob]

Jess needs to open a café called 'Smoko time' her food always looks amazingly delicious

[@DiscoFang]

Or start a YT food and recipe channel.

[@alicocker3256]

Highlight of the episode was you casually swerving the ‘how much do hammers cost’ discussion 👏🏼👏🏼

[@NathanDuP]

One day if Scott passes before Jess, Jess must never sell the hammers for what Scott said he paid for them. 😂

[@bchmrk]

I like to see that they do the house as a couple. They work together and seem to enjoy seeing their house improve. I envy Scott! My late partner was a kiwi girl too. She was not afraid to roll up her sleeves and get her hands dirty. This enabled us to turn a house into a stunning home. Unfortunately, she could only see the result for a short while before she passed away from cancer. The first thing I had to do after her death was sell the place as it reminded me too much of 'us. that was no longer there. In the end, I left New Zealand, and now I live with a new partner in Atlantic Canada. My experience is that Canadian girls are nowhere near as proactive with house renovations as those from New Zealand. It is all much more materialistic here. It took me some time to change, but I am happy here today.

[@ChrisRobert89]

I'm glad your doing ok now Mark

[@debby8428]

I live in America. I've been married 40 years and we are on our second whole house renovation. The first house we were raising four kids and living in it during renovation. Like you I lost my son in an accident at age 12. He only got to sleep in his new room one night. My husband does most of the work but I am right there doing the clean up and more. I turn 59 next week my husband is 60. Last year we were both on the roof removing shingles and replacing. Together we installed 24 trusses on a new addition with no help by human or machine. We enjoy it very much. I am sorry for your loss and I am so glad you are happy!

[@TheOneWhoMightBe]

@@debby8428 my condolences to you both. My partner is a very 'have a go' girl. Not afraid of anything and I'm more than happy to hand the reigns over and am proud of her when she sets her mind to doing something.

[@maryjanedavidson2804]

I am sorry for your loss, as for Canadian girls (women) being nowhere near as proactive with house renos...I would say it depends upon the woman. I am Canadian born now living State side, been married 35 years next month and I am the handywoman of the house. I have installed lighting fixtures, taps, laid real hardwood floors, ripped one kitchen, one basement bedroom and two bathrooms to stud, insulated and drywalled almost entirely by myself. My husband is usually my labor helping me to carry in the wood and drywall and I am the one doing the work. Wish we were allowed to share pics I could show some of my masterpieces.

[@secretsquirrel9722]

I like jess being in the videos. Team work makes the dream work!

[@E4mj]

I love this channel ☺

[@liamheffernan3652]

Breaking out the No. 78 rebate handplane … that alone deserves a like and a comment 👍🏼

[@petemcgeehan1824]

Awesome episode Scott, as usual. Like you, I have a 1960 built house, but in Auckland, the flooring is predominately Rimu. There was an extension (third bedroom) added in '62 and that is flooring is Tawa. It is a very pale yellow, straight grain timber with very little colour variation. From underneath the house where the timber is uncoated, it looks very similar to the timber in your bedroom.

[@Aepek]

15:00 Hey now Jess, I’ve got hot pink iBungee laces on my black work shoes, and have a 2nd pair of black work shoes that have iBungee laces and not sure what colour to go with: purple, blood red, or acid green…. But the hot pink iBungee laces I’m wearing now do look nice, and may be a bit odd; but like how they stand out and such, 😂 But nothing wrong w/ men wearing pink too😉😁✌🏻

[@maxkm7446]

Your bagels with lox and salad look amazing. Jes stole the show today Scott with that meal 😁😁.

[@reubs]

As the proud owner of a dilapidated NZ villa that badly needs renovation I am very jealous of you Scott! Loving your videos mate hello from Dunedin 👋

[@robertblack4861]

Hey Scott good tip with those long nails you were struggling with is, cause they have a bit of glue on them, is tap them in a little bit and then pull it out it will pull out easier! It sounds extremely weird but actual works really well! When you tap it in abit it breaks the fibres! Love all your vids, big fan!

[@wcresponder]

So many times I thought Jess was leading us into a square space ad. Very tricky. Nice looking lunch.

[@henrytaufua7534]

Jess with the fatal blow at the end😂

[@IrBeefy]

Jess is really putting your old work mates to shame. Wood identification and a dope lunch 👏👏

[@sethbracken]

Having Jess involved in smoko prep has 10x improved the quality.

[@glenwratt7814]

Dunno about Nelson but here in Sunny Whakatane Tawa or Matai used in 50s and 60s. Give the floor the Blunt multitool and snif test.

[@rob04061]

Flooring could be Tawa. I have Tawa tongue and groove throughout my 1962 house and the timber is a light colour when sanded. Cool to see you guys getting into the demo!

[@samt5663]

Matai?

[@cwoodbeast]

Yeah matai was another popular flooring timber from that era

[@adrianhillary7300]

Definitely could be Tawa, a lot of houses of that era had Tawa, close grained, light colour, very hard wearing and quite beautiful. Although Matai sap wood can be light coloured, you would see more of the traditional Reddish Brown colour of Matai, so I would speculate it is not Matai.

[@michaelspedding2758]

Definitely agree with tawa. Sanded back a tawa floor a few years ago and it looked very similar

[@nomadlight]

Tawa is North Island

[@loriscook5231]

I think your timber floor could be matai. Colours range from yellow, orange to red and sometimes a streaky mixture. Common flooring prior to particleboard.

[@DavidIvory]

Yup - that's my thinking too. Matai is a great flooring material.

[@craigcottam]

Most of that rimu is heart, the browner coulor. The lighter stuff will be white rimu, which grows around the outer part of the trunk. Back in the 60s rimu was synonymous with house construction and was used everywhere.

[@ArbyCreations]

I need to get under the house... if only Rich was here! haha I laughed so hard at that, you guys always try and give each other the worst jobs

[@szymon_retton]

"Another Jacques Cousteau action!" "Who's that?" 😄

[@bricklesskiwi376]

Nz timber floors in the 50's and 60's was rimu, tawa and mati. Rimu floors can appear quite pale. Pine was never used. One thing to note the t/g floor tounge and groove heights are depending on who milled it. Welcome to the Joy's of a 1950 home.

[@VickiMarconi]

I discovered tawa flooring in my 1969 house house when I lifted the carpets. Yours look similar 😉 The older NZ homes definitely comes with a lot of surprises when you reno! Great vid, can't wait for the next one!

[@badgercough]

+1 for tawa. We had it in a 1969 Keith Hay and it makes a beautiful floor.

[@johngoodare9122]

Nice to see Jess helping you out. It's always more fun together

[@kevin-the-carrot]

Wow Jess great smoko time.Like you said scott,renovations can sometimes throw up a few surprises.Looking forward to seeing the progress.

[@terrytopliss9506]

Good to see you starting your own renovations Scott,your new apprentice is working very hard. Thanks for the latest exciting episode.👍👍

[@AlbionSupreme]

Yeah Jesse, that is what being part of the business is all about

[@barakau]

Seriously, this could become a food channel soon. The food looks so good!

[@Muritaipet]

The quality of your smoko time is phenomenal now Jess is doing it!

[@davidbrewer7937]

Your underfloor water is condensation build up. The plastic sheet is on grade which means that is the cold surface so atmospheric humidity will condense on the cold surface plastic & pool. We have the same issue in our place because the insulation layer is missing under the concrete. The cheap solution is to install a dehumidifier to make this into a conditioned crawl space (we did this) & the expensive one is to insulate the floor under the plastic.

[@DiscoFang]

No that's not condensation. Concrete floors introduce a completely different dynamic.That water is coming up through the soil and coming between the joints in the plastic because it hasn't been laid properly. The overlap joints should be PVC tape sealed. The whole point of the plastic is a total barrier to that water. There's probably also water coming in under that hatchway door. That the water is there illustrates the need for the plastic.

[@cbsos4u52]

Timbers used in that era was Kauri which is light in colour with easily seen grain, kaihikatea was another native timber used in boats light on colour and fine grained.

[@DemarcoElliot]

So many renovation channels never wear safety boots!!! Thank you

[@grantadamson3478]

You two brightened my dreary day. Thank you for the lift, it is so much appreciated.

[@WAYNO47]

Got told bye a Maori carver to hit the nail once and it will help release the nail got told this after I did my reno and gave him the wood hope it works for the rest of the house keep up the awesome work team

[@peterelder7425]

Hey Scott, Our first house in NZ was a sixties one just like yours and had similar floors. We sanded them and they came up really nice they turned out to be a light Rimu, which guys who knew much more than a recently arrived 'Pom' referred to as 'OB Rimu, which I believe means 'Ordinary Building Rimu. The house had rimu everywhere, framing in the walls and the trusses in the ceiling. It was as hard as iron, 100mm nails just seemed to bounce off it and bend. In lots of places I ended up pre drilling the holes for the nails. Great to see you guys finally making progress on the interior. Cheers

[@dazkelly5089]

OB is Outer board, which means sapwood

[@apexclaimadjusters5816]

the white floor might be kahikatea. Poms called it white pine and dad, also a pom, called it butter box because it didn't taint butter so they used it for boxes for exporting butter. We had a lot Matai in floors in older HB houses

[@CherrieMcKenzie]

As I predicted the workbench on wheels is now worth it's weight in gold. And... it never fails that you have all these great plans to just do whatever and then all these uninvited issues turn up that require you to do things you really DON'T want to do, like go under the house. But I have to say you made it interesting Scott.

[@firenev]

I like your videos Scott and Jess, I once did a kitchen renovation in my then house in Tauranga, the framing was Rimu, and the tongue and groove flooring was Matai.

[@douglasvoon9981]

I'm not a builder but have been a keen diy-er for nearly two decades and Scotts channel constantly reminds me of everything I've ever done wrong...on pretty much every project. But I keep coming back for more because one day I feel like I'll have absorbed enough Scotty-Brown-ness to make the next project a truly exciting episode!! Keep up the awesome work bro :-)

[@drooten]

Jess feeds you like a king! Love waking up on Saturday, grab a coffee and watch what you are up to. It’s a brand new episode of This Old House (American reference tho I’m Aussie)

[@michaelstevenson1053]

Love the pink laces..

[@michaelsinghpurewal]

Don't even care about the construction anymore, love the Truman show that is Jess and Scott's life....kudos

[@katrinabell7684]

So exciting to be finally renovating! I love your pink laced work boots Jess…go girl😁👠Looking good SBC.👍😎

[@jeffsteel4504]

Flooring could be Matai. I have a similar aged house in Chch and it’s got Matai T&G. Can be really light in colour as well

[@andrewhartley4223]

Hey Scott. Love your videos. That flooring will be Kahikatea, was quite commonly used in the 60s as other Timbers dwindled. As an apprentice I came across it heaps .Keep making more awesome videos mate 😀

[@lanerosser9967]

Could it be tawa?

[@joshuamcclutchie9547]

Jess is a star, best smoko time ever and she even pronounces rimu correctly.

[@Aepek]

0:21 @Scott Brown Carpentry (sorry ‘bout the novel below, 😆) Hey Scott, believe it or not, but live here in the States; specifically Florida, and my house moved into last year ended up having zero insulation in “attic crawl” space and there’s also no insulation in the walls, 🤦🏼 Right now in our lovely summer hot humid heat 🥵, even w/ AC on….can feel the heat move thru walls/windows/doors and especially the ceiling (even more so where the installer of the vents didn’t quite cut them “accurate” or seal ‘em up afterwards and the humid heat pours out of those small holes.), and used a thermal camera to see what the walls, ceiling, and floor looks like….and WOW was I actually surprised! It’s how I know there’s no insulation as can see the white hot spots. There are some areas where there “is” insulation but it’s so old and been abused that it’s doing nothing; after been moved and such from multiple remodels). But it is surprising how just adding insulation to exterior walls, around windows/doors, and in the attic crawl space(s) [& definitely on top of the access door to attic] that you can 100% feel a difference in temp in your house and certain rooms as well. It’s always fun when go and remodel a home and home owners think they need a new HVAC system b/c there’s isn’t “working”, but in reality [It] is working; the issue is that their home isn’t (or very poorly insulated) insulated; and during the remodel work we go in and insulate new work and then add insulation to rest of house; how it amazes them and really can make a difference in energy bills. Really helps when a home has zero shade and main living areas get direct Sun throughout the entire day. I know you know all this, but it’s still amazing that some ppl overlook the simple task of insulating their home, and especially don’t do on a remodel to “try & save money”; which we know how well that turns out, don’t we😉 Thx for sharing the vids on your remodel project and happy that your finally cleared by council to START THE PROCESS 🎊🎉🍾 💥. Sorry behind a few vids, but had to wait and save them, cuz once get started watching your vids….just want more and hate the waiting, lol. Cheers to you both!✌🏻

[@howardgamble5623]

Flooring could be kahikatea which was used for flooring and is white in colour.

[@andyman90125]

Makes me so happy see Jess in there working with you Scott.

[@andrewcairns5312]

Always hard wire lights under the house and in the roof space when ewe get a new home. Makes it so much easier to get work done.

[@DiscoFang]

I always love it when I find someone has done that! One of the nationally branded ventilation companies here in NZ (not gonna name them because they have the dodgiest and worst sales tactics/lies) runs extension cords with light bulbs every few meters as part of their install pricess. I’ve often seen them left in place pinned to the framing. Whether they intentionally leave them or not I don’t know!

[@DiscoFang]

That water is coming through the overlapping joints in the polythene. They should be overlapped at least150mm and seam-taped. The low point is just where the water wants to be so it's ponding up and getting through.

[@lewiswallace3319]

Looks like Tawa! It’s commonly stained because it’s so light in colour.

[@darrenherring7788]

In Australia floor's were often Oregon or pine in the. Oregon can be a little pink in colour to a light brown.

[@AlbinHjelm]

I reeeeeeally loved the B-rool in this one, wow. Just wow

[@paulterbizan2505]

You guys are awesome - what a team!

[@Turbo_Pete]

Hi Scott my guess is you have tawa flooring I’ve renovated a few old buildings in my time and that seems to be what they used back then it’s more of a pale yellowish colour with less grain.looks as good as rimu with the right stain in my opinion hope this helps and keep up the good work!

[@trevorp875]

Ah yes, the I'm only doing 1 bedroom and it goes into the whole house. I was doing 1 bathroom and then it was a bath, two bedrooms and the kitchen since it shared a wall. The awesome joys of home reno...

[@daleholl99]

We have a 60s Wilkes build home in Richmond and our floor sander said it was Matai flooring and looked like yours.

[@welshkiwi]

I like Tawa. I have a 60s house with pine flooring though. But in Central Otago, where native flooring was probably expensive in the 60s.

[@lisaferrara8120]

I bought two Martinez hammers. I gave the framing one to my friend who helped me fix my garage. He was so pleased and appreciative. Great hammers!

[@andrewmaxwell5937]

What do we have to do in order for Jess to put the recipes for each video's smoko meal in the video description? Every smoke time, in every video, features something that looks like it would be the most delicious thing I've eaten in months.

[@3house325]

I'm using a Martinez M4 hammer with long curved handle. That's my go to hammer, for your above mentioned reasons; and NOT the M1. You should try that if you have a chence Scott!

[@mrwaffles1394]

Very nice shoulder plane.

[@justinorange7181]

Hey Scott, I've got a 1959 house here in Nelson too.... my floors are Matai... yours look pretty similar...

[@nomadlight]

My house was built in the 50s and has Radiata Pine floors with 4x4 bearers and piles on old kero tins filled with concrete, framing is also Ratiata, rafters are Rimu 12x2s (flat roof)Weather boards are Radiata, sashes are all western red.

[@CraigPerry]

I don’t know what i prefer in these videos, learning about building or smoko time. I think smoko just sealed it

[@lucasbuchanan6939]

Kahikatea - White Pine was another popular native furniture grade timber from the era.

[@lanceadams2136]

Although Radiata pine was used in the 60's, your house in the South Island could have Kaihikatea or Tawa. Plenty of native timber was used down that way

[@tomwhiteford3799]

Flooring looks like Tawa to me, possibly sliver beach. Tawa is pretty typical of that period as the Matai supplies started to run thin. Given it Nelson though it could be silver beech as that is/was more plentiful in SI.

[@terrystephens1102]

Great job, guys 😁👌👏👏❤️❤️

[@1702strine]

Could be matai. Used for flooring in those days. Usually has a variegated pattern though.

[@anthonystiebel3301]

Hey Scott. We completed a renovation on our 1962 weather board home late last year. Your flooring looks very similar to what we have in our house which is pine flooring. We got ours sanded stained and sealed. Came up great. Unfortunate that it's not rimu but pine can also look nice :)

[@TelaKalleoy]

That wardrobe panel makes pretty nice headboard.

[@robthewaywardwoodworker9956]

Great to see Jess so involved with the reno. Very interesting to see what other builders around the world are up against; that moisture thing is almost a foreign concept here in southern Alberta, Canada. It's very dry here.

[@Kelvallontan]

Here in Europe, we use metal framing. It's quite dry as well !

[@KEIRAN1996]

YES we have been waiting for this to start👌

[@finntexbuild4809]

@Scott // I have to say your Smokos have improved a lot, thanks to Jess’s cooking 🤠🇫🇮

[@vjaneczko]

Wish I could do more than just click the Thumbs-up button & buy your merch, I look forward to all of your exciting episodes. And Kudos to Jess on a delicious-looking lunch!

[@viltrobert4820]

Our house, Scott!

[@mfcosi]

About nail removing: I keep a big soldering iron with my tools to make the nail really hot and when it cools is easier to pull out.

[@135Ops]

Love the attention to detail patching the floor.

[@TheOneWhoMightBe]

Convinced my elderly FiL to buy the Hikoki nail guns last week. Sydney Tools was having a special that brought the prices back to 2019 levels, and he needed tools so he wasn't dragging cords and air lines behind him to trip on. Not needing air canisters sealed the deal. He then went and splurged on their drill-driver kit, so he's set now.

[@sw6188]

There was a lot of matai used in NZ houses between 1940 and the 1960s. It is a fairly light timber and likely what has been used in your bedrooms.

[@rocksteadfarm]

I use vicegrips for difficult nails, lock onto the nail as low down as possible, and use a fulcrum to increase leverage.

[@wooboonz]

Yep, just pop a piece of scrap next to the nail to reduce the rotation of the pull -- it's a lot easier pulling the nail straight up out of the hole rather than sideways. With a long framing nail you may need a few bits of scrap on top of each other as the nail gradually comes out.

[@jackfitzpatrick4331]

Been waiting for you to start renovations on your own gaff! Looking forward to all your exciting episodes to come.. from a chippy in the UK! ✌️ and ❤️

[@deroobj]

While I do miss Chef Pareau, Chef Jess kinda has him beat by a mile

[@casparwilliams1507]

Another great episode. Thanks guys 😁

[@grins047]

Ask the bloke next door about your floors. He might be able to tell you what flooring is what.

[@more.power.]

Hi Scott & Jess another great episode because of your KZbin channel I have started some home renovations. Its going well and I have made mistakes but great to hear that we all do . Its just about fixing your fopards and moving on. Thanks have an excellent weekend.

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

I'd guess the type of wood for the floor is Matai and why don't you New Zealanders still use aluminum profiles like the C-profiles for drywall construction, which would give a clear advantage due to the shortage of raw materials for construction wood because that material has no moisture and is more durable.Greetings from Germany ....

[@andrewcourt5156]

UVEX.. a brand of safety glasses, have a model that is designed for the smaller / more petit face.. your local branch of Blackwoods will have..cheers

[@caveweta]

That’s Tawa. My 1961 house has flooring that is the same width and appearance as your flooring.

[@f.demascio1857]

That wall paper would be a great shirt pattern.

[@themaconeau]

Loving the content as the better half and I embark on a similar journey in the Penal Colony. 😎

[@dazkelly5089]

The flooring may be matai. The OB (sapwood) is light in colour. It was often treated to prevent insect attack in the OB, that would give it a subtle green tinge. The doors are Sapele mahogany veneer.

[@jonnyking6808]

We love to see more of you renovate your house and then your wife to be part of that journey is just something we like to see more bye

[@iananderson8035]

I've never seen or worked with Rimu wood but I do know the scent of many common kinds of wood that I do work with. Maybe cut into a piece of the mystery wood then a piece you're sure is Rimu to compare.

[@Aepek]

@Scott Brown Carpentry Scott, please tell Jess that her food looks amazing, and looks so good; making me hungry. Used to work in professional kitchen, and I telling ya; that was picture quality and she does an amazing job every time I’ve been seeing smoko time at your house, and look forward to see what she has planned next 👍🏻 Well done Jess. Cheers Scott & Jess for the new adventure of the home reno✌🏻

[@brucesouthee2514]

I had the same flooring in my early 60s house Was stained with a dark stain when sanded it was soft as no good for hard flooring especially with a idiot dog Southland Beach makes the most sense but definitely pine in my house Was a surprise when I put the floor sander on it and it dug a hole straight away