Castle Restoration - A Day in the Life!

[@LisaHopwood-e4s]

I think Bob needs to patent that blue string idea, it’s genius! 😊❤

[@HopwoodXIV]

hahaha I'll let him know!

[@chelsealeonardbaum23]

Thank you !!

[@susancappa8054]

I just made a car trip and listened to downtown shabby. I am so hooked into your life journey now and enjoy watching your videos.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks so much Susan! Great to have you along with us!! 😀❤

[@imcrazybrumfield5621]

Sometimes I'll watch something on KZbin, and not subscribe, or watch four or five, before I subscribe. This channel, I subscribed before I watched the first one!

[@HopwoodXIV]

Haha wow! Thank you so much Gina!!

[@rebeccaparkin5220]

So glad you are having the students in for education. I saw one restoration where they got local building apprentice students in to be taught and practice their skills, restoring the building at the same time.

[@MrDazvere]

A player piano (also known as a pianola) is a self-playing piano, containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action via programmed music recorded on perforated paper, or in rare instances, metallic rolls, with more modern implementations using MIDI. In other words, a piano that plays itself!

[@SarahGreen523]

I'm thinking it may be one with metallic rolls and be totally automatic. I have a player piano and I have to pump pedals to make it play. That's a baby grand and there's no room for pedals or paper piano rolls. Man, I'd really like to see that in action. I hope he shows it off when they eventually set it up.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Fantastic! I guess I won't need to take lessons! haha

[@HopwoodXIV]

@@SarahGreen523 Yes we defintely will! I think it is a grand- there is another huge piece that we didn't show in the video. The section I uncovered is just the base for the bigger section.

[@SarahGreen523]

@@HopwoodXIV Thank you!! I am SO looking forward to that!!

[@HopwoodXIV]

@@SarahGreen523 😀

[@69Ansley]

I’m so proud of you! Your still grinding away and making progress. I watched you years ago, and I was skeptical. Just came back from a month long vacay in England, it was so beautiful.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thank you so much! Glad to hear you had a wonderful visit!!

[@patrickblind998]

I find it amazing that with all the local support and history of this building, that vandals would still be an issue. I know that some people really suck but in my head, I see an angry cane wielding old british man shooing away vandals.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Haha Patrick yes that's what we need! We have been able to cut way down on it with 24/7 security now but we are always still on guard!

[@sondrabrown442]

❤❤❤

[@garyfairbrother5532]

Just watching it in my recliner, sipping coffee was exhausting. Stewardship like yours is admirable and the fact that you are young and strong you’ll likely have a couple of years left when you’re done. Lol. I caught the book release on BBC news and was immediately hooked. I subbed! Yours in binging. Cheers!

[@HopwoodXIV]

Haha thanks Gary - great to hear from you!

[@debshaw680]

What fun for the students. There is so much to study. It would be a whole lifetime project. Thanks for the video!

[@HopwoodXIV]

cheers Deb! 😀

[@kdean9537]

Hi Hopwood, love watching all the progress! Glad to see the security fencing, hope it's working! Great filming. Thank you for sharing, have a wonderful rest of the week. Take really good care of yourself, stay well!

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks so much k Dean!! 😀

[@littlebird8837]

I enjoy watching your videos so much, Hopwood. Everything is coming together nicely. Greetings to all of you working hard on this restoration.... doing such a great job. 🥰

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thank you so much. That's really great to hear. It keeps us going!! 😀❤

[@mmnusteph]

Ive just read the Daily Mail article and now found this channel. Fantastic work you're doing.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thank you!!

[@aleenazia2965]

This is all so satisfying to watch, would love to know how to get involved and help being in the US if possible, the history geek in me weeps whenever I see old buildings fall into disarray

[@HopwoodXIV]

Hi Aleena! Yes we would love to have you involved. The best way is to either subscribe to our emailing list (free!) so that we can keep you posted - or if you'd like to join a a Friend (£10/yr) that would be even better! All funds go to support the rescue. hopwoodxiv.com/hopwood-hall-estate/#getinvolved Thank you!! 😀

[@donnaguy9057]

I love this one! And I WAS just wondering what your average day is like! I just found your channel & have been binging it. I love restoration shows. I love how down to earth you are. Watching from Chicagoland.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks @@donnaguy9057! Great to know you are along with us on the journey! Hello to Chicagoland! 😀

[@librarynan4610]

“My level of clean is not their level of clean.” Sounds like something I say ALL THE TIME! Are you ever going to be able to live in Hopwood Hall or will it be a venue?

[@sarahcook5762]

Brilliant hopwood! 👏 you must be exhausted bless you. Your doing fab Tho!! Wish I could come help you out. Maybe one day soon. 😊 keep strong 💪 🥰😘

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thank you!! ❤❤

[@coolcatssc1140]

Super interesting

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Cool Cats! Seems like everyday is a new adventure!

[@porkandbeef22]

I love your videos Hopwood❤🙏

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks so much Tammy! Comments like yours keep us going!! 😀❤

[@ericar2850]

You oughta paint the brick!! 😍😍😍

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks- it's fun to imagine the many different possibilities!

[@rebeccaparkin5220]

Someone has already explained what a pianola is, but my Great Aunt also had one in her house from Victorian times. It had rolls of music inside which it played automatically.

[@greeneaglz2573]

I like the 'light' entertainment at the end... taking render off a wall is no fun either. I am sure moving that piano was no joke. I was with a team that had to do the same with a Steinway that was donated to a mansion project. The oak floorboards were creaking under the weight of the cast iron frame of a grand piano just being rolled along the floor. Not to mention one of the legs giving way and someone having to climb underneath to try and reattach it while 9 people held the piano up.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Oh wow! That sounds crazy. Glad none of your people were hurt!

[@hpwdtm]

Great day! Awesome progress, wish I was there helping!

[@HopwoodXIV]

cheers Tim!

[@sarahcook5762]

I love the drain idea but I can't climb up to the top of my roof. So not gunna happen. Piano p an p and p ano. I feel another song coming on 🤣🤣

[@HopwoodXIV]

😂

[@kcstill3108]

When you are ready to restore the piano, call Rick Ohlendorf in Stevenage. He can help.

[@trevortrevortsr2]

I can't remember that fire door "Both" there 1975-8 we use to go from the bar straight up the step through the passage to the loo's -

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Trev - hmm interesting- maybe it was added after that- I was told it is from the 1960s but maybe it was the 1980s. I suppose that would explain the electric green color!! 😂

[@trevortrevortsr2]

@@HopwoodXIV I think your in the ball park about 1980 - A lot smoked in the bar and just past the loo's were the stairs leading to the rooms over the bar where most of the Student Union members lived - we use to call them "The Presidents men"

[@HopwoodXIV]

@@trevortrevortsr2 haha great to know!

[@williamscholes978]

Doing a fantastic job Hopwood :D

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks William!!

[@mslage9099]

Who owned the grounds and building before you got there and who owns it now? Just curious.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks for your question! We've answered this question and more in our latest video!! 😁 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/en-0Y4ajj9hrpLM

[@Supercheeseburger666]

Progress may look slow, but it's still progress. You should hire security for that place. Looters are probably stealing metals to recycle.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Dave - yes we have full security now but you can never be too careful!

[@Ragnar8504]

It's frost that gets the brickwork. As rainwater freezes it expands and pushes the bricks apart.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Great to know! Thank you!

[@ericar2850]

You oughta put some kind of trailer or something on the property so you can stay there, have clean living quarters, etc. 😬

[@HopwoodXIV]

Great suggestion!

[@basiaboy]

A pianola is a player piano that uses paper rolls punched with holes corresponding to the notes.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks! I wonder if we can get it working again!!

[@beelinekhan460]

I wish your backgroundmusic was not sooooo loud and upbeat! No fit!

[@jeltai5151]

if you still have problems with looters ,thief's .... security ..so fix a room or 2 .. sleep , living and kitchen... and do the rent free .. 1 person or a couple with big dog ore dogs ...who do work at home and at the same time guarding the property and maybe works in his free time for you ..one hand wash the other hand ... people who have heart for your property ..i love your vids always thumbs up

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks so much! Great to hear. We now have full 24/7 monitored security now which has been a huge help

[@jeltai5151]

@@HopwoodXIV ok