How I'm Avoiding Collapse In The Cottage

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@joannekoferl3333 Ай бұрын

My grandfather built his home by hand. When getting ready to pour the front steps, he gathered all the beer cans he had drank while doing the construction, crushed them and used them as fill to create the porch. 😊 Miss that man.

@---Kevin-J-Ripley--- Ай бұрын

Cheers for an explanation on how to reinforce an existing wall.

@charmees6637 Ай бұрын

Time consuming hardwork Sean, but your doing a terrific job

@Ruth-uj1dm Ай бұрын

Great job today Sean. I understand why you're taking breaks away from the wall work. If I'm correct it's so the disturbance to the soil as well as allowing the mortar to dry completely before continuing on with more digging? This part is difficult because patience is required. I'm so happy to see how the work is coming along. One more step closer to finishing.

@elisabethhopson5639 Ай бұрын

This is fascinating stuff Sean. Watching you work so methodically, carefully and with considerable skill is just so enlightening. Look after that back and get a kneeler when you get the lime. Knee replacements will cost you so much time!!! 😊

@dennispatrick4999 Ай бұрын

Looking forward to seeing it completed. Crack on!

@cecoya Ай бұрын

Great job Sean. I understand the need for shoring up the walls and the way you are doing it as well. It seems like it will last almost forever like the big stone castles have. Have a wonderful day

@Helen-l3i Ай бұрын

I admire your fortitude in doing this very labour intensive renovation, will be happy for you once the base is completed.

@teamum7729 Ай бұрын

Your work will be enjoyed, admired and last for many many years to come. Still tuned in here in Vermont 🇺🇸

@sharonjackson1445 Ай бұрын

Safety First Sean You are getting It right😊

@tara-louiseleifso1349 Ай бұрын

Love to see all of it coming together ❤

@Robin-xr2tz Ай бұрын

Sean it is amazing how much knowledge you have of how to use old building techniques. Good on you for keeping to the age of the cottage!!

@LorraineFreeman-t9o Ай бұрын

Hi Sean all the relentless hard work will pay off in the end by doing it the right way ❤

@dorinclarisa2732 Ай бұрын

Another milestone in the restoration. It will be a lovely cottage when you have it complete. You have come so far already 👍 A job well done. 🎉🎉

@juliemix3373 Ай бұрын

Sean, it's looking great. Good use of the dug-up clay to fill the ground over by the door. Always love to see your work on the cottage. Cheers

@dyannejohnson6184 Ай бұрын

Thanks Sean

@lisajahn6839 Ай бұрын

Excellent progress and episode! Thank you all! Be well, stay safe all. It is really looking good! I think it was a type of bumblebee! 😊❤🎉

@Supercheeseburger666 Ай бұрын

Wow, that's a lot of work, but it's going to look great when it's done! Take care with the storms. Heard it's getting wet over there!

@janeblandford852 Ай бұрын

Another great job Sean!!

@lindavandenbussche4352 Ай бұрын

Good job, enjoy your work.

@karenmorrison8112 Ай бұрын

You doing the cottage well Sean. Don't get hurt. 😊

@Frances-m1h Ай бұрын

Great video again, we are all learning from you👍🤗 From Frances uk ♥️

@SweetOne. Ай бұрын

Dad used to hang wet burlap over the lime mortar so it wouldn't dry too fast and crack. You are doing a great job restoring the cottage.

@Seans_World Ай бұрын

Yes 👍 that definitely helps

@peterwhite9261 Ай бұрын

Sean, the foundation support wall is coming along well. Nice clean up on that corner.❤

@anne-beritmyrli7461 Ай бұрын

Watch your back so you dont get hurt again and take care of your knees to. Looking forward to see your building move forwards.

@brandyjean7015 Ай бұрын

In California the big black bees are Carpenter bees! They excavate holes in untreated wood to rear their young. They can & do cause structural damage!

@suzannemckitterick2781 Ай бұрын

Another very interesting video, Hercules. It amazes me, watching each step, how things were built way back when. Your historical knowledge is phenomenal. How lucky Lady Sam is to have such a brilliant mate/lord of the manor. What a find, when you first bought this property, that the "building blocks for your future construction endeavors, would come from your own on-site stone quarry!" Utterly amazing. The property also adores you, since you are utilizing its bountiful resources. Win, win. Onward and upward, they say. Be safe. I eagerly await the next page/chapter, wherever you takes us. Love watching from my cozy bed, upstairs, in the same type of 1-1/2 story structure as your cottage...only mine is 1937 Tudor- style, and yours is 250-300 yrs older. Many thanks for letting me into your "wonderful old world, French, country stone estate."

@dianesmith5254 Ай бұрын

That black bee, is a carpenter bee, not good. Even though they are quite friendly. Good work on the cottage Sean.👍

@BettyKoehler-zg5sv Ай бұрын

You always do fine work, Sean. It is admirable that you are doing the work in the traditional way. Please take care of your back….it only takes one wrong move. 😱….as you well know! Do you have knee pads? They will thank you, too! All that rock work is like a giant heavy jigsaw puzzle 🧩!! I sure appreciate your persistence, Sean! It is looking great! Love from Pennsylvania, USA 💕🌷🐻

@melissaroth4467 Ай бұрын

Re backs: or no move at all. Mine's been "out" all week for no discernible reason.

@wandacasper5612 Ай бұрын

Great job. One time I wanted to tell u get a stool sit down an dig. Keep going

@gregbolitho9775 Ай бұрын

Nice goin Sean. Doin well. Keep up the good work, stay vertical Eh!

@daynight4902 Ай бұрын

BEST

@megmills4798 Ай бұрын

Evening hopeyou and Sam and her mom are well😊

@Anyone4music Ай бұрын

If there's room behind the front door for a staircase width - then in that corner start with a three step left turn then straight up that right hand wall, you would need to do a wooden joist hanger for the ceiling beams as you are opening up a stairwell. It would free up downstairs and upstairs room space to maximise what you have and there is no obstructive stairwork in the way when you walk in the door. Can only be used freely when the front door is closed so consider hanging the front door the other way round xx.

@lindamitman4538 Ай бұрын

I’m always worrying for your back. Slow and steady Sean!

@joannemacintyre251 Ай бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻

@Coalregionexploer22 Ай бұрын

Hello everyone hope everyone is doing well

@Smalfry47 Ай бұрын

Was late…. Canning tomatoes and tomato juice…….

@stephaniegaromon3244 Ай бұрын

It’s coming along with you doing a great job. You need a pair of knee pads. ❤

@donnaduprey5197 Ай бұрын

It's a carpenter bee - she'll eat out the heart of any untreated wood. I live in a log home and have an ongoing war with the nasty critters!

@brandyjean7015 Ай бұрын

I agree!

@donnaduprey5197 Ай бұрын

I should add, there are various traps that work well for keeping them occupied with something else, that doesn't require any insecticide. Amazon shows a bunch of them, most easy enough to build yourself as long as you get the hole size accurate to trick the bees. Good luck with them, Sean!

@lisajahn6839 Ай бұрын

No carpenter bees do NOT eat wood!!!

@donnaduprey5197 Ай бұрын

@@lisajahn6839 you are correct - they don't EAT the wood, they carve tunnels into the heart of the log or board and nest, compromising the strength of the wood. Last year we struggled with them particularly badly when woodpeckers started digging into our log walls to get to the bee larvae deep in the logs that we didn't know were there. Thankfully they did, so we could do the necessary repairs to save the logs.

@donnaduprey5197 Ай бұрын

I used the term "eat", as in chewing it up and spitting it out, not as in swallowing it as food.