How l solved damp in my Stone Cottage, and why traditional lime May help!

The cottage stonework is getting a fresh coat of lime plaster, this will help let the building breathe.
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[@ruthscott5166]

Sean, there are so many interesting areas at your home. I love when you are able to show the building projects, garden, cats, and those clean up projects. Thanks for sharing.

[@lisajahn6839]

I love watching you doing the walls! The water feature out front is georgous and relaxing! Most pleasant!😊❤

[@constance4105]

Beautiful, healthy cats!

[@lisajahn6839]

That was super fun! Great episode and progress! Thank you all! 😊❤🎉👍🥰

[@Robin-xr2tz]

The water feature in your garden is fabulous love that sound. The cats in the garden are a big plus too

[@Ruth-uj1dm]

Your a master of many jobs Sean. Well done.

[@jlotoo850]

It would look so lovely sean, if you were to put a stained glass window above the door as a kind of fake transom....would allow extra light in as well... Same on that back wall--let some light is using windows...

[@stephaniegaromon3244]

Always an enjoyable time of my day watching you. Love the weather vane. The cottage is coming along. ❤

[@janehoward1950]

Good finds Sean and they look better now you've cleaned them. Sure they're bees ? Wall is looking great now you've applied that lime mix render - Slow and steady 👍

[@RainboCatz]

What I could see, it looked like a carpenter bee. Nasty buggers, they lay their eggs in studwork. The adult bee doesn't eat the wood like a termite, but they do chew it to make a cavity for their eggs. They can wreak havoc in wood.

[@marysell6184]

Thanks for another great video, Sean! You have so many different types of interesting projects. Well done.

[@charmees6637]

Love the purchases Sean they’ve come up a treat after a good clean. Another big job rendering the wall in the cottage. Well done

[@wandacasper5612]

I have learned so much about lime, sand, an water from watching you guys. I'm from US an our humidity is different. From France. Thank u for sharing

[@lauralake7430]

Those clean plastered walls look lovely. I know people like the look of stone, but its so much lighter and brighter and cleaner to have render.❤❤ ive enjoyed watching the garden projects, but nice to see you back at the cottage!

[@cecoya]

I have seen quite a few of the old buildings with the lime used as plaster and didn't realize the significance of it, now I do. Thanks for showing/telling me the reason behind it all. I will look at them a bit differently now. The building is not cracked just the plaster on top. lol Have a great day

[@BettyKoehler-zg5sv]

Nice job on your wall, Sean! You are a man of many talents, for sure! The kitties have grown! They have such a nice outdoor play area. Your latest finds are very nice….especially the weather vane! It cleaned up beautifully! Love from Pennsylvania, USA 💕🌷🐻

[@annettesharrock1236]

Nice bit lime rendering Sean. Lots of lovely pieces you bought ❤

[@RainboCatz]

My those "babies" have grown, but still adorable. I'll bet each one is a handfull by themselves!

[@suewhipp6228]

That's a jelly mould for sure.. Or can be used for any mould being served at events or dinners I use mine often! (during summer)

[@RainboCatz]

Definitely a food mold.

[@nadinecartwright1979]

Thats a cool weather vane

[@suehall3298]

Hope you have got rid of the bees for good 👍🍀 Love watch you work on the stone walls 🤗👍 ☕🍰 Love Sue ❤❤❤🇬🇧❤❤❤

[@philomenadennehy8585]

Love your website

[@smgreenartsprivate]

I don't know if burning sage sticks or citronella or even coffee grounds in your chimney might ward off bees and wasps. Great work on the walls I hope those bees don't set up house in your walls before you get to the outside. well done Sean:) love the vane and the salmon terrine mold :) You could also do liver or any other like duck :) Mousse's are also nice to try in them.

[@vickyoakes4584]

I read as much as I could find about wasps & yellow jackets. The started nesting by my trash cans and stung me twice, it was very painful and lasted a long time. Fall is when they like to build nests and become irritable, so best to try to deter them before they settle in.

[@melissaroth4467]

You're plastering and I'm wood filling. Yay for us! LOL

[@dyannejohnson6184]

We are plagued with wasps too here in BC Canada….i can’t imagine some of the things I let go that are now worth a lot of money!

[@corinnetippit7983]

Looks like a mold for aspic.

[@catherinesommer3648]

Your weather vane has O for east. In French, it would be Est so also an E. In German East is Ost, so maybe the vane is from Germany?

[@nialdean]

Actually it is nord sud est ouest for north south east and west in French - I remember thinking ouest was for east when I was at the Eiffel Tower trying to find my mother (the legs are named north south east and west) and I came to the est leg and got real confused and gave in and checked what ouest meant

[@nialdean]

If you go to 10:32 on the video you. Can see N S E & O

[@NailahRoberts]

Nope.

[@andymccabe6712]

​@@NailahRoberts'nope' what...? You utter fool....!! Cryptic, one word comments without a reference, are POINTLESS....!!!

[@wiggy3333]

@@nialdeanyes, ouest is west and est is east. 🇨🇦

[@TinaHale-cl6je]

Hi Sean. It is a jelly mould.

[@kathibrooks1401]

I sure wish I could be there to help do the rendering. Don't know why, but I love watching that. Who knew. Hahaha

[@Frances-m1h]

Real good video, lots of interesting jobs ,it's gradually getting there, keep going, 👍. From Frances uk ♥️

[@richardrodgers7311]

Sam, don't wait on those bees too long to address the problem. If honey is being stored in your home's framework, it seems to me that the potential for long term damage could be significant. I recommend you pull that one errant stone and see what happens. If there is no problem, then get some of that lime/mortar mix and fix the problem for good.

[@marilynwade9448]

Sean, i had hornets and wasps. An old timer tole me to put a little boric acid in a jar lid mixed with a good amount of sugar to keep thewasp from detecting. Wasp hate it but love sugar. Boric acid will get on their legs and ther will wear it back to the nest. No more wasp

[@cathyfield4765]

Wasps are an ongoing problem in my mid America garden. The exterior utility boxes and the part of the a.c. that's out is outside seem to attract them. I also found wasps attacking bees at the hole in the ground they were nesting in.

[@lisajahn6839]

Perhaps you can use shop vac to blow out bumblebees! 😊

[@JanetteMartin-mg9qu]

Hi Sean. Love following the work you are doing on the cottages. I wouldn’t worry about the plaster being smooth as I think it would look odd in that semi rustic environment. Glad to see the kitties in an enclosed environment outside and hope you don’t mind answering a question regarding the little grey kitten as I don’t see it, did it survive?

[@marielucier7982]

I read somewhere, or saw on YT, that WD 40 helps clean metal. Not sure if rust or just old crud. Never tried it. PS, nice to see your beautiful kitty babies.

[@pamelawright1369]

😊

[@meredithmancini6066]

Hi Sean. I often wonder if your cats live in that cage full time? Or are they allowed more freedom and brought inside at night where it’s warm.

[@dorinclarisa2732]

They live in the cottage with them. He built the outside play area so they could be outside. Too many dogs around to let them roam free. Beautiful cats. X

[@meredithmancini6066]

@@dorinclarisa2732 Thank you.

[@jeanwoodhouse8899]

Might have to get Sam out helping to mix the lime 😂😂..or would that get you into an early grave.......😢👍🇦🇺

[@cliveroulstone9366]

Wot are you feeding them kittens fillet steak ? They’ve grown

[@philomenadennehy8585]

Like w's

[@philomenadennehy8585]

Sean i am a trained female Plasterer. Many years ago I am 71 years When you put on the first Coat. Key your work It should look like waves It will dry better I often see people do straight Lines. Incorrect ((((( facing upwards

[@osliverpool]

Jelly mould?

[@MK-Farm-Michigan]

I want to say jello mold or toffee pudding?

[@mkv1783]

Sean, it is hard to believe there is anything you can't do well. As you mentioned. It is a boiling hot day and those cats don't have shade to get out of the sun. Please provide them with shade in this heat or you will end up with dead cats.

[@shirleyw8531]

They have loads of shade,half the roof has a cover on

[@kenwest6576]

You told us a long time ago that you will be replacing the door header and increasing the height. I guess you've moved on from that plan.