How Marble is Extracted | This Old House

[@THEREALDATALORD]

5:28 "how are you?" "I'm good thanks. How are you?" "WHO IS THE ARTIST THAT DECIDES EXACTLY HOW TO CUT THESE THINGS JUST RIGHT?"

[@thepuzzledsage]

We don't just go around expect people to answer our greeting questions lol it's the intention of the speaker that matters.

[@LazyScoutJace]

This comment. LMAO

[@owenrichmond1696]

He really had that comment in his head and he was just gonna say it no matter how awkward.

[@fohdeesha]

This is why I love Richard lmao

[@brett2047]

I’d be very happy with their “scraps”

[@ln14517]

yeah, it sad to see marble wasted like that

[@MrMrRubic]

@@ln14517 idk what they exactly do here, but about 30km from my house there is a "marble" quarry that make marble grinding pebbles. I assume these "scraps" gets used for grinding pebbles as well.

[@83hjf]

@@ln14517 it's not wasted. small chunks of marble are sold for decoration, in bags.

[@ronaldfranklin6122]

I concur lol 😂 they are all massive scraps

[@TheGuyThatEveryoneIgnores]

The scrap marble is also used to make calcium supplement pills.

[@andyw3851]

Very well put together segment and fascinating!

[@Rfvansaun]

The one thing that I love about This Old House is that they show you where and how the products like the countertops that are going to be used on the project come from or are manufactured.

[@gitpusher2400]

3:34 they had a moment

[@johnossewardjr6965]

This Old House has some very good photographers. They don't get in to close and they don't move too fast. Great work. John

[@JimDean002]

I saw a video of the very first cameraman they used and how he did it. If you watch the majority of This Old House you'll see that's one camera person not a lot of cats between shots. Basically he has a rig that feeds audio from all of their microphones into the recorder which he can monitor but he also has an earpiece that the director can speak into. So if he's on a roof backing up as Kevin walks towards town the director can be caution in him about steps or asking him to stay a little wider or pan left or right or whatever he wants to see the camera do. He knows what the cameras doing because they have a low-power transmitter on that camera feeding a remote screen that the director can also see. It was fascinating to watch and virtually all of the early episodes were shot one man

[@nukeemwins4174]

It's really cool seeing the entire pattern of the marble.

[@Naeidea]

All those clean straight edges makes me feel satisfied.

[@standardcake18]

I have my grandfathers antique marble top oval table that he had when he got married, over 78 years ago. It’s beautiful, and I will treasure it always

[@hyosa]

I love this show and team, watching for 30 to 40 years.

[@Mirandorl]

"So how do you get it out of here?" "With this water bag" * marble slab falls on floor and sits there weighing 150 tons ... "So how do you get it out of here?"

[@DrPepper22222]

Glad it wasn't just me then lol

[@MrBossManDaddySir]

Great production on this video, great job! Thank you!

[@El-xt9oo]

2:32 -when you skip an npc's dialogue

[@grodt88]

that was very rude

[@mtadams2009]

I love these types of videos, what I call heavy construction. Marble is just so beautiful, I just did my fireplace in shaped marble and it has transformed my Livingroom.

[@cbalan777]

It's like a Dwarven mine, but for real. Ghimli would be jealous.

[@TheGabrielberki]

C. B. Alan nerd!

[@faghihimohammad]

Just imagine some rich guy buy the whole mine and instead of extracting marble, start to make exotic statues inside and make it like a palace! That would definitely be magnificent

[@gregimusprime7478]

It boggles my mind how the top of the mountain doesn't just cave in as they dig into it.

[@TickyTack23]

The power of rock bolts. Simple solution to an extreme problem.

[@thomasbarlow4223]

Never heard of rock bolts

[@TickyTack23]

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[@iaa66]

@@TickyTack23 Thanks! that was something new to me.

[@ISOCZAR]

Said it's a mile down

[@ivanwill]

That was impressive. I learned a bit, too. Keep these sort of videos coming...!

[@COMB0RICO]

This is unreal! Great shots, by the way. Thanks from Texas.

[@dlighted8861]

Incredible seeing all those parallel saws cut. I have seen White Tassel (tassle?) marble tiles. So bright white they almost hurt the eyes to look at them.

[@TerryCaber]

3:38 We know Richard a freak 😜

[@Joseywales414]

This has given me a Huge appreciation and respect for Marble. No quarts for me, maybe granite but Marble is my favorite choice . The part he was talking about getting rid of with the black veins , I thought was beautiful.

[@TheChupacabra]

Absolutely beautiful. I understand the dwarves of moria now

[@tom_something]

It's wild to see the inside of the mine just lined with beautiful marble, free of charge. I mean, it makes sense, but I never thought of it before. What a pleasant wallpaper. A little damp along the floor, but that's understandable when you're... excuse me, a MILE deep? Wow! I have to see those water pumps next, right? That's gotta be a constant and fierce battle. I wanna watch. And OF COURSE the marble cutting expert is from Italy. I love that. Sincerely. Like Michelangelo seeing David inside the marble, this guy is seeing the countertop, fixture, gravestone, etc., based on his knowledge of this kind of material. I'm sure the properties vary from region to region, but I have a feeling that if you cut your teeth on Italian marble and its local applications over the centuries, you can get a good bite into how to cut and use marble from other regions as well.

[@stonewarehouseofmichigan5503]

Very cool to see the process from start to finish.

[@AT16]

Marble really is a gorgeous material.

[@HandlebarWorkshops]

He stepped out of the truck and I'm thinking, "That's a big bathroom!"

[@collarlock]

Wow!! That was super interesting. Thank you!

[@gagarwal]

Awesomely informative video this... thanks for creating and sharing 👍

[@gerardmarquez2826]

I've been dreaming of a marbled tiled bathroom floor to wall for about some time now. Those marbles are perfection.

[@dodoslovensko]

Better make sure it is super extra specially extremmely fantasticalli sealed to the maximum overdose extend possible . In short words it stains .

[@s.s2510.]

I have it, it is extremely porus and was the worst choice, it's been two years if you have it how's it working for you?

[@michelevitarelli]

Amazing video. Thanks for sharing.

[@itstonycia]

Wow. The earth has so much beauty

[@D_SQ]

I wonder sometimes, they started this show 40 years ago and somehow found just the perfect people to do it correctly is all respects. God is good.

[@Daniel_Gutowski]

This is pretty cool the see a marble quarry

[@travr6]

Impressive operation

[@CGrantL]

Those are some big diamonds on that blade 😲

[@Michael-jm5ix]

I wished they explained how they keep the mountain from collapsing.

[@peoplez129]

They're soo far underground that the gap created is relatively small, we're talking over a mile underground. And they cut them out in pillar style setups, so they don't get all of the marble out, they have to leave enough of it to support the caverns. When they're looking for places to mine, they do tests and use imaging equipment to try to predict what the makeup of the entire area is, so they know how deep to go to mine, they know if there's any big gaps, the density, if there's any soft layers above it, etc. They only mine in places where they are sure it's stable enough to not collapse.

[@thomaslandry403]

Great Video, very informative

[@999skipper]

Fascinating. 👍🏻

[@bluesdirt6555]

Would like to see the giant lathes that turn the marble columns.

[@Jackshaft]

3:33 "Ooooo look at that!" This is probably a huge pain. I'd like to know how they fix this.

[@juliof970]

Amazing. Inside a mountain and never runs out.

[@waterboy8999]

This old hole in the mountain......

[@benwilliams3539]

i thought the veins were more attractive than the plainer parts, not less appealing

[@LeFatCobra]

Anybody else hold their breath when they pulled that block of marble over? (Marble Mason, Local 2 Detroit.)

[@TimTams_64]

Thats why they cushion it with debris to soften the fall.

[@LeFatCobra]

@@TimTams_64 No amount of cushion eases the sphincter pucker of working with large pieces of natural stone like here.

[@ksm1985]

Brilliant video thanks

[@Nokyai]

Impressive!

[@chadworth66]

So counters aren't overpriced. They take huge machines, diamonds, and time.

[@chrisparker8539]

That was amazing.

[@watchmenpropertyinspection3469]

God is by far the greatest artist

[@dav9104]

So how do they get them out of there? Do they have cranes in there or something?

[@MRBACKHAND]

just incredible !

[@Jgriffin0808081]

They just posted this vid less than an hour ago, thats cool

[@nataliemele3787]

Does anyone know what season and episode this is from?

[@ISOCZAR]

I'd like to know how much those diamond saws cost, I'd also like to see the house of the guy who owns this quarry probably lives in a solid block of marble

[@ivanlagrossemoule]

The only number I found is that non-gem grade diamonds cost about $0.30 a piece. Diamonds have heavily inflated prices, so the scraps really aren't that valuable.

[@ISOCZAR]

@@ivanlagrossemoule yeah your right I didn't even think of that

[@mpwall123]

That’s wild!!! No dust masks?

[@elliotalewel3163]

Probably because of the quenching. Along with cooling the saws, it also gets rid of dust. Not 100% on that but that would be my assumption.

[@Woodzy13]

Fascinating!

[@AlBeebe]

wow what an awesome video. Loving this new content you're putting up TOH

[@LionofLight777]

I titled this One "The Cutting of the Marble Cake". ✌😉

[@mycool8980]

Kinda crazy this process hasnt really changed in 4000yrs. Ancent Egypt used this same basic process.

[@itchyego9]

We don't think about where our Marble comes from.... A Whole Mountain of Marble... how incredible is that?! In Carrara, Northern Tuscany, where the Italian gentleman is from, are other Marble mountains. But there, they 'strip-mine' the marble from the surface, not underground. This is where all the Roman Statues came from thousands of years ago. Fascinating. Ken in Hawaii 1/3/24

[@franklesser5655]

How come the ceiling doesn't come crashing down, with all the rock and dirt above?

[@nighthawkj30A4]

Dang they do everything to the Marble in that mountain

[@danwarb1]

Sack countertops off. Carve a marble city under the mountain.

[@DJSHaKa]

0:26 how is the ceiling supported!?

[@conqwiztadore2213]

I'm thinking the whole thing is a huge chunk of solid marble no gaps so it should be supported by the marble all around

[@suivzmoi]

the "ceiling" is probably 200ft thick of solid marble.

[@technicalanalysis-bh4311]

So cool!

[@jdorffer]

That’s amazing

[@kiranranjitkar2748]

Thousands of years of mining and still Thousands of years to go. Is it never ending process ?

[@Popcorncedar]

If it isn’t grown, it’s mined. Very cool.

[@an04ker]

What holds the roof up down the mine?

[@Peeairx]

They leave pillars of marble every so often. I've been down in there. It's really something.

[@JonathanMartinez-xs5ze]

30 more years of marble just in 1 direction. Jeez

[@peoplez129]

There is soo much marble on earth, that it's functionally infinite, even if it isn't. We could build every structure on the planet, every building, every house, out of marble, and still not use all of it.

[@HAMRADIOJOE4178]

WOW, VERY INTERESTING

[@giacomobeggi1258]

Sanno una sega come si estrae il marmo in america. Pietrasanta forever

[@captainh3831]

Watching this with the modern equipment they have, I wonder how the hell did the ancient Egyptians quarry those huge blocks of stone to build the pyramids.

[@wompbozer3939]

By hand?

[@rustinpeace770]

Not to mention they used granite too. Which is more than twice as hard to cut as limestone and marble. Limestone and marble are relatively soft.

[@wompbozer3939]

Rust In Peace Yes , they used a harder material than granite. Or granite. Plus lots of elbow grease.

[@EmptyGlass99]

Slaves. A lot of slaves.

[@captainh3831]

@Beau Pendleton Simply moving huge weights with manpower is one thing. I'm talking about the quarrying of the stone blocks and especially with the precision they achieved.

[@redceltstonesculpture8156]

Stone sculptors like myself are still out there creating amazing works of art. How about it patrons, hire a stone carver today

[@uraveragetito1674]

just. dont dig deep beneath the mountains and be careful not to die from BALROGS.

[@graydon_b]

Delved too greedily and too deep.

[@bgrady24]

Some seriously impressive and massive technology at work here

[@ffjsb]

Kind of old and new at the same time. Abrasive slurry cuts the marble (along with diamond bits to speed up the cutting time) just like in the old days, with newer power machines.

[@BerserkerVision]

I thought I remember seeing an old episode of TOH where Normy was at a marble quarry. A long time ago.

[@tanlain4489]

What is mean Dimond Saw Blade by? The real Dimond making Saw to cut?

[@XENOOO]

good interviewer

[@bsm6776]

3:39

[@xmassan20906]

Even modern equipment can't replicate what ancient builders did alien tractor beams.

[@dingus6317]

Joe Kinchicken Have you seen the Elorra caves

[@BiggMo]

Is it safe to assume Granite slabs are produced the same way despite being much harder than Marble?

[@sterlingodeaghaidh5086]

Yes, similar methods, tho I do think a few of the beginning steps are different,

[@MPlegend15]

3:35 new meme?

[@susand8280]

Wow!

[@DK-ox3ox]

I would have been great if there was more time to go into more detail about the mine itself. How much marble exists and what effect it has on the landscape after it's removal. I'm not trying to act like an environmental activist but just for my own curiosity. Does anyone know of a You Tube video that goes into detail about the whole operation?

[@markstrow6992]

Who's gonna downvote this? Omg

[@PatrickKelly-lz3pv]

Thanks for the tour it was marbelous

[@samsngdevice5103]

I want to learn more about quarts

[@joe6096]

Quarts is what bottles of milk are measured by. Quartz is the mineral ;-)

[@nofurtherwest3474]

They should use the scrap marble to make... marbles

[@chefboyrdee1]

Where was this quarry?

[@prettygirlus9008]

Vermont

[@970357ers]

Non-renewable materials should only be used where the intended use is >100 years.

[@itstonycia]

Are they casually standing deep inside a mountain? Is that what I’m looking at?

[@drinny26]

A mile down? So when they are done extracting marble they can turn this quarry into a doomsday shelter.

[@rocktommason2221]

No they'll probably fill it with residential trash

[@voodoomelons]

I hate the #21579 red writing on my countertop.

[@andyk6767]

It's like IRL Minecraft

[@xTheImperfectx]

So he gets paid to look at a rock..I’m surrounded by rocks and I’m still poor 😭

[@mr.robinson1982]

Headstones to Arlington National Cemetery....Rest in Peace

[@tylerc7336]

"We're done here but we have another 25 to 30 yrs worth that way" wow whoever owns that quarry has it made for a long time

[@tigersunruss]

yeah and then says so we'll never run out. No, you'll run out in 25 to 30 years.

[@MrTaylorfenoglio]

@@tigersunruss that was just in one direction so there is possibly hundreds of years worth there.

[@MeepMeep88]

Hmmm so this is how my marble balls are made out of .

[@sgvpotter]

and they call it a quarry... a quarry.