I Ripped Out The Woodwork In My Ex-Hoarder Mansion

[@davedavis662]

Sometimes done right doesn’t happen around here. Classic! Thanks DCS

[@ryanstone69]

I did a similar reno on a house and I can say that taking the extra time to pull out or cut off all the nails on trim and moldings makes all the difference. Also each set of wood from a door frame, I bundled with a small roll of stretch wrap and that was a life saver.

[@kathyusa-iowa5137]

Great job, Cole❗👍 So glad to see you labeling the trim! That will save you time AND frustration on the flip side❗🤩

[@theworldaccordingtodar3474]

Thank you Cole for trying to save most of the old house as possible.

[@denisecoleman446]

I am constantly amazed at how many skills your family has in addition to straight up farming. Love your channel, especially the house renovation.😃

[@pennyhaldeman5626]

Oh my what an adorable puppy.

[@jballard3253]

Cole, just a thought - as an owner of a 80 y.o. house that has "custom blended" stained woodwork, SAVE all the pieces you don't reuse!!! You'll never be able to duplicate the stain if you ever make alterations in the future.

[@AuntieBrennie]

GREAT ADVICE!

[@Grandprixtop]

DC, I admire you for tearing things apart and fixing them. I wouldn't know how to put it back together correctly.

[@williamcantalamessa5231]

Hello from southwest Florida DC put the u-joint caps in the freezer (where you keep the reese's at lol) for 45 minutes or so makes caps slide in really easy, like putting whale snot on them. Old timer learned me this . I suck a English even though they made me take it. 45 years ago. I'm going to the freezer for a reese's now.

[@tommays56]

At current lumber prices that’s probably 100k of trim 👍

[@JCrook1028]

not even close.

[@Dale.Nienow]

@@JCrook1028 he was joking!

[@ronmill9737]

Nothing to it but to do it! I love that you are marking the location of the trim for re-use!

[@131dyana]

Nice to see you guys. God bless all of you.

[@vdwalt4464]

Suggestions: When you pull the nails out of your trim--pull them from the backside so all you have are round holes on the finish side instead of chips of all sizes. Broken trim is easily glued and clamped back together. To keep the original finish look I recommend Formby's Furniture Refinisher--expensive but worth it.

[@buildingwithtrees2258]

As an ex painter of 10 years. Can confirm pulling nails out the back is the best way.

[@sammyparrish8651]

Pulling the nails out the back of the wood is best. I use linemen pliers, they grip the nails the best and youhave good leverage.

[@rickkiefer5923]

@@sammyparrish8651 Linemen pliers? I use Channel Locks tongue and groove pliers. Also, if you can see the heads of the nails I've used a nail set to drive the nails through the trim.

[@daniellehulme-lowe5910]

I'm glad to see you are writing on the wood where pieces belong!

[@cathiwim]

Im glad you took the time to number every piece and where it went. That way, when you put it back together it will save hours of guesswork!

[@GrannyCompton]

Great video into a 'day in the life', loved it. Congratulations on the upstairs 'gettin er done' attitude. Once completed, the upstairs will be magnificent. Your Grandpa would be so very proud of you, your work ethics and in loving his home.

[@springsy6210]

i love the remodel videos. at first i was thinking "oh no thats a lot of trim to keep organized"....but then i remembered how organized you got with the shop..... this is a breeze.

[@Southern-author]

I had my attic rafters sprayed with foam insulation. It looks great and no air or moisture can penetrate the foam.

[@earlaagaard8175]

Thanks for salvaging that beautiful wood trim!! Can hardly wait to see the place when you're finished.

[@markiowa5437]

I respect you for previous videos giving a call out for prayers for Larson Farms You Tuber, Chet Larson and his awesome family and KZbin channel sensation for his farm operations. The sudden passing of his 25 year old wife is so sad, Life can be too short somedays. Peace, as I know you were You Tuber friends, and friends.

[@billnowlin9148]

Thanks for saving that trim lumber!!!!!! They don't make those old trees any more! Put a fan in the window blowing out to send the dust outside.

[@alanm3438]

Anna is still the BEST!!!!! Plaster and laths. I done that one time to my bathroom. What a mess. All the other rooms, I just put drywall over the top of it. Good luck. I sure hope that the remodeling project turns out. It will be so nice when the house has all new insulation, electrical and plumbing. 😀😀😀😀

[@mikedraper5260]

Hi Cole before you move the trim pull the nails first . pull them thrue the trim . If you hammer them out you will have huge holes to repair. then tape into bundles for later time when you can reinstall

[@kevinoscarson2941]

When prying trim put a large putty/taping knife behind the trim and pry against the knife edge and not the trim.

[@trentw3614]

Your saying left or right vs up and down? Cause that’s what I was thinking

[@kevinoscarson2941]

@@trentw3614 - well you pry against the knife and not the trim. A pry bar directs to much force in one area. The knife is thin enough to slip behind the trim and gives more surface area to the pry bar.

[@chrissyfrancis8952]

Exactly! I restore homes & furniture. I cringed every time he pulled that beautiful trim! To buy that aged trim would cost a fortune

[@dunewolf]

@@chrissyfrancis8952 Yeh that trim cant be replicated.. they just do not make it like that anymore..

[@kajem575]

Also,start in the middle,not the ends. Many times the trim is installed w/ a 'spring' action,just slightly longer to assure a tight fit. Although surely trim has shrunk over 100+ yrs. still good practice im my book. And,PROCEED SLOWLY w/ care and conviction. Anything you break,glue together immediately. My 2 cents. 🙂✌❤

[@curtanderson8655]

DC, a way to clean out the truck of dust and other things is to use a leaf blower. Just open all the doors and windows and turn it on. Well maybe not inside a building but you get the idea. Have a great week and thank you

[@rojergrison3752]

You know if you put a box fan (or Two) in the windows blowing out you can create a negative air pressure situation to keep more dust from getting into the other parts of the house . Just a thought .

[@mrourcanada8964]

I hope you’re marking all that trim where it all went to The trim completely makes that whole house it’s beautiful

[@basakkermans137]

If you place a fan before/towards a window opening, there will be no dust going in to the house. Works perfect and simpel!

[@kevinmoore342]

Praying for the Larsons

[@largeh9480]

Just a heads up, duck tape and a black sharpie are your friends when dealing with trim. Make sure label the rooms they came out of and possibly what order you took everything off in. Makes putting the puzzle back together a lot easier.

[@funfarmfolks1879]

That’s what he does.

[@TeriTurnmire]

You can see him marking each piece he pulls off.

[@cathiwim]

I work left to right, number them and if a wall has two pieces, they are A&B , but it goes back together faster.

[@tjdarkrage6693]

@@TeriTurnmire And that's when I realized Cole is left handed.

[@monnamccloud206]

So happy on are going to reuse the original woodwork. It is beautiful and looks to be in great condition.

[@sharonblevins3281]

Glad your saving all the beautiful wood trim. Aww cute little puppy!

[@patmccrady6063]

Cole they make zippers for plastic sheeting doors. You tape the plastic sheeting in the doorway apply the zipper then cut your opening. Helps control the dust immensely. Search “zipwall”

[@thorlass9464]

Hey DC noticed your vice opens but doesn’t move the jaws(you have to pull it by hand) if you unbolt it from the bench and flip it over. Then you can reattach the bolt in the bottom that holds the threaded block inside the vise and it will open and close with the handle( no more need to pull the jaw back) it’s an easy five minute job.

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

Love the longer video! Love your family! God bless your family!

[@williams4645]

While demoing the plaster put fans in the windows pointing out and it will suck the dust outside and away from the rest of the house

[@Dose495]

Hey cole so glad you’re saving all that trim. That trim is so beautiful.

[@Brandon-gr8yn]

If you tear out the lath and plaster the new drywall will be thinner making the trim you take off not long enough to reinstall. unless you shim out the trim/casing in your house after redoing all the drywall

[@thomaspoundsand5164]

Glad you're saving the wood work. I love the woodwork in that house.

[@Druhter]

I get anxious thinking about dust this days! I have been living in and updating the old plaster from my house snd I highly recommend a company called zip wall! You can find there products on Amazon and they have everything you could want for keeping dust contained to work areas!

[@toddwholmes]

its nice to watch some motivated, decent, real people. No BS drama, no bad language. Just hard working folk! Oh and Chile and grill cheese, what time is dinner? *question: is that trim going back up? I see you writing on it so I think yes. I would cause it is B.E.Autiful.

[@beckystancliff7274]

Love to see the progress of renovations!

[@chadillacinc]

Your lawn looks amazing man.

[@christinemiller7238]

I hope you’re marking the trim. I did an old six bedroom farmhouse. Even marking with different colored crayons helps.

[@iamrfixit6935]

I use negative pressure when tearing off plaster or sanding drywall. A box fan or two in the windo drawing out in the room you're working, let air in through a window on the other side of the house. You may need to prop the room door open just a little bit to get good air flow. You have to choose the windows carefully based on wind conditions, otherwise the dust might come around and suck back in an open windows.

[@Gary_and_Linda]

We renovated our old farm house with almost identical wood. We pulled the nails through the back and cleaned up all the wood, sanded and revarnished. (A lot of work as you can imagine). It looked like new when we were done. If you try to push the nails out the finished side the wood splinters. It’s petrified wood, harder and dryer than stone. You will love your home when it’s done!

[@kathyusa-iowa5137]

When I pulled up my trim, I simply cut the nails off on the back using a heavy duty, long-handled end cutting pliers. The long handles give you the leverage to make the job easier. Worth their weight in gold, but cost only ~ $20.

[@Casualplayer]

Cole, as a carpenter please save all that old trim, i hope you recreate the old school trimwork with modern touches, nothing better than Cornice and flat stock door headers. Coped inside corners and eliminate the plinth block of old, stains are much higher quality these days those base boards sanded and restained would look fantastic with old grain

[@KameraShy]

It would be interesting to know what kind of wood that is.

[@scottwilson6957]

I use to think when watching these videos ,what a crazy family.I was wrong you guys are awesome! Love the family.

[@mowmanjones3353]

don't forget prayer"s for Larson family

[@redrose41000]

I thought she was in remission! Did something happen? 😟

[@massiveretard176]

@@redrose41000 she caught severe pneumonia a few days ago and with her weakened immune system couldn’t fight it off

[@redrose41000]

@@massiveretard176 Thank you, very sad to hear.

[@mygrammieis]

Sending lots of positive powerful prayers for THE LARSON FAMILY 👩‍💻🙏🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🤩

[@chrissyfrancis8952]

It kept me up last night, Nicki was so young. She & Chet went through so much last year, started to look like the treatment worked. Chet stayed at the farm during planting season just to protect her immune system, then this. Absolutely devastating news. Poor Chet, they were just starting their lives together & he’s a widower. It’s killing me, but I know he’s surrounded by his family & the Big Swede. Farmers help each other in time of need, I’m sure they’ll help out on the farm while Chet grieves.

[@J00rcek]

" "done right" sometimes don't happen around here" is probably the most legendary DCism to date.

[@daletroxel4942]

As a guy who just got done stripping plaster and lathe out of a house I hate to tell you that most of that trim will not go back where it came from . Plaster and lathe is thicker than the 1/2" sheetrock you replace it with so door frames will be to wide window frame will stick out from the wall and baseboard will be any where from a 1/4" to 1/2" to short

[@Fasciseus]

Hint on removing nails from old woodwork: PULL the nail out from the back, don't try to pound it out from the back and pull from the front, it'll break the wood on the front if pulled. Also, when time to re-attach the wood, the boards are hard and will split if you try to drive a nail into it, you'll have to drill small pilot holes first, then drive the finish nail in.

[@susanronan]

Cole, my first thought when I woke this morning was "I really hope Cole has the foresight to keep some bedrooms and not remodel them all away!" Two master suites plus the attic is a bit of overkill. You might not be thinking about a family any time soon but I'll bet you will need those bedrooms someday, just sayin! This is coming from a California Grama.

[@lauricarpenter1144]

Susan, I was thinking the same thing!

[@ahotdogisasandwich5716]

PJs and crocs. Cole is dressed to either do some home improvement projects or go to Walmart!

[@trevorfullen6957]

U must be from wv 🤣🤣 thats the Walmart uniform

[@debraboyea7776]

😂😂😂

[@gracie2298]

No he looks tame.The book I saw years ago Walcreatures of Myrtle Beach. I have never laughed so hard! Now his brother socks & sandals are a major No No on the East & West coasts.

[@jgwood10]

@@trevorfullen6957 Cole is dressed way too good to go to Walmart! There’s some sights to see there and they are not pretty.

[@mrsdig57]

There is another young couple doing their. I believe 100 year old house and he wear's his pj's in every thing he does. I can't think of the name of their channel off the top of my head. They don't post every day.

[@stevenicoson6670]

Thanks for another great video. You are coming right along with your house. Getting all that trim off is not easy. I noticed you marked it all. Good for you when it is time to reuse some of it. Beautiful woodwork by the way. Clearing the plaster will be a hard and dirty job. Hang in there. Dad, you are doing great on the pickup brake job. Usually a hard job to get all the pieces back together. Know you will get it done ok. You all are keeping busy. A chili meal sounds great. Enjoy. You all take care and be safe. Thanks. Iowa farm boy from years ago.

[@Niticess]

Hey Cole when it comes to spray installation are you going to use spray foam? it has fantastic air seal abilities as well as a good "R factor" which would be great for an older house like yours.

[@gingermonette7455]

Loved seeing you two dance! More please! What's with the white Crocs, PJ patterned pants, and plaid shirt? 😅

[@michaelalanjunak]

Thank God for Farmers

[@gregtravis3204]

Cole- nice job marking trim even if some is not going back in same location. Use a pair of END CUTTER pliers to pull nails in same direction as it was driven in. It will leave filler putty in place and not splinter like it does if you bang them back out. Tape each room of trim together with blue painters tape. Cuts time handling trim in half. Its going to be awesome when you get some of the walls down. G

[@johnnyfeathers2567]

Wow yeah the view of the yard from the window is great. The yard looks so good now, all that hard work paid off..

[@starship151]

Keep the Larson Farms family in your thoughts and prayers with the passing of Nikki. She was a bright light that brought smiles to all who knew her personally and through the videos she did such a wonderful job editing, she will be missed.

[@colerumford8480]

Been a minute since I've watched a cormstar farms vid, but man I've gotta say it put a smile on my face to see another long haired Cole in the world.

[@travisteter7092]

Tip for pulling nails. Use a pair of diagonal wire cutters or a vice grips and pull the nails through the back. If you hit them out they tend to splinter old dry wood like you have.

[@novicracker1980]

Cole to help with the dust problem get some thin plastic sheeting you can find it at Home Depot and some painters tape. Hang the sheeting to help keep the dust in the area you want the dust to stay. Like cover the doors in the rooms. that should help out a lot. I Loving the updates on the Demo BTW. Keep it coming Man.

[@waterislife.9204]

Love momma's cooking anytime family time is always the best. Enjoying how your house is coming together. DC you rock. Hi Coop 🙏🤗

[@goicko]

The best part of the video- DC and Cooper working More of that plz!!!

[@michaelputnam2532]

Oh, a little New Holland square bailer. Spent a lot of time dealing with those things when I was a kid. We used to use a New Holland Stack Liner to pick them up, which was handy.

[@angelinaklineburgess5286]

That trim and those floors are amazing!

[@twentypdrparrott694]

If you pull the nails through the boards they won't scratch the finish when you store the boards away.

[@augustreil]

I keep yelling at my screen to pull the nails through the backside.

[@ThePhantomNetwork]

possibly for rough lumber, I would suggest a block of wood and pry tool for trim the boards

[@beatingtheoddstriggerwarni8573]

We always just cut them easy way to keep nice finish wood :)

[@dans4900]

@@beatingtheoddstriggerwarni8573 I use a cordless grinder. Way faster and easier

[@beatingtheoddstriggerwarni8573]

@@dans4900 I know what tool packing next trim job!!

[@craigborchardt6238]

having worked in construction for 45 years, I am wondering how you will compensate for lathe and plaster thickness vs sheetrock when you try to reuse original trim...just curious!

[@chadillacinc]

Wide door trim to eat up the slack

[@chadillacinc]

Or a board stretcher

[@ThePhantomNetwork]

@@chadillacinc left or right handed one?

[@timothyhanneman7715]

Use the metric one

[@chadillacinc]

@@ThePhantomNetwork right hand ones work better, everyone knows that.

[@xanderirey3948]

You should have a room for Nave. Like a get away room. She shed

[@bonniedugle1763]

You do realize Cole, we're all waiting for you to discover the secret door to Grandpa Cornstar's secret stash.

[@fastsetinthewest]

I've been thinking the same thing. Let's face it, Cole was looking for it. Why the tear out?

[@fletch61]

@@fastsetinthewest He said the electric wiring needs redoing ..no insulation in the walls the plaster is falling off and he wants to reconfigure the rooms .

[@fastsetinthewest]

@@fletch61 I read the fiction stuff too. Thars gold their someplace. We found gold in my grandfather's farm house.

[@J00rcek]

Moonshine distillery. What, you thought all that corn was just for show?

[@revelationhomestead1776]

Love your house brother. Blessings from JC Family Homestead.

[@tedsalmen]

9:09 I love Daddy Cornstar so much

[@larryc5226]

A denailer tool will make quick work removing the nails from the boards. A Box fan in the hallway or stairway window blowing in and a box fan the work room window blowing out helps control the dust in the house

[@wkjeom]

I mean that's some MAJOR remodeling on that beautiful house.

[@lorisarchet7732]

Y'all need to try cinnamon rolls with your chili!!😋😋 A Colorado favorite!! I LOVE watching the Cornstar Family. Who was that cute new character that DC had with him?? Super cute fluff-ball!!!💗💗💗

[@hambod60]

Hi Cole. Great Video. Don't pull the nails you will destroy the Face. The best thing I have found and I do a lot of refurb is to grab the cordless grinder and just grind them off from the back. Takes seconds.

[@zepledfan413]

Trim stinks. I just got done taking mine off. It's tedious but the resulting crispy paint lines are sooooo worth it. It's nice to watch somebody else my age renovating a house while I work on mine.

[@ardellwatry7067]

Cole can ya put a fan in the window sucking out to help pull some of the dust out when working and something like the draft door stopper that goes along the bottom of the door sometimes filled with sand

[@tmalcolm6138]

Daddy Cornstar you all should plan a weekend in Canada at the Calgary Stampede sometime. It’s literally an amazing event which millions attend each year. It’s always in July so not sure how busy you all are at that time of year

[@bobbyroades8432]

God bless ya kid. Saving that trim is awesome. Today money it would be well over 50 grand to buy, make, and install all that hardwood. Great Stuff Brother

[@kimbrundige6320]

Your home will be beautiful when you finish it.

[@sammyparrish8651]

Put a box fan in the window blowing out. The negative pressure will help keep the dust down in the rest of the house.

[@dannythomas6194]

Cole, my question is why demo the interior walls? The only thing you need to worry about is exterior walls and ceiling unless you are redoing electrical!

[@Jahwigga]

Should tape a plastic sheet to the ceiling kinda like the rubber hanging in walk in coolers to keep the dust from going down the stairs

[@cindygreen6900]

hang a large long piece of plastic at the hall stairwell; ceiling to floor. It helps keep the dust and floating particles contained. Personal experience.

[@samuelgerber9501]

When removing plaster make a hole in the plaster with a Hamer, do not puncture the lath. Then take a straight edged shovel and use that to scrape the plaster off the walls. This is way easter than smashing it all with a hammer, this also makes bigger chunks of plaster, so they are easer to pick up.

[@johnpowers1125]

Glad you’re saving that old trim. That stuff is really cool!

[@gentryism]

Cornstar and Wranglerstar... the only videos I always watch. I appreciate the work done and the way it’s done. Always great content. It’s a “star” thing a guess

[@janicepowell6066]

We need to hear Cole sing!!!

[@corydriver7634]

Make a rough sketch of the room then number your sketch and base/case accordingly...much easier than writing a long description on the trim. Bonus-you can stack them in numerical order to ease reinstall. If you’re eliminating a wall just write delete or extra on the piece.

[@garywatts8543]

Glad to see that Cole is in the Land of the Left-handers!

[@johncolasanto605]

If you have more trim to remove, Menards sells a special wide pry bar to take it off with minimal damage.. saw it on another channel & worked great... something else to think about... you might want to ask your carpenter friend about installing fire stops in your walls.. Older homes dont have them & they save homes in fires.. could possibly use some of the 2x4's you tear out...last thing.. those stains on the wall look like soot from the chimney .. you might want to have your chimney liner checked ..if you still use it just my 2 cents

[@rickmyers2657]

You guys do more in a day than I do in a month! Very inspiring!!

[@JasonMTuftsify]

If you get a trim out the rough demolition for the plaster and stuff can be done. Thought I do hope that with the upgrade you get the wall setup to be better weight bearing without plaster on them as it will be needed once you get the downstairs going.

[@Timothy-NH]

Lucky, you're baseboards were installed after the hard wood floors, in my house, they were installed before the floors went down, making it very difficult to remove.

[@joellemcgowen8080]

Our hard wood floors which were terrible (they had tack strips every sixteen inches causing HUGE dips in the floor) were put down BEFORE our walls. 😳😬 It was near impossible to fix our floors.

[@rebeccarich1913]

Oh how I enjoy your videos and I am so happy you are really taking on the restoration of the big farmhouse. Alot of young people just want it gone and move on to new... these things are treasures... One more thing, Cole, please don't take this the wrong way but I cannot wait to see your hair cut like you used to wear it... just not a good look for you, in my opinion anyway... take care and cannot wait to see the porch videos..

[@shallnotbeinfringedupon202]

Hey Cole, you can get a vacuum that is for pellet/wood stoves that will run and filter the air. They are about $100. I love ours and it doesn't put the dust back into the air

[@patrickferrie5895]

Cole.Quick tip on getting the nails out of that old trim thats if you want to re use it. Pull the nails through the back side with a large side cutter.