Inside The Wall Of A 140 Year Old House | Window Weights | And Bottle Dump Fail

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

The bottle dump let me down. Gotta find another one. If you like bottle digging and other history check out this channel: kzbin.info Help Save The Byrd House: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography Mail: Sidestep Adventures PO Box 206 Waverly Hall, Georgia 31831

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

I love your videos

[@rynait]

those are not mortar. it is the excess plaster that fell down during keying the plaster wall.

[@keljo2041]

I’m watching from England and I could listen to your accents all day 😀

[@LIBICU812]

Wha...? You're the one with an accent. 😆

[@tashasmith6179]

And I, coming from South Georgia myself, could listen to y'all's accent all day lol

[@marymcguffin9370]

That's funny I'm from Michigan and i don't hear Robert's accent. I thought it would be stronger but the other Robert seems to have a stronger southern accent . But i love it . yes i could listen to Young Robert all day especially when he reads. Great voice. Robert It's time for another history minute 🔨🔦🔍😄🚙

[@LIBICU812]

@@marymcguffin9370 accents have a lot to do with one's exposure to and language training from properly trained language teachers. Robert. #2 has a more pronounced southern "twang" than Robert #1. #1 had good teachers and he paid attention. #2...well he's still fun to listen to bless his heart. 😅

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

I don't hear an accent at all, but then I'm from Tennessee😊

[@haroldrichards9033]

I was reminded of the weights at the old house I rehabilitated thirty years ago. I replaced every rope with brass chain, scrapted/repainted the frames, and reputtied each window so that they worked perfectly and looked good. Love your videos!

[@sroberts605]

Really? Didn't the chain rattle over the pulleys?

[@marygarner5249]

Sorry Late my MS is acting up always Love your videos makes my day take care my friend God Bless

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

Feel better.

[@jayinla310]

That segmented window weight was used for various sized windows to adjust for larger (heaver) or smaller (lighter) windows. Rather than needing specific weights, just adding or subtracting a segment to get the proper weight.

[@yarnhappykim9294]

Those window weight are so cool, thank you for sharing the story about the theater and the treasurer find is amazing , please be safe out there and God bless you and your family and friends

[@MrMilwaukee]

That window weight is a replacement. It’s in pieces so you can drop it down the hole after you cut the old cords

[@trishthehomesteader9873]

That was my thought too.

[@kathykeeperofcrafts]

I think it was made so smaller windows could be less weight. They wouldnt need as much weight to go up and down

[@Hammertime-y9q]

That makes sense. I've not seen those weights either.

[@scottsorby7966]

I agree about a replacement, my thoughts were that it was sectional like that so that you could add or remove weight sections to get the correct counterweight balance of the window it was being fitted to

[@johngalt1199]

The articulated weight folds to make a cheaper shipping size.

[@claracarter3181]

You can get very sick from breathing in the dust from rat droppings. You should wear a mask when working around that stuff. Just looking after you. I love your videos. I’m hooked on the old Byrd farm.

[@annettemclaughlin6834]

Those window weights are just fine. Just add new cord, and check the rollers topside. And if you're not interested in restoring the original windows, there will be others out there salivating for those weights and sashes...would be interesting to know the weight - perhaps 7#? You've got a huge restoration project there - what joy!!

[@cathiez9131]

Thanks Robert! I love these videos!

[@moodyga40]

look forward to your videos can"t wait to see new lumber go in and she becomes a grand old lady once again

[@steveclark4291]

Thank you for the update on the Byrd project ! Take care , stay safe and healthy with whatever you guys maybe doing next ! Doing well here in Kansas .

[@nothandybutcheap2086]

Love your videos that is a beautiful old house you got there

[@genecarr4568]

Hang on to those window weights, they are invaluable!

[@magdaleanam.6953]

My 1876 farm haus had those weights. I had to replace the sashes and they worked great. Enjoy your haus.

[@giniwalters8401]

Hey everyone!!! Robert I love that you document your restoration of the Byrd house!!! I love to watch your progress!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!! Y'all take care, stay safe and God bless y'all!!!

[@geraldpierini9010]

Good to see you have help.

[@pinkfrog3072]

Robert your can't keep a straight face finding that "springwater" LOL

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

use either pressure treated for replacement timbers or ceder. Glad that you had SOME help out there today. Those old window weights are awesome, preserve those...following along, thank you for sharing Robert.

[@naftaking]

I enjoy your videos and love your enthusiasm for finding old things in the ground or in old structures. It was mentioned in this video about looking in places in old buildings for hidden treasures and I wanted to mention about three old (1936) conetop beer cans I have that are near mint condition that were found in a wall of an old supermarket that was being torn down to be made into an office building. These three cans are the pride of my little collection and they could have been easily overlooked and trashed with the rest of the construction materials had someone not looked in the wall while taking it down.

[@pamelasinclair-karney8856]

I love watching your videos interesting. Old lady like me only thing I do, I enjoy. I watch HELEN Wyatt videos really enjoyable. Fan from Canada its winter time here very cold. Be safe and stay well.

[@elizabethrosier5313]

Thanks Robert, Treasures await you.

[@jeffjohnson4015]

Never know what you will find and you dig into that house. Can't wait to see the inside. Be sure to take a buddy as you venture inside .Be safe !!!!

[@shellydehart8217]

I get so excited at what u find. I have seen that window weight that u found that’s in 3 sections. As u read the date of it it definitely goes way back. You don’t find that kind to often. So glad we got to see something happening on the house even tho it was short it’s a start. ♥️😊👍

[@evanvorous]

I am glad you decided to explore more of the bottle dump 🙂

[@margaretckamaka5552]

Love it keep sharing this awesome adventure ALOHA 🤙🏽🌴🍍🌺🇺🇸

[@heatherphillips3349]

Love your you tube videos on the cemetarys and the Byrd house! I would love to see the inside!

[@jcaughman01]

With the way that one porch joist was notched out to specifically go in that hole, you should keep it so when you rebuild the porch you can create the replacement joist from that pattern. Also I would put the clapboard back on the side of the bottom of the house until you can replace the board. And the window weights, they are able to be reused as there are replacement pulleys available, and the ropes are fully available now too so they can work like new (the old weights are restringable).

[@frankscarborough1428]

Enjoyed as always. Keep safe

[@ohioyodertoter6827]

my house was built in 25 it still has windows with the weights in the walls too cool

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

Awesome

[@Cj-bw3hn]

Mine was built in 26. Half my windows still have them also.

[@gloriagodfrey3899]

The weights can be put back in the windows Thank you for sharing. Take care..

[@kenhughes4715]

You all are finding some interesting things. God only knows what you might find. I wouldn’t overlook anything. Thank you for posting.

[@mkaysartfuljourney1239]

Great finds!!

[@deniseoftedahl8937]

I've never heard of window weights. Now I'll have to do some research on this interesting topic!

[@jamesbobo3128]

The window weights that you pulled out of your house was pretty calming back then I found several houses with that type in them including my grandmothers house here in Ohio

[@susanboucher9732]

Cool video. Heading into a lot of work for the New Year.

[@chasetonga]

Love the shout out to Adventure Archaeology on your T-shirt! I never miss a video of Brandon’s.

[@michaelely2267]

Very cool finds

[@MaryMary-rp1be]

Love your videos

[@iamwhoiamd7056]

Awesome video.

[@yvonnebrumbeloe6626]

Please get someone to make “Byrd” Houses to sell from some of the wood and Tin!!!

[@LIBICU812]

Excellent idea. There's a guy in Oregon that makes a good living making birdhouses out of old boots and license plates. Certainly "byrd"houses made from pieces of this house will sell well to the fans.

[@cynthiacronin2794]

I would buy one!😀

[@pattimessenger6214]

Clever idea!

[@oldbroad7672]

I want one!!

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

Fantastic idea. Bet the other Robert will get er done lol

[@hsimpson6581]

I love it when he calls the Plaster that drop down in the walls mortar L O L when you plaster a wall what goes between the laughs the residual falls down in the cavity and makes a little bed at the Bottom of bottom of each one

[@lindsaymacpherson8782]

Love the window wieghts you found maybe you can redo them to keep the house true Great video Thankyou

[@caroljay6027]

I grew up in a old home. I remember them hanging in the windows

[@justjuken]

You should get nugget noggin out there with his detectors ..I'd love to see him searching that property

[@JayS03R]

Couldn't you see him finding a marble under the house 😂

[@LIBICU812]

He has some great high dollar detectors and is quite a pro at it too. I bet he'd do it.

[@JayS03R]

@@LIBICU812 yep he would

[@samanthaponce9667]

Ya'll are great! I love the fact that you record while you dig. I hope you find more interesting antique things. When Daniel got a message on his phone I thought it was my phone lol!!

[@mjbelko9443]

What a neat find!

[@marymiles6993]

Put your gloves on Robert. Always safety first. 😊

[@greyferguson9319]

Love the name "Old Byrd Farm"

[@hankfacer7098]

Another good one

[@SpringRiverHollar]

Goodmorning everyone 🙋

[@joharmon2148]

I love when you find stuff under the house or other places around the Byrd house.

[@virginiareid5336]

There are so many interesting things found when renovating old structures.

[@mcwatersd]

I have seen those jointed window weights before when my Uncle was replacing weights in his house. There is probably another bottle dump on that farm considering how old it is. Never use bare hands to clean up after rats too risky for disease. Keep Safe ❤ Keep Well ❤

[@LeCalla]

While tearing down my parent's old home (built in the late 1890's, damaged by high winds and water) here in Kentucky, the workmen found 2 sets of linked weights in the upstairs bedroom. It's too bad, really, that the house could not be restored. But water being what water is, it was too far gone.

[@tashasmith6179]

☹️

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

Sorry to hear that!

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

Awww so sorry😪

[@belleange590]

Yep. I had window weights in my farmhouse in Virginia. The box channels were hand hewned. I have never seen a window weight in 3 sections like the one you found.

[@trishthehomesteader9873]

Robert! Shame on you for psyching this ol' lady with that jar! 😁🤗 It's my understanding that when they would replace those old sash windows, they'd just cut the ropes and leave the weights cuz they were such a bear to take out. I've never seen a jointed one either. Cool stuff! 👍💜

[@Ragnar8504]

Quite possible, although I think these windows weren't ever replaced. More likely the ropes broke near the pulleys and the weights fell down.

[@Sister325]

The weights and ropes can be rehung. Don't toss the weights. Someone may rehang them in the future. I get new rope for my windows, at...write me, for the URL. Those old ropes are the proper kind of window cord, but the kot is wrong for adjusting the rope. Old windows are the souls and eyes of an old house. They work well if cleaned, re-puttied and the glazing reinstalled/replaced etc. Storm windows were probably used for winter proofing, seasonally. Can ya tell I love old houses and have one? Also Nice to see everyone and Cody!

[@garrykrause2375]

those window weights are cool...

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

Life happens (phone rings) 📱 when you are busy doing other things (filming next up load) 💖💖💖⭐⭐⭐☀☀☀🌟🌟

[@nancyheneghan4760]

Our family has a tiny beach house that was built in 1929 and still has the windows with the window weights. Our house was built in 1897 and had the wavy glass windows also with the weights. Those we have replaced about 8 years ago.

[@marytyson6376]

You have a safe Happy New Year.

[@cathymartin8778]

We renovated a 1910 Georgia farm house.. trying all the Windows with the original weights. Was work!

[@muddawgkomm9642]

Yee ol "creek water" has a bite to it from the way Robert had to lean against the ground while diggin in the hole! 😂🤣🤫🤫 mmm, white lightnin.

[@Hammertime-y9q]

I've used those weights for juglines and trotline weights. I had a bunch of them from my house built in the twenties.

[@janettporter6795]

Hi guys, good morning. Very interesting. We have friends who use those weights for trout lines. Guess they work really well. Daniel, if you got to keep what you found at the theater, you should have them looked at. Or Google them. Some of them are worth a lot of money. Glad to see you have a lot of good help Robert. You guys have fun and be careful. I do worry about snakes in some of those places. Guess it's winter there too. I think Oklahoma gets colder not being sure about what weather you're state has in winter. Just hope the snakes are bedded down like they are here. Good to see all your friends this morning. You all have a great time together. Looking forward to see how much clean us you got done with today. Tell Robert hi. I'm sure he is coming later if nothing else but, to see how much all of you got done. Love watching you all. Wish I wasn't so old I be right there helping. Happy New Year, God bless 💖

[@drunkdunc8738]

Nothing like a swig of moonshine , sorry "springwater" to get in the mood for digging 👍🍻

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

That’s it!

[@dalesworld1308]

Isn't that just plaster that fell into the bay cavity from the inside when they troweled the plaster on the lath? I had a couple of old weights and used them for gate closers - their weight just pulls the gate closed if you hang it on a rope or chain from the door to the gate post on the hinge side.

[@alanatolstad4824]

That's a KOOL repurposing idea!

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

Looked and felt like mortar not plaster. Not sure

[@Ragnar8504]

@@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG Lime plaster and mortar are literally the same thing used for different purposes (although plaster often had animal hair in it and mortar didn't) so I do think it's plaster. Just like cement plaster, cement mortar and concrete are more or less the same thing, or plaster and stucco.

[@fredschlecht8574]

The rope as you called it on the weights is called sash cord. You can still buy it to this day.

[@ellenfarmer3498]

Can use a glass cutter on some of those broken embossed bottles with bottom half intact, to make votive holders, vases, etc.

[@kenworcester4387]

Those weights are easy to fix. There's an access point to the weights in the casement that will allow those weights to be re-strung. Some of mine are broke. I plan to fix them sometime.

[@ericdee6802]

Nice to see actual 2x4's used instead of 1's x 3's or whatever is used now.. My understanding is the reason actual 2x4's aren't used anymore is because how they are shipped on a truck. ??? Correct me if I'm wrong.👍

[@131dyana]

that mess will take awhile to clean out. but it is well worth the time to restore that porch.

[@Alex-dz2et]

Those window weights are still made for renovated homes as the ropes tend to rot or get painted over and the window no longer works properly. Easy to replace. The 3 piece weight could be a replacement where they added 3 smaller weights to total the weight of the original. I had a 1920s apartment that I needed to replace the rope and weight.

[@henriettadenzig5023]

Good morning robert.suns out so thats a plus.30s here. Your making good progress.

[@smurph4959]

OMG I would scream my head off if my hand hit off a rat nest ... but I'm thinking you'd have to get over yourself super fast doing a restoration job like that. Fingers crossed for a bottle dump.

[@ritamurphy9426]

I removed and repaired all the windows in my house, replacing all the sash cord. They work like brand new again.

[@jacksonbarrett1878]

keep up the amazing work, Robert! once preserved, do you have any intention to convert the home into a museum, or historical site that can be visited?

[@HeyLisaKay]

“Go cut down a tree” Poor Daniel ain’t never gonna live that down 😂

[@JayS03R]

As he shouldn't!🤣

[@carmelreed3094]

Very interesting

[@stevenwiezbicki8894]

I hope you can restore and re-use that door handle. Simple but elegant with a black enamel surface.

[@Elisacr1]

I am fascinated by the accent.

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

It's Georgia. Not Hollywood south. The real south

[@davidcraddock7011]

I lived in a old house in Cheyenne, Wyoming in the early seventies that had weighted window balancers. Also elect wiring of two separate lines running parallel to each other to stand offs, kind of like railroad tracks, with wires about 8 inches apart, one a ground and the other hot, two fuses for the two story house.

[@timijayprince6605]

Everyone freaking out over your bare hands digging into that old rats nest. They forget that swig of miracle spring water you took!! Lol!!!

[@keithpoynter2961]

its called a chain link waight some times made in the uk england and sent to the usa in the 1800s for shash windows well made then copped in the usa as patton

[@Teaganderry]

Replaced the windows in our 1969 split level abs they all had the weights as well. Strange to find in a 'newer' house

[@hsimpson6581]

The window weights are specific to the windows and if you want to save those wavy glass windows you might want to reinstall the weights. You can still buy the sash cord and put them back

[@darter216]

Another day in the life of the Old house

[@theresadouglas6529]

I would love to see the inside of this house.

[@kamicrum4408]

A friend if mibe lives in an old house about the same age as the bird house before she married, her father, whos hobby us wood working went through the house & fixed all the window & weights as her wedding present they were quiet excited to mive in & have every wibdow working! Their house is rumored to have been partnof an old army fort. It is east of Reedley,ca. Compared to other old hones in the area is is oddly square, every corner i nside & out.

[@solotraveler6025]

The window weights suck as boat anchors because when you drop them they shoot into the mud like an arrow and burry themselves. When you try to pull them up they create a vacuum behind them and you have to cut the rope and leave them. They worked great for river anchors but not for lakes with deep sediment. Coleman gas fired pressure cloths irons were also a favorite boat anchor after electric came on the scene. I can't even begin to tell you how many Coleman pressure irons I have found diving in lakes and rivers over the years. By the way the linked window weights were used to replace lost weights in areas that the header or top rail made it impossible to install a new rigid or solid weight because of low clearance, IE low ceiling on porches or addition extensions.

[@kathykeeperofcrafts]

Probably a squirrel nest. There was a nut shell looked just like a squirrel opened it. Hope the bottles find arent in out house remains. People would usually dump out crockery, glass etc down their outhouses. Helped fill it in when time for outhouse to be moved and not so sloppy.

[@jamiecampbell3068]

Interesting that mortar on sill plate, down there. Older, rural homes in northern Allegheny areas, had same theories .. regarding "varmint stops" .. so to speak. Chewing critters would supposedly not gnaw thru the harder substances on wood frame buildings. Cool to see as such .. so far south. EDITED COMMENT. Autocorrect changed gnaw to --> know. Edited to change back to what I typed originally. Insert Snoopy shaking fist at Red Baron, here. Grrrrr' .. .. autocorrect.

[@jamiecampbell3068]

Apologies. I actually typed "GNAW" .. stupid AUTO CORRECT, changed gnaw to --> know. Will edit my comment. I hate editing anything, but hate autocorrect even more. God bless, you brother.

[@MyLevelheaded]

bleach all exposed wood the segmented window weights were to adjust the weights for different windows where weight varied....finsh capenters would hand make the windows coping etc heavier frames made for stronger windows and when the carpenter attached each on they would tune them for ease of operation....My grand mother used to clean and wax the tracks with candles and oil the pulleys and rewax the suspension ropes to prevent dry rot...believe it or not men where men and women where men to taking care of 99% of household maintenance

[@cynthiacronin2794]

When you took a swig from that jar, I almost fainted! Don't do stuff like that! LoL 😅😁🤓!

[@Ragnar8504]

If that gets you, don't ever watch Handtool Rescue!

[@adventurearchaeology]

New Shirt is on its way!!!

[@AMJDG]

Watching old videos of This Old House, there have been at least two episodes that I can think of that had those segmented window weights. I could not tell you how long ago or what episodes. I just remember the weights...

[@bradrichards6107]

Great video, Robert. I am enjoying this video series about the Byrd farm. Did you buy this property, or is it family property? Keep up the great videos.

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

The weight rope is remarkable to be in such good condition.

[@maresanford7195]

Way Cool!