"Let's replace the flooring" she said....

[@MSeroga]

Haha that limp after installing the last piece of flooring is VERY relatable. 😂😂

[@vancouvercarpenter]

I hoped someone would notice😂😫

[@tay13666]

I got a grin watching that. I also felt it.

[@MSeroga]

@@vancouvercarpenter I’ve installed many thousands of sq of flooring. I feel your pain! 😊

[@nicholasthibeault1729]

I feel like I can hear your thoughts; " this is why I hate flooring"... Oh wait that was my thought.

[@mc-sp8zr]

My 2nd least favorite part behind painting!

[@JaegerDives]

Your kids look so much like you! Beautiful family y'all are. Great to see them working with you and making good family memories. This was a fun video.

[@kennethnichols7263]

Brings me back when I helped my dad with projects. Believe me this is one of the greatest gifts you can give to your children.

[@DanielSmith-uy3yg]

Your daughters solo montage was fantastic! Great video Ben! I have learned a ton about drywall from your channel. I have done a bunch of renos in my house and I am now in the middle of mudding and taping my 30x40 shop I built myself from the earthworks up and I am still using the tips and tricks I learned from you years ago! Thanks for all the knowledge and humor over the years!

[@gretchen_needs_a_dog]

Hilarious! Your daughter is quite entertaining, and it’s always a little amazing to me to watch a family working together.

[@theplaid1]

It's funny how quickly a small reno can grow. You are blessed with children who are willing and able to help! You are a great teacher Ben! Happy new year

[@aytviewer2421]

I helped a friend prep a floor for new flooring once. We ripped out the carpet and padding pretty quickly throughout the house. AND THEN... It took many many hours to pull up all of those staples! Very relatable!

[@vancouvercarpenter]

The staples were daunting but many hands made light work👍

[@kentoakley9409]

I'm sorry, you are renting this house and you are renovating it also. You are a very nice tenant!!!!!! Thanks for all the videos

[@shannonedens7854]

I took it as they a fixing it up to turn it into a rental.

[@patrickbeaudoin1073]

I love your renovation video it give confidence to push forward into my house thank you ben

[@russellgilson4072]

Good to see your stuff again, from one Dad to anther projects with the kids are always memorable!

[@loul8766]

Your kids are so fortunate to have such a talented dad to mentor them. You’re a great dad AND carpenter! Keep up the great work.

[@rogerwiese3498]

Great to see you getting the kids involved!

[@rickduque5799]

This is so wholesome seeing your kids work with you. I'm 56, lost my dad 8 years ago (he was 80). My fondest memories are the projects we worked in together, especially in my own house, and he in his 70s at the time! Your daughter is funny, defina chip off the old block

[@milesharlan1]

Thanks Ben. I LOVED that you added in your daughter's piece with the pizza & hammering away.. I think your wife even jumped in to help, too. KUTGW 😀

[@woodcrafter7361]

Using a hammer to "slice" a pizza is fantastic. I am going to use this method on my next over cooked pizza! Cheers from Chicago!

[@spikeklein2196]

One of my major regrets in life is that I didn't take a greater interest in all the stuff my pops was doing around the house when I was a kid. I could have learned so much, had so many great experiences. Would have gotten to know my dad better too! Well done, my friend!

[@stuckinmygarage6220]

💯👍

[@tay13666]

My son has said the same thing on a few occasions. Thankfully he figured it out in his mid-20's and we have had well over a decade-and-a-half of projects at his house and with his vehicles. It's not great getting those late-night phone calls when something happens. But it makes for great memories after the fact.

[@jamesandrews8667]

Thanks Mr. Carpenter

[@HvacWizard]

A real handy family man! Great work teaching them while they're young.

[@danham3344]

Absolutely loved this video! Great seeing the whole family pitching in.

[@RickJones222]

Your video is beautiful, and your family is ADORABLE! Thank you!

[@shawnr771]

Nice work. Good to see your children learning and having fun. Eccellent quality time. I have seen people use all purpose drywall mud for the floor leveling.

[@pfak]

One of your most wholesome videos ❤

[@blargspot]

I started watching because I was finishing a basement room. I've since sold the house and am on to new projects in a new house but still watch. Love the videos and your chill approach. Thanks.

[@Price-qd1cd]

Those crisp lines look great

[@shannonedens7854]

I bought a Goldblatt trim removal tool, and it’s been a game changer. It’s actually useful for a lot of other jobs too.

[@natewarner]

Nicely done. And also, I love that you're showing that it actually takes *time* to do this stuff around other things in life if you're DIYing (pro level DIY or not!!).

[@nnamrehck]

Such a good dad! Such a lovely family! Best laugh I've had all day. Thank you.

[@ryanrowe1975]

Great family memories!

[@chriscutress1702]

Your daughter seems to be doing a pretty good job. I can't trust my daughter with any power or hand tools but she is learning how to crochet and use a medical scalpel in University.

[@henrychiarkas4415]

Good work you have a lovely family. Happy New Year.

[@2ddw]

Your daughter was HILARIOUS!!

[@chrisdelap2793]

There was a smile on my face watching you all. My kids aren’t kids anymore; they’re in their 30s now but some of my best memories are of projects we worked on. Habitat houses, Appalachia Service Project and just stuff around the house. They both have houses now and they still ask me to help on projects. Good times. Soon my granddaughters will be old enough and I hope they might want to do stuff with me.😊

[@madamecampsalot6384]

Nice to see everyone involved! Your daughter is a riot. The pups, squishy good!

[@blakelambert5643]

Really liking this new family content.

[@juancarlosdelgado7791]

I remember in 2020 helping me thru email when you had that “email me campaign “. So much growth since with your channel. Seeing your crew get this place where it is going to be. Superb and all the best. BTW, your guidance helped me so much to learn drywall, now carpentry. Muchas gracias.

[@vancouvercarpenter]

Thank you!

[@Lonelytree25]

I love how you captured the "HGTV" smashing holes in the wall to demo instead of cutting it out like a normal person. Subtle but awesome 😂

[@Chris.Rhodes]

You have a beautiful family Ben! Always love the videos man! I'm dealing with fixing LVP flooring that's on top of gypcrete. It's such a pain.

[@OldWorldHandyman]

I just love involving the next generation and it’s nice they are receptive, at least your daughter, to learn. Great Festool sander and vacuum, one day I’ll get them. You take care and such an improvement to the living space. 👌

[@nathankirsten6555]

I just put a new floor in my house. Now I have to install and paint the base boards. Can't wait for those videos!

[@kalebshepherd6639]

Love it! So cool to see all y'all working together and getting the job done!

[@ladikmk]

Happy New Year Ben, to you and your family. When you took that gigantic nail out of the entryway it was almost as big as a railroad spike lol. Floor looks great but I expected nothing less. I used that Dap Leveler in my house this Fall because I had to level out the sub-floor in 5 rooms to prepare for new flooring. The sub-floor was 60+ years old, had to hand scrape what seemed like tons of old, antique leveler, pound nails back in, and then level - DAP worked great for me. Always enjoy your videos; thanks for the inspiration and your willingness to help when needed.

[@salembeeman370]

OMG your daughter is a female clone of you! Amazing she didn't damage the walls (I think) while removing trim. We even had a Mrs. V. C. cameo. Nice family dude!

[@rogerlew]

Even the same sense of humor! “I liked smashing it up, so it’s a 5 out of 10 pizza”

[@JAT922]

When removing baseboards, I always use a large putty knife between the drywall and pry bar to prevent damaging the drywall

[@DYT-jx4jp]

The photo (aka thumbnail) and title of this were a nice pick me up today. Nice job! Lots of "hidden gems" in the video too :-) Thanks for the efforts to get this edited and posted. Wish you and your family the best in 2025!

[@vancouvercarpenter]

Thank you!

[@debbiekando8434]

I appreciate your videos🙂 I’m in the middle of a big Reno. Thanks so much for taking the time to edit and post your videos. We all benefit from your time and effort. Your daughter is a delight. Happy New Year! Wishing you and your family a wonderful 2025!

[@maintenanceman1015]

After doing a job like that you have a whole new respect for flooring people.

[@vancouvercarpenter]

Flooring is my least favourite job.

[@scottlowther7698]

My wife's favorite line "You know what WE should do"

[@anthonywilson1754]

I'm age 22 now and started making money doing work that led to construction as a 13 yo gymnast just trying to raise money to pay for gymnastics academy fees. Then I fell in love with the work more than the money. But the money was a must to stay in gymnastics. I now work full time in construction. It's great seeing you kids involved. They maybe don't know how lucky they are having you involved them in working with you.

[@fastmover45]

Good job !

[@stevensnolimitvideopoker]

Great work! Thanks for the video

[@robertsmith-dr5tm]

I can relate to your daughter holding up that header. A lot of my helping my dad was hey, come hold this board,please. After what always seemed liked hours and numb arms later I would be set free😂

[@MagathasDarkCorner]

oh that was real fun to watch and so interesting with the beam and temporary wall! i'm inspired to widen a double door further out with a beam, i hadn't considered that before! Thanks!

[@vancouvercarpenter]

I mean there is obviously more to it but it shows the general idea. It has to be adequately supported below. You are increasing the load on the two sides and changing where it lands. In this case there is a beam running the entire length of the house in the floor below directly under this one.

[@tay13666]

@@vancouvercarpenter Yeah. You have to understand how structure works. Be able to identify what you have above and below. As well as really understand point-loads. Then there is the understanding of what you need to be able to span the distance and support the weight. Most people in the trades have a decent grasp on this stuff, just by the nature of the work and everything you pick up on job sites. Also helps knowing people that know the stuff you don't, so you can ask for advice.

[@DMUSA536]

Good videos! Look forward to the next

[@DF-ob8vz]

It's noce to see the family involved! Your daughter is the spitting image of you!

[@scottdecoster4002]

Good job with the young ones. Go team Vancouver!!

[@pppaiste]

Love the thumbnail. And love that your family helped. Is your son interested in blacksmithing? If so thats awesome.

[@vancouvercarpenter]

He used to be

[@tay13666]

@@vancouvercarpenter It's good that they explore a wide variety of interests when they are young. Gives them a good base of knowledge on a lot of stuff, and helps them find what they really want to do.

[@Chestnut442]

Beautiful job! Nice to see whole family at it. (I thought for sure I was going to see a non-marring trim puller when tackling baseboards etc. Can't give a trade name or KZbin's algorithm deletes the comment, but they are available in most big box for approx. $33.98 plus tax [Ontario]. Best darn tool for that job I have ever used in 45 years' renovating. Multi-use besides intended purpose.)

[@999kbs]

love your family

[@adamnorthville5636]

Good work!

[@HumanWrites-xi5ef]

Great video, Ben! Awesome family stuff!! 💚

[@conradcoolerfiend]

what a fun family project!!!!

[@GeorgeBurkhard]

You should have your kids in more videos! You guys make a great team!

[@matthewzito5952]

Love you thanks again for everything

[@alannorris-q5b]

Great family ! I'm sure it will increase your subs greatly ! I do drywall in fl, mostly the same but 2 coats no sanding ! texture hides a lot

[@Cat.Con-Makp]

Happy New Year. Great video!

[@robertbamford8266]

A great (mostly) family project.

[@abauto5408]

Great video

[@Paul-kw1og]

Great video...

[@albertm8576]

Kids,Priceless!!!

[@dombox7644]

I love your vídeos. I just Watch them! They are so satisfying❤!

[@christianlassen7027]

She did a good job removing the baseboards. If your reusing them could you show her how to pull the brad or finish nails out with linesman pliers. Grab & twist. Looks like MDF so it should be easy enough for her.

[@bkinstler]

I think your daughter gets her own show where she just gets to make fun of you.

[@briansierzega]

Great vid w the family ❤️ Your girl may have a hard time with that right handed hammer being a lefty 😜

[@lespaul36]

My sisters have always liked that I use my daughters when doing DIY stuff since our dad never taught them. He didn't teach me much either really (though he was pretty handy). My oldest daughter is my cable pulling partner as I rewire my sister's house for electrical, data, and phone. I taught my son some maintenance and then found out he had almost no tools (from my first marriage and he is now and adult but been mostly with his mom), so sent him a decent intro kit. Ryobi, but it actually worked out well for me when I worked construction, dunno the hate.

[@vancouvercarpenter]

They might be better than they used to be. Ryobi was horrible 20 years ago

[@gametime5726]

Nice work good sir

[@renekeystone5571]

This was amazing

[@randallstephens3151]

I"ll adsume the review of the pizza was not a paid sponsorship. Good use of the hammer! 😂😂

[@AnotherClown01]

Ben she is great I'm sure under your tutelage she will become very competent with all the tools. She didn't smash a finger or toe with the hammer I think that is a big plus. I remember having a black finger nail or two at her age. Cheers

[@jsimes1]

That was a top pizza review! 🍕😁

[@stevehatcher7700]

I just watched a drywaller do a floor. Impressive.

[@theRealWotan]

its amazing how you daughter looks exactly like you

[@anthonywilson1754]

You said this is a rental so you didn't want to do heroics on the floor. But then I see opening up the wall!

[@vancouvercarpenter]

Yup. That was a wife request mid remodel.

[@tay13666]

@@vancouvercarpenter Hey, if you are going to do it, that is the time. You already have to do the floor, might as well do that bigger opening. My wife would have thought of it after the floor was already done and I'd have to re-do that section of floor.

[@bobjons7]

Nice work Ben…you’ll have to charge by the second when you do flooring…as fast as you did it…lol. Always look forward to your videos…waiting for the next one😊. HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and your family.

[@anthonywilson1754]

And you have a great place to live.

[@splanzza]

Great video. Nice to see the whole VC Fam around one project. I am curious on why did you not support the ceiling (prior the removal) in the smaller room too, where the load baring beam was removed and new one installed, but rather only the living room part? 👀

[@vancouvercarpenter]

Good question. I just figured one side would be enough. It was supporting trusses not a floor system so it didn’t need a lot.

[@JohnPanzer0]

Thanks for this! I was tackling laminate flooring in a small house this weekend. Realizing that the wide open spaces, while bad for my knees, aren’t the biggest issue. It’s the multitude of doorways and protrusions near walls that make it hard to just lay down and click in the flooring at the right angles. It’s like a 3D jigsaw, at least for me. What are the better cutting tools for flooring, and do I have excuse to buy a new tool? (I have a multitool for small / finicky cuts and I am thinking about using a circular saw for longer cuts but need to figure out how to support the very flexible planks better…)

[@DGGESSOS]

Nice bro! 👏🏻

[@querty292]

Your landlord owes you a kiss after all this remodeling

[@wootenbasset8631]

You probably don’t recognize your accent and word choices (literary voice) but your daughter sounds so much like you. Yes, it’s expected but, its also what makes it adorable for me (probably others too).

[@eggbert191]

The fact that your daughter can remove all that trim without breaking it really makes me mad and also is very impressive lol

[@essohenn]

Great video and love the pivots from your intentional video. How did you go about opening up the doorway. Did you need to get someone in to figure out the span and thickness of the beam? Or did the permit office help you out with that? Thanks, big fan.

[@vancouvercarpenter]

There are span tables on line for the local building code. I’m a ticketed carpenter and in school we spent a LOT of time learning to read and understand building code.

[@davy6516]

like your video but i was hoping to find out how i place a transition profile between 2 rooms

[@rob8823]

Dont have time for wood flooring, but here is a quick structural renovation😂

[@cegentry]

I sure hope you know how to repair that drywall you ripped out.

[@celynjones4958]

Right. What do carpenters know about plastering? 😮

[@cegentry]

@@celynjones4958seeing how the video didn’t show any of the process he must have hired it out. Stunt double at the end of the video for sure!!!

[@vancouvercarpenter]

😂

[@DatSure]

I love your videos and everything that you teach. With as many subscribers as you currently have, and the amount you'll gain by doing what I recommend, why not hire someone to do the video (actually hold the cameras, etc) and let them edit it for you. So all you have to do is the job itself and teaching us. Sorta similar to how Home RenoVision DIY does it on his channel?

[@vancouvercarpenter]

I have not been able to find that person yet. Still trying.

[@DatSure]

@ haven’t done it myself.. but if it were me.. I might go to a local arts college and look for wannabe film makers, camera man, news film editors, and the like who can do it for cheap to build up their skills and resume.

[@4vinylsound]

Why aren't you using a framing nailer gun?

[@conradcoolerfiend]

get that sponsor money🙌😎

[@vennic]

Having owned and rented many times the appeal of adding sweat equity to someone elses property is now lost on me but free is always nice. Hopefully you can bill labor to the landlord!

[@vancouvercarpenter]

I’ll make it back with the videos

[@Aepek]

9:08 hey, besides me, know others who can do trim carpentry work with a chainsaw, very useful tool; as it is a saw

[@anthonywilson1754]

You get a lot done in 16 min and 50 seconds.

[@12341234Joao]

Man, I used to like your vídeos just showing and teaching the work but I have to tell, just love this video Man, just keep it! And I do have a question, don't the festool sander scratch the mud? I have a sender like that (not a festool) and I can't use it to sand the finish mud work, just use it to remove texture and things like thst because it doesn't leave a good finish. Does festool work well on finishing mud work?

[@vancouvercarpenter]

The Festool is pretty smooth but still requires a very quick pass with a black widow sander to make it perfect. If you watch it again you will see that pass.