Like the good old days.

[@patriciaatkinson2435]

Thank you, Axminster, for your sponsorship 🎉

[@jimjambandit]

I'm not familiar with woodworking tool brands so when I saw this comment before the gear was shown I thought Dan was carpetting the new workshop 🙂

[@AlaPic3005]

Thank you Axminister for supporting this wonderful project. Hope all viewers will praise them as well

[@edgy1rocks]

I wonder how it feels to know that literally, around the world, people are tuning into this channel and cheering you on! This has been so wonderful to follow!

[@maryannchaisson6742]

👏👏❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@normanseagull4027]

I think it's more surprising that there is so much money to be made from YT viewers.

[@reetpateet8656]

@@maryannchaisson6742completely agree!

[@lesleyelalami2562]

@@normanseagull4027 Well deserved, time is money and nothing worth watching comes cheap. He has a product and he's getting paid for that product. Well done Dan!! xxx

[@lesleyelalami2562]

All armchair renovators?!! LOL

[@bugbuggirl5239]

I have missed "Double Dan"..so glad he is back!

[@waitingonmarc]

This is why Dan can do such risky things because he has a backup Dan just in case.

[@teddieryan2288]

You need double Dan to help you lift those machines.

[@christikapa3856]

😂😂

[@davidtydeman1434]

If he could clone himself permanently he could finish the renovation in half the time 😂😂😂

[@valeriejohnson5283]

Thank you Axminster for supporting our favorite Chateau renovation channel and our Dan!💖🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@lucillkryger8268]

From canada too!! 🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦

[@santih8477]

Ah like the good old days, the recklessness, the disdain for life, the no-rope-things-on-roof. We all missed it, my nails were growing back but you solved it again. Thank you!

[@randolphfriend8260]

😁 😳

[@annemiekvandorp4457]

Axminster, you couldn't do better than helping Dan. He more than derserves it! :-)

[@rosemariedeschenes7013]

Thank you Axminster for supporting Dan ❤❤❤❤❤Nice to see Double Dan again 😍😘

[@rosamundmundy6966]

❤😊🇦🇺 Thank You Axminster for Helping With this Amazing Project... Amazing Tools , Great Customer Service... Hopfully everyone supports your company

[@desmondjames9312]

I hope they're happy with their decision. There seems to be a bunch of stuff not yet even unpacked. I guess they'll see their day once the interiors begin.

[@shelleymalone4427]

Axminster - you are beyond awesome! Thank for for helping Dan and the team.

[@sharonridings7418]

Dan I remember when Nick climbed up and took down that tree bit by bit!

[@trudyramirez8546]

Axminster are the heros of the chateau renovation. The tools are amazing.

[@DuckReach432]

"One of the last things will be the final staircase." Years away and we'll be here.

[@bertbrecheisen8126]

I truly enjoyed just a Dan day. I think you need a few temporary doors and enclose the windows as winter is coming and you need the equipment and lumber to stay dry.

[@patriciarinaldi9390]

Just what I was thinking❤

[@Tartanoil]

So great that Axminster supports you!!!

[@sajo102]

I swear nothing will stop Dan, no help doesn’t matter he will just get it done by himself!!

[@escapetorural]

It’s incredible to think that people from all corners of the world are tuning in and cheering you on! Following this project has been an absolute pleasure. 😍

[@SusieMonk-jh8tj]

Axminster❤❤ can’t thank you enough for helping Dan. If I was young enough to be buying tools you would be my go to company👌👌👏👏❤❤

[@EthanLomas]

Good to hear 👍 I was a bit upset with Dan wearing the festool cap. It seemed ungrateful to me

[@philipheinhold5340]

Great video as always Dan🙏 great to see the machines getting ready for service😄

[@gandalf2439]

Watching you manhandled the machines around reminds me of myself when singlehanded humping large items about . Now in my 82 nd year it is well beyond my capabilities.

[@davidmam]

@@EthanLomasAxminster sell Festool as well as their own brand

[@FrankCruz-y9o]

I'm 70 and can barely get up from my chair. I miss using my shop.​@@gandalf2439

[@joecruiser]

Dan is rightfully proud of these high quality machines. The envy of many of us. ❤

[@randyrice1429]

Very nostalgic to watch you working alone again. Always love your channel.

[@airenesmiler6624]

Dan's twin was there @5:38 too!

[@Dao0253]

Ooo. I LOVE shiny new tools❤. Thank you Axminster. Now Dan can really go nuts, lol. Yay❣🇨🇦

[@Chestnut442]

Must be multi-$$ worth of tools there; what a gift!!

[@Simpl3Pedro]

I love the days when you’re alone because you keep making progress on different important things, and we can gain a broader perspective of the Château.

[@KABITH0888]

The good old days indeed. We have got so used to watching you and the team, it seems ages since you’ve been by yourself. None of the risky behavior please. ❤❤

[@debbieandagnestours539]

It's great to see your progress and you putting together 2nd workshop .Thankyou axminster for supporting Dan

[@jgaming7034]

As much as I love Brian and Nick don't get me wrong! It was very comforting returning to a longer and more personal video with just Dan. It really did bring back the the old nostalgic memories! Thank you for everything you do for our entertainment Dan. Much appreciation from Australia. ❤🇦🇺

[@sharonlomas4625]

From a fellow Aussie, it was nice even though I love seeing the others, they make an awesome team. I never miss a day.

[@jmk1962]

Great to see that your mum and nan have been there to see your progress. I'm guessing they are camera shy which is probably why you've never shown them. They must be so proud of you and all you have accomplished.😊

[@RoseyBblue]

They have been on the show, cant recall the title of it, might have been at Stephanie's

[@Caprabone]

Or is mum Brian and nan is Nick? 😂

[@rolandtb3]

Nice to get the small things done. Sharing time with the dogs. A second workshop. The beginnings of a new staircase to heaven.

[@kimbevan5614]

How wonderful for Dan to have his mum and nan visit. They must be so very proud of his unbelievable accomplishments, I know all his fans are. Sleep well lad K🇬🇧❤️❤️

[@MARGRETFRIEDRICH-e1u]

Can't imagine where you would be without those tools.

[@wendy-annmaher2917]

Love that you have a twin to help you. You have to watch that back boys 😂

[@mavep2855]

Thank you Axminster for helping Dan with his amazing restoration project. 🍁🍂🇨🇦🧡

[@Chris3141592]

The sponsors, Axminster, were properly awesome by providing this top-notch professional equipment; doing the second stage of the project will see this gear being utilised to the max, I'm guessing! Fabulously tantalising to see how it gets to play its part(s)!! PS Very manly doing all that powerlifting of heavy kit, solo!

[@patrickdemarcevol]

Great special effect with one Dan filling up the wheelbarrow and the other Dan taking it out to empty it. Imagine three of you? I bet you wouldn't agree on who's doing what 😀

[@losapriscos7258]

There's three of them. Another one is behind the camera, lol.

[@gayewebb943]

It was lovely to have all your attention today Dan. It was good to get back inside the Chateau for a change. Those machines promise great things!

[@JohnLeetch-mb1bb]

I can see the original thinking behind removing the stair, it makes for an actual turret room, as opposed to just a landing. The turret room is one, if not the most romantic room in the chateau, so it’s logical that they would want have wanted it to be a complete room. Great video as usual!

[@RoseyBblue]

Look at that and your still a Happy Chappy working on your own !!

[@tiffanybusby4248]

I’m glad this didn’t turn into the “Watch Dan Break His Foot” episode. You made the mother in me nervous taking the equipment off those pallets! Glad to see you smiling at the end. 🙂

[@CindyEriksen]

And no safety harness on the roof or safety glasses smashing bricks 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@monicateeling810]

Wow great organisation Dan and what great machines and tools ✅✅ Cat wait to see the workshop in action. Glad the other Dan was there to help with shovelling . 🤣🤣

[@TheHoveHeretic]

Were you here when shovels were ptlretty much all the guys had? Seems an age ago!

[@magicmarker7047]

One Dan is nice but two, who could ask for more! LOL

[@carolynmehlow611]

I remember that tree. Love seeing two of you working hard.

[@82xmas-j7w]

it’s nice to see you cleaning and organizing something to balance out all this dangling from the roof content 😀

[@SueLegg-lh6fj]

Always fun to watch one man rebuilding a beautiful old chateau in the heart of not just France but the hearts of more than a half million people also, now minus the indoor trees and several tons of rubble, and plus four amazing roofs, four or five levels of flooring, one stairway and two totally maxed out workshops! Happy to learn Dan's mum and nan have been ere to see it also. Go Dan Go! 💙

[@brianhilsden2880]

Great to see you back at the chateaux after your phenomenal efforts on Mont Blanc. Get that OSB covered Dan!

[@awallner1]

What does OSB mean?

[@brianhilsden2880]

@ oriented strand board. Not very water resistant.

[@awallner1]

@@brianhilsden2880 Thank you.

[@sc1338]

@@brianhilsden2880it’s terrible stuff, why is regular old plywood so hard to find now???

[@alicekenworthy9603]

I do remember those early days Dan …such fond memories …😄😊 just you and us … showing us how things can be done singlehanded … and sleeping in a pop up tent !! You have come such a long way …👏👏👏👏 Durban SA 🇿🇦

[@sharondetrick950]

When it gets time to decorate that room, a potted tree could be part of the decorating.

[@denisevincent4050]

Right? And plants hanging in the tower and stairwells, as a nod to the old Interior Forest. ;)

[@1231ms54]

Nice you had your mom visit. Thanks again to Axminster for all the tools. I remember that big tree.

[@thewilliamseswonderfulworld]

What a great space for a workshop. It’s definitely more spacious without the tree in it. 🌳

[@karenhantsche9270]

You've still got it as a one-man show, Dan!

[@christikapa3856]

I know, right?!!

[@marvincarter870]

Nice to get that second shop setup so its ready when you are to put it to work. Sometimes it nice to be alone so there's nothing to break your concentration on things you're planning. Looking good and the team will be back soon!

[@pdq5465]

I was thinking the same but couldn’t articulate it. I agree with you. Thx

[@MilesJohnson-t8w]

I'm so happy to finally find out about the old stairs to the tower. I have honestly been very curious about this for sometime now.

[@jerseyd7131]

Great video Dan, you seem happy and in a good place

[@heyabusa1]

Three cheers for Axminster!!

[@dianerichardson3061]

Well done Dan. Good to see you are finally getting organised. Shout out to Axminster! You are supporting a fab project.

[@sue7190]

Loved seeing your brother again😂

[@dougl945]

Praying for your roof and Americas return to sanity.

[@vickie30]

Kamala gonna win…🇺🇸

[@Ldyrev1]

We Americans are praying for a peaceful resolution to this ugly political year.

[@kristelbuck4659]

Voting polls have been packed. I pray Goodness and Joy 💙 WIN OUT 💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊

[@happykt]

@@kristelbuck4659 My voting place hasn't been packed at all and I've checked 8 times in 2.5 weeks. I live in Austin, Texas. I'm taking a sleeping pill tonight bc I'm so anxious regarding the results. I am TERRIFIED!!! it was so great to be in London and Ireland in August 2024 and not have to worry about politics. The English and Europeans kept asking me what's wrong with American's to elect Trump and him to be back and I said I had no clue and never voted for this villain.

[@patriciarinaldi9390]

I voted for sanity but I live in a blue state and they are determined to make abortion the most important issue and bring joy ....I have been praying , I met a women today who said she didn't want one person in charge she thought we should have people in evy state represented...I said we do the senate and congress,. People vote who have no clue of our government ...you can only imagine how I a stressed by hearing about the blue wave all day . I pray we don't turn to Marxism.

[@michaelmcginn7260]

Strangly moving to see you working on your tod. Reminds me of your monumental single handed achievements. Having said that, so glad you have a capable and fun team around you! Opening up the doorway was most satisfying to see. The first place I bought in the mid 70s was a stone cottage on the side of a mountain in Wales .Built about 1832, subsequent owners had blocked off and streamlined all over the place. I had great joy opening up the stoned up firplace to expose a monumental inglenook cavaty. Pointed up plus a decent size wood stove. Fantastic!! Good work, keep going!

[@tc7486]

Watch out for that sofa! Don’t hurt it. Looks like it was a good piece at some poinY. you’ll never have too much furniture for the chateau!

[@denisevincent4050]

After he has made the Chateau habitable, builds a woodworking barn, some cottages for students and places for classrooms, Dan will have room and lots of hands to learn woodworking and furniture crafting.

[@jayforjay699]

Dan is the definition of a work horse!!

[@maryjanekolesar8325]

So glad to hear the staircase will go all the way up.

[@judithmacfadzen9516]

That's when I was introduced to Dan, when they were removing the tree! Haven't missed a video since! ❤

[@danbrown4517]

This was a bit of a throw-back video: just Dan (except when he was helping himself!) and much more chatting to the camera - just like we all love!

[@jameskyle380]

Just like to say a big thank you to Axminster Tools for helping Dan with this amazing build. The tools will be a godsend to him.

[@marykayosburn3446]

So exciting to see all the work you’ve done !! Can hardly wait for the roof top to be done

[@vickikey227]

Don’t forget to get those windows and doorways prepped in time for your wintry winds blowing through (don’t want to see those lovely new pieces of equipment getting wet) Good to see Dan working solo and wiggling and jiggling those pieces of equipment off the pallets. Love the “knocking out of the bricks” and voila a doorway 😂😂

[@zlatan_2197]

Multiple Dan's, truly the good old days

[@randolphfriend8260]

Yes! Just like Superman! 🎉

[@Yutani_Crayven]

That pillar is super super scary. You aren't kidding.

[@Thesoftlife-h7q]

Alone, so high with no safety harness. I’m afraid for you !!! Take care of yourself Dan !!!

[@denisevincent4050]

Have you seen the Movember vlog? "Mont Blanc"

[@Thesoftlife-h7q]

@ Yes. But an accident is always possible even Dan is a good climber !

[@coolcpa3321]

Dan always manages to brighten the day here in San Jose, California!

[@yipnpaulshelpweboughtavillage]

🥳 Just amazing! really inspirational, we’ve bought an ancient French village that has been sat abandoned for 30 years in the heart of Normandy, gaining inspiration from your vlogs 🙏🏼 Thanks so much 🙏🏼🥳🥰 Y + P

[@jdrew5367]

Dan at work by himself. Thank you Dan

[@PierogiInspired]

Feeling that precarious column

[@teresaedwards4175]

Wow! Axminster has been SO generous! 🤩 Dan is such a natural in front of the camera, really feels like he is talking to you personally 🙏 😍 I cannot get over how driven he is, even being on his own. Amazing!

[@jannismclellan9810]

Thank you Dan for having a change and showing us the showman that you used to be before you turned into Daredevil. Dan ,,not so heartstopping ,,loved it 🥰

[@matthewprimeau8552]

Wow great spaces in your chateau.....don't forget about the helpers rooms...lol. Best Chanel to watch by far. All your work ethics are top drawer! Love your wheel barrow edit.

[@BatchelderPatrick]

"helpers rooms" = servants. Stop being so Woke.

[@StreetTruckinTitan]

@@BatchelderPatrick stop saying "woke!"

[@matthewprimeau8552]

@@BatchelderPatrick you are anal

[@fawn1785]

Thank you Axminster for supporting Dan's channel. 😀

[@teddieryan2288]

I will remember that name. Axminster.

[@EthanLomas]

@@teddieryan2288 yes, me too. They were there when nobody else gave a cat’s ass 👍

[@kevinadsett1962]

❤😂😂😂😂😂😂q1aaqaaq tta¹ql❤​@@teddieryan2288

[@christikapa3856]

Best publicity for Axminste! Half a Million of Dan's friends watching daily or weekly. Thanks much for supporting our pal, Dan, the Gardener 😅😊😊

[@halvarf]

The history of changes in the building fascinates me, and every bit of knowledge that isn't found out now will be lost forever or for quite a while once the build continues. The big renovations were in the 1930s (before OSE) and in the 1960s (before the Chanel employees couple), and the bricks that Dan took down from where the old staircase had been looked more 1960ish than 1930ish to me.

[@denisevincent4050]

I agree, those looked like post-WWII war bricks, but I can't guess whether they were so fragile due to exposure to fire, or if brick fragility is due to post-war resource issues and a feeble brick mix. Breeze blocks made with "coke breeze" (also called Concrete Masonry Units/ CMUs in the UK) were invented around 1900, but as you likely know, became popular in France in the 1920's. In the US we call them "Cinder Blocks", but they have the same source as "Coke Breeze"; they're named for the ash that forms when burning coal at high temperatures and used in iron production. (My interest comes from learning that I'm descended from a long line of blacksmiths who specialized in outfitting ships built in Duxbury, Massachusetts.) When were 'cinders' added to bricks in the US? Late 1700s. The first house in the US built with cinder blocks was in 1837 on Staten Island.

[@alanvotta3847]

Thank You .....Your videos,each and every one of them are precious because of your genuine personality and demeanor.....BRAVO TO YOU

[@paulinebaker9302]

Hi Dan. So great to see ya! Love and blessings to all ❤❤

[@ellasAZ]

Machines are great, technology is great, but what is even better than that it is being able to see you guys at work, isn't that wonderful, makes me wish I was there helping, great work!

[@Cindi-j7c]

Love the progress! Strong work!

[@Swede-m7q]

You’ve got some grand machinery there Dan! Quality tools make a difference. ❤

[@melissaworth4961]

Yes I love it when it's just us - all due respect to the lads and all.

[@simonbarnwell7787]

Watching your epic progress in processing and construction of wooden structures i now have visions of you creating your own bespoke Chateau Chaumont furniture once the restoration is completed !

[@roystone9932]

Thats one SKINNY brick support Dan .

[@alisonmckenzie1415]

Good to see Dan 2 helping out today.Lovely shiny new machinery from Axminster 👍

[@audreyatherton3373]

That was a lot of hard work Dan.

[@jimjasper9314]

Harder to do things by yourself but I find it often more relaxing to only have myself in my head. Great progress and so fun to see it move forward. Jim from Minnesota, USA

[@ericbloodaxe8226]

vote Trump

[@Robert-qy2lg]

Vous êtes extraordinaire, merveilleux, divin, prodigieux, je vous aime un ami du Québec Canada

[@Thesvls]

It would be so cool when the roof is finished to clear the ducts for the fireplace and just light one of them ❤

[@denisevincent4050]

But after a sprinkler system has been installed, right?

[@malbers35]

@@denisevincent4050 I hope not.

[@denisevincent4050]

@@malbers35 Hope no fireplaces or No sprinkler system? I'm hoping for geothermal heat pump under-floor with electric radiant heat in the old fireplaces (looks like real fire with warmth, but no smoke). If Chaumont becomes a family residence, fire suppression might not be required, but if Chaumont is run as a B&B or Trades Academy for at-risk-youth, a sprinkler system might be required. In that case, there are flush-mounted sprinkler heads with white covers (that could be decorated to fit in with ceiling decor). It would be great if there was an outdoor kitchen with a wood-fired oven, BBQ, etc. but it's not my castle, and maybe Dan doesn't want a beer garden in the back. ;)

[@lisaglynn3121]

Dan, you have come a long way! The chateau is looking wonderful, day after day! Very proud of what you’re doing!

[@dorisjonsson7653]

Good job, Dan.

[@bexp436]

Wouldnt it be great to be able to create a body-double when theres work to be done😂 Great job Dan 😊

[@johnfrancis4401]

Great video. Especially the dogs.

[@christine3520]

Great work dan . all you have achieved its amazing . thank you for all you bring for us too watch .we love it so much .600,000 subs come on 😜

[@treenaspencer3710]

DAN,DAN the super human man.😊

[@janinachambers8257]

You must be careful with your back. ❤️❤️

[@carolfaberpeake857]

Wow the 2nd workroom looks amazing!! 🎉 I hope you can rebuild the staircase to the turret 🎉🎉🎉

[@timeforturtles]

always love ❤ to hear than whistle ….means…thinking and doing!

[@juliehilton1701]

Great job knocking an unguarded hole on the 3rd floor, that chateau was becoming a little bit too safe 😂😂😂❤

[@luannschomel2642]

Never boring ! 😂

[@billlamb-s8w]

Great job Dan wish you had some help. But life's circumstances are what they are.. I look forward to your channel. From Northern California Redding.

[@ericbloodaxe8226]

vote Trump

[@billlamb-s8w]

@ericbloodaxe8226 already voted for Trump and read down the line on the ballot get rid of shift out of politics.

[@pdq5465]

It’s amazing what you can do by yourself when you need to & you’re motivated. I often surprise myself. Of course, Dan seems able to do almost anything he wants to.👍🏻

[@christikapa3856]

Dan is Superman