Renovating a Cottage | Loft Conversion & Plastering | Vlog

[@trishmichael7528]

Great job. Nice to see some colour on the walls instead of white, grey or magnolia.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you! Yes the colours they chose go really well

[@michellerose7676]

Rooms look great and loved your swing for the kids cool

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks ☺️

[@garyhollywell2112]

Bruce and 'TEAM' a brilliant job well done. There is nothing more rewarding than creating spaces I think, yes its hard work and yes there is an element of monotony but when its done how great and special does it feel!!! Looking forward to seeing more, have a great few weeks.

[@OffGridBruce]

A lot of delayed gratification :)

[@karlaholden]

No way! Looks great 🥰

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you! 🤗

[@carolfaberpeake857]

Wow the girls rooms look amazing with their color chouces! Great painting jobs everonr!🎉🎉🎉

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you 🤗

[@DCScott-wo7cq]

Super job guys. Wondering if a floor covering of some kind would help keep noise levels down rather than bare floor boards.

[@OffGridBruce]

I’d say so but we love the look of the floorboards. I’m going to insulate for noise from below

[@livingoffgridinscotland]

I’ve not seen grey finishing plaster like that before? In Scotland we use multi finish which is pink

[@OffGridBruce]

Same. It dries a bit pink

[@legrandeileen4863]

I forgot to ask you where you are living in the west of Ireland

[@OffGridBruce]

County Clare :)

[@lyttonscott]

Hey Bruce, quick question: when you bought your house, was electricity connected? If not, what was the cost of reconnecting? Thanks in advance

[@OffGridBruce]

The house had an electric connection already. I think it can be quite pricey getting reconnected after talking to my neighbour

[@lyttonscott]

@@OffGridBruce Ok, I’m in the process of of purchasing a house in Ireland and I know the electricity was disconnected a few years ago (still has the physical wire/cable going up to the house though). I’ll have to get informed.. thanks for your reply

[@mag1071]

Are you going to tape where the sections on the ceiling, etc.

[@davidlipski863]

You have achieved so much this year Bruce i expect the girls are looking forwards to their new rooms.

[@OffGridBruce]

They can’t wait

[@DinSF]

Oh my, you must be so happy to get the plaster boards on, the plastering done and painted. What are you going to do with the bottom areas of the walls? I see there are wood beams,? Are you going to put cabinets or drawers for storage? I was wondering why the plastering didn't go to the end of the wall. When we did our attic, we had the walls plastered all the way down to the floor and painted. The one area that wasn't plastered is a bit colder even with insulation. We did cabinets and drawers and with white paint its easier to see inside. The girls are going to love their new rooms!!!

[@OffGridBruce]

Yes I’m going to build some built on cabinets and drawers for them. That’s why we only plastered to where we did

[@drystonewallingperthshire3405]

What model is the torch?

[@OffGridBruce]

Armytek it’s great. I use it all the time now

[@ilzitek2419]

❤

[@SDugan52]

❤😊👍

[@RuthellenHerzberg]

Great progress

[@jacksg1809]

Give urselves a pat on the back for all u have accomplished esp u Bruce learning "how to". All a learning curve . I love watching the progress and learned a load myself 😉

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Jack been a steep learning curve

[@jacksg1809]

@@OffGridBruce but ur giving it a go that's what it's all about , many wouldn't even try .

[@ann.gg.]

9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.” Romans 10:9-11

[@kellyb3211]

Whooo! Look at that snazzy red wall! Can’t wait to see this one!

[@angleaschroeder6531]

Looking absolutely amazing, Bruce. You have some mighty good helpers! Thanks for sharing your progress and your lives with us. I get so excited each time I see a new video is available. So much positive energy!!

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks we are feeling particularly good right now with the loft coming along nicely

[@corinnecoombs2956]

Congrats looking great 🎉

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you!!

[@magcurran100]

Great work....well done!

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks 🙏

[@kategreen-adarkcarnival6747]

Very well done Bruce!! Great achievement! It's such a creative and beautiful thing to do. Always think of DIY and the trade skills as really creative because they are so transformational. Girls so excited, they'll love their wee spaces made with love for them! Kxx

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks. Feeling very excited to be able to sign off the upstairs

[@OzBeefer]

loving the continuing story Bruce, seriously thinking about moving to Ireland and doing something very similar!!

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks 🙏

[@davidfennell5124]

Rooms look fantastic Bruce skimmed and painted. Nice job.....😊

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks 👍

[@gum9261]

What happened to saving and re using rusty nails from pallets! Plasterboard and off grid don't go my friend,..never mind, carry on with your click bate, Grifter channel, your no longer part of the community you wished for, sold out! Lot's of new subscribers though so hey! Disappointing but to be expected! It's not that you'r not a really nice guy and you'r family are lovely , just don't sell what you are not. A change of channel name would do it..Give the REAL off grid community a break..

[@OffGridBruce]

Jesus this was a bit of a shock comment. You will not like my next vid then. I have built my new work benches using only off grid power but I then use OSB for the walls and top the benches with mdf so if you hate plaster board then MDF and OSB probs aren’t on your list of materials you like either. I still live in the yurt at the moment while I work on the cottage but the upstairs was always going to be plaster as I couldn’t afford to clad it. I’m not sure why you think I have sold out and I really don’t know why you think I’m grifting anyone I’m always using old materials. Even in the bench build using old teak for edge banding reclaimed purlins for the cross beams and round wood for the legs. When I was using old nails etc I had no money available. The name of the channel is just a name. It’s not a dogma. It’s just what I was doing at the time and I plan on getting back to offgrid builds. Just now focusing on getting my home to a point. I’m not forcing anyone to watch. It’s just a bit of fun and entertainment that makes me a very small income. Sorry if my channel has pissed you off it really isn’t my intention at all. It’s just supposed to be fun

[@rorymakesstuff]

Cracking job. I’d take credit, but my plastering is terrible… you making the doors too? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@OffGridBruce]

I will be yes :)

[@mag1071]

If I had waited 10minutes I would see you taping and plastering…Bravo!!!!!

[@franceswatts4001]

Your door frames are exactly like mine! I still forget to duck my head sometimes, 11 years after moving in here, and give it a whack.

[@OffGridBruce]

I seem to hit my head on the wall more than the door 😂

[@MrSamcraggs]

Amazing to to see the place coming together, we are on a simular journey, thanks for sharing dude

[@OffGridBruce]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lauriewhitlock8137]

How exciting for the girls, my parents let us glue magazine pictures on our walls and it was special. I’m 66 now and can remember well the feeling of having your own special space. I love your videos,it sure does take me back . Hello from Vancouver Island Canada

[@OffGridBruce]

They absolutely can not wait

[@ren5062]

Well done Bruce you've done a grand job

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Ren :)

[@seanshannon9910]

Hi Bruce great to see you back great video One small tip use handle on paint roller much easier pleanty paint and role slow to avoid splash Beautiful reaconstruction kind regards Sean from the Burren

[@OffGridBruce]

Totally should have done that. Could of had a 12 inch instead of 9 too. Send I like to do things the hard way 😂

[@ellentaylor4351]

CONGRATULATIONS EXCELLENT work💞👏

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you so much 😀

[@PinkettsHoney]

The Bedrooms look Fantastic! I bet the girls can wait to move in :)

[@OffGridBruce]

They are very excited

[@martyncleaver3961]

Really nice job on the bedrooms, you will be moving back in soon👍

[@OffGridBruce]

That would be nice but lots to do downstairs

[@Garyjones710]

Love the vlog Bruce, great to see your making progress on the house.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Gary

[@kmoon2921]

Wow, looks amazing guys, well done👏👏

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Keith :)

[@legrandeileen4863]

Love the colours , nice clean work, Bravo ❤❤❤❤

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you!

[@barrywood5357]

Bruce you are a star in the making there wont be a dry eye in the house when you finish the upstairs crack on

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Barry

[@lorrainewoodcock520]

Great team effort the girls will have their bedrooms soon 😊

[@OffGridBruce]

Nearly tgere

[@katytaylor8940]

Have you thought of a spiral staircase for upstairs 😉

[@OffGridBruce]

I have but the pitch of the roof is a problem for that arrangement. Once the floors are done downstairs I am going to open up the stairwell and do an Lshape winder

[@theparttimeadult3350]

You need to attach a broom to the underside of that rope swing seat!

[@OffGridBruce]

😂 that would be hilarious but I fear I would get hit in the face at some point

[@TheNinja691]

You’ve done a great Job Bruce & family. Don’t know where you guys are but me and my family are moving from Wiltshire to rural Sligo for the off grid life so hopefully our paths may cross some day. 😉🙏

[@OffGridBruce]

I wish you the very best of luck

[@TheNinja691]

@@OffGridBruce thanks Bruce, and you 🙏

[@marieennis6114]

Oh my goodness Bruce I love those colors are girls picked red is my favorite color but I actually like the blue better oh my gosh it's so gorgeous and I wish that Roy could come here and do my wallboard because I hate wallboard too. We don't do ours like that in the US but we should seem so much easier then putting some on and then sanding it off and then putting some on and then sanding It Off.

[@OffGridBruce]

Yes I think the new guys coming through are doing it the American way now but I think it looks good with the whole thing skimmed

[@marieennis6114]

@@OffGridBruce I'm in the same process at my little off-grid place and I think I'm going to try the skimming. I might make a giant mess of it but I'm going to try it because I've been avoiding it like the plague because of having to sand it makes such a big mess. I know it's a mess anyway but but I just want to say you did a fabulous job in that room looks gorgeous with the girls choices in color its perfection. Marie from Tennessee 🇺🇸

[@kingloser4198]

Some more pranking camera shots again I see 😀

[@OffGridBruce]

😂

[@stevencurrier6398]

Hi Bruce you got a link to the head torch thanks

[@OffGridBruce]

www.armytek.com/flashlights/models/wizard/armytek-wizard-c2-pro-max-magnet-usb/ here you go

[@robine916]

Excellent choice of colors, girls!💙❤

[@OffGridBruce]

I thought so too :)

[@allonesame6467]

HooRay! A milestone met! HooRay!

[@OffGridBruce]

:)

[@maeveskelly4686]

Well done to the girls on their colour pics.

[@OffGridBruce]

Looks great doesn’t it

[@joannabowers1358]

Wow, I know that there are several different ways to finish off drywall here in the states depending on which region of the US in which you live. Where I live, texture is added and none of the walls are smooth. When I lived in Kentucky, the walls were taped and floated along each seam and then just painted and left smooth so you saw any mistake. I’ve never seen plaster skim coated like that, and it’s really quite neat. Is it a smooth finish?

[@peadaroloughlin3270]

Yes really smooth. Done by a master!

[@anniinglucksdorf960]

That is interesting. In Germany the plastering is standard procedure. Did not know there was another way…

[@OffGridBruce]

America tape and skim just the joins I think. I believe they have started doing that here to on new builds

[@KntnWDHS]

What will you do with the yurt now the upstairs in the cottage as all nearly set-up? Could you do a cottage tour and or maybe take us through what your plans are next!!!!

[@OffGridBruce]

That’s a good idea. Still in the yurt for now as need to gut the downstairs

[@KntnWDHS]

@@OffGridBruce love your channel and videos. From Suffolk but may be joining you in 🇮🇪 (like the look of co. Leitrim, Sligo area)!

[@jayneward6649]

Wow, the girls rooms in the loft look amazing, well done all on your hard work ❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks so much 😊

[@aprilriordan8202]

Oh wow the rooms look amazing and loving the colours the girls picked out , fantastic job all of you ! 😊

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks so much april :)

[@MarkDavis1704]

Great job guys!!👍

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks so much!

[@chickenlady3155]

Rhuairi seems to have all the skills!

[@OffGridBruce]

He’s the main man

[@dylan3657]

looks real nice real pro job

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks 🙏

[@CrustyLees_engineeringish]

Looks great the hard work is paying off and I’m certain everyone needs a Rory

[@OffGridBruce]

Everyone does 😂

[@sidninewton5377]

Nice Job ! Love the colors !

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you! The girls had good taste

[@davidgerardgeraghty9890]

Fantastic progress Bruce, lovely too getting to up skill.

[@OffGridBruce]

A constant learning curve for me

[@davidgerardgeraghty9890]

But that's what it's all about, ain't it? It's a balance between necessity and choice, and choosing to research, university of KZbin, or learn by assisting the 'master'. Either way you can choose to pay the man, or DIY by any means necessary, but in the end your winning and that's great@@OffGridBruce

[@bluegrassers]

Your girls will have such wonderful memories of great parents

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks very much

[@christinamontano11]

I loved watching the skim coat in fast motion. So satisfying.

[@OffGridBruce]

It was wasn’t it

[@kathleenmead9259]

wow...great progress!

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks!

[@johnoleary528]

Brilliant job of plastering, love the colours😊

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you John

[@Yaketyyak21]

Rory is a magician…

[@OffGridBruce]

💯

[@patrickbeamish8480]

It looks great!

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Patrick

[@GardensforLife]

Awesome job guys! Plastering is a bit of an art :D

[@OffGridBruce]

It really is!

[@mosbysmen]

looks really good

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks 🙏

[@Donneczka1]

You must be smiling a big smile Bruce! Looking sooooooooo good! Congrats!

[@OffGridBruce]

I am! 💯

[@skrtskit1521]

Why do you skim coat new drywall and not just the taped and nailed areas? It looks so nice. You should be so proud of what you have accomplished. Many memories created for your children and yourself.

[@OffGridBruce]

It’s how it has been done in the uk and Ireland for some time but I think the American way is being adopted by a lot for new construction now

[@skrtskit1521]

Ty. I was onboard with this way, until you mentioned sanding. Thats alot of sanding, but maybe you don't have to apply another coat and sanding. Either way it s a thankless job for sure. @@OffGridBruce

[@OffGridBruce]

@@skrtskit1521you don’t have to sand the walls I did say I’m going to sand the floors though

[@skrtskit1521]

oh that's great to hear. That sounded so daunting to me. You guys did a great job. @@OffGridBruce

[@brianmcguigan5881]

Great effort being put in to the rooms Bruce. Loving the colour choice girls 😊. Can’t wait to see the floor finished and the rooms dressed. Love ❤️.

[@OffGridBruce]

Me too!!

[@DeirdreHickey-nx8nt]

The colours for both your girls rooms are beautiful. Great job. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you! 🤗

[@wadeschwartz6281]

Marvelous! Progress . Fascinating to see the UK terms and process for room prep . We’re painting and remodeling also , I’m sure we will all be sooo glad when it’s done 🙂

[@OffGridBruce]

Good luck with your project :)

[@jodiethane9359]

Oh those are starting to look like proper bedrooms. Soon finish. Good choice of colors from the girls. Really adds some brightness.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Jodie :)

[@paulaniclinseach8672]

Hats off to u all, the rooms looks great, I love the colours, it'll be so exciting for the girls to deck out their lovely new bedrooms❤

[@OffGridBruce]

We are getting there :)

[@leapingkitties]

That looks terrific! Nice colour choices. Looking forward to seeing how the cottage gets renovated further. Thanks for sharing!

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks for watching! It’s great seeing the space transform

[@KimLee2019]

What a lovely episode this was. The girls must be so excited to see their spaces coming to life - great choice of colours for the feature walls ❤💙

[@OffGridBruce]

They can’t wait

[@bettysadlier8708]

It's really coming together now Bruce you all work so hard well done m 👏 👍

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks 👍

[@Marie-yx5ie]

Well done to you all, great job👏👏👏👏👍😉🇮🇪☘️Eire

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks you :)

[@mag1071]

Grand Dad has the right moves

[@OffGridBruce]

He’s the man

[@terrygauvin3961]

Great job looks great love it ❤

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you! 🤗