We find a huge stone fireplace!

[@leeetchells6372]

These fireplaces are common in Yorkshire. The reason it is so deep is because it housed the iron range that people cooked on back in Victorian /Edwardian times.

[@Chebab-Chebab]

I'm not sure why this was in my recommended videos, but I watched the whole thing. I'd like to see the finished result.

[@shetland990]

The pure joy of a destructive survey.. many thanks for the upload!

[@Lord-Brett-Sinclair]

Can't beat a bit of exploration. That room will be brilliant with a roaring log burner.

[@WarmDryHome]

Its already on order... :-)

[@jaymean44]

Stunningly beautiful!! What a lovely find!

[@gooeybongos]

I miss your videos- please keep posting!

[@FilmorYT]

Incredible what gets covered up. My neighbour just uncovered a really nice brick arch fireplace so I'm hoping mine is the same!

[@isctony]

That was an incredibly interesting video and actually explains (or may be a partial reason) for damp in my first house a few years ago. It had a gas fire. In hindsight or if I buy something in the future it would be very interesting to pull all of that and look behind it like you have done here.

[@gilessteve]

Nice find! It reminded me of when I started smashing up some ugly concrete steps in my garden to find they were actually stone steps that had been covered up at some point in the past.

[@coop11111]

Great find. This reminds me of a Victorian Glasgow tenement on the ground floor I was renting and it had all the period features but always smelled mouldy and had all the fireplaces blocked up with plasterboard. I took the vents off and it was packed up with damp soot and dirt and I filled around 5 rubble sacks. The sub floor air vents were all blocked in the garden but were on ground level so rainwater gets in and I also filled around 6 rubble sacks clearing all air vents and replaced with larger air bricks. This had been going on for decades and nobody picked up on it. The Landlord got a company called Peter Cox to have a look and he came out with his moisture meter and said it was rising damp and an expensive job to remedy. I moved to another house but I'm sure if the chimneys and air bricks were not blocked up then there would have been no problem. A shame really as a lot of those period fireplaces people would kill for now. I enjoy your video's.

[@WarmDryHome]

Thanks! Peter Cox are the biggest bunch of con artists ever lived. We see hundreds of fraudulent surveys from them.

[@df6756]

brilliant. might clean mine out now. nice work, good to see you back on form!.

[@WarmDryHome]

Thanks - so much to do, and so tired - doing this stuff drains the brain... But so glad that people benefit from it - I love seeing the comments and knowing we are making a difference...

[@henrybeenh7076]

Thank god he's not a dentist! Beautiful find!

[@tobybarker6808]

A lovely stone support - shame you used a narrow bit and gouged it when removing the plaster :(

[@metallitech]

Great find, thanks for sharing it. Makes me wonder what possessed someone to cover that huge stone up.

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

That is some fireplace! Some great original features hope the can be retained.

[@Gump1Gump2]

Great find!

[@whitacrebespoke]

Like a kid in a sweet shop. Good on you Pete that’s a beautiful thing. 60s/70s were not kind to these beautiful houses

[@priestland1]

So lucky that the original sash windows and shutters have survived in that room.

[@WarmDryHome]

Oh yeah.. they are being stripped and given the full linseed paint treatment. Worry not - they will survive!

[@two-countiesdashcam]

enjoyed the video, you do say "wow" a lot...

[@janwarriner5037]

BRAVO, PETER! Get rid of that gas fire! This "new" fireplace is beautiful!

[@mm27760]

Great video thanks very much

[@Stop..carry-on]

Nice work 👍

[@happydays1165]

Would you be able to come to Kent ?

[@tkjazzer]

Old cooking hearth style fire place?

[@ianroughley1933]

Nice job :) as always

[@ferrworxeinside3985]

What a video. Make this a movie. Quick question what would be the solution to stop the bottom of the fire place getting wet? I have a patch of some sort on my chimney, which is blocked and plastered over the patch does not increase or decrease through the year. But when i use water based paint the patch got darker? I live in a end terrace the chimneys have half airbrick and under floor has the other half of airbrick. Would cutting the plasterboard out and then taking out few bricks and rebuilding be a option. If you can kindly please advise me. Im just so confused as to why my garden solid brick walls exposed to harsh weather unmaintained is out living my house brick walls which is maintained, cared, loved and looked after.

[@davelowe1977]

Exactly like my place 20 years ago.

[@lurmot]

"This was supposed to be a survey" Ha ha ha! Amusing to see you barely concealing your excitement. Had a very similar experience uncovering our fireplace, where now sits an 8kw log burner with integrated oven! Chilli Penguin 88 (highly recommended!)

[@reggiewac]

Never mind the SDS. You should have taken that on with your trusty adze:)

[@FilmorYT]

I'm curious, you mention in other videos people paint interior walls with paints that don't breathe - Is there a particular type of paint or other substance that you would use specifically on lime plaster to maintain breathability? Thanks!

[@WarmDryHome]

Yup - Earthborn clay paints are brilliant :-)

[@tkjazzer]

Did the power tool damage it in lower right corner?

[@beekerblues]

Can you elaborate on the 'let it dry out' bit please - just leave it to dry out naturally or is there a better (faster) way? I ask because I just removed the blocks and rubble from my fireplace, where it had been built up for a raised hearth, down to the original hearth for the range and it is very wet (though coming up rather than down!)

[@tkjazzer]

What is that infrared camera thing you used?

[@Simon78]

Hey Peter how would this have looked originally‽ a few large stones on the bottom?!

[@WarmDryHome]

Probably large stones I'd say - that's what will be going back :-)

[@Donkeymofo]

Wow, what is the name of that tool? I need to buy or hire one!

[@WarmDryHome]

Think you referring to the SDS hammer drill.... Can get them cheap if electric - that one is battery and quite pricey...

[@hdzz]

love the vids, honestly one of my favourite channels on youtube

[@WarmDryHome]

Thanks! We just try to say it as it is.. hope it helps folks...

[@spex357]

Glad to see you took the tv out. Personal and Global health worries will keep on about the burning of wood and the burning of anything indoors. The Clean Air act 1956 introduced smokeless zones, my Granny swapped over to burning smokeless fuel in 1963 and here we are in 2018 taking about wood burners. This week the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) has called on the government to introduce a modern Clean Air Act, equivalent to the one produced in the 1950s in response to London’s Great Smog, in order to reduce harmful emissions across the UK. Why it was called the London smog I'm unsure as it was in every built up area across the country. I recently asked my Plumber's when Hydrogen Boilers would be on the market, both from two different age groups knew nothing about them, suggesting the Gas industry is not keen on the idea. Hydrogen = Zero emissions. We can make Hydrogen easily with a battery, two bits of wire and some water. PM2.5 particulate pollution comes mainly from Residential Combustion, 2 or 3 times as much as from Road Transport or from Manufacturing Industries. Wood burning stoves will be the number one target. If the woodburner is to supplement the central heating or reduce bills it may be better to consider heat pumps and Solar or Solar and Storage heaters, slimline oil filled are recommended by my neighbours. I only say "heat pumps and Solar " as it easily covers the cost of running the pumps unless the sun isn't shining or they are covered in snow or dust from woodburners. Insulation. It looks like a solid wall property where anything piled up against the outside wall will drag in moisture, Picture frames, wardrobes, bedheads, cupboards etc. Nigh on pure cement skirting boards are usually the norm in these properties as wooden ones soon disappear with wet rot. I've spent +30 years working on Solid wall properties. In South facing terraced solid walled housing, I came across households that had never turned the central heating on, ever, luckily as most had buried the boiler over time, depriving it of air. Big windows allowed the mornings sun in, which quickly warmed the front of the house in summer* or winter, the mass of the front wall continued to heat the property later in the day when the shutters are closed, being deep houses heat transfer to the rear was minimal. Insulating a house doesn't warm it up, much to the annoyance of many. The Green Deal wasn't very green if it forced people to put the heating on. If you remove the mass of the front wall from the environment of a South facing house with external Insulation and fit double glazing, you will have a much lower internal temperature all year round. I can find occupants from solid wall Georgian and Victorian houses who would have their insulation removed if they were allowed, just to get rid of their heating bill, in more than one area across the land. Most affected have been the poorest. The biggest gain from Insulation is the cooler nights during the height of summer* according to some.

[@laggytim]

I love you man but if I ever ask a question about my house please don't come around. This is just a survey?

[@WarmDryHome]

Yup - I don't take prisoners... !

[@priestland1]

Is this a listed building.

[@WarmDryHome]

Nope - but the owner is treating it as one...

[@Hands2HealNow]

That hand held tool was interesting. What was it? Seems like something like that with gas spectrometer could be excellent for domestic use in finding roof leeks, other oddities. Would this fireplace been warming like the Mass fireplaces of today.

[@WarmDryHome]

28 volt Milwaukee SDS drill.. The thermal imaging camera is brilliant, as you say, for roof leaks etc.. Only problem, I'm holding about £8,000...

[@mikesweet549]

Nice

[@Hands2HealNow]

The explanation of water could use a bit more explanation.

[@WarmDryHome]

Fires burn. When coal burns, first ammonia comes off - forming nitrates, then sulphur dioxide, which reacts with water in the air to form sulphuric acid, which forms sulphates. So these both attack the stone, brick, and lime in chimney forming sulphates and nitrates - which are like the salt on your kitchen table that gets wet when the weather is damp. They draw water into the chimney. Solution, get rid, regularly sweep chimney even if not used, line chimney so no more get into the structure, and cap chimney at top so no rain can get down. :-)

[@MQ-gz2of]

Stove be nice in there

[@WarmDryHome]

Being sorted :-)

[@johnfitzpatrick2083]

Wow

[@Muxxyy]

I love restoring original features but why on earth would you destroy your new gas fireplace and go back to open flame log or coal fire?? It's INCREDIBLY bad for your health! The tiny particles that fireplace spews out causes Alzheimers, Parkinsons and is known to affect IQ in children. Even closed-in wood burners still spew out toxic slush into your living room. There's no getting away from it. Not everything that's old should be preserved. Some old technology should be laid to rest.

[@WarmDryHome]

Possibly - gas fires also produce huge amounts of steam and cause major problems with condensation. You cant win either way! I think the problems from fires are no worse than traffic fumes - but you are right.. I'll have to sell my woodlands and stop cutting logs then - my entire house is heated with DRY wood, and water from our own borehole, veg grown at home - no potatoes and wheat sprayed with glyphosate - so many other things that will induce terrible diseases apart from wood fires...