Badger. You needed to put on a strip of foam seal plate before you screwed down the sill plate to the stone or concrete. This is to stop the wood from wicking up moisture through the stone. This is why all the old houses in UK and everywhere that builds with stone gets damp!! Concrete floors need a barrier to stop the damp from entering the house. Put your hand on the big stones and feel how cold and damp they feel. You need to get this right now or you will have a damp house just like back home. Good luck❤
@pollyb.464810 ай бұрын
Oops, too late!?
@lfuentes409810 ай бұрын
I’m in the US and our 1926 cottage is now floating on the concrete footing in one corner because of this very reason. Not too much damp issues since we have a large ventilated crawl space underneath the wood construction but definitely a shifting house because the damp has rotted out the sill plate. 😢
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment I’m going to do a vid on it next week why we haven’t done that ☺️
@ValieM-od2if2 ай бұрын
This is progressing very well. Team work is the dream work! ❤
@ritakennedy858210 ай бұрын
I just started watching you on KZbin and I admire you and everyone, who dares to go off grid. Good luck to all you do on your build and God bless 🙏😊
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!🙏🏼
@JanisTilyard10 ай бұрын
Sole not soul. 😁 Sole as the foot 🦶. Exciting times. 🎉🙌🙌🙌
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
😂 I only realised that after I posted the video 😂 whoops!
@MariaJoseAniceto10 ай бұрын
Massive development 💪. So cute Wilfred right behind dad, eager to help, I guess. Keep up the good work at the " Quinta do Vale das Cascatas" 😉
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you! Yes Wilfred wants to learn it all ☺️
@shirleyedwards380110 ай бұрын
How amazing for the children to return from school to see the progress
@lindabrooks824210 ай бұрын
Very exciting, and I love the exuberance, even through all the hard work! 🥳🎉🏆
@petergledhill738010 ай бұрын
I think a DPM between sole plate and concrete would have prevented any rising moisture
@jimillsortit10 ай бұрын
My thoughts also, but I’m sure Badger will have a reason as he seems pretty clued up
@teresajames599310 ай бұрын
Yes that’s what message I just sent! UK homes are known for damp and they all complain about it!! Now’s the time to stop it from happening!!
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment I’m going to do a vid on it next week why we haven’t done that ☺️
@johnoneill581210 ай бұрын
Usually there is a gasket or plastic barrier between the sill plate and concrete to prevent moisture wicking up into the wood. I'm sure you used treated wood but I am concerned there will be rot or mould in the future.
@kimberlyenglehardt577010 ай бұрын
Is it maybe different because it’s on stone?
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment I’m going to do a vid on it next week why we haven’t done that ☺️
@joiejarvis446110 ай бұрын
All I can say is wow I feel like your wife you expect the whole kitchen how you do so much by yourself. It is going so fast. I know it doesn’t feel like that to you. Just awesome can’t wait for next week. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much ☺️
@dawnfitzgerald295110 ай бұрын
DUNMOVN….That is what I am calling my humble abode here in Victoria. I am not moving again. Great work on the walls . ❤️🇨🇦
@lfuentes409810 ай бұрын
🤔 I thought after the sill plate the floor joist are laid, then the subfloor and finally walls. I guess I’m confused. But I do admire your one man show and the making of those helping hands to help you construct the wall on your own. That’s pretty cool. 😊
@SergeElinsky10 ай бұрын
Какая хорошая пара... Приятно смотреть на таких позитивных людей. Счастья вам желаю.
@greenb571610 ай бұрын
Combine the two: The green valley of life. ❤
@NALLEPUH1310 ай бұрын
I see a lot of comments about a damp course protection... now water do not travel up granite so I wouldnt worry too much just make sure the roof is water tight ;-) lol.. I am Norwegian ( living in Belgium for more than 20 years and with a Portuguese madam) so through the years I have gotten to know the country a littlebit. Do you feel confident that a wooden structure will last the test of time? Thinking about the wood eating bugs of course.
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much yes that’s right it won’t travel up the granite I’m going do a bit on it next week as had a lot of comments like you said 😅 Yes there is a lot of wooden houses here and with the right protection it will be fine 🤞🏼😂
@silevee10 ай бұрын
It's a good thing Badger knows what he's doing. Kayla, I'm with you, I wouldn't be able to work it out with the laser level!
@lidijabirsa776810 ай бұрын
"Did you get it? No, I trust you!" 👍😆😂I wouldn't even try , just tell me what's my part of job! 😁
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Haha absolutely i have no idea 😂
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
😂 absolutely I just pass him tools and carry wood 😆
@k.j.248110 ай бұрын
Glad for the 3 kids and their activities. It must help to feel that there's must breaks that you have to take each day from the building projects. 😊 Even the two dogs and cat helps to get on with the day. Keep going, one day you'll move into a house.❤
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Absolutely!! It comes as a welcome break sometimes ☺️
@jennms158610 ай бұрын
Don't worry about the time lapses, We absolutely love watching them! Keep doing them! Keep them coming! My favorite.
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@deborahplumley869810 ай бұрын
Looking good.
@neutonrenda230310 ай бұрын
Amazing progress on your own. Wow you work fast, very impressed.👍❤
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😊
@rachelfrees126810 ай бұрын
Badger 👏👏👏👏 I’m learning so much. Thanks. One comment made was you missed putting strip of foam down. Can you fix it ? What a family❤
@maryjanevasconcellos901310 ай бұрын
Great job! Congrats! Another name for your farm: " Quinta luz do sol" / "Sunshine farm". Have a marvelous week!
@deborahplumley869810 ай бұрын
Later lay stones between home and the rock wall.
@arjanvogel644410 ай бұрын
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you all scotters , good work 👍😁💪👌👏👏👏.
@juanitakauffman633610 ай бұрын
Nice progress. I like trime lapse.
@stevennewell66810 ай бұрын
Hi all. Thanks for sharing your lives and progress with us. Just a quick hopefully helpful point, normally you would fit a DPM between the stone and the wood. Sorry if I’m wrong and hassling you unnecessarily, it may be that due to the granite you don’t need it but I thought I’d mention it just in case 🤷♂️😊👍🏻.
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
No it’s great to hear all the opinions and advice, I will do a video on the reasons why not next week ☺️
@heathermorgan226510 ай бұрын
What a great week you have done a brilliant job 👏 👍 😀
@caroleparker104210 ай бұрын
Nice work. Quick question but did you put a damp proof membrane between the wood and concrete to protect the wood from moisture?
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment I’m going to do a vid on it next week why we haven’t done that ☺️
@phoenixrises516910 ай бұрын
Great progress, guys!! I love how you work together and the positivity is wonderful! You're such a lovely family! Looking forward to next week to see how much further you'll have achieved.
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! 😊
@glenyscallaghan119510 ай бұрын
That was fabulous , I wish you everything that is good. 🙏🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@dorothyallen361410 ай бұрын
Your work is progressing well, you’ll be dried in before January ❤🎉
@JackieButt-p1l10 ай бұрын
Wow, what fabulous Autumn colours in the background of your videos. I am always amazed how cheerful you both are, Kayla and Badger, living in tight quarters with 3 children during the sunshine and rain - you are such a positive family
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Yes can be tricky at times 😅🫣
@joshuaking791610 ай бұрын
Badger is soo talented! Amazing!! I loved this week 🤓
@gee522210 ай бұрын
where your damp proof between the wood and the rocks, B
@deborahplumley869810 ай бұрын
Love the gate it's beautiful.
@LorraineinAustralia10 ай бұрын
You are both very talented.. so supportive of each other and working together towards your dream house/home.. 🐨🐨
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you 😊
@bs628110 ай бұрын
Wow you two work so hard. Well done you will be in in no time
@JudySnyder-dv5ld10 ай бұрын
This is so exciting! It's going to be so beautiful. Impress upon your children how having and keeping real estate is family wealth for generations! May the house you build be forever in your family. Our family home was sold and we've been scattered to the four courners of the USA. Keeping thehomestead and land keeps families together.
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I really hope so ☺️
@deborahplumley869810 ай бұрын
Put big windows on the other two walls.
@hilaryholt306110 ай бұрын
Amazing …parabéns Badger! So exciting to see the kitchen take shape.
@margiecarter999910 ай бұрын
I love seeing your progress! You all are Amazing ❤
@LPay-jy8mx10 ай бұрын
Looking good! Badger, heads up that all laser levels lose accuracy with increased distance from level; inaccuracy is 6.35mm at 10m, and more beyond.
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Good to know thank you 😊
@suziqt838910 ай бұрын
Quinta do Rio. (River Farm)
@tonileggate10 ай бұрын
Incredible progress! Very, very well done - Toni UK
@debbiemilan286710 ай бұрын
Construction site? Or kids’ gym? It’s both! You’ve made amazing progress. I can finally see what you’ve imagined. Your home is going to be so beautiful. Congratulations!
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you yes definitely have both ☺️
@evangelinamunroe674510 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤
@SylviaWhite-w7p10 ай бұрын
To do the concrete to join wood to granite why not make a former using 3 wood planks and fill from the top leave to set then join your studs to that just a thought
@petergledhill738010 ай бұрын
Good idea this would allow a DPM to be placed between the wood and concrete to prevent rising moisture
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment I’m going to do a vid on it next week why we haven’t done that ☺️
@patphilroberts14810 ай бұрын
Do you have a builder or are you going to build it all yourselves?? X
@miriammuskal540210 ай бұрын
So happy to see progress ❤
@AntonioLourencoAntunes10 ай бұрын
I never saw doing that work the way you doing...i`m confused ... but maybe it works😂
@annapower979910 ай бұрын
Great work! Excited for the progress each week. Question: how did Badger learn these skills? Assuming building a stone house is a first for him??? Though it appears he’s a pro,
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you! He owed a building business for many years in England and is a plumber by trade so we are super he has so many skills but yes working with granite is new to him ☺️
@deborahplumley869810 ай бұрын
He so cute
@conniechuha311310 ай бұрын
Good work. Puts my pantry build to shame. So excited to see what's next.
@marydewitt627510 ай бұрын
Well done 🎉
@pattykey125410 ай бұрын
Looking good so glad to see room addition is coming along. good..
@lesleypingiori800610 ай бұрын
Wow great work guys 😊
@jenniferhord20310 ай бұрын
That’s great progress!! Massive achievement
@jbyrd251610 ай бұрын
Wow, impressive! Great to see such progress. I was also delightedto see the children so at ease around the site - took me back to the 50’s and the childhood building site experiences which in turn made me confident to tackle building as an adult. 😊
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much 😊
@Reet6410 ай бұрын
So much progress!
@Linda-zi1ds10 ай бұрын
So exciting! I love construction! Great vid!
@robinhorgan558910 ай бұрын
Genius
@stewlarsen70910 ай бұрын
So fun to see fast progress!!
@WestCorkWander10 ай бұрын
Great job on the framing! Interesting to see you use the cement and wood like that badger! Recent done similar in Ireland but built a beam first, you way could have saved me some time!! Keep it up!
@tarynkriebel31910 ай бұрын
Keep onScotter’s, love you
@donaldmackinnon577910 ай бұрын
Great start on getting the framework up, starting to take shape. As they say onwards and upwards ❤❤🎉🎉
@jacquelinecorreia104910 ай бұрын
Greats start guys! So exciting. I like it when you film both of you working on time lapse. Fun!
@deedavies719410 ай бұрын
❤ WoW ❤amazing ❤ xxxxx
@lindamesa512210 ай бұрын
Well that was confusing! Now I know why I could never be a carpenter!!! I'm lousy with math! Even though Badger described it well I still don't get it! You got a great start well done!😮😮😮😮😮
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Haha me too I still don’t get it and I there watching 😂
@JJPHAT77710 ай бұрын
I chuckled when I read "soul plate." It's called a "sill" plate,
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
😂
@sue719010 ай бұрын
Not sure if you are putting any windows in the walls. We had a green oak garden building built and added inset non opening full height double glazed units in 2 walls. The oak framers sat the glass on a flexible membrane and added kiln dried oak cappings to the exterior oak to ensure no water ingress when the green oak dried and shrank. It looks great and is completely weather proof. It would look lovely and give you a view in all directions. Knowing how you like to repurpose things, a guy renovating Chateau Montmagnier went to a local place that sold second hand upvc windows and doors which he bought for peanuts, took the sealed units out then made new frames in wood.❤ Great progress.
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Wow thank you so much for the tips! Yes we will be having windows on two out three walls! ☺️
@rosaribeiro633610 ай бұрын
O vosso entusiasmo é muito contagiante, como fico encantada em ver o seguimento da obra muito bom o espaço e a divisão da casa. Fico à espera de mais vídeos beijinhos grandes família linda.
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Obrigada ☺️
@kristinmcclary719410 ай бұрын
Great job, can you explain how you are going to do the floor and insulation/heating? TY
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you! We sure will ☺️
@LudaCastanheira10 ай бұрын
Looks good!! 😊
@shaneboyce876610 ай бұрын
Well done you two, looking good, look forward to each week's progress 🎉
@lidijabirsa776810 ай бұрын
Just pop on my mind, it's so amazing that kids can see how their house is growing up every day they're back from school! Great job Scotters, you're getting there! Is Badger possibly Libra 😆, level, level, level....?! Yeah, I know it's crucial! Wish you to have nice weather without rain, blue sky and some 🌞! 💗
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Haha he is a Virgo loves order 😂 and I guess being level too!
@pammcfarland172710 ай бұрын
Awesome work!
@donnaconyers518910 ай бұрын
This is awesome!! What did you both do before you started travelling and eventually settling in Portugal. Badger obviously has building experience...and plumbing as well? No worries if you don't want to share that...just curious aka nosy...lol. Also is there any updates on the water turbine? Love it as usual and thanks for sharing.
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! So yes badger is a plumber(his main trade) but he had his own building company for years before we left so definitely had building experience, which is amazing now we get to do our own project ☺️ I have been been busy being mum for years.. yes super excited about the water turbine we have the last piece so will be fitted soon I hope 🤞🏼
@donnaconyers518910 ай бұрын
Fantastic. Mums and plumbers are very handy😊
@petergledhill738010 ай бұрын
How does ‘Badger’s Sett’ for the farm name sound 🧐 Sett being a badgers home.
@petergledhill738010 ай бұрын
conjunto de texugos in Portuguese
@blakehahn-atlantaga851010 ай бұрын
Great progress! Moisture barrier?
@alexstavrou10 ай бұрын
What about all the stone pointing?
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
That’s to come ☺️
@mariadange0610 ай бұрын
Sole plate or sill plate not 'soul' plate... we are all learning ;) My favourite construction term is for the 'noggings' 😂
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
😂 I had no idea! Yes love the word nogging!!
@jamescarpio263610 ай бұрын
I think you forgot the moisture barrier Badger
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you we are going to explain all next week ☺️
@missglenellen10 ай бұрын
I’d like to give you two thumbs up, where can I find the second button please 😅
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you ☺️
@lagringa751810 ай бұрын
Aren't you going to pour concrete for the floor before closing the walls?
@Tarassio28010 ай бұрын
It was necessary to put waterproofing under the boards
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you but not for the technic we are doing ☺️
@ew1hoastesned9 ай бұрын
😊👏👏💪
@pollyb.464810 ай бұрын
I'm clueless but aren't they sill plates rather than sole plates? And time lapses are always fun!
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Ahh I googled it and think they can be called both? ☺️
@pollyb.464810 ай бұрын
@@THESCOTTERS Ok, different country too. Sorry, I should have googled-didn't think of that, I'm old lol.
@robine91610 ай бұрын
💕
@bs628110 ай бұрын
Will you need to treat sole pkate with insect paint?
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
That would had already been treated before we put it in ☺️
@victorsummers228310 ай бұрын
So the foundation stones just sit on top of the ground with no anchors?
@lynnbfoster10 ай бұрын
I hear the river or rain or something!
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Will be river it’s super loud ☺️
@ehrenfriedklemt403110 ай бұрын
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@samanthabond960710 ай бұрын
Wow this is going to be amazing cannot wait for the next one 🏚️🏚️🏚️❤
@fishonshay10 ай бұрын
💜🎣❣️❣️❣️
@georginawatson937410 ай бұрын
Do you not need a damp proof course?
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment I’m going to do a vid on it next week why we haven’t done that ☺️
@504e10 ай бұрын
This building process seems complicated… 😮
@peixotoagostinho879210 ай бұрын
👍👍👍👍👍👍🇨🇵🇵🇹
@denniswray47010 ай бұрын
You are mixing morter not concrete, concrete contains gravel or granit chips, morter is sand and cement.
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
I always get it wrong 😅
@robertclarke176410 ай бұрын
Where are all the windows 😃✌️
@suzilouden596410 ай бұрын
Still at the shop....😁
@THESCOTTERS10 ай бұрын
Don’t worry we are definitely having windows…a lot ☺️
@jacquelinejeffs407910 ай бұрын
I’m so happy for you guys. Hopefully you’ll be in your new little house soon.