What We FOUND In The Brick Pile | UNEXPECTED But Makes Sense

[@ednax1]

Save as much of those red bricks as you can. You'll probably need them at some point.

[@Dannyp8038]

Keep going with channel, it’s a great insight on the real time problems when renovating an old building on a budget.

[@theoldstationrenovation]

Thank you! 😊

[@diamondperidot]

Agreed

[@suevoss8698]

Well Gil got his upper body gym workout for the day shifting that lot.Good job both of you.

[@mikekellyjcmo1]

The reason someone would bury an old boiler is that it may contain asbestos. Handle with great care and a respirator!

[@garywheeler7039]

I wonder if they used any in the mortar! Typically it would just be over pipes and perhaps the main body of the boiler I think.

[@sdfilyer]

I love 'we' are going to dismantle it.

[@pauljames9393]

🤣Shes said that from day 1. Full credit to Gil .

[@suebutler9563]

You are both such hard workers. I really enjoy watching you make the old station lovely again.

[@GMteam.]

its where the original oil tank used to sit. it used to sit on the two walls. but the regs changed so the middle had to be filled to support the weight of the tank. so i was told ;)

[@calypso4554]

Well well, it wasn't the tomb of Tutanchamun, but every find is a treasure in its own way. 😊 Ok, this one maybe not so much, but it's part of the history of this place as well. 😊

[@HighFell]

Not sure I get the moving pile of stuff to another pile of stuff. Save the double handling 😁

[@johnavery15]

Content for der tube!

[@franceswatts4001]

I was thinking the same. A neat pile of lovely original red bricks just carelessly tossed to one side. What a waste of time, effort and good useable bricks.

[@davidross5169]

I found about 100 land scaping blocks,/bricks at a county park,someone had dumped,I picked them up, put them in the back of my truck,took them home and used them to build a retaining wall in my back yard.

[@theoldstationrenovation]

Awesome!

[@alexfalconer7551]

That was a good days work, everything is certainly progressing well. 👍

[@johnpritchard2772]

Hello BOTH (dogs too!) always very interesting and entertaining to see what you are doing with your renovation of the station, lots of hard physical work - as seen in this video. Best wishes from Lincolnshire

[@wendygarrity218]

Using the old bricks that were around the old boiler would make a great fire pit . It would be good for winter

[@franceswatts4001]

They were neatly stacked. Emphasis on the word “were”.

[@lioninwinter9316]

Muhammed Ali used to chop wood as part of his workout. Gil has just substituted breaking block walls!

[@JoelBakerPark]

Our original oil tanker went there, it was installed around 2000 x

[@stellartrent1775]

Some serious heavy duty old kit there, it’s fascinating seeing and thinking about what they were used for. Thanks :)

[@martyb3783]

At first I was thinking, an old well, then an old septic tank, then an old underground oil tank. I am glad it was none of those. It would have meant much more work. Very interesting video as always, and another good work out for Gil!

[@lesthiele4921]

Hi guys, well at least you will have some extra bricks for another project, as second hand bricks look great, looking forward to the next video, I can tell the oldvstation is going to loo, great when completed, best regards to you all from a Kiwi living in Australia, Les

[@leecarlson9713]

Coming on summer for you, while we are heading into winter. Here in southmost Texas, winter means highs in the 70s and 80s (21-26C). Thankful for the cooler temps. Have a great day.

[@lesthiele4921]

@@leecarlson9713 good morning my friend, yes summer is coming, I wish we had temps like that for winter, as our winters in Melbourne can be cold, all the havevtold us about summer this year is it's goingbto be a good fire season, enjoy your winter mate and have a grest week, best regards from Melbourne Australia, Les

[@janmonroe2717]

I have a possible explanation. Diesel fuel starts gelling when it's below freezing, the boiler might have been there to heat the fuel so it was pumpable to put in the train.

[@Thunderer0872]

No I think it was after the railway closed nothing to do with trains. It would be to heat water for the toilet block as seen behind Gill, it's not a railway item.

[@Ragnar8504]

@@Thunderer0872 Could also have been the boiler installed to heat the house in the 1980s. Maybe it was further away from the house to keep the fumes out.

[@LJones-n8c]

"WE" are going to dismantle the site??? Poor Gil did almost all of the work. 😂 When you talk about the "boiler" do you mean a water heater? The red bricks are in excellent condition and a lot of the gray ones too. Save them to use elsewhere.

[@lindaroyal8161]

That was interesting, strange some of the things you've discovered/uncovered on the property.

[@SpanishEclectic]

At first I wondered if it was a housing for a mechanism for one of those signal signs. I see I'm not the first one to suggest saving the old brick. I might have even kept the cinder block sections intact, and just rolled them over to the fence. I re-use a lot of old materials for my garden. BIG STEEL will be so exciting! But nothing like clearing out old greenery and junk to pass the time.

[@johncollier608]

I could fel my own testosterone levels rising watching Gil push the walls over and then smashing them. Sadly no hidden treasure. Even the pooches knew it was a fools quest and didn't bother supervising. 🤣

[@theoldstationrenovation]

We kept them well away from the sledge hammering!

[@susanwhittaker865]

I am loving watching all the work being done. This one reminds me of my garden project in out new (old) home. Sawing massive trees and digging up huge roots everywhere. Nowhere near as strong as Gil, but I am 70. I think I have muscles on my muscles. Super fun though.

[@titan375484]

Interesting discovery and uncovering you did in the garden.

[@rebeccacollinson9349]

Good to see you back to working on the station. Anything happening on the inside of the station.?

[@theoldstationrenovation]

Builders ready to go, we’re still waiting for the house to sell to free up the funds. Really hoping it would have gone through by now 😞

[@sweetsweetcandy3889]

I was hoping for an old well. Then you could put a hand pump on it and always have water available.

[@janetbex7526]

Have you done any soil testing around the place?

[@Cyapow]

It was probably just buried to get rid. My grandad has a few old cars buried in his garden lol

[@sappersteve1443]

Gil's got the REME spanner out again! That tank you pulled out is/was a diesel heater by the look of it?

[@theoldstationrenovation]

REME spanner 🤣

[@MB-fz7lx]

Great work. It’s always fun to see how you are progressing with these jobs and you’ve now got rid of a bit of an eyesore. 👍😊

[@brianbeales6520]

My idea for that heater is that it may have been the heater for the toilet block.

[@Thunderer0872]

Yeah I think that too.

[@philtucker1224]

You can’t beat a warm loo seat in January.

[@philtucker1224]

Looks like an original 1930s - ish stove back boiler, they worked on just convection of the water, ( no circulation pump) ..

[@buffplums]

4:07 That’ll learn it! 😂😂😂

[@barbaradance3130]

Well done to you both another job of yr list

[@suecollado8696]

💕All of the grass you should get some goats to chomp it down you can keep them in a fenced in area & once a goat has had babies you can milk them as well as drinking their milk you can make yoghurt cheese ice cream💕You could sell their babies to bring in some extra money & they’d heartbeat a big hit with anyone staying in your cabin💕Plus you’d never have to worry about cutting the grass again💕

[@philtucker1224]

😂🤣😂🤣our local lawn mower shop doesn’t sell goats, I guess they don’t want the competition 😁

[@Susan.I]

Now you have to neatly stack the bricks and get soil and plant grass .

[@glendabrekke5475]

I thought it was a well at first. maybe there is a well deeper down feeding water into the boiler?

[@georgewalton-b5s]

keep up you are doi8ng well

[@theoldstationrenovation]

Thank you! 😊

[@stephnewman1357]

Odd things you can find in a garden let alone an old station. 😄

[@mandycoleman1394]

Gil who were you thinking of while hitting the stones ?! lol you didn’t find anything of value but it was another job ticked off the list! Brilliant job x

[@DianeStalcup]

You never know what you're going to find next when dealing with a property that has been in use/existence for so long. More clean up to do but worth it to have the mystery solved for sure. I was surprised that you didn't keep/stack the bricks somewhere for use elsewhere - maybe a pathway in the garden or something even. Perhaps you kept them off video. Or maybe you already have more than enough stashed somewhere for future use. Always enjoy seeing your progress and adventures. 🙂

[@the.artist.donaldb]

You should re-use those old red bricks. They don’t make them like that anymore.

[@saintetienne755]

How did you manage that without a single Puppy Patrol inspection??

[@theoldstationrenovation]

With bricks flying around we thought best to keep them away!

[@saintetienne755]

@@theoldstationrenovation I demand hard hats and high viz puppy jackets for your next task!

[@acdallas6356]

Well, if you lived near me in Texas, that would have been full of spiders, snakes and scorpions and you two would have been doing a lot of dancing around to get out of their way!!! That would have been a sight!

[@philtucker1224]

Yes it’s so cold and wet all the time in the U.K. we don’t even need aircon. Just heating for about 11 months each year!

[@markfairfield1552]

Terrific job again

[@ste6787]

Still no cups of tea 😂

[@theoldstationrenovation]

🤣

[@highpath4776]

bolier for greenhouse

[@ChristineJackson-o3w]

You are preparing for the next time in your life 🎉

[@seancoleman8528]

That’s mad, looks like it’s just been buried hard work but necessary work

[@buffplums]

6:51 OH LORDY!!! You are sending that old boiler up to the Spirit in the sky !!! Yikes 😳

[@theoldstationrenovation]

With the weight on that thing it won’t be going anywhere near the sky!! 🤣

[@buffplums]

@ he’s goin downstairs were it’s hot and toasty … 😂

[@tedmccullen7466]

Good luck

[@philtucker1224]

The pile of debris way have been from an original boiler house that ultimately became redundant when piped town gas was introduced in the U.K. back in the 50s..

[@Wheel_Horse]

Gosh... sure hope it ain't a crypt!

[@6109river]

Double and tripple handling ?

[@LJones-n8c]

"WE" are going to dismantle the site??? Poor Gil did almost all of the work. 😂 When you talk about the "boiler "do you mean a water heater?

[@stewartmcardle8149]

I might have employed a lump hammer and a cold chisel to retain the bricks for future use...🤔

[@Dore60]

👍

[@CptCrackers]

That looks like someone really wanted something to stay buried and put all that weight over it.👻

[@lesleywilliams323]

Use the aggregate to make a bbq area…. Or a raised veggie bed

[@theoldstationrenovation]

It’s quite a big hard standing, I was thinking of a work shed ⚒️

[@sharonweston9944]

Is there any work being done on the house?

[@1966jcar]

spare bricks an slabs

[@2quintly]

Seems strange that the 2 daughters are never helping Mom & Dad on these videos. Life is good, . . . .

[@stephnewman1357]

Probably don't want to be filmed 🤷

[@helenwasher2125]

I once asked why they don’t help and was told that they do but they don’t like to be filmed.

[@thomasstambaugh5181]

This is what I (an engineer) call "reverse engineering". :) There is a piece of what certainly looks like asbestos insulation visible in places like 7:09. Since you're outdoors it's not a huge hazard to any of you, but it's still something that probably should be encapsulated in a couple of big bags and disposed of in a hazardous waste tip. I'm leaning towards the notion that the boiler was used to keep diesel fuel liquid during cold weather. The wiring and relays visible at 4:27 are from the early to mid 20th century -- much newer than the station itself, and appropriate for the diesel era. It wouldn't surprise me if you eventually find some plumbing running from the old boiler towards the tracks and platform. I think I remember a water source there, and there was perhaps a siding where engines might have been topped off with water and -- later -- diesel fuel.

[@williamparker3765]

That looks like it was an oil storage tank, you say there was a boiler outside the back door, so could it have been the oil tank for that boiler?

[@philtucker1224]

I think you are on the right track, in the 1930s hot water boilers were generally cast and oil/diesel tanks were quite large and mainly welded sheet steel.

[@Thunderer0872]

I would hazard a guess that after the station closed and those toilet blocks were used by the new owners and that boiler was used to heat the water for that block of toilets and shower if it had a shower? in the 70s or 80s?

[@Goldenoldie49]

Was that asbestos I saw sticking out of the boiler or fibreglass?

[@philtucker1224]

Back in the 1930s through the 1960s Asbestos was recommended and used for all construction where high temperatures were involved. (I don’t think Fibre glass really existed in those days..)

[@theoldstationrenovation]

I thought it was all metal but I’m not much of an expert (as you may have noticed 😆)

[@caniacstevehenderson7115]

Well or cistern ? Boiler ? May have been used to steam heat 😮

[@theoldstationrenovation]

Old boiler by the look of it.

[@lozinozz7567]

😊

[@Thunderer0872]

Do you know what that small square building on the property to the right of the camera?

[@donbennington677]

Wot, no dogs?

[@RobertMiller-cd1xy]

First lesson on building site don't throw the bricks you will damage them restack them your not supposed to hit stone with a sledge hammer yous a brick bolster and lump hammer to split them apart and clean off the mortar restack the stone in natural bed and then put a bord on top and cover from frost

[@MrGazzaj]

The supervisor stands around a lot watching the worker work

[@stephnewman1357]

😂

[@Whocares.........]

I was thinking,a cistern.

[@excossack]

I was thinking was it a back boiler for a fire?

[@philtucker1224]

Yes. 👍

[@robdeaton9910]

I still say there were spiders and snakes in that pile.😊

[@jennifercook7450]

Maybe it was coal shed brick with a wooden structure on top or a bike shed

[@Kitty_cat2001]

I wouldn’t throw the bricks around they could break & they can be used elsewhere I.e., to make a path or something?

[@philtucker1224]

Always true but I think it depends on if you are really tired or exhausted and just want to get the place tidy again.

[@falfas55bgas]

You guys need another dumpster(skip).

[@beccabbea2511]

Please don’t throw those bricks around or away. You can’t get them anymore.

[@theoldstationrenovation]

Good point!!

[@lisaherzog3462]

Have you been doing anything on the interior of the Train Station???

[@dyannejohnson6184]

Well,…it’s sort of….”curiosity kills the cat”…..”satisfaction brought it back”…..but did it have to “leave a kettle of worms?”…..so to speak. HMMMMMM

[@debbievogt9881]

How does it help to move the mess 6 feet over?

[@SirHeinzbond]

so its out of sight for KZbin!

[@rebeccacollinson9349]

Maybe not knowing what it was he thought he might have to put it back 🤷‍♀️

[@debbievogt9881]

@SirHeinzbond waste of time but they get paid for the video

[@helentaylor4911]

When it too heavy to take to the tip, surround it with bricks and make a feature for the garden

[@gargoyle1210]

This is exactly what I was thinking. They're going to have to move all of that again. Be prepared and have a way to dispose of or a place to stack for later use. That would make this look more like a planned and necessary task instead of quick content.

[@highpath4776]

well?

[@robbunch2225]

Kerosine tank for toilet heaters?

[@philtucker1224]

We didn’t have Kerosene in the U.K.- I think it’s more of a Stateside used fuel?

[@karendooks6244]

I wish the music wasn't so out of keeping with what's going on in the video. Makes it less than soothing to watc

[@Vault57]

That appeared to be the surplus brick and stone uesd on the original building. It probably served a double purpose of camouflage for the boiler and as a place to keep it available for future needs. For example, if someone were to renovate the old station. Not having it can make matching masonry a little harder, plus you have to buy it. That was a free stack of brick and stone. Hope you saved it.

[@pauljames9393]

Well that was interesting wasnt it🤣.

[@petertaylor5377]

Wouldn't been fantastic it was a Well cap

[@ddexplorers255]

ALERT. If your going to have your husband working that hard, have the decency to hand him over a glass of water if your not helping with the hard part (he was out of breath), then you can continue talking. Fast forward and not even a beer for all that work😮. I'm a widow, be kind to your partner.

[@Olly-il7hl]

Oh give over. He’s more than capable of getting himself a drink; you’re assuming the lady isn’t working off camera. I’m sure there’s plenty of jobs keeping each person busy. And what’s your martial status got to do with anything? Maybe you should practice some of that kindness you preach.

[@ddexplorers255]

Sad to see your response (rude) it was a recomendation, my partner died at 40 for working hard, it was just a tip from a concerned person.

[@dereknash3638]

@@ddexplorers255How do you know there was not a break in filming for drinks etc. The comments some people make is unbelievable. The first time I have ever heard of anybody dying through hard work.

[@jacquelinejeffs4079]

Why are you throwing the red bricks? They’re old and people are looking for them. They’re not new bricks there handmade.