Why are we digging all of our existing floors out?!

[@garyosborne-6958]

Awesome week guys, loving the progress you’re making👍

[@Selfbuild_TheJenkins]

Thank you Gary, just small baby steps at a time and keep moving on to the next step 😂

[@Samwise457]

How much fun is it driving a digger! Love it, re did my garden last year had loads of fun on it !

[@Selfbuild_TheJenkins]

Very fun, but very stressful for my first time using it indoors! The wife even had a go but she didn’t enjoy it 😂

[@1x3dil]

Hi both somehow managed to miss your video on the wood floor removal , have left a comment there which might be helpful . Unless you have already got rid 😀. Kind regards

[@Selfbuild_TheJenkins]

Luckily we haven’t sold it yet, but it will be nice to keep some original materials on show in the house 👍

[@JulyFighting]

Exactly what we want to do this summer, very inspirational!

[@Selfbuild_TheJenkins]

We’re hoping all this hard graft will be worth it once the under floor heating is in and running 😂

[@pakijetli]

Bet that was some workout

[@Selfbuild_TheJenkins]

It’s definitely one way to keep fit! 😂

[@Zeus_1983]

Are you having new windows? If so you could have taken a frame out in each room and shovelled straight out with the digger bucket?

[@Selfbuild_TheJenkins]

We are but not for a long time 😅

[@sunshinechild-sv9kc]

very good job, a big job so well done, are you in the trades?, will the earth not drive the moisture up to the edge now through your walls, as all the middle is sealed,do all the walls have a damp course?

[@Selfbuild_TheJenkins]

The walls have a slate DPC that does seem to be working while I have the bricks all exposed, I may put some Sort of seal between the plastic like expandable spray for or something similar before the insulation and screed are laid

[@dwmmu2011]

Looking incredible guys....so impressed with the whole project

[@Selfbuild_TheJenkins]

Thank you! We are a year and a half in now so getting to all the exiting bits 👌

[@ched999uk]

Nice bit of precision driving. Great progress but I bet that was hard work.

[@Selfbuild_TheJenkins]

Really hard work 🫠 currently in the process of doing the last two rooms but all my hand, we can’t wait for this messy work to be over

[@peterdnreynolds777]

Brilliant video and excellent work! Definitely some progress made!! I dread to think how many tonnes in total of earth you dug out of those two rooms. Hope all is well, take care

[@Selfbuild_TheJenkins]

Thank you Peter, let’s just say this entire project so far we have had a total of 6 x 12 tonne lorry grabs and 4 x 8 yard skips… I think we have maybe another 3-4 lorry grabs worth of earth to come out as well 😅

[@peterdnreynolds777]

@@Selfbuild_TheJenkins absolute crazy amount of earth and rubble taken out. Looking forward to seeing the next video. Hope all is well, take care

[@1x3dil]

Hi both Definitely a tight fit , but you managed it . Had to hire a mini digger recently , and I couldn’t believe how much the cost had gone up since the last time . Certainly makes you want to get it off hire as quick as possible . 😂. Kind regards 👍

[@Selfbuild_TheJenkins]

Quite stressful getting it inside for sure, but we managed to get everything we needed to do, done so just the one week hire was needed

[@MattRoscoe1]

This is what happens when you buy your kids those toy diggers when they are young... it always goes too far 🤣🤣

[@MattRoscoe1]

Love watching these by the way... amazing job you are doing and will look amazing when done. When do you expect to have it all complete to either live in or sell ?

[@Selfbuild_TheJenkins]

Sadly I never had a digger but i had the original metal Tonka dumper truck! I was small enough back then to squeeze my knees into the back and roll around the house 😂

[@Selfbuild_TheJenkins]

I told Natasha when we bought it 18 months ago it was a 5 year project that’s including all the front and back garden landscaping aswell, I think that may be more likely to be 3-4 years now and we’re hoping to have the bathroom and kitchen in be the end of the year 👍