#24 Work continues on the old bakehouse

I'm back working on the old fournil ( bakehouse). I finish digging out the back wall and get down to bedrock plus re- open the little window. Slow living in the french countryside.
Hidden away in France is a channel showing my life in the countryside of France. As a dressmaker of whimsical fairytale dresses to living a simple life whilst trying to renovate my old farm. My love of the outdoors and nature, ancient buildings and architecture to period costumes and all things related.
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[@zlatahume3134]

Look on a channel “Home renovation project” stone house with water problem. It will probably need French drain round the house and new damp course inside. Certainly lots of work awaits you, good luck😊

[@LimousinLife]

That was long hard work on your window but well done!!!!

[@hiddenawayinfrance]

Thanks, it had been closed up very well which is a little unusual ; )

[@jillychandler]

Love the little window opening you found, but make sure across the top is supported (as I am sure you are aware) as the little wooden lintel that is there looks all rotted, and you do not want the wall above sinking down. You are working so hard, and I love the stonework of your building. xxx

[@hiddenawayinfrance]

Thanks for your comment . I will be adding extra support to the lintel. I'd like to use oak and try to match with the other side. Thank you for watching. 😊

[@jillychandler]

@@hiddenawayinfrance I think that you are doing amazing work, and have subscribed and liked, so shall be following your progress. Love your buildings, and your surrounds. xxx

[@sueg2658]

Hello Sian, I watched you on The Moon’s channel. It was so good of you to thread the beautiful old Singer. That is so helpful and now Jenny can repair the blankets and all the other things on that large table. I just subscribed to your channel. I’m in California. I am looking forward to watching your channel. I do hope you can find a way to damp proof your building. And I love that window. It’s all about more light, so neat! Be Well.

[@hiddenawayinfrance]

Hi there, It's lovely to have you joining me here. I loved Nick and Jen's idea about using the large table and setting the machine into it. Normal machine tables are always too small and it will make fixing the blankets much easier for Jen. Thank you for subscribing 🥰

[@paulettejabbar5661]

Bravo

[@hiddenawayinfrance]

Thank you.

[@judymedway3294]

One of 'maya felix' older vlogs on her digging her side wall down to the wall base and sealing it. She did not leave the rocks exposed though but the technique for and base of the wall would work. She also used a membrane to seal the wall form the drain channel that runs along the side of the wall with stones as a base. Encourage water to run down the hill away from the base of the wall.

[@hiddenawayinfrance]

Thank you, I will check out her vlogs.

[@debrabrooks6138]

There are videos as well on how to repoint a stone foundation and how to waterproof a stone foundation.

[@cynhanrahan4012]

Smart knocking the stones out from the inside after removing the lime mortar. Thank goodness that wasn't modern concrete. Please wear a mask dealing with the dust. Some protective eyewear over your glasses would be good. Maybe ask Nick to introduce you to some of the other ancient building renovators to help teach you how to do it yourself?

[@kindle7191]

Hello from Vancouver Island 🇨🇦 . Fab job on the window. Could you rent a digger and move the soil away from your house to create a high spot for house and angle land away for water drainage. We have water issues here too! Cheers, Kindle P.

[@Nena84734]

I think you’re probably right with the water egress and yes, how to fix that? Nice work though!

[@hiddenawayinfrance]

Thank you.

[@AntonKriel-nb1wd]

Gutter downpipe water have to be led away from wall foundation

[@robinhall3347]

Thank you immensely for getting a mic and turning on the captions! 💞 Exciting you uncovered a window to the bakehouse after nearly being run over by a mouse! Would a French drain work if it were put at the back of the fournil, since you can't put a drain along the side under the little exposed window due to solid rock?

[@hiddenawayinfrance]

I will continue to "work" on the sound and getting it right. Glad it was better. Yes I will need to put in some type of drain and I think one on each end so that the water can be guided around the building rather than through it. The mouse did make my heart skip a beat that's for certain. : ))

[@robinhall3347]

@@hiddenawayinfrance That mouse looked like a well-fed monster and very healthy. I'd have jumped a mile if it rushed out in front of me, so unexpected!

[@whatgoesaroundcomesaround920]

Evidence of stairs set into the wall -- note the diagonal line of rocks rising from left to right in the interior.

[@farmingirl4281]

Ask the multi talented Nick Moon for his expert advice. 😊

[@whatgoesaroundcomesaround920]

I have to wonder why you had all that soil removed. It wasn't there by accident. The slope down toward the bakehouse foundation guarantees water troubles. That may be why the ground was built up around it in the first place. Jackhammer on bedrock may be able to carve a runoff channel. But the easiest solution may be to put at least some of that soil back and compact it with a slope away from the wall.

[@CParks-ps8nv]

Looks like they may have filled in the outside perimeter with rocks ??

[@graydollar2363]

Put a limecrete floor inside, and French drain outside. What ever you do don’t use concrete. I am in Burgundy and I did this in my cottage over ten years ago, no damp issues at all.

[@hiddenawayinfrance]

Thanks for the recommendations, I'm all for using lime but hadn't thought about using it for the floor.

[@goblinking4995]

Use a pick

[@northerngirl4666]

Enjoyed your video muchly all except the mind numbing repetitive music. I come to watch videos not listen to canned music ….. love your diligence: one little stone at a time!

[@hiddenawayinfrance]

Hi there, That's great that you are enjoying the videos and my apologies for the sound. I am working on it and trying to learn what and what not to do. My latest vlog is mostly music, just to warn you 😉

[@sueg2658]

@@hiddenawayinfranceI didn’t mind the music. However, I do recognize it’s good that people will give feed back. It’s all a big learning curve. You are very kind.

[@maurawhelan3530]

you could have said that nicer…sheesh

[@theresaryan8649]

Yes, could have been nicer and just turn the volume down.

[@Ida-fz3ir]

the window lintel insides is much more longer than the w hole...and from outside the big stone, which carry the stones above, seems already to sink...I don't trust this stone 'lintel'!... so I would think about making the window bigger and at same time securing it?

[@myla2102]

Oui, ça serait urgent, la pierre supérieure se décolle dejà😮