Wow. What's left of this ruin is pretty incredible. You can see how carefully the originally builder selected huge stones and fit small ones in the gaps, and how they all form a uniform vertical surface. Even with most of the mortar eroded, the roof collapsed, and ivy growing all over it, the remaining walls look pretty good. It must have been very fine work when it was originally built. Some incredibly large pieces are left for you to preserve, like those beautiful lintels over the door and window, and those lovely large uniform quoins on the corners. I can already see that this is going to be beautiful.
You name it Brendissimo, exactly what we thought too. Especially while working with stone ourselves we realized how much effort was put into these walls, doors and windows. All stones of each wall were treated by hand to give them this uniform surface. An arduous job, that shaped the stones we are now building on. Thanks for your comment.
It’s going to be gorgeous when you’re done! I really hope you are using lime mortar between the stones because using cement will lead to major moisture and mold issues inside the house. Lime mortar lets the walls breathe and dry out after they get wet, cement traps moisture.
Thank you for your comment, and your suggestion with lime mortar. What you see in the video is cement mortar. We chose this because we are going to open windows in a wall and enlarge the lower floor, basically build a basement, while maintaining the walls. So we wanted to get the walls as stable as possible, before doing that. Nevertheless we only filled up the gaps until about 3-4 cm from the wall surface, leaving some room which we could fill up with a lime based mortar later.
This house is going to look beautiful when finished! I have thoroughly enjoyed watching these walls come back to life and can't wait to see your progress 👍🏽
Dear Salgueiro people 👍👌👏 Oh WOW, simply fantastic. At last someone on the internet knowing what has to be done to restore stonewall ruins. I'm happy to see that. In my opinion you do great work. Unfortunately it's a long way to go, even longer if you do it right. But doing things right, usually pays off in the end. I also like that the videos are without talking/music. I'm glad that this channel was recommended to me. Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and especially health to all involved.
Think of all the stories who would be could told what happen inside the walls 100 to 400 years ago depending of the lifetime of that house. When the walls could talk you could listen for so many years. All that happiness ans sadness which was living there. The hard and not so hard times. All these years make me thinking a lot over my self. I'm old and i think i will write down the stories of my life so that my kids and possible grand kids have an idea how life was before all the technic came to us, and there are a lot of stories...
Just seen your restriction on the water tank the steel clamp is a good 👍 idea. If it's not stainless steel it will rust and expand and split the stone. Putting plants in holes in the stone work will over time spilt it apart as well. But looks good 👍
I found your channel recently because of the water tanks videos and now I come across this, I can't wait for the next part! It would be good if you could tell what the next plans/work to be done are. Greetings from Argentina!
Amazing craftmanship in the stonework. It's a pity that walls need pointing 😉 I look forward to the process AND the result. Hard work, it is. I love the river in the background.
Hola, te escribo desde Galicia. Eres gallego? Veo que estás reparando con mortero de cemento no? Que está bien. Pero para encintar no es mejor usar mortero de cal hidráulica? Pregunto eh, por lo demás excelente trabajo.
Really impressed by the amount of work you guys are doing here. Love the old stone walls. Am curious what you are using as a mortar for the stone walls? I'm hoping to buy an old stone house here in Ireland to renovate soon, and considering the rain you have on your property, I'm wondering if things are similar. If I want to have breathable walls and traditional materials, I'll have to go with lime mortar. Or I could say screw that and go with cement and use modern materials to deal with any moisture issues.
Using new materials might make sense in the short term, but always remember that there was probably a reason for everything they did before we got electricity, and lime mortar and more traditional building methods will lead to a significantly better structure with air quality and natural temperature control
Hi @Melicoy yes this is a good idea. We want to make use of the space below the roof in the future for a small bedroom, so we will try to make it higher. Will still take a while until we get to the roof, but already looking forward to that part!
Ik zag deze video voorbij komen en nam een kijkje. Wat zijn jullie plannen na het schoonmaken van de stenen? Ik ben blij dat jullie géén cement gebruiken,want dat is een fout die de meeste beginners maken met natuur stenen muren.
Looking great. Look forward to the next episodes. little piece of advice you can adjust white balance yourself. my humble opinion is auto wb is not ideal for your work
Is this a double-faced wall? Or was there a single stack of stone? Why repoint? Were there problems with the structure of the original dry stone, or it's just to be safe? What a beautiful old structure that's certainly worth preserving.
Hi BookOfNick, Yes it is a double faced wall, here they call it a "wall of two brothers". No the dry stone would probably be stable however a lot of ants and mice live in there so we wanted to keep them out. Also when opening the windows it was necessary to stabilize the wall first.
Hi azdre, thanks for asking and watching our videos. We used a cement based mortar. Simple mixture of sand (should be fine sand), cement, and water. We have received a lot of suggestions to consider lime based mortar, so I would recomend you to take a look at alternatives as well. There are many good ones out there, especially for natural stone renovation projects.
Hi, sorry for the long wait first of all! Gradually catching up with commenting... So there are documents showing that the house is more than 100 years old, how old exactly is hard to say. This used to be a farmhouse with animals in the first floor and people living in the second floor. Its in Portugal.
Very constructive criticism and advice. I hope you do better with kids or colleagues. Although I have to agree that they are not working very safe a lot of the time. Like cutting away the beams and not replacing them or supporting the walls to avoid collapse. Or the walking on loose and wobbling planks one story up.
Thank you for not ruining your videos with music.
Soft nature music would be good
Wow. What's left of this ruin is pretty incredible. You can see how carefully the originally builder selected huge stones and fit small ones in the gaps, and how they all form a uniform vertical surface. Even with most of the mortar eroded, the roof collapsed, and ivy growing all over it, the remaining walls look pretty good. It must have been very fine work when it was originally built. Some incredibly large pieces are left for you to preserve, like those beautiful lintels over the door and window, and those lovely large uniform quoins on the corners. I can already see that this is going to be beautiful.
You name it Brendissimo, exactly what we thought too. Especially while working with stone ourselves we realized how much effort was put into these walls, doors and windows. All stones of each wall were treated by hand to give them this uniform surface. An arduous job, that shaped the stones we are now building on. Thanks for your comment.
It’s going to be gorgeous when you’re done! I really hope you are using lime mortar between the stones because using cement will lead to major moisture and mold issues inside the house. Lime mortar lets the walls breathe and dry out after they get wet, cement traps moisture.
Thank you for your comment, and your suggestion with lime mortar. What you see in the video is cement mortar. We chose this because we are going to open windows in a wall and enlarge the lower floor, basically build a basement, while maintaining the walls. So we wanted to get the walls as stable as possible, before doing that. Nevertheless we only filled up the gaps until about 3-4 cm from the wall surface, leaving some room which we could fill up with a lime based mortar later.
Looking great. Look forward to the next episode.
Eleven minutes to watch what must have been many hours of hard work. Loving the results! The stone looks so beautiful when the light shines on it.
Already waiting for the second part!
This video came up…..this is my new favorite channel, can’t wait to see more!
This house is going to look beautiful when finished! I have thoroughly enjoyed watching these walls come back to life and can't wait to see your progress 👍🏽
those rectangular dressed stones are so beautifully done. This is going to be the most beautiful house.
Love people who have the tenacity to do this type of project, its the only time that I wish i were younger.
mee 2
Just 3 videos and I'm already in love with this channel! Please keep going like this!
Estão de parabéns!!!
Adoro vídeo de restauração de casas antigas assim.
Maravilhoso.
Por favor, NÃO PAREM!!!
Impressive work, my respect for this challenge
That’s impressive packing all that stone by hand, hopefully you’ll take us along for the journey
I can see this is going to be one interesting build and the guy doing it is no slouch…love it.👍🏼❤️
Dear Salgueiro people
👍👌👏 Oh WOW, simply fantastic. At last someone on the internet knowing what has to be done to restore stonewall ruins. I'm happy to see that. In my opinion you do great work. Unfortunately it's a long way to go, even longer if you do it right. But doing things right, usually pays off in the end. I also like that the videos are without talking/music. I'm glad that this channel was recommended to me.
Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and especially health to all involved.
Think of all the stories who would be could told what happen inside the walls 100 to 400 years ago depending of the lifetime of that house. When the walls could talk you could listen for so many years. All that happiness ans sadness which was living there. The hard and not so hard times. All these years make me thinking a lot over my self. I'm old and i think i will write down the stories of my life so that my kids and possible grand kids have an idea how life was before all the technic came to us, and there are a lot of stories...
Que valor tenéis, admiro vuestra tenacidad, gracias por los vídeos
Great stone color.
Just seen your restriction on the water tank the steel clamp is a good 👍 idea. If it's not stainless steel it will rust and expand and split the stone. Putting plants in holes in the stone work will over time spilt it apart as well. But looks good 👍
What a great job you all have accomplished so far, well done and it looks amazing.😊😊😊
What a great job 💯💯😊😊😊😊
Just found your channel, looking forward to seeing the progress, thanks for sharing...cheers
How Brave You Are Bravo
looking forward to see more ! Wish you all the best, cheers Chris.
Wow, so glad I found your channel, loving what you have done so far and I can’t wait to see more
That red granite looks so pretty!
I found your channel recently because of the water tanks videos and now I come across this, I can't wait for the next part! It would be good if you could tell what the next plans/work to be done are. Greetings from Argentina!
Beautiful work! I love seeing the care and detail that you are doing in your restorations.
Think I might have just found my new favourite TH-cam channel :-)
fantastic great work,cant wait for more good luck❤
Amazing craftmanship in the stonework. It's a pity that walls need pointing 😉
I look forward to the process AND the result. Hard work, it is.
I love the river in the background.
Very good works
Желаю вам получить красивый и уютный дом в конце вмех ваших трудов!
Awesome work - thanks for sharing!
Amazing! Bravo! Subscribed.
Hola, te escribo desde Galicia. Eres gallego?
Veo que estás reparando con mortero de cemento no? Que está bien.
Pero para encintar no es mejor usar mortero de cal hidráulica?
Pregunto eh, por lo demás excelente trabajo.
Really impressed by the amount of work you guys are doing here. Love the old stone walls. Am curious what you are using as a mortar for the stone walls?
I'm hoping to buy an old stone house here in Ireland to renovate soon, and considering the rain you have on your property, I'm wondering if things are similar. If I want to have breathable walls and traditional materials, I'll have to go with lime mortar. Or I could say screw that and go with cement and use modern materials to deal with any moisture issues.
Using new materials might make sense in the short term, but always remember that there was probably a reason for everything they did before we got electricity, and lime mortar and more traditional building methods will lead to a significantly better structure with air quality and natural temperature control
Great job, love it!
Please Take more videos of the property and your plans to live there. Thanks !
tipping the mortar could not have been easy nor fun. results are great.
great house
Great project!
Great Work 💪👌 🏴😎
wow this channel is growing fast you deserve 100k subsribers
Nice! Are you going to build the roof higher than current? You have the space add 2 meters?
Hi @Melicoy yes this is a good idea. We want to make use of the space below the roof in the future for a small bedroom, so we will try to make it higher. Will still take a while until we get to the roof, but already looking forward to that part!
Ik zag deze video voorbij komen en nam een kijkje. Wat zijn jullie plannen na het schoonmaken van de stenen?
Ik ben blij dat jullie géén cement gebruiken,want dat is een fout die de meeste beginners maken met natuur stenen muren.
Brilliant.
非凡的勇气与壮举🎉
Looking great. Look forward to the next episodes. little piece of advice you can adjust white balance yourself. my humble opinion is auto wb is not ideal for your work
Thanks for the suggestion, I shoot some parts on my phone and unfortunately it does not have that option.
But will look into it
Is this a double-faced wall? Or was there a single stack of stone? Why repoint? Were there problems with the structure of the original dry stone, or it's just to be safe? What a beautiful old structure that's certainly worth preserving.
Hi BookOfNick, Yes it is a double faced wall, here they call it a "wall of two brothers". No the dry stone would probably be stable however a lot of ants and mice live in there so we wanted to keep them out. Also when opening the windows it was necessary to stabilize the wall first.
Hi there! Congrats for the videos! What kind of mortar you use in the walls? Looks really nice mix. Looking forward to the next videos
Hi azdre, thanks for asking and watching our videos. We used a cement based mortar. Simple mixture of sand (should be fine sand), cement, and water. We have received a lot of suggestions to consider lime based mortar, so I would recomend you to take a look at alternatives as well. There are many good ones out there, especially for natural stone renovation projects.
Don’t envy you doing that pointing.🇨🇦
Please explain more about this ruin. What is approximate age? Was it a farmhouse? A mill? Also, tell about the location.
Hi,
sorry for the long wait first of all!
Gradually catching up with commenting...
So there are documents showing that the house is more than 100 years old, how old exactly is hard to say. This used to be a farmhouse with animals in the first floor and people living in the second floor.
Its in Portugal.
Are you using lime or cement mortar?
What you see in the video is cement mortar.
Is this house in a rainforest?
It rains a lot here indeed, but in summer it can get quite dry. So unfortunately no rainforest ;)
What did you use? Clay or concrete?
I find this captivating, maybe because of my Surname.
Muito bom
Not quick i like to see the slow progress
凄く良いです！
👍👍
Каждый сходит с ума но своему.
Упоротость и труд, всё перетрут😂
Go on, give us a clue. Where is this? Looks a lot like Portugal, but could equally be Italy. Or even somewhere else...
Its in Portugal
🔷
And what will be in this ruins?
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Not a ruin, just under loved.
If you want an engineer to offer info just give me a reply.
Sorting the walls that exist before doing any other building. Masterstroke. You will need commentary to connect with viewers to grow your channel.
Not really we can see what’s being done.
Respectfully love his content but the voice over would bring more people.
🎉❤
🔥🔥🔥😊♥️🇧🇪
🙏🙏🙏🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦❤️❤️❤️🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸👌👌👌
Pls increase number of episode, not payback speed
Thanks for your comment, as the works advance we will publish more episodes. Thanks to all of you who subscribed :)
You can tell you never done that work before make sure to show the building inspector that video you have all the dumb things you're doing😅😅😅😅
Very constructive criticism and advice. I hope you do better with kids or colleagues. Although I have to agree that they are not working very safe a lot of the time. Like cutting away the beams and not replacing them or supporting the walls to avoid collapse. Or the walking on loose and wobbling planks one story up.