Even though it is absolutly YOUR channel, I love seeing how Phil becomes more and more involved in it. At first, we only saw him, then we started earing him, and now he's all on his own! And I'm so amazed by the amount of work you to get done in a day.
That is really smart -- and a gift to your future selves and to future contractors/owners of the house -- to remove unused pipes, lines, and wiring! As Phil said, gives you room to add the new stuff and to keep you from getting old and new confused and cutting the wrong thing. Way to go!
Can attest- we have been trying to deal with the nonsense of the previous owners old wiring and piping left in situ, it makes so much wasted time when we have to fix anything, it is super frustrating!
Oh can I agree with this! Amateur electricians managed to install light switche OVER the kitchen faucet. Bathroom outlet, no breaker if it draws more electricity. THREE light fixtures in one kitchen area, ONE is a hanging bulb. Don't get me started on the plumbing, ZERO insulation in the basement, but a suite there. 🤦😤
You and Phil are so pragmatic regarding this house and its a joy to watch you work together and inspiring as I also must insulate the rim joists and rebuild my back door threshold before winter!
The house we renovated had to be sprayed in the basement to kill mould. But vinegar alone doesn’t kill the spores. I started with bleach. I had to buy a lemon and thyme to get the spores . Today 17 years later, it was a waste of money, I can smell a musty basement on humid summer days. Dehumidifier is programmed to run during cheap hydro rates and drains into the sump pit. In winter the house is thankfully naturally dry. So the challenge is to keep the house dry. Wishing you much success.
Gentle reminder. After treating items with vinegar you may want to try to neutralize the residue so that the acidity doesn’t deteriorate what you are trying to save. Every item is different in how it reacts to acid. You two are a great home restoration team!
You need a whole house Dehumidifier in the basement. Get it from a basement dewatering company. It will be expensive but maybe they would sponsor you. I live on a river, high water table but no more humidity in my house. It was so bad before that my stainless refrigerator had rusted on the doors. You can't leave there with this mold problem. Everything will be ruined.
I know you have a dehumidifier in the basement. But do you also have one running upstairs in the living quarters to keep the humidity down until you get back and can deal with the issues causing the mold? Would be awful to return from your trip to find mold everywhere.
Like I wrote in the post before you you have to have one that will empty itself with a hose otherwise it is of no use because it will overflow or shut itself off so that being said........
I love that you don't bash the plumber for missing some spots. You guys are great and know, we are all human. The house is looking great and going to be so much warmer. I love that you had great shots of those beautiful lamps by the couch! Ty, still love those lamps. So perfect for the house.
The work ethic and problem solving is amazing! We all need someone like Phil to help when we are called away. Great job Shannon on keeping us in the loop. Didn’t even notice the gaps in footage. Looking forward to autumn. My hexi quilt is looking good ❤
The mold on varnished surfaces but not so much on other wood surfaces migth indicate that the varnish used is shellac. That stuff molds easily apperantly and if it is left long enough the varnish becomes sticky unpleasant gunk that has to be removed. I bougth a nice kitchen table set that had been left in a too damp area, I could dent and scrape that gunk with my fingernails :( I hope that your vinegar dousing worked out for you! I also have general awe for the sheer level of efficiency you and Phil Have in this video!
When I was a kid, we lived in an old former farmhouse and our basement steps looked just like yours with that odd…shelf?…right where you would hit your head if you weren’t careful. The stairs were ridiculously steep and for some reason we kept board games in that storage space. Forgot all about it until I saw the footage of Phil changing around the stairs.
Gotta love the Shannon Wiggle! Hope the mold situation is handled now; I have to go through my apartment once a year and wipe down all the window sills, yay. I can't imagine fighting a whole house full of it, yuck. You and Phil have been doing a great job; looking forward to jumping forward in time, and seeing the "now" house. Thanks for the video, have a great weekend.
I know 🤣🤣 I had the camera set up at a different angle, but then she hopped up and threw off my composition, so I had to totally rearrange everything 🤣
I am sooooo impressed at how hard you BOTH work on that wonderful old house - I can TOTALLY envision a few years from now, with you and Phil living comfortably in the house (whilst still doing smaller renovations of course😎) and beginning to enjoy the fruits of your labor - what a great house to decorate up for Halloween!!! 👏👏👏☺️💖🍂🍁🍂🍁. In the meantime, I am looking forward to your October videos!! Thanks for posting-I appreciate your hard work in editing these videos for us!!!☺️💖
Awe yes, ye old vinegar, the go to for all your cleaning needs. My great grandmother used to use vinegar for everything. I never understood why mom mom used vinegar to clean the windows when I was growing up until I was 16 and finally asked. She told me about how her mom and grandma both used vinegar to clean everything. Later we used it in our house to combat a mold problem in the wall next to the bathroom. Problem was it was an addition and the roof right there was flat. So the eves of the house met up in a corner right there. The house also sat under 2 big oak trees so every time it rained the oak leaves would collect right there and the water would collect and pool up right there. So naturally we had a mold problem. Worse was that it was considered a historic house and the permit to fix the roof was astronomical. Even with the connections my FIL had through the count as an architect. Since we were both poor starving college kids snd just starting out in life,we redemcked it to the best of our abilities. We sealed it as best we could and when we tore out the moldy drywall, we sprayed vinegar on the mold. It worked like a charm. Even years later when we remolded the house the mold never came back.
ooof, yea those historical designations are both a blessing (if you get the grants and funds that can come with it) and a curse 🥴 Definitely a reason I didn't even look into it for this house!
Oh yeah. An old house is sometimes a pain. When it comes to moisture and mold, humidifiers work really well, but they're kind of expensive. in my old house in the summertime. I used to put Saran wrap over the vents. Because I could smell the mold coming up from the basement.
Get your basement tested for radon gas. If you have radon, seal the floor and look into getting a humidex venting system. It will vent the radon and, bonus, deal with the excess humidty problem too. I was told it uses less hydro than a dehumidifier.
you both have done so much for the house , i know i am a few weeks behind on what you have done , please take care and be safe in the things that are coming up , hugs
Yeah - Congratulations on getting heat! That's a huge one crossed off the list, lots of prep work but so worth every minute you put in. Nice upgrade on the thermostats also. All the smaller punch list tasks help toward the end result. Much better peace of mind while you're away for a few months. I would have wanted a few days of testing the heat and examining all the plumbing connections, before leaving. Lots accomplished - Good Job! Also - good to know you can spray vinegar on material and it doesn't damage it. TY
There is a product in the USA called DampRid. You can buy these bags that you hang and it sucks up moisture. Would be nice to have this while you are gone. Your skin looks great!!!
Love, love, love all your videos. I have lots of catching up to do on all your earlier ones. I just discovered you by way of the house ones. I think it was the first walk through. Then I saw your other content and went "Wow! Now here's someone I would love to follow and support." You rock Shannon!
I feel for you with the mold. I battled it for 5 years 2008 to 2012 and never got rid of it in my 1940s, renovated in the 70s fixer upper in Vermont. I thought my closet was ok with fresh primer and paint then the next summer all my leather shoes were green. My ex replaces rotted joists in the basement, but kept the ines that were "ok" and it still grew. He didn't want to hire people to get rid of all the basement wood. He couldn't do it all himself. The mold just grew back. Many people jack uo the house and redo the foundation and the 1st level floors. Mold never sleeps. I hope all your work does the trick. Gotta be totally thorough all at once. Do it all before it starts to grow on the new wood. I lost books, clothes and records in my 1st floor bedrooms. I moved all my stuff to the 2nd floor...then i left him. He refused to address it seriously
Hey Shannon, I was telling you about some paint you could buy to paint your walls keep moisture out of your basement and I forgot to tell you that you can get it from Lowe’s or Home Depot or something like that. But it is so worth it.
Drylok is not a good option for historical fieldstone foundations (and honestly I'm not even sure it's a good option for modern ones, but it does seem to less detrimental with something like cement blocks)
You can buy moisturer absorbing pellets. We used then in our RV. We put the moisture trap into an old icecream bucket, as the trap over flows, from all the moisture it collects. We picked the pellets up at Can Tire, or Home Hardware.
Good job Phil! I sometimes feel like we don't appreciate all the work he does enough. Tu es super, Phil!!!!! Tres bien. C'etais un grand plaisir de voir quel q'un enleve les vieux morseaux d'un projet. Notre vieux masoin avain plein de materaux abandoner dans les murs et sous les plancher. (Sorry if my spelling is terrible, I'm using my brain cells not Google translate)
I have never had success with vinegar for mold. I use Electrically Isolated Silver aka colloidal silver. It's odorless and you can use it for Everything. I keep a spray bottle on the kitchen counter. It's wonderful for burns and sunburn. It doesn't sting even on an open cut. I make my own for pennies a gallon. Buying it commercially is cost prohibitive. You will need a "generator" but they're roughly less than $200. Of course when I bought mine back in the day it was under $100.
Not to sound preachy,but, I'll sound preachy. I live near the coast of Texas and I know about humidity and mold. Most days I live with 100% humidity. I would suggest using bleach to spray the entire basement after you clean it out. I know everyone screams bleach hurts the environment. That is true but only if it gets in the ground. A light spray, 1 to 10 mix, left in place would kill anything growing on your wall and ceiling. If you leave it, the composition will break down within less than 2 weeks. Then your brilliant idea about the heaters will take care of everything else not to mention keep your First floors warm. Good luck. I do enjoy your videos. Now I have to hop over to the 2nd channel before fixing drywall.
It`s not about being ecofriendly, at least not entirely. As RoundMtDryGoods said, bleach doesn`t get into porous surfaces. Btw I live in Japan where it`s also super humid all year round, I kept spraying my bathroom with bleach, cause black mold grows like crazy. Then I tried steamcleaning it and it`s been mold free for a month so far!
so bleach can actually contribute to mold growth on a porous surface because when you bleach mold, it softens the protein shell on the mold spore and makes it spit off a million little babies... and since it can't penetrate to the root source of the mould (on porous surfaces, at least), it's only able to wipe up surface mold spores, which also increases the amount of moisture available, allowing deep-rooted mold to thrive 🥴🥴
I was laughing at your discussion of the blown-in insulation because years ago I had an apartment in a c. 1895 house. I mentioned how cold it was in the front room in the winter and my idiot landlord said "That's impossible! We had insulation blown in five years ago!" I recall just blinking at him and thinking "Yeah, and it's all sitting in the basement now."
Vinegar is my best friend for all cleaning purposes, nice to see you adopted it too! And I'm looking forward to the cozy autumn videos, they sound just like the kind of thing I want when the weather starts getting meh.
A builder I knew told me to use Oxiclean (because of the hydrogen peroxide) for mold. Works like a charm without the harsh vinegar smell, too. The brown bottle is just as effective as the laundry additive and dirt cheap.
@ShannonMakes Application. Oxiclean works great for scrubbing walls and floors, and for general laundry. Hydrogen peroxide is great for direct fabric treatment (including for blood) and the nasty pink slime that builds up around water areas (tubs, shower curtains, outdoor faucets, etc). The oxiclean also kills the musty smell better than just the hydrogen peroxide alone.
so excited to jump forward for october!! i'm really looking forward to the office makeover and the attic exploration, and everything else you have in store to share with us!! marvelous work as always Shannon! and cheers to Phil for his creative solo repair work
The mold and mildew in the maritimes is unbelievable. The humidity is wild. I have friends who have had papers on the fridge grow mold, or leather boots in a closet. I find it helps to open windows in the night and close them in the day, it reduces the relative humidity a bit, but i have silverfish everywhere anyway and there's nothing to do on a soggy day.
Awesome progress, you two!!! I am so fortunate to have found you a couple of years ago. You really DO provide a lot of interest for me: the engineering challenge of upgrading and repairing the house to contemporary standards is big value for a viewer like me!! And all your adventures in thrifting and marketplace and even visiting the dump are fun, too. I love how you two are showing us your process as you solve problems. This is the opposite of 'influencer content'. I know you work so hard, so please be sure to take good care of yourselves. Love your channel.
Putting a covered porch over that back door area should put a stop to most of the problems. I want an enclosed front porch to keep the north winds away from my front door. I also want a large porch in the back to make it safer (for me and other people to get in and out of the house in the winter). Plus, having shade in the hot summer would be a real plus. Those aluminum and glass storm doors get so hot in the summer that I (and others) have been burned by the metal handles.
Thanks for sharing your progress and all the work that goes into making these videos happen while doing the work needed to care for this house. This may be a silly question that has already been answered at some point and I missed it, but if humidity and mold are prooving to be such a problem why not get a couple dehumidifiers? A woman I used to clean for battle a losing battle with mold at her appartment for years until I recommended she get one. She was able to get hers second hand from someone who didn't need it anymore, which was lucky for her as I know they are an investment, but within a week we had the mold issue under control. There were no further problems until that dehumidifier died.
@ShannonMakes thank you for clariting. Unfortunately my health issues have been taking more and more of a toll on my memory and it doesnt help that so often I have youtube on to give me something else to focus on while Im hurting or while Im doing something else. The good thing about not remembering is it makes rewatches feel new. I'll have to go back through other videos and hopefully it will actually get retained.
Your knowledge about the construction of your house is so interesting. I had to look up balloon construction 😊 when you are finished you will know every inch of your house and that is a great thing!
I also looked up balloon construction and it feels wild to me that there used to be pre-cut lumber that was 2 or 3 stories long! No way could you use that type of construction on multi-story homes today.
Have you ever tried upholstery paint? I saw a sofa like yours on some channel that had been painted a beautiful plum color. It looked very soft & smooth, velvety. Wondering if it's a good thing for use, not just appearances. I'd keep a fan on 24/7 to pull moisture out of the house, or a dehumidifier even. Mold is my allergy too, like many others. But it can ruin a house fast! Edited. 😊
Cleaning vinegar is better for the mold but any is better…you don’t have to use as much…I get mine at Canadian Tire in NB….one is pine scented a little better, just FYI Love your channels ❤️
You guys are Amazing!! Working as a team and getting big things done!!! Watching you and Phill brings back so many memories of my youth doing the same things. Thanks for sharing with us!
Sooooo much progress! I hope there wasn’t too much mold/deterioration after the winter. I’m loving the progress though. I’m looking forward to the spooky autumn content! The best time of year for cozy creating. ❤
Félicitations à tous les deux pour votre détermination dans les divers projets que vous menez avec succès ! Shannon si vous continuez vos commentaires enthousiastes sur les saisons froides vous allez me faire apprécier l'automne 😅 et pourquoi pas l'hiver 😂😂 ! Amicalement Hélène de Marseille 🌞🌞 🇨🇵 France
Shannon, they make a paint for the walls in the basement that helps to keep moisture out of your basement. It’s a little expensive but worth every bit of the trouble. It totally works.
Drylok is not a good option for historical fieldstone foundations (and honestly I'm not even sure it's a good option for modern ones, but it does seem to less detrimental with something like cement blocks)
Hooray for Autumn spooky season! Wow! You both got a lot done this video. I applaud you for not getting overwhelmed, as I'm sure i would. Great job to you both!
I'm so glad you all wear PPE! It's so important and a lot of creators don't. Your health and safety is so important. Your progress is amazing keep up the good work.
I have always been impressed with your diversity of skills. Now, I am really amazed by how much you have accomplished. Amazing accomplishment for people who are not homebuilders or trained in that kind of work. I’m just really impressed all around.
You’re doing such an amazing job ! You got me hooked for a long run ❤ if you need something extra after the vinegar there’s a mould remover by furniture clinic (should be available on Amazon but I am uk based so can’t say 100% ) that helped me saved some bit suspicious furniture
Wonderful video, as always!"I'm always superhappy when friday comes around. It is truly amazing how much work you get done in a day and how you strategize. This house is a huge project! Also, there is so much edit time - how do you get it all done? Thank you for letting us be a part of this journey, love Annie
Shannon have you guys thought about putting a polyethylene plastic vapor barrier on the basement ceiling? It will keep the moisture from entering the house. Not telling you how to restore your house just an idea.
🌟 Second channel sneak peak: th-cam.com/video/VILKx236JRA/w-d-xo.html
Even though it is absolutly YOUR channel, I love seeing how Phil becomes more and more involved in it. At first, we only saw him, then we started earing him, and now he's all on his own!
And I'm so amazed by the amount of work you to get done in a day.
I so much enjoy the videos and look forward to seeing the house renovations. Phil seems to be a very yalented and handy man to have around.
unfortunately if I left him alone on the channel, the channel would cease to exist and we'd have zero documentation to show for it 🤣
@@ShannonMakes nevertheless, we appreciate him! It's so much fun to see how you work together. We love Phil! He's a gem. Never let him go!
I know exactly what you mean!
That is really smart -- and a gift to your future selves and to future contractors/owners of the house -- to remove unused pipes, lines, and wiring! As Phil said, gives you room to add the new stuff and to keep you from getting old and new confused and cutting the wrong thing. Way to go!
That's the idea! 🥳
Can attest- we have been trying to deal with the nonsense of the previous owners old wiring and piping left in situ, it makes so much wasted time when we have to fix anything, it is super frustrating!
Oh can I agree with this! Amateur electricians managed to install light switche OVER the kitchen faucet. Bathroom outlet, no breaker if it draws more electricity. THREE light fixtures in one kitchen area, ONE is a hanging bulb.
Don't get me started on the plumbing, ZERO insulation in the basement, but a suite there. 🤦😤
You and Phil are so pragmatic regarding this house and its a joy to watch you work together and inspiring as I also must insulate the rim joists and rebuild my back door threshold before winter!
You got this!! 💪
I can’t believe how hard you guys work. Love watching all of your videos.
Thanks!
Hopefully the new heating system, insulation and all your work will help dry out the house.
The house we renovated had to be sprayed in the basement to kill mould. But vinegar alone doesn’t kill the spores. I started with bleach. I had to buy a lemon and thyme to get the spores . Today 17 years later, it was a waste of money, I can smell a musty basement on humid summer days. Dehumidifier is programmed to run during cheap hydro rates and drains into the sump pit. In winter the house is thankfully naturally dry. So the challenge is to keep the house dry. Wishing you much success.
I‘m looking foreward to the spooky attic and cozy oktober room makeover🍂🍁
Same here!
Yay!!!
Me, too! My favorite time of the year!
Gentle reminder. After treating items with vinegar you may want to try to neutralize the residue so that the acidity doesn’t deteriorate what you are trying to save. Every item is different in how it reacts to acid. You two are a great home restoration team!
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You need a whole house Dehumidifier in the basement. Get it from a basement dewatering company. It will be expensive but maybe they would sponsor you. I live on a river, high water table but no more humidity in my house. It was so bad before that my stainless refrigerator had rusted on the doors. You can't leave there with this mold problem. Everything will be ruined.
I know you have a dehumidifier in the basement. But do you also have one running upstairs in the living quarters to keep the humidity down until you get back and can deal with the issues causing the mold? Would be awful to return from your trip to find mold everywhere.
And maybe a ozongenerator to clean air from particals that spread around and get stuck on stuff where it start grow and bad for lungs
They may need a larger dehumidifier for the basement. I agree with one upstairs as well though. Ozone isn’t a bad idea for the basement as well.
Like I wrote in the post before you you have to have one that will empty itself with a hose otherwise it is of no use because it will overflow or shut itself off so that being said........
@@rosiesgrandma ofc when not allways home you need one woth hose that goes drain it to the drain system for house. Thats kinda speak for it self
I love that you don't bash the plumber for missing some spots. You guys are great and know, we are all human. The house is looking great and going to be so much warmer. I love that you had great shots of those beautiful lamps by the couch! Ty, still love those lamps. So perfect for the house.
He worked so hard that day 😵💫 everyone put in super long hours that last day!!
Cutting the insulation with a rather fancy bread knife makes it look like you're making a Cursed Basement Sandwich to me.
HAHAH the "not for eating death bread" as someone in the premiere chat called it!!
My bread knife comment was meant to end up here! I use a cheap electric carving knife to cut foam, I wonder if it would work on rock wool?
The work ethic and problem solving is amazing! We all need someone like Phil to help when we are called away. Great job Shannon on keeping us in the loop. Didn’t even notice the gaps in footage. Looking forward to autumn. My hexi quilt is looking good ❤
Hey, congrats on the hexi quilt!! 🥳🥳
You two are so talented and determined. I truly enjoy your videos.
Thank you so much! 🥰🥰
The mold on varnished surfaces but not so much on other wood surfaces migth indicate that the varnish used is shellac. That stuff molds easily apperantly and if it is left long enough the varnish becomes sticky unpleasant gunk that has to be removed. I bougth a nice kitchen table set that had been left in a too damp area, I could dent and scrape that gunk with my fingernails :( I hope that your vinegar dousing worked out for you!
I also have general awe for the sheer level of efficiency you and Phil Have in this video!
When I was a kid, we lived in an old former farmhouse and our basement steps looked just like yours with that odd…shelf?…right where you would hit your head if you weren’t careful. The stairs were ridiculously steep and for some reason we kept board games in that storage space. Forgot all about it until I saw the footage of Phil changing around the stairs.
that's so fun!
Cardboard shout-out during the door jam replacement
🥳🥳 yes! Saving some of our hardwood floors in the entry way!!!
My lunch is ready, time for a new Shannon video 🎉
Perfect! May you enjoy!
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Great job…thoughts and prayers to finish! Hope it’s nice and much warmer in winter!
Gotta love the Shannon Wiggle! Hope the mold situation is handled now; I have to go through my apartment once a year and wipe down all the window sills, yay. I can't imagine fighting a whole house full of it, yuck. You and Phil have been doing a great job; looking forward to jumping forward in time, and seeing the "now" house. Thanks for the video, have a great weekend.
I love the little doughnut Cannelle shots on the sofa, so precious
I know 🤣🤣 I had the camera set up at a different angle, but then she hopped up and threw off my composition, so I had to totally rearrange everything 🤣
WOW! That coral colored shirt is a GREAT color on you, Shannon. Really makes your beauty come out.
I love your choice of non disposable sponsors!! You make the world better by being conscientious and we’re lucky to follow the adventure!
I am sooooo impressed at how hard you BOTH work on that wonderful old house - I can TOTALLY envision a few years from now, with you and Phil living comfortably in the house (whilst still doing smaller renovations of course😎) and beginning to enjoy the fruits of your labor - what a great house to decorate up for Halloween!!! 👏👏👏☺️💖🍂🍁🍂🍁. In the meantime, I am looking forward to your October videos!! Thanks for posting-I appreciate your hard work in editing these videos for us!!!☺️💖
omg, I can't wait until I have enough down time to go WHOLE HOG for Halloween... won't be this year, but hopefully soon!
@@ShannonMakes I’m sure it will be EPIC!! ☺️🎃🍁👻
Awe yes, ye old vinegar, the go to for all your cleaning needs. My great grandmother used to use vinegar for everything. I never understood why mom mom used vinegar to clean the windows when I was growing up until I was 16 and finally asked. She told me about how her mom and grandma both used vinegar to clean everything. Later we used it in our house to combat a mold problem in the wall next to the bathroom. Problem was it was an addition and the roof right there was flat. So the eves of the house met up in a corner right there. The house also sat under 2 big oak trees so every time it rained the oak leaves would collect right there and the water would collect and pool up right there. So naturally we had a mold problem. Worse was that it was considered a historic house and the permit to fix the roof was astronomical. Even with the connections my FIL had through the count as an architect. Since we were both poor starving college kids snd just starting out in life,we redemcked it to the best of our abilities. We sealed it as best we could and when we tore out the moldy drywall, we sprayed vinegar on the mold. It worked like a charm. Even years later when we remolded the house the mold never came back.
ooof, yea those historical designations are both a blessing (if you get the grants and funds that can come with it) and a curse 🥴 Definitely a reason I didn't even look into it for this house!
Also the second channel is great! Love seeing all the unbridled creativity and “join me” energy, like clean-along 😊❤
Thanks for the rock wool insulation installation instructions. 😁🤣
Oh yeah. An old house is sometimes a pain. When it comes to moisture and mold, humidifiers work really well, but they're kind of expensive. in my old house in the summertime. I used to put Saran wrap over the vents. Because I could smell the mold coming up from the basement.
I live in a desert and have mold allergies. I could never, that much mold might make me run screaming from the house, never to return. 😅
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I ran screaming. See my above post
Get your basement tested for radon gas. If you have radon, seal the floor and look into getting a humidex venting system. It will vent the radon and, bonus, deal with the excess humidty problem too. I was told it uses less hydro than a dehumidifier.
It’s so good that Phil can do so much of this work himself, saving lots of money.
you both have done so much for the house , i know i am a few weeks behind on what you have done , please take care and be safe in the things that are coming up , hugs
You both amaze me with how much you have accomplished! Laura ❤❤🐶❤️❤️
Thank you!!
Yeah - Congratulations on getting heat! That's a huge one crossed off the list, lots of prep work but so worth every minute you put in. Nice upgrade on the thermostats also. All the smaller punch list tasks help toward the end result. Much better peace of mind while you're away for a few months. I would have wanted a few days of testing the heat and examining all the plumbing connections, before leaving. Lots accomplished - Good Job!
Also - good to know you can spray vinegar on material and it doesn't damage it. TY
We would have loved a few days of testing too... was not in our control 🤷♀️
There is a product in the USA called DampRid. You can buy these bags that you hang and it sucks up moisture. Would be nice to have this while you are gone. Your skin looks great!!!
I have DampRid hung in my clothes closet. They really do work!
Yesssss spooky cozy autumn vibes
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Love, love, love all your videos. I have lots of catching up to do on all your earlier ones. I just discovered you by way of the house ones. I think it was the first walk through. Then I saw your other content and went "Wow! Now here's someone I would love to follow and support." You rock Shannon!
Oh thank you! A big old “welcome aboard” and I hope you enjoy all of the previous ones!!
I feel for you with the mold. I battled it for 5 years 2008 to 2012 and never got rid of it in my 1940s, renovated in the 70s fixer upper in Vermont. I thought my closet was ok with fresh primer and paint then the next summer all my leather shoes were green. My ex replaces rotted joists in the basement, but kept the ines that were "ok" and it still grew. He didn't want to hire people to get rid of all the basement wood. He couldn't do it all himself. The mold just grew back. Many people jack uo the house and redo the foundation and the 1st level floors. Mold never sleeps.
I hope all your work does the trick. Gotta be totally thorough all at once. Do it all before it starts to grow on the new wood. I lost books, clothes and records in my 1st floor bedrooms. I moved all my stuff to the 2nd floor...then i left him. He refused to address it seriously
Hey Shannon, I was telling you about some paint you could buy to paint your walls keep moisture out of your basement and I forgot to tell you that you can get it from Lowe’s or Home Depot or something like that. But it is so worth it.
If you use paint, I can't remember the name, but there is one that acts as a water barrier to keep the basement dry.
I believe you're thinking of KILZ Basement and Masonry Waterproofing Paint, Interior/Exterior.
Drylok is not a good option for historical fieldstone foundations (and honestly I'm not even sure it's a good option for modern ones, but it does seem to less detrimental with something like cement blocks)
I believe Calcium based coating should hold the water for a slower evaporation into the air so that could be helpfull or annoying.
You look so sweet in that headscarf. A sort of 1940s look. Very flattering to your face.
You can buy moisturer absorbing pellets. We used then in our RV. We put the moisture trap into an old icecream bucket, as the trap over flows, from all the moisture it collects. We picked the pellets up at Can Tire, or Home Hardware.
You guys are quite the team. Love how you used great team work to get the insulation done. So enjoy your channel, thanks again for taking us along.
My pleasure!
I'm sure once you get heat in there it will help with the mold on your soft goods.
Good job Phil! I sometimes feel like we don't appreciate all the work he does enough. Tu es super, Phil!!!!! Tres bien. C'etais un grand plaisir de voir quel q'un enleve les vieux morseaux d'un projet. Notre vieux masoin avain plein de materaux abandoner dans les murs et sous les plancher. (Sorry if my spelling is terrible, I'm using my brain cells not Google translate)
You two are absolute studs!💪👍🙌
The amount of hard work you do blows me away!
🙌 thank you!!
I have never had success with vinegar for mold. I use Electrically Isolated Silver aka colloidal silver. It's odorless and you can use it for Everything. I keep a spray bottle on the kitchen counter. It's wonderful for burns and sunburn. It doesn't sting even on an open cut. I make my own for pennies a gallon. Buying it commercially is cost prohibitive. You will need a "generator" but they're roughly less than $200. Of course when I bought mine back in the day it was under $100.
Not to sound preachy,but, I'll sound preachy. I live near the coast of Texas and I know about humidity and mold. Most days I live with 100% humidity. I would suggest using bleach to spray the entire basement after you clean it out. I know everyone screams bleach hurts the environment. That is true but only if it gets in the ground. A light spray, 1 to 10 mix, left in place would kill anything growing on your wall and ceiling. If you leave it, the composition will break down within less than 2 weeks. Then your brilliant idea about the heaters will take care of everything else not to mention keep your First floors warm. Good luck. I do enjoy your videos. Now I have to hop over to the 2nd channel before fixing drywall.
Bleach doesn't kill mold on porous surfaces like wood and brick...probably won't help in this basement.
It`s not about being ecofriendly, at least not entirely. As RoundMtDryGoods said, bleach doesn`t get into porous surfaces.
Btw I live in Japan where it`s also super humid all year round, I kept spraying my bathroom with bleach, cause black mold grows like crazy. Then I tried steamcleaning it and it`s been mold free for a month so far!
so bleach can actually contribute to mold growth on a porous surface because when you bleach mold, it softens the protein shell on the mold spore and makes it spit off a million little babies... and since it can't penetrate to the root source of the mould (on porous surfaces, at least), it's only able to wipe up surface mold spores, which also increases the amount of moisture available, allowing deep-rooted mold to thrive 🥴🥴
Probably too late to help, but I use a cheap electric carving knife to cut foam. I wonder if it would work on rockwool?
@@RoundMtnDryGoods But it does. I use it all the time. Especially after a hurricane.
I can hardly wait until the next video you two put out!
I absolutely hate rock wool installation, so well done getting all that in
Fantastic as always, and well done Phil for filming all by himself - we appreciate the dedication
I was laughing at your discussion of the blown-in insulation because years ago I had an apartment in a c. 1895 house. I mentioned how cold it was in the front room in the winter and my idiot landlord said "That's impossible! We had insulation blown in five years ago!" I recall just blinking at him and thinking "Yeah, and it's all sitting in the basement now."
HAHAHA... right?! Like yea, you shot it in the walls, but do you have any way of checking that it actually *stayed* in the walls?!? 🤨
You are such a hardworking couple! I enjoy all of your videos!
Thank you so much!
I'm off to watch the second channel, so much progress on the house, please thank Phil for filming the clips for us, ❤
You probably have mold in inside the walls that why it keeps coming back. And maybe put some air vents in the basement and attic if any.
Vinegar is my best friend for all cleaning purposes, nice to see you adopted it too! And I'm looking forward to the cozy autumn videos, they sound just like the kind of thing I want when the weather starts getting meh.
Yes!! I've been collecting jars to make some lemon and orange scented vinegar, to make it a bit more appealing to the olfactory sense 🤣
Hope all went well, safe trip❤
A builder I knew told me to use Oxiclean (because of the hydrogen peroxide) for mold. Works like a charm without the harsh vinegar smell, too. The brown bottle is just as effective as the laundry additive and dirt cheap.
...so then why not just use hydrogen peroxide? Honest question from a curious mind
@ShannonMakes Application. Oxiclean works great for scrubbing walls and floors, and for general laundry. Hydrogen peroxide is great for direct fabric treatment (including for blood) and the nasty pink slime that builds up around water areas (tubs, shower curtains, outdoor faucets, etc). The oxiclean also kills the musty smell better than just the hydrogen peroxide alone.
You guys have come so far! I can't believe how much time and strength you guys put into this house project BETWEEN the contracts!
so excited to jump forward for october!! i'm really looking forward to the office makeover and the attic exploration, and everything else you have in store to share with us!!
marvelous work as always Shannon! and cheers to Phil for his creative solo repair work
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The mold and mildew in the maritimes is unbelievable. The humidity is wild. I have friends who have had papers on the fridge grow mold, or leather boots in a closet. I find it helps to open windows in the night and close them in the day, it reduces the relative humidity a bit, but i have silverfish everywhere anyway and there's nothing to do on a soggy day.
Yea, for real!!
Love watching you two working so hard to fix your house. I’d love to see a video of you two at a show.
I have an entire playlist that is all of my circus-heavy videos. You can find it on my channel homepage :)
Love watching all of your channels. You and Phil are so hard working.
Thanks so much
You guys are doing great!!! Nice teamwork!! ❤🎉😊
Thank you so much 😁
Good work Buddy. You are both amazing
Awesome progress, you two!!! I am so fortunate to have found you a couple of years ago. You really DO provide a lot of interest for me: the engineering challenge of upgrading and repairing the house to contemporary standards is big value for a viewer like me!! And all your adventures in thrifting and marketplace and even visiting the dump are fun, too. I love how you two are showing us your process as you solve problems. This is the opposite of 'influencer content'. I know you work so hard, so please be sure to take good care of yourselves. Love your channel.
Awww, I love being called the opposite of "influencer content" ....literally the best compliment anyone can give!! 🫶
What a great insight into renovating your basement
thank you!!
Putting a covered porch over that back door area should put a stop to most of the problems. I want an enclosed front porch to keep the north winds away from my front door. I also want a large porch in the back to make it safer (for me and other people to get in and out of the house in the winter). Plus, having shade in the hot summer would be a real plus. Those aluminum and glass storm doors get so hot in the summer that I (and others) have been burned by the metal handles.
Thanks for sharing your progress and all the work that goes into making these videos happen while doing the work needed to care for this house. This may be a silly question that has already been answered at some point and I missed it, but if humidity and mold are prooving to be such a problem why not get a couple dehumidifiers? A woman I used to clean for battle a losing battle with mold at her appartment for years until I recommended she get one. She was able to get hers second hand from someone who didn't need it anymore, which was lucky for her as I know they are an investment, but within a week we had the mold issue under control. There were no further problems until that dehumidifier died.
I suggest going back to watch previous videos because you will see that we have a couple dehumidifiers running in the house and have for a while 😊😊
@ShannonMakes thank you for clariting. Unfortunately my health issues have been taking more and more of a toll on my memory and it doesnt help that so often I have youtube on to give me something else to focus on while Im hurting or while Im doing something else. The good thing about not remembering is it makes rewatches feel new. I'll have to go back through other videos and hopefully it will actually get retained.
Your knowledge about the construction of your house is so interesting. I had to look up balloon construction 😊 when you are finished you will know every inch of your house and that is a great thing!
maybe not EVERY inch, but certainly a good lot of it!!
I also looked up balloon construction and it feels wild to me that there used to be pre-cut lumber that was 2 or 3 stories long! No way could you use that type of construction on multi-story homes today.
You two are amazing you get so much done in a day! It inspires me to get my work done .
That is awesome!
Have you ever tried upholstery paint? I saw a sofa like yours on some channel that had been painted a beautiful plum color. It looked very soft & smooth, velvety.
Wondering if it's a good thing for use, not just appearances.
I'd keep a fan on 24/7 to pull moisture out of the house, or a dehumidifier even. Mold is my allergy too, like many others. But it can ruin a house fast!
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Cleaning vinegar is better for the mold but any is better…you don’t have to use as much…I get mine at Canadian Tire in NB….one is pine scented a little better, just FYI
Love your channels ❤️
i love Phil's voice over!
There's never enough time.
I knowwwww 😭😭
Just got home from morning shift and what a nice. Surprise to see your progress. 🎉 Well 👍 done.
Thanks 👍
Love the Phil vlog and the upcoming spoopy content!!!!!
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You and Phil are amazing! I wouldn’t have known how to even begin a project like this.
🥰 thank you! 🥰
Wow. This was a great episode. So cool to see the process in detail and I'm very excited for October's videos!
Yay, thank you!
You guys are Amazing!! Working as a team and getting big things done!!! Watching you and Phill brings back so many memories of my youth doing the same things. Thanks for sharing with us!
You're very welcome, thanks for watching!
Sooooo much progress! I hope there wasn’t too much mold/deterioration after the winter.
I’m loving the progress though.
I’m looking forward to the spooky autumn content! The best time of year for cozy creating. ❤
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@@ShannonMakes I entirely agree!
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Félicitations à tous les deux pour votre détermination dans les divers projets que vous menez avec succès ! Shannon si vous continuez vos commentaires enthousiastes sur les saisons froides vous allez me faire apprécier l'automne 😅 et pourquoi pas l'hiver 😂😂 ! Amicalement Hélène de Marseille 🌞🌞 🇨🇵 France
Merci!!
So many excellent decisions! 🏡✨
Thank you!! 💪
Clove essential oil also a great option on the mould front. Can mix with vodka or witch Hazel and with water to make a spritz.
Your skin is definitely glowing since using the mask product!
Just a quick tip. Add clove oil to your vinegar. I live in the tropics in Australia and it’s the only way to permanently kill the mould xx
Thank you! Lots of work and lots of fun!
I luv this channel. ❤
awwww, thank you so much!!
Hope all goes well. 😊
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I sure hope you get to enjoy all fall traditions....Would you be dressing in costume for halloween?
Great job guys. Love watching you guys and this adventure!
Thanks for watching!
Shannon, they make a paint for the walls in the basement that helps to keep moisture out of your basement. It’s a little expensive but worth every bit of the trouble. It totally works.
Is it cistern paint?
Drylok is not a good option for historical fieldstone foundations (and honestly I'm not even sure it's a good option for modern ones, but it does seem to less detrimental with something like cement blocks)
Hooray for Autumn spooky season!
Wow! You both got a lot done this video. I applaud you for not getting overwhelmed, as I'm sure i would. Great job to you both!
Thank you so much!
I'm so glad you all wear PPE! It's so important and a lot of creators don't. Your health and safety is so important. Your progress is amazing keep up the good work.
I have always been impressed with your diversity of skills. Now, I am really amazed by how much you have accomplished. Amazing accomplishment for people who are not homebuilders or trained in that kind of work. I’m just really impressed all around.
Thank you!!!
You two are just naturals at entertaining. Great work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
You’re doing such an amazing job ! You got me hooked for a long run ❤ if you need something extra after the vinegar there’s a mould remover by furniture clinic (should be available on Amazon but I am uk based so can’t say 100% ) that helped me saved some bit suspicious furniture
Thank you!
Wonderful video, as always!"I'm always superhappy when friday comes around. It is truly amazing how much work you get done in a day and how you strategize. This house is a huge project! Also, there is so much edit time - how do you get it all done? Thank you for letting us be a part of this journey, love Annie
Thank you so much and you’re welcome!
Shannon have you guys thought about putting a polyethylene plastic vapor barrier on the basement ceiling? It will keep the moisture from entering the house. Not telling you how to restore your house just an idea.
Looking good!
Y'all are INDUSTRIOUS! I dunno if it's the Foreo, but your skin truly is looking great.
Great video, great progress. Loved the shadow dancing in the basement. Already had my 1 hour with your second channel 😁
Awesome! Thank you!