#53 Removing rot & priming window frames - Renovating a 200-yo farm in Italy
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- The window restoration project continues. Paint scraping, rot removal, priming, painting, ... Still no sign of Velluto but we do our best to enjoy the end of summer without him.
Thank you EazyFix for sponsoring this project. If you're curious to learn more about fixing wood rot on your own windows and doors with epoxy-resin, check out www.eazy-fix.nl/ or www.eazy-fix.c...
(EazyFix is not yet available outside of Europe but they are coming to the US soon).
We're Isis & Bertus, a belgian-dutch couple. In the summer of 2023 we moved into a neglected farmhouse in a tiny village in the northwest of Italy. The last inhabitants left some 15 years ago, but large parts of the property have been empty for well over 20 years.
Thank you for joining us on our adventure!
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Thank you EazyFix for sponsoring this project. We've found their wood repair products far superior to anything we've ever used before in terms of ease of use, drying times, and quality.
Epoxy woodrot filler remains flexible, reducing the risk of craks and Eazyfix is the only window repair product for DIY-ers that comes with a 5 year warranty.
If you're curious to learn more about fixing wood rot on your own windows and doors, check out www.eazy-fix.nl/ or www.eazy-fix.co.uk/
(EazyFix is not yet available outside of Europe but they are coming to the US soon).
Your channel is the best advertisement for living life I've ever seen. Nothing is impossible it just takes work, love and attention!
Hello from L.A. California . I am a 64 year old woman and my mother who is 88 years old with dementia and many other health issues worked with wood for many years and always used 'Bondo' which is very smelly and hard to work with especially in larger areas the 'Epoxy' that you work with definitely looks like it is a greater fix material 👍 what i really appreciate about both of you is how very organized you are being clean and neat with your work area is 'key' ! Over the years i have observed skilled people but not organized in their work area and to me that is more then half the battle of getting satisfaction from the finished product . The same with cooking some people love to cook but they dont know how to clean as you go and so they refrain because they dont want to clean up the mess they left behind 🤷♀️ so all that having been said i must say this i Know that at the end of each day the 'Joy' that you both have in whatever you have accomplished in each day because of your whole approach to it , you have the key 😀 and i love knowing that about you 😘
It’s really cool to see how you repairing the windows ,things I never would have thought to do . Such care going into your home . I love it .
How sweet you mention "Roming Wild Rosie" !
You will definitely be getting your "elbow grease" award any day now! All the hard work you do, and then stand back and admire it. Great work on everything.❤
Thank you for another superb episode.
Hi guys! Great work! As a professional cabinetmaker and furniture conservator who is certified in working with epoxy I would strongly recommend you to use respiratory and physical protection when working with epoxy. It is toxic, suspected to cause cancer and is a very volatile allergenic. It’s harmless when dry, but as soon as it is fluid or sanded it releases toxic dust and vapors. It can cause serious allergic reactions that can make you permanently allergic to all sorts of resin which makes you allergic to nearly all untreated wood! And it the low-vapor part that companies makes advertisements about makes no difference. Treat working with epoxy like working with lead paint and wear the same protection! Keep safe and keep up the good work! ❤
I took a frame restoration class in which the instructor had us use Bondo, which is a brand of epoxy used in fixing damaged cars. I had incredible lung pains from the fumes. This was in a classroom designed to be safe for using oil paints and solvents. I need to stay clear of aromatic carbon-based solvents or I will end up in the hospital. Not fun.
I watch Roving Wild Rosie also. I seem to gravitate toward the Dutch videos, they are so well-composed. Love the tempo, the cinematography, and the lighting. You take your time telling a story without the bits and bytes of sound and fury that many American bloggers seem to adopt.
I love Roaming Wild Rosie too! Nice progress on the windows!
Another wonderful, relaxing video.....❤
Thank You so much for sharing your story. I send you the very best wishes, although to be honest I don't think you really need them, doing such an amazing job! Your videos are so calming for me, while motivating to self-reflection at the same time. Bless You not only for doing and sharing, but also for the way you do both ❤
Impressive pull-string repair, seriously, good job!
Loved hearing the bells at the beginning ☺️ another informative and interesting video .
Oh, watching Rosie. So do I :-)
Another lovely video. Thank you for sharing!
What a great, hardworking beautiful couple! I do enjoy your journey. Thank you ❤
Now why was I reminded about the dentist 🤣. Lovely episode as always, those windows will be a great addition to the house
Perfection on this channel is amazing
I really love your work and aways look forward to the next episode. I'm patiently waiting for the final result, it's going to look fabulous 👌
I love blackberry cobbler. Going on to 75k subscribers!
The view from the window that you are repairing is stunning and you are doing a very neat job on those window frames. Look forward to next week. Have a lovely week.
De ruimte waarin je de ramen schildert heeft zulk mooi licht, het lijkt wel een expositie ruimte en de ramen bijna een kunstinstallatie. Fijn om jullie werk te mogen volgen via dit kanaal
Dat vinden wij ook, wie weet wordt het ooit een leuk atelier.
Great stitching work 🎉
I love Rosie’s channel!
I’m so excited for you to get the windows done and eventually installed to make your home cozy and warm for winter!
Bertus, it makes me very happy to see you waiting for the table saw to stop spinning before you try to clear the waste and materials from around the blade. Keep up the good work with your new protocols. ❤️🙌 p.s. you might also want to look into a different blade for the saw that produces a finer finish. Maybe a quality multipurpose one that does all kinds of cuts.
Excellent usage of the jack, B. Great vid as always. love to see your progress. 🥂
please make a wooden push stick for your tablesaw. If your plastic push stick hits the blade it will send small shards of plastic at you. In addition to the riving knife you have, you also need a blade guard with fins to avoid kick back. Also wear some kind of eye protection. I have had two tablesaw accidents. I hope you don't experience any problems . I so enjoy your channel+
Love to see that you are using a Swedish linseed oil paint from Ottossons Färgmakeri. It is a really good paint. Love from Sweden! Oh, and I also really love your film making. It is so beautiful and relaxing and also looks really professional.
Roaming Wild Rosie! I love her channel too!
I've literally just bought a second hand petrol lawnmower to take to our new farmhouse in Umbria. Perhaps I should go and pick up a sewing kit too!
Hi guys, splitting your bamboo lengthways will allow you to make durable fencing slats that can be screwed or woven . I have some photos of what I have done in France and will be happy to send them if you like. Thank you for sharing your journey
The work on the windows remind me of tooth treatment take out the rotten part and fill it smooth it 😮 also the instrument boor ,but all beautiful done thumbs up for the patience .
Those windows are a monumental task but you two are up for it. Amazing job and watching you check them off your chart is very satisfying.
Very impressive list!
Another great video!
I have a bigger sewing kit than yours, cannot remember when it last saw the light of day, and it would not have occurred to me repair the lawn mower pull cord with it. My mother was a talented needlewoman, but I inherited not one iota of her skills, or any of her resourcefulness, she would have loved watching that masterful repair.😊
Vi seguo da poco. Ho visto alcuni dei vostri video che trovo molto interessanti e istruttivi. Vi faccio i complimenti perché siete molto bravi nel recuperare tutto ciò che è possibile. Aspetto sempre volentieri un vostro nuovo video. Grazie
29:27 "If I had words..." (nice whisteling!)
Dank😄 ik kon er maar niet opkomen!!
ik weet het weer! babe THE MOVIE!
What a coincidence: I also planted some of the loquat seeds earlier this year from the fruits I had bought at Lidl. They looked so willing to germinate 😊. Afterwards I forgot about it and pondered my mind about what the seedlings 🌱 were. To be honest I have nowhere to grow these (yet) so maybe I can give them to someone ❤ plants are so inspiring ☀️🙏🌱🍀
Yeah love roaming wild rosie!
Nice work with boiling the old hardware. I have a hot plate and an old pot in the garage for just this type of work.
You have a nice channel. I love your aesthetic sense. What a wonderful home you are crafting.
Thank you for lessons in care and dedication and precision. Love from Austria
Another great video Thanks for sharing info on repair products 😎
Hoping Veluto shows his face there soon.
I have now finished watching your videos from the beginning. I think I might have even skipped a few meals trying to catch up.
Your doing a wonderful job.
Have you ever heard of Osmo for wood. For things that will just be wood it is perfect for all weather. And makes it all beautiful.
I'm glad your taking your time . Just incredible how much you both have learned and me too. Thank you for sharing your journey.
What attention to detail, you are amazing.
See you soon.🙂
Brilliant using the jack!
we are returning to our farm in Abruzzo in 3 weeks for the winter. lots to do around the farm plus take care of the olive harvest next month. Cant wait! 🥰. We have a lot of loquat as well. its called Nespole in Italian. i will be preparing Persimmon jam (Cacchi) as we have a ton of it!! 😉
Thank you 🙏🏽 🌳 🪟 🏡
Ik kijk altijd uit naar jullie adleveringen prachtig gefilmd en het werk supper
What you've both done to those window frames is nothing short of magic! Thank you for sharing your skills and knowledge. Take care, DA
I think the drip deflectors should have a longitudinal rip at the bottom to prevent the water from going backwards.
Hello. I do so love watching you. The quiet sense of determination and commitment to achieving a goal is inspiring. Look forward to seeing your posts about your progress.
If you remove the window hardware from the boiling water/vinegar and drop it into ice water....the metal contracts and the paint etc comes off easier :). Regards from Texas
I am the daughter of a carpenter and my father taught me many things about this, such as using fine wood dust mixed with white glue to fill holes and imperfections in the wood. The good thing about this is that using the wood dust itself means there is no difference in color.
Siete bravissimi. Ciao dalle Dolomiti. 👍👍👍
You two are working so very hard to improve your home and doing a great job of restoring this abandoned property, love seeing your progress, thank you for sharing xxx
Oh! I love, love, love Rosy!
Thank you for that great explanation of linseed oil based paint combined with epoxy repairs. It seems "right" to mix the new with the old taking advantage of progress that is healthy with that which provides a feeling of the old--and the smell of linseed oil....ah. I cannot express enough my admiration of the time and detail the two of you (and family and friends) put into your renovation. I am particularly delighted with your love of the nature around you--flowers and animals and the fruits. I've been traveling in France the past couple of weeks and arrived "home" with jet lag so have been "catching up" with your videos awake here in the middle of the night. I thought of you (see it is true) when we could see Italy as we toured in Eastern France!
You are making the windows look beautiful again. Slow, painstaking work but so worth the result. Best wishes.
You two do such beautiful work with such patience and attention to detail. It's always calming watching your videos because you take your time, do things well, and enjoy your surroundings while you are at it. Thank you for sharing the peace and inspiration.
Love your vlog. Almost to 75k subscribers in a little over a year... big congratulations! I've been watching since your first vlog. Colorado Cherri
I'm sure I've already said this too often, but WOW those views certainly make all that hard work worth it!!
Love the way you've been ending your video, so sweet! 🙂
I watched Roaming Wild Rosie before I found your post. I so admire all the work you have done. Both channels are amazing. Can’t wait for next videos.l😊
I love getting up on Sunday and watching your video progress with my first cup of tea. You two are amazing with your restoration skills! I also love your cinematic view of your surroundings. ❤
Thank you again for sharing your journey - I find the videos so relaxing and beautiful
Excellent workmanship on refurbishing those windows and up-grading them to double pane glass. This will make a tremendous improvement on heating and cooling of your home and also, draft proofing it. Wonderful and informative presentation of techniques used with bonus explanation of strategies and reasoning for your choices in paints and even repair/replacement of areas damaged by rot. Environmentally it makes so much sense to refurbish these windows rather than replace them, though it is extremely time consuming. The use of linseed oil paints seems sound and explained well as per its benefits for prolonging the health of those wood framed windows. The use of epoxy filler to replace rot areas was also well explained and excellent directions were given for successful application. Thanks bunches for the helpful advice and instruction.
Love your spreed sheets!😊 Always a wonderful video.
Yes, bondo is car body filler. It will fail if used on exterior wood that gets wet.
You are doing a superb job on the widows, as with everything you tackle.
Ik sta altijd versteld van hoe handig jullie zijn. Fantastisch wat jullie doen en kunnen! Ik wou dat ik het kon. Maar soms denk ik zelf ook wel s een goed idee te hebben🤗: ik zie Isis steeds met de verfpot in haar hand staan en bedacht me dat als je een plankje op de schragen legt, binnen het frame, dan kun daar je verfpot opzetten en hoef je de pot niet steeds vast te houden. Enfin, ik heb zelf 2 linker handen, maar wie weet heb je wat aan mijn mini ideetje😊 Succes met al het werk! Ik volg graag!
I love Roaming Wild Rosie too! More DYI meditation for me to watch.
Your videos are so relaxing to watch. Thank you x
When it comes to health & safety you are very good. You wear protection for your ears, yet you possibly think that there isn't much dust when you are doing the cutting, sanding etc. My brother-in-law did a reservation (a lot of cutting wood - fine dust) some 20ish years later he had to leave us because of emphysema, because he thought that he was too strong to use a mask. Please use a mask, what you will have to go through isn't pleasant for those that love you have to watch. Remember it all starts with just a little bit of dust.
I enjoy watching your videos & learning how you make the various repairs. With regard to epoxy wood repair, there are several companies in the U.S. & Canada who offer epoxy liquid or putty for this purpose. I have used products from Lee Valley and they work well. I am sure you will be much warmer this winter with more efficient windows. Thank you for detailing your projects so well!
awesome repair job on the lawnmower cord.......great craft,great function😀🙏💪❤
Wow! That's was some nice handiwork done on fixing the lawnmower! 👍
Hoi Isis en Bertus, de afgelopen drie weken, genoten van al jullie video's.
Ik weet dat het nog lang duurt voordat jullie aan de woning in de stal/hooizolder beginnen maar hebben jullie er wel eens aangedacht om van de hooizolder een grote open woonkamer/ keuken te maken. I.v.m het uitzicht.
Are you planning on renovating the chapel? Maybe just show us what it looks like inside?
west systems also works well for these applications and is widely available in the USA.
Seedlings from Citrus-Planta may take ten years of growing until they provide fruits.
To get a harvedt sooner, you may take cuttings.
It is my plan to graft some cuttings of the current tree onto the seedlings once they get a bit bigger :-) However, I've also seen videos where the seedlings carry fruit after five years. I'm not sure we are talking about the same plant though. The seedlings are Eriobotrya japonica.
I also like the EazyFix epoxy. It looks simple to use and affective. I also agree with your reasons for using linseed oil paints. All the windows in our Piedmont farmhouse are very similar to your windows. I will start with the shutters, then the windows. As a carpenter of many decades my methods will be a little different than what you are doing. Watching you do this is very helpful. Thank you for the videos. Also, Bondo now makes a similar wood filler type epoxy. Originally Bondo was made for car filler.
Was that window moment a pastiche of Mon Oncle?
BTW, thanks for reminding me I need to make a dentist appointment. 😆
😆😆😆 It made me think of filling holes as well... ! 🤣
I live 204 km from you in Liguria. Near Cinque Terre. But I love the Langhe... Fantastic food, fantastic "robiola di Roccaverano"... What a good job!
Love your videos and learning a lot . I’m wondering what you will be using to seal the exterior gap where the wood window meets the masonry? Normally this is where some sort of silicone would go to prevent further damage and wondering what your plan is. Keep the videos coming !
So fun seeing the "hummingbird" (hawk) moth! They are absolutely fascinating!!!!
Does your area receive enough rain to maintain your Althea or do you need to manually water the shrub to keep it from wilting in the heat?
I must say that the first frame of Isis working looked like she had cut her hair!!! So glad it was just the angle of the shot.
We do have epoxy wood fillers in the U.S. A. and have had them for many years!
I did this exact fix on many windows here in Canada. Unfortunately, it didn't last long but not because of the epoxy! We have a similar product in Canada called PC Woody. Great work!
Thanks for another entertaining episode, your skills and attention to detail are flawless. Out of interest is that small village on the hill, did that use to be some sort of mill as the old buildings look like factory style? Would be of interest to look into what goes on there. Be safe, take care and until the next episode 🙏😇PS anyone out there from Italy who knows where this little historic village is??
4:47 : if I may suggest :
- wear those cheap cotton painting gloves, some € 2,-- at supermarkets like Lidl and Action. Saves you cleaning your hands, saves your skin, and prevents blisters on you fingers.
- never hold the can in your hand. You will drop it at some moment. And then you'll regret.
Been there, done that.
Thank you 😊
Hello, if i can give you a tiny little "hint" (you can tell me "fl-kker op" or something like that 😁), your drill bits looks a bit dull, maybe you can sharpen it a bit ?! (it looks to burn wood quickly) and it's quick to make.
And thank you for the insight on why epoxy (even if it's not mandatory in my opinion), winter in your location would be tough and fixing "temporary" is a must have :)
Thank you anyway for your video it's a precious moment
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Has the kitty come back yet?
what about using linseed putty instead of epoxy?
Hi Guys!! Another awesome video! You are making such great progress. Question: what is that turreted structure that we can see from your place up above you? Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦🫶
It's a castle + church + village, the main place of our municipality.
@@storiesfromthecascina very cool! Thanks for answering. Cheers guys...from 🇨🇦🫶