Just a little tip from my youth about keeping warm with a stove: heat some stones (natural or clay bricks) on the stove until they are really hot. Wrap them in towels and put them in your bed at night. They will hold their heat until morning.
I do the same but with two rubber water bag of 2 liters each filled with almost boilling water directly from electric water kettle...I have two winter duvets in bed the water bags keep hot all night long even after 12 hours they are still warm...under the duvets my bed feels like a oven...😄
A little trick I just recently learned to defrost your windows quickly. Take a bag that will hold water. Doesn’t need to be that big but you will put warm water in it,not hot water. Then just slide the warm water bag over the glass on your car and voila. Problem solved
For sleeping in the cold, use a tent inside the cabin. Doesn't have to be a real tent if yours are too large, anything that keeps the heat from your body in as a second layer after your blanket. Stay healthy!
Maya, I love your videos. They are never long enough. I was painting my garage and spilled a cup of paint. It went flying everywhere. I remembered you saying “it’s only paint!”. I luckily had a drop cloth, and wore painters coveralls. Still, I got it in my hair. Instead of panicking, I cleaned it up as much as I could then I continued on to complete the job. It wasn’t that bad, after all!
Walls that haven't had care for 50+ years soak up a lot of moisture from your lime paint, but it's uneven because underneath are different, separate stones which may have different moisture levels depending on the stone's mineral composition. Also, there may be deeply embedded kitchen or heating grease & soot, preventing absorption of paint. More layers will eventually stop the bleed-through, I think.
Hi Maya🎉 just a little tip for when you are brushing dust on the floor, sprinkle some water 💦 on the floor it keeps the dust down, a trick I learned when I was an apprentice many years ago. Tony 🇬🇧👍xx
I think you just told us why you're having misshaps, i wonder if you're low on energy as well, you really need to be careful with monoxide poisoning, it can take days or weeks, but it will get you in the end, the wood burner is no problem, but gas and candles are a very big problem in a small cabin, i lived one year in a 24 sqm cabin, with a Diesel heater and a gas stove, i stopped using candles all together, and did a lot of venting after everytime i had used the stove, so much so that if i do it again, i would move the stove outside under a little roof of it's own. You should go Google the effect of monoxide poisoning, and see if you recognise any of the symptoms, short term and long term.
The silent killer. Also, your body consumes a lot of calories is the cold, especially if you’re sleeping in low temperatures. When you’re active your body produces heat which keeps you warm but when you’re sleeping it’s just a big calorie deficit. Maya seems to eat very healthy but I suspect that if she increases her caloric consumption she will be much more energetic.
I am so proud of you working in those temps! If I forget my ice scraper I use a credit or bank card along with letting my car warm up with defroster on. Hope that helps! The stone house is coming along great! You are doing such good work! See you next week. Hope it warms up!
That is the nature of lime wash (whitewash) It will probably take at least 5 coats before you reach the depth of color and the opacity that you want in the finished wall. Just keep on painting. 😊
If youre going to have a wood burning stove innthe cottage, better to get it in there as soon as you can so it can start drying out the walls. There will no doubt be cracks that form from the drying process but its lime plaster right so its fairly easy to rake out the cracks, fill and paint.
The place is looking wonderful. A tip from freezing Pennsylvania. Frosty car windows. In an emergency, I always keep an old credit card or I.D. card in my wallet. They work really nicely as a make shift car scraper. (credit cards seem to work best) Stay safe, stay warm and thanks for all the work you're putting into your content.
I love your show, Maya. May I suggest playing any other song than, It’s a New Day? It’s a happy song, but it’s being played a lot and getting a bit too much. Thanks! 😊
You are such a strong woman, Maya! Brava! When you show the video of your property, I can recall the hard work you did to accomplish each step. Your property looks amazing. Give yourself a pat on the back. You've come a long, long way. Perhaps you can break your rule and just take your bed to the house and sleep there. You don't need to move everything. I slept in the cold and got cramps in my legs! It was quite miserable, but when the sun came up and warmed everything, I felt better. You'll get through this. The Mediterranean winters are short. Soon things well start to grow quickly again and the weather will warm and you will be living in your beautiful stone house!! Thank you for sharing your wonderful adventures. xoxo Angela from Canada. 💖
Limewash paint shouldn't really be applied when temperature is below 5°C (41°F) so it was probably too cold for it. Also not sure but looked like some of the new plaster wasn't fully cured so you probably had moisture still coming out from it resulting in the staining.
Love your channel! Just a practical suggestion...leave a longer section on your edit at the end after your content concludes so viewers have more time to add "thumbs up" and comments.
The cabin looks awesome, Maya! You are a hard worker, and your effort is showing. I am not a cold weather person, therefore I have so much respect for you working and living in these conditions.❤
Hi Maya, such adventures you're having in wintering on your property for the first time! I always enjoy seeing your updates, I love your upbeat attitude and your dancing. I see a lot of good comments on helping get the paint and the walls dry, as well as staying warm for the night. I hope some of them are helpful for you! I hope you can sleep warmer soon.
Cold is absolutely a downer. I renovated an old house in Germany with - 17c without heating. So I understand your frustrations. But never give up, I made it through and so will you❤ Much respect! 👍
Frauline you are soooo hardworking and I admire you for that and am sure at the end of al the renovations you will be living happily. Kind regards again from New Zealand.
Maya you are doing a great job! I think you are in need of some positivity and words of encouragement 😊❤ look how much you have conquered in 2023 and how many people have helped you achieve this dream....it is awesome what you are doing there. Hope you can fix the paint problem and please keep you warm and safe. God Bless you 😘🙏 also you could do more updates during the week, like shorts , so week can keep track on the advances you make...we want to know more about it all😂😂❤beijinhossss😘😘😘
you need some frost free outlets i the yard if you're dealing with freezing. The water weeps out the bottom, 6 feet in the ground, when they are turned back off.
If you have any birch logs, save them for the last fire of the evening as they burn much slower than other types of wood. I admire your perseverance working in such cold conditions, I know I couldn’t do it. 🥶
She’s using lime wash, not paint. Completely different. Whitewash cures (not “dries”) through a reaction with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to form calcium carbonate in the form of calcite, a type of reaction generally known as carbonation or by the more specific term, carbonatation.
Maya, when you look back and think about the time you felt this was all overwhelming and now you don’t even flinch at spilt paint. You are so inspiring, i love your little dances to pick yourself up, i wish your videos were like an hour longer! Can’t wait to see what you do in Spring, you should plant bulbs everywhere!
She is a real inspiration, and having watched Maya from the beginning so pleased to see her doing well on her TH-cam channel. I love her little dances too.
Oh dear...., everyone has spilt paint at least once. You may get a more even coverage with a roller & thicker lime wash. Good luck with the water marked areas.
To cut through the frost on your car use half and half isopropyl and water and spray it on your windshield do not scratch. Also works on frozen keylocks💗
Para otras ocasiones de heladas en el coche, una manera sencilla es con un botellón de agua ir echándole por donde quieras e inmediatamente se va el hielo, claro que si no lo vas a usar y se queda parado, lógicamente volverá a helarse ✨️🌱🌻🌿💚
Oh I thought the warm color of the lime was going to be the finished color. It went well with the stones. Maybe you need more pigment in your lime paint to help cover? Or more lime? Seems like the last wall is covering better so maybe since the paint was a thicker consistency,it covered better.
Well, Maya, you are moving right along!! So proud of you sweetie. And, to top it off in freezing cold weather. Down here in Louisiana, we are under a hard freeze for a few days. Not even my dog or 3 cats don’t want to go out. I can’t imagine doing everything under those conditions. You’re are my hero!!! Keep it up! Looking forward to seeing your progress!! 💋💋
Would using a paint roller be more efficient at applying the lime paint? Might want to consider for next time. can put some insulation on the cement floor maybe before putting the finished floor to help with keeping warm.
As always it's a pleasure to see you and you're progress, it's looking nice with a little colour in there. Looks like you need a little ventilation, its likely the moisture from the paint evaporating and gathering at the top then condensing on the cooler walls and saturating it. I'm guessing you didn't put a vent tile on the ridge? It would explain why the wall with earth behind isn't as bad, that'll be maintaining a fairly even temperature from summer. At least thats my best guess without actually seeing it anyway. Look after yourself Mia, we don't want to see you get sick. Is that a multi fuel burner? Maybe buy some coal, load about 10 bricks in at night just before bed and it should stay warm until morning, or at least take the chill off, and if you get up in the night chuck a couple more in
Your videos make my week! Great job, amazing positivity. You've accomplished so much, it's amazing! You might consider hempcrete for insulation of the cabin. It is difficult when a building has finished boards on outside and in, but hempcrete is an amazing natural product that is mold, rodent and insect free and depending on the thickness, has an R value between 28-40, wicks away moisture and maintains a temp of 60 degrees F.
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you Maya, you must close the wood burner or he will never get hot and you will use less wood if you close it and if it is brawling you close the bottom valve, good work girl 👍😁.
Progress isn't always obvious Maya, and other times it is totally absent. But, get some heat into that room first, because there is years of moisture to remove before a properly breathing structure will evolve. Do you have a temporary form of heating ready to be set up, as this seems the next step towards a liveable space above the river bank.
Hello Maya ; freezing too in western Brittany ; hoping your outlet of the water heater is not too hot for the foam ; a thin layer of fiber glass ? When heating , make damp air be ventilated .
Hi, thank you for all the support, you guys are really sweet! Don't worry, I'm taking care to stay warm 🥰
Just a little tip from my youth about keeping warm with a stove: heat some stones (natural or clay bricks) on the stove until they are really hot. Wrap them in towels and put them in your bed at night. They will hold their heat until morning.
I do the same but with two rubber water bag of 2 liters each filled with almost boilling water directly from electric water kettle...I have two winter duvets in bed the water bags keep hot all night long even after 12 hours they are still warm...under the duvets my bed feels like a oven...😄
Good idea, even when moving into the stone house.
Yes. A big heated beach stone in a thick sock stays warm all night.
@@veronicabalfourpaul2288 🏖
N.B. If you decide to heat rocks, don’t use ones straight out of the river - they can explode when heated due to trapped moisture that becomes steam.
A little trick I just recently learned to defrost your windows quickly. Take a bag that will hold water. Doesn’t need to be that big but you will put warm water in it,not hot water. Then just slide the warm water bag over the glass on your car and voila. Problem solved
For sleeping in the cold, use a tent inside the cabin. Doesn't have to be a real tent if yours are too large, anything that keeps the heat from your body in as a second layer after your blanket. Stay healthy!
You might want to find some kind of mesh to put over that pipe sticking out of the wall. It looks like a fine place for a bird to make a nest.
Maya, I love your videos. They are never long enough.
I was painting my garage and spilled a cup of paint. It went flying everywhere. I remembered you saying “it’s only paint!”. I luckily had a drop cloth, and wore painters coveralls. Still, I got it in my hair. Instead of panicking, I cleaned it up as much as I could then I continued on to complete the job. It wasn’t that bad, after all!
You did a good job!
Walls that haven't had care for 50+ years soak up a lot of moisture from your lime paint, but it's uneven because underneath are different, separate stones which may have different moisture levels depending on the stone's mineral composition. Also, there may be deeply embedded kitchen or heating grease & soot, preventing absorption of paint. More layers will eventually stop the bleed-through, I think.
Yes I hope so, the house has been abandoned for a long time.
Maya not to worry we all have those mishaps with our DIY projects. Frustrating but part of the challenge. You are doing fantastic.
Thanks! And we learn from the experiences that's the reward 🙌
Hi Maya🎉 just a little tip for when you are brushing dust on the floor, sprinkle some water 💦 on the floor it keeps the dust down, a trick I learned when I was an apprentice many years ago. Tony 🇬🇧👍xx
I think you just told us why you're having misshaps, i wonder if you're low on energy as well, you really need to be careful with monoxide poisoning, it can take days or weeks, but it will get you in the end, the wood burner is no problem, but gas and candles are a very big problem in a small cabin, i lived one year in a 24 sqm cabin, with a Diesel heater and a gas stove, i stopped using candles all together, and did a lot of venting after everytime i had used the stove, so much so that if i do it again, i would move the stove outside under a little roof of it's own.
You should go Google the effect of monoxide poisoning, and see if you recognise any of the symptoms, short term and long term.
The silent killer.
Also, your body consumes a lot of calories is the cold, especially if you’re sleeping in low temperatures. When you’re active your body produces heat which keeps you warm but when you’re sleeping it’s just a big calorie deficit. Maya seems to eat very healthy but I suspect that if she increases her caloric consumption she will be much more energetic.
I am so proud of you working in those temps! If I forget my ice scraper I use a credit or bank card along with letting my car warm up with defroster on. Hope that helps! The stone house is coming along great! You are doing such good work! See you next week. Hope it warms up!
I wish you warmer weather soon!
I was just thinking you needed to hook the paint pot onto the ladder and over it went! I admire your determination to keep going
That is the nature of lime wash (whitewash) It will probably take at least 5 coats before you reach the depth of color and the opacity that you want in the finished wall. Just keep on painting. 😊
Nice recovery from the spill!!! Your attitude is so inspiring.
If youre going to have a wood burning stove innthe cottage, better to get it in there as soon as you can so it can start drying out the walls. There will no doubt be cracks that form from the drying process but its lime plaster right so its fairly easy to rake out the cracks, fill and paint.
You are doing an amazing job Maya☺️ and with a smile👍
I put a blanket over my windscreen a towels over the front door windows to stop frost
If you also wash the floor, that would remove any and all dust that remains.
☃️💕
The place is looking wonderful. A tip from freezing Pennsylvania. Frosty car windows. In an emergency, I always keep an old credit card or I.D. card in my wallet. They work really nicely as a make shift car scraper. (credit cards seem to work best)
Stay safe, stay warm and thanks for all the work you're putting into your content.
You can use a credit card, or any plastic shopping card as a scrapper on your car window - it works really well.
Strongs for the cold. The frost is beautiful❤
I love your show, Maya. May I suggest playing any other song than, It’s a New Day? It’s a happy song, but it’s being played a lot and getting a bit too much. Thanks! 😊
I bet you can’t wait to move in and get warm. You really toughed it out.
I love your positive attitude
I'd recommend putting in a dehumidifier to draw the damp from the old walls as well as heating.
You are such a strong woman, Maya! Brava! When you show the video of your property, I can recall the hard work you did to accomplish each step. Your property looks amazing. Give yourself a pat on the back. You've come a long, long way. Perhaps you can break your rule and just take your bed to the house and sleep there. You don't need to move everything. I slept in the cold and got cramps in my legs! It was quite miserable, but when the sun came up and warmed everything, I felt better. You'll get through this. The Mediterranean winters are short. Soon things well start to grow quickly again and the weather will warm and you will be living in your beautiful stone house!! Thank you for sharing your wonderful adventures. xoxo Angela from Canada. 💖
Limewash paint shouldn't really be applied when temperature is below 5°C (41°F) so it was probably too cold for it. Also not sure but looked like some of the new plaster wasn't fully cured so you probably had moisture still coming out from it resulting in the staining.
Dehumidifier, some heat, more time, several more coats of lime on the newer wall finish.
Keep going Maya and keep warm and well lovely
Love your channel! Just a practical suggestion...leave a longer section on your edit at the end after your content concludes so viewers have more time to add "thumbs up" and comments.
The cabin looks awesome, Maya! You are a hard worker, and your effort is showing. I am not a cold weather person, therefore I have so much respect for you working and living in these conditions.❤
You are so close to getting this stone house finished Maya. I am looking forward to when it is finished.
To move in you need a wood stove and it will take two or three days to heat the walls of the stone house
Hi Maya, such adventures you're having in wintering on your property for the first time!
I always enjoy seeing your updates, I love your upbeat attitude and your dancing.
I see a lot of good comments on helping get the paint and the walls dry, as well as staying warm for the night. I hope some of them are helpful for you!
I hope you can sleep warmer soon.
Twist some thick wire into an 'S' shape and hang the paint can from a rung of the ladder to avoid spills. Works for me!
It‘s finally all coming together very nicely! You did an amazing job! 👏
Cold is absolutely a downer. I renovated an old house in Germany with - 17c without heating. So I understand your frustrations. But never give up, I made it through and so will you❤ Much respect! 👍
Frauline you are soooo hardworking and I admire you for that and am sure at the end of al the renovations you will be living happily. Kind regards again from New Zealand.
Maya you are doing a great job! I think you are in need of some positivity and words of encouragement 😊❤ look how much you have conquered in 2023 and how many people have helped you achieve this dream....it is awesome what you are doing there. Hope you can fix the paint problem and please keep you warm and safe. God Bless you 😘🙏 also you could do more updates during the week, like shorts , so week can keep track on the advances you make...we want to know more about it all😂😂❤beijinhossss😘😘😘
you need some frost free outlets i the yard if you're dealing with freezing. The water weeps out the bottom, 6 feet in the ground, when they are turned back off.
If you have any birch logs, save them for the last fire of the evening as they burn much slower than other types of wood. I admire your perseverance working in such cold conditions, I know I couldn’t do it. 🥶
Is looking great 😊
Wow, amazing transformation. Congratulations on a job well done
Worst time of the Year to paint walls...without central heating too cold and a lot of humidity ....wait untill April or even better May...🙂
She’s using lime wash, not paint. Completely different. Whitewash cures (not “dries”) through a reaction with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to form calcium carbonate in the form of calcite, a type of reaction generally known as carbonation or by the more specific term, carbonatation.
You're amazing Maya!!
The house looks so good. Your hard work is paying off!
Stay strong you can do it. It’s coming together and the end goal is in site 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Protect your eyes when working with lime 🤗🙏🏻
Thank you from Scotland have a great day
When i was young we always whitewashed the barn and chicken coop With lime paint but we mixed it much thicker. Try a thicker. Mix
Maya, when you look back and think about the time you felt this was all overwhelming and now you don’t even flinch at spilt paint. You are so inspiring, i love your little dances to pick yourself up, i wish your videos were like an hour longer! Can’t wait to see what you do in Spring, you should plant bulbs everywhere!
She is a real inspiration, and having watched Maya from the beginning so pleased to see her doing well on her TH-cam channel. I love her little dances too.
Thank you! 🙌
Oh dear...., everyone has spilt paint at least once. You may get a more even coverage with a roller & thicker lime wash. Good luck with the water marked areas.
To cut through the frost on your car use half and half isopropyl and water and spray it on your windshield do not scratch. Also works on frozen keylocks💗
Para otras ocasiones de heladas en el coche, una manera sencilla es con un botellón de agua ir echándole por donde quieras e inmediatamente se va el hielo, claro que si no lo vas a usar y se queda parado, lógicamente volverá a helarse
✨️🌱🌻🌿💚
Oh I thought the warm color of the lime was going to be the finished color. It went well with the stones. Maybe you need more pigment in your lime paint to help cover? Or more lime? Seems like the last wall is covering better so maybe since the paint was a thicker consistency,it covered better.
I always love seeing the olive tree. It seems to be doing really well after you freed it up of all these vines.
Well, Maya, you are moving right along!! So proud of you sweetie. And, to top it off in freezing cold weather. Down here in Louisiana, we are under a hard freeze for a few days. Not even my dog or 3 cats don’t want to go out. I can’t imagine doing everything under those conditions. You’re are my hero!!! Keep it up! Looking forward to seeing your progress!! 💋💋
So happy for your progress❤
next time use water to break the ice!!!!very good work there congrats!!!hug from Lisbon!!
Your doing well Maya keep going
I would get a larger wood stove. One that you could have a kettle on and a pot/pan. Save your power and cook on the wood stove.
Good job! Envy your patience☺️
Eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel vlog ve video için kolay gelsin hayirli işler bol bereketli kazançların 👍👍👍
Have you tried wearing a boiler suit|? Warm and covers dirt and even paint spills.
Would using a paint roller be more efficient at applying the lime paint? Might want to consider for next time. can put some insulation on the cement floor maybe before putting the finished floor to help with keeping warm.
Thanks for posting and sharing. Big strides in the stone house. Looking great.
Looking good,..!! 💃✨💃✨
As always it's a pleasure to see you and you're progress, it's looking nice with a little colour in there. Looks like you need a little ventilation, its likely the moisture from the paint evaporating and gathering at the top then condensing on the cooler walls and saturating it. I'm guessing you didn't put a vent tile on the ridge? It would explain why the wall with earth behind isn't as bad, that'll be maintaining a fairly even temperature from summer. At least thats my best guess without actually seeing it anyway. Look after yourself Mia, we don't want to see you get sick. Is that a multi fuel burner? Maybe buy some coal, load about 10 bricks in at night just before bed and it should stay warm until morning, or at least take the chill off, and if you get up in the night chuck a couple more in
I'm in US. In Kansas. It's like zero with wind chill of 20 below. Stay warm
This weeks seem a bit hard, but keep going, you are doing a fantastic job!!!
I would love to be able to do what youre doing one day! youre very inspiring
You are a hard worker and everything looks amazing, keep up the good work ❤❤❤
You are one brave girl!💝👏
Cleaning the walls with a broom reminds me of something haha 😘 Herzliche Grüße aus der Immanuelkirchstraße!
Stay warm Maya x
Congrats for all your achievments. Hugs from Mafra
I love you videos!!! So excited to see your continued progress:)
Looking good!
Did you render the outside walls?
Condensation on the outside can cause humidity inside. Even small cracks.
Well done. It looks amazing!
Good job. Maya are you going to clad the ceiling, also how are you going to heat the room your moving in?
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Good job
Your videos make my week! Great job, amazing positivity. You've accomplished so much, it's amazing! You might consider hempcrete for insulation of the cabin. It is difficult when a building has finished boards on outside and in, but hempcrete is an amazing natural product that is mold, rodent and insect free and depending on the thickness, has an R value between 28-40, wicks away moisture and maintains a temp of 60 degrees F.
Faites attention avec les bougies dans la cabane la nuit.👍👍👍👍👍🇲🇫
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you Maya, you must close the wood burner or he will never get hot and you will use less wood if you close it and if it is brawling you close the bottom valve, good work girl 👍😁.
Progress isn't always obvious Maya, and other times it is totally absent. But, get some heat into that room first, because there is years of moisture to remove before a properly breathing structure will evolve. Do you have a temporary form of heating ready to be set up, as this seems the next step towards a liveable space above the river bank.
Is it my imagination or was this a very short video? I guess I enjoy your updates so much I just want more love watching your lovely up beat nature
So are you going to insulate your pipes? They might split and break if they freeze
How do you plan to heat the cottage? I bet you're tempted to sleep there now, even if it's not finished!
Hello Maya ; freezing too in western Brittany ;
hoping your outlet of the water heater is not too hot for the foam ; a thin layer of fiber glass ?
When heating , make damp air be ventilated .
Продаются электро одеяла,очень крутая вещ.
pva would help, looking good now, need to move in soon... take care now.
Nice
Coool!!!
Wondering if you will be harnessing water to make power? Hydro power..
Olá Maya, antigamente as casas das aldeias eram pintadas com cal ,já agora aproveito para reclamar, este vídeo foi demasiado pequeno 😢 quero mais 😊
Put lukewarm hot water on your car windows. Not to hot incase heat breaks the cold glass.
the ceiling thats got to be finished?
Use an old bank or store card to scrape ice off the car?
What heating do you have in your stonehouse? ❤