as the daughter of a carpenter who specialises in home reno, it always amuses/saddens me how much people underestimate how disruptive building works are - always take longer than you think, cause more problems and mess than you think, and are noisier and take up more space... I'm glad I'm prepared! also when Jessie said a skylight was important to her, I was so sure she was going to say it was because she wanted something more interesting than a ceiling to look at when she was lying on the floor 😆
Yeah, lol when we got an extension our builder misread the measurements made by the architect and we ended up with a really low ceiling so we had to make a step down and hollow out the floor, then we were told that our previously already completely wheelchair inaccessible house was not allowed to have the step because wheelchairs couldnt then use it (even though a wheelchair user would not be able to get through the front door already) so we werent allowed to make the step, luckily that was resolved when the council man just drew a fake ramp onto the housing plan and said now it's fine 😂😂
Building construction can be like that, (with pre-fabricated sections that slot together like lego) but renovations are usually fiddly and require custom construction.)
I mean it’s not just kitchen remodeling. They are basically redoing half of the downstairs so shifting makes sense. But documenting the damage is always a good idea with construction work!
I think it’s where they are taking up floors and redoing openings and knocking down walls etc but it’s fairly normal for plaster to crack at the slightest shift and doors to not hang right - the builders should sort it all before they leave and it will all need to be signed off and stable so don’t worry it’s normal xx
Fun fact some old artex contains asbestos. It's fine as long as it's not disturbed but don't start smashing it into dust or sanding it without checking. Just have it smoothed over by a plasterer. The house has shifted due to it being propped and the supporting wall removed. Make sure the builders do make good and make it level. I lived in a house where the floor had shifted so much that my toy trains couldn't climb the hill that was my bedroom floor as it was too steep and my bed would roll a foot off the wall every day and I would have to push it back.
I have to admit, the size of the split in that wall shocked me. They will need to put new lintel in, as well as polyfiller. But when you are remodeling a house downstairs, (especially if you are knocking walls through) it is known to affect the upper floors. Although I agree entirely that they should document all of the occurrences, and maybe ask an independent surveyor to inspect the work before signing it off. Word of advice to Jessica and Claudia, check the loft to make sure that none of the roof beams have shifted or become unseated, it can happen easier than you think.
Finally construction knowledge comes in handy outside of work. 😂 To achieve that sort of texture, there's a variety of ways to achieve this. Most bumpy "popcorn" textures are a mixture of a drywall compound usually termed "mud" and some sort of grainy add in to give the bumps. These can range from adding a bag of sand into this mud to small bits of styrofoam to then be sprayed on to achieve the bumpy texture. There are some other techniques that could mimick that style that are done with specific types of brushes and rollers, but I would guess just based from the small video clips, it looks like a sand and a mud mixture was sprayed. The benifit to this style, it typically softens a bit of sound and light so there's no harsh glare, or not a high level of reverberance in the room. This can also hide small imperfections or give a room a different sort of look.
@@squiggles7833 some popcorn ceiling s were made with aspestos so yeah, unless you know 100% it was safe it would have been a risk if it ever cracked. It's also healthier because all that texture holds dust, even with 100% safe materials used it's a textured surface.
The coating on their ceiling is Artex which was very popular in the UK some years back. It's a powder mix which is sold as either hot water or cold water added. Once mixed it can be brushed on and then there are various tools for creating the effect you would like. Most are like Jess and Claudia's, which is a stipple effect, but some are combed into fan shapes and many other designs. Removing it is messy, but the most effective and safe procedure is to use a steam wallpaper remover and then scrape off the Artex, which once wet it will come off easily. As for asbestos, there can be around 1% content, prior to 1985, but thereafter it is asbestos free. Testing is important prior to removal and removal should be carried out by skilled tradesmen.
About compostable things: most compostable things are only well compostable in industrial composts, where everything is well controlled. They often don't degrade well in home composts. This is the case for compostable plastic bags for example.
What your saying is quite true. In addition compostable plastic bags usually don't degrade in industrial composters either because they need about two weeks longer than the average composte. Therefor it will be shredded and shiped out befor the plastic is propperly decomposed and this is a huge reason for microplastics on fields.
There are “compostable” plastic bags? 😮 I wonder if we have different standards/definitions in different countries, I’ve never heard of those here in any context (Australia) only biodegradable 🤔🤔
I've done the compostable plastic bags at home before, but it took them a good year to finish composting. Which, that's fine for me. I don't really get very dedicated in the use of my compost as far as intentionally fertilizing plants with it and whatnot. I just sort of have a compost pile where I let things break down and the soil slowly leaks out to the surrounding area.
The textured ceilings are made by applying popcorn ceiling spray or texture ceiling spray with a sort of spray gun. I don’t get why people put it in their houses either, and btw it’s a real pain to take down.
It was cheaper and faster than possibly having to make a ceiling that was perfectly flat and showed it's imperfections. Popcorn ceilings easily finished a ceiling. Depending on how old the ceiling is they could have contain asbestos, but that's like all building materials. Is it's if it's old enough it will either contain asbestos, arsenic, lead or all of them. Here is a good short documentary on popcorn ceilings. th-cam.com/video/HuuQR03XpLs/w-d-xo.html
@@rosequill7925 Drywalling it flat takes times, technique and precision. Putting a texture on it that hides the fact that it's not perfectly flat, is faster and cheaper. It doesn't start flat before they put the popcorning on. I also assume in older homes they were added after repairs to ceilings to make it look uniform. But that's a guess... I don't think they were ever in fashion for homeowners but just for builders where it was lower cost.
Popcorn ceilings can also insulate to an extent, so it helps with soundproofing and keeping heat, though it doesn't really do either very well, but it's kinda known for it for some reason, so people believe it. Of course, if you want to do more than just paint it (like, if its in a bathroom and has superficial mold that won't wash off or something) it has to be done professionally, assuming you want to keep the texture. It also frequently contains large amounts of lead or asbestos, and holds onto all manner of allergens, so I don't understand why anyone actually wants it. Even if it were effective insulation, the cons far outweigh the pros.
Talking about homes we grew up in and wallpaper. The house I grew up in was from the mid 1860s (american Civil war era) and one day my Mom decided she didn't like the wall paper in the dinning room so she started to peel it off. 2 1/2 inches of wallpaper (and many different decades of interior design later) we decided to stop because were not sure if there was a wall or if it was just wallpaper between the kitchen and dining room.
When I was stripping my walls I found that the master bedroom was bright orange with black flower illustrations stamped all over it. At first I thought it was some strange mould and it was scary. Turns out it was 1000s of flowers. And the ceiling in was avocado green. Now it's cookie dough with a glitter ceiling. Trends are always changing and weird.
I can’t wait to see your house once all the renovations are done! Also, the popcorn ceiling can be sprayed on. It’s common because you don’t need to mud and sand the ceilings to make a smooth surface.
Ahh yes, Artex! Some types used to contain asbestos and were dangerous to take down. That stuff is just a nightmare. It’s amazing seeing how far your house has progressed since this video!
My Dad was renovating our bathroom at the other end of the house while I was studying for my GCSEs and dust was still exuding from my textbooks when I was packing my room up to move to uni three years later!
I agree, (which is why I stress over traffic flow in that area; "What happens when we have a guest and the person waiting for the toast is in the way of the person trying to refill the kettle?" The things that keep me up at night.) My current design demands that the toaster and kettle be in separate kitchen zones.
You should name these videos "Building Bad"😉. I received my Self Isolation shirt (& another Club Crest shirt in a different color, lol) today!!! So excited they finally made it here! It’s extremely hard living in a construction zone, but just think of how wonderful the end result will be💖! Sending you all my love & prayers the drilling stops as quickly as possible 🤗💜🦋🙏🏻😘🐾🐾
I lived in a brand new apartment for about a year, that was still under construction. It was pretty well insulated from sound, but would not especially recommend it. It was pretty cool to see progress on a large building and see hallways that didn't exist a week earlier.
It’s going to look great when it’s done! I think it’s awesome Claudia is doing so much hands on work, I’m sure you are going to be so happy when y’all can relax and sit back and enjoy all that you accomplished during this time.
As someone who has watched 13.5 series of Grand Designs (and counting), absolutely from the bottom of my heart, I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOUR HOUSE PLEASE SHOW ME ALL THE BUILDING WORK
About the textured ceilings, my dad does drywall and plastering, and he uses a big, flat, almost mop textured brush and dips it in plaster, then stomps it all across the ceiling evenly to make the pattern. Little foamy bits can be added to make the "popcorn" effect
In the USA we call that Popcorn Ceiling. It was popular in the 60s & 70s. It is achieved by taking a blower, filling it with fiber glass, and literally blowing said fiberglass into the wet paint on the ceiling. Sometimes they paint over it, but if it isn't if can sometimes sparkle.
The way they get popcorn ceilings and walls is that they use a sprayer to spray plaster onto the surface. A more fashionable way to do this is to do knock down. This is where you take a tool to knock the tips off of the plaster so that the wall/ceiling has texture but isn't pointy. The wall is then painted over in a color of your choice.
Texture on ceilings absorbs and breaks up sound and light. It is also forgiving of imperfections. Texture is applied with a type of stamping brush or roller. High areas in the texture can be "knocked down" with the edge of a trowel and lightly sanded. Much like with faux finishes, it takes technique and skill to look nice. It would then be painted with a thicker knap roller than what is used for smoothe surfaces. Popcorn ceiling texture is usually applied with an instrument called a hopper. New popcorn is best painted using a spray device, or removed by moistening and scraping.
Pro-tip with an ice maker - make sure you clean the lines and all the various parts super regularly! Mold and slime grows in there quickly and will contaminate the ice, which can cause more mysterious health problems. (I learned this the hard way!)
As far as the ceiling texture goes, I know of three ways that's done (at least in America). One is literally tapping the ceiling with a sponge or rag with texture material on it - you were spot on with that. Another is the use of a large compressor that sprays the thick texture material onto the wall. The last way is that some people use thick paint on a textured paint roller. People get creative. I'm sure my list isn't comprehensive. I'm very excited to see what the house looks like once its all complete! Great choices for the Georgian windows and prairie doors - that will look beautiful and timeless. I love the idea of renovating and intend to do the same once I own a home. Really, I hope that someday I may have enough money to design my own home and have it constructed (I'm a civil engineer, so that helps a bit). Thanks for sharing so much of your lives with us :)
We keep seasonal items in the cupboard above the fridge, like Christmas cookie cutters, Halloween plates and bowls, etc. Also remikens and baking stuff we use not very often.
The back and forth about the shower coming on and Jessica getting wet killed me! Especially when Claudia said when it happened to me you laughed. Love these ladies!
Oh my goodness, I can only imagine how hard it must be for the builders bc they obviously work and feel the drilling every day 365 days a year 😕 but oh my god I know how that feels, our house was being renovated vor 6 MONTHS and after that they renovated the house exactly next to us and it was really exhausting and honestly depressing! Keep on! It will go by 💜
I imagine it to be very different, when you are kind of controlling the drilling. (It has to be done, but you can stop it for lunch and so.) And you get to go home after the workday to a clean home without drilling and dirt.
Artex was ridiculously popular in the 80s. Its like a kind of plaster. The type on your ceiling would just be like a paint roller. That's a fairly mild one. You'd have shells and swirls carved into this stuff. It wasn't cheap to put up but it meant you never had to decorate again, just paint it when you wanted to change colours.
A family friend of ours renovated and the builders miscalculated something or other so the threshold into the second floor bathroom is about two feet above the actual floor. Resulting in a lovely little fall whenever you forget about it.
It's looking good! Hang in there. It's very stressful. Last year, my wife and I had the whole basement torn out of our 2 story 100+ house and a full apartment put in plus redid 3 bathrooms and the apt kitchen. I learned that we 4 women (our grown girls were here part of the time) sharing one working toilet go through a roll of TP every 2 days. Also here in San Francisco every contractor is Irish and named Patrick. We even had a troop of Irish college men working for the summer humping out the old concrete. Yes we have video. You both will survive and it will be beautiful.
I adore you guys. This was such a mellow video, just you & us hanging out & enjoying each other's company. The love & kindness you both have is a wonder. Of course I know that roses have thorns but you two give me such hope that I may one day be loved so deeply & be do happy & content.
Well first of all: Happy 4th Anniversary to you, Jessica!! 🎉🥳 ... Congratulations on making such a positive and encouraging impact on our society & building a diverse, inclusive community - of which I am so very proud & humble to be a part of. Secondly, thank you for the house tour. I can't imagine the excitement the two of you have for your home to be finished. Thank you, Jessica and Claudia, for the video! I was not in the best headspace prior to watching. But as usual, hearing & seeing you two laugh and smile, just talking about what is going on and other life stuff ... I am feeling better. Again, thank you so much! Wishing you both the best. I say this with all sincerity, I love ladies. You're just amazing. Take care! Lovely as always 👍🤟💝
I’ve got a cupboard over my fridge/freezer and I keep the things we a) don’t use very often and b) hide the liquor and other stuff I don’t want my grandma to see when she comes over because if I can hardly reach that cupboard, she definitely can’t. It’s good to hide things from judgy/religious family when needed.
I hope you will give us a “they made it all good” video. I about died over the steel beam part of this video. You guys are awesome. Laughing over what I would go nuts about. I love how positive video after video is that you make. Thank you for making the world a better place.
Oh, the memories! We have done remodels over the years, and the word "inconvenient" doesn't even come close--a kitchen remodel wherein I would "put" dishes and glassware into a non-existent sink breaking items that hit the bottom. Moving the refrigerator and microwave into the living room was quite convenient [at least for the Super Bowl catching the game AND commercials]!! The set-up for your kitchen seems really user-friendly with everything well within reach. I wish we had an island/sink so I could pull a stool/chair under it so I could chop, mince, etc. without putting a strain on my back. It was the noise, noise, noise plus the vibrations from drilling under the house that drove me nuts. I know it will be lovely when finished. Have a good weekend to both of you!! 😁💗
As a son of a builder and someone who has worked on many buildings and homes I'd say the one thing people aren't prepared for is the amount of dust building work makes. You can try your best to keep the dust out by sealing doors and holes but it will always finds its way in. If you don't want something getting dusty it's best to hide it as far away from the building work as possible.
There was construction on an apartment complex across the street from ours, and with the lock down, we couldn't go anywhere to escape from it. It was awful. Lock down got stricter and it stopped, and it was lovely. Then construction was allowed to resume, so we moved, to a lovely house with a lemon tree. Airplane noise, but I would choose airplanes to construction any day.
Specialized rollers (long furry things) and a thin type of plaster to apply popcorn ceiling. Still no idea why it is EVERYWHERE, but it's in older canadian and US houses too.
I just want to say thank you🙂 you and your wife Claudia are hysterical and I found your TH-cam channel just today and it came at a very much-needed time for laughter due to the medical things I'm going through and I just wanted to say thank you for making an otherwise bad time in my life seem not so bad🙂
I just watched a random video on Airtech/popcorn ceilings! They became super common because it's an easy way to cover up imperfections in the ceiling. It's made by spraying the ceiling with a long hose. They've been linked to asbestos, though, so be careful if you want to get rid of it!
Ooof, I know how you feel with the drilling. There has been construction in the apartment above ours for over a year (they always say it will be done in a few weeks but then in a couple of months they just start up again) and it literally sounds like they are jackhammering directly above my head! Hope your construction finishes quickly so you can enjoy your house 😋
Last November we had a kitchen extension as well. It was only finished in Feb but I can see so many similarities. We too thought our living room/kitchen would be nice but it was so cramped and noisy so that was funnnn (not). Luckily we weren't home for most of the drilling though.
When the building is done and before you put in the furniture, take a few minutes to do Sound of Music spins in the rooms. It's fun, and a good memory to keep.
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Textured ceilings are supposed to help soundproof or reduce echos and improve acoustics, but they were also cheap and forgiving because they didn't have to be even.
I can totally relate with Claudia's story with the wallpapered walls. In my bedroom the people before us wallpapered ever surface of our house, and apparently there was a 15 year-old in my room and as I peeled off the wallpaper I got to see all their phases as they grew up, from the top layer of pure black to the bottom one of yellow duckies-- it was interesting.
You two are so cute! I remember when we moved to this house I live in right now and first few months it was a building site like yours is now. So much dust that it really triggered my asthmatic symptoms and finally got re-diagnosed with it. Plus we didn’t even have a bath or shower at one point so did the dishes in the bathroom sink which was SO difficult! No kitchen for weeks on end was frustrating as hell. Plus most of our furniture was in storage.
I can’t imagine living with all the dust and drilling! I would NEVER get any rest! I hope you and Claud are getting some peace and quiet as often as possible despite the building going on. :)
We call the ceiling stuff "popcorn" in the States. You buy plaster with bumps in it of varrying size and mush it up there with spatulas and sponges. I've done some touching-up with it.
That ceiling was popular in the 1950-60’s. It was done with different brushes, sometimes even a broom. It will all look wonderful in time! Just FYI I have been watching you since you had just 10k subscribers, you’ve just got better and better!
I understand how terrible and annoying the drilling and dust from remodeling can get. They recently remodeled my workplace which involved weeks of drilling into the concrete - all during working hours. You couldn't think straight. And no amount of plastic curtains were good enough to keep the dust contained. There were days I would blow my dose and it would just be gray from all the dust I'd inhaled. I'm so glad that's over now. I can't even imagine what it would be like living in the situation and not having the ability to leave.
I really loved you doing the presenter's tour. So glad that you are able to use hacks for washing the dishes. I have had to use the bathtub to wash the dishes when we had a major leak in our back kitchen. Not very fun for most, but I had a blast( easy to entertain me)😎
I had to have a section of concrete floor ground smooth and the dust took 3 days to clean up. I got so discouraged and emotional halfway through that I started crying. Don't leave curtains up and carry your furniture out if you can. The dust goes everywhere and takes hours to settle. You will therefore end up vacuming the same surfaces multiple times.
When I was 10 our family completely renovated the house and lived in it at the same time 😅 We did our dishes in a little plastic tub with one of those gallon water dispensers you use at events haha. And my "room" was the top bunk of our bunk beds!
Oh you wanna talk artex ceilings? My living room in my house, all 4 walls were artexed and it looked awful. After the plasterer chopped some of the larger nibs off in order to skim the wall, we found out that they had had blue and red painted on the artex walls. No accounting for personal taste, eh
The wallpaper thing amuses me. I had the same thing in my bedroom. 10layers of paper. Took us all the way back to when the building was first rented. Amusingly we knew the previous tenants (their daughter was in my class). So we saw the layers of wallpaper for her nursery and what it was before.
Thank you for sharing your process with joy and trauma all in one!! It sounds like it will be stunning once it’s done! And I am enjoying the amount of guff you are giving each other :)
My aunt inherited her house from my grandparents and when painting the bathroom discovered that the walls used to be a hot pink sort of color. Turned out when my grandparents first painted the bathroom they wanted a soft pink and the color came out wrong and they didn't want to pay for more paint.
the stuff on the ceiling is called popcorn ceiling ots a toxic fiberous mineral which is used to cover a wall to hide any flaws you can remove it but you need to find a profesional as its toxic to breath in also love the video
They have a specific kind of idk plaster is how you call it I think, but it has little pieces in it so you get that texture on the ceiling or wall or whatever
Also I feel you on the construction and losing sleep, they are doing road construction in front of my building and it's been going on for over a month.
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as the daughter of a carpenter who specialises in home reno, it always amuses/saddens me how much people underestimate how disruptive building works are - always take longer than you think, cause more problems and mess than you think, and are noisier and take up more space... I'm glad I'm prepared!
also when Jessie said a skylight was important to her, I was so sure she was going to say it was because she wanted something more interesting than a ceiling to look at when she was lying on the floor 😆
About the skylight - I thought so too! :-D I immediately pictured Jessica lying on the floor and wanting to look at nature.
Yeah, lol when we got an extension our builder misread the measurements made by the architect and we ended up with a really low ceiling so we had to make a step down and hollow out the floor, then we were told that our previously already completely wheelchair inaccessible house was not allowed to have the step because wheelchairs couldnt then use it (even though a wheelchair user would not be able to get through the front door already) so we werent allowed to make the step, luckily that was resolved when the council man just drew a fake ramp onto the housing plan and said now it's fine 😂😂
Rather have that going on when it's cool outside, rather than summer and then it's so hot in the house.
Yes, my brother is a carpenter and I am now totally prepared.
One thing people really don’t consider is the dust…omg the dust.
If only building was the same as the Sims, where it all just magically appeared after you selected what you wanted.
Building construction can be like that, (with pre-fabricated sections that slot together like lego) but renovations are usually fiddly and require custom construction.)
I wish the building in the sims took a bit longer, since renovating does impact life and not being able to simulate that makes renovations a bit stale
Can we just talk about how Jessica’s dress/varsity jacket outfit is so freaking cute
I've never heard of the upstairs walls SHIFTING based on kitchen remodeling. That sounds terrifying omg! D: DOCUMENT EVERYTHING lol
I mean it’s not just kitchen remodeling. They are basically redoing half of the downstairs so shifting makes sense. But documenting the damage is always a good idea with construction work!
I think it’s where they are taking up floors and redoing openings and knocking down walls etc but it’s fairly normal for plaster to crack at the slightest shift and doors to not hang right - the builders should sort it all before they leave and it will all need to be signed off and stable so don’t worry it’s normal xx
Fun fact some old artex contains asbestos. It's fine as long as it's not disturbed but don't start smashing it into dust or sanding it without checking. Just have it smoothed over by a plasterer. The house has shifted due to it being propped and the supporting wall removed. Make sure the builders do make good and make it level. I lived in a house where the floor had shifted so much that my toy trains couldn't climb the hill that was my bedroom floor as it was too steep and my bed would roll a foot off the wall every day and I would have to push it back.
@@RoanLee0408 This times a gazillion!
I have to admit, the size of the split in that wall shocked me. They will need to put new lintel in, as well as polyfiller. But when you are remodeling a house downstairs, (especially if you are knocking walls through) it is known to affect the upper floors. Although I agree entirely that they should document all of the occurrences, and maybe ask an independent surveyor to inspect the work before signing it off. Word of advice to Jessica and Claudia, check the loft to make sure that none of the roof beams have shifted or become unseated, it can happen easier than you think.
Finally construction knowledge comes in handy outside of work. 😂
To achieve that sort of texture, there's a variety of ways to achieve this. Most bumpy "popcorn" textures are a mixture of a drywall compound usually termed "mud" and some sort of grainy add in to give the bumps. These can range from adding a bag of sand into this mud to small bits of styrofoam to then be sprayed on to achieve the bumpy texture.
There are some other techniques that could mimick that style that are done with specific types of brushes and rollers, but I would guess just based from the small video clips, it looks like a sand and a mud mixture was sprayed.
The benifit to this style, it typically softens a bit of sound and light so there's no harsh glare, or not a high level of reverberance in the room. This can also hide small imperfections or give a room a different sort of look.
Thank you 🙈
Interesting. Thanks!
My house got rid of the popcorn walls outside of my house was there any benefit to removing it or was it just for looks.
@@squiggles7833 some popcorn ceiling s were made with aspestos so yeah, unless you know 100% it was safe it would have been a risk if it ever cracked.
It's also healthier because all that texture holds dust, even with 100% safe materials used it's a textured surface.
The coating on their ceiling is Artex which was very popular in the UK some years back. It's a powder mix which is sold as either hot water or cold water added. Once mixed it can be brushed on and then there are various tools for creating the effect you would like. Most are like Jess and Claudia's, which is a stipple effect, but some are combed into fan shapes and many other designs. Removing it is messy, but the most effective and safe procedure is to use a steam wallpaper remover and then scrape off the Artex, which once wet it will come off easily. As for asbestos, there can be around 1% content, prior to 1985, but thereafter it is asbestos free. Testing is important prior to removal and removal should be carried out by skilled tradesmen.
the jacket jessica is wearing looks really cool!! so does the house
She wants to find a way to make the same style of jacket as merch! How awesome would that be?💜🦋
About compostable things: most compostable things are only well compostable in industrial composts, where everything is well controlled. They often don't degrade well in home composts. This is the case for compostable plastic bags for example.
What your saying is quite true. In addition compostable plastic bags usually don't degrade in industrial composters either because they need about two weeks longer than the average composte. Therefor it will be shredded and shiped out befor the plastic is propperly decomposed and this is a huge reason for microplastics on fields.
true, but many gardeners recommend adding unbleached, uncoated cardboard to compost, it can really improve your compost if done right!
There are “compostable” plastic bags? 😮 I wonder if we have different standards/definitions in different countries, I’ve never heard of those here in any context (Australia) only biodegradable 🤔🤔
I put compostable coffee cups and compostable bags into my Green Johanna compost bin and everything is fine.
I've done the compostable plastic bags at home before, but it took them a good year to finish composting. Which, that's fine for me. I don't really get very dedicated in the use of my compost as far as intentionally fertilizing plants with it and whatnot. I just sort of have a compost pile where I let things break down and the soil slowly leaks out to the surrounding area.
The textured ceilings are made by applying popcorn ceiling spray or texture ceiling spray with a sort of spray gun. I don’t get why people put it in their houses either, and btw it’s a real pain to take down.
So it's literally more effort to make it look weird than it would be to just leave it flat? Who thought that was a good idea?
It was cheaper and faster than possibly having to make a ceiling that was perfectly flat and showed it's imperfections.
Popcorn ceilings easily finished a ceiling.
Depending on how old the ceiling is they could have contain asbestos, but that's like all building materials. Is it's if it's old enough it will either contain asbestos, arsenic, lead or all of them.
Here is a good short documentary on popcorn ceilings.
th-cam.com/video/HuuQR03XpLs/w-d-xo.html
@@rosequill7925 Drywalling it flat takes times, technique and precision. Putting a texture on it that hides the fact that it's not perfectly flat, is faster and cheaper.
It doesn't start flat before they put the popcorning on.
I also assume in older homes they were added after repairs to ceilings to make it look uniform. But that's a guess...
I don't think they were ever in fashion for homeowners but just for builders where it was lower cost.
That's a much better way to explain it than how I tried to do it.
Popcorn ceilings can also insulate to an extent, so it helps with soundproofing and keeping heat, though it doesn't really do either very well, but it's kinda known for it for some reason, so people believe it.
Of course, if you want to do more than just paint it (like, if its in a bathroom and has superficial mold that won't wash off or something) it has to be done professionally, assuming you want to keep the texture. It also frequently contains large amounts of lead or asbestos, and holds onto all manner of allergens, so I don't understand why anyone actually wants it. Even if it were effective insulation, the cons far outweigh the pros.
Talking about homes we grew up in and wallpaper. The house I grew up in was from the mid 1860s (american Civil war era) and one day my Mom decided she didn't like the wall paper in the dinning room so she started to peel it off. 2 1/2 inches of wallpaper (and many different decades of interior design later) we decided to stop because were not sure if there was a wall or if it was just wallpaper between the kitchen and dining room.
When I was stripping my walls I found that the master bedroom was bright orange with black flower illustrations stamped all over it. At first I thought it was some strange mould and it was scary. Turns out it was 1000s of flowers. And the ceiling in was avocado green. Now it's cookie dough with a glitter ceiling. Trends are always changing and weird.
I can’t wait to see your house once all the renovations are done! Also, the popcorn ceiling can be sprayed on. It’s common because you don’t need to mud and sand the ceilings to make a smooth surface.
When I moved to Florida, I was also horrified by popcorn ceilings. Mine looked like cottage cheese with GLITTER
That stuff actually has a whole process to remove too. It's crazy. I hate popcorn ceilings they always get so dusty and it's so hard to clean them!
Ahh yes, Artex! Some types used to contain asbestos and were dangerous to take down. That stuff is just a nightmare. It’s amazing seeing how far your house has progressed since this video!
My Dad was renovating our bathroom at the other end of the house while I was studying for my GCSEs and dust was still exuding from my textbooks when I was packing my room up to move to uni three years later!
Claudia is a woman after my own heart, breakfast is my favourite meal of the day, so a breakfast area is like... heaven for me
I agree, (which is why I stress over traffic flow in that area; "What happens when we have a guest and the person waiting for the toast is in the way of the person trying to refill the kettle?" The things that keep me up at night.) My current design demands that the toaster and kettle be in separate kitchen zones.
You should name these videos "Building Bad"😉. I received my Self Isolation shirt (& another Club Crest shirt in a different color, lol) today!!! So excited they finally made it here! It’s extremely hard living in a construction zone, but just think of how wonderful the end result will be💖! Sending you all my love & prayers the drilling stops as quickly as possible 🤗💜🦋🙏🏻😘🐾🐾
I lived in a brand new apartment for about a year, that was still under construction. It was pretty well insulated from sound, but would not especially recommend it. It was pretty cool to see progress on a large building and see hallways that didn't exist a week earlier.
I love how you guys just started talking about random stuff at the end😂 please do another live soon
They are doing a livestream on Sunday
When we built our house. All the bottom cabinets are drawers except below the sink. So much more useful.
It’s going to look great when it’s done! I think it’s awesome Claudia is doing so much hands on work, I’m sure you are going to be so happy when y’all can relax and sit back and enjoy all that you accomplished during this time.
I completely agree with Jessica about having drawers over lower cabinets. They're so much more convenient and efficient.
how happy and giggly jessica is with claudia is my relationship goals with my future wife,,,theyre so cute
As someone who has watched 13.5 series of Grand Designs (and counting), absolutely from the bottom of my heart, I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOUR HOUSE PLEASE SHOW ME ALL THE BUILDING WORK
About the textured ceilings, my dad does drywall and plastering, and he uses a big, flat, almost mop textured brush and dips it in plaster, then stomps it all across the ceiling evenly to make the pattern. Little foamy bits can be added to make the "popcorn" effect
In the USA we call that Popcorn Ceiling. It was popular in the 60s & 70s. It is achieved by taking a blower, filling it with fiber glass, and literally blowing said fiberglass into the wet paint on the ceiling. Sometimes they paint over it, but if it isn't if can sometimes sparkle.
The awkward cupboard above your fridge is for the liquor ;)
The way they get popcorn ceilings and walls is that they use a sprayer to spray plaster onto the surface. A more fashionable way to do this is to do knock down. This is where you take a tool to knock the tips off of the plaster so that the wall/ceiling has texture but isn't pointy. The wall is then painted over in a color of your choice.
That is going to be awesome! Construction really shows how patient and resilient you both are with other people being in your happy bubble.
Texture on ceilings absorbs and breaks up sound and light. It is also forgiving of imperfections. Texture is applied with a type of stamping brush or roller. High areas in the texture can be "knocked down" with the edge of a trowel and lightly sanded. Much like with faux finishes, it takes technique and skill to look nice. It would then be painted with a thicker knap roller than what is used for smoothe surfaces. Popcorn ceiling texture is usually applied with an instrument called a hopper. New popcorn is best painted using a spray device, or removed by moistening and scraping.
I love the extension with the skylight! Your home is going to be so comfortable when it's finished
Pro-tip with an ice maker - make sure you clean the lines and all the various parts super regularly! Mold and slime grows in there quickly and will contaminate the ice, which can cause more mysterious health problems. (I learned this the hard way!)
As far as the ceiling texture goes, I know of three ways that's done (at least in America). One is literally tapping the ceiling with a sponge or rag with texture material on it - you were spot on with that. Another is the use of a large compressor that sprays the thick texture material onto the wall. The last way is that some people use thick paint on a textured paint roller. People get creative. I'm sure my list isn't comprehensive. I'm very excited to see what the house looks like once its all complete! Great choices for the Georgian windows and prairie doors - that will look beautiful and timeless. I love the idea of renovating and intend to do the same once I own a home. Really, I hope that someday I may have enough money to design my own home and have it constructed (I'm a civil engineer, so that helps a bit). Thanks for sharing so much of your lives with us :)
We keep seasonal items in the cupboard above the fridge, like Christmas cookie cutters, Halloween plates and bowls, etc. Also remikens and baking stuff we use not very often.
The back and forth about the shower coming on and Jessica getting wet killed me! Especially when Claudia said when it happened to me you laughed. Love these ladies!
Oh my goodness, I can only imagine how hard it must be for the builders bc they obviously work and feel the drilling every day 365 days a year 😕 but oh my god I know how that feels, our house was being renovated vor 6 MONTHS and after that they renovated the house exactly next to us and it was really exhausting and honestly depressing! Keep on! It will go by 💜
I imagine it to be very different, when you are kind of controlling the drilling. (It has to be done, but you can stop it for lunch and so.) And you get to go home after the workday to a clean home without drilling and dirt.
I am a massive lover of drawers in kitchens too and the ceiling is a ‘popcorn ceiling ‘ and you can scrape it off
Ooooo all this will be so worth it for the heated floors 🥰🥰 so excited for you all!!
I agree about drawers. I have this dream of a kitchen with a ton of drawers so I can more easily reach things!
Artex was ridiculously popular in the 80s. Its like a kind of plaster. The type on your ceiling would just be like a paint roller. That's a fairly mild one. You'd have shells and swirls carved into this stuff. It wasn't cheap to put up but it meant you never had to decorate again, just paint it when you wanted to change colours.
Lovely to see where the unicorn will stay. But, seriously, it will be great when it is done!
A family friend of ours renovated and the builders miscalculated something or other so the threshold into the second floor bathroom is about two feet above the actual floor. Resulting in a lovely little fall whenever you forget about it.
It's looking good! Hang in there. It's very stressful. Last year, my wife and I had the whole basement torn out of our 2 story 100+ house and a full apartment put in plus redid 3 bathrooms and the apt kitchen. I learned that we 4 women (our grown girls were here part of the time) sharing one working toilet go through a roll of TP every 2 days. Also here in San Francisco every contractor is Irish and named Patrick. We even had a troop of Irish college men working for the summer humping out the old concrete. Yes we have video. You both will survive and it will be beautiful.
I adore you guys. This was such a mellow video, just you & us hanging out & enjoying each other's company. The love & kindness you both have is a wonder. Of course I know that roses have thorns but you two give me such hope that I may one day be loved so deeply & be do happy & content.
Your descriptions of your home sound great. I hope it all is perfect when the contractors are done. You both deserve that perfection.
Jesica and Claudia are so adorable and entertaining.
Well first of all: Happy 4th Anniversary to you, Jessica!! 🎉🥳 ... Congratulations on making such a positive and encouraging impact on our society & building a diverse, inclusive community - of which I am so very proud & humble to be a part of.
Secondly, thank you for the house tour. I can't imagine the excitement the two of you have for your home to be finished.
Thank you, Jessica and Claudia, for the video! I was not in the best headspace prior to watching. But as usual, hearing & seeing you two laugh and smile, just talking about what is going on and other life stuff ... I am feeling better. Again, thank you so much! Wishing you both the best. I say this with all sincerity, I love ladies. You're just amazing. Take care! Lovely as always 👍🤟💝
I’ve got a cupboard over my fridge/freezer and I keep the things we a) don’t use very often and b) hide the liquor and other stuff I don’t want my grandma to see when she comes over because if I can hardly reach that cupboard, she definitely can’t. It’s good to hide things from judgy/religious family when needed.
I really appreciate the warning for vomit no one else does it and this makes me feel so much more comfortable thank you!!
I hope you will give us a “they made it all good” video. I about died over the steel beam part of this video. You guys are awesome. Laughing over what I would go nuts about. I love how positive video after video is that you make. Thank you for making the world a better place.
Oh, the memories! We have done remodels over the years, and the word "inconvenient" doesn't even come close--a kitchen remodel wherein I would "put" dishes and glassware into a non-existent sink breaking items that hit the bottom. Moving the refrigerator and microwave into the living room was quite convenient [at least for the Super Bowl catching the game AND commercials]!! The set-up for your kitchen seems really user-friendly with everything well within reach. I wish we had an island/sink so I could pull a stool/chair under it so I could chop, mince, etc. without putting a strain on my back. It was the noise, noise, noise plus the vibrations from drilling under the house that drove me nuts. I know it will be lovely when finished. Have a good weekend to both of you!! 😁💗
I love how you two are so light hearted about everything...its so refreshing! Love you two and hope all is well. Lovely couple as well.
As a son of a builder and someone who has worked on many buildings and homes I'd say the one thing people aren't prepared for is the amount of dust building work makes. You can try your best to keep the dust out by sealing doors and holes but it will always finds its way in. If you don't want something getting dusty it's best to hide it as far away from the building work as possible.
The ceiling.... in the US they call it 'popcorn ceiling". I had it in my room growing up and loved it, but as an adult, I'd hate it lol.
Wow I'm early! I'm sure the house will look absolutely lovely once it's finished!
Same
I’m so excited to see how everything turns out! The skylight in the dining room will be so wonderful ❤️
Jessica's hair is such a gorgeous colour!
There was construction on an apartment complex across the street from ours, and with the lock down, we couldn't go anywhere to escape from it. It was awful. Lock down got stricter and it stopped, and it was lovely. Then construction was allowed to resume, so we moved, to a lovely house with a lemon tree. Airplane noise, but I would choose airplanes to construction any day.
Thank you Jessica for making such lovely videos! I know how you feel because currently my house is also being worked on.
Can't wait for the next (whole) house tour!
You two are adorable. I'm so happy your house will be the way you like!
That ceiling thing is done with a paint sprayer that has a special nozzle.
I can't wait to see it finished, it is going to be amazing!
Specialized rollers (long furry things) and a thin type of plaster to apply popcorn ceiling. Still no idea why it is EVERYWHERE, but it's in older canadian and US houses too.
I just want to say thank you🙂 you and your wife Claudia are hysterical and I found your TH-cam channel just today and it came at a very much-needed time for laughter due to the medical things I'm going through and I just wanted to say thank you for making an otherwise bad time in my life seem not so bad🙂
I just watched a random video on Airtech/popcorn ceilings! They became super common because it's an easy way to cover up imperfections in the ceiling. It's made by spraying the ceiling with a long hose. They've been linked to asbestos, though, so be careful if you want to get rid of it!
Ooof, I know how you feel with the drilling. There has been construction in the apartment above ours for over a year (they always say it will be done in a few weeks but then in a couple of months they just start up again) and it literally sounds like they are jackhammering directly above my head! Hope your construction finishes quickly so you can enjoy your house 😋
Last November we had a kitchen extension as well. It was only finished in Feb but I can see so many similarities. We too thought our living room/kitchen would be nice but it was so cramped and noisy so that was funnnn (not). Luckily we weren't home for most of the drilling though.
When the building is done and before you put in the furniture, take a few minutes to do Sound of Music spins in the rooms. It's fun, and a good memory to keep.
Textured ceilings are supposed to help soundproof or reduce echos and improve acoustics, but they were also cheap and forgiving because they didn't have to be even.
I want to see a video where you do Claudia's makeup and she does yours!!
I can totally relate with Claudia's story with the wallpapered walls. In my bedroom the people before us wallpapered ever surface of our house, and apparently there was a 15 year-old in my room and as I peeled off the wallpaper I got to see all their phases as they grew up, from the top layer of pure black to the bottom one of yellow duckies-- it was interesting.
You two are so cute! I remember when we moved to this house I live in right now and first few months it was a building site like yours is now. So much dust that it really triggered my asthmatic symptoms and finally got re-diagnosed with it. Plus we didn’t even have a bath or shower at one point so did the dishes in the bathroom sink which was SO difficult! No kitchen for weeks on end was frustrating as hell. Plus most of our furniture was in storage.
Stay away from the crack in the wall and call The Doctor!! lol I'd love a tour of the garden at some point, including Claudia's compost area
Jessica, is there a tear in your sweater? Can’t be!
It's coming on well. I can't wait until it's finished!
I can’t imagine living with all the dust and drilling! I would NEVER get any rest! I hope you and Claud are getting some peace and quiet as often as possible despite the building going on. :)
I LOVE. The way Jessica says orangery
We call the ceiling stuff "popcorn" in the States. You buy plaster with bumps in it of varrying size and mush it up there with spatulas and sponges. I've done some touching-up with it.
You both look so beautiful! So happy to see a new video while I’m getting ready for my day! Hope you are both doing well! 💜
That ceiling was popular in the 1950-60’s. It was done with different brushes, sometimes even a broom. It will all look wonderful in time! Just FYI I have been watching you since you had just 10k subscribers, you’ve just got better and better!
I understand how terrible and annoying the drilling and dust from remodeling can get. They recently remodeled my workplace which involved weeks of drilling into the concrete - all during working hours. You couldn't think straight. And no amount of plastic curtains were good enough to keep the dust contained. There were days I would blow my dose and it would just be gray from all the dust I'd inhaled. I'm so glad that's over now. I can't even imagine what it would be like living in the situation and not having the ability to leave.
I really loved you doing the presenter's tour. So glad that you are able to use hacks for washing the dishes. I have had to use the bathtub to wash the dishes when we had a major leak in our back kitchen. Not very fun for most, but I had a blast( easy to entertain me)😎
I had to have a section of concrete floor ground smooth and the dust took 3 days to clean up. I got so discouraged and emotional halfway through that I started crying. Don't leave curtains up and carry your furniture out if you can. The dust goes everywhere and takes hours to settle. You will therefore end up vacuming the same surfaces multiple times.
Oh my god, that room sounds so cool!
When I was 10 our family completely renovated the house and lived in it at the same time 😅 We did our dishes in a little plastic tub with one of those gallon water dispensers you use at events haha. And my "room" was the top bunk of our bunk beds!
Oh you wanna talk artex ceilings? My living room in my house, all 4 walls were artexed and it looked awful. After the plasterer chopped some of the larger nibs off in order to skim the wall, we found out that they had had blue and red painted on the artex walls. No accounting for personal taste, eh
The wallpaper thing amuses me. I had the same thing in my bedroom. 10layers of paper. Took us all the way back to when the building was first rented. Amusingly we knew the previous tenants (their daughter was in my class). So we saw the layers of wallpaper for her nursery and what it was before.
I am firmly convinced at this point that Jessica and Claudia can make anything fun!
I store things I don't use often over the fridge and in the hard to reach places like canteens or vases that we rarely need.
I can't wait to see the finished product!! It's gonna be super cool.
What a wonderful house you have. I can totally imagine it being all finished & lovely! I am so excited for you.
Thank you for sharing your process with joy and trauma all in one!! It sounds like it will be stunning once it’s done! And I am enjoying the amount of guff you are giving each other :)
This was such a lovely rambly video and it made me feel happy to watch!
At least you have a sense of humour regarding your reno it will be worth it when finnished looks like it will be excellent 👍👍👍👍👍
I love the drawer instead of cabinet idea that is GENIUS!! And when I finally get my house I might snag that
When we was stripping my nans walls we had found out she had lime green walls and bright orange kitchen
That sounds totally my colour scheme tbh, amazing!
In the first flat i rented on my own, the bedroom was lime green and bright orange ahahah its was the most botched paint job id ever seen....
@@CatBarefield Her new house the entire bathroom was head to to in carpet. We had to make it into a wet room in the end because of my grandad and her
My aunt inherited her house from my grandparents and when painting the bathroom discovered that the walls used to be a hot pink sort of color. Turned out when my grandparents first painted the bathroom they wanted a soft pink and the color came out wrong and they didn't want to pay for more paint.
the stuff on the ceiling is called popcorn ceiling ots a toxic fiberous mineral which is used to cover a wall to hide any flaws you can remove it but you need to find a profesional as its toxic to breath in also love the video
The layout of your new kitchen is a literal mirror image of how my family kitchen is, and we did an extension too! 😂 it’s such a nice layout!
This is going to be amazing! I can’t wait to see the finished product.
They have a specific kind of idk plaster is how you call it I think, but it has little pieces in it so you get that texture on the ceiling or wall or whatever
Also I feel you on the construction and losing sleep, they are doing road construction in front of my building and it's been going on for over a month.
I'm unbelievably hyped for domestic baking videos