Someone probably already pointed this out, but just in case: Remember when you're deciding where (and in what orientation) to put the new bathtub that water is heavy. You have the weight of the bathtub (if it's an old iron tub, it might be several hundred kg), then the weight of something like a hundred liters of water, plus the weight of one Laura. So you're talking about possibly as much as 300-400 kg, depending on what the bathtub is made from.
Cast iron tub 325lbs/145k, 60gallons of water ( at 8.34 lbs/gallon)full to top 800lbs together. Empty tub with Laura 450lbs/210k no water. Water displacement volumetrically for a human female? 25gallons of water to bathe comfortably? 200lbs/90k? One bathtub, CI with a Laura plus Water is approximately 300 kilos ( 660lbs).... plus or minus?
The mass maxes out at empty mass for the tub plus full water. Humans are roughly the same density as water and therefore displace their mass in water. It still can be substantial, especially for these old wood beam constructions. Mine was built in 1911 and I have the same considerations for the bathroom. Plus moisture control, a huge problem for these wood constructions. I went with two extra beams across the floor to take the weight of the tub.
Growing up my neighbors across the street legitimately installed a fireman pole next to the stairs into their basement. Now I think maybe it was a ploy to get the neighbor kids to come over and befriend their son.
Bei unserem Haus haben wir mehrere Holzbalkendecken rausgerissen und durch Betondecken ersetzen lassen. Eine Holzbalkendecke haben wir „gerettet“. Im Nachhinein bereue ich das, hätte lieber auch eine Betondecke wie sonst überall.
@ChrisK3 at this point, just the staircase I think😂no it looks like the first floor walls and in general everything on there like those beams and the floorboards are original. And the foundation. But given how bad the state of everything has gotten over the years, that's not really good news as you see🙈🤔
@@KriLL325783 She is renovating the structure first, as should be done. We all pay for our "education". Either by racking up school years, which gives the person a sort of outline to follow as they gain real-life experience, or by real-life experience.
I know. I went back and watched the first episode of 'House Lieselotte', because I couldn't actually remember, what it looked like. And Laura was sooo in love with this old house and it's charming details. The tiles in the entrance hall. The original doors and banisters (well, those will be reinstalled, I guess), the very fact, that it hadn't been 'messed with' in any significant way, since it was built. And then she basically had to completely take it apart and replace or rebuild most of it's components. Damn.
It’s definitely a good idea to straighten up the beam at least somewhat and sister/support it with steel plates /c-beam on either side. You jack it up slowly over a little time and the house readjusts to its new reality. Otherwise you have no guarantee against more sagging and bouncy floors especially if you put a bathtub up there. With the ceiling and floor boards missing it’s not a major operation.
Yes. The roof downstairs will be warped if the beam is left curved also, so it's not ideal. I agree straightening as much as possible and fixing it in place with metal support is wise. Slowly and gently with a hydraulic jack. Pin down the ends id f you need to while you push up in the bow.
@@KurvedRK Yeah they aren't substantial but should do the job everywhere but near the bathroom where you could have several hundred kg load of a bathtub continuing to push it down in a small area. Need to straighten and brace that one and the ones under the bath if it will be in a different spot.
In my (old) house it's sort of a similar situation. beams of 16x8 3,5meters overspan. At the bathroom (overspan 2,5 meters) i made sister beams of the same size next to the existing beams. The bathroom floor is a so called dovetailed sheeting with fine concreet on the beams wich provides extra strength (and weight, hence the sister beams).
You could 'sister' another beam attaching to the sagging one. Pick one with a crown then, with the crown up, jack up both ends and lag screw it to the existing beam. Might not be necessary but the existing beam may continue to sag more in the future.
In the U.S. on the This Old House tv show, I've seen them use sistering technique with flat steel plate. Possibly use 1/4 or 1/2 inch. on each side, drill through and use bolts to secure the flat plates. Might give you "just enough" future strength so sag cannot continue to grow. Or you could even flatten out the sag first, then sister in the two steel plates and bolt it together.
In the UK in old buildings ash is used between floors to sound deafen ( insulate from sound) Taking it all out might make the house noisy when walking about. I had a friend who spent four days vacuuming out all the ash deafening out of a floor in a second floor flat (apartment) and regretted it for years ( so did his downstairs neighbours).
Alex Chappel has finished or is nearing completion on an old apartment that has actual dirt in between the floor joists. th-cam.com/video/QdaEeMXtAzc/w-d-xo.html&pp=iAQB (explained in probably the 4th vid).
Once you've replaced the walls, floors, ceilings, windows, doors and roof at what point are you no longer renovating but building a new house 😂 A modern day Theseus's ship! Joking aside, it's great to see your positivity and joy shining through the challenges an old house imposes!
Hi Laura, I had a house that was built in 1802 it was full of Powder Post Beatles they can live in wood for years and even go dormient for years you should get your place sprayed and tested before you do any rebuilding also that old paint has lead in it be careful. You should sister those beams with 2 steel plates thru bolted from each side or it will bounce not good do a test bore thru it first to check for bugs Best of luck Phil
Hi Laura! We had the same issue in my house a few years ago. We used a jack to get the beam as level as possible, then sistered a new beam right beside it to hold it in place. Everything is already open, so it probably wouldn't be too hard. I hope that might help! I love this series, and can't wait to see it when you're all done!
Since you have a doorway right under where that bowed beam is, why not support it underneath (just a length enough to prevent more sagging) with a small alcove on the side closer to the wall and use that as built in shelfing? That is if that room corner can accommodate.
Unless she doesn't feel that that is an issue because in the 'leveling out' scenario the ceiling of the floor before w/b just for looks. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong, but that's what came to me.
Maybe you could rip out the floorboards, pass them through a jointer to flatten them and remove the paint, then lay a subfloor with insulation and install the boards back in
@@kittehgo If they have drum sanders in Germany, it's not harder than anything else. And I used a belt sander to get off 84-year-old lacquer on my floors where it was too small to get a drum sander.
From my experience with house building in Germany, my last idea when seeing structural problems, would have been to call an architect. In my experience, Architekten dream wild shit up, and then Statiker or Bauingenieure have to somehow magically make it work. 😂
They do need to go through structural engineering classes. When designing something new, they might be leaning towards how things could be done, but it doesn’t take away the ability to evaluate how things have been done.
Not to disrespect architects, but I think an engineer could better determine the direction and magnitude of forces involved. Remember not only is there weight from the structure itself but also wind shear and seismic forces that can occur.
@@landesnorm Where I come from, the architects go through the same engineering classes when it comes to structural engineering. That is a integral part of being an architect. I don’t know where the misconception comes that architecting is about drawing wild designs. It can be, but mostly it is about designing spaces that work for intended purpose and structural engineering is a large part of that. The infamous Hyatt Regancy accident was due to some engineer changing architects plans to save some pennies.
Sadly with every new episode I'm getting more confident that this renovation will turn into rebuilding every peace from scratch :/ I believe in you - you are team that can 'renovate' this!
Weil Du über die Heizung nachdenkst: pack die Heizung in die Wand! Mit deinen neuen Lehmwänden ist das die perfekte Lösung und viel, viel angenehmer als Fußbodenheizung (außer in den den Bereichen, in denen Du Fliesen legst). Lässt sich sehr einfach selbst vorbereiten und Du muss ja sowieso die Wände von innen noch verputzen.
In alten Häusern wurde oft Asche als Trittschalldämmung zwischen Holzböden und den Deckenflächen verwendet, das wird dort auch so gewesen sein. Wenn die Bodenbretter nicht dicht sind, hast du schnell Insekten drin- und alte Häuser nehmen solche Eingriffe, wie zB ein gedämmtes und damit schwereres Dach gern mal persönlich. es wird seine Balance finden, aber eine zumindest auffangende Stütze unter der abgesackten Stelle kann nicht schaden, dann fühlst du dich sicherer. Tolles Video, wie immer.
I’m sure Felix has saved that “That’s a future problem” for when it’s time to do the flooring! If you ever got into home flipping people would want to buy a Laura Kampf approved home😁
It's definitely getting into "house of Theseus" territory. I'm glad it's not a bigger problem, I thought you would have to add structural support and it would change the layout of the house. Love your attitude! Great video as usual
Hallo Laura, an dem Punkt wo du gerade bist waren wir letztes Jahr auch. Bei unserem Gründerzeithaus von 1905 hatten wir auch nicht vor so viel zu machen und die vorhandenen Dielen und Installationen zu nutzen. Mittlerweile ist alles, wirklich alles raus! Mehrere übereinander liegende Böden, Schüttungen, mehrere übereinander gebaute Deckenkonstruktionen, Putz, Elektro- und Rohrinstallationen. Dach neu, Fenster neu, Wasserschaden der Dach- und Deckenbalken behoben, neue Schüttung, neuer Bodenaufbau OG, Wand versetzt, kleiner Anbau dran. Ich kenne das Gefühl wenn man denkt dass es kein Ende mehr nimmt weil man immer wieder neues entdeckt, was man beheben muss. In unserem Fall mussten wir leider auch eine Kappe neu gießen lassen, was sehr teuer war. Ich wünsche dir weiterhin viel Kraft und Erfolg bei deinem Haus!
You can always use the hardwood floors to make something in the house once you have finished it (wooden catapult sounds inappropriate but fun to make, so maybe like a section of wall for a bar) and then you'd have yet another story to tell.
Your positive approach to all these challenges is inspiring. I'd suggest leveling that beam though, as "leveling the top" doesn't fix the ceiling below, which will haunt Future Laura trying to install a flat-ish ceiling. As a builder, I once chased a half inch error from a foundation all the way through two floors to the roof. 😢 Love this series!
Oh, Laura. Wie behälst du nur die Nerven? Unglaublich, wie du das alles wegsteckst. Eine echte Inspiration. Das Haus wird am Ende ganz wundervoll sein. Und die Blumen blühen!
As someone going through some major life changes I feel a lot like old Lise Lotte. It's good to replace the damaged pieces with something sturdy and new, but as each old piece is removed I realize how much I relied on it. As I settle into my new walls it chages the shape of me, and like Laura says "that's just how it is now." That's my new mantra. "Genau so ist es jetzt."
So much talk in here about sistering and steel and whatnot but I think your preferred approach is the right one: let it be the shape it wants to be, and work with it. It's wood, it's old, it moves, it's fine.
The "Dust" sat on noggins under the floor boards might be deliberate. The old house that I was brought up in had a similar floor structure and there was a lot of old plaster in the floor void. It must have been put there on purpose, and we decided it was probably for noise damping. Otherwise, there is no point having those short boards, after all.
Entirely possible. We have the original sawdust insulation in our attic, so I assume it's under our floors as well. The house was heated by coal for a little bit, so I know there's a bunch of coal dust in there too.
Engineer: If the beam is deflecting more than before it is a sign that some loads have been introduced to it, or that the middle support has been reduced. Even a simple stud wall that was there before could have provided some vertical support. If the beam was already sagging the same amount before there is less concern. Your new roof could be considerably heavier with insulation and tile, and it is not ideal that the load lands on a relatively small beam that is not vertically supported. You may want to consult an engineer if there have been drastic changes to the roof weight or the support condition of the beam.
The joys of a fixer upper... when we were house hunting, we were outbid on 2 houses like this, and eventually got one that was a lot less work. Seeing all this, I'm so much more grateful for the few things we had to do/get done.... I guess what im trying to say is: I respect the work you put in so freaking much, and I hope you can turn it into a lovely home in the not so distant future.
I see several people have suggested placing some steel plates to shore up and reinforce the floor/ceiling beams. That’s a real good idea to prevent more sagging in the future. I assume you’re going to re plumb and rewire the house? Don’t forget data wiring. Easy to do at this stage and Wi-Fi will have problems getting through thick walls. Great job and congrats on the work so far! Very admirable.
Hail to the claw. That is a fabulous tool! This house is going to be awesome! Side bar - at the very end, regarding the gear problem. Gear 1, 3 and 5 has same direction of rotation. As the 1st gear rotates clockwise, the 2nd is counterclockwise , 3rd clockwise, 4th counterclockwise, 5th clockwise. I think there is a double oopsie at the end?
Hi Laura! Ich freue mich sehr über deine Videos. Bin Ami, aber bin teilweise in Deutschland aufgewachsen und finde diese Renovierung sehr informativ wie diese alte Häuser gebaut wurden. Ich wünsch dir viel Erfolg und freue mich sehr über die Transformierung.
Laura, old houses have warps and curves that have happened over time. Sometimes we must live with these less-than-perfect issues. You are blessed to live in an old house. John in Bethel, Missouri USA
@LauraKampf I have a 45 years old boat and I learnt one thing and one only. The more you find the more you'll discover. Every time you change o dismantle soething you'll find something more that you don't like or want to change. It's an hard lesson and I learned myself in a very hard way. Don't loose hope. Never.....money comes and go in life.
Twice, I’ve remodeled an old house, though not as old as yours! We’ve run into support beams eaten away by termites (old damage - termites were gone), sagging floors, asbestos tiles glued to cement, wiring that made no sense….old houses are just full of fun. You have my sympathy each time you discover another problem to be conquered.
I’ve followed you since you began your TH-cam channel. It’s been a joy to see you grow over the years! I can’t wait to see what your house will look like after you have finished with the repairs! ❤️
The beam has sagged over time because it is undersized for the load it is carrying. Plus now, with a heavier roof it will be under even more stress. you need to: 1) replace it with a larger, heavier beam or 2) "sister" an additional beam next to it to share the load or 3) support it from underneath with vertical support beam or wall. Once you remove the entire floor, look for any additional structure issues as it looks like the joists are undersized as well. Now is the time to get after it. You can do it! You are doing an incredible job! Graham-Orlando, USA
100 surprises later, the “let’s rip it up and see” is coming so much quicker, with more confidence, and even with a few laughs. I’m inspired by the growth!!
Glaub bei alten Häusern ist das irgendwie so ein bisschen normal dass die Wände und Böden krumm und schief sind, ohne dass es extreme Auswirkungen auf die Statik haben muss (sollte natürlich trotzdem überprüft werden). Das Haus in dem meine Familie seit knapp über 30 Jahren wohnt ist ca 110 Jahre alt und je weiter oben man im Haus ist, desto weniger sind Böden und Wände auch nur ansatzweise grade. In meiner Küche muss ich manche Möbel um einen Zentimeter vorne hochkeilen damit sie grade stehen, weil der Holzboden zum alten Kamin hin absinkt. Das gleiche im Schlafzimmer, auch Richtung Kamin. Das ist tatsächlich in allen Zimmern mit original Holzboden so. Nur die Bäder, wo für die Fliesen der Boden neu gemacht wurde, haben grade Böden. Wände, auch tragende, haben teilweise Buckel und Möbel sind z.B. unten näher an der Wand als oben wenn sie im Lot stehen. So würde heute kein Mensch mehr bauen aber früher war man glaub ich eher froh dass man ein Haus hatte und hat da nicht so draufgeschaut.
👏 congrats, your Lieselotte will be much better then it even was, when new. great materials, great professionals to help. you are making it fit for at least 300 years 👍❤
Dear Laura this project is a labor of Love! It’s like a relationship with an old aunt, requires a lot of patience … but at the end you will finally get her warm embrace … keep going ! I believe the city should give you some kind of incentive for restoring a historic house…. Maybe… keep going ! You are doing all the right things!
My 113 year old house has a nice tilt from front to back. The cats love that I can drop a ball on the high end and it'll roll several feet. We had it inspected by a structural engineer and he said there's no evidence of water damage or other structural damage, it's just how it settled over the years. It's built into a hill so I guess it just decided it wanted to be a bit farther down the hill.
If you are going to cover your ceiling. I would recommend that you get a metal beam for the whole length, (egineer metal beams) jack up the floor (level) and bolt the metal beam to your ceiling joist. You don't have to do the every beam but maybe three or four to level the second floor. Not sure if that is the way to go. But it would support the floor for a long time. Looking good, keep up the good work.
Bright pink roll of tape = hi-tech builder's tool! Love it. I love seeing the beams and joists, even though you didn't intend to expose them. And it really is too bad the floorboards aren't tongue-in-groove, because the defects and worm holes could look really cool under a couple layers of new stain and clear coat! Good luck with your floor! :D
Its a good thing that you're discovering all these problems considering the age of the home. Many materials had additional ingredients that proved to detrimental to an individual's health, like lead and mercury. There were also alkaline materials added to various treatments such as stains that were toxic to not only the layman but the residence within.
Hallo! If it were me, I would salvage the floorboards, clean them up, tongue & groove them on a router table and reinstall them upside down. The paint will help serve as a moisture barrier for your radiant heating system. Worm and nail holes, wear and tear, etc. give it the character and old world charm you want in a Vintage-Haus.
You might want to look up 'strengthening of wooden beam ceiling' (Ertüchtigung einer Holzbalkendecke). The easiest way being to add new beams on each side of the orignal beam (they do not have to be as wide), ideally using special screws and glue. Have these new beams set up the level floor height. We have gotten excellent results using this method. depending of the desired floor height, you might have to slightly shave off the originals beams at their highest point (close to the walls, obviously). This is labour-intensive but will be worth it to keep the height of the stairs at a correct distance. Also, if you want to keep a decent ceiling height, you will have to think about how you hang up your new ceilings. Your architect friend certainly knows about these items.
Laura - Yes this is all daunting for sure. I believe that Liselotte called YOU in to fix her. YOU are taking this slowly and methodically. You are making sure that it is done correctly. Think of it this way: You are saving the past and preserving it for the future. I also believe that when this is all said and done, and you are moved in, you will be so damn proud of the care you took and the job you did. Truly.
Oh no, the trusted floor lifting tool needs to come back in action. Case of its not designed to be load bearing vs being effectively load bearing... It will be a much better house than ever!
Laura's premieres already becoming an essential feature of the weekend. Enjoy the floorboard/beer donation. Can't wait for the next one, I'm really enjoying seeing the progress you're making on Haus Lieselotte. It's a name that makes me chuckle as it was the name of one of the characters from my very first German textbook at school ("Vorwärts"). She had a friend called Hans and a dog called Lumpi.
Your perpetual resilience brought me back to Therapy in a Nutshell’s video about the practice /skill of Resilience where she used you and your experiences with your 120 yr old house as an example.
Diesel is an oil. So when it rains in or pulls water some other was it saperates on the bottom of the tank and fuelfilter. The fuel filrwe should also have a drainplug at the bottom.
Hi Laura, you should sister the bent beam, use 2X8s (?) with lag screws. Might have to use a string across the floor to check on the level. Also check the ceiling underneath ... you might have to use the string again and level all the beams (ceiling), sister all the beams that are not level. Not sure of the size of beams you have. After all is done, put in insulation down before new floor - keeps the noise down, and will help with the heated floors. Can't wait for the next video.
Instead of sanding the beams, which would clog all your sandpaper, you could try a wood planer(hope I translated it fine). It has a "blade based rotating knife" which would shave it off, instead of sanding it. Hope it helps. I believe that this wood is worth rescuing :)
When you said your house is built like a steaming pile of doodoo! I burst out laughing. Surprise owning a old home!!! Doing it right while you are redoing the house is the best way to go. So go for it!
You should go ask around all the other houses in your street: what are their stories? Your haus Liselotte can’t be the only one with so many problems… And it would give you plenty TH-cam possibilities 😊
Supa video!!! It's so nice to be back in this great old timber frame house with you. I love every time I see the clay bricks you filled the walls with. So impressed. Love the quality of film making.
oh laura, i understand how frustrating and overwhelming this house is for you, but it really is a great journey that, as content, is truly engaging. i'm so here for this house...and you. thank you
13:45 Hi Laura. About the floor - I don't know what options you have available in Germany, but in the USA there is the perfect product for this application, where you want to put both a new solid floor AND floor heat. It's called Warmboard. I can't post links but if you search for that online you will certainly find it. It is a large plywood sheet, 1200x2400 with grooves in it to place water pipes for floor heat. The surface has a thin coating of aluminum so that the heat from the pipes spreads over the whole surface. It also does not require any cement around the pipes. So it does not add much weight to your floor beams.
This house was in the condition you found it because of all the construction “shortcuts” previous owners took over the years. I’m so glad to see you’re making the right decisions as these issues come up, even though they might be the more expensive and time-consuming choices. In the long run, the result will be a strong, secure structure you will enjoy for many, many years. Keep up the great work and maintain your strong resolve to “do it right”!
Laura, Thank you so much for all your videos. Most of all your positive and indomitable attitude is one of your strengths. Regarding this floor, your architect friend may be right about safety, however; I would feel more comfortable about your safety if you had mechanical, structural, or civil engineer look at it. Especially if you are going to add more weighty materials to the house. The beam may-probably does-have a failure point, and an engineer should be able to advise you about it.
I like your drawing of the house construction. Made me laugh. Especially the drawing of fumes. Hilarious When you decided not to take the truck because of stalling and maybe water in the gas. The next shot was a snail..too funny. It is going to be a nice feeling to have the opportunity of knowing all the spiderwebs and dust and dirt will be gone. Hopefully you will find some genuine treasure like gold bars or jewelry!
good idea to level the floor on the top I would still add something to support the old beam like sistering another one to it or an upright from below without lifting. I live in an old house from 1918 always changes over that kind of time. Good fun!!
More modern insulation in the floor is a good idea. Upstairs, in bedrooms, I would not use underfloor heating. I have experience with an all electrical and a hot water system. Electric is better, the heat distributes more evenly and is a slow, long lasting heat. Water filled pipes, which you would not use upstirs anyway, the heat was around the pipes and made it almost too hot to walk on the tiles. I have experience with underfloor heating in bathrooms only. My uncle, who was a heating engineer, put both underfloor and wall radiators into his house, as underfloor heating only does not heat the room, you want a traditional radiator for that.
I have to laugh, one the rabbit hole you go down with old houses is illustrated very well with your project. Two, a very capable person like yourself, facing completely new challenges makes for great content. And finally your solutions are so German .... Nothing half way or just good enough... It has to be right. Keep up the effort the end will have been worth the time and effort. Best wishes from Minnesota, USA.
Well… the roof and outer walls AND the staircase are all good😉 (And I have to add: my grandfather(born 1916) would have been extremely proud had you been his granddaughter - and I am intrigued to see a female version of my most important and admired AND loved person alive and able to inspire. Thank you! I really hope you know how much your videos help people and perhaps especially women, understand that problems are only things that need a bit of care. And can be solved. And are NOT a failure! But an adventure ☺️💪). Thank you for being so inspiring.
support the beam - double the wooden one/add a steel one or add supporting column. its a much better idea than hoping the long old beam doesnt bend over a critical point
Someone probably already pointed this out, but just in case: Remember when you're deciding where (and in what orientation) to put the new bathtub that water is heavy. You have the weight of the bathtub (if it's an old iron tub, it might be several hundred kg), then the weight of something like a hundred liters of water, plus the weight of one Laura. So you're talking about possibly as much as 300-400 kg, depending on what the bathtub is made from.
Cast iron tub 325lbs/145k, 60gallons of water ( at 8.34 lbs/gallon)full to top 800lbs together. Empty tub with Laura 450lbs/210k no water. Water displacement volumetrically for a human female? 25gallons of water to bathe comfortably? 200lbs/90k? One bathtub, CI with a Laura plus Water is approximately 300 kilos ( 660lbs).... plus or minus?
@@chrismsmalley2626 depending on what the Laura is made from. Solid gold is pretty heavy
The mass maxes out at empty mass for the tub plus full water. Humans are roughly the same density as water and therefore displace their mass in water. It still can be substantial, especially for these old wood beam constructions.
Mine was built in 1911 and I have the same considerations for the bathroom. Plus moisture control, a huge problem for these wood constructions. I went with two extra beams across the floor to take the weight of the tub.
@@chrismsmalley2626 without wanting to sound creepy, but bathing together is a fun thing for (some) couples. So count at least 2 persons
@@xTerminatorAndy , why only 2? 🤣 I mean... better to figure out how many can fit... that's a real party right?
Looks like the perfect opportunity for a fireman's pole.
uWu
Growing up my neighbors across the street legitimately installed a fireman pole next to the stairs into their basement. Now I think maybe it was a ploy to get the neighbor kids to come over and befriend their son.
Woo hoo 🎉
Bei unserem Haus haben wir mehrere Holzbalkendecken rausgerissen und durch Betondecken ersetzen lassen. Eine Holzbalkendecke haben wir „gerettet“. Im Nachhinein bereue ich das, hätte lieber auch eine Betondecke wie sonst überall.
You beat me. I was going to say the same thing
I think it's time to rename the series to "Build a new house by installments" 😟Good to see you're keeping your spirits up about it all though!
Yeah, how much is even left of the original house at this point? Especially sad since Laura liked the house and to save it she's had to gut it.
@ChrisK3 at this point, just the staircase I think😂no it looks like the first floor walls and in general everything on there like those beams and the floorboards are original. And the foundation. But given how bad the state of everything has gotten over the years, that's not really good news as you see🙈🤔
@@KriLL325783 She is renovating the structure first, as should be done. We all pay for our "education". Either by racking up school years, which gives the person a sort of outline to follow as they gain real-life experience, or by real-life experience.
I know. I went back and watched the first episode of 'House Lieselotte', because I couldn't actually remember, what it looked like. And Laura was sooo in love with this old house and it's charming details. The tiles in the entrance hall. The original doors and banisters (well, those will be reinstalled, I guess), the very fact, that it hadn't been 'messed with' in any significant way, since it was built.
And then she basically had to completely take it apart and replace or rebuild most of it's components. Damn.
It's the house of Thesius
It’s definitely a good idea to straighten up the beam at least somewhat and sister/support it with steel plates /c-beam on either side. You jack it up slowly over a little time and the house readjusts to its new reality. Otherwise you have no guarantee against more sagging and bouncy floors especially if you put a bathtub up there. With the ceiling and floor boards missing it’s not a major operation.
Yes. The roof downstairs will be warped if the beam is left curved also, so it's not ideal. I agree straightening as much as possible and fixing it in place with metal support is wise. Slowly and gently with a hydraulic jack. Pin down the ends id f you need to while you push up in the bow.
The beams are also pretty thin, looks like square max 15x15, maybe even thinner..?
@@KurvedRK Yeah they aren't substantial but should do the job everywhere but near the bathroom where you could have several hundred kg load of a bathtub continuing to push it down in a small area. Need to straighten and brace that one and the ones under the bath if it will be in a different spot.
Rotate the beam 180 degrees.
In my (old) house it's sort of a similar situation. beams of 16x8 3,5meters overspan. At the bathroom (overspan 2,5 meters) i made sister beams of the same size next to the existing beams. The bathroom floor is a so called dovetailed sheeting with fine concreet on the beams wich provides extra strength (and weight, hence the sister beams).
You could 'sister' another beam attaching to the sagging one. Pick one with a crown then, with the crown up, jack up both ends and lag screw it to the existing beam. Might not be necessary but the existing beam may continue to sag more in the future.
This was my first thought and seems like the most logical long term solution for the house's future.
Best langfriestig approach
My concern would also be that the beam continues to sag
That wood is so old that sistering it may be futile. I'd replace the whole joist rather than taking any chances.
In the U.S. on the This Old House tv show, I've seen them use sistering technique with flat steel plate. Possibly use 1/4 or 1/2 inch. on each side, drill through and use bolts to secure the flat plates. Might give you "just enough" future strength so sag cannot continue to grow. Or you could even flatten out the sag first, then sister in the two steel plates and bolt it together.
In the UK in old buildings ash is used between floors to sound deafen ( insulate from sound) Taking it all out might make the house noisy when walking about. I had a friend who spent four days vacuuming out all the ash deafening out of a floor in a second floor flat (apartment) and regretted it for years ( so did his downstairs neighbours).
Interesting. I think at Hampton Court Palace they used crushed sea-shells, because they are (comparatively) light-weight.
Sound deafening is one of those things that's super important but you don't notice it until it's not there.
Alex Chappel has finished or is nearing completion on an old apartment that has actual dirt in between the floor joists.
th-cam.com/video/QdaEeMXtAzc/w-d-xo.html&pp=iAQB
(explained in probably the 4th vid).
Once you've replaced the walls, floors, ceilings, windows, doors and roof at what point are you no longer renovating but building a new house 😂 A modern day Theseus's ship! Joking aside, it's great to see your positivity and joy shining through the challenges an old house imposes!
Hi Laura, I had a house that was built in 1802 it was full of Powder Post Beatles they can live in wood for years and even go dormient for years you should get your place sprayed and tested before you do any rebuilding also that old paint has lead in it be careful. You should sister those beams with 2 steel plates thru bolted from each side or it will bounce not good do a test bore thru it first to check for bugs Best of luck Phil
she has tested the entire house for lead already
Hi Laura!
We had the same issue in my house a few years ago. We used a jack to get the beam as level as possible, then sistered a new beam right beside it to hold it in place. Everything is already open, so it probably wouldn't be too hard. I hope that might help! I love this series, and can't wait to see it when you're all done!
Since you have a doorway right under where that bowed beam is, why not support it underneath (just a length enough to prevent more sagging) with a small alcove on the side closer to the wall and use that as built in shelfing? That is if that room corner can accommodate.
Yes! People are talking about sistering a beam but I strongly envision some type of support from below, also.
Ooo, nice idea!!
@@kiaradoesart9682 Thanks
@@victoriabaker4400 Oh, I learned something new. Sistering, as in put in parallel to the original beam?
@@randomsandwichian Yes, connected to and parallel with the original, can be done in various forms, but that's the basic idea. cheers!
I don't know if this was a consideration, but by leaving that beam sagging, you'll have to "level out" the ceiling under it, too.
Unless she doesn't feel that that is an issue because in the 'leveling out' scenario the ceiling of the floor before w/b just for looks. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong, but that's what came to me.
Maybe you could rip out the floorboards, pass them through a jointer to flatten them and remove the paint, then lay a subfloor with insulation and install the boards back in
That's what I'd do. No sense wasting those beautiful floorboards.
Laura said the paint is a bitch to sand off, so I doubt she will bother..
@@kittehgo thats why im saying to put them through a jointer/planer/drum sander
@@kittehgo If they have drum sanders in Germany, it's not harder than anything else. And I used a belt sander to get off 84-year-old lacquer on my floors where it was too small to get a drum sander.
@Gina Cirelli Tell that to Laura, she is the one that didn't want to remove the oxen bloot because it's too much work :)
From my experience with house building in Germany, my last idea when seeing structural problems, would have been to call an architect. In my experience, Architekten dream wild shit up, and then Statiker or Bauingenieure have to somehow magically make it work. 😂
They do need to go through structural engineering classes. When designing something new, they might be leaning towards how things could be done, but it doesn’t take away the ability to evaluate how things have been done.
luckily this architect was a friend of hers so she will be constructive and helpful.
Not to disrespect architects, but I think an engineer could better determine the direction and magnitude of forces involved. Remember not only is there weight from the structure itself but also wind shear and seismic forces that can occur.
@@landesnorm Where I come from, the architects go through the same engineering classes when it comes to structural engineering. That is a integral part of being an architect. I don’t know where the misconception comes that architecting is about drawing wild designs. It can be, but mostly it is about designing spaces that work for intended purpose and structural engineering is a large part of that. The infamous Hyatt Regancy accident was due to some engineer changing architects plans to save some pennies.
Sadly with every new episode I'm getting more confident that this renovation will turn into rebuilding every peace from scratch :/ I believe in you - you are team that can 'renovate' this!
...piece ☮️
Weil Du über die Heizung nachdenkst: pack die Heizung in die Wand! Mit deinen neuen Lehmwänden ist das die perfekte Lösung und viel, viel angenehmer als Fußbodenheizung (außer in den den Bereichen, in denen Du Fliesen legst). Lässt sich sehr einfach selbst vorbereiten und Du muss ja sowieso die Wände von innen noch verputzen.
In alten Häusern wurde oft Asche als Trittschalldämmung zwischen Holzböden und den Deckenflächen verwendet, das wird dort auch so gewesen sein. Wenn die Bodenbretter nicht dicht sind, hast du schnell Insekten drin- und alte Häuser nehmen solche Eingriffe, wie zB ein gedämmtes und damit schwereres Dach gern mal persönlich. es wird seine Balance finden, aber eine zumindest auffangende Stütze unter der abgesackten Stelle kann nicht schaden, dann fühlst du dich sicherer. Tolles Video, wie immer.
I’m sure Felix has saved that “That’s a future problem” for when it’s time to do the flooring! If you ever got into home flipping people would want to buy a Laura Kampf approved home😁
I would buy a tiny house made by her !
I’m still fully “In” on this adventure. I love Sunday mornings to get the latest update!!
It's definitely getting into "house of Theseus" territory. I'm glad it's not a bigger problem, I thought you would have to add structural support and it would change the layout of the house. Love your attitude! Great video as usual
Hallo Laura, an dem Punkt wo du gerade bist waren wir letztes Jahr auch. Bei unserem Gründerzeithaus von 1905 hatten wir auch nicht vor so viel zu machen und die vorhandenen Dielen und Installationen zu nutzen. Mittlerweile ist alles, wirklich alles raus! Mehrere übereinander liegende Böden, Schüttungen, mehrere übereinander gebaute Deckenkonstruktionen, Putz, Elektro- und Rohrinstallationen. Dach neu, Fenster neu, Wasserschaden der Dach- und Deckenbalken behoben, neue Schüttung, neuer Bodenaufbau OG, Wand versetzt, kleiner Anbau dran. Ich kenne das Gefühl wenn man denkt dass es kein Ende mehr nimmt weil man immer wieder neues entdeckt, was man beheben muss. In unserem Fall mussten wir leider auch eine Kappe neu gießen lassen, was sehr teuer war. Ich wünsche dir weiterhin viel Kraft und Erfolg bei deinem Haus!
You can always use the hardwood floors to make something in the house once you have finished it (wooden catapult sounds inappropriate but fun to make, so maybe like a section of wall for a bar) and then you'd have yet another story to tell.
Catapult to toss some of the debris
A bar outside with a "lean to" type of roof for her get togethers !
Your positive approach to all these challenges is inspiring. I'd suggest leveling that beam though, as "leveling the top" doesn't fix the ceiling below, which will haunt Future Laura trying to install a flat-ish ceiling. As a builder, I once chased a half inch error from a foundation all the way through two floors to the roof. 😢 Love this series!
Oh, Laura. Wie behälst du nur die Nerven? Unglaublich, wie du das alles wegsteckst. Eine echte Inspiration. Das Haus wird am Ende ganz wundervoll sein. Und die Blumen blühen!
As someone going through some major life changes I feel a lot like old Lise Lotte. It's good to replace the damaged pieces with something sturdy and new, but as each old piece is removed I realize how much I relied on it. As I settle into my new walls it chages the shape of me, and like Laura says "that's just how it is now."
That's my new mantra. "Genau so ist es jetzt."
Your beam is the perfect metaphor for life. Just because we get old, and look broken, doesn't mean that we are 😊
Amen!
Facing piles of trials with smiles. This is why I come back, to see what happens next.
So much talk in here about sistering and steel and whatnot but I think your preferred approach is the right one: let it be the shape it wants to be, and work with it. It's wood, it's old, it moves, it's fine.
I am distracted by the cool black pen/marker! What is that??? I love it!
pica Big Ink Smart use xl
You’re definitely not the only one. Everytime she uses it in a video I just want to run out and grab one
The "Dust" sat on noggins under the floor boards might be deliberate. The old house that I was brought up in had a similar floor structure and there was a lot of old plaster in the floor void. It must have been put there on purpose, and we decided it was probably for noise damping.
Otherwise, there is no point having those short boards, after all.
Entirely possible. We have the original sawdust insulation in our attic, so I assume it's under our floors as well. The house was heated by coal for a little bit, so I know there's a bunch of coal dust in there too.
Glad your friend was able to come help so quickly.
Love that you have a chance for heating in the floors again.
cozy!
Did some renovations at my dad's place. Saviour Nr1: Lackfräse LF 724 S by Metabo. It says it is for paint, but it ain't xD. Don't sand, mill!
Engineer: If the beam is deflecting more than before it is a sign that some loads have been introduced to it, or that the middle support has been reduced. Even a simple stud wall that was there before could have provided some vertical support. If the beam was already sagging the same amount before there is less concern. Your new roof could be considerably heavier with insulation and tile, and it is not ideal that the load lands on a relatively small beam that is not vertically supported. You may want to consult an engineer if there have been drastic changes to the roof weight or the support condition of the beam.
The joys of a fixer upper... when we were house hunting, we were outbid on 2 houses like this, and eventually got one that was a lot less work. Seeing all this, I'm so much more grateful for the few things we had to do/get done.... I guess what im trying to say is: I respect the work you put in so freaking much, and I hope you can turn it into a lovely home in the not so distant future.
I see several people have suggested placing some steel plates to shore up and reinforce the floor/ceiling beams. That’s a real good idea to prevent more sagging in the future. I assume you’re going to re plumb and rewire the house? Don’t forget data wiring. Easy to do at this stage and Wi-Fi will have problems getting through thick walls. Great job and congrats on the work so far! Very admirable.
I look forward to every Sunday morning and finding this channel
Hail to the claw. That is a fabulous tool! This house is going to be awesome! Side bar - at the very end, regarding the gear problem. Gear 1, 3 and 5 has same direction of rotation. As the 1st gear rotates clockwise, the 2nd is counterclockwise , 3rd clockwise, 4th counterclockwise, 5th clockwise. I think there is a double oopsie at the end?
Hi Laura! Ich freue mich sehr über deine Videos. Bin Ami, aber bin teilweise in Deutschland aufgewachsen und finde diese Renovierung sehr informativ wie diese alte Häuser gebaut wurden. Ich wünsch dir viel Erfolg und freue mich sehr über die Transformierung.
Laura, old houses have warps and curves that have happened over time. Sometimes we must live with these less-than-perfect issues. You are blessed to live in an old house.
John in Bethel, Missouri USA
glad to see an episide that says its about the house, actually being about the house!
@LauraKampf I have a 45 years old boat and I learnt one thing and one only. The more you find the more you'll discover. Every time you change o dismantle soething you'll find something more that you don't like or want to change. It's an hard lesson and I learned myself in a very hard way. Don't loose hope. Never.....money comes and go in life.
Twice, I’ve remodeled an old house, though not as old as yours! We’ve run into support beams eaten away by termites (old damage - termites were gone), sagging floors, asbestos tiles glued to cement, wiring that made no sense….old houses are just full of fun. You have my sympathy each time you discover another problem to be conquered.
I’ve followed you since you began your TH-cam channel. It’s been a joy to see you grow over the years!
I can’t wait to see what your house will look like after you have finished with the repairs! ❤️
The beam has sagged over time because it is undersized for the load it is carrying. Plus now, with a heavier roof it will be under even more stress.
you need to: 1) replace it with a larger, heavier beam or 2) "sister" an additional beam next to it to share the load or 3) support it from underneath with vertical support beam or wall.
Once you remove the entire floor, look for any additional structure issues as it looks like the joists are undersized as well. Now is the time to get after it. You can do it!
You are doing an incredible job!
Graham-Orlando, USA
100 surprises later, the “let’s rip it up and see” is coming so much quicker, with more confidence, and even with a few laughs. I’m inspired by the growth!!
Glaub bei alten Häusern ist das irgendwie so ein bisschen normal dass die Wände und Böden krumm und schief sind, ohne dass es extreme Auswirkungen auf die Statik haben muss (sollte natürlich trotzdem überprüft werden).
Das Haus in dem meine Familie seit knapp über 30 Jahren wohnt ist ca 110 Jahre alt und je weiter oben man im Haus ist, desto weniger sind Böden und Wände auch nur ansatzweise grade. In meiner Küche muss ich manche Möbel um einen Zentimeter vorne hochkeilen damit sie grade stehen, weil der Holzboden zum alten Kamin hin absinkt. Das gleiche im Schlafzimmer, auch Richtung Kamin. Das ist tatsächlich in allen Zimmern mit original Holzboden so.
Nur die Bäder, wo für die Fliesen der Boden neu gemacht wurde, haben grade Böden.
Wände, auch tragende, haben teilweise Buckel und Möbel sind z.B. unten näher an der Wand als oben wenn sie im Lot stehen. So würde heute kein Mensch mehr bauen aber früher war man glaub ich eher froh dass man ein Haus hatte und hat da nicht so draufgeschaut.
👏 congrats, your Lieselotte will be much better then it even was, when new. great materials, great professionals to help. you are making it fit for at least 300 years 👍❤
Dear Laura this project is a labor of Love! It’s like a relationship with an old aunt, requires a lot of patience … but at the end you will finally get her warm embrace … keep going ! I believe the city should give you some kind of incentive for restoring a historic house…. Maybe… keep going ! You are doing all the right things!
You are beautiful because you do good things.
All people that do good things are beautiful.
My 113 year old house has a nice tilt from front to back. The cats love that I can drop a ball on the high end and it'll roll several feet. We had it inspected by a structural engineer and he said there's no evidence of water damage or other structural damage, it's just how it settled over the years. It's built into a hill so I guess it just decided it wanted to be a bit farther down the hill.
If you are going to cover your ceiling. I would recommend that you get a metal beam for the whole length, (egineer metal beams) jack up the floor (level) and bolt the metal beam to your ceiling joist. You don't have to do the every beam but maybe three or four to level the second floor. Not sure if that is the way to go. But it would support the floor for a long time. Looking good, keep up the good work.
Bright pink roll of tape = hi-tech builder's tool! Love it. I love seeing the beams and joists, even though you didn't intend to expose them. And it really is too bad the floorboards aren't tongue-in-groove, because the defects and worm holes could look really cool under a couple layers of new stain and clear coat!
Good luck with your floor! :D
Its a good thing that you're discovering all these problems considering the age of the home. Many materials had additional ingredients that proved to detrimental to an individual's health, like lead and mercury. There were also alkaline materials added to various treatments such as stains that were toxic to not only the layman but the residence within.
Hallo! If it were me, I would salvage the floorboards, clean them up, tongue & groove them on a router table and reinstall them upside down. The paint will help serve as a moisture barrier for your radiant heating system. Worm and nail holes, wear and tear, etc. give it the character and old world charm you want in a Vintage-Haus.
You might want to look up 'strengthening of wooden beam ceiling' (Ertüchtigung einer Holzbalkendecke). The easiest way being to add new beams on each side of the orignal beam (they do not have to be as wide), ideally using special screws and glue. Have these new beams set up the level floor height. We have gotten excellent results using this method. depending of the desired floor height, you might have to slightly shave off the originals beams at their highest point (close to the walls, obviously). This is labour-intensive but will be worth it to keep the height of the stairs at a correct distance. Also, if you want to keep a decent ceiling height, you will have to think about how you hang up your new ceilings. Your architect friend certainly knows about these items.
You and your team and friends are all amazing. Glad this wasn't a total disaster this time!
You are a force of nature!
Laura - Yes this is all daunting for sure. I believe that Liselotte called YOU in to fix her. YOU are taking this slowly and methodically. You are making sure that it is done correctly. Think of it this way: You are saving the past and preserving it for the future.
I also believe that when this is all said and done, and you are moved in, you will be so damn proud of the care you took and the job you did. Truly.
Appreciate that the music is in stereo. And that you make such entertaining and interesting videos, of course. :)
Your little green chair is the cutest and your poop drawing made me laugh out loud. Thanks for the funny during my morning coffee.
We’re on a Rhine River Cruise and visited your city today. Saturday, from what I could tell, is a crazy busy day in Cologne! Enjoyed it immensely!
It is! I never go into the city center on Saturdays. At least not, if the weather is nice. It's *insanely* crowded.
Glad, you had a great day anyways!
@@raraavis7782 it was a little too crowded for my liking. I can see why you stay away. The river is beautiful though!
Oh no, the trusted floor lifting tool needs to come back in action.
Case of its not designed to be load bearing vs being effectively load bearing...
It will be a much better house than ever!
Laura's premieres already becoming an essential feature of the weekend. Enjoy the floorboard/beer donation. Can't wait for the next one, I'm really enjoying seeing the progress you're making on Haus Lieselotte. It's a name that makes me chuckle as it was the name of one of the characters from my very first German textbook at school ("Vorwärts"). She had a friend called Hans and a dog called Lumpi.
Your perpetual resilience brought me back to Therapy in a Nutshell’s video about the practice /skill of Resilience where she used you and your experiences with your 120 yr old house as an example.
It makes sense to just make right now instead of ripping out. Good luck with the next stage.
Birdy
Diesel is an oil. So when it rains in or pulls water some other was it saperates on the bottom of the tank and fuelfilter. The fuel filrwe should also have a drainplug at the bottom.
Hi Laura, you should sister the bent beam, use 2X8s (?) with lag screws. Might have to use a string across the floor to check on the level. Also check the ceiling underneath ... you might have to use the string again and level all the beams (ceiling), sister all the beams that are not level. Not sure of the size of beams you have. After all is done, put in insulation down before new floor - keeps the noise down, and will help with the heated floors. Can't wait for the next video.
Yes you are doing it right. Hang in there you will have an amazing home when finished. Well done.
Fuel filters on diesels are everything absolutely.
Glad you were able to.achieve your dream. You should contact Randy and show him what you did with his empty shell. Looks great
Love your sense of humour regarding the house, well done. Do it all & do it right👍
Thanks!
Instead of sanding the beams, which would clog all your sandpaper, you could try a wood planer(hope I translated it fine). It has a "blade based rotating knife" which would shave it off, instead of sanding it. Hope it helps. I believe that this wood is worth rescuing :)
Built like everything else!
When you said your house is built like a steaming pile of doodoo! I burst out laughing. Surprise owning a old home!!!
Doing it right while you are redoing the house is the best way to go. So go for it!
You should go ask around all the other houses in your street: what are their stories? Your haus Liselotte can’t be the only one with so many problems…
And it would give you plenty TH-cam possibilities 😊
Sistering in some engineered joists would be a good idea.
Supa video!!! It's so nice to be back in this great old timber frame house with you. I love every time I see the clay bricks you filled the walls with. So impressed. Love the quality of film making.
oh laura, i understand how frustrating and overwhelming this house is for you, but it really is a great journey that, as content, is truly engaging. i'm so here for this house...and you. thank you
13:45 Hi Laura. About the floor - I don't know what options you have available in Germany, but in the USA there is the perfect product for this application, where you want to put both a new solid floor AND floor heat. It's called Warmboard. I can't post links but if you search for that online you will certainly find it. It is a large plywood sheet, 1200x2400 with grooves in it to place water pipes for floor heat. The surface has a thin coating of aluminum so that the heat from the pipes spreads over the whole surface.
It also does not require any cement around the pipes. So it does not add much weight to your floor beams.
At this point it is like the ship of Theseus :D Laura is building a new house by replacing all the parts of an old one :D
This house was in the condition you found it because of all the construction “shortcuts” previous owners took over the years. I’m so glad to see you’re making the right decisions as these issues come up, even though they might be the more expensive and time-consuming choices. In the long run, the result will be a strong, secure structure you will enjoy for many, many years. Keep up the great work and maintain your strong resolve to “do it right”!
Laura, Thank you so much for all your videos. Most of all your positive and indomitable attitude is one of your strengths. Regarding this floor, your architect friend may be right about safety, however; I would feel more comfortable about your safety if you had mechanical, structural, or civil engineer look at it. Especially if you are going to add more weighty materials to the house. The beam may-probably does-have a failure point, and an engineer should be able to advise you about it.
I like your drawing of the house construction. Made me laugh. Especially the drawing of fumes. Hilarious
When you decided not to take the truck because of stalling and maybe water in the gas. The next shot was a snail..too funny.
It is going to be a nice feeling to have the opportunity of knowing all the spiderwebs and dust and dirt will be gone.
Hopefully you will find some genuine treasure like gold bars or jewelry!
I love love love you always looking for the bright side🥰 let’s look for treasure 🎉
good idea to level the floor on the top I would still add something to support the old beam like sistering another one to it or an upright from below without lifting. I live in an old house from 1918 always changes over that kind of time. Good fun!!
More modern insulation in the floor is a good idea. Upstairs, in bedrooms, I would not use underfloor heating. I have experience with an all electrical and a hot water system. Electric is better, the heat distributes more evenly and is a slow, long lasting heat. Water filled pipes, which you would not use upstirs anyway, the heat was around the pipes and made it almost too hot to walk on the tiles. I have experience with underfloor heating in bathrooms only.
My uncle, who was a heating engineer, put both underfloor and wall radiators into his house, as underfloor heating only does not heat the room, you want a traditional radiator for that.
Thanks for posting and thumbs up!
It really is coming along!
in fact, you bought the perfect house!!! for learn !!!
I love that you can still laugh after all the problems, it is inspirational.
Thank you for sharing.
Oh Laura, my heart goes out to you every time you go to the house!
I have to laugh, one the rabbit hole you go down with old houses is illustrated very well with your project. Two, a very capable person like yourself, facing completely new challenges makes for great content. And finally your solutions are so German .... Nothing half way or just good enough... It has to be right. Keep up the effort the end will have been worth the time and effort. Best wishes from Minnesota, USA.
Your poor house, just one thing after another! Just think how excited you'll be when it is finally done :)
what a beautiful attitude towards new problems in your project, its a true example inspiring to follow, thank you Laura Kampf
Well… the roof and outer walls AND the staircase are all good😉
(And I have to add: my grandfather(born 1916) would have been extremely proud had you been his granddaughter - and I am intrigued to see a female version of my most important and admired AND loved person alive and able to inspire. Thank you! I really hope you know how much your videos help people and perhaps especially women, understand that problems are only things that need a bit of care. And can be solved. And are NOT a failure! But an adventure ☺️💪).
Thank you for being so inspiring.
Great attitude Laura!
support the beam - double the wooden one/add a steel one or add supporting column. its a much better idea than hoping the long old beam doesnt bend over a critical point
Heated floors are so good. Literally one of my dreams to have.