I am watching this On Oct. 18, 2024. Trying to binge watch to catch up to current videos. Happy Birthday Dawn. It is such a pleasure watching you & Ben, your positive, often humorous outlooks. Don't stop chatting 😀 I love the banter.
I am not sure about it being the BEST Christmas movie but it is a good one hahaha. Thinking back, and if my memory serves me correctly, I said "Oh dear me Dawn, the board slipped from my hand and has damaged all the corner as it hit the floor". Word to that effect anyway hahaha. Thank you Chisamosa for watching so many videos and commenting :-)
Thank you Sharon. It is lovely to have rooms which do what they should do. Just the shower to still being indoors, but it will get done. Only a few days until he has his little op but he should be much more comfortable once he is over it. Not sure he will ever get over his bottom half being done at the same time though. But we haven't told him that bit. Thank you so much for watching and commenting :-)
Dawn, I love you and Ben! You are so real! Not like the other chateaux! I love them too, but in a different way! I have done restorations with no money too, so appreciate the extra hard work it takes! You are doing amazingly! I worry when I can’t Get an update on you, and applaud you after every episode! Go bless! Keep having fun as you “build” your new home! If I had an extra dime, i would send it along, ButI don’t, unfortunately. Just know I am with you episode by episode. Meredyth from Vancouver Island, Canada
Awww 🥰 Thank you Meredyth! That means soo much! Don’t worry about the dimes…just knowing you’re here supporting us is enough for us! It does make it a little more challenging when the budget isn’t massive, but it does mean you get forced into being a little more creative with your thinking and do lots of the things that require little to no money 😂 The good thing is we have all the tools we need now to do most things and that helps immensely and we have electric! Woo hoo. We also have amazing neighbours who have helped sooo much it’s quite mind blowing!
At present we’ve had to put some clear silicone on to a couple of the slates to stop the rain but we will,get the roof sorted a bit better at some point. Thanks for the tip for the bad wood. We hope to be able either replace those of at least sister them maybe if we can’t replace any of them.
You could write a book: The Journey of Going to Sleep. The sheepwool insulation is great, more eco friendly than the yellow stuff. You now have 3 of the 4 rooms usable, possibly even more now. That was another good episode from you. Hope your cat will do well at the vets😊
Thank you! Yes…Haha we could, it’s been a long time coming, getting into a bedroom! All 4 rooms are useable now which is blooming brilliant, to not be going to bed in your kitchen is a revelation! He doesn’t know it yet but he can’t eat after 6pm the night before…he is not going to be impressed because he’s a little tubby man!
Aww 🥰 thank you! It’s the washing it rainwater that helps it look shiny I think! Ooh if you’re a retired hairdresser, don’t look too closely as I cut it myself! 🤣
Don't forget the bedroom too, three rooms made available just by finishing one. We had a wonderful Christmas thank you, got everything ready just in time for the big day. We hope you enjoyed your Christmas as much as we did. Many thanks as always :-)
Hope you had a wonderful birthday!! You’re both doing such a great job!!! About the cold coming in over the stairs, if you have a large piece of plastic, I would put it over that window. It might help a bit!! We’ve done that before. 👍
Birthday was lovely, thank you. We are getting there, the large bits are done so we can enjoy each room now. We have some of the cling film type secondary glazing to put up, that helps somewhat. We now also have curtains up at both windows on the landing, these really make a difference. Sadly we didn't get to finish the landing, so we still have that to insulate fully, that will make a huge difference again. Thank you so much Josefina for watching and commenting :-)
Now your lovely home has got its wooly hat on I'm sure it will warm up a lot. Love seeing the joy on you faces that you will now be able to go up the stairs to bed. Looking forward to seeing the Christmas make over. XX
Hahaha 🤣 I LOVE that way of looking at it Carol! Like to think it has a woolly hat on! Oh yes! We are sooo chuffed with being able to go upstairs to go to bed and also to have rooms that have the correct purpose is still quite a wonder!
This ceiling is the one that changed how the house is used. A room for each use now... except the shower, that is still outdoors. Thanks Kaye for watching and commenting, it means a lot to us.
Isnt that hole in the roof, where you can see sky through, going to make the wool wet? lol....i'm worrying about you, And Die Hard is a Christmas Movie,,,,and every other day, Yippee Kayeh Mofos,,,,Love to you,xx
Hi, thanks for watching and commenting :-) You don't need to worry, everything is going to plan. A slower plan that we first had, but we are dry, warm and have a fully functioning house..... except the shower is currently still outside. It looks like a whole but it in fact a whole lot of clear mastic. When the ridge tiles were done he simply used mastic to bung the holes on the slates he couldn't get to originally. I think there is three tiles like that. So everything is watertight now. Not pretty from the underneath, but watertight lol. Yeo, most definitely a Christmas film.
Haha, I think there were three holes but each one has been filled with clear sealer. We are happy to say that the roof is drip free and dry. Thank you for watching and commenting on our videos :-)
Happy New year! Yes Ben, Die Hard is a Christmas movie, it takes place at Christmas. Not all Christmas movies have to be happy family, some can be about a take over of an office builder and some poor guy wants to have Christmas with his wife who is trapped there and nobody is going to keep him from having a great Christmas….lol! Anyway, I hope you both enjoyed the holidays….the next big controversial question: when do you take your decorations down? We wait till 12th night, but not everyone does.
Hahaha exactly, now doesn’t that sound like the perfect heartwarming Christmas film when you read back your synopsis!🤣🤣 Our decorations are down already, we googled it and it said as long as you take them down before the 6th it’s fine, so we did, but we’ve since been told don’t take them down UNTIL the 6th 🫣…so heres hoping the bad luck doesn’t come our way!
Love the kittens, they are so cute. The insulation has made aa big difference I bet. Replacing those timbers in the roof , might be a bit of a challenge. But I'm sure you will make it work. Hope, you're in your bedroom by now. We'll done you two. You just keep at it, getting things done. Love seeing your progress everything.
Good morning :-) They are cute, little sods and in to everything. At the moment they are running around upstairs and it sounds like we have horses up there. The insulation has made a big difference. Not perfect (look out for the next video later on) but a huge change from cold to not as cold lol. Yes, we go into our bedroom, electric blanket on and sleeping like logs. The house also now functions like a house. The collar ties are a simple job but the couple of rafters will need doing when the tiles on the roof get done. Whenever that will be. The main thing is that they are no longer getting wet and all the timbers are drying out nicely. Thanks as always for watching and commenting :-)
Hi Ben and dawn, Hope you’ve had a great week! So glad you’re feeling warmer, you both did amazing. Really happy that you got your bedroom sorted and was able to eat Xmas dinner around the table. Just blown away away again, proper grafters 💪 you should be very proud. Cant’t wait until the next one guys ❤
Hi Mark, yes we’ve had a lovely week thank you, hope the same is so for you? Oh yes we’re really pleased with ourselves with how much we’ve gotten done in the last 6 months! It also gives us the confidence going into the next 13months, that we can do what needs to be done! Oh, to sleep in a bedroom is soooo good! Makes it all feel more like normal life again. The warm levels still need a little work but we will get there! We’re not cold and that’s the main thing! ❤️
You'll be comfy warm this winter - good work. Hoping Alan's operation went well (by the time we see this it would have already been done), he and Steve are so sweet. I'm sure the kitchen table was a wonderful addition to Christmas day. Until next time - keep well.
Thank you Tracy. Nope, Alan is at the Vet on the 9th so he has a few more days of keeping hold of his boy parts! I have to say I'm not looking forward to him going as I worry about him with the op on his eye 😩 I know it will make his life a lot better once it's done though. Poor little man. They are sweetest little boys...so loving and friendly. The kitchen table is bloody marvelous! Made Christmas dinner that much better! 😋
Thank you Rebekah…few weeks ago now but yes had a lovely day thank you 🤩 with any luck we will be up to date with the videos for Bens birthday which is in a week 😬🫣
Memo to staff sharpen saw sharpen saw sharpen saw sharpen saw sharpen saw sharpen saw Nice to see a ceiling and some insulation going up and should make a big difference . Great job and dont forget to sharpen your razor blades . Great job.
Haha…yeah it did get a bit like that. We have the saw sharpener that goes with the saw but not sure if we were using it correctly as it didn’t seem to sharpen it very much 😂 I think that’s what happened with Bens razor maybe 🤔😉 Yes it’s made big difference, still a bit chilly but it is winter after all, but it has cut down so much on the wind and draughts coming through, so it is definitely doing its job well!
I must say, it’s become confusing to watch, with the time frame bouncing around. This episode was posted Jan 6, but was filmed before Christmas. We loved watching, but it would be nice to see your work in chronological order. Looking forward to more of your progress! Happy New Year🎉
I know and we’re really sorry but we are trying our hardest to catch back up to date. We have mentioned in a few previous videos that we were about 4-6 weeks behind but that we would try and catch up for the new year and we are sooo close, so please stick with us while we do finally get there. We put up the Christmas decorations one just because it’s a little more time sensitive. We slowed down the work over the Christmas period so we may only have one or two more before we are back up to date. Happy New Year to you too 🎉
Loved this video.I feel excited for you as I can imagine you all sitting around your table for Christmas dinner. You both have made fantastic progress and you deserved to be relaxed for Christmas day and St Stephens Day (Boxing Day).I doubt Dawn and Ben you both relaxed for 2 days 😂😂 Brilliant to see you getting your bedroom ceiling insulation done. I am sure you had a nice cosy bedroom .I am sure Lukas really enjoyed his Christmas 🎄 also.Take care and A very happy and prosperous New Year to you all God bless xx
Thank you Colette, we had a lovely Christmas and to be able to sit around the table and have Christmas dinner was blooming lovely! 🥰 I’m trying to remember and I think Christmas Day was a relax day and I think St Stephen’s was too…but then right back to it, but more normal stuff, like rearranging the kitchen and having a general tidy. Still a little chilly in the bedroom but sooo much better than before! We hope for a very prosperous and happy new year for you too! Xx
You can make your own traditions guys,if you watch Die hard every Christmas then it's your Christmas film .🤔😂. Great job you've done yet again. Love watching Steve and Allan. Love and best wishes for 2024 xxx💐
Thanks Auntie Chris. Haha yep exactly! They are great little kittens/cats very funny to watch and so loving. They are both always around keeping an eye out on what is going on! We have their mumma too (peaches) but she is a bit more aloof than they are, so never seem to capture her on film. Love and Best Wishes to you, Uncle Dave and the rest of the family for 2024 too. Xxx
Your doing so well ❤️your hard work is paying off, hope you had a lovely Christmas, wishing you both the best new year to come 🤗keep the videos coming, we love watching you xxx🥰
Thank you Marion, we got there eventually, just in time for Christmas which was lovely thanks. We hope yours was as nice. So much still to do. The shower is still outdoors, and it is a little chilly here at the moment, but things keep cropping up that need addressing first. 6 months showing outside, another few weeks won't hurt. Thank you for always watching and commenting, another one very soon.
I'm not exactly sure, but something is a bit off. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I get the feeling that someone is having a birthday. Happy 29th birthday Dawn.
29, Dawn will love you forever hahaha. We are not sure of what gives you the idea it was her birthday though lol. Dawn would quite happily let the day go by if we let her. Thank you for watching and commenting and making Dawn's day haha.
Well,l I know you guys are further along than this by now, because today is January the 6th. I can't wait to see, what else you've done you're really coming along. Happy New Year🎉 much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖
Hi Jackie. We moved into the bedroom as planned, had Christmas dinner around the large table in the kitchen and then sat in the living room Christmas eve and Christmas evening. Then we have had a bit of time off. We are so close to being up to date with videos now. Happy new year to you and thank you as always for being here.
Excellent progress as always!!! Although the insulation is not very thick what you have installed will make a huge difference. Keeping the heat in will keep out the damp. I enjoyed all the Die Hard movies but they dont do much for "peace on earth" at Christmas:) Best regards.
Thanks John. It is 100mm thick, much thinner when first unrolled, but soon fluffs up to the 100mm. It has made a huge difference although we need to do a bit of work in places. Look out for the next video and you will see why. The first Die Hard was by far the best, but no, not much love to speak of going on hahaha. Thank you as always.
Good Afternoon. I can see light in your tiles does that mean water will ingress in those parts? Making progress and it sounds like your heat is somewhat sorted things will only get better!
Thank you ☺️ We have clear silicone blocking the gaps in the roof temporarily until we can get the roof sorted properly, so for now the roof is “ok” 🫣 The heat is doing alright at present, it needs a little work but for now we are warm enough, we will be sorting getting chimney flue liners put in, hopefully in the not too distant future.
I know and it really would but we LOVE the vaulted ceilings 🫣 maybe we will see how we get on this winter/spring and decide after that for next winter lol
Great job !!! You have got so much done in the days before Christmas. Hope you enjoyed afew days rest ,thought i might see the standard lamp in the bedroom while the insulation was going on .miss seeing it 😂😂😂
Thank you! Yes, we were up against to get in that room but got there by the skin of our teeth! Haha…gotta love that standard lamp! Multi-room lamp! I have a feeling we need more than one lol…. off to donedeal to peruse 😉
Die Hard most definitely is a Christmas Movie 😂 Great to see the insulation going in the roof. We were just thinking of you Dawn, as I sit drinking my tea this morning. My daughter was wandering around upstairs in her room and dust and cobwebs starting falling from the ceiling because I still haven't properly hoovered and cleaned the joists🙈 Poor little Alan, I had never heard of this condition 😢 When does he have his operation? xx
Haha yep, Ben is adamant that it is too! Still have a little bit to do on the insulation…shouldn’t have had any time off over Christmas because it’s hard to get going again! 😂 We went quite extreme with the no cobwebs falling from the ceiling above the downstairs and just replaced all the joists! 🤣🤣😂 I’m too particular sometimes with the dirt because it took me bloody ages to get the collar ties and rafters done…it’s not until you start that you realise just how many surfaces and nooks and crannies there are to get too! Definitely glad that job is done! I just admit I hadn’t heard of it before either, but I did think it strange that his little lower eyelashes were rubbing his eyeball before the vet told us what it was. He goes on Tuesday for his op 😬 I know it will make his eye better but hate the thought of his eye area being cut! Poor little man…but shhh…he is also being neutered! 🫣 Double whammy….collar of shame for him! Xx
@@thecornerhouseproject Ahh the collar of shame, hilarious! Hope he's doing ok. Little Losty must go and have the chop too, waiting for an appointment, our vet here only works part time and is near retirement, so I'm being told we're on the list😄
Bugger, I replied to this and it vanished :-( Because we will smoke bomb plenty we didn't treat the timbers, although there is only a tiny bit of evidence of wood worm. With the roof space now dry, and the fact that we will treat them fully when the ceilings get done properly, we haven't done them yet. Everything else remaining in the house has been soaked to within a inch of its life. Happy new year to you Jason. All the best for 2024.
Happy birthday, I clocked your rosette. Just sunk in about the kitten names.... ALAN, ALAN, ALAN, STTTEEEEVVVVEEEEEE Lol. Bruce Willis' vest was so blood stained that it looked like Santa's jacket - so yeah lol. Glad you got it all sorted for Xmas. Can I be cheeky and ask where you are from? Every now and then I hear a twang of accent.
Hahaha! I think you’re the first person to have realised with the kittens names! Loved that advert…and we also used to have a postie called Alan and Ben used to delight in shouting ALAN, ALAN, ALAN out of the front door when he was walking down the road! Exactly with Die hard…just like Santa! Haha. Not cheeky at all…Ben is from Worcester and I’m from Kent…but I think we’ve been together that long we have kind of mixed our accents up a little 😂
@@thecornerhouseproject Yes you have picked his accent up, I would never have said you were a Kent girl. I am round the other side of London in Middlesex or Surrey as we are now supposed to call it. Hubby and son walking down Calan Blanes High Street in Menorca and the pair of them were calling it out (Alan Steve), I dropped back and made out I was not with them, other blokes came running out of the bars and joined in. Was funny. You two are starting to show your sense of humour and I know you are going to be extremely funny, you are just still a bit nervous and trying to remember everything you have to say, but that is dropping. You are starting to shine through x
@@tracybrown6207 hahaha 🤣 that’s bloody hilarious, I would have hung back too though! It’s funny because before we moved over I used to be a car parts delivery driver and one of the garages I used to deliver to, asked me where I was from because of my accent! I can’t hear it…all I hear when I watch our videos back is how typically Kent (aka common 😉😂) I sound We do still get very nervous, you would think after 6 months of doing it, it would get easier but it hasn’t yet! I have watched a few TH-camrs that have big channels and are really confident and then you go back to watch their early videos and how much different they were then! That is what I hope happens to us lol 🤞
Haha! Yes, and I am sure there will be much more to come throughout the year, because unfortunately for everyone, that wasn’t one of my New Year’s resolutions! 🫣😉
The roof is dry now. The bit which looks like it is a hole is in fact filled with clear mastic as a temporary measure for the winter and rains. Luckily all the roof is now drip free, which we were able to check before we started with any of the insulation. It took us that long between the ceilings being removed and the insulation going up, we has loads of rain so could see if any water was dripping. The good news is there wasn't a single drip in any weather. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
What size sheep wool,Thickness wise .did you use??, I would have insisted on doing Between Rafters above Ceiling, Will you use insulated Plasterboard on Ceiling?
Hi, thank you for watching and commenting :-) 100mm once it expands to it's full thickness. It seems wafer thin when it is first unrolled. We could have done between the rafters but there isn't sufficient gap for air between the slates and wool, according to the manufacturer. We will be using tongue and groove panels, like the ones we took down in pervious videos. We will go with thicker ones though for the added insulation.
I don’t think funds will allow a re-roof unfortunately lol But will most definitely be looking at getting it patched in a few more places with the slates and also addressing the rotten timbers too. The Collar ties should be easy enough to replace but the rafters, like you say, will need sistering and will be a little more tricky 😂 but I’m sure we will sort it. 😊 Also, thank you for the Happy Birthday wishes! 😘🎉
all I want fer xmas is very own bed, with lecky blanket. All I want fer xmas is me very own bedroom , even iffen it ahalf storage. All I want fer xmas in very own kitchen table with some chairs to have an old fashion hmmmm normal xmas dayyyyyyyyy.
Definitely need an electric blanket with Ben around! He feels the cold a lot!…me not so much! I get too hot. Lovely to have all of that done in time for Christmas though ❤️
Sorry to say i,m thinking of unfollowing your channel. Its best i dont put why as i do not wish to offend. If you watch it back i think you could see where it went wrong. Sorry.
Aww we’re sorry to hear that Dennis. I have to say I haven’t watched it since Ben edited it so I don’t know what you could be referring to but I will watch it back and have a look. If you would rather not say here you can always email us and let us know just in case we can’t see what you might be referring to. I apologise if we unintentionally did something that offended or upset you. It is never our intention to offend people in the slightest.
Hi Dennis, I’ve watched the video back over and the only thing I can see from it would either be when Ben swore and it was bleeped out or it was because of the amount of talking in the video?
I have been following yiu on and off, but switch off because you spend ten times more time talking than you actually spend working. It's boring listening to waffle, we are here to see progress.
Sadly we can't please everyone and it really does depend on what type of work is being done. This video was basically a duplicate of insulating the other bedroom ceiling which I think was about 53 minutes long. That will have talking in it too. We have always talked a lot in our videos, either explaining what we are doing, what we have done, maybe a bit of history that we have recently learned about the house or outbuildings. This video was a lot of waffle down the the fact that doing this ceiling changed how we could live our lives with our own bedroom, a living room and a kitchen and how we were able to have a normal Christmas in our new house. Sorry we bore you with our waffle. Maybe you will hit lucky if you pick another video of ours and we are not talking as much. Thank you for half watching and then commenting though.
I am watching this On Oct. 18, 2024. Trying to binge watch to catch up to current videos. Happy Birthday Dawn. It is such a pleasure watching you & Ben, your positive, often humorous outlooks. Don't stop chatting 😀 I love the banter.
Aww thank you, not long until it’ll be my birthday again now 😂
Not only is Die Hard a Christmas movie….it’s the BEST Christmas movie 😂😂
That was a long beeeeep when that board dropped, I wonder what Ben said 🤔
I am not sure about it being the BEST Christmas movie but it is a good one hahaha.
Thinking back, and if my memory serves me correctly, I said "Oh dear me Dawn, the board slipped from my hand and has damaged all the corner as it hit the floor". Word to that effect anyway hahaha.
Thank you Chisamosa for watching so many videos and commenting :-)
Happy birthday Dawn 😊🎉👍
Aww thank you! 🤩
A belated happy birthday Dawn! Hopefully Ben spoilt you in some way.❤
Thank you ❤️
Looking so good
Much warmer :-)
Thank you Jean :-)
I just love your channel! Congrats on each room coming together! I know you worry but the kitty will be so much happier after his surgery.
Thank you Sharon. It is lovely to have rooms which do what they should do. Just the shower to still being indoors, but it will get done.
Only a few days until he has his little op but he should be much more comfortable once he is over it. Not sure he will ever get over his bottom half being done at the same time though. But we haven't told him that bit.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting :-)
Dawn, I love you and Ben! You are so real! Not like the other chateaux! I love them too, but in a different way! I have done restorations with no money too, so appreciate the extra hard work it takes! You are doing amazingly! I worry when I can’t Get an update on you, and applaud you after every episode! Go bless! Keep having fun as you “build” your new home! If I had an extra dime, i would send it along, ButI don’t, unfortunately. Just know I am with you episode by episode. Meredyth from Vancouver Island, Canada
Awww 🥰 Thank you Meredyth! That means soo much! Don’t worry about the dimes…just knowing you’re here supporting us is enough for us! It does make it a little more challenging when the budget isn’t massive, but it does mean you get forced into being a little more creative with your thinking and do lots of the things that require little to no money 😂 The good thing is we have all the tools we need now to do most things and that helps immensely and we have electric! Woo hoo. We also have amazing neighbours who have helped sooo much it’s quite mind blowing!
resin used in fiberglass, paint onto the bad wood to give it strength small amount of expander foam for any slight day light on the slates
At present we’ve had to put some clear silicone on to a couple of the slates to stop the rain but we will,get the roof sorted a bit better at some point. Thanks for the tip for the bad wood. We hope to be able either replace those of at least sister them maybe if we can’t replace any of them.
Enjoyed
Hppy Birthday Dawn!
Thank you! 🤩
You could write a book: The Journey of Going to Sleep. The sheepwool insulation is great, more eco friendly than the yellow stuff. You now have 3 of the 4 rooms usable, possibly even more now. That was another good episode from you. Hope your cat will do well at the vets😊
Thank you! Yes…Haha we could, it’s been a long time coming, getting into a bedroom! All 4 rooms are useable now which is blooming brilliant, to not be going to bed in your kitchen is a revelation! He doesn’t know it yet but he can’t eat after 6pm the night before…he is not going to be impressed because he’s a little tubby man!
Mark wall and Ply Ceiling for Location of Rafters as it will make it easier to screw Plasterboard too, as you will know Location of Rafters
Top tip, thank you very much indeed :-)
It's been the same here Guys, lovely and warm one day then pouring down the next another good video xxx
Yeah, it has been wet everywhere hasn't it. But the sun is certainly welcome.
xxx
Bonjour, j'aime beaucoup vos vidéos et madame, j'adore vos cheveux ( je suis un ancien coiffeur à la retraite )
Aww 🥰 thank you! It’s the washing it rainwater that helps it look shiny I think! Ooh if you’re a retired hairdresser, don’t look too closely as I cut it myself! 🤣
Happy belated Birthday Dawn . I hope you were spoiled .. You guys really really moving along. love and hugs from California
Thank you so much. A little bit spoiled, a birthday cake in the restaurant and some nice presents.
Thank you, as always for being here :-)
Always anxious to see what you are up to! Look forward to seeing you. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas in your kitchen AND living room.
Don't forget the bedroom too, three rooms made available just by finishing one.
We had a wonderful Christmas thank you, got everything ready just in time for the big day. We hope you enjoyed your Christmas as much as we did.
Many thanks as always :-)
Hope you had a wonderful birthday!! You’re both doing such a great job!!! About the cold coming in over the stairs, if you have a large piece of plastic, I would put it over that window. It might help a bit!! We’ve done that before. 👍
Birthday was lovely, thank you. We are getting there, the large bits are done so we can enjoy each room now.
We have some of the cling film type secondary glazing to put up, that helps somewhat. We now also have curtains up at both windows on the landing, these really make a difference.
Sadly we didn't get to finish the landing, so we still have that to insulate fully, that will make a huge difference again.
Thank you so much Josefina for watching and commenting :-)
Now your lovely home has got its wooly hat on I'm sure it will warm up a lot. Love seeing the joy on you faces that you will now be able to go up the stairs to bed. Looking forward to seeing the Christmas make over. XX
Hahaha 🤣 I LOVE that way of looking at it Carol! Like to think it has a woolly hat on! Oh yes! We are sooo chuffed with being able to go upstairs to go to bed and also to have rooms that have the correct purpose is still quite a wonder!
Oh, exciting progress, love it!!!
This ceiling is the one that changed how the house is used. A room for each use now... except the shower, that is still outdoors.
Thanks Kaye for watching and commenting, it means a lot to us.
Happy Birthday. 🎉🎉
Thank you so much Kathleen :-)
Isnt that hole in the roof, where you can see sky through, going to make the wool wet? lol....i'm worrying about you, And Die Hard is a Christmas Movie,,,,and every other day, Yippee Kayeh Mofos,,,,Love to you,xx
Hi, thanks for watching and commenting :-) You don't need to worry, everything is going to plan. A slower plan that we first had, but we are dry, warm and have a fully functioning house..... except the shower is currently still outside.
It looks like a whole but it in fact a whole lot of clear mastic. When the ridge tiles were done he simply used mastic to bung the holes on the slates he couldn't get to originally. I think there is three tiles like that. So everything is watertight now. Not pretty from the underneath, but watertight lol.
Yeo, most definitely a Christmas film.
Haha, I think there were three holes but each one has been filled with clear sealer. We are happy to say that the roof is drip free and dry.
Thank you for watching and commenting on our videos :-)
Happy New year! Yes Ben, Die Hard is a Christmas movie, it takes place at Christmas. Not all Christmas movies have to be happy family, some can be about a take over of an office builder and some poor guy wants to have Christmas with his wife who is trapped there and nobody is going to keep him from having a great Christmas….lol! Anyway, I hope you both enjoyed the holidays….the next big controversial question: when do you take your decorations down? We wait till 12th night, but not everyone does.
Hahaha exactly, now doesn’t that sound like the perfect heartwarming Christmas film when you read back your synopsis!🤣🤣 Our decorations are down already, we googled it and it said as long as you take them down before the 6th it’s fine, so we did, but we’ve since been told don’t take them down UNTIL the 6th 🫣…so heres hoping the bad luck doesn’t come our way!
@@thecornerhouseproject i don’t think you two will get bad luck. With all the luck wished your way, 2024 will be even better.
@dorygeancunningham8027 Aww thank you ❤️❤️
Happy Birthday!
Thank you very much Karla. And for watching and commenting :-)
Love the kittens, they are so cute. The insulation has made aa big difference I bet. Replacing those timbers in the roof , might be a bit of a challenge. But I'm sure you will make it work. Hope, you're in your bedroom by now. We'll done you two. You just keep at it, getting things done. Love seeing your progress everything.
Good morning :-)
They are cute, little sods and in to everything. At the moment they are running around upstairs and it sounds like we have horses up there.
The insulation has made a big difference. Not perfect (look out for the next video later on) but a huge change from cold to not as cold lol.
Yes, we go into our bedroom, electric blanket on and sleeping like logs. The house also now functions like a house.
The collar ties are a simple job but the couple of rafters will need doing when the tiles on the roof get done. Whenever that will be. The main thing is that they are no longer getting wet and all the timbers are drying out nicely.
Thanks as always for watching and commenting :-)
Hi Ben and dawn,
Hope you’ve had a great week!
So glad you’re feeling warmer, you both did amazing.
Really happy that you got your bedroom sorted and was able to eat Xmas dinner around the table.
Just blown away away again, proper grafters 💪 you should be very proud.
Cant’t wait until the next one guys ❤
Hi Mark, yes we’ve had a lovely week thank you, hope the same is so for you?
Oh yes we’re really pleased with ourselves with how much we’ve gotten done in the last 6 months! It also gives us the confidence going into the next 13months, that we can do what needs to be done!
Oh, to sleep in a bedroom is soooo good! Makes it all feel more like normal life again. The warm levels still need a little work but we will get there! We’re not cold and that’s the main thing! ❤️
You'll be comfy warm this winter - good work. Hoping Alan's operation went well (by the time we see this it would have already been done), he and Steve are so sweet. I'm sure the kitchen table was a wonderful addition to Christmas day. Until next time - keep well.
Thank you Tracy. Nope, Alan is at the Vet on the 9th so he has a few more days of keeping hold of his boy parts! I have to say I'm not looking forward to him going as I worry about him with the op on his eye 😩 I know it will make his life a lot better once it's done though. Poor little man. They are sweetest little boys...so loving and friendly.
The kitchen table is bloody marvelous! Made Christmas dinner that much better! 😋
Woohoo! Long video. Watched while I made dinner. Love the progress you are making.
Yay! Glad you enjoyed it, fingers crossed we can get a whole lot more done this year too! 😘
🎊Happy🎁birthday🎂Dawn. Hope you had a great day.🎉
Thank you Rebekah…few weeks ago now but yes had a lovely day thank you 🤩 with any luck we will be up to date with the videos for Bens birthday which is in a week 😬🫣
Always pleased when I get a notification that you have a new video up! Happy New Year! Lime Mortar Dry Shampoo 😂
Thank you Sharon, have a lovely 2024.
It was a day or two late as my sister arrived at the front Door Thursday night as a surprise lol
Memo to staff
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Nice to see a ceiling and some insulation going up and should make a big difference .
Great job and dont forget to sharpen your razor blades . Great job.
Haha…yeah it did get a bit like that. We have the saw sharpener that goes with the saw but not sure if we were using it correctly as it didn’t seem to sharpen it very much 😂 I think that’s what happened with Bens razor maybe 🤔😉
Yes it’s made big difference, still a bit chilly but it is winter after all, but it has cut down so much on the wind and draughts coming through, so it is definitely doing its job well!
I must say, it’s become confusing to watch, with the time frame bouncing around. This episode was posted Jan 6, but was filmed before Christmas.
We loved watching, but it would be nice to see your work in chronological order.
Looking forward to more of your progress! Happy New Year🎉
I know and we’re really sorry but we are trying our hardest to catch back up to date. We have mentioned in a few previous videos that we were about 4-6 weeks behind but that we would try and catch up for the new year and we are sooo close, so please stick with us while we do finally get there. We put up the Christmas decorations one just because it’s a little more time sensitive. We slowed down the work over the Christmas period so we may only have one or two more before we are back up to date. Happy New Year to you too 🎉
@@thecornerhouseproject thanks for reply!!
Loved this video.I feel excited for you as I can imagine you all sitting around your table for Christmas dinner. You both have made fantastic progress and you deserved to be relaxed for Christmas day and St Stephens Day (Boxing Day).I doubt Dawn and Ben you both relaxed for 2 days 😂😂 Brilliant to see you getting your bedroom ceiling insulation done. I am sure you had a nice cosy bedroom .I am sure Lukas really enjoyed his Christmas 🎄 also.Take care and A very happy and prosperous New Year to you all God bless xx
Thank you Colette, we had a lovely Christmas and to be able to sit around the table and have Christmas dinner was blooming lovely! 🥰 I’m trying to remember and I think Christmas Day was a relax day and I think St Stephen’s was too…but then right back to it, but more normal stuff, like rearranging the kitchen and having a general tidy. Still a little chilly in the bedroom but sooo much better than before! We hope for a very prosperous and happy new year for you too! Xx
You can make your own traditions guys,if you watch Die hard every Christmas then it's your Christmas film .🤔😂. Great job you've done yet again. Love watching Steve and Allan. Love and best wishes for 2024 xxx💐
Thanks Auntie Chris. Haha yep exactly! They are great little kittens/cats very funny to watch and so loving. They are both always around keeping an eye out on what is going on! We have their mumma too (peaches) but she is a bit more aloof than they are, so never seem to capture her on film. Love and Best Wishes to you, Uncle Dave and the rest of the family for 2024 too. Xxx
Your doing so well ❤️your hard work is paying off, hope you had a lovely Christmas, wishing you both the best new year to come 🤗keep the videos coming, we love watching you xxx🥰
Thank you Marion, we got there eventually, just in time for Christmas which was lovely thanks. We hope yours was as nice.
So much still to do. The shower is still outdoors, and it is a little chilly here at the moment, but things keep cropping up that need addressing first. 6 months showing outside, another few weeks won't hurt.
Thank you for always watching and commenting, another one very soon.
I'm not exactly sure, but something is a bit off. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I get the feeling that someone is having a birthday. Happy 29th birthday Dawn.
29, Dawn will love you forever hahaha. We are not sure of what gives you the idea it was her birthday though lol. Dawn would quite happily let the day go by if we let her.
Thank you for watching and commenting and making Dawn's day haha.
Well,l I know you guys are further along than this by now, because today is January the 6th. I can't wait to see, what else you've done you're really coming along. Happy New Year🎉 much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖
Hi Jackie.
We moved into the bedroom as planned, had Christmas dinner around the large table in the kitchen and then sat in the living room Christmas eve and Christmas evening. Then we have had a bit of time off. We are so close to being up to date with videos now.
Happy new year to you and thank you as always for being here.
Each little step is a big thing, well done.
Thank you and you’re right! Lots of little steps finish a big thing ❤️
It was all going so well until Ben said Die Hard is a Christmas film!!! It has been debated a few times in my house. 🤣
Haha….and what is your conclusion? 😉
it's not Christmas until we've watched Die Hard 😅
@@lavignemorte haha Bens sentiment exactly!
Excellent progress as always!!! Although the insulation is not very thick what you have installed will make a huge difference. Keeping the heat in will keep out the damp. I enjoyed all the Die Hard movies but they dont do much for "peace on earth" at Christmas:) Best regards.
Thanks John. It is 100mm thick, much thinner when first unrolled, but soon fluffs up to the 100mm. It has made a huge difference although we need to do a bit of work in places. Look out for the next video and you will see why.
The first Die Hard was by far the best, but no, not much love to speak of going on hahaha.
Thank you as always.
❤🎉 Great job.
Thank you so much 😀
SHARPEN THE SAW 😂😂 ❤❤
🤣 I’m going to own up to that one, as I did ‘sharpen’ it….but I don’t think I did a very good of it! 🤣
Good Afternoon. I can see light in your tiles does that mean water will ingress in those parts? Making progress and it sounds like your heat is somewhat sorted things will only get better!
Thank you ☺️ We have clear silicone blocking the gaps in the roof temporarily until we can get the roof sorted properly, so for now the roof is “ok” 🫣 The heat is doing alright at present, it needs a little work but for now we are warm enough, we will be sorting getting chimney flue liners put in, hopefully in the not too distant future.
Flatten the ceiling. It will make your bedrooms soooo much warmer
I know and it really would but we LOVE the vaulted ceilings 🫣 maybe we will see how we get on this winter/spring and decide after that for next winter lol
Happy belated birthday !!!!!! 🎉 🎂 🎁
Thank you! 😘🥰🎉
Great job !!! You have got so much done in the days before Christmas. Hope you enjoyed afew days rest ,thought i might see the standard lamp in the bedroom while the insulation was going on .miss seeing it 😂😂😂
Thank you! Yes, we were up against to get in that room but got there by the skin of our teeth! Haha…gotta love that standard lamp! Multi-room lamp! I have a feeling we need more than one lol…. off to donedeal to peruse 😉
morning ben and dawn
Good Morning Alan, how are you today? 😊
@@thecornerhouseproject im good but stress out
Die Hard most definitely is a Christmas Movie 😂 Great to see the insulation going in the roof. We were just thinking of you Dawn, as I sit drinking my tea this morning. My daughter was wandering around upstairs in her room and dust and cobwebs starting falling from the ceiling because I still haven't properly hoovered and cleaned the joists🙈
Poor little Alan, I had never heard of this condition 😢 When does he have his operation? xx
Haha yep, Ben is adamant that it is too! Still have a little bit to do on the insulation…shouldn’t have had any time off over Christmas because it’s hard to get going again! 😂
We went quite extreme with the no cobwebs falling from the ceiling above the downstairs and just replaced all the joists! 🤣🤣😂 I’m too particular sometimes with the dirt because it took me bloody ages to get the collar ties and rafters done…it’s not until you start that you realise just how many surfaces and nooks and crannies there are to get too! Definitely glad that job is done!
I just admit I hadn’t heard of it before either, but I did think it strange that his little lower eyelashes were rubbing his eyeball before the vet told us what it was. He goes on Tuesday for his op 😬 I know it will make his eye better but hate the thought of his eye area being cut! Poor little man…but shhh…he is also being neutered! 🫣 Double whammy….collar of shame for him! Xx
@@thecornerhouseproject Ahh the collar of shame, hilarious! Hope he's doing ok. Little Losty must go and have the chop too, waiting for an appointment, our vet here only works part time and is near retirement, so I'm being told we're on the list😄
Coming together - Out of interest did you pre-treat all the wood under the roof tiles for woodworm etc before starting all of this?
Bugger, I replied to this and it vanished :-(
Because we will smoke bomb plenty we didn't treat the timbers, although there is only a tiny bit of evidence of wood worm. With the roof space now dry, and the fact that we will treat them fully when the ceilings get done properly, we haven't done them yet. Everything else remaining in the house has been soaked to within a inch of its life.
Happy new year to you Jason. All the best for 2024.
Hi Ben and Dawn. Many thanks have a great 2024 both of you - It is really starting to come together @@thecornerhouseproject
Happy birthday, I clocked your rosette. Just sunk in about the kitten names.... ALAN, ALAN, ALAN, STTTEEEEVVVVEEEEEE Lol. Bruce Willis' vest was so blood stained that it looked like Santa's jacket - so yeah lol. Glad you got it all sorted for Xmas. Can I be cheeky and ask where you are from? Every now and then I hear a twang of accent.
Hahaha! I think you’re the first person to have realised with the kittens names! Loved that advert…and we also used to have a postie called Alan and Ben used to delight in shouting ALAN, ALAN, ALAN out of the front door when he was walking down the road! Exactly with Die hard…just like Santa! Haha. Not cheeky at all…Ben is from Worcester and I’m from Kent…but I think we’ve been together that long we have kind of mixed our accents up a little 😂
@@thecornerhouseproject Yes you have picked his accent up, I would never have said you were a Kent girl. I am round the other side of London in Middlesex or Surrey as we are now supposed to call it. Hubby and son walking down Calan Blanes High Street in Menorca and the pair of them were calling it out (Alan Steve), I dropped back and made out I was not with them, other blokes came running out of the bars and joined in. Was funny. You two are starting to show your sense of humour and I know you are going to be extremely funny, you are just still a bit nervous and trying to remember everything you have to say, but that is dropping. You are starting to shine through x
@@tracybrown6207 hahaha 🤣 that’s bloody hilarious, I would have hung back too though!
It’s funny because before we moved over I used to be a car parts delivery driver and one of the garages I used to deliver to, asked me where I was from because of my accent! I can’t hear it…all I hear when I watch our videos back is how typically Kent (aka common 😉😂) I sound
We do still get very nervous, you would think after 6 months of doing it, it would get easier but it hasn’t yet! I have watched a few TH-camrs that have big channels and are really confident and then you go back to watch their early videos and how much different they were then! That is what I hope happens to us lol 🤞
@@thecornerhouseproject You will, You two were born to be funny - I can see it xx
dawn its your first waffin of the new here haha
Haha! Yes, and I am sure there will be much more to come throughout the year, because unfortunately for everyone, that wasn’t one of my New Year’s resolutions! 🫣😉
Will the leaky roof get any of the insulation wet? If so it may ruin the insulation factor
The roof is dry now. The bit which looks like it is a hole is in fact filled with clear mastic as a temporary measure for the winter and rains. Luckily all the roof is now drip free, which we were able to check before we started with any of the insulation. It took us that long between the ceilings being removed and the insulation going up, we has loads of rain so could see if any water was dripping. The good news is there wasn't a single drip in any weather.
Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
Good. Do mice like that type of insulation?
Hmm…I did wonder that as it is nice and cosy, but so far so good but we will see how it goes!
@@thecornerhouseproject Well you're living my dream. Crack on
What size sheep wool,Thickness wise .did you use??, I would have insisted on doing Between Rafters above Ceiling, Will you use insulated Plasterboard on Ceiling?
Hi, thank you for watching and commenting :-)
100mm once it expands to it's full thickness. It seems wafer thin when it is first unrolled.
We could have done between the rafters but there isn't sufficient gap for air between the slates and wool, according to the manufacturer.
We will be using tongue and groove panels, like the ones we took down in pervious videos. We will go with thicker ones though for the added insulation.
It's just occurred to me that your kittens have my father's (Steve) and my stepfather's (Alan) names. Funny... :P
How odd! Haha! Good solid names!
You need to get the roof done in the summer.if not patch the roof and sister the rotten beams with new wood.
I don’t think funds will allow a re-roof unfortunately lol But will most definitely be looking at getting it patched in a few more places with the slates and also addressing the rotten timbers too. The Collar ties should be easy enough to replace but the rafters, like you say, will need sistering and will be a little more tricky 😂 but I’m sure we will sort it. 😊 Also, thank you for the Happy Birthday wishes! 😘🎉
I can't join the Die Hard debate as I've never seen it!
Oh no! It is a very good film,if you like action films that is!
all I want fer xmas is very own bed, with lecky blanket. All I want fer xmas is me very own bedroom , even iffen it ahalf storage. All I want fer xmas in very own kitchen table with some chairs to have an old fashion hmmmm normal xmas dayyyyyyyyy.
Definitely need an electric blanket with Ben around! He feels the cold a lot!…me not so much! I get too hot. Lovely to have all of that done in time for Christmas though ❤️
alan got a bad head lol
You or the cat?🐱🤣
@@thecornerhouseproject me lol and its not from drinking
@alanlucas2886 oh 👎 couple of paracetamol and a rest day for you then?
@@thecornerhouseproject i wis check is out then you see why @justic for kyle vaughan im his father
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Haha the Christmas spirit has gone….emojis all the way! 🫶🤛🤩😘🍀
Sorry to say i,m thinking of unfollowing your channel.
Its best i dont put why as i do not wish to offend.
If you watch it back i think you could see where it went wrong. Sorry.
Aww we’re sorry to hear that Dennis. I have to say I haven’t watched it since Ben edited it so I don’t know what you could be referring to but I will watch it back and have a look. If you would rather not say here you can always email us and let us know just in case we can’t see what you might be referring to. I apologise if we unintentionally did something that offended or upset you. It is never our intention to offend people in the slightest.
not an airport, you don’t need to announce your departure!
@@strawberryfair Did someone ask you. I think not.
@@thecornerhouseproject Not offensive or upsetting.
Hi Dennis, I’ve watched the video back over and the only thing I can see from it would either be when Ben swore and it was bleeped out or it was because of the amount of talking in the video?
I have been following yiu on and off, but switch off because you spend ten times more time talking than you actually spend working. It's boring listening to waffle, we are here to see progress.
Sadly we can't please everyone and it really does depend on what type of work is being done. This video was basically a duplicate of insulating the other bedroom ceiling which I think was about 53 minutes long. That will have talking in it too.
We have always talked a lot in our videos, either explaining what we are doing, what we have done, maybe a bit of history that we have recently learned about the house or outbuildings. This video was a lot of waffle down the the fact that doing this ceiling changed how we could live our lives with our own bedroom, a living room and a kitchen and how we were able to have a normal Christmas in our new house.
Sorry we bore you with our waffle. Maybe you will hit lucky if you pick another video of ours and we are not talking as much.
Thank you for half watching and then commenting though.
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Happy Birthday !
Thank you 😘