Your little boy is so cute!! He'll have his own channel soon!! 😉😍 You have got the patience of Job with moving your camera around!! Thanks for another great video!! I love remodeling, and your house has such a great history! God bless you and your family!! 💖 🙏👍
Those termites can really play havoc on any wood structure and when things dont work right like a nail gun it can really upset you. Its understandable how you fill Wes. My wife and I remolded our first home 30 years ago and still look back and say, The lord blessed us through that project because we made it through it. LOL It will all come together in a very short time and you will look back and say, Thank you Lord. Have a great week and God bless.
We remodeled/rebuilt an old farm house many years ago. All you can do is cut away the bad and replace it with new. Great job on those windows. Thanks for sharing.
How sensible to stop when you are tired. When you get tired you make mistakes. How much better it is when you rest then come back the next day. Remodel? This is a rebuild!
Great update Wes! The window looks good. I was thinking when you started to trim the edge with snips "Use a multitool" and you did just that! Stay safe & well. 👍👍
Great job. I follow several channels on TH-cam, but your's is by far my favorite. Your willingness to try new things is very inspirational. Keep putting out these videos, and I'll be watching.
Good morning Wes. Great job on the rebuild project. You might try some air gun lube before you throw that nail gun away. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to your next update.
You are so clever. Yes, I was a nurse in ER, so many times we had guys come in with awful injuries. They worked when they were very tired. You are smart to know when to stop.
Well done Wes. Knowing your limits is one of the keys to not burning yourself out. I applaud your effort on behalf of your family. Hope to see the next update soon. Take care and God Bless!
Just finished my shop.. that we are living in until we get our forever home built...and you are absolutely correct about help at box stores. I was very lucky when I found two older experienced gentlemen one in electrical and one in plumbing. I learned their work schedule and would wait until they were working to get what I needed...lol. It was wonderful to tell them what I needed or was trying to do and they knew exactly what I needed and exactly where it was located in the store and would get it for me and even show me how to do it, well as much as they could in the store.
I understand the feeling of completing something that you're just unsure of how to do it right. Congratulations on the job so far. I took woodworking as a hobby a couple of years back after watching another TH-camr. Hope to dedicate more time to it as soon as I retire.
Hello Wes. Great job on the window. The good thing about taking all of the wood (studs, siding) is that you can make it all yourself. I looked and found rebuild kits for nail guns. I could not see what you had in the beginning, but I did see the new one you bought. Having a spare might be a good thing. Have good days!
The remodel looks great so far. I had a house in Illinois that was built in 1864 and there wasn't a square board or wall anywhere in the house. Every board had to be custom cut to fit whenever I did any replacement work.There was dry rot where water damaged the wood over the years. The beam in the basement holding the house from sagging was a 20 foot long old railroad track, it was probably stronger than any modern day I-beam. I know what you're going through during your remodel and you just have to work around the work from the past. looking good... As your cute little son says, 👍👍 Two thumbs up!!
Hey Wes this brings back memories of my first home. Just like you started tearing into it and deeper I went more I found sawdust where boards use to be. like most old houses it was built right into the ground I think I wheel borrowed two dump trucks worth of dirt out front door to make room for new foundation. Luckily walls was still good but what a job it was. But got the old part repaired and added two new rooms onto the front of the house and a wrap around porch. Turned out pretty nice even though it was my first attempt of doing carpentry. But I was young at 19 just been married little over a year and my first son had just been born.
Very nice project! Had never heard of mulling windows before. Guess I need to get out more! Anyway, that bit alone was a great reason to watch. Like every project I've ever attempted this one will keep asking for just a little bit more. Good on you to do SOME but not TOO MANY additional elements. Wives are real jewels to put up with this stuff with such good humor.
"never heard of mulling windows" me too Guess I'd have just put another 4" x 2" stud between the two windows - that trim on each side (that was hacked off) would just be finished off with a slither of timber matching the remaining outside boards.............but we are all human and therefore have different thought processes etc Love the clip of the little'un acting....deserves an Oscar
Those termites cause alot of damage in Queensland. Australia as well. Queensland being sub tropical has alot of rain and cyclones around this time of the year. Here where we live in Tasmania we don't get termites as such but instead we get borers which can be just as destructive, especially in green timber! Great job on the window and even more so seeing as how its your 1st attempt. All the best from Tasmania, Australia......................pls stay safe
Good glory. Reminds of my sister’s house when they started to remodel. Just about the whole first floor had to be replaced because of termite damage...the sill plates, the lower half of the walls, most of the floors...yeah, I feel for you.
You can buy a kit to rebuild your nail gun, last time i rebuilt mine was about 20 years ago, the kit cost 40+ dollars took about 30 minutes to take apart and put back together, still works great to this day
Hi Wes, greetings from Argentina. I´m the guy who suggested you a few months ago to listen to 40 fingers since it seems you are a guitar music fan. After I ended watching this video, it occurred to me: why not seal the window with some polyurethane foam? I have personally used it many times and it works fine even in places it is not recomended to use and it did pretty well. After it´s dry, you can shape it with a cutter, sand it and paint it as you like. Be VERY carefull with your eyes; and don´t make it stick to your clothes and or skin. It´s hard to take it off. Good luck! Cheers from NE Patagonia, Argentina, (a dream place).
I remember. I checked out 40 fingers and they were totally impressive. Thanks for that suggestion. I do plan to use foam insulation around the windows. I've used it before in other places and it's great!
@@falllineridge Thanks for taking your time to answer. Cheers. BTW Some woman (may be your wife or your daughter) seems to have a good sense of humor BTS. That´s always a great plus when you come tired at home.
Nice job 😊 I am used to drill trough delicate instruments mostly and found me a good simple tool. You cut a small copper/aluminum tube to a preferred length and place that on the drill you avoid a to deep bore damage easily and safe
Usually when a cabin in the woods is made 'with a chainsaw and a claw hammer' there is one other tool...beer, which may explain why nothing is square! 🤣
Love your content bro! A suggestion on the nail gun technique. Just hold the trigger down then just push the gun to nail it. I think you'll find that the combination of forward momentum punctuated by the gun firing will put the nails tighter into place.
This might seem strange, but flat plastic model paint works really well for color matching dissimilar plastics/vinyl projects. Crazy but it works on caulking too, but make sure each stage is fully dry to avoid any possible reaction as the paint is oil based.
Nice project nearing completion and will be much improved. Since your did not use pressure treated lumber as the base plate, I would have applied copper naphthenate to treat them and any potential boards left in the wall. Clever idea of using the two windows.
"fairly solid" and "not super concerned" are terms used by the very best carpenters. How are you treating the new wood to resister termites? The double window looks nice. You're making good progress!
Looking good 👍 Not to be that guy, and I could be mistaken, but aren't window openings supposed to be framed .5" oversized overall and the window shimmed into place to allow for expansion and contraction of the wall?
That nail gun is fixable, I just rebuilt one last month, pretty easy job, tutorials on rebuild on TH-cam, parts online not to expensive! If I lived closer I'd do it for you, those are good nail guns, $229.00 New!
I liked the mullion kits but not the price. I ended up just putting two 2x4s vertically between and leaving the edge of the windows intact. 3 inch gap isn't great, but really not bad at all.
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Really smart to stop working when you're tired instead of trying to plow through and make a mistake. That's a man that knows how to work 👍🏼
Your little boy is so cute!! He'll have his own channel soon!! 😉😍 You have got the patience of Job with moving your camera around!! Thanks for another great video!! I love remodeling, and your house has such a great history! God bless you and your family!! 💖 🙏👍
I was thinking the same thing.
Those termites can really play havoc on any wood structure and when things dont work right like a nail gun it can really upset you. Its understandable how you fill Wes. My wife and I remolded our first home 30 years ago and still look back and say, The lord blessed us through that project because we made it through it. LOL It will all come together in a very short time and you will look back and say, Thank you Lord. Have a great week and God bless.
Angels on both your shoulders when all 4 corners are square over senior construction! I must confess. I watched your "mini me" beginning 3 times!!!
I honestly couldn't believe all 4 corners were square.
We remodeled/rebuilt an old farm house many years ago. All you can do is cut away the bad and replace it with new. Great job on those windows. Thanks for sharing.
You have Donne a great job on that remodel, really enjoy your channel and watching all you do . God Bless!!!
How sensible to stop when you are tired. When you get tired you make mistakes. How much better it is when you rest then come back the next day. Remodel? This is a rebuild!
Glad you got the new nailer, nothings better than a new tool that works.!
Your uncle is a cutie lol thank god for family something about family makes me smile .I'm rambling great work today nice windows
Always learning when you do projects your self! So satisfying!!!
Coming along nicely.
Nice work Wes, thanks for taking us along.
Good job. That’s the best feeling. Standing back and looking at your work. You figured it out.
Enjoy your videos.. Easy to watch and actually learn something........most of the Time.
Wes that is a fabulous job...it will look amazing when you have finished
Great update Wes! The window looks good. I was thinking when you started to trim the edge with snips "Use a multitool" and you did just that! Stay safe & well. 👍👍
Amazing job my pops always said 2 heads are better than one you nailed the job can’t wait for part 2 have a blessed day
The Lord was very gracious to provide a person in the store that could help you ! And your uncle who also was some help and encouragement.
Great job. I follow several channels on TH-cam, but your's is by far my favorite. Your willingness to try new things is very inspirational. Keep putting out these videos, and I'll be watching.
Thanks Roger!
awesome build FLR...can't wait for next vid...please keep on keeping on...your channel rocks...
Thanks!
Great job.....It is good you took a rest when you was tired, it definitely show in the quality you did. Again great job.
Nice video. Enjoyed your progress. Won't be long before your little helper will be able to contribute much more !
Your little boy is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen 🥰🥰🥰🥰
What a pain of a job! I would of taken it all out considering I had it open
Well done 👏 Have a good one mate. 👍
Good morning Wes. Great job on the rebuild project. You might try some air gun lube before you throw that nail gun away. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to your next update.
Good job 👍👍👍Thank you for sharing. Take care of yourself, be safe, and healthy 🇨🇦
You are so clever. Yes, I was a nurse in ER, so many times we had guys come in with awful injuries. They worked when they were very tired. You are smart to know when to stop.
Sweet video! I enjoyed this one 😊 thank you for sharing!
Window looks great! Nice job!
Well done Wes. Knowing your limits is one of the keys to not burning yourself out. I applaud your effort on behalf of your family. Hope to see the next update soon. Take care and God Bless!
Doing a great job!!! I'm enjoying this.
That's looking good. Didn't know you could do that with windows. You did a great job on them.
Me neither until this project!
Just finished my shop.. that we are living in until we get our forever home built...and you are absolutely correct about help at box stores. I was very lucky when I found two older experienced gentlemen one in electrical and one in plumbing. I learned their work schedule and would wait until they were working to get what I needed...lol. It was wonderful to tell them what I needed or was trying to do and they knew exactly what I needed and exactly where it was located in the store and would get it for me and even show me how to do it, well as much as they could in the store.
It's great finding folks like that.
Looks great and I want one of those Drimmel multi-tools. That thing is awesome.
Looking good! My Milwaukee framing nailer has the dry fire lock out, helps me remind me to reload and now mark up the wood with empty divots
Love it, Have a great week! (Wichita Kansas)❤
I understand the feeling of completing something that you're just unsure of how to do it right. Congratulations on the job so far. I took woodworking as a hobby a couple of years back after watching another TH-camr. Hope to dedicate more time to it as soon as I retire.
Wes, this remodel/renovation is really looking nice. You should be proud!
Don't pitch the old framing nailer they can be rebuilt with new seals, etc.
Absolutely brilliant, well done !
Well done , put that one in the WIN column….😎
Hello Wes. Great job on the window. The good thing about taking all of the wood (studs, siding) is that you can make it all yourself. I looked and found rebuild kits for nail guns. I could not see what you had in the beginning, but I did see the new one you bought. Having a spare might be a good thing. Have good days!
Job well done. As usual. By the way I like the music at the end. (from old lady in UK)
The remodel looks great so far. I had a house in Illinois that was built in 1864 and there wasn't a square board or wall anywhere in the house. Every board had to be custom cut to fit whenever I did any replacement work.There was dry rot where water damaged the wood over the years. The beam in the basement holding the house from sagging was a 20 foot long old railroad track, it was probably stronger than any modern day I-beam. I know what you're going through during your remodel and you just have to work around the work from the past. looking good... As your cute little son says, 👍👍 Two thumbs up!!
That's really cool about the railroad track.
Hey Wes this brings back memories of my first home. Just like you started tearing into it and deeper I went more I found sawdust where boards use to be. like most old houses it was built right into the ground I think I wheel borrowed two dump trucks worth of dirt out front door to make room for new foundation. Luckily walls was still good but what a job it was. But got the old part repaired and added two new rooms onto the front of the house and a wrap around porch. Turned out pretty nice even though it was my first attempt of doing carpentry. But I was young at 19 just been married little over a year and my first son had just been born.
Great story, you just gotta do what you gotta do, experience or not. Thanks for stopping by!
Very nice project! Had never heard of mulling windows before. Guess I need to get out more! Anyway, that bit alone was a great reason to watch. Like every project I've ever attempted this one will keep asking for just a little bit more. Good on you to do SOME but not TOO MANY additional elements. Wives are real jewels to put up with this stuff with such good humor.
"never heard of mulling windows" me too
Guess I'd have just put another 4" x 2" stud between the two windows - that trim on each side (that was hacked off) would just be finished off with a slither of timber matching the remaining outside boards.............but we are all human and therefore have different thought processes etc
Love the clip of the little'un acting....deserves an Oscar
It's really amazing how in USA houses are still made like this. I think in Italy we stopped to use wood 2500 years ago :-)
Those termites cause alot of damage in Queensland. Australia as well. Queensland being sub tropical has alot of rain and cyclones around this time of the year. Here where we live in Tasmania we don't get termites as such but instead we get borers which can be just as destructive, especially in green timber! Great job on the window and even more so seeing as how its your 1st attempt. All the best from Tasmania, Australia......................pls stay safe
Good glory. Reminds of my sister’s house when they started to remodel. Just about the whole first floor had to be replaced because of termite damage...the sill plates, the lower half of the walls, most of the floors...yeah, I feel for you.
That sounds like a chore, very thankful to have good sills.
it's really taking shape nicely.
You can buy a kit to rebuild your nail gun, last time i rebuilt mine was about 20 years ago, the kit cost 40+ dollars took about 30 minutes to take apart and put back together, still works great to this day
Good to know, might rebuild it and have two!
Great job Wes! Take care and stay safe! Hello to the family! God bless!🙏✝️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Really nice work on the window!
The rebuild looks good, nice to see use using trees from your own property.
We're happy for you! (liked the music at the end - would like to know more about it).
It's Don't Be Late by Jayden Talley.
Great video, always entertaining 👍
Hi Wes, greetings from Argentina. I´m the guy who suggested you a few months ago to listen to 40 fingers since it seems you are a guitar music fan.
After I ended watching this video, it occurred to me: why not seal the window with some polyurethane foam? I have personally used it many times and it works fine even in places it is not recomended to use and it did pretty well. After it´s dry, you can shape it with a cutter, sand it and paint it as you like. Be VERY carefull with your eyes; and don´t make it stick to your clothes and or skin. It´s hard to take it off. Good luck!
Cheers from NE Patagonia, Argentina, (a dream place).
I remember. I checked out 40 fingers and they were totally impressive. Thanks for that suggestion. I do plan to use foam insulation around the windows. I've used it before in other places and it's great!
@@falllineridge Thanks for taking your time to answer. Cheers. BTW Some woman (may be your wife or your daughter) seems to have a good sense of humor BTS. That´s always a great plus when you come tired at home.
Nice job 😊
I am used to drill trough delicate instruments mostly and found me a good simple tool.
You cut a small copper/aluminum tube to a preferred length and place that on the drill you avoid a to deep bore damage easily and safe
Working on an old house is like peeling an onion, as you peel back the layers there will be tears. I feel for you!
True words.
Having to remove that wall…Might have been a good place for a sliding glass door? Excellent work my Brother! God bless!
Thought crossed my mind, but we were already set on the windows.
Usually when a cabin in the woods is made 'with a chainsaw and a claw hammer' there is one other tool...beer, which may explain why nothing is square! 🤣
Boy you are havin' fun now! Never enjoyed remodelin' ... Especially on older houses... Looks good though...
It's looking good. Alil here, alil there, and soon you'll have it completed.
Looks good man, you did a great job........Thumbs Up
LOOKING GREAT!!!!!!!!
Remodeling is so much harder and time consuming than new construction. It seems like it just swarms on you. Hang in there...
Love your content bro! A suggestion on the nail gun technique. Just hold the trigger down then just push the gun to nail it. I think you'll find that the combination of forward momentum punctuated by the gun firing will put the nails tighter into place.
I'll give that a try, thanks for watching!
Looking good, I rest when I get tired good idea to stop.
Great job going to look good.
‘Honey, why is there a big hole in our house?
Ummm termites ???🤪😊
This might seem strange, but flat plastic model paint works really well for color matching dissimilar plastics/vinyl projects. Crazy but it works on caulking too, but make sure each stage is fully dry to avoid any possible reaction as the paint is oil based.
Awesome job sir!
You were batting like .400 on those hammer swings. That’d put you in the MLB HOF 😂
I think I bought a defective hammer.
Nice project nearing completion and will be much improved. Since your did not use pressure treated lumber as the base plate, I would have applied copper naphthenate to treat them and any potential boards left in the wall. Clever idea of using the two windows.
No need really, we've got bait stations that get serviced yearly. Have not found any live termites.
That looks like a bearing wall. I see the ends of rafters sitting on it. Which would mean you would need a 4 or 6 x 8” header over the window.
Good job. 👌
Well done friend! Happy Wife! Happy Life! Lol! It’s so true!
Great job looks great
Great job!
Looks great!
A couple of drops of oil in the hole where the airline goes will help the orings and piston work better unless it to far gone
"fairly solid" and "not super concerned" are terms used by the very best carpenters. How are you treating the new wood to resister termites? The double window looks nice. You're making good progress!
Looking good 👍
Not to be that guy, and I could be mistaken, but aren't window openings supposed to be framed .5" oversized overall and the window shimmed into place to allow for expansion and contraction of the wall?
Thanks, Jacob...and there's a good chance you're right about that. We'll just see how this window acts when seasons change.
Isn't it amazing the thing you find after you start a rebuild project.
Great job!!!
Nice job!!!!
That nail gun is fixable, I just rebuilt one last month, pretty easy job, tutorials on rebuild on TH-cam, parts online not to expensive!
If I lived closer I'd do it for you, those are good nail guns, $229.00 New!
Some times it is a simple o-ring
May just need some oil.
You did an AWESONENJOB on that window!
It looks good.
Everything is coming together pretty good or looks like it seems to be looking great
Window looks fine. when remodeling you have to mark a stopping point or you will end up building a whole house.😅
Good stuff thanks
Great job
very nice job!!
I liked the mullion kits but not the price. I ended up just putting two 2x4s vertically between and leaving the edge of the windows intact. 3 inch gap isn't great, but really not bad at all.
Oh wow!! That is looking great! Also what is the name of the song at the end.
It's Don't Be Late by Jayden Talley.
Looks good!!!!
Thanks, Allan!
Nice video.
Good job.
Thanks! Appreciate you watching.
If you turn your recip saw blade around you can get closer to the wall since the battery will be aimed out.
Ahhh, so simple. Thanks!