We Are Building Our Dream Stone House…week by week!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ต.ค. 2024
- This week we throw our selves back in the building our Portuguese home!
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I watch a bunch of TH-cam channels of people living in Portugal, going off grid and renovating old stone houses. All of them remove the existing cement pointing and replace it with lime mortar for inside and outside walls. And even with lime, you have to wet the area before applying the mortar so it doesn’t dry out too quickly and you shouldn’t do it on hot days at all or it will crack. I know, we should all just shut up, but we can’t. We care too much about you and your success.
Hello, having professional knowledge, I leave you with some advice.
You must wet the surfaces, in this case the stones, when applying the cement. This helps the cement to bond and starts the chemical process. At the end of applying the cement and when it is drying, it is necessary to wet the slab so that the curing cement acquires the required strength immediately after it solidifies. The hardening process takes place over several days while a chemical reaction takes place between cement and water, called hydration.
If the slab is not wet, it will not cure properly, which can cause cracks due to cement shrinkage and loss of concrete strength. It is usually only necessary once or twice a day for a week, increasing to two to three times if it is very hot.
Kaila, I also occasionally use my hands to apply the cement, but you must be careful to wash it well because the cement contains lime and can cause burns. Keep up the good work!
Yes, you are missing this step! The stones need to be wet to help with the drying process not to dry too fast! Love following your journey in Portugal!!! ❤❤❤
As for securing the timber to the mortar on top of the stone wall, I would have used 15 mm pozzi screws or 15 mm clout nails on the underside of the timber and pressed the plank down onto the mortar, this will help secure your roof during strong gale force winds. I did this to my house on the farm in Zimbabwe using 8 gauge galvanised wire and bound it down at least 4 brick levels- two feet gaps along the full length of the support beam.
Great to watch! I love to see a happy couple working together on a project and having fun!! Thank you!
It might be helpful if you watch Martijn Doolaard episode 85 for pointing the walls. Love you guys!!! Good luck.
Thanks for the tip!☺️
@@midesilva4729 totally agree about martijn!
It's nice seeing you and Badger working back on the house. Hope you managed to get your answer about the bee's ❤
Good job.When I was taking Spanish in Mexico, there was a saying, "poco y poco." It means little by little. You will get there but you have a good place to rest and destress at the end of the day. I'm sorry about the bees. In Kentucky we sprayed the hornets, and other offending bugs, with paint to slow them down the put them in plastic bottle, with a lid on it, so they couldn't lay eggs and/or breed.
I have read or seen, (and now I cannot find the links), that chickens and bee's have a good relationship and happily share space. As you see,the Asiaticas hover outside the hive,and the chickens snap them out of mid-air, removing the wasp problem.
Google a bit on chickens and bee's relationships, hopefully it can be an organic solution ? A chicken enclosure around the hives,not too bad or hard a job ...hoping for a best outcome 😊🙏
I lower the number of wasps I deal with on the porch by setting a trap: smear cat food on a board or tile (not a roof tile) and place over a bowl of water with a few drops of soap. Leave a gap for entry. Water should be high but not touching. Lure should be thinly spread; mousse style clings best. Refresh every day until you are less bothered. Honey bees won't go in because they aren't carnivorous.
@@NimmiCat on the board with the food upside down above the water? Seems to be what you’re saying.
Great progress, hope the bees are saved 🐝 😞. I’d be tempted to put glass bottles in that large gap, if they fit, for a light feature, when your liming the bathroom. Thanks for sharing your inspiring life with us 🙏🏽
Great idea! Thank you ☺️
So great that after a hot day working on the build you have the river to cool off in, a beautiful outdoor kitchen to eat in and your gorgeous barn to rest in, how amazing. You have done it all the right way round, good for you. 👏🏻🌸Thanks for sharing and wishing you a good week!
Omg getting that wheelbarrow up that hill, well we are glad we don't have to do it! Enjoy watching you two
I love how Pudding and Monty are always ready to roll up their sleeves and pitch in to support you in any way they can.
Sending prayers to save the bees.🙏 Getting into the groove again, with hot weather is challenging, but you two are so good at what you do! ❤
Thanks so much! ☺️
Such a lovely couple/family you are making my Sunday and the rest of the week better thank you 😅
😊 thank you!
I just love watching your programme, love the way the two of you work so beautifully together, and so much banter and sweetness. Well done guys, you work so hard, such a pleasure watching a young family like yours just getting on with it.....
One of the best YT CHANNELS going. I’m surprised that you haven’t a lot more subscribers.
I would highly recommend this channel 👏👍🧡
Wow, thank you! That’s so kind to say ☺️
@@raymondgilmour1533 we totally agree about the subscribers! We've passed your channel around to friends and family.
Thank you so much that’s really kind ☺️
ive never seen a wall built like that. Along for the ride to see how it all turns out
Your poor bees! I hope you can find a way to get rid of those things!😢 Beautiful work on filling the wall gaps, yay for progress!! 😊❤
I hope so too!
You have worked so hard this week. Great progress. ❤❤
Progress on the move - happy for you guys. Hope you get the bees sorted.
You may want to consider using a pastry bag to squeeze your mortar in between the stones. And do wet the stones before mortaring, lest they suck the moisture from the mortar and weaken your application. The place is looking fabulous.
Progress,so sad about the killer wasps.❤️🇨🇦
,why aren’t you spraying the rocks/stones with water before putting cement on? Hops you find a solution for the bees. Steady as you go. Blessings.❤
Little by little it's looking good!❤
Hoping you get an Asiatic zapper thing!
I believe that you are supposed to water down the stones first for bonding.
Great job so far guys, it will look great when it’s finished.
Those walls are looking so beautiful. Great team work 💎🙏💕🐨
Great work...lovely seeing you work together in your future home. Please put a French drain all the way around the outside of your house next to the banks to wick all the water 💦 away during rainy season..it will help you with moisture issues in the future.🎉🎉great job 👍
You work so well together, lovely to see you both.❤❤
Suggestions maybe you can get wasp traps.They hang from trees , post's whatever. They are bags with something in them to attract the wasps. They get in but cannot get out and they die. Hope it helps. They work good for me.
Yes we do have some but they don’t seem to be keeping them away 🙁
Good work guys, keep chipping away at it ❤
It’s hard to get back in the grove once interrupted but you’ll get there. Keep up the good work. ❤❤
There is a trap that you can get for those hornets. The Newby's have them. Maybe you can see what they are using.
Im crying over your bees 😢 😢😢😢
Geo polymer concrete mortar can be used for laying granite
I saw METSÄ (Finnish word) = FOREST in your video 🌲🌳🌱🍀You are a good team! 💪💪
Great team work family Scotters, sorry about the bees.Take care everyone, sending regards from an equally hot 🇬🇷 🇬🇷 😅😅❤❤❤❤❤
I am glad I live in The Netherlands. It's only 30 celcius here. You two have a fantastic drive!!
I thought Portugal had a reporting system for African Hornets and they had a way to help eradicate the bees.
Yes they do we have reported them but we can’t find the nest 🙁
Crazy hot, but you heroically push on…
You will appreciate every moment in the house when it’s done💕💕
Yes absolutely! Thank you ☺️
It looks like another day in your beautiful paradise. Sorry to hear about the 🐝 , Just maybe the 🐝 expert can get it back together. I pray you both come into some beautiful fall weather soon. Thanks again and have a wonderful week. Love ya all Cindy🇺🇸
I hope so too! Thank you ☺️
Wow! Those are very large stones! Awesome work guys! Thanks🙂💗💗
Your house is going to be so awesome!! 💜👋🏻
Looking great already , loving the size of that kitchen/dining area
Quando as abelhas são descobertas pelas asiáticas tem de as mudar de sítio,bom trabalho bjs abraços 👍
❤sister very beautiful place
Pausing at 19:26! Do they not sell the large 4 wheel carts you can easily pull, instead of the unstable one wheel barrels there? Gosh they are so handy and easy!
Ohh yes I’m sure they do! I think we need an upgrade 😂
Eu acho que vocês deveriam fazer uma viga de cimento a toda volta do muro para solidificar a estrutura da sua casa é uma dica coragem beijinhos
Very good work!! Thank you.
All in all you’re doing GREAT‼️
Take care that you don't injure yourselves pushing the heavy barrow loads up that steep incline 💪💪
Why are you not making a concert ridge beam? It's a little more permanent!!
Hi there guys.
We can hardly wait each week to have your news and see what have you been up to.
In your latest video seems that you are giving a lot of effort in filling the gaps with cement between the rocks.
I wonder if using a bit more runny mix and some sort of "syringe" (there are some for cement) might be helpful and save you effort and concrete.
Thank you so much yes I have heard of that we will look in to it ☺️
Very exciting to see you back working on the stone house…but very sad about the bees. Did you set up traps for the Asian hornets?
Yes we did but doesn’t seem to be helping much 🙁
Could you use the bag method? Kind of like frosting a cake but with cement in the bag? That way you can get it deep in the crevices.
I've also seen a devise that attaches to a drill.
Yours videos give so much joy hopefully Jesus christ God will give you anything you want.
Thats very kind thank you ☺️
Is there no way to have the cement mixer closer to the build?
No unfortunately our extension lead isn’t long enough 🫠
Call your local Council and tell them you have Asiatic Hovering Bees. They want to know where they are so they can come and eliminate them all. This is a free service i believe.
Yes we have reported it thank but Unfortunately we can’t find the nest 🙁
@@THESCOTTERS ooh. Their bloody nest. I didn't think of that.
Can you build an oversize cage of hardware cloth with holes big enough for the honeybees to pass through but small enough to prevent the asiatics from passing through
Oh that’s a great idea! ☺️
It would be great if you can get it water tight before winter
You could try mint near the hives. It doesn't bother bees but wasps and hornets apparently hate the smell
I’m a little concerned that you aren’t wetting the stones to stop the cement drying out too quickly. 😕
thought for a sec that Badger was dancing when he was footing in the ladder at 4mins 45 secs
Great to see you both back on the old house, and making some strong progress too.
Top tip, make a game out of it to get the kids involved with the rocks moving them where you need them and you (older) folks won't need to do as much hard work as the much younger, fitter and way more energetic little folks 😉😂
Stay safe folks, see you next week
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I think I agree everyone I watch use a lime mortar not cement you don’t need to use the hot one there’s a cold one too I’m ver6 puzzled everyone says these old granite walls have to breath or you get damp and mould !! Ah question answered though I have to say most of them use lime mortar inside and out. Have your children away surely hols aren’t over yet
YOU'VE GOT TO SHRINK YOUR BEE ENTRANCE!! Your bees can not defend against the wasps when their entrance is so big. It needs to be shrunk so no more than 2 bees can pass. This is about 2cm AT MOST.
Also, when pushing loads up a hill, you don't go straight up. You go from side to side always in an upward direction.. zig-zag
Thank you so much for your advice we will look in to it ☺️
Can you please turn down the volume on the music? I keep having to adjust the volume on my TV... but I do so enjoy your channel ❤❤❤
Thank you for your feedback, we edit the music level and it’s much lower than recommended sometimes it’s the settings on the tv?
But we will try and lower it even more ☺️
Well done guys ❤❤❤
Have you thought about setting traps for catching the asiaticas?
Nice pace! Not sure if the current hive survives but your bees really need wasp protection.
Badger; why are you using cement? I thought that you had to use lime in these stone buildings for the breathability of the stone. I know that you are extremely busy, just answer me in a video whilst working if that’s easier. I also watch Make do Grow and they swear by lime just like Finca Time in southern Spain but then it can’t be used when it’s extremely hot. Just seen your comment now, you were ahead of me. As I said Make do grow and Finca Time only use Lime inside and out. I’m bewildered‼️
In the end I saw you using a cement mix on external stones. I’m so perplexed it’s not true. So sorry about the hornets, poor bees.💔
Badger said that he was using lime mortar on the outside. It is the bagged mix which is darker. Make Do Grow use hot mix lime mortar which is much whiter and allowed to soak. If he used some portland cement based mortar for the top plates for example it wouldn't matter because there would be so little of it wouldn't cause a problem.
True about ring beams in general. This project has been designed by a local engineer however. This house has massivee stones that are the full 60 cm thickness and stacked bridging the joints. The walls with ring beams are mase from smaller stones and usually 3 layers wide across the thickness. That is a totally different animal.
@@warrenshalm550bathroom stones are much thinner. They look like they might topple over.
Lovely to see you back on the stone house. Think you need a little hammer, Kayla to tap in the little pinning stones to save your hands.❤
What’s the plan with that big gap between the raised ground and the bathroom wall. There could be a moisture issue if water runs down into that ditch.
Poor bees 🐝
The only thing that you can do is try traps, move the bees, reduce the entrance, buy a wasp out entrance 🙏
Get some good traps for the wasps.?
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You just mentioned the reason that you used cement with the inside walls, and told us that only needed lime wash pointing on the outside walls, and here now, you are using cement on the outside of the bathroom walls with your pointing?
They're using cement for the wall plate only There was no pointing being done on those outside walls. And you can't point with limewash. Only mortar.
wet the stones
You need to put in a stock tank pool! Cool you off in no time!!
Sad😢😢 poor bees
BSI Horn trap from Amazon May be the answer
What was the outcome of the conversation with the Bee-man??
Wouldn’t it be easier to feed electricity lines through the gaps and channels while you still have holes and gaps to fill
Yamada Beekeepers International has a youtube re getting rid of the Asiatic Hornets - may be of some help!❤
I was watching a you tube where they hunt these hornets nest and destroy them. I wish I would have saved the link. Maybe you can locate someone knowledgeable of some one find there nest and destroy them.
Well done to the two of you, great achievement 👍. It’s 26 here in Maldon uk it’s too hot for me, and I’m just sitting watching you lol🥵. How did you continue at 40 ? 😳
They have now acclimated to this country. Where you think 26 is hot, in Portugal it isn’t. Amazing how we adapt.
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Google ‘Asian hornets around my beehives’ and you’ll find natural hornet/wasp deterrents (citronella, eucalyptus, peppermint) that won’t harm your bees. Those poor bees! The hornets decapitate them, strip off their wings and also their legs and leave them to die. You HAVE TO do something!!
About the asiaticas: you need to call the municipality. They will destroy the asiaticas nest.
Yes thank you but we can’t find the nest but we have reported we have some 🙁
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was the barrow wheel turning 🤔
Are you using lime mortar or cement
Using lime
It looks like your bees have evolved defensive behaviour against the Asian hornets in the same way mine did. The Asian hornets can only pick out single bees, so what the bees on the parapet are doing is making one big mass of bees which the returning bees dive straight for and join so they can’t be singled out so easily.
Also, the Asian hornets take the bees to lay their eggs in, not to eat. It’s a source of protein for the developing larvae.
Oh wow that’s so interesting! How did you solve your problem? ☺️
Ahh ok I definitely need to read up on them more ☺️
@@THESCOTTERS there was a nearby nest which the bombeiros came and annihilated, and the hive did really well for 4 years. But the Asian hornets eventually did for them last Autumn. This year a small late swarm turned up in July and are occupying one of the empty hives. A friend who’s a beekeeper is going to put them in one of his catching boxes so they have a better change of surviving in a smaller hive - easier to keep warm over winter. We’ll see … The Asian hornets are a big problem. Haven’t seen any down here yet this year but no doubt they’re about.
There is a number you can call if asiatica bee's are seen as Portugal is trying to control the issue
I know you are sick of people questioning you, but I have 1 more. Why no ring beam? Every other stone house rebuild I have seen has one. I've seen this in France, Ireland, Portugal, Spain , and Italy.
True. The project has been designed by an engineer though. I'm thinking it is because these stones are enormous and span the full 60 cm of the wall. The houses with ring beams all seem to have smaller stones and are three layers thick.
I think also a ring beam adds height and acts as a level place to add the lumber for the roof. This is a guess. 😊
@@warrenshalm550 Thanks for the reply. Makes sense.
What a disappointment about the bees hope you can find a solution. Are you keeping the dachshund? I thought it was with you temporarily, however you've had it a long time.
Wash the cement off your hands asap, as it will burn and dry the skin.
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