#33 - A Frustrating Week Installing More Wooden Beams at Our Renovation Project in Central Portugal
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 พ.ค. 2024
- It's a bit of a frustrating week at Casa das Parreirinhas 🌿 Not only does everything take twice as long as we think--if not longer--but there are a few things that need re-doing, too. Michael continues installing the beams, doing a spot of gardening, and we all head out for a walk after some interesting thunderstorms!
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We're Michael & Becci (the humans) and Tilly (sassy English tortoiseshell cat), Alfie and Anoushka (Portuguese rescue dogs). After four years in Portugal and numerous dreams about renovating our own property, we've taken the plunge and are renovating a schist stone house and its outbuildings in Figueiró dos Vinhos. We're doing most of the work ourselves (or... Michael is!) and we'll be stepping back in time to create a character property with as many original features and antiques as possible.
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Eres muy valiente haciendo solo ese trabajo con vigas tan grandes. Felicidades 👌👌👌👏👏
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You work your nuts off mate with skill and aplomb! Fair play to you, you’re a grafter (and skilled). Full disclosure I work from my dining table….
Thank you 😊 I (Becci) work from the sofa most of the time so I'm with you there! 😅
When I see your cat lying there, I thank you for what a wonderful life you have as a cat. It makes me jealous
Oh I know!! When I come back, I'm coming back as a cat! 😅
✅✅✅✅✅well done 👍
Thank you 💛💛💛
Looking Good.
Thank you ☺️
You're getting on really well considering you're on your own. It looks tough manhandling those beams with just you. I got some help in for a few days each week for the last 3 weeks we were over & it made a massive difference, so much so we're able to stay/sleep in the house this next trip in a couple of weeks 🎉
Oh that's great to hear!! ☺️ Very exciting!! Thank you!
Great job woth the joists! You have been weeding for some time - so, to keep the weeds away for a longer period of time, lay out cardboard and the wood chips on top (approx. 8-10 cm). The cardboard smothers the weeds and the wood chips then smother the rest. 😊
Ah ok perfect! Thanks for the tip ☺️
It’s such hard and laborious work well done
Thank you ☺️
Thanks
Thank you! ☺️
If you put some noggins inbetween the joists, you can reduce the twist.
Thank you 😊
understandable choices @18.28. My choice is buy electric planer flatten the top off the beam then re set the beam until top is level. leave bottom "twisted". free character contribution to the house.
Good idea 😊 thanks so much!
Great job 😊
Thank you!! 💛
God bless you mate, it’s a joy watching your videos.
Thanks so much ☺️
After the job is done, nobody will think about the troubles and dus and cleaning. They only say well done.
But rubbish and dust is time consuming.
I do have a tip for lifting something. Think of ( and use) youre car jack.
This is very true!! Thanks so much ☺️
Wow for a dry hot country there is so water are your house and surrounding area has so much water flowing under the ground there! Glad to see the wood beams going in!
Thank you ☺️ We have had a lot of rain so levels are high but there does seem to be a good amount of water around (our little stream didn't dry up last summer 🤞🏼). Have a lovely weekend!
Hard work.
Very!! 😅
Loved the Star Trek reference in the title there!! Fab work! Love your videos!
😅 thanks so much!! 💛💛💛
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys, good work 👍😁💪👌💝😽😽
Thank you 💛💛 have a wonderful weekend!! 💕😘
Great effort on those floor beams, be careful lifting anything heavy. I'm intrigued, did you decide to keep the original stairs to the attic?
House is coming along😊
Thanks so much 😊 we've kept them and in a few pieces so we can put them back together again hopefully!
Los subtitulos ya van bien👍
Muchas gracias 💚
Another great video! And I looooove the new music! Have a wonderful weekend! 😃✨🥰🙏🤍
Oh thanks so much! Pleased you like the music 💛 appreciate you making me have a look for something new!! Have a fab weekend too 😊
Very nice work - beautiful.
Thanks so much 💛
Just wonder why you weed by hand because those weeds come don't they just by pulling them by the roots? Suggestion: I use in my gardens a nature friendly recipe of white vinegar, salt and dishwashing liquid for the weed killer recipe. What the ratios are I don't remember since I cant see my recipe because I am away from home right now but it kills the weeds to the roots and you don't have to spend hours weeding by hand you just spray it on with a pump sprayer. You should try it. It would save you a lot of time. Don't think it hurts paints. Good luck.
We're going to try that at our house renovation. If you don't mind sharing your mixing ratios that work, that would be great. Thanks - Stuart
Oh amazing! Thank you. If you can share the ratios when you have them that would be fab ☺️ thanks again!
If you washed the floors, so the floorboards come wet, they would come out easily
Ah, great tip. Thank you! 😊
EXCELLENT, I'LL GIVE YOU A TIP FOR THE INTERVALS BETWEEN THE MOST DIFFICULT STONES, USE 1 EMPTY SILICONE PACKAGE WITH MORE LIQUID CEMENT AND INJECT IT, AND ALSO WITH 1 EMPTY WATER BOTTLE AND 1 FLEXIBLE TUBE YOU CAN DO THE SAME. HUGS
Oh interesting! Thanks so much ☺️
Will the weeds not just grow back through the wood chips? 😞
Maybe eventually but they seem to be doing a good job in other areas 🤞🏼☺️
section of new wooden beam and price for 6meter long please
А какие размеры балок? И из какой они древесины? Спасибо
6m x 225mm x 100mm and they're Nordic Pine ☺️
You’re doing a great job, but have you treated the wood with bug spray and you could have burned the ends of the wood to make them last longer. I’m just saying.
Thank you! We've got some wood treatment for the ends 😊 we need to age/distress them too 💛
Hope your not leaving U-Tube for Netflix renovation channel.
Haha 😅 no you don't need to worry there!!
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