This project is a great reminder that the great cathedrals and castles of Europe took decades to build and have stood for centuries and will continue to do so for centuries to come. Glad you are doing it the traditional way. It will ensure that the building will last for generations.
Actually, lift with a naturally straight back, using your core muscles, take a breath, use valsava technique, bend at the hips and knees. Watch a few deadlift vids mate 👍
Congratulations on all that hard and heavy work. As a Safety Officer I had my heart in my mouth, and if I had have come across a similar job in England I would had stopped it. But at least you had a lifting device, although I suspect those lifting bands were designed to secure a road vehicle tarpaulin, and not designed for lifting weights. You need to check their maximum lifting load. and check for damages to the bands.. I hope you know how much granite weighs so that you can calculate the maximum size (and therefore weight) of large stones. I would think that you need to use cement to keep the structure stable and watertight. I hope you will also have a sturdy wooden frame Inside the house. Once again a great job done, and I hope the next phase of building is successful. Best Wishes Pete (Manchester UK)
@@peterhicks3516 The whole thing looks unstable to me. It's pointed with clay, not mortar. The stones just rest on each other rather than being fitted and mortared. The walls are too narrow for this.
Out of all the ambitious projects that project camp has taken on I would say this is one of the most ambitious. I think this will be one of the coolest dwelling places on the land and it would make a pretty sweet and unique airbnb!
Interesting approach and great job, are you installing a ringbeam to interconnect all walls? The ruin was a ruin for a reason - so you may actually think about some concrete ring beam and/or some metal to ensure structural safety. Wood beams are also possible....
Stone wizards now staring, carving, performing at Project Kamp. Wow, finished building the stone wall, overcoming high challenges. Dieter and Team = awesome. Look forward to next steps as the havest season progresses to winter.
I'm an old craftsman and I got a little sick watching you today. Moving and lifting stones weighing more than half a ton, no safety equipment whatsoever (helmets and steel-capped shoes would be the minimum). And when you pull a 600 kilo stone uphill with a chain hoist, you don't stand behind the stone. If the old, weak belt breaks, you can get a nasty whiplash in the face just before the stone breaks your bones. And do you know that there are several fairly active earthquake zones in Portugal? Strong earthquakes are rare, but what do you think? How strong does an earthquake have to be to bring your 600 kilo stone down from up there? And: You put each individual stone in a bed of mortar; subsequently smearing mortar into the cracks hardly improves stability. I'm sorry I can't say anything more positive - but I thought in this case I couldn't keep it to myself. All the best, Georg (from Germany)
I'm a Journeyman Mason and I have to agree with a lot of your statements. Earthquakes don't occur very often in Portugal ( do they ?I didn't check)but they do still occur and this building with the proper reinforcement might stand one. However in its current condition it will not hold up to an earthquake as can be evidenced by the pile of rubble that you found by nearly every one of the ruins, yes? As it is too late now, you can still retro reinforce. This can be achieved by using rebar, drill into the wall and the foundation from most likely inside , pound rebar spikes in and create a wall of rebar , form up around it and pour a solid concrete wall at least 8 inches thick, a buttress I think it is called. Research block and tackles, snatch blocks and pivot cranes. Old stonemason techniques such as dressing stones will be useful There are several simple crane models you can use, that will make moving these blocks a lot easier. As this man said before putting your blocks in a bed of mortar is far better than dry fitting. At least use dry mortar. I have a thousand other techniques and tips for you but I didn't want to make this too long if you have any questions just ask...
@@redpecker12 We had a 5.4 magnitude earthquake 6 weeks ago. But I don't think it did any real damage... This building was probably fine from it without the motar yet.
I don't quite agree about lifting the rock uphill that way. Was quite clever actually. Those belts are made to hoist more than 1/2 tons for sure without problems
Yah, I sometimes wonder at the lack of safety features and the lack of understanding about how things work. "It's probably fine" is not a good thing to hear when talking about stonework with only clay mortar which can resist downward compression but not up-and down movement or side-to-side movement that occurs in earthquake tremors. (I kinda winced when I heard "yeah, the granite is decomposing and weak, but the inside is probably fine.") Most of Asia Minor is littered with the fallen stones and columns of the Greeks and Romans who didn't build for earthquakes. And does no one remember the Lisbon earthquake of 1755? I admire the perspicacity of the group and the energy dedicated to the cause, but putting safety second is the same as putting safety last. When we are young and strong, our bodies can fool us into thinking we can just do something w/o long-term consequences.
@@redpecker12 That's a lot of very good advice, I think. I'm not a bricklayer, so I only have a limited knowledge of this trade - thank you for your post. I'm a bit sensitive about earthquakes because I live in an active area. Strong earthquakes are rare here too - but you always have to expect them. In my experience, an earthquake of magnitude between 2 and 3 could be enough to cause the building in its current state - the new structure - to collapse. We have earthquakes like this every few weeks. In Portugal, the dangerous zones are concentrated in the south of the country, but there are also isolated hotspots in the middle. Specifically: In the earthquake areas of Portugal (except the Azores) there were 9 earthquakes in the last 24 hours. The strongest reached 3.2, and three others were between 2 and 3. Georg PS: 6 weeks ago we have had a 5,4 quake 84 km south of Lisbon. I dont know, were you located in Portugal - but be careful!
Im worried about the fact that you cut the masonry corners each side of the future window. It affects the stability of the whole front and back facades, i don't believe you can rely on the window frame to compensate. A narrower window would have both spared original building and effort, and made a safer building, without a critical loss of light...
@@wolk2 "not a lot". So there are a few? It only takes one for someone to be killed by falling rocks. These guys are putting someone elses life on the line by not bedding those stones with mortar.
👍 Nice work to all involved, haaaaard stuff! I hope you pour an interconnecting concrete and rebar ring beam on all the walls. I hope no one is going to sleep in those ruin refabs if there are eartquakes in that area, that granite is ruined, from the fires most likely as stated.
The next building, try a hip roof. All the walls can be the same height. The roof may take a small amount of time more than a two sided roof, but would save much time in shaping the walls to fit.
Hard work, Suggestion to put the stones in front of the wheelbarrel as much as possible for or a the wheel, it will be less heavy to lift. Help with the wheelbarrel is fine, but use a rope to tear the wheelbarrel. And finally a tip for the real big stones, try it with 6 or more pipes, like a 50mm pvc pipe and roll the stone on these pipes. I hope it helps. Good luck!
I watch your videos from the beginning, and love to see how motivated and positive you approach all the difficulties. Dry stone walls get their stability from the big stones, they should fit perfectly together. Using small stones to even out the big ones is not the right way to do it. They are only used to fill gaps afterward, the weight of the wall must be carried by the big ones alone. Either the big stones are put together in a stable way, or the filling stones need to be supported by concrete, imho.
30:43 Serving up Project Kamp cat walk?! 😂 On a serious note, I love that ya'll respect the history of the land and rebuild and reuse the ruins ❤. If more people would fix up was is existing, we'd have a lot less waste in the world.
"now its just a video of two guys watching a stone move" "What's the meaning of a moving stone that gathers no moss, it represents a person not standing still long enough. Who lets go of what they have instead of what they got" I rewinded the video and I am happy to report I spotted countless moss gathered upon the large stone... So the video has not become two guys watching a stone move! ❤❤
Yep, great work and uniquely done with limited safety practices intervening. Your choice of course. It was risky but the energy and determination were in abundance. I see someone else has commented about a concrete ring beam and I would certainly urge you to consider that - it could be done quite easily with shuttering (form work) to contain the poured concrete and also with rebar embedded in the concrete to give you structural integrity. The roof would then be infinitely easier to put up if you bolted a wooden top plate onto the ring beam to house the rafters sloping towards a central 'beam'. Then, good heavy wooden frames for doors and windows with jack studs and headers will you give you integrity at each opening (door and windows). should be a really good structure when completed. Thanks for sharing - and well done on the hard graft!
if the beam for the door is also limestone, I don't think it's a good idea, they can crack unpredictably and get a literal ton of stones over you. Either use a proper lintel (there are ceramic ones, with rebar and concrete inside), or alternatively a beam made of oak/elm, those are quite traditional around here.
Use dish soap and water in a spray bottle to get rid of the wasps or any other insects. The soap coats their carapace, keeping the from breathing and kills them off.
Looks like you guys are doing a good job keep up the good work make sure nobody don't get hurt guess have a nice day make sure you drink plenty of water
You used brains and not brawn 😊 well done it’s going to be an amazing place to live. I just kept thinking how did the original wall get built with no winch?
You guys should get a two wheel- wheelbarrow for those stones. Way easier. Could’ve used a couple more pulleys to cut the ratio down. Three and you’d have burned through those lifts.
I'm sure it's too late now but for transportation, build a travois. Also, it would be worth it to learn how to use a Flip Flop Winch for the reallllly heavy stuff.
I would have like to see longer internal reveals where the opening is, the strength is in the corners and you have removed them. UK building regs have 650mm internal reveals
Great job! Sure had me worried a few times! I recently saw something about it's been discovered how ancient Roman concrete has held up so long, when modern concrete construction does not. It has something to do with the lime, and sea water being used. Maybe that will help y'all. Peace.
These walls look very, very unstable. I am not an expert, so maybe and hopefully I am completely wrong, but I would not set a foot in this building. What do you think?
@@Alexdelannee Sure, they've been building dry stone walls for 100 years. However there is a technique to building them and these guys aren't using it. I've done courses in building with stone (both dry stone and mortar bedded stone) for when I renovated my stone cottage, and I can tell you this structure is unsafe.
I enjoyed the very slow movement of the stones from point A to point B 😂😂 Just wondering if a block & tackle might have been quicker / easier? For the smaller stones.
With projects like that, you guys need a couple of these in the camp: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gyNB-3k1nUk.html Heated outdoor bathtubs. To recover acking backs.
Hm...I think you can build a crane to lift the stones. From wood. Ancient people did it, so maybe you can use this technology too. Well done on rolling the big stone btw
