#68 Building a Stove Bench | Renovating an Abandoned Stone House in Italy 

Your Black Wolf performed his responsibility to warn you of approaching strangers. Then he was clearly agitated to see the good hemp floor being cut up. But in the winter he will appreciate the warm house along with you. All of us look forward to your moving in, come December.

The bench is a lovely addition to your home. I love your loyal, faithful and protective fur baby, Caiú. ❤️🐾

Great video as always. Hoping to get as big as you someday.

It's my favorite Sunday show. 👍

that is one substantial bench!

la típica casa mediterranea, y toda con material natural!! saludos desde barcelona!

Bence yapılan yapıyı da taş ile yapmak çok daha estetik görüntü yapabilirdi.

In Australia it is mandatory to wear dust masks when cutting concrete etc, prevents silicosis which will eventually cause lung damage. We have hundreds of young trades people with this disease, many from cutting stone bench tops and concrete. Great work hope you are in by Christmas

❤ I can’t wait to see the floor! Such attention to detail.

Always in awe of the love and craftsmanship built into this project. The background music is delightful. Waiting to see the stove. What are we going to watch when you've finished 🙈!

Smart idea for the stove bench. And did a beautiful job making it too. The best idea was the hempcrete floor. To be able to cut into it made it easier to lay the air pipe in it. Great job. Waiting on the tiled floor.

I think you did an excellent job on the bench. For me, I would not have wanted it to be so stark white next to that beautiful wall. Just me, though.

We really enjoy your processes. The details are exciting! The materials you use are exciting! In America we are unfamiliar with your techniques . This is going to look amazing! Those rock walls are beautiful your knowledge of materials are impressive. The breathability of walls and sub-flooring adds to the character of the home. We aren’t architects but appreciate craftsmanship!

I hope this is a stand for a large aquarium😊😊😊

It looks great! More you do the more you learn and become better at. I will make one observation - you forgot to make a hole for the cord to go through to the outlet. Sure you can drill one out, however remember you place the welded mesh in the top and 9 times out of 10 you will hit the metal while drilling. But you can always look back at the video and see where there maybe a clear spot of just masonry to drill through. I have made this "booboo" before but can be fixed. Until next time, take care.

The bench is really amazing … your attention to detail is why it turned out the way it did … well done. Can’t wait to see the final “look” once the stove has been installed. As usual your planning allows for a successful week !!! Durban SA 🇿🇦

Freaking Beautiful!

Love the environment & your happy place ❤

You will both definitely have a unique home when you are finished. The pointed stone walls are not something everyone has in their home, but you have created them beautifully. Great job with the pipe in the floor. The stove 'platform' / bench looks strong and well built.😊 I hope that you are able to get your heat put in before the Winter rush so you can be moved in by the holidays! ❤👍

Nice bench. Good job.

Nice!!!!!! Jean from Arizona 🦎🐍🌵🌴🌻🦂🌞

You are a wonder to watch and all my best wishes I send to you. Thank you and God bless.

What a great team you are! Congratulations on the bench! Really impressive work and it perfectly fits your space. So glad you’re able to use the bits left over from the contractors. Thank you again for sharing your story and home with us all😊. Looking forward to next video

Also heat fully by wood in our stone house. And also buried the air inlet for the main wood stove in the floor. However, given winter temps can here often go down to -6C or more in the winter over night (seen it go to -14 C) so very cold mornings when starting a new fire, I buried my air pipe much deeper to avoid a long cold strip on the floor. I mainly mention this for others, in different climates, as something they may need to consider. 🙂

E molto piacevole sentire parlato italiano!

Absolutely love your videos. Thank you.

Anche se ho visto tutti i vostri video questa volta non ho saputo resistere e vi faccio i complimenti per tutti i lavori eseguiti. Penso che uno dei peggiori sia quello di ripulire le mezzane di cotto; anche noi quando ristrutturammo la casa circa 20 anni fà le utilizzammo per il pavimento e noi le pulimmo con l'acido; oggi probabilmente avremmo usato il vostro metodo. Saluti dalle alpi Apuane.💪💪

WOW! 🙌♥️👏 Innovative, beautiful and functional! 😍🙏 your home is coming together!

The bench is very handsome! Can’t wait to see the wood stove. Also that camera angle on the air intake going thru the wall was pretty funny and got a laugh out of me…very creative 😁

Beautiful bench ! Great work ! Well done ! 👍😊

Sta diventando un vero gioello la vostra casetta! Non vedo l'ora di vederla finita! Complimenti!

The bench is rustic and modern. It’s well crafted. Bravo 🙌

Whoa! The Bench. Love this channel. Touch of Eileen Gray there. So Maddi, the tiles, in Kensington you could move those tiles on in a blink of an eye, but the age you are taking off is the real value of that artifact floor.. Plus you don't know what's been brought down on those floors over time, either way consider a respirator mask, or, a hardened satin finished clear Ochre sealer to keep you safe and to tone over the colour slightly, and a bit of slide in the kitchen we all like some slide underfoot whilst rushing from fridge to the sink and back again. K. TC.

It will be a joyous Christmas and one you will remember all the hard work you did to move in.

Nicely done, that custom bench will radiate the heat well when sitting on it. I think Blaklader needs to send you both clothes for the colder months. 🥶

When are you going to licence the hypnotizing "Rimworld" music as your background? 😵‍💫Would fit perfectly 👌 And don't forget that gritter fence on your air-intake 😎I subbed 🥳

Terrific solution....

Beautiful ❤

Good Sunday morning from Vermont USA where it is cool and hot coffee is needed. Your wood stove will arrive just in time.

Excellent 👌👍

Looks great!

Good thing that the floor is not made of regular cement. It would have been more work an took longer to break it. Looking good. Can't wait for next week video. Ciao

A whole lot of work but totally worth it because it looks great!👍😍

Recently found your channel. Haven’t had the opportunity yet to see all your past videos. Love watching what you are creating together! Your home is already beautiful.

Bravi

Vous vous obstinez à faire du bon boulot !!! Bravo à vous deux.

Beautiful Bench !!!

Прецизна работа,пазите местата с найлони и работите внимателно!Браво!Не всеки е така търпелив и усърден!Желая ви късмет ,здраве и много любов!!

Cette technique va vraiment s'appeler "le revêtement Rachel et Emilien" avec le nombre de personnes qui l'utilisent ! Ah ah ah ! Bravo pour votre travail à vous !

Bravi forza e coraggio 😂❤❤

The products you use are just so exciting. Thankyou

Good Morning! Majic words" heat" and possibly "moving in by Christmas" ❤❤❤❤❤

Perfecto!!! Ha quedado muy bonito e integrado. Enhorabuena por vuestro trabajo tan pulido y bien hecho. Estoy impresionada de vuestra capacidad de trabajo y vuestros acabados finales. Se ve tanta técnica como amor que le estais poniendo a esa casa maravillosa. ¡Vaya tarea pulir las baldosas de terracota! pero el resultado merecerá la pena.Teneis muy buen gusto. Un saludo desde España.

Hello! I LOVE the new bench. What a "smashing" idea to install the wood burning stove there and have extra seating and storage as well!! You're both so smart. And the bench itself is stunningly beautiful. I was not sure that I would like it but the finish that you decided to put on it makes it so classic in design and simply beautifully in color and texture! BRAVO/BRAVA!!! Regards, Leslie Ann

Very good job, young man!! An amazing couple you are.

Dai che piano piano state arrivano a fine progetto!!! Bravi ❤

Bravissimi. Perdonatemi se vi faccio notare un errore. Il tubo rettangolare che prende aria dall'intercapedine deve terminare con una rete contro insetti e topi. Vi consiglio un colino inox comprato dai cinesi, quelli a forma di mezza sfera. Scusatemi ancora....

Great job, loads of character, suits your place.❤👍

AMAZING!😍

Great job!

Bravi, bravi, bravi!

Grazie per il bellissimo video, vi seguo dall'inizio. Saluti dalla Serbia🌍

Love that concrete looking seat !!!

E' sempre un piacere ascoltarvi e vedervi all'opera. Date un grattino a Caiù da parte mia, grazie e ciao!

You both amaze me. Your ideas and construction skills are amazing!

Perfecto!!

Thanks for the video. 👍

Good ideas and great work.

elle se transforme bien cette maison , aucun défauts à la perfection c'est magique

Excellent work as usual. We heated with wood (in Canada) for 25 winters, so a question: did the contractors confirm that length of underfloor fresh-air intake channel? As you likely know, the relationship among a number of factors in a wood-burning device is crucial to ensure adequate volume of fresh air so the fire burns most efficiently. Too little and the fire is always 'slow'; too much and it always needs damping down to prevent over-heating, a "too-fast" fire. (The type of wood and its percent-dryness is another factor.) Not to alarm you, but a friend's house burnt to the ground for this very reason - a too-hot fire (left unattended). Secondly, at 15:03 that looks like a rubber mallet being used to tamp down the block. You might find a dead-blow hammer more suitable for this job - ask at your building supply source. The advantage is its weight and - it doesn't bounce. Keep up the good work - you have classic and timeless design tastes.

I love your determination and drive! Last weeks video and this one I did not have any translation. Enjoyed it still.

Mira como te cuida enseguida empezó a ladrar❤❤❤❤

Your channel name is very nice. Its Turkish meaning is Blue. I think you combined the first syllables of both of your names. "MAVI = BLUE" 😊

I"'ve been watching your journey guys, maybe since the first episode, but the calm music in the background is over the top this time! Keep up the good work and I hope to see a Christmas tree in the house sometime in December!🥰

fantastico! love it.

Tudo lindo, um paraíso 🇧🇷❤️

Hello ! 😊 Je m'étais trompée. On est loin du rangement à chaussures que j'avais imaginé 🙄😂 Pour autant, c'est un très joli banc parfaitement réalisé et qui se marie très harmonieusement avec la pierre. Il me tarde de découvrir votre poêle à bois. Bravo pour la récupération de matériaux, autant que possible 👍 J'ai trop hâte de voir la suite. Le sol, avec les carreaux de terre cuite 🤩 Ce sera superbe. Câlins à poilue !

Complimenti ragazzi ottimo lavoro a me piacerebbe se il lato di fianco alla stufa ricoperto in legno massello grezzo e trattato è un idea un abbraccio dagli italiani che vivono in Brasile 🤗🤗🥰🥰

Belo trabalho ❤ Rachel e Emilien sigo também

Stylééé et top pour la récup !

Superbe travail ! Hâte de voir le poele installé..... bravo

Como vai ficar o piso do chão pois acho que vai ficar difícil de limpar.

I was happy to see a bench like this built in its entirety; well done! We want to do something similar in our house in Abruzzo someday so we will be sure to study your technique. How did you find all of the antico cotto tiles for the floors? I can't wait to see that part of the project completed!

Here we go.

The house is coming along so well and it's great that now you have just to "fine tune" it. Probably been asked and answered but I've missed it: what's the name of the borgo right underneath you? The one you always show at the opening of the videos? ♥ Also a lot of pets to Caiù!

Another great video, the house is coming along nicely. A thought crossed my mind when I saw you digging the floor for the air intake and its proximity to the underground heating pipes> Had you previously considered using a stove for hot water and underground heating at the same time as being a heater or was it too complicated and expensive?

Personally, I would have sanded the bench once more. Those little ridges and edges are going to catch on EVERYTHING (fabric, etc).

Fantastic build. The air feed will need to be drilled through the new concrete slab ?

Che bello! Guardando voi sembra tutto facile. Siete bravissimi! Un conto è essere architetti, un altro è saper mettere le mani su attrezzi e materiali con risultati impeccabili. Come avete imparato? Soprattutto Vince perché è lui che fa la maggior parte dei lavori e anche i più delicati.

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Protect the airintake from rats an insects and clogging

Great work once again! I'm a little surprised to see you not go with electrical heating as a renewable source of energy. Is it so you don't burden your solar too much as that is going to be your main electricity source?

Hola chicos muy bien pensado estufa de leña parece más acogedor aún en esas casas así tan rústicas 😮😮 y ese banco a quedado muy bien y un pregunta de qué están echos esos bloques para cortar tan fácil con una sierra 🤔🤔🤔😠😠😪 , cada vez me gusta más cómo va quedando un saludo y hasta el próximo vídeo 💪😂

Looking fabulous!!! 👀👀👀 Intrigued about the tile cement?!? How do you clean the surface? Is it waterproof? 🧐

And in case a tactical warhead hits the house the bench will survive... 🤣

Nice job! Cant wait to see the stove. Do you think you could use lime for all the work instead of cement and white glue? Could this be an alternative? Im asking since you have a lot of experiences with lime. Thanks

Where will the stove sit, under the bench or on top of it? if on top, then you will need a hole in the bench to allow for external air.

Ficou ótimo o banco vcs sempre caprichosos fazem tudo limpinho sem bagunça da gosto de assistir o vídeo de vcs parabéns casal 👍🇧🇷

Ok, ...bench is done. Where's the stove? 🤔

Il manquera juste le tubage !