Barn Conversion RESTORING 100 Year Old Farmhouse 

Just an idea use the barn chippings to fill in your ruts in the drive way.

Remember there is no hurry…..you have your whole lives to build, mould and improve your homestead so make sure you enjoy the process…..pause, take a breath, you’re living your dream! No pressure….day by day….week by week….month by month…you’ll get there eventually so never apologise for what you’ve done, how little, how much, how good or bad it turns out just be kind to yourselves and each other because you’re doing great! Thank you for letting us share your adventure 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🍻👍

Hello from North Carolina USA. Found your channel the other day and have binged watched all of them. I really enjoy your good humor and work ethics. You have accomplished a lot in a short time and things are looking good. You are a beautiful young couple working to achieve your goals and in doing so you will find that your love and respect for each other will grow into an unbreakable bond that will last forever. Looking forward to your next video already.

Please wear eye protection when chipping concrete, stone, render. Even dust in your eyes can be a major problem.

This is fast becoming my favourite youtude subscription! This is such an awesome project and you two make for such a beautiful couple!

Dan & Laura TY for the amazing video! I love to see all your hard work. A quote: "Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.” - Michelangelo. As you two chip away and remove the old; what lies underneath is your creation waiting to be revealed. One day, as you two sit in your home, you may reminisce about those days and the final revelation of "Dan's and Laura's" dream coming true. God Bless You Both! ~ John

Love the humour of you guys. The restoration of the original window was a great discovery and will add so much more light inside the barn.

Finally, normal people 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. I really wish the best for you guys !!!

Truly enjoyed watching your progress but especially the comedy as Dan puts it. We all need to laugh everyday to make life enjoyable. Laura & Dan you rock! Cheerios to you! See you next week for sure! ❤

Absolutely love your videos...while watching you attempting to get your truck out of the mud I was reminded of the time I was in my way to a Boy Scout meeting when I noticed a car stuck in the mud...I asked if I could and the driver said yes...I told her to slowly press on the gas while I pushed the car from the back...well instead of slowly she (the driver) floored the gas causing the back wheels to spin and covering me from head to toe with mud..the car pulled out of the mud and I was left standing there covered in mud...no one believed me at the meeting how it happened....never lose your sense of humor...

Olá Bom dia...☀️ Good morning... I have to say, I've been with you since the beginning of your journey In the center of Portugal. I also have to do that I like the videos and Laura is a very beautiful w🌼man...I hope that everything goes well with your projects and that they stay in Portugal as long as possible. We Portuguese, appreciate people like you... Good Luck 🍀and All the Good for You ✌️😉

You both bring a lot of joy to my life. I love your process.

Thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to film what you're doing, particularly when its hard graft and the weather is sometimes against you. Well done on your filming and editing so that each video is enjoyable to watch. I've been watching these from the very beginning and I look forward to each new episode. Thank you again and I hope the weather improves. Best wishes from N. Ireland.

loved your singing along with your guitar playing

at 13:31 loved the tune played, its often in my favourite yt channel My Self-Reliance

If you lay down some tarps in the barn, then the dirt chippings will fill the tarp, then when it's full enough it can just be picked up and set in the wheelbarrow, and be easier to remove, instead of having to use a shovel and scoop them all up.

I uncovered my original brick fireplace a while back during a kitchen remodel. It had been plastered over. Lots of chiseling and scraping later, and it's now painted and looks great. Windows will look awesome in your barn I think. :)

It sure is good seeing a young couple working together on a very exciting project. You are literally building a home for yourselves. All the work will give you tons of memories. Good luck to you and may you cherish the time you spend together.

Good to see the renovations under way, I don’t know if u have been told but please use a Hydraulic lime mortar mix when repointing the walls, cement does not allow the walls to breathe about 3 parts sand 1 part lime, always use a mask and safety glasses, I wish u both the very best with this endeavour, ps have as much fun along the way

glad to see you starting the barn conversion, looking forward to upcoming content. Also i think you need to invest in a lump hammer and long crowbar, they dont cost much and will come in very handy during the build

Just wanted to let you guys know that really love the path that you have chosen to take at such young age. Congratulations of your Portuguese accent!!!

hello goodnight! I'm your fan, I've seen your videos for several months now, but I would never have thought that your project would be close to the village where I live..thanks regards José

I am sooo jealous. It is my dream to find and renovate an old house in the countryside.

I live in Washington which as you know is in between Newcastle and Sunderland and found your channel today. I have binge watched on and off for most of the day. Loving it and loving the humour. New subscriber here 😊

nice, good luck with homestead, from a "we mack 'em and ye tack 'em"👌

I am so glad to see you both be able to start your barn conversion project. Once you have the barn completed, you both will be able to have some much needed comfort. Enjoyed your video and look forward to the upcoming transformations on the barn. May GOD bless you both as you go forward in this new chapter of your life’s journey.

These keys are beautiful!!!!

If you are going to use Lime render on the walls, you can varnish the keys and push them into the lime as a feature. I had a 200 y/o cottage in Cornwall and did this over the front door inside.

A pressure washer would come in handy right now with that loose clay. I hope you’re using the old gravel to help support your drive ways. Later

Hello, you two. So pleased you are wanting to take the walls back to how they originally looked. If you are wanting building advice, check out project portugal. Nick and Andrea have renovated their barn, but Nick had his own building buisness before they moved to Portugal. He has recently started doing "how to videos," but even just watching them, they give lots of advice. Andrea is the gardener of the 2. They also physically help others, sometimes a barter system of labour exchange. They are in central Portugal. You know the clay crap from the wall, you could use that to make your drive way a bit more solid. I was born in the Lake District, and that was something often seen, that and coal cinders and ash from the fires. How has it been living in your bell tent? X

Cringe cringe cringe, I'm 77 years old. Been pushing wheelbarrows all my life, no matter what RU-vid channel I watch, nobody knows the basic. Are you ready!.You always start by placing the wheelbarrow the direction you are going to go, so you are not going to turn the barrow around when it's full, Number 2. When filling the barrow most of the weight goes over the front wheel, so you are working on balance, only a little weight is on the handles, SImple. I'm only going to the trouble of telling you two because I do enjoy what you are doing and wish I was doing it with you. Sending my fondest regards. Old Tom.xx.

Enjoying your Wotan’s humor. You’re both fun to watch 🙋‍♂️🐈

I am so glad you met up with Nick & Andrea, they are both amazing people ❤ 💙

I've been waiting to see you starting on the barn. Cant wait to see your progress. Love all your videos!

Before removing the block from the window. You can put in a oak window frames. On in the outer edge and one at the inner side. This way you are safe and warm

ترميم هذا البيت التاريخي والقديم حسب المفاتيح أمر رائع يستحق المتابعة واتمنى لكما النجاح

Your land it's absolutely beautiful .thanks for sharing your journey.

Witajcie. Dziękuję Wam za piękne i sympatyczne wrażenia i życzę spełnienia marzeń

Absolutely love your content, great camera shots and love watching your journey xx

I am wondering just what the final inside walls will look like. Knocking off all of the old covering is a task and a half! An undertaking I do not believe I would have undertaken. I appreciate the effort you guys are putting into this and at least you are getting some nice fill material for the driveway! Once removed you can plaster the inside for nice smooth level walls or simply add backers to the stone and use wood to cover the stone. The original stone may look great but there will be so many holes, nooks, and crannies in it there is no telling just what will move into them! You guys may have some ideas on how to overcome this....I can't wait to see what the final product looks like! GREAT JOB so far!!

Another enjoyable video it's great to have some northern humer in the video, those keys must have some age to them, great idea to clean them up. Removing the old render will be a labour of love, so keep chipping away. Most of all have fun.

What an amazing start! Looking forward to seeing your homestead dreams come true 😍

thanks you guys for bringing sunshine into my gray days! love your channel i'll be following you for sure, peace and lots of love!

Hi you two 🎉 Wow you have taken on a huge job, but you have got on so far this week. Wishing you all the best with it, and can’t wait to watch your progress. Tony 🇬🇧❤️

Good to see you guys back working on the property. Keep the videos coming. Well done guys. Great adventure awaits.

Great discovery! The big square stone can be used as flooring for the wood stove. Useful and decorative. The higher ground level must come down too. To keep the water out of the barn.

Great job Dan & Laura, it s hard job to remove the clay. Actually did that myself a decade ago on an old barn too. The clay will come out much more easily if you wet the walls with water. 😉.

I love watching keep going can't wait to see finished barn

Hi ! I found your channel last week. I’m from Maryland USA. I absolutely love your channel! Thanks for sharing your adventures with us!

Tye smile on the dogs face so sweet

I love watching you guys! You work so well together 😉it’s a pleasure watching your channel! Boa sorte ! 👏

Keep it up you guys! You'll have some hard days and you'll have some great days. But when it's all done what you have left will be awesome!! People that will take a chance to restore something nowadays are rare indeed. Can't wait to see where it goes! Stay safe!!

Yeah, your approach is healthy. Chipping away a bit at a time will get you where you want to be👍🏼. Those old keys are great. They'll be excellent in your future deco.

The stone building could be the start of a beautiful home, I personally would build timber frame rooms on both sides of it, then you can use the frame to put the stone veneer up, much quicker and easier plus you can tie the stone to the timber frame for more support, just put a concrete foundation under the stone.

Great to see another video and you moving forward as always. The little and often approach is always good for mind numbing jobs like chiping the old plaster/clay from the wall. The odd hour here and there soon adds up and don't focus on the whole thing just look at a few square meters at a time, it really helps your brain. The additional window is a great bonus as adding one in those walls I would expect is either impossible or a job for an expert.

Greetings from Denmark! This is my new CRUSHING OUT-channel! You're doing a wonderful job, keep up the good work and the immensely relaxing content :-) 🙂

will look fantastic when its done. there's lots to do there. its a great project building your own home and living on the land, good luck to you guys. I wish to be like that one day and escape the matrix for good.

You can use a mixture of sand lime and water to make this it makes it so that your walls can breathe there in Portugal if that's where you are if not you need to check with the people in your surroundings and see how they do their buildings

Even I love buy such nature property

Woo hoo, its all coming along nicely, good job guy's 👏 👍

Well done on the chipping so far, it is a tedious job but the result will come up wonderful.

Saw another couple in Portugal using a lime and hemp mixture on their rock walls in their house that they bought. I think the channel is MAKE. DO. GROW. Idk if that would work on your barn renovation. Keep up the great work. Please wear your safety equipment.

The material that you are removing from the walls you may be able to use it to fill the areas on the driveway that are bad...just a suggestion👍🏻

Друзі, ви мені дуже сподобалися, як же круто по трохи робити оновлення старої споруди! Хай вам щастить!

Hi Guys , We love watching you two and glad to see you are moving forward with the barn conversion I am sure that you are aware of Fellow Brits Theo and Bee of "The Indie Projects" also in Portugal and have converted al old barn pretty similar to yours I urge you to see how they tackled there conversion , there Ideas and techniques will be very useful to you . Good luck the rest of the way and we are looking forward to seeing you progress with your dreams and remember there are 30.000 plus subscribers all pulling for your success

Hey there guys Stumbled onto your stuff surfing RU-vid Got me sucked in Awesome what your doing keep ‘‘em coming Bought me a 113 yrold church in the flinders ranges in south Australia Got my work cut out for me also Good luck with your project Cheers from down under

Keep up the great work!

Best to you in 2023 from London Ontario Canada🙈🙉🙊✌✌✌

Your barn house is lovely allot of work for you both but it will be well worth it in the end those keys are nice good idea frame them looking forward to seeing what you do to your barn

Yes, cant wait to see next one

Get yourself a wrecking bar. lump hammer, square and plug masonry chisels and a bolster.

So interesting about the tiles.

I enjoy watching your channel you are such a sweet couple .We used to live in Portugal well for just under 2 years while we were waiting for our application to emigration to Australia came through .we are from Scotland /England but it was of interest to me to watch your channel .Good Luck for your future and I will continue to be a follower of you PS. we have now been in Australia for over 30 years and love it

Hi there! I just discovered your channel and already watched all your videos. I’m really enjoying them. You’re such a lovely beautiful couple. I’m excited to continue to follow your journey😊

Good work!

You are such a hard working couple I just love seeing you work together 🤗💞🙏

Great job keep up good work

Hi Dan, you must buy yourself a club hammer, instead of using a claw hammer. Also a crowbar would be useful !!

Thank you for sharing. And I really enjoy your Chanel

Oh and Molly is lovely. Is she your friends dog. She looks like a beautiful old girl x

My basement walls had dirt all over them when we bought our house, I found a brush attachment for my drill that made cleaning it off a breeze, no sure if you all may have considered a tool like that 😊 The drill brush attachments can be found with metal bristles which would do a great job on those walls!

You look to have a big task ahead, hats off to you both & good luck, I look forward to seeing your progress. Please be mindful of local laws though 😉 we got caught out in Spain living off grid renovated a barn & then found out we needed planning permission so I hope you get your paperwork sorted before you get in too deep 🙏

I live in Australia and I have the same galvanised roof. It's great once insulated and releases heat overnight.

It's turned a bit chilly here in the central part. Stay warm tonight guys.

love you both - you must use lime if you point that granite!

Being waiting for barn project keep pressing 👍

Thank you 😊💖

Im a new sub wishing you all the luck and blessings in your life of being free

After all that chipping it is gonna look awesome

Boa sorte, planear tudo com antecedência é meio caminho andado para o sucesso, força nisso 💪

I noticed when Nick came there is a tree that shows a limb resting on the side of the barn.

Great video. Thank you.

The first thing I thought of when I saw the rocks being taken to your property, is that some of them need to be dumped right inside the gate, where that big dip is when you drive through your gate

I love watching you two. You are very inspirational, hard working and I love your humour. This is one of my top favourites. Fun thing: I wonder how many times you both mention the words, 'On the land'?😀

pressure washer will work a treat,great vlog

That is great you twoyou have a start now t he follow through get the mud down and put a no mold lime filler in so water can't get in and moldand put door frames in and decent doors and windows for ventilation in and maybe a room addition for a bed room or a loft.

Also wanted to say many times rodents and insects don't like peppermint. Get some peppermint essential oil and diffuse it inside, you could grow it and hang it up around also? It is purifying and sanitizing.

Well done kid's

Keep it up y'all 🤙

Nice job guys! The pickup is coming in handy! (Wonder if be worth changing the tyres for proper off-road tyres So you got decent grip when you're on the land using it with the mud etc?) The barn looks really promising & good having the ready cut window aswell! Keep up the good work! 👍👌