Vintage barn for vintage cars. Very cool. Looking forward to the project. Perhaps you could build a steel structure to support the sagging arch as part of a door frame.
Another great project! I eagerly await more of your excellent videos! Just a side note: With regard to the owl droppings, they eat their pray whole as the pelt of the rodent or the feathers of the bird serve to "clean" out their digestive system. If one was to feed an owl a diet of processed meat from a butcher, it would likely die of fat poisoning because there is no fur or feathers to clean the fat out their digestive tract...
Belgium is such a lovely place with a long history. Concerning the history of your farm: at 2:30 of this vid you show the outside of the barn and mention the roof was damaged/destroyed in the Great War. On the far wall behind you it appears there is damage to it as well. Great War or WW2, or neither?
Both damages are / were from the great war.... although some part of the farm were also damaged in WWII during the battle of the schelde by the 35th US group. Its been in several heated battels even before when Marlboro took Oudenaarde.. As a landmark the farm served many time as an occupied military HQ due to its geolocation ( along the river De Schelde).
Hello, could you show a video of the whole property, all the buildings and a brief history of it? It looks beautiful from what little I can see. Thank you!
Great video as always Steve. I’d love to hear more about how you came to live on the farm. I have an old Van Diemen that I used to race in Monoposto in UK; I’ll try to restore it next year. I could only dream of having such a beautiful and historic environment in which to work in!
Hi Matt, thanks for the comments. Good to hear that you have Van Diemen... which one... maybe for sale ? as for the historic value of my place... yes , it is fun and nice but it is also very very demanding...
@@D3Sshooter thanks for reply. My car is an rf99 with slicks and wings, so a different generation but similar in lots of ways. I’d rather get back into it than sell but you never know I guess. I can see a glimpse of how much work the farm is but great you maintain it so well.
@@tighematt Indeed that is a bit younger then my RF-85 ( former car of Tom Kristensen), I would say get back to racing ... one is never to old or to young,.... I am 63 and love to race.... good luck with its rebuild ( your RF).
Another enthralling video of your property. However, never underestimate your own widespread skills and sheer professionalism. Your work is of a very high standard indeed. Best Wishes for an Happy (and productive) New Year to you from York, England. I look forward to more of your superb video presentations.
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Steve, Having been lucky enough to visit you and your beautiful home I have seen just how much work you have done over many years. I really enjoy all your videos being a petrol head and the restoration of the buildings are top notch. I hope you & your family had a happy Christmas and new year when it arrives. Cheers Dave
Good luck with this project Steve, the lift platform is going to be a huge asset for accessing the roof area, the timber looks very new, no doubt re built after WWI. Chris B.
LOVE seeing the Renovations, and (personally) the older vehicles! Anything coming up for Old Rusty? Hate to see those beautiful rafters get covered up, but you are right in that the bird crap does damage the wood, and DEFINITELY won't be good for the cars that you plan on storing in there! Hopefully the Owls will find a lace close by to help keep the mice under control! If you still find mice and pests - try mixing some food bait with baking soda - it will kill them, but isn't poisonous to anything else that may eat them or their corpses!
That is a good barn now. It will be a great one when you are done! Hopefully, you will be able to work out a vapor barrier/ "breathing" solution for the rafters. It will be even better as a racecar stable!
Your span of tasks is FARM WIDE...AND PARTICULARLY I THINK YOUR ENERGY , HEAT AND USEFUL OCCUPANCY SERVICES...WATER , GAS , ELEC ETC... TELL US ABOUT THESE RESOLUTIONS...
They seem to be old rails but from a train. I suspect rails from some form of artillery rail, as the fram was used to host artillery during the great war... Not 100% sure , but that is what old local people tell. Will check in the next video
Do you work with an architect or engineer experienced in renovation of these old buildings? I don't think that repinning that roof beam with a bolt will add much, the PA Dutch (Amish) carpenters here in Pennsylvania still use wooden pins and their buildings last way longer than most English (what they call us) buildings. I think if there is a strength issue it might be the beam itself. Not seeing your building directly, just the videos, it seems like at least some of the roof is lightly framed considering the use of tiles on the roof that are heavy. Of course the wood used in the old days is better stuff than we have now. I realize the problems in old historic buildings however it seems that some repairs were done earlier when these make no changes rules didn't apply. The brick arch over the door you are replacing seems to appear that it sagged, I know old brick can move around a lot but is that checked out as OK? Did you consider that once the birds leave your building you might then have a mouse problem? Which is worse? I know where you can get a few farm cats if you need help on that problem.
Thanks for the comments, its a long story... so to begin the buildings are inspected for stability as it is heritage and protected . There is organization that does the inspections every year. No issues on barn, even when the arch is sagged... that has been like this since I got the farm ( 30 years ago). Didn't move a bit. The roof is renewed by a roof construction business in 2005. With new rafters where needed and corrections,, a new underroof ( boarding of pressed cement and strains). New snow lats and all the old Boomse Tiles were checked and re-used , held in place with inox clamps, Those tiles are very light weight, not like todays heavy cement / ceramic based . Thus the wood construction for the barn is more than adequate. Mouse will be no issue, as we have plenty of other places where the birds can live... In fact behind the farm there is nature sanctuary .
Hi Steve, thank you for sharing your adventures with us. I hope that you and your family had the merriest of Christmases. Wishing you a happy New Year, and a productive one at that! As always, I wait for your next uplaod with bated breath! From JHB, South Africa.
That archway looks as if it has sagged quite a bit over the years. Best thing would be to partially rebuild but that would be a big job and it does seem to just hold up fine for now. Will you be fixing that or not? Anyway, this will be another fine big project but you've already proven to be up to it
You are right , it has been like this since I got the farm... it does no longer move... Must have been many moons ago that it sagged.. I will lower the doorway/gate, the upper part will solid and as such support that arch ( not that its needed, as this old building has settled ) . But who knows one morning I might decide to rebuild that arch. TXS for the comments
Its far from collapsing, its been like this as far as I know the farm. Someone told me that it was the result of the WWI shelling that took the roof of in 1916. Not sure, in each case it is not moving and there is no load on it
Not sure in terms of heath , yet I like to keep the forst out in the winter. Its still a debate if it is wise to do so with these panels, as the roof construction ( rafters) can no longer breath. Especially as the outside roof tiles are not all the sealed... Something to investigate and think about. Txs for the comments
Die zijn reeds een tijd geleden behandeld. U zag wel die nieuwe beam . Die is geplaatst toen we het dak deden in 2000. Dat was ook het moment om het hout te beschermen tegen insecten
