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This is a rare and unique individual. Staying in the moment and not feeling overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of this project for one person and very limited funds to start off with. Amazing. Truly. 🇨🇦
Seems like we have the "old" Dan back!!! Has been way too long since you sat down & talked to us about your plans for the chateau. Thank you for finally doing that again.
Hi Dan, my Dad is a retired roofer, and my brother and I have worked with him since the mid eighties.. just wanted to suggest that with complex roof structures like yours, it’s often better to build everything on the ground first by mocking up walls with old railway sleepers ti get your levels and spacing right. Then build the frame, once you’ve done the main frame, rafters, ridges, dormers and battens, you could then elect to cut and ‘dry fit’ the tiles/slates. Once you’re happy with each section of roof (looks like you have 5 separate roofs), you can either deconstruct it and ferry it up and fit back together up top, or once tiles are removed from the dry fit, get the 5 roofs craned 🏗️ up on top. It reduces the amount of leg work at height, it reduces the hire period for scaffolding by about 75%!
Considering the numbers of subscribers there is on youtube you would think it would be nice to mention the holidays instead of """ see you tomorrow "". Maybe we are not important to the scheme anymore!
@@paulcarfantan6688 I asked myself the same. Just went to his profile and there it is, on the top right side (next to videos) a tab named "community". It looks like a blog-alike section.
Good morning team Dan ❤ What a mission ,vision and a dream coming true, Yes this is a huge deal and a Major accomplishment and to top it off a amazing milestone … From far and wide…..We are all so proud of you…. Rest well and we will see you tomorrow ❤
He's doing well but it will be a while, it's not a job to do in the Winter, he may be better off putting a temporary roof on and repairing the inside over Winter!?!
Good day Dan. Watching you here from the U.S. I know your main plan is to restore this shell of this chateau to its original status. You also need to remember that this house is not its exactly what the original architect had created in the 1920's. Many changes / aging has taken place. Changes are good, it may not end up exactly like before. Whomever the architect was for this chateau was brilliant. And the workmanship is a statement of time that it stands undefeated. Just keep looking for the clues that have remained. Cause this chateau is speaking loudly to come alive and be loved once more.❤❤❤❤.
Dan Is a Demon,who draws his strength from people who are annoyed or worried about him. And that's why he doesn't post every day but he says he does. When you see how many subscribers he has, you see how strong he has become. If you don't believe it, look at what type of house he has picked out. A dracula house. (it could also be that he is on holiday of course)
You're one courageous guy. Working by yourself and lifting things to heights is impressive. Also, you mentioned in an older video that you originally had no building experience and that you're learning by watching other RU-vid videos. Incredible.
The puppies are getting big! Love seeing all the progress as you’re walking around the floors Dan! Seeing you sit on the wall “four” stories up was scary. But, I’m getting use to my nerves being in knots while watching your videos and I LOVE it! ❤
Your sabbatical in light of the impending roof, is causing me to jones for more updates. Hi, my name is Peter... And I'm addicted to Escape to Rural France.
The original roof design was very beautiful. Love the different levels and the square turret. Love looking at the fireplace opening and chimney/flue out of top right. Be lovely to see smoke out the chimney/ chimneys one day.
@@lindaedwards6683will have to be natural slate on listed historic buildings 100 plus years life and subject to high winds and lightning strikes at that exposed height.
Your accomplishments are truly amazing. There is no arguing that fact. Should this have taken twice as long, it would still be amazing. Your five year plan may even be padded. Well done, Dan. Thank you. 🎉🎉
Ten year plan, to complete that one third will take another two years inside and out (Repair outside and render, repair and plaster or lime cement from basement up all walls to roof, fit windows and doors, fit ceilings and plaster, electrics, heating, fit roof, remove and fit new ground floor) three years the other side which is more or less the same, and four years the middle section, the most complicated part and assuming Nick will be doing the grounds!?!
You forget, the more he accomplishes, the faster he gets, the easier, templates are made, tools acquired. Stairs... eventually. Efficiency will increase. Don't sell him short... Dan's accomplishments so far have been nothing short of awe inspiring!
@@rhondashuker3641 They are great accomplishments, but so far this is the rough work. I assume he will be doing all the work till the end. The sheer amount of brick work he has ahead of him will take a lot of time. Running new wiring, plumbing, tiling, etc. take a lot of time if you want to do it right. On top of that finishing work is the most time consuming. For example, it will astound you how much trim you need to finish just one room. Plus the angle cuts have to be perfect or they don't match up well. A single degree difference can add up over a long board. In addition many things like paint, varnishes, glues and epoxy take time to dry before you can take the next step, which usually is another coat of the same thing you just applied. It tends to be that the closer you are to done, the harder the work that is left is, in terms of time and patience. I do expect he will exceed our expectations on those as well, but I cannot see such a big place finished in five years unless he gets more helping hands. It would be better if people expected less of him so that he doesn't push himself too hard trying to please people. The work he is doing is exhausting. I would know as I have built several homes, one of which was around 5,000 square feet, including the foundation which we also built. It burned down thanks to squirrels chewing their way into the house about 20 years later. We then had to clean up the debris and rebuild. This time we made sure to make it squirrel proof and ran shielded wiring to prevent critters from chewing on the power wires again. Thankfully so far not even a mouse has been able to enter. We went a little crazy with the pest prevention this time around as we are a bit more paranoid.
As a Carpenter, I absolutely love this roof. Framing this in all aspects would really be enjoyable and challenging. Roofs like this is one of the few times I really like the challenges being a roof framing journeyman pose. This is Second Empire, Mansard.
I am not an expert in roofs or carpentry but from what I have seen explained in other videos these chateaux roofs were basically built the same as the hull of a ship except upside down of course. The same carpenters would work on both constructions. No fooling.
@paulcarfantan6688 that makes sense. Here in America these styles roof were built largely around 1890 to 1910 alot. Nowadays they never build them. In fact, I've built so many houses I can't remember them all and I have never, not once built this style roof. This man has undertaken an enormous challenge. Very cool.
I don't know how this series turned up in my feed, but I'm stoked it did. Been watching the new episodes and slowly catching up on the old ones. Good work Dan!
When I saw the pictures of the old roof, I thought, ‘bon chance’. But when you first began your rebuild I thought the same thing and I am amazed at what you’ve accomplished. So, I will continue to sit back and watch with amazement.
I do hope that the info that you gave in this video will give 'comfort' to all those who have thought that you are, somehow, winging it with your renovation, Dan. Architects and civil engineers are providing detailed direction. Your home is going to be amazing! ❤🎉❤
Dan has no architectural and engineers approvals - illegal building work goes on all the time and everywhere and it is downright dangerous and never "amazing"
Incredible, Dan! You are proof that if you work at something every single day you can accomplish more than you thought possible! Those pups are growing bigger and stronger every day. My favorite Border Collie belonged to a Stage Carpenter. He knew the names of all the tools, including the different screwdrivers. We could be under a stage and he'd run up and bring back what we needed. I hope your girls learn the same skills!
The marathon build continues at a pace but pausing to enjoy the effort labour put in to reach these levels in quite epic and do need to be savoured for you and viewers too
Happy pups!! 🐕🐕 It's so cool that you are now able to explore the floors that didn't exist not too long ago. It exciting every day with your discoveries. It is a true Jack-and-the-Beanstalk moment.🧡
About the roof....."it's just screwing some boards together". 😂 Your positive attitude about literally everything is contagious! Nothing gets you down for long. You have a can-do spirit about you that is amazing to witness. Thank you for letting me/us witness your life! ❤
@@fotter9567 Dan made that comment AFTER explaining that he would be consulting and getting plans from structural engineers BEFORE proceeding any further on the roof. It's almost as if you didn't actually watch the video. MY comment was referring to his ability to see it as a challenge and a step by step process rather than rolling into a fetal position as most people might when faced with such a project. AND when all is said and done...when you've had a structural engineer provide advice and blueprints etc...the final thing to be done is to construct it accordingly and that means doing exactly what Dan said "screwing boards together" . I believe the reason Dan is able to do so much and keep such a good attitude is by breaking everything down to it's simplest steps. And then he does those steps one at a time in order and doesn't get bogged down by all the millions of steps that follow. One step at a time is getting him to his goal. It's actually quite genius. Thank God for people like your grandfather. I have great respect for engineers in all categories and believe they should especially be consulted in matters of structural integrity of a building. But Dan did say he was doing that.
@@fotter9567 I think I understand better. Thank you for clarifying. 👍 I suppose time will tell. Dan may surprise you. I can honestly say that he's surprised me many times.
The most revealing thing for me watching this video was when Dan took down the barricade. This was put up originally so that orange trouser guy (Callum?) wouldn’t fall off the edge😂😂 and now there’s a floor!!!!😮 not only does that seem an age ago but shows how far Dan has come 🎉🎉🎉
Although I'm a qualified building engineer I've never dealt with a mansard roof before. On looking into it it seems less complicated than I originally thought. The trusses are basically a rectangle supported on your floor joists((quite close to the inside of the wall), with angled rafters supported by the wall (concrete ring beam?) and a triangle with ridge beam above. Have you thought of putting in a lift - say in one of the bathroom sections off the turret? Even a simple electric hoist at present would be great for getting materials up to the upper floors. Great job so far! 😀
Do you think this is statically ok? I think that the project is a nightmare, because even the most basic sizing has not been done. There is no dimensioning for tensile stress.
3:04 If needed somewhere, you can always go by the "brute force" way to measure the height of the roof: (1) fill a balloon with helium and tie it to a cord, (2) from the center of the top room, try to match (place the balloon at) the old photos roof landmarks checking with the perspective; (3) and the length of the cord (from the top of the walls) is the total height ;-)
@@daisylovelock9553 thanks, that's why I called it "brute force" ;-) and I'm not so sure geometry would be faster for the curved roof, mainly because of the photo perspective that distorted the original curve, which is unknown. So you only need to move down the balloon and direct measure to obtain the different points instead of triangulation in perspective (which is reaaaaaally tedious ;-) )
Your positivity is very contagious. Loving the ‘we’ mentality and “bits and pieces” engineering you’ve managed to unearth. You are single-handedly building a chateaux.
@annaleescobb1893 - Dan's building a Chateau with no plans, engineers assessments, council inspections is illegal and dangerous and could kill some one some day
@@WaarheidWintAltijd- said is one thing but he needs to show some proof - I've been in touch with the French council and they have no lodgements for this work
It is a big deal, YOU ARE DOING IT. One shovel at a time, one beam at a time, and one brick at a time. I'm really amazed every day. LOVING YOUR DAILY VLOG.
This project is enormous and yet you take it one step at a time and you don’t get overwhelmed. You seem so overjoyed every step of the way. Talking about steps, please watch yours and be careful climbing, balancing at such great heights. Sometimes my heart skips 10 beats while watching you on the top beam without wearing a safety harness.
The method of framing the roof starts essentially by building a room within a room. When you ascertain the pitch of the lower half, and the height of the ceiling of inner room. Then you can build a pony (set back) wall. Then the lower pitched rafters set on the outside plate of rock walls, and the top of the rafter rests on the top plate of the inner wall. The lower pitch of the higher roof can be trusted, providing a ceiling, slope of roof, and span the entire room. Hip trusses can be used on the upper roof. Framing lower pitch of mansard/mansart roof becomes general carpentry.
At Andy, why the snarky comment ? I personally heve little idea how to go about the roof build and appreciate someone describing one approach: contributes to the learning experience. Go Dan go !!!
The pony walls would would be temporary though, wouldn't they? At least I'm fairly convinced the original design didn't have walls below the pitch change.
It's been 4 days --- You amaze me Dan with what you have accomplished by yourself. So dangerous and since you haven't posted in 4our days, I hope you are ok -- no accidents!!
Getting the turret roof peak done will probably be the easiest of all the roofs. All you have to do is focus on shoring the turrets wall tops, get the dimensions and build the roof on the ground safely. When it is finished use a large crane to get it up there and sit it in place and secure it to the top of the walls. That is how most of the castle resorations get their turrets done without large amounts of expensive external scaffolding.
This is obvious route, but so far Mr Dan has found insidous ways to achieve quick results where reasonable man would have erected scaffoldings, built fixed stairs inside or hired a crane. I am excited to find out how the roof will appear on the top level. I think structural engineering and hse has killed my imagination... 😀
Hey Dan, it looks like from the old pics that the turret should be where the ‘ new’ bricks are its a bit odd they have added a layer in the centre🎉🎉🎉🎉 @3:14
@@Mindsi looks like there was another floor mid way up the turret roof, hence the windows. If you look at 2:52 there is someone right up the very top. So there is obviously ladders and trapdoors to get all the way up there.
@@theghost6412 but why the big stack of red bricks? In the old photo it’s just the turret after the three levels?it’s a bit like the overlook hotel film set in the shining which had impossible geometry if it was real😂😅😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂
Man and his Castle! I didn’t realise just how beautiful the top structure was, until I saw the old photos. Oh my how magnificent it was. I cannot wait to see if you can put it all back as to how it was. Brilliant work and I so admire how positive you are.
So funny, on that first photo there is somebody on top of the turret waving with both arms! What a project, this roof consists of so many different structures.
to build a Mansard roof, place sill plate timbers on the top of the masonry. connect the outside walls with tie beams/floor joists of the attic, and tie to the plates atop the wall. erect the steep pitched sections and brace in position. connect those rafters to the tie beams. across the top of the rafters place a beam that will support the upper trusses Construct the upper trusses as king post trusses with allowance for a peak rafter beam. tie the upper trusses to the steep pitched walls. the lower chord of the upper truss will act as another tie beam. the steep rafter lower tie beam and a vertical tie between the floor and the rafter will act as a half truss on the extreme outside. bracing between the upper truss bottom chord and the steep walls will stiffen the roof structure. Another option is the create a barn-roof of the American type. there should be a detail at the gutter end to kick the water away from the masonry wall The Mansard roof construction will create an open attic space above.
Dan. Can you please put a strap round those two metal supports that are just resting on the concrete slabs. They will slowly move apart and looks like they are already doing that. We all just want you to be safe. X
@@carllockpick6179; he could have pointed that out with “going on holiday” verses “see you tomorrow” …. Haven’t seen him in a some days, “see you tomorrow” seemed to make me and other people figure Dan would post another 10 minute post on what he was doing with the Chateau the next day. All the same, hope Dan is ok, beats watching grass grow from my front porch.
The original roof was stunning . I am anticipating your roof coming together it will be equally as beautiful as you have invisioned it. Elisa and Anna are grow so fast they look like bookend with their respective markings. I keep thinking how hard you work and hoe resilient you body is to lift climb and carry.😮. Well done 👏🏻 ✔️ 👍 👌 😀 🙌 👏🏻 I am on the other side of the pond cheering for you. See you tomorrow 😊
I've watch since you were first at chateau L. You have accomplished sooo much, and it hit me today that you really should be having more sponsors for materials, tools, etc. Is there a reason why you don't? Do companies not know about you and what you're doing ? We, all your viewers, should step in and help you get connected. I know you are basically a one man operation ( except for nick etc ) but would love for experienced tradesmen to step in and volunteer thier services. Ie.. roofing companies, master carpenters that could re-build your staircases, doors etc. You can still be the one who designs it , but let them do the labor and installation, while you work on other areas. You are amazing Dan 👏 ❤️ 👍
I was laughing so hard thinking about a picture in the future with our Dan on the top of the turret WAVING like that guy in the picture! I am asking NOW that you DEFINITELY make a picture JUST like that and then frame them both, side by side and put it in a place of honor in the Chateau when it is finished! I get goose bumps thinking about it!
Your epic journey is a real example of what one person can do, with determination, a bit at a time, chipping away - chipping away. Everybody can relate to that when they are looking at a job or task that is big or seemingly impossible. So - no BS - you are an inspiration.
Every single day there is a new achievement Dan. I absolutely love all the progress you are making. The teeth clinching when you are in a "scary" situation not so much. Lol. The puppies are so dang cute.
Please Dan, more videos about your plans and dreams for the chateau. This is just wonderful. It also motivates me to make plans and to work on my own small house. Thank you for the motivation! 💖
My eyes bugged out when you said you got the final plans from the original construction! That will be SO useful to you. And I'll repeat myself saying you need another lifter thingy for down on the main floor to help speed moving materials up.
Great Job, keep up the good work Dan. I'm pretty sure you could get your structure 3d laser scanned which would then give you a 3d CAD model you can take measurements off and design your roof structure against.
It's marvelous that you're actually working in the house, on different floors, and it's mostly all accessible. It's such an accomplishment. And now you get to use all the clues left by the disaster to recreate a roof. It's very exciting to follow along.
What an amazing producer/❤❤❤genius octopus you are? Was introduced to your site by way of your gardening at Chateau de la Lande. Any now I discover a Jack of all trades and master of ALL things material and an enthusiasm that makes us soar!
I continue to be in awe of this project You are totally amazing with your optimism and dedication to this beautiful building Keep plodding on as all of your hard work will eventually come to fruition ❤
That roof looks so complicated! It is fantastic that you have those old pictures to go by, they are great to see. Especially the one with the guy up the top of the tower, who looks like he is holding a bottle, and having a great old time waving! Party chateau me thinks! I so hope that you are going to live at your Chateau once you have made it habitable? Your puppies are so gorgeous, and growing fast. xxx
