I bought an ABANDONED CABIN and FELL through the FLOOR! Episode 4 

Thank you to everyone who watched the video! I really have the best audience on RU-vid!

Hey man. Musician and instrument lover here, I’ve seen that piano in a few of your videos and I beg you not to throw it away. It’s probably over a hundred years old, just like the house, which makes it very valuable as an antique. It’s in very bad condition but I’m certain that there are piano technicians wherever you are, who are willing to restore it. Please send it to a piano service for the sake of preserving a piece of music history.

Loved the occasional "IDIOT!" and then later "...hit it together!" - that's how friends work.

I love that you're not trying to turn this into some modern box like all the others out there. You're maintaining the historical integrity while making it safe and liveable. Bravo

I normally don't like videos that run over 30 mins but I am completely sold on this series. I cannot wait to see the end result. I have enjoyed every video so far.

Max was so cute when he first saw the whole floor missing🥹

99 Projects...your old abandoned cabin purchase and restoration project video is GOOD STUFF...it's cool, unique, interesting, enjoyable and entertaining all at the same time. The comments tell the story, people are REALLY INTO this project of yours and video series, myself, my family and friends included. This video had nearly 1000 views in 39 minutes after you posted it IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ON A FRIDAY NIGHT GOING INTO SATURDAY MORNING...that says a lot about how much people like seeing you working on this project. ;) 👍🎯💯

My parents bought an old farm that had been given to a confederate solder the cabin still stood in about the same condition as yours-I added a bathroom installed running water kitchen cabinets and tried to finish the walls in the only bedroom the fireplace was in good shape then we had it wired took me 3 years my hats off to you guys for getting so much done good luck I will keep watching

unless timber is rotten,always take care cuttingmin as long lengths,,so you can re use over years you will save a fortune❤

I am a 62 year old woman, and I love watching your channel. Thanks for sharing!

1) I'm LOVING the open floor plan you've got going on. 2) Your puppy was so confused about how you were walking on nothing. 3) You are a lot braver than I am, even standing on those stairs, let alone WALKING on them! 4) LET THERE BE LIGHT! *thumbs up while not stopping sawing* 5) Your local Lowe's crew is going to be on a first-name basis with both of you before the end of Spring. 6) The buddy you've got helping you with is is the kind of friend we all need: able to help out, but will still give you unending amounts of grief when things go sideways. 7) PUPPY!!! OMG THE HAPPY PUPPY!! 8) OMG THERE'S TWO PUPPIES!!! 9) *random screaming in the background* 10) *up, no down, no up, no back down, measure, down, back up, back down, measure a couple more times, back up, back down* 11) "I've got you in my crosshairs." -- "I've got a chainsaw." 12) Pivot. Pivot. PIVOT! 13) More stairs phobia activation. Now with ptophobia! *Bet everyone who reads this has to look that up.* 14) Getting wood stuck, but not like that. 15) GIVE MAX A COOKIE, YOU MONSTER!! 16) Floor needs an inspection. -- "Yep, that's a floor." 17) Raised the ceiling vs RAISE DA ROOF! 18) "I want to carefully take these brackets off." *Uses the shovel of the backhoe to rip it off* 19) *Every person over the age 0f 25 starts having flashbacks to Final Destination 2* 20) Honestly, the most wholesome reasoning for cleaning up after yourself. Bravo. Folks should really pay attention to this part.

I forgot to say that the Max segments were highly appreciated! He is a good boi :)

My grandad had to cut down this huge tree and even after losing that glorious shade tree he made tables for drinks,checkers,painting,Gram a pie cooling table,coffee table and more! You two are a wonderful team! The house is getting there!

No Doubt.... The hardest working guys in New York.

I really appreciate your commitment to reuse and repair throughout this project. Also that your keep your worksite so clean. Love your furry inspector. Give him a. Cookie! He doesn't care what the Internet says 😂

Screws are better for holding and preventing squeeking when you walk on it. Nails eventually begin to work their way out.

The $200.00 pull behind trailer is the best part. lol. " Ohhh, I see. All these crappy welds. That's why it fell apart. This wasn't built right." And the logs that fell off while going to the burn pile was a good one too. Great videos. I'm invested till the end now. Ughh...

Just one hour after this video was released (in the middle of the night across America time wise) it had 1353 views and climbing fast...that's pretty good for a channel this size! This project is popular with people. ;)

Add a trap door to the sistern for a secret safe room. Love your videos. You’re doing a great job!

I’m not going to lie, there was several times when my sphincter tightened up when you were cutting out beams. As time went on I realized that you had an idea what you were doing and then you glued and screwed the whole floor and now I know you know EXACTLY what you are doing. I look forward to seeing the next episode. Be blessed sir.

Great seeing that someone younger saving something that's old instead of tearing it down

Chairs? Use those large stumps and chainsaw a rustic bench seat with a back . It would be good use of these large, beautiful pieces of wood plus they would be a lot nicer to look at then plastic chairs. That would make 100 projects so I totally understand if you don't use this suggestion. I love what you two have achieved so far and enjoy the banter. Cheers from Vancouver, Canada.

Hey, I am from Germany. I love your Dog, your House, your project. Nice work.. Top.

I'm really enjoying this restoration project... and BUDDY! He's the star of the show! Thanks for the upload!!

Inspector Max is adorable and deserves all the cookies he can get! But I truly think that he thinks you're nuts!! You guys make it work and props to all y'all cause this will be awesome but the mom/grandma in me says stay safe and be careful guys!!

I love watching. This brings back memories of the place I grew up in and the farm I live on now. My father redid both 1800's places. The farm house still has rock and trees as beams in the basement. The barn is all mortise and tenon joints. When I go in the hay loft, it takes my breath away to see how well it was constructed without nails. I imagine the men shaving the trees to take the bark off for beams.

Using synthetic winch rope to replace the pull-start rope on that engine was a good idea, you have a smart/common sense buddy. Solving problems and improving tools, equipment, rigs and so on is an opportunity, it's helpful and it's wise. ;)

That square structure looks like a cistern, back in the day it was nice have water for washing up in the morning, making coffee and homemade biscuits without having to hand pump water from a deep well.

My man, my wife and I stumbled across your channel. We appreciate your work on the cabin and we're totally bought in on the project! We're both hard working types and we like to see those who aren't willing to give up easily! Keep it up, and we can't wait to see how it turns out.

A possibility for the old flooring is to glue the pieces together (like a floor) and turn it into a table/coffee table/chairs and such, so that way you have that piece of history with you all the time in your renovated home

Love seeing that house come back to life. You are restoring a good home to life.

Thank you so much for restoring this old house. I Love old houses. If I could buy a house it would be an old house because there built much better then new ones. Again thank you.

It is a shame you couldn’t save more of that flooring . I bet after you put a sander to it, it is absolutely beautiful. Can’t wait to see what you do with the stuff you did save.

It is easy to criticize someone on the internet. The strange part about that is that those criticizing someone took the time to record, document and then share it to the world, they would likely become the criticized for one reason or another. After having done a few rehabs myself, I probably would have done a couple things differently than you have chosen. But at the end of the day, I am also learning things from you that I could potentially apply the next time I have a rehab project. We all learn lessons on what to do and not what to do by watching others. Keep it up brother, ignore the haters and do your thing!!!

The prevous owner must have loved this cabin so much & filled it with melodious piano music 🎹🎤🎼🎧

We've been remodeling our 1940's house on our days off from work. It's a tremendous amount of work redoing floors, that's mainly what we've been doing so far, and a little bit of framing and lots of drywall. The cabin is coming along great! Keep up the good work

It almost feels like I’m part of the project. Keep up the good work!!

I have been a carpenter for 30 years and everything you are doing is just right. Good job!!! I can't wait to see how it ends up.God bless you and your family my friend.

I love this cabin project so much!!!!!! Your dog 100% thinks you’re absolutely nuts and I love it!!!

I'm so invested in this cabin. I can't wait to see how it turns out ❤

I'm so glad I came across your videos and I'm really enjoying them. Thanks for taking the time to make them and share them with us. I hope you take those old shoes you found and place them back into the walls when you start rebuilding. For some reason in the 18th and 19th centuries people put shoes into the walls of the houses they built in order to ward off evil spirits. I think those shoes were put there on purpose and it would be a nice sign to put them right back!

I live in the UK it’s very interesting to watch the work you’re doing and as you said for an old house built 100 and odd years ago it’s in remarkable condition

I’m so glad that you guys used screws everywhere on everything, it’ll last so much longer and not budge! Awesome work! 🎉❤

Tip for your pull cord, i found that metal garage door cables worked well on my old 3 wheelers and didn't break. Try it out sometime!

I follow this series religiously. I love the rythm of the videos. Normal then speed up portions then bits of quiet when you decompress. My fear of heights would make working on literal floating boards rather nightmarish. I keep loving the interior of this house a lot. Take care of your health people & furry friends. 💙 from France.

I enjoy this whole process so far, but this one here just hit different. I can only guess it is because for me this video showed some real progress. Well done looking forward to many more and eventually the end result.

You should really consider connecting with Dan from "Escape to Rural France " channel as you guys are doing almost the same thing except his a half burned down chateau.

This project replacing the floor was excellent and deserves two 👍👍up

Insane amount of work. I cannot wait to see the finished results. You are impressive with everything you can get done and know. I also like how you talk about it being built to last. I remodeled my enitre hom 3 years ago. I cut no corners and everything was done with quality.

You guys are doing great...Don't forget closet space!!

It makes me so happy to see someone bringing old houses back to life! It's something I'd love to do to a house for me to live in, if I had infinite money lol

From what I googled, apparently burying a shoe in the wall near a door or window was supposed to help ward off evil spirits or demons from entering your home. Also, really hope you find someone who will restore that piano, it looks like a great piece.

Give max a cookie poor big guy he works so hard 😊

when it comes to nails and screws, it's not about which one pulls out easier. It's about which will have give when the house moves over time and which will snap when the house moves over time. The nail will give allowing the house to move where the screw will snap when the house moves over time. soooo, that's why you want to use nails and not screws. I'm not here to tell you what to do. I'm here to enjoy the video. looks good man. you mentioned earlier in the video that new houses are falling apart more than older homes. this may be a big reason to why. also material just isn't what it used to be. many factors come into play when comparing old to new.

I can’t be the only one cringing at him cutting through the center of perfectly good wood 😳😱

The comment talking about people not understanding how these old structures work...... I'm a Pennsylvania boy myself, a lot of balloon frame structures with rough hewn lumber. I appreciate you addressing the issue of how sturdy the frames of these houses really are. Especially the houses built in the last 20 or 30 years where you could just break in through the side with a utility knife...

Hope your dog didn't step on anything sharp. Just saw you had an old piano. Inside them is the soundboard, usually made of iron, looks kind of like a harp. They can have casting info, like location and date - pretty cool looking. I've seen people make tables, yard are, etc. Just in case you want to get up to 100 projects..

The thing that amuses me most about your work relationship is you two are in sync after (I'm sure) many discussions about how this is going to be done and NO arguments (at least not on screen) and still you have fun together and can laugh. Keep on keeping your sense of humor & stay warm. I am looking forward to the finish and the "surprise" you plan with the old floorboards.

Hope you remove that exterior chimney for an interior one. Keeps the heat inside and it’s easier to light a fire.

Would maybe be good to put a trap door into that little stone box. Could use it as a cellar or storage area! Saw someone else mention this but figured I should also repeat it to up its likelihood of being seen: if you still have any of the rough cut wooden structural beams that aren’t rotten, keep them. You will need them for framing windows and such.

I'm really enjoying watching the way you're repairing and remodeling while trying to keep what you can. You're absolutely right about homes being built to save on cost rather than being built to last. Lumber alone isn't even grown the way it used to be, so even if boards were cut to the same size, they're just weaker. Keep up the great job, and give Max lots of pets from me and my pack!

I got a good laugh out of the 2nd sticker "for the 99 Project policemen and women out there." hahahaha!!!

Correct my friend your doing excellent job I can't wait to see the Finnished house

Gluing and screwing the floor decking down is way better than just nailing it. Floor will not squeak when walking around the room. Same always need to be done on stair treads material.

That dog walks around like he is the supervisor.

I also see that old piano and the wood on it looked good. I wouldn't throw it away. If you were maybe you could use the wood somewhere in the house. Would look fantastic

I'm glad you are keeping your content family friendly. You're doing a great job.

LOLOLOL It looks like an archeological dig. hehehehe I hope you put in sinks, tubs, toilets, etc.....that might be period appropriate for when the cabin was built. That'd be soooooo cool! And thank you for making sure Max made an appearance. I look for him in these videos. He's the star of the show. You couldn't get this done without him.

I do this crap for a living. Torn out more pilaster than I care to remember. Still love watching these videos even after a long days work myself. Thank you , keep up the good work. I am sure you have no problems sleeping at night.

its hard to renovate than to build a new one, very risky and dangerous to you, be safe and God bless😊

Screws are the best, I'm a contractor and always use screws over nails especially in remodels. Of course people will say nails are faster which they are but not when your remodeling a old building.

Great work. Love that box bay on the second floor and hope you keep it and incorporate it in the design. As a retired custom builder, I always tried to blend the old with the new when doing a rehab. When people see it, they'll feel that connection to history.

This is the exciting part …. Watching being reborn… doing a great job all the best from the UK

As a classically trained musician, I'd say that this work passes all safety requirements as outlined in the RU-vid Construction Safety manual.

My current home was built in 1959. We demoed a closet. I kept the wood. Genuine 2x4's

Great Channel! New Subscriber!! Former General Contractor / Engineer, smart move on your part to completely gut the cabin. I had a 1968 Chevy Dump Truck, great truck, still running!

I found you today I love watching people build houses! Your doing a fantastic job! Can't wait to see it finished.

Hubby and I stumbled upon this series today and watched all 4 episodes of the cabin and look forward to more! Not only is the project fascinating there is a lot of character and humour as well! Good stuff 🎉

Hey dude, you may want to reconsider sawing up those studs. “Old growth” lumber is valuable and sought after.

Stumbled across your channel and so glad I did! I love all things construction/renovation and restoration. Especially turn of the century homes. I formerly owned a home built in the 1930’s, so I understand the challenges. And yes, they sure were built to last. Great job on the restoration thus far! Can’t wait to see the finished project.

Another great video, guys. I'll be anxiously awaiting the next episode for this lovely abode. You're making your mommas proud. Thank God Max was there to make sure you did everything the right way. hehehehe I also love your philosophy to build for longevity and not based on what's cheapest, because you're right, the original builders built for strength and stability of the home...not how cheaply they could do it for. That's the way they thought back them.....basically, if you have the money to build it twice, you have the money to do it right the first time.....and that's exactly what YOU did. This cabin will probably stand for at least another 100 years. Be proud of yourself. Your honor and integrity are inarguable and there for all to see. Until next time.....see ya 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨

I have to say what a Awesome Dog of yours, he is incredable.

Just found your channel 3/24/24. Binged watched all day. Love the progress on the cabin home. You are good at what you do. Patience is a virtue

Glad to see the channel getting some serious views! People seem to really like the cabin. First episode over 2.6 MILLION VIEWS! WOW!! Congratulations!

You two work well together. It's almost like you've done it before.

Great progress. ( This is unrelated to the floors ) but if your keeping parts of the stone foundation I’d recommend repointing the stone walls if needed later on.

Doggo is absolute UNIT. He's so precious and I love seeing him exploring and supervising during all these vids. They're already awesome but he makes them 1000xs better :)

Really interested to see what you do with the cistern, fireplace, and piano

I’ve been bingeing this tonight. Nice job on leveling door frames. It’s crazy how accurate you have to be to hang a door correctly. Why didn’t you check level on all floor joists-because the four sides were level? Dog is so sweet and smart!

That dog understands English!😂

Super nice work. Great video

It’d honestly be really cool if you restor that old fireplace looks like it would be a nostalgic job to look back at when sitting in front of it

Well done, looks great! 👏🏻

Coming along nicely. But bending and side force nails are better.hit a screw back and forth I bet it snaps,hit a nail back forth bet it will just bend.pulling out wise screws is the way to go 😉 Keep up the good work btw the mess in the basement is driving me nuts😂😂 and I’m a electrician so I never clean up 🤣

Outstanding ,Job well done!! 😊

That house must have been freezing with no insulation in any walls. When my parents bought a old 1850's farm house, we remodeled it too. So much of what you are doing reminds be of those days. As kids, we were the cleaners of the debris. YIKES

Excellent job, can't wait to see the next video!

great job guys!!!love watching the progress you are making!

Love watching you guys build new out if the old ... Can't wait to see more from a old granny in northern California..

Awesome work you to are doing looking forward to the end thanks for posting ❤️