For everyone thinking about self securing with a rope, its not really the best practice to use a static rope like Alexandre did. The shock loads from an actual fall are not very kind to your body or wil very likely lead to rope failure. Especially with this much slack inbetween the anchorpoint and the belt, the diameter also seems very thin. Anything with the risks of an actuall fall basically demands a dynamic rope that wil soften the blow.
He should have had atleast a shock absorbing lanyard attached to his harness. But even his harness was not adapted to the job. He would have ended upside down in the case he fell.
@@pascha4527 Better upsidedown than dead, but a proper certified fall arrest harness + damper is best practice of course. I used my climbing harness combined with a ferrata set before when there was no dynamic rope available. In his case though even with a damper, I would guess the thin rope might get pushed to its limits.
And please get a rope with a proper load rating. Falling into a static rope will break something in your body, the anchor point, the harness or the rope. The very next rope from the hardware store is likely to snap in case of falling. Climbers don't use special ropes for fun.
@@tommair6320 Had a look out of curiosity. Average 10mm static ropes from the hardware store literally have less than 20% of the strength compared to a name brand static rope. 2,6kN compared to 19kN. At 80kg a fall from 2m is already close to 1,6kN. With weakening factors like the knot in the rope its getting real tight
That's gorgeous! What a view, and so much natural light! Your building permit application process reminds me of a chance meeting my family had on an early morning train from Milan to Venice. A nicely-dressed elderly gentleman shared our compartment, and sat down with a big art valise. We asked how he happened to be going to Venice; he said that he was providing the city with evidence that there was once a window in an upper floor of his apartment ("on the Grand Canal") and that he should be permitted to open it back up. He pulled a 15th century painting out of the valise that showed his apartment *with* the window. Evidently he'd had "his staff" scour Europe for such a painting, but now that he had it, he had the evidence he needed to make the restoration he wanted.
01:37 Interesting. This is fairly common in old buildings in the U.K., only not due to conversion into flats. We literally used to have a tax on windows a couple hundred years ago, so consequently people simply bricked up a few windows on their house so they’d have to pay less tax. 🤔🤷
I read about that window tax just last week lol. Wondered if anyone would comment on it. Was really common in Scotland loads of old stone buildings with bricked up windows. The article I read was talking about my city but the tax was the entire country
I continue to be astounded by your perseverance and "get it done" attitude with the way you take on projects. Your workshop projects are always inspiring but this renovation project is another level. Learning the skills on the job to get the next step done shows that (nearly) anything can be accomplished with the right mind set. You did bring in experts for critical infrastructure when needed; some skills and knowledge aren't picked up in 1 project. This series has been keeping my interest, wondering what is going to happen next. I almost wish it wouldn't end, but; that wouldn't be fair to you and your girlfriend (if you haven't scared her away by now, I think she is going to stick around for the "good" stuff). Hope you have a final tour of the finished and furnished apartment and that it gets to happen soon for you. "Git'er done!" as one American comic says (Larry the Cable Guy)!
*PSA/Alex*, looks like you didnt need your 'protection' but that rope isnt rated for +20 KN. Use a climbing rope and ideally not drill into wood like that. Bolts in wood like to rip out. PS: your harness should be worn at your natural waistline (aka ABOVE your hips). Having it at your hips is how the harness slips off of your body. Thus it doesnt do a lot of good if you cannot stay in the harness. If you have too much gear on you, use a full body harness which is safer overall (ensuring the chest will not open on you). If you have to use a 'half' harness, make sure the straps are not twisted. This is more comfort they are not crossing and not twisted. If you fall but it will also weaken the harness, having a twisted harness.
In the Uk in 1696 the crown introduced a window tax, property was taxed on number of windows, many houses (including those of the rich) promptly bricked up half their windows🤪😱😳, you can still see many mansions with ornate windows that are still bricked up. I’m not sure our authorities would allow us to reinstate windows in protected properties as your authorities have allowed, glad to see common sense and planning rules aligned in your country.👍👍
It is welcomed! Recently achieved planning on a Grade 1 listed building, of which we are opening a few windows which were previously changed. Conservation officers love reversions to the original design!
Next time, please show us what the building front looks like now when there is a window. Does it stick out much since neighbors do not have that one (apart from the base floor)
@@clmrsmn he has already shown his building facade in this video. You could easily get any geoguesser pro to be like where is this? They will find it, and a street view would eventually show the 3 windows on all floors go to 4 on his. However if you were to actually go and try and meet him and his gf that'd be fucking weird. Worst case he'd just sell the apartment and do it again elsewhere but not show the outside.
@@Icessassin Yes, it would be flipping weird. The best thing to to do, is first send him a private message asking when and where to meet. At his apartment is probably not the best, at least not for the first time. Too many people, it seems, do not realize this important step.
It's been a pleasure watching you tackle the variety of different jobs through this renovation -- skills you may not have had much proficiency in before, you certainly are honing and showing amazing results. It looks great and I can't wait for the next installment and the final result!
this is so unpractical and stupid, I don't understand at all why someone would install these in the first place. But as for this build here goes, I can imagine they where required to match the existing ones.
Hey yoo are very talented, but a few tips from an window expert is to use a manual wrench key to adjust the adjufux/essve adjusters. One second tip is to use plugs who fit inside the adjufux holster, no need to remove and insert plastic. A thrid tip is not to screw the adjufux holster more than 10 mm beyond the jam, better use som shims back so it has plenty of threads and not become unstable. I've been installing 100 k windows for 20 years. You are very talented guy xx
You should build a hoist to get stuff up there like those old Dutch houses. I did a job like this and renter a crane and lifted everything into a window, it was actually a lot easier and cheaper then I thought.
did you check wether or not the stuff from sika you put on the outside (it looked like silicone) is actually suitable for that? I am a carpenter in germany and put in windows for a living. we usually leave that gap on the outside open and secure it in another way against water getting in (through kompriband is it called. a tape that has been squished down which expands once its not being held together anymore. its got tar in it I believe which makes it water tight but not airtight). It is very important that the insulation can breath to the outside. otherwise you will get mold in your walls. TL;DR: check if you put your window in correctly so that the insulation is airtight towards the inside and only watertight towards the outside. if not you will get mold in your walls.
Finally a new update :) And what an update :D - I've been eye'ing that building across the street for *years* though, it would make for such a cool workshop-space/skateshop/miniskatepark for my business, but prices in central oslo, *jeeez* ...
This reminds me a lot of my parents when they renovated our apartment in **Oslo Grünerløkka** (on Markveien) an old house where everything is crooked. This was many years ago when I was just a child. Completely renovated the bathroom and kitchen. Took down some walls and created a smaller apartment to rent out to pay down the mortgage on the appartment. We have the same brick walls, tall ceilings and classic window. I remember being told they found hay being used as insulation in the walls, crazy what you find. I get a sense for how in this transition period everything feels uncertain, but it gets better and it's all worth it!
Great job! Could we have a sneak peak how the fassade looks like now, with the new window? I'm very curious how it compares to the other floors where there is no window still ;)
you should consider selling your own product line. First product: "The goop that's meant for that stuff®" :D and next up: "The thing that's attaching this thing to that thing®"
She is very much a keeper! Great job with regaining a window. In my case the wooden beam holding it wasnt looking to last another 40 years, so I had to create another hole above it and replace it with I iron beam.
@@ge2719 interior that you can see format he exterior. Depending on the type and colour it could change the exterior look enough they can. Some condos in North America only allow white blinds for that reason.
not sure if its like in the uk (or maybe ireland) one year a tax was brought in dependant on the amount of windows you had on the building. If you had many windows, some people bricked some up in order to save money, or to avoid tax.
Wonder why the windows open to the outside, but maybe it's a thing in your country :) here in germany the windows open to the inside, so cleaning the outside glass is very easy :)
When you are talking to the camera and using you hand signures you remind me of the grinch jumping at the camera meme. (Not saying you match the looks of the grinch tho XD)
Not always. There are often restorations, renovations and deconstructions of old buildings from the time in Scandinavia, and a lot of the time, the window & door measurements were the standards of the era the old buildings were constructed in. That makes it a lot easier to obtain old window frames and a whole lot cheaper too. Since these old window frames merely function as supports for the hinged windows, then if anything needs to be a special order, it would be the windows themselves, as they're sound proof, which original windows aren't. With that all said, the frame certainly looks quite new, so it could easily all just be a custom order, although that is quite expensive
Excellent job, far more light flooding in! 😎 What mic set-up are you using? I am looking at buying some for my channel and don’t know what to purchase 🤪
Great work. Do you have a building-apartment-owner-association (all owners of this building) ? Over here all outer walls (including windows) and the roof as well flat entry doors and water pipes etc. belong to all owners. If you want to change anything you have to make an application to the owner association to be approved at the one annual meeting, that usually takes place in the second quarter of a year. And (for insurance reasons) they would have demanded that a certified professional installs the window. Lucky you, Cheers
What I took away from this: Squarespace monetarily supports the destruction of ancient relics lol But really, it's interesting that youre allowed to do stuff like this by yourself, in america the building owner would have to bring in a city approved construction crew
nitpick, but it's really more monetarily supports the reconstruction of old buildings. The building originally had a window, then that window was later bricked up and now Alex and Vilda have reinstated it. It is though still funny to me, how 100 years is ancient for some, as most of Europe is dotted in ruins that are +500 years old, including Scandinavia, which also have several structures that are over 1500 years old. Norway have an old Viking church (Borglund Stave Church) made of wood, which was built in the year 1200, making it 822 years old and there are also several stone age burial mounds in Europe, which are well over 1000 years old. The oldest stone age burial mounds were erected around 3900 years BC and the youngest were erected around 975 AD, so their ages range from 5922 years old to 1047 years old. The youngest burial mound in Scandinavia, is the burial site of Norwegian author Jacob Breda Bull, who were buried in a burial mound in 1930. So depending on the history of the building, 100 years really isn't taken too seriously and even if it is protected, there are usually a set of different levels of protection with varying degrees of freedom to change the layout, with only the top class level being super restrictive, demanding everything must be preserved or recreated as it originally was and that the building cannot be torn down, unless there is no other option and even then it must be re-erected as an exact copy. But it's rare that buildings are that protected. They usually have to be a couple hundred years old to reach that. Also, side note, in Scandinavia (and I assume most of Europe), it's generally advised to hire authorized construction crews (the crews change depending on the specific task that needs to be dealt with), but it is perfectly possible to do everything DIY, however it must be approved by authorized laborers or city officials, if the changes made are to be considered legally done. And, idk if this is possible in the states, but if someone decides they want to hire these crews, they can subtract the costs from their taxes, making sure they don't just "lose" a bunch of money and now have less to spend in the economy.
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