Glad to see you're taking the privacy issue with the keys more seriously! If I may suggest for future videos where the keys are a necessary part of the video just taping the coded area with some painters tape? It's not foolproof either, but it saves work in post-production and it almost guarantees that there are no scenes where you missed the blur in post 🙂 Really great to see the house come together! I'm a bit sad that the Fachwerk beams are getting covered up, but some sacrifices have to be made for efficiency
You say you won't bother us with videos about leveling the rest of the floors. If you make them, we'll watch them! After all the problems with this house watching you make progress feels victorious!
I guess it's also a time issue. Filming every step takes such a long time. Maybe a timelapse camera in the corner of each room would be a good middle ground.
When Laura was sketching the floor, my wife commented on how good she is at drawing straight lines. Then Laura drew herself dancing. Everyone's skills have limits 😅 I love the banter in German in the videos. It seems like they have so much fun, even when they're doing "boring" jobs
I love their banter as well. I think it’s because they genuinely like each other. To me when watching Laura there are no boring jobs, she makes things interesting…even when she does believe so.
I understand not wanting the monotony of each floor in the house but would still like to see how you tackle the upstairs as that sounds like it might come with some knew challenges and problem solving. Really love these videos! And it was really inspiring watching you discover all the flaws of the house, and though most people would have written it off... you continued to look at the positives and continue working towards what you invision and bringing it back to life like all your other projects.
Hey Laura, me and my wife Tracey watch from Australia and we absolutely love your videos, your sense of humour and your Happiness we sit down and watch your videos every week religiously, and Look forward to each and everyone keep up the good work and good luck with the house build. We are very eager to follow along. Whatever you do you bring a smile to our faces. Thank you
Wait, what? How on earth did I miss that! Congratulations Laura!!!! That’s wonderful. I’m so incredibly happy for you. I wish you and your family only the best. Blessings, Rev. Kevin
As an artist who loves things left of center…lol…I actually like the level floors and how she has been so careful to plan ahead to accommodate the additional layers so the finished, well actually refinished, floors will all be in alignment with each other. This is the intersection of the building of art & the art of building meet. Wouldn’t you agree?
Tip an old carpenter friend gave me: when marking board length the pencil mark is never straight, so put your pencil point by the ruler at the exact place, then mark at an angle. Then put pencil point back at the starting place and mark at a different angle forming a “V”. The bottom of the “V” will be at the EXACT place to line up your square to draw your line.
I love seeing different construction materials in different countries. So much cool “invisible” stuff in this build. Leveling the floors may not be your favorite work, but it’s the kind of thing only an owner would put so much effort into. This project went from a renovation to a complete restoration and I’m ready enjoying seeing your approach to each part of the build.
Thank God she wanted to open up everything with the state of the chimney and the wall. That was a house fire in the works, for sure. Frankly I’m shocked it was still standing.
I'm now officially retired (due to disability) from working in construction as a designer and later as an engineer and mostly on metallic structures so I'm loving this series and I'm learning so much! Before I burned out and got really ill, I had plans to rebuild an old shale house in the mountains but that house has now completely collapsed and is a ruin so I'm living my plans through yours! Keep on building! Love you guys! Every video of yours brings a smile to my lips and brigthens my day everytime.
Just to say when laying the tongue and groove OSB boards you might want to put a bit of expanding wood glue in the joints (the excess of which is scraped off after drying). I was advised to do this by a joiner when laying a floor (normally I don't do that part of the job), he said that it stops squeaking and seals the joints.
Hope you hit one million subscribers sooner than later. That is one SERIOUS floor!!! Let's me know I NEVER want to do a remodel/restoration again. Hang in there friend!!!
I really love that you blured your keys - People Never show your keys, QR codes or anything "secret" on photos or video. Thank you Laura and Team for doing this 🙏
except if you go frame by frame the blur didnt cover the key and in some shots the blur isnt there at all and you can see the whole key. so kindve pointless
It is never boring to see how a house renovation comes together. It also shows people who think oh you just rip out the old and put in the new is not real life. You are doing an amazing job. Keep the videos coming.
It’s so interesting to see how you do things in Germany as apposed to Michigan in the USA. I lived in Nürnberg, Germany for 3 years and fell in love with your historical buildings and beautiful countryside. Thank you for sharing….yes even the floors are cool😎
I don't know if you've planned any electrical but something my cousin did in his house was add hatches in to the floor with electical outlets and ethernet. He has them under the dinning room table and the coffee table. They''re great when you need power in the middle of the room, for charging devices for example.
Now that you have cut off the eye of the shackle you will not be able to adjust the friction of the keys. Maybe cutting a slot in the end would allow you to tighten it when necessary with a flat blade screw driver. ❤
You 5:00 should have flattened the thumbscrew leaving enough to cut a slot across it for a screwdriver. Then you could tighten it or change keys more easily.
For levelling, make a block of wood with a line on it. The line is where the laser must hit. Much easier than measuring. The filling blocks on top of your beam and the block makes the hight that you need to fill to the right hight.
Thank you for being one of the first channels I've seen to blur keys! It's amazing how many people don't do so and don't understand the dangers of showing off their keys. (Though should the keys at the start of the video have been blurred?)
Good job Laura and team! Quick tip for leveling the floor beams: It's way faster if you put the laserline at the level you need. Instead of putting it higher and measuring down from it. Put the laser at one end of the room and work towards it one beam at a time (so you don't block the light). Loving the progress so far!
As a suggestion in the wiring department. While WiFi is great, I would suggest running some Cat 6 cable to central and streaming devices. Since where is always a problem running the Cat 6 to most rooms is recommended. There are lots of attractive wall plates to terminate the Cat 6 wire runs.
I did enjoy the video. The content on your home reno is always so enjoyable. I'm really impressed with the level of care you take to ensure the house's longevity and energy efficiency.
May I suggest you introduce your assistants as you run through them? Good progress thus far, I know it is slow going but it is well worth the time and effort!
I am always super appriciative of the translations on screen as I do not speak German so was slightly disappointed when it seemed to stop halfway through the video. Great video and I love watching you overcoming new challenges in this house build so wouldn't mind watching more clips of you putting floors in
If you put the next beams on top of the steel ones make sure to mark on the walls where they are, it will be easier than guessing ! Also your wooden beams should be vertical to bear more weight, especially since those steel ones are so far apart. As is, that floor is gonna sag between each steel beams because the wood isn't oriented properly to bear the load. Also please make sure to connect your OSB boards on top of a beam, the precise spacing you did should be the same as the boards 😉
That filler she screeded between the beams could help prevent sagging. This whole house seems tremendously overbuilt to my American carpenter's eyes. Laura is going to be warm and cozy through the next Ice Age.
@@artor9175that's central European building for you :D part is obligatory, part is Laura wanting to not have any heat loss. Energy efficiency is the ultimate goal here now. I am always amazed how easy and thin are American houses. But I love the lower amount of material used.
@@artor9175 The filler is on top of a mass partially made of cement that has sunken down already so it isn't structurally safe and load-bearing. unfortunately. I believe it's the same thing they had to destroy in the other room and it didn't require a jackhammer 😄 Laura uses too many layers of thin stuff instead of a chuncky single one. That floor is gonna be made of 3 different structural layers, all of which rely on the old steel beams with that really wide spacing. If that fails she might be cozy and warm but in her basement 😅
10:54 For construction glue I like to use silicone degraser or acetone and on metal it should be around 20°. So drying with a hot air gun is good and pre heat the glue in warm water is also a tip that it get softer to apply.
4:57; You should put a slit atthe spot of the part you cut off so you could open it again at a later time with a screwdriver. That way it will be easier to open it and re-use it
Use som aerogel to isolate the wall along the stairs. Just a few mm will save a lot on heating - and you will not get problems with possible condensation due to temperature variations.
She has a thick layer of insulation on the outside of those walls. The inside structure is just for laying pipes and cables. There won't be any insulation in it and there is none extra needed at the stairs either.
Ah, okay. Then there's not point in expensive aerogel. However... I would definitely not leave the internal structures hollow, but fill them with fibers - for acoustic their properties.
if you bought a decent lock (and it looks like it), you can get multiple locks fitting the same key. My brother and I did that with our parents, as everybody had each others keys anyways. So, for the last 10 years or so, one key was enough to get into all 3 places. And you can scale it up indefinitely (well, limited by the amounts of locks the key company can produce)
Run power in as many area's as you can EARLY, even if you don't use it. TRUST ME. Things like Ethernet and other stuff increase the homes value by A LOT.
it sucks how u forgot to tape the keys in advance, bc of how much work you needed to do later in the post production. i love that you are aware privacy as much as we are to u. appreciate u Laura❤❤
Not sure if someone already mentioned it but i think the glue didn't like to stick to the beams because you used a soapy cleaning agent to remove the dust. After it dried of the glue started sticking again. Better to use a dry towel or plain water like you did in the end.
I think it's good to identify each key by the shape if you have a few of the same make so you can choose the right one instantly,if all the key heads look the same it's harder
Like Laura’s sketches, using heavy, colored markers-so clear. My career was a structural design drafter/modeler and I loved to sketch as the basis of my drawing/modeling work.
I've never seen shims like that in Canada. Here we still use some cedar shingles and bits of wood. We level the joist on both ends and then support the center with the shims.
I would happily watch every thing you do to the house. You may not find the most interesting work but we love watching it. Especially when you throw in a few other bits like the key intro.
Just chiming in with the people who understand you wanting to avoid monotony through too many floor videos but who would at least appreciate seeing if you do something differently on the other floors because I'm interested in the whole process after all :)
You deserve a cake. Enjoy it. Love the t&g flooring which reminds me of the vertically installed t&g "792 detail" that was in my parents' house, and my house and thousands of others in the 1940s and 1950s as add-on dens. Old copies of Sunset Magazine are full of them.
Nothing like level, even, sturdy floors. You did such a great job there and your energy seems to be limitless! The keys are so cool. Love that Felix is in your videos, he adds to the good vibes.
So at the top of the stairs make a small landing the same level as the top of the stairs then a small step up into the rooms and rest if the hallway, this gives a psychological/physical of separation can be good for making a "quiet" place.
The Egger D4 joint and joist adhesive is amazing stuff if you want something that's a little easier to work with. Great amount of progress you're making though! :)
This is fascinating work. Coming from Canada and being familiar with our style of house construction, seeing all these different products and approaches is really cool. I too dream of one day having a level floor in my home. Great work Laura and team!
This house is huge!! How many floors are there in all? How many rooms? And the ceilings in each room are so high. It’ll be positively palatial once it’s done. You’ll have plenty of room for friends and family, and then some.
Tip for cheaper shims (and no plastic): cut slices off the ends the joist offcuts to the required depth. Glueing them end grain down/up between RSJ and joist will ensure no shrinkage. The chop saw an cut *very* thin shims - down to ~1mm.
For the wall by the stairs, why not use spray on cork or lime plaster with cork to help with insulation and it is breathable and mold doesn’t grow and it is paintable.
Liebe Laura, vielen Dank für das heutige Video! Du hast uns echt super geholfen... Wir stehen nämlich vor dem selben Problem. Haben aus einem Flachdach ein Walmdach bauen lassen und wollen jetzt den Dachboden ausbauen... Latten plus OSB auf den unebenen Bretterboden des alten Daches! Der Tipp mit dem Laser hilft uns sehr! Danke vielmals 😊
but Laura i like watching you working on the house LOL i live in a 115+ yr old farm house that while better in some ways isnt in others someone instead of fixing the floors in the long living room (30ft) which the builders put the floor boards with the joists so the original floor waves like the ocean they poured drywall mud to fill the low areas an topped it with particle board not even moving the baseboards up just buried them in the carpet an mud :-/
You have enough space for floor-heating. Don't know if you've thought about that option? Probably have, but in case you may haven't. Love seeing you work through all this, i like the friendship/comeradery, you and Felix seem to have in the videos.
I knew a guy (Doctor Eric Adolphson - mechanic, and PhD in "Psycho-Linguistics") who wore a 22kt band as a wedding ring that had a slim profile like yours. I asked him why. He said, "In case it gets caught, it won't tear my finger off - the gold is soft enough that the ring will break."
Are you really super sure you want to bring up the floor level to the floor in the hall? High ceilings are nice and it looks like your windows will be a bit low if you bring up the floor a lot
