As I watch each episode Louis personality comes across more and more. What a great guy he is. He’s not a natural,on camera like Milly but when he’s on his expertise explaining stuff he’s amazing. Not given to giving bouquets but all the hard work these two put in they deserve applauding. 👏🏽👏🏽
Love your videos. Think you two are talented in a variety of ways. Enough so as to motivate me to make this, only my 3rd RU-vid comment in the last 3 years! You have charming personalities, how nicely you interact with one another, how you narrate what you are doing, and of course your skills in renovating. Hope to view many more videos and see your dream house fully finished. Here in the United States I don't see many historic homes being restored especially by amateurs.
Hi guys, I must say your stonemason is an artist, and with Louis prep work he was a great apprentice, all that work was excellent progress, congratulations on the work thus far, best regards to you both, from a Kiwi living in Australia, Les
I so love the music you play. It sounds like the blue grass from my home state of Kentucky in the US. I look forward to every week your latest project. My husband and I built our own home when we were about your age. It was hard work but we enjoyed most of it. Lol
I love watching you guys, it’s fascinating and you, Milly, are absolutely hilarious. The bit when Louis tells you not to touch the resin, but you’ve already done it, then watching you look around for somewhere to wipe it whilst he carries on oblivious, literally made me laugh out loud. I look forward to each and every episode, you’re a delight the pair of you. I thoroughly approve of all the works you’ve done so far. Xx
My 100+ year old elementary school's front and back walls were leaning outward and had to be pulled back together by driving a huge bolts through the entire building. But instead of an odd looking cross they used large rosettes.
Wow, now I understand why this work doesn't get done on some buildings that need it. It's intense and expensive unless you can do it yourself, and even then it's not cheap! Having to pay tenants for displacement in apartment blocks is also an issue. We've had several older buildings "collapse" in the last few years in the US, where the fascia bricks came away. Scary!
This is just a suggestion but for the windows you discovered, you could put stain glass in them with a light behind it. Simple stain glass designs are not hard to make yourself. They would look nice giving lovely glowing colors.
Love this.. I have an Kensington blue stone victorian house with bow ties etc in Australia… I’m addicted …. So impressed.. keep up the incredible work. 🙌🙌
I’m so pleased you work in inches as well as mils, as an oldie I understand so much easier. I loved watching the mason work, I have an idea now of what my grandfather did.
I worry a bit about that little blower being effective enough. To get it properly clean I think you'd need a compressor to generate proper pressures and air velocity to clear out the dust. I'm sure it's still secure though, way more than it was before!
Stone masonry looks great. glad the window masonry is now secured. The tie rods and resin are great. Are you putting in gas heating or bore hole ground source? period cast iron radiators?
On the Bedroom dressing room opening - keep 450mm os so either side so not just the quoins but a bit of the stonework as well? Right hand side shows what you should retain. I think showing just the quoins won't show it off fully,
Look forward to your video every week I have pass the house many times, I know the hardest part is editing to get the video out being a photographer myself, if you need any photography work done please let me know as I am only in Bridgend ❤❤❤
Must be a poorly consolidated argillaceous sandstone, ie the clay fines between sand grains are not silicified. (And wow I can’t tell you how much spell correct hated that!)
I have seen older brick buildings that have the little iron crosses. I always forget it's HOLDING THE BRICKS ON!😂 Is it safe to be near a building like that, or is it better to avoid parking near it? (Especially because we're in SoCal, with earthquakes and such!)
We have soooo many of them here in Amsterdam, as they’re basically built on a swamp. In general I don’t think you need to worry about a sudden collapse. If you think about it, it’s the houses without reinforcement that are potentially more worrying 😅
I've asked this question before, will have another go at it. Did Louis grow up in a family of craftsman? Did he apprentice with master craftsman? Skill level and patience are that of an elder, with years in the trade/profession.
Sorry I missed your previous question! His practical skills are all self taught! He’s worked on his own homes over the last 5 ish years and learnt bit by bit. I agree, it’s very impressive particularly with no professional training 😊
@@duncanpoundcake it looks like it but it’s huge heavy blocks of sandstone that we picked up from a quarry. Apparently it’s so soft that a handsaw does the job!
