Illia and Mariana I think you to did a fantastic job thank you for sharing and your time and for the first time can't wait for next video I enjoy your renovation videos I think they are the best and you are such a beautiful family and you put so much energy into your home to make it so nice warm and comfortable
On The Pethericks channel, they are renovating an abandoned convent in rural France. In recent episodes the have brought in a master plasterer, Simon and his apprentice. Simon is an excellent teacher, you might pick up some tips from him.
How fun that we have a similar overlap in our channel watching. I love to see real people really working, not "beautiful people" prissing around in front of a camera.
MAKE DO GROW is another channel you may find helpful especially with your big house and the hemp blocks and plastering with Lyme and such. Nice job, you shouldn’t apologize because we all know you need a place to live a decent life while you work on your main house, if they can’t understand that then they are selfish!
Project Portugal is another great channel to see building and plastering "tricks of the trade". A down to earth, good hearted couple restoring their own farm and always helping neighbors too. He is experienced in all aspects of building and masonry, and is happy to teach others, their videos are excellent.
The little cottage will be so comfortable and pretty. Your farm is beautiful. I look forward to all your videos. Thank you for sharing your journey renovating your farm. What else would be nice to see is your village where you shop for food and renovating supplies.
As an apprentice tile setter back in 1970, i not only did grunt work for tile setters but, I also helped the plasterer. Back then all tile was done on cement plaster, floors, walls, countertops in kitchen and baths, including ceilings. Spaced the tile with string horizontally, vertically by eye. There were no built in spacer lugs back then. I enjoy watcking this and other diy, not to critique but, to watch others learning and doing. I also watch the Pethericks as well as Escape to Rural France. The you tube more entertaining than TV or Cinema to me. Think your channel SUPBERB. Since you first started. ❤🎉😊
You are what we call in the UK, Grafters. You get the job done! In the future you will look at what you have built and the RU-vid diary will show your children the work you put in and the challenges you overcame to get the job done. I admire your commitment and tenacity.
I have so enjoyed watching you folks performing all the various tasks to prepare your move into your small temporary home. Keep up the great work!!!!!!!!!!
The current trend is to have rough plastered walls, there's even a paint company selling a thickened paint to replicate it on smooth walls so you will have a very fashionable little house xx
A wet sponge can be more effective when adjusting plaster against the walls. A trowel pushes moisture out and stiffens the mortar, also the walls are pulling moisture out as well. The wet sponge allows a give and take when adjusting the mortar, sorry to mention after...🧽🪣good job!!
Lol when the hose seperated from the shower wand. I have a love /hate relationship with my garden hoses as well mine also like to kink, even those called anti kink hoses.
You really did good for the first hand and first time. I plastered myself the country house and I got better and better witj each room. From what I saw you used cement plaster which is harder to work with, but has better durability. For the second hand you can use a gypsum plaster followed by a fine gypsum plaster for the 3rd (final) coat. It is much easier to level gypsum plaster. At least this is the method that worked best for me. Also the second hand must be sanded down before applying the 3rd coat, and then do the final sanding if needed. I also discovered that it is better/easier to plaster the best you can do and then apply paint because you will you less paint to get a good result.
Looks quite good, for the first try. We learned early on that plastering is one of those "simple but hard to do" skills. In order for us to make it acceptable, we go over it with a paint roller to get an orange peel texture. It's so very hard to do.
Plastering is one of the most difficult trades in building construction. It takes a lot of practice but eventually you find the method which works well for you. The rough plaster finish you got looks very nice and makes a great combination with the accent bricks. Also keep on watching the plasterers videos on YT, sometime you will just get the one tip which really gets you forward.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned, but for smoothing the walls, use a flat sponge float with a handle on it. The hardware store should have them. Rotate in a circular fashion, and be sure to clean it often in a bucket of water during the smoothing process.
Dat is best een goed resultaat voor een 1ste keer stukadoren. Tip gebruik een raapbord, zodat je niet elke keer een klodder specie vanuit de ton naar de wand hoeft te brengen. Die kun je ook zelf maken. Een restant plaatmateriaal en een houten stok als handvat. Vanaf dit bord schuif je de mortel tegen de wand. Succes verder.
Considering how much time and effort your family has put in to this as just an extra space while living in the caravan, leaving a few things 'rough and raw' seems very reasonable. Looks great to me!
It is good to see smiles on your faces, it is a sign that you are pleased with the progress. Your little home is going to be very nice. Thank you, for sharing your wonderful adventure!
Marina and Ilyia, you're doing a great job on your little house! It's going to be a cosy, perfect little house when you're all done. Such hard work, and great vision,~ especially for your first time plastering. Just be proud of what you've accomplished! Be kind and gentle with yourselves. Love the wildflower garden- so very pretty. Stay well, stay safe and go gently. All the best from Australia XX🥰🤩😘
Out of everything I've ever tried, plastering is the hardest thing for me to get to a standard I'm happy with. Not for me, not easy at all. Great for your first time, far better than I did.👍
For finishing walls (after the grey plastering), I can recommend Muurglad by Alabastine, or Fix and Finish by Knauf, depending on the kind of finishing you need. Both are available at GAMMA in the Netherlands, which has stores in Belgium as well.
Easy to say I know but from my own personal experiences please try not to get trapped into getting things 'perfect' at this stage . Please try and remember your long term goals. What you've done is amazing, great teamwork, your well on the way to making a lovely winter home for your family until the main house is ready and thats what's important now ❤
Maybe use a cement plasticiser (Additive) that will keep the mixer more flexible/open to work for longer, just a thought, great work and always a learning curve.
thanks for the videos! your wall covering method is called knock down i believe not as smooth as a polished plaster but not as rough as a brushed surface if you care to know he correct term but it dosnt really matter what it is called as long as it got done ;]
A quick way to get paint off concrete walls is twisted steel wire cup brush on a grinder, low to medium speed and just walk it back and forth. It will remove some loose concrete but nothing much if you keep the brush moving and light pressure. Paint goes on nice after too.
Yes you have done well for first time. What you have done is 1st coat of plastering. This normally would be scratched then top coat applied giving better finish. Tip next time screw thin strips of wood plaster or render to these give hight.
great job on the plaster! I'm no expert, but from what I've seen, the professionals would not typically try to match the thickness and finish of plaster like that. they would get the new part as close as possible and cover everything (old and new) with a skim coat.
Were you using just a wet rag to smooth it all out at the end? It was like Marina had a magic eraser because everywhere you touched it looked perfectly smooth. I think you two did outstanding. Marina I loved watching your skills at pointing grow and you two fearlessly taking on a new challenge! With the building in the dry, everything should go fast and every step will make a big impact. Still hoping for a September finish!
For your first try it's a pretty good job ! I don't know about Belgium but in my country you can attend "on site" courses where experts show and improve the skills for many crafts. Even hardware stores offer these here. RU-vid videos on the topic are often pretty and sometimes helpful but don't replace the knowledge of a master craftsman...
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