Using hempcrete for ECO-FRIENDLY INNER insulation / Renovating a 110+ y.o. ABANDONED farm in Belgium 

I like how you do your demolition neatly and orderly. Makes clean up easier and enables the reuse of much of the materials.

Of course Iliias hobby would be bonsai , he has such patience and attention to detail 🌴

Wow, that is a huge space once you removed the wobbly wall! So much hard work, and then the constant cleanups and moving of materials! Amazing! ❤️

There appears to be to be no end to your talents you two , and the depth and breadth of your commitment to your beautifully developed sense of the aesthetic.I remember first being struck with your wide range of interests when you bravely entered that large covered scary water-tank in the courtyard and spoke of its future for holding fish .Then seeing the number of beautiful trees and shrubs accumulating in pots waiting for their permanent homes .These living things need tender time consuming care along with your fish and cats and now we see Bonsais! Your landscaping projects are already underway while your house renovation continues inexorably.You are talented jugglers with so many balls up in the air . When your house is ready to inhabit you will almost have everything right there to be able to move a few things about to create your courtyard garden of eden.❤

I have noticed your confidence growing over the years and I think you are an awesome carpenter and bricklayer and tile worker! You and you wife are very talented people and I love your videos.

The bonsai are beautiful. Thank you for sharing! I love your channel.

This is so exciting! Have you considered putting the bathroom in the currently smallest corner next to the stairs? That would give you three approximately equal-sized bedrooms and one still quite generous bathroom. Alternatively, have you considered putting the hallway to the attic stairs on the other side of the bathroom wall, so the small corner bedroom can be a bit bigger since it would no longer be sacrificing space to the hallway? It just seems like bathrooms don't need much of a footprint, but bedrooms where you store your clothes and need to be able to walk all the way around the bed might.

Bless your heart, Iliya. Bonsai show/market a nice break! Stay warm, safe, healthy and curious, guys. Greetings from Ohio USA.❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🇺🇦🇺🇸

It's so funny watching Illia moving in time lapse. I bet he wishes the job would go that fast 😊 Wishing him the best of success on the project and on his bansai hobby.

i have watched you save and store so many materials, lots and lots of bricks, over the years. Your commitment to recycling is to be commended but the question is "When, and on what, will you start reusing them.

Great to see that Illia has a hobby with bonsai! We were interested in them about 45 years ago, but life took over and we left it behind. Wish you luck with your tree!🙏🏻🌳

I admire your tenacity in tackling jobs everyday without complaining you and your wife is a example for all our lazy ones out there keep it up from Lucy South Africa Durban

ILIA!! WOW BONSAI!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ SPECTACULAR TREES!! Methinks you've mastered hempcrete installation 🤣 That was as more than one row! 1st floor is going to be amazing 🥰🥰

Thanks for posting and sharing. I hope you are able to reuse the old staircase.

Should go easier on that floor now that you know how to do it with precision. Looking good and I hope you are able to get the chimney re-pointed so that you can have a fire again soon.

Oh, that's right. Those bricks are not going to carry themselves out of there. How wonderful the bonsai displays are! I lived in Japan as a child and fell in love with the tiny, perfect trees and the imaginary tiny creatures that lived among them! I had a big blue pottery dish with a pine tree and a dry stream running next to it. There was a tiny moon bridge over the stream.

Illia and Mariana that was so good to get back on the big house with all the set backs finally lets do it thank you for sharing and your time can't wait for next video

❤❤ I love you're "trees"🌲. Am always happy to see updates on your restoration!

I’m amazed you can find time for hobbies. You are Super Man!

It’s interesting how easily those bricks come apart. This kind of building is so different then what we see in the United States the weight of brick and stone walls on a upper floor is huge.

LOVE the bonsai show and Illia's collection!!

Great to see the old farm house back in action 👍👍👍

whoa the bonsai's were breath taking! Also, I love your editing! I so look forward to your videos every week

You’re amazing Ilia! You have a heart of love. Beautiful bonsai.

And si the next chapter begins, all the best and hope it alls stays well..😊

This so reminds me of the very first day you two learned how to build a hempcrete wall with the advise of the supplier. And I love your bonsi skills, Illia. Cheers from SW Florida!

Have you been told? You are wonderful.👍👍

It's nice to see progress on the main house. Keep it up you two!

Keep on keeping on there you’ll make it I’m sure!!!

I understand your love of Bonsai I am a bonsai lover too!!

Oh yes the insulation starting on the second floor! Woohoo!

The best part of my Tuesdays.

Been so long since I saw hempcrete going up. This means progress. Good job both of you

Thanks for the trip to Bonsai Show. Beautiful artform. Glad you are finally working on the main house again. Have a great week.

Wow! Great progress and very inspirational! You are really getting there. Thank you for sharing!

Wow, i bet it feels good to start the insulation again. So satisfying!

Those Bonsai are so relaxing to view... I miss living in Japan... *sigh* A great hobby Illya!!

These Bonsai trees were wonderful, and it takes long time and effort to get such results, so I can justify the prices asked, for all the work and admiration there is in from the person or even generations of owners shaping it and caring for it. The exhibition center (Limburghallen, Genk) is very familiar to me, I have been taking part in exhibitions with the model railway club I'm member of and also a couple of privately owned model railway layouts many times there. But these trees are real living models!

Looking great

The bonsai is amazing!

We have an annual Bonsai exhibition near me and I've also traveled to Montreal, Canada to see their exhibits. 💗🌴

spiney black olive trees make excellent bonsai. they come in a dwarf and a regular size, and are commonly called geometry trees for their branch and leave growth patterns

You guys are doing a great job ❤❤❤😊😊😊

Was a joy to see you all. Good Luck

Илья, рад за Вас что решили заняться выращиванием бонсай. Удачи на этом долгом, интересном и увлекательном пути.

Ребятки - вы лучшие! Снимаю шапку перед вами!🎉 Привет из Квебека!!

Looking good fellas ..😂😂❤❤

Bonsai is one of my hobbies! I have two.

1:00 killer beats 🎉 makes him work even faster 😂

Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys good work 👍😁💪.

👍 BONSAI !!!! RIGHT ON !!!!

Amazing!

Дуже тішуся щоразу, як бачу Ваші нові відео)))) Щиро тішуся за Вас)

Good to see you using knee protection. Your 50 year old body will thank you! With walls down the space appears huge. At 2:35 into the video I notice an overhead beam with a long diagonal crack leading down to the center of the beam, which is it's weakest point. Was a removed wall supporting that beam?

What wonderful self control!!.. faced with all those astounding bonsai trees on display, you treated yourself to a tiny E20 take-home tree. Your farm house project must come first.

Looking good 👍Gaspard!!

A BIG THUMBS UP

Seems so spacious - great start! 💪

Reclaimed old brick is extremely expensive in America. I’d definitely reuse that brick on the new walls as a veneer. You’ll get the same effect by cutting the front & back off of the brick with a wet saw. You’d hang it like you would wall tile. It’d look like the wobbly wall but safe!

Ilya, het is 'this' wall (uitgesproken met een D en niet met een W ) Zoals je In het Vlaams vb.zou zeggen 'deze' muur (en niet 'weze' muur). Het woord 'this' is zoals het Nederlandse (of Vlaamse) woord 'deze, dit, dat, die' 🧑‍🎓 Gefeliciteerd met jullie mooie werk en talenten !

Impressive!

Just an idea, you can use EPS blocks, they can be sticked to the wall with a proper glue or stacked like the concrete blocks. also you can create a drywall with wood o steel frame and fill that with isolation (PUR or Glass wool) Don't know wich one is cheaper, but could be easier to mount. Anyways, great job! I follow your job from the last 2 years!

I don't know the name of the materials, and I know you couldn't possibly take the rotating drum upstairs. But wouldn't it be easier if you at least mixed the "mortar" product upstairs since you only use a drill mixer? Still, I shouldn't question your methods. Your perfectionism speaks for itself. Even caught Annika checking out the work site.

Love them little trees were was the exhibition would love to have seen that

I miss the team. Only one. Double the time.

Удачи вам

I would have ended up buying the little one after I lusted after the expensive ones!

It seems like such hard work to insulate that way. Wonder what those blocks weigh.

Yay! My favorite!

Recommend that you paint/seal the walls first before you cover them up with insulation. That way you will help to keep the dust down. The walls will simply "shed" dust by natural expansion and contraction.

That looks great! Can you feel the difference in the rooms after you add the insulated block layer?

Гарний drum )

I love Bonsai

what about electric outlets ? 😆 you can never have too many

Sou fã! ❤

Are you not concerned with sagging of the large beam once you have removed the wall?

The little trees are beautyful, but so expensive there. I havent seen here long time them.

Oh, I would love a Japanese maple bonsai. :)

it is interesting how you gain space with wall demolition so you don't really lose space with the insulation blocks. Win win.

Viele Grüße aus Deutschland 👋

That looks like such a long span. Are you sure that wasn't a partially load bearing wall?

I’ve tried growing bonsai a couple times. I don’t know what I do wrong because they only die. 😔

Since you are taking down all these walls are you changing the layout at all? You might answer this in the video I only part way through.

Has your bedroom and bathroom design changed since you have the tiny (guest) home now and removed walls?

QUESTION: it looks like you have structural floors made with horizontal brickwork ? How is that possible ? Is there something in the floor structure to support this method ? Thanks for any answers

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GRAZIE MILLE👌

Penso che sarebbe stato meglio mettere prima le canaline e le eventuali tubature per acqua e corrente prima di mettere i mattoni isolanti

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after the bedrooms are ready will you be working on this kitchen this year?

I sotto titoli in italiano grazie🤗

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Does bonsai require a lot of patience?

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Buon lavoro, fate pochi video e veloci

Where is your black inspector cat ?

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von mir auch Gruss aus Deutschland. Ja, Bonsais sind schön anzusehen, aber selber eins haben - nein danke, kein Platz. Gut aussehen tun auch Gestecke, die nach Art Ikebana zusammengestellt sind.