Points to Gil for wearing work boots, gloves, dust mask, and safety goggles! Too many RU-vidrs try to show off, or worry about how they look. You will have a challenge, carving useful space out of that area under the roof, but I agree that opening it up will allow you all to see the potential with fresh eyes. My gut feeling is that using the space along the front/back and center, rather than the ends with the gorgeous beams, will work best. Those little rooms made me think of a maid's garret. I'd love to see the beams stripped, and stained a natural wood color, with the metal painted black. I do love those little doors with the pointy tops. Maybe they could be used elsewhere on the property. Cheers from California. :)
Thank you!😊 I’ve learned a lot about safety gear from the comments we’ve had. I cringe at some of the earlier videos! That said even a know-nothing like me knew that wearing a mask was sensible with handling this plaster and insulation, awful stuff!
You certainly don't want fibreglass bits in your lungs, they're irritating enough on the skin. When you start the rebuild, consider cork insulation. Eco, lightweight, not horrendously expensive and does a great job on both sound and temperature. 😊 Available shredded and in varying thickness boards to use underfoot, overhead, on and in walls. (Caveat: You may have to source chemically fire proofed cork which reduces the eco aspect somewhat. But hey ho, building regs! 😜)
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Enjoying the journey so far , I just wish the videos were at least 20 minutes long if not longer. Maybe once you are living on the property that might change. This place is going to be beautiful when you are done.
That is great work Gil has done under your supervision of course, I can tell you are both working very hard and when you are finished you are going to have a fantastic home, please don't get rid of the mobile home until I have been to visit, best regards to you all from a Kiwi living in Australia, but don't forget the three R's of home renovation, Rest, Rest and some more Rest
As you strip the building out, keep copper and brass locked up inside because it could be stolen. Don't skip it or let anyone kid you it, or the calorifier, is just scrap rubbish because you can sell that to a metal recycler for very good money. Even the steel radiators can be sold for a small amount if you are going to a recycler anyway.
100%! And only ask a trusted builder where to trade it all in. I had so many tradies try to tell it wasn’t worth much when I knew it was! Copper pipes can be used for future plumbing too. Better than the new stuff! I kept all the timber from demolished framing if it wasn’t broken. Even small bits come in useful. My builder denailed and used heaps of it and it saved me so much money! Basically I keep a lot of demolition stuff until the very end. Even intact insulation can be reused in shedding and chicken coops etc. You just never know snd it saves on budget and on landfill!
@@theoldstationrenovation And if it isn't really worth it to sell the copper pipe, it can also be used for very sturdy curtain rods, if you have a good length of pipe! Even for garden stakes/fencing where something a bit more decorative will look good. I've seen hose hangers or brackets for hanging flower baskets made out of it, too. I really enjoy following your journey and always look forward to the next segment!
@@reallylittlewhy Not worth it to sell copper pipe! Where did you get that idea? Copper pipe can sell for up to £6.50 a kg and old brass fittings up to £3.50 a kg, so the amount coming out of the old station would be worth hundreds of pounds toward the renovation.
Now you have cathedral ceilings to go with the rustic wood floors. How cool is that !! A Sawzall would be a big help with the drywall and studs. Get yourself a decent-sized dumpster for the scrap. Keep going and thanks for sharing.
@@theoldstationrenovation the other tool i've recently found to be very handy is a oscillating / multi vibrational tool. but it tends to be more used during re-assembly rather than demolition. but with working around things you may find uses in both rebuilding / demolition.
Might I suggest as it may be difficult to remove any roof beams, there is 3 rooms in a row so use the middle room for raised beds same height of the cross beam with under bed storage on wheels. That gives 2 larger rooms as there won’t be a bed in either, not sure on the width of the middle but should give a sizeable bed with adequate sound proofing between for privacy
I was taught many years ago, feet are not tools. Ankles and toes are not going to win the battle against solid items. Go easy matey, i love the work btw.
Good call. Those old bedrooms were just now worth trying to salvage. Looking forward to seeing everything opened up, and to see how you solve the challenge of creating new spaces within the constraints of those lovely trusses.
Someone had a lot of fun knocking down theses wall ,and what a marvellous space up stairs looking forward to your next episode thanks for the share how is your lovely caravan ❤❤❤
This brings back memories (some good, LOL). Yes, the ironic reality of building renovation - you pay an inordinate amount of money for something, then promptly destroy half of it and throw it in a skip! Bin there, done that. 😅❤
See your Husband knocking down walls reminds me of a time I thought I could help my hubby break up some hardcore. Silly idea, I ended up in a neck brace for a number of weeks. So from now on I will leave such jobs to others. lol.
A one man wrecking machine! Tear down results in more open space and of course a mess to clean up. You guys will get a better perspective of things to come
I'm imagining those three little rooms all open with the beams still there to make one big bedroom with the bed in the middle section, bathroom to one side, dressing area to the other. Maybe frosted glass partition for privacy in the bathroom!
Gil missed his 'Hollywood discovery moment" when he didn't stick his head thru at 5:40 and say "here's Johnny!" like Jack Nicholson in "The Shining". 8^) Just kidding, the demo looks great. I've enjoyed that myself years ago when we did reno's. Very satisfying when all the junk's down and you can restart! Really liked the video. Cheers.
Just what I needed after the week I've had, a good dose of demolition ASMR. 😆 Cheered me up no end and I feel like I've expelled a deal of pent up frustration too now. 😂
Your journeys just beginning, Gills a grafter, plenty of work/ sweat/ tears & words, been watching this channel for months now can't wait for the finished result, do carry on taking fans along with you a little more content would be nice. 👍👍.
What an amazing start to the inside of the station, looks like Gil enjoyed every moment taking the walls down. Can't wait to see what your going to do next, looking forward to next weeks video to see your progress, great start and good video guys 😃👌🌈🤟
Wow, the job Gil did was fantastic...that's the way to do it! I sure am looking forward to seeing the rest of the the cross pieces coming out revealing the true picture of what you've got. Love your station!
clearing the walls is the right call. i suspect the bottom chord of the trusses has been cut to make the hallway, making the truss (you call them beams) no longer working in the way they were initially designed. im sure your architect will suggest they should be removed, and a new form of roof structure installed to take the roof load. So take care when removing the walls in the other direction, leave any studs under the trusses at the hall way... and clear the floor but leave the joists for now, this may be what has taken over the role of the bottom chord (holding the walls together under the roof load), keep up the good work
Yes, those horizontal beams at the bottom of the trusses will be in tension. It looks like when the upstairs space was converted and they were cut some vertical steels were inserted to carry the tensile load to the rest of the structure - you can see one alongside the door at 0:36. There's probably also a new steel bottom truss member buried within the thickness of the floor. Years ago we looked at a converted barn for sale which had the same sort of roof trusses, only in that case they had left the beams in place, two feet above the floor, and you had to step over them to walk along the upstairs landing!
I wonder if the windows at floor level mean the floor was supposed to be higher up, so these windows were below the ceiling of the room below. Old houses often had high ceilings because of the heating with open fire. Consider throwing all the debris out of the window instead of carrying it down the stairs. Its my preferred method doing renovations.
I was thinking this as well. There are the two small painted-over windows found in the attic space where the ceiling fell through and they are obviously higher than the "dropped" ceiling which is not original. Then there are the three window frames which can be seen at 0:26 with lintels over them and given their position it suggests that the existing floor upstairs is also not original. If you look at some outside shots you can see these three smaller windows just above the three larger windows which I think are in the kitchen. To open them back up it would require the ceiling in the kitchen (which I don't think I have seen but is likely "dropped" as well) to be removed and also the floor above in that bedroom. Where the unpainted brick finishes on that back wall and the beige paint starts, that would have been the height of the original ceiling from downstairs.
My thought was, "Somebody was sure having fun putting nails in!" There were way more nails than needed for something that was just there to hold the plasterboard.
get some of those debris bags with handles so you can sort it and bag it as it comes out, and only handle it once. That is besides getting it out of the building and site.
Looks like a great beginning, Gill deserves less of the Royal we and more of the Gill recognition. I hope your plans include better doors. The present ones look like Elves live there. Cheers
@@theoldstationrenovationmaybe you could put out a call for some volunteers so they could “vent” any frustration. Like the old saying of many hands make light work!! Enjoying the videos.
Guys, Before you do away with all of the studding timber, remember it is probably of better quality than that currently available. Given the price of timber these days, it could save you a small fortune......Good luck...Regards Robin.
We just thought that since it all needs to be stripped we’d start with the walls. After that the floors can come up and once it’s back to the frame we’ll have a good idea of what we’re dealing with.
You goin' to need a BIGGER HAMMER Gil. I don't think the claw hammer is cutting it. Lot more hard work ahead by the looks. Billy J... Queensland, Australia.
I know you have a specific vision in mind for the building renovations. Personally, I would have left this side as it was. Each girl could have one of the larger rooms. The smallest room could be a cozy reading room for them to share. I like the quickness of the upstairs hall and the hobbit style doors. The attic side could entirely be a master suite. In the design of he attic side, figure in another bathroom for the girls to share. I agree with other comments of longer videos since you have such great content and we're all so vested in this project.
Great comment, thanks. You’ve pretty much covered what we’ve got planned, one side for the girls and one for us but on their side we’ll open it up so there will be a bigger bedroom each and a bathroom for them. We’ll be on site permanently soon which will mean we can do a lot more work and make longer videos.
I would now start getting all the wood that you have taken out into one big pile. use a woodburner to heat either the building or part of the building via radiators. every piece you save to burn is money you dont throw away. a combination woodburner radiator system can be linked in with solar if the roof is orientated the right way. nice work sir crack on
I would get someone qualified in to have a look at the main trusses as it looks like the main tie beam has been cut to allow for the doorways. Take too much out and you may lose the roof.
Yeah, it has been on both of them. We’ve had a structural engineer in to go through the place. It’s safe as it is but I wouldn’t dare mess with the structure. Job for the pros!
Appreciate the time making the video/ post but they definitely could do with being longer🙏even if they are mainly time lapse etc to begin. Can’t wait to see where the journey goes 👍
Thank you! We’re really grateful for the feedback. We’ll soon be permanently on site rather than just the odd evening and weekend so will be able to do more work and hopefully put out longer vids 🤞
I really was enjoying it! When you earn a living sat at a desk it’s a real treat to do something like this….. I don’t feel the same about the clean up though.
