I hope you enjoy this video :) I never said, but the pie we made was pumpkin pie for Canada's Thanksgiving! It was DELISH! My favourite dessert! Let me know below what you think of the floor? Will we get lucky and find a cool floor? Or do you think it'll be bog standard concrete? My guess is concrete!
Oh the pumpkin pie! Whipped cream with it? Lovely. Nice outing to see the animals. You are making such good progress! Another nice video. And please keep up the talking! That’s the best part! Love to you and the girlies! Sherry ❤❤🇨🇦
The pumpkin pie was amazing, and of course with whipped cream! I'm glad you like the talking, a commenter told me to stop yapping that I talk too much 😂♥️
Hi Aisling, the latest video from Camper Vibe discusses how walls like the ones in your cottage are built and explains how they get damp etc, it was very informative.
Oh, grant come on! 😂 yes working out financial priorities is definitely going to be difficult. Stick with simply making safe first, comfortable next, decor last. ❤ your weather looks glorious. I have to giggle with the sky shots 😂
Oh dear I'm dying here. I want to get in there so bad and help you bless your heart. I hope your Grant comes through soon. Much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖
It sure is a mystery about all the dampness here and there and that's crazy about the wall bulging. You'll figure it out, though, and all the mysteries will be solved. Take care💚
It’s such a great mystery! The only thing I can think of is either a. The leaking hot water tank (it’s the smallest droplet leak so very minor) is somehow affecting a lot more of the rooms than I thought, or there’s problems with one of the two external walls of that room and when the plaster and floor is off we’ll find the big problems, but it’s such a mystery! Love and hugs from me and the girls ❤️
Omg, pumpkin pie 🥧 food of the gods 😋 my sister makes it, it's just delicious! Loved seeing all the precious animals. Aisling, I think you made the right decision on getting the loan so at least you can make a start - but I know it will be so much easier for you once it's approved that you and the girls can live at the homestead. I can't wait to see you all cosy and warm once the heating and stove are done. Keep on keeping on, you're definitely winning! ❤ Kizzy says an extra hello to Bainne and it was lovely to see little Morri running across the grass 🐕😺
Hello to you and Kizzy ❤️ big hugs from me and the girls! Bainne has been making a few special appearances lately! Pumpkin pie really is good of the gods, it’s my absolutely favourite and I will eat pumpkin everything! I even have my pumpkin candle lit as I type 😂 it’s not super popular here though, couldn’t find canned pumpkin anywhere so we roasted our own (I say we, my friend is the super baker and chef! I just watched 😂) I also can’t wait until there’s heating and the place is cozy and finally home ❤️
I've only ever had Pumpkin pie once in my life and have to say it was the best desert I've ever tasted. Thank you for showing us the adorable animals, your homestead will look like that one day. Stay positive, the grant man will arrive soon.🤞🤞🤞❤
Pumpkin is my absolutely favourite flavour, I’m definitely that person that consumes high levels of pumpkin spice this time of year! Pumpkin pie is my absolutely favourite! I’m glad you enjoyed seeing the animals! It’s a good taster for when I eventually get my own ❤️
Thank you so much that’s so kind of you! I’ve definitely always been a bit independent and it’s serving me well now! Hopefully I’ll have some good updates for you soon!
So much going on! But slowly getting there, in an ideal world I’ll have everything ready for the builder since the grant has delayed things so much… hopefully news soon on that 🥲
I have to wonder, as some others have said, if the damp is coming from the boiler. I sure hope so! Hopefully by the next video the engineer has gotten back with you. Never give up hope, it will all work out and you will have a sweet cottage!
You’re so right it will all come together in the end and I guess it’s an adventure until then! I am hoping it’s just the old hot water tank causing the problems and nothing more serious
Hi! The girls and I are great - altho still waiting to hear on the grant! Hope all is well your side ❤️ am hoping to hear today on the grant but if not I’ll call again tomorrow 🫠 they’ll be sick of me lol! Hopefully some updates for you guys soon! Lots of love and hugs from me and the girls ❤️
I wonder if it’s a central heating pipe cemented into the floor that’s leaking ? Or perhaps a natural spring that’s seeping up …. We had a cottage years ago and the kitchen would have puddles of water after very heavy rain - usually around march/april . It was fixed by digging out floor and having draining pipes and gravel bed under a newly poured floor .
I am really hoping it’s not either of those things, it’s not majorly damp but definitely moist, I’m hoping once all the plaster is Off and floors are up I’ll get a better idea of what’s causing it, these pesky old houses filled with mysteries!
Lord that damp is just so frustrating but I still wonder if that boiler in the next room is leaking out and this is the result, as for the wall having to be taken down Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the last owners really need a slap I swear. however find a positive to every negative that being, have a really good think of what you would like now, as you could have an amazing window in the kitchen bring in all the light. Even one you could make as a window seat the ideas are endless. I hope you survived the storm it was a nasty one, no damage to us but pretty messy with branches one tree down thankfully in the plot over. And would you not think they have more than one guy doing the houses being as they know many applying for grants and so on. Anyway I have fingers and all crossed for this week, so keep safe and hugs sent to you al. I might just add my address so you can send me a pumpkin pie lol, never did taste one. xxxxxx Dede xx
Hi Dede! I’m glad to hear you had no major damage, the winds got so bad at some points I really thought my roof would be gone! I think it’s still on but I’ll find out if there was any damage on Sunday! Hopefully no more storms for a while for us but it is that time of year! Definitely an oppportunity to rethink the back walls, I’ll have to find out if any planning permission would be needed to change window sizes etc! And yes absolutely once I’m settled in the house I’ll get making the pumpkin pies and you’re more than welcome to one! Love to you from me and the girlies ❤️❤️❤️
@@morrigans_cottage Hi Aisling well fingers crossed your home is still sound, also was just watching Camper Vibes Lou was explaining a few things and it struck me is this a problem for you as in the damp on the floor coming up. Have a look its the new video up today. hopefully you can do what you like window wise for us way back when we extended out to the back it was just the size area, so we did do big windows. Hugs sent xxxxx
@@TheAwakeningangel I actually just watched there video and it could be something similar in mine! I am hoping it’s just old trapped moisture and the hot water tank causing problems but I guess we will soon find out!! ❤️❤️
Ashley, I am wondering what is on the outside of the house is it lime order or is it cement mortar? If it’s cement you may want to get it off of there because the stones need to breathe in the cement doesn’t allow it to breathe. Also the paint if it’s not the right kind of paint, the stones can’t breathe. I just know this from watching many RUclips channels on refinishing stone walls pointing them. I just thought I’d let that be out there for you.
Thanks so much for the tip! To be honest I’m not sure what’s on the outside of the house, I had been told that it’s externally dry lined but I would guess not done properly 😂 I’d guess cement on it too and will definitely need to be taken off at some point! Thanks a mil for the info I’ll deffo look into it :)
Just don’t want you to have more headaches in the future. That being said I would make sure about your foundation all the way around your house too. This is just a thought when you do your foundation if it needs it I would big a trench to the curb drainage and put in a slotted pipe with a cover that you wrap that pipe and then cover with compacted gravel over that to take the moisture by the home away.
Hi Aisling. I think maybe when they laid the concrete floors perhaps they didn't do any damp proofing, like a damp proof membrane. That would be a possible reason for damp even on internal walls. As far as the back wall of the cottage is concerned maybe if it has to come down it would be an opportunity to have a larger window. If you have no plans to reinstate a fireplace in the kitchen you could even remove the chimney breast and have a door. Plenty of possibilities. Take care
I would imagine a damp proof membrane wasn’t installed, I’d take a guess the concrete floors (presuming that’s what they are in full) were laid 60/70 years ago before membrane would have been super common in these old houses! It’ll be interesting to see what we find once everything is pulled off! I was actually thinking of adding an additional window to the kitchen, but I’ll have to check if planning permission would be needed for that or not! Thanks so much for all the suggestions ❤️
Sometimes i wish we rented instead of owning. When things go sideways, we can call the landlord and let them fix it, but nope we are tied down with all the responsibilities, hah. 🎉
Ugh the responsibilities are such mood killers! But I remind myself that I don’t want to be 80 and still worrying about rent but it would be so nice to call someone else to pay for these problems 😂
@morrigans_cottage we just have to be home owers , no turning back now lol where i live on a island ive had to fix my refrigerator, dryer , and washing machine lol we have no big businesses here no fast foods no stop lights one grocery store i always give thanks to Amazon.. but hey, we got this RIGHT! 😆
I think the roof is water tight but it may not have always been and this could be trapped water… time will tell hopefully I’ll be able to get it all sorted no problem! ❤️
In these islands(Ireland and Britain) water seeps in from a lack of damp proof courses and the floor level being lower than the ground outside- which Aisling mentioned . It is very common in old cottages.
@@morrigans_cottage actually this reminds me of cottages in Cornwall - during the 1970’s a builder went door to door offering to pour nice new floors - in exchange for keeping the large slate slabs that previously covered the floor - many cottages had it done - and the builder did well out of with lots of thick slate to use in building projects
I hope you enjoy this video :) I never said, but the pie we made was pumpkin pie for Canada's Thanksgiving! It was DELISH! My favourite dessert! Let me know below what you think of the floor? Will we get lucky and find a cool floor? Or do you think it'll be bog standard concrete? My guess is concrete!
I think maybe you will find something unexpected
maybe you will find a pot of gold!
@@Sammy-il1cp that would be the dream 😂 I could forget all about the grant then!
@@eettyy12 hopefully something good unexpected 😂😂
Perhaps a Leprechaun 😮😮 ❤❤
Oh the pumpkin pie! Whipped cream with it? Lovely. Nice outing to see the animals. You are making such good progress! Another nice video. And please keep up the talking! That’s the best part! Love to you and the girlies! Sherry ❤❤🇨🇦
The pumpkin pie was amazing, and of course with whipped cream! I'm glad you like the talking, a commenter told me to stop yapping that I talk too much 😂♥️
Hi Aisling, the latest video from Camper Vibe discusses how walls like the ones in your cottage are built and explains how they get damp etc, it was very informative.
Hi! Ah thank you for the recommendation! I just watched it and it really is good information on it! Thanks a mil!
Oh, grant come on! 😂 yes working out financial priorities is definitely going to be difficult. Stick with simply making safe first, comfortable next, decor last. ❤ your weather looks glorious. I have to giggle with the sky shots 😂
Oh dear I'm dying here. I want to get in there so bad and help you bless your heart. I hope your Grant comes through soon. Much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖
Hi Jackie! Hope you’re keeping well ❤️ it is slow doing it solo! An extra set of hands would be great, but sure we’ll get there in the end ❤️
It sure is a mystery about all the dampness here and there and that's crazy about the wall bulging. You'll figure it out, though, and all the mysteries will be solved. Take care💚
It’s such a great mystery! The only thing I can think of is either a. The leaking hot water tank (it’s the smallest droplet leak so very minor) is somehow affecting a lot more of the rooms than I thought, or there’s problems with one of the two external walls of that room and when the plaster and floor is off we’ll find the big problems, but it’s such a mystery! Love and hugs from me and the girls ❤️
I've been waiting all day for your video to come up
I hope it was worth the wait! It’s uploaded an hour early!
Omg, pumpkin pie 🥧 food of the gods 😋 my sister makes it, it's just delicious! Loved seeing all the precious animals. Aisling, I think you made the right decision on getting the loan so at least you can make a start - but I know it will be so much easier for you once it's approved that you and the girls can live at the homestead. I can't wait to see you all cosy and warm once the heating and stove are done. Keep on keeping on, you're definitely winning! ❤ Kizzy says an extra hello to Bainne and it was lovely to see little Morri running across the grass 🐕😺
Hello to you and Kizzy ❤️ big hugs from me and the girls! Bainne has been making a few special appearances lately! Pumpkin pie really is good of the gods, it’s my absolutely favourite and I will eat pumpkin everything! I even have my pumpkin candle lit as I type 😂 it’s not super popular here though, couldn’t find canned pumpkin anywhere so we roasted our own (I say we, my friend is the super baker and chef! I just watched 😂) I also can’t wait until there’s heating and the place is cozy and finally home ❤️
another good update you are making such good progress looking forward to news on the grant
Thanks a mil :) I am still waiting on news, maybe she didn’t get a hold of the engineer on Monday like id hoped :(
Ok I have watched in full now. Great update. You do so much I cant keep up with you. Grass looking so green. Great job!
I’m so glad you enjoyed :) grass is so green, never stops growing but at least it’s healthy and vibrant!
I've only ever had Pumpkin pie once in my life and have to say it was the best desert I've ever tasted. Thank you for showing us the adorable animals, your homestead will look like that one day. Stay positive, the grant man will arrive soon.🤞🤞🤞❤
Pumpkin is my absolutely favourite flavour, I’m definitely that person that consumes high levels of pumpkin spice this time of year! Pumpkin pie is my absolutely favourite! I’m glad you enjoyed seeing the animals! It’s a good taster for when I eventually get my own ❤️
Iv never had pumpkin pie 🥧 I really do wish u had sum help! Good luck
Help would be great it'll hopefully come with the professionals! Pumpkin pie is so good I recommend!
you are an amazing lady ! Im so proud how independent you are for just going for it.
Thank you so much that’s so kind of you! I’ve definitely always been a bit independent and it’s serving me well now! Hopefully I’ll have some good updates for you soon!
@@morrigans_cottage I hope for you you get news soon.
Fingers and toes crossed! I’ll have to call again Friday if I haven’t heard
Lots going on for sure. I think it's good what you're doing. When someone comes to look at things you've gotten areas exposed 👍
So much going on! But slowly getting there, in an ideal world I’ll have everything ready for the builder since the grant has delayed things so much… hopefully news soon on that 🥲
I have to wonder, as some others have said, if the damp is coming from the boiler. I sure hope so! Hopefully by the next video the engineer has gotten back with you. Never give up hope, it will all work out and you will have a sweet cottage!
You’re so right it will all come together in the end and I guess it’s an adventure until then! I am hoping it’s just the old hot water tank causing the problems and nothing more serious
Hello Aisling great video , I hope all is well with you and the girls , All the girls in my LawFirm have fingers crossed. Love and hugs
Hi! The girls and I are great - altho still waiting to hear on the grant! Hope all is well your side ❤️ am hoping to hear today on the grant but if not I’ll call again tomorrow 🫠 they’ll be sick of me lol! Hopefully some updates for you guys soon! Lots of love and hugs from me and the girls ❤️
I wonder if it’s a central heating pipe cemented into the floor that’s leaking ? Or perhaps a natural spring that’s seeping up …. We had a cottage years ago and the kitchen would have puddles of water after very heavy rain - usually around march/april . It was fixed by digging out floor and having draining pipes and gravel bed under a newly poured floor .
I am really hoping it’s not either of those things, it’s not majorly damp but definitely moist, I’m hoping once all the plaster is
Off and floors are up I’ll get a better idea of what’s causing it, these pesky old houses filled with mysteries!
Lord that damp is just so frustrating but I still wonder if that boiler in the next room is leaking out and this is the result, as for the wall having to be taken down Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the last owners really need a slap I swear. however find a positive to every negative that being, have a really good think of what you would like now, as you could have an amazing window in the kitchen bring in all the light. Even one you could make as a window seat the ideas are endless. I hope you survived the storm it was a nasty one, no damage to us but pretty messy with branches one tree down thankfully in the plot over. And would you not think they have more than one guy doing the houses being as they know many applying for grants and so on. Anyway I have fingers and all crossed for this week, so keep safe and hugs sent to you al. I might just add my address so you can send me a pumpkin pie lol, never did taste one. xxxxxx Dede xx
Hi Dede! I’m glad to hear you had no major damage, the winds got so bad at some points I really thought my roof would be gone! I think it’s still on but I’ll find out if there was any damage on Sunday! Hopefully no more storms for a while for us but it is that time of year! Definitely an oppportunity to rethink the back walls, I’ll have to find out if any planning permission would be needed to change window sizes etc! And yes absolutely once I’m settled in the house I’ll get making the pumpkin pies and you’re more than welcome to one! Love to you from me and the girlies ❤️❤️❤️
@@morrigans_cottage Hi Aisling well fingers crossed your home is still sound, also was just watching Camper Vibes Lou was explaining a few things and it struck me is this a problem for you as in the damp on the floor coming up. Have a look its the new video up today. hopefully you can do what you like window wise for us way back when we extended out to the back it was just the size area, so we did do big windows. Hugs sent xxxxx
@@TheAwakeningangel I actually just watched there video and it could be something similar in mine! I am hoping it’s just old trapped moisture and the hot water tank causing problems but I guess we will soon find out!! ❤️❤️
@@morrigans_cottage xxx
or if the inside floor is lower tha the outside land
So the house is built into a slope and the front of the house outside is indeed higher than the inside so maybe that’s causing the problem 🥲
Ashley, I am wondering what is on the outside of the house is it lime order or is it cement mortar? If it’s cement you may want to get it off of there because the stones need to breathe in the cement doesn’t allow it to breathe. Also the paint if it’s not the right kind of paint, the stones can’t breathe. I just know this from watching many RUclips channels on refinishing stone walls pointing them. I just thought I’d let that be out there for you.
Thanks so much for the tip! To be honest I’m not sure what’s on the outside of the house, I had been told that it’s externally dry lined but I would guess not done properly 😂 I’d guess cement on it too and will definitely need to be taken off at some point! Thanks a mil for the info I’ll deffo look into it :)
Just don’t want you to have more headaches in the future. That being said I would make sure about your foundation all the way around your house too. This is just a thought when you do your foundation if it needs it I would big a trench to the curb drainage and put in a slotted pipe with a cover that you wrap that pipe and then cover with compacted gravel over that to take the moisture by the home away.
You should apply for a job in the grant office
I actually should 😂 I’ve been keeping an eye out for jobs there just in case 😂
Hi Aisling. I think maybe when they laid the concrete floors perhaps they didn't do any damp proofing, like a damp proof membrane. That would be a possible reason for damp even on internal walls. As far as the back wall of the cottage is concerned maybe if it has to come down it would be an opportunity to have a larger window. If you have no plans to reinstate a fireplace in the kitchen you could even remove the chimney breast and have a door. Plenty of possibilities. Take care
I would imagine a damp proof membrane wasn’t installed, I’d take a guess the concrete floors (presuming that’s what they are in full) were laid 60/70 years ago before membrane would have been super common in these old houses! It’ll be interesting to see what we find once everything is pulled off! I was actually thinking of adding an additional window to the kitchen, but I’ll have to check if planning permission would be needed for that or not! Thanks so much for all the suggestions ❤️
Sometimes i wish we rented instead of owning. When things go sideways, we can call the landlord and let them fix it, but nope we are tied down with all the responsibilities, hah. 🎉
Ugh the responsibilities are such mood killers! But I remind myself that I don’t want to be 80 and still worrying about rent but it would be so nice to call someone else to pay for these problems 😂
@morrigans_cottage we just have to be home owers , no turning back now lol where i live on a island ive had to fix my refrigerator, dryer , and washing machine lol we have no big businesses here no fast foods no stop lights one grocery store i always give thanks to Amazon.. but hey, we got this RIGHT! 😆
ashley, almost all water getting into buildings is from the roof. as far as I know the other option is from burst pipes. good luck.
I think the roof is water tight but it may not have always been and this could be trapped water… time will tell hopefully I’ll be able to get it all sorted no problem! ❤️
In these islands(Ireland and Britain) water seeps in from a lack of damp proof courses and the floor level being lower than the ground outside- which Aisling mentioned . It is very common in old cottages.
Lots more hard work. It would be amazing if you found a lovely old floor under there but with your luck it will be cracked old concrete
The last owners probably wouldn’t have covered it if there was a nice floor but you never know! Even a nice concrete floor would be nice!
@@morrigans_cottage actually this reminds me of cottages in Cornwall - during the 1970’s a builder went door to door offering to pour nice new floors - in exchange for keeping the large slate slabs that previously covered the floor - many cottages had it done - and the builder did well out of with lots of thick slate to use in building projects
Oh ok! I wonder if something similar went on over here as well! It’ll be interesting to see what’s underneath the floors