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@34:44 Normally I dont like to see the grain of wood covered, however often times its just not practical to NOT paint it, you need to protect it from the weather so, paint it, after all, its your porch :D
In my 66 years I've known engineers carpenters mechanics farmers and builders but I've never until finding your channel 'met' all of these embodied in one person.
I can seriously just watch your videos all day long. Being a journeyman electrician for 26 years now and also a small engine mechanic and doing house restoration. Your channel is awesome, nice job on everything!
$40,000 porch build.... Only takes a $400,000 wood shop to make it happen. Haha. Great work. As a carpenter, I appreciate your work. I extremely love preserving the little bits of our history that people are trashing and tearing down for the new ugly! Thank you
It takes a $400 000 wood shop if you don't know how to use basic tools to do basic work. :/ I rebuild houses for less money than that and without a $400 000 wood shop.
@@trollolol705 Something you need to realize about a lot of people you see here on RUclips who have $400K shops is that a lot of them got those machines and tools for free in exchange for advertising on their channel. I don't know if that is the case for Farmcraft but I know it is true for most YT content creators. Re: outrageous work quotes, I think there is an epidemic of tradespeople who have an overinflated sense of worth and there quotes reflect that. We have the same problem where I live in Southern NJ, it's impossible to get any work done because the quotes are outrageous. We've had to go without having work done because the quotes are a small fortune.
@@DominicNJ73 Exactly, a luxury normal non youtubers most of the time never recieve, we have to work hard to afford what little we can afford. Who knew staying home and filming yourself would provide more income then most normal hard working people that have to leave the house everyday
That was so deeply satisfying to watch this project come together. Seeing all that rotted wood get replaced with new and you doing it in such a way that respects the craftsmanship of the previous builders *chefs kiss*.
Hey brother. I’ve been building houses and remodeling for 23 years. It’s been along time since I’ve seen someone do that much work with corded tools. You definitely look and sound like you know what you’re doing. Keep up the good work. Thank you for taking the time to make and share this video.
I agree, but with a job that requires that much laborious work you would need a whole lot of batteries. I respect this man’s hard labor with corded tools and I’m sure you do as well. Of course when I was in the business with dad, cordless tools weren’t even a thing. Lol That was a labor of love.
A minor mistake I see many carpenters commit. When Pressure preservative lumber is cut to fit the cut ends are supposed to be field treated with copper naphthenate. When the lumber is being processed the chemical does not penetrate all the way through the wood. Treating the cut portions makes sure the exposed, untreated wood is protected. It would also be a good idea to cut some 30 lb. Felt to cover the tops of the beams and floor joists. It is obvious that penetrating water did most of the original damage. The tar paper just adds another layer of moister protection. Make sure it overlaps the edges a good deal.
I’ve been on jobs with some “Old Timers” that ran circles around the younger guys who used Battery Operated & Corded Tools. While they agreed YES DEFINITELY some newer tools did make a great difference - when the power went out/ wasn’t available or the gas powered generator ran out of gas … Out came the Chisels! And guess who was still working? … the old guys the contractors thought they’d be laying off first! 😂 and as a young small framed woman, it was the old timers that took the time to really teach me how to “Work Smart Not Hard” but of course it’s all hard work. And the the 1st round of guys to be laid off or transferred were all the “Accidental Chord Cutters” 🤦🏻♀️ While Batteries have improved, they’re still $$$, Get Stolen, Dropped & Break, & don’t charge or work well in the cold. Pros & Cons to everything but always Respect & Never Underestimate someone & the tools they carry.
@@laulio7823 Some of the newer batteries like the 8 and 12ah milwaukee batteries will run a fuel sawzall about as long as you would want to run a sawzall. I cut out 8 joists and completely demoed a bathroom and 2 walls with mine and used about 1/4 of a charge. The newer fuel range gets double or triple the battery life of the old brushed ones for light/medium work and has more power than corded when required.
Really enjoying the videos you have posted in tha last several months. The lift, dump truck, shop, excavator, and tree stump videos have all been excellent.
I second that. I've been subbed to this channel for a long time, but over the last couple of months, this channel has grown to be one of my favorites. I'm not sure what changed, but I like it.
I agree! I must also add that in addition to having highly inspiring and high-quality, technical and entertaining content, it also has a great dose of good humor and a hollywood-level edition!
As a professional carpenter, I would like to say your work is very well done. Great craftsmanship, the next family that lives there will be enjoying their sweet tea out front for a very long time! 👏🏾👍🏾
Since you're a professional carpenter, I'd like to ask; do you think $40k sounds right for doing this yourself and not paying others for labor? I've rented my whole life and don't have much experience with home remodeling, but I know in rural US you can get decent homes for around $100k so $40k for a porch just sounds excessive.
@BoxOfDemons this is highly dependent on location but here in the Carolinas I am bidding and closing most deck and porch jobs around 30k some upwards to 50k. Size being 12x30 or 16x30 on average, finishing with composite deck or porch planking. Labor is a very large part of the cost, so if you just bought the materials yourself and completed the project yourself, you should be able to complete a project like this for about 10K to 12K in materials as long as you have all the tools obviously.
@@TheGolfCellar OK that makes more sense. I'm imagining the title of this video is implying the value of the porch if he paid for labor. I don't know where this guy lives, but it looks pretty rural, so I was shocked with the price. The rural area I used to live in, I just checked now and I'm seeing some smaller houses for well under $100k.
@BoxOfDemons yeah, he was saying his contractor brother would charge 40K for that porch. Homes start at around 300k around the area I live, where I grew up in Ohio houses are around 80 to 100k, I wish that was the case around here haha
FarmCraft101 is one of my favorite channels. Thanks for all the hard work (and your sense of humor) that you put into making these videos for our viewing pleasure. On a side note - I wish I had 1/4 of your energy!!
I'm a retired Carpenter and I have built everything from a Dog house to helping build large docks and piers in Alaska over my 30+ year career. It sure is nice to see another Carpenter building something correctly. One thing I can't stand is a wood butcher. Thanks.
You really value something that much more when you take care of it and/or see the work that goes into it. A simple visitor to the house would just think "nice porch" and never know how much sweat and love go into things. Great job!
Your project is a massive undertaking as a first time doing something like this ! My husband is building a porch for our front door not neatly your size for the first time. He is using Trex, an education in itself. I it a great learning opportunity. And it's looking grrat. I am learning so much from you to share with him. Next I want to repair our wood back porch. You've given me encouragement. Your work and discussion are great. Thank you.
You sir, are quite the Craftsman. You've got some amazing skill and ingenuity. I'm glad that, despite your expertise, you're not one of those "I'm better than everyone else" type of trendy tik-tok bloggers that only care about how many millions of followers and viewers they can rack up. You are the real deal, and you make sure it's done right. Plus, you got a relatable sense of humor as well.
Must be sweet to finally have fixed up the porch, one less big project that has to be done, and it looks great now! Must have been hard to hide this work in the background of all your other videos around the house as well and the ability to work on other things then just the porch. Amazing video man, that is one hell of a lot of hard work, the flooring would had been so much easier to do if you had been 2-3 guys so you could work standing on the ground in between the joists with the floor at around stomach height so you dont have to bend over and work at foot height.
Wow. That was unbelievable work. You built that porch like a fortress and it’s gonna hold up for a really long time! It’s especially nice that you milled up your own oak flooring that is of the highest quality and will last for decades. That was such a great video.
@@waynelaw1793 hmmm... yup another 170+ years or better given the quality of work he put into it. It's good there are still plenty of folks willing to do the required upkeep on these historic places to keep them livable for generations to come. Another 200 years from now this place is still standing it will be because of men like this. You can't put a price on that. It is a beautiful home.
I agree with all the previous responses. They said it better than I could. You work like a man who was taught top notch building skills through generations past. Your Dad has phenomenal skills in many areas too, but you go to some new directions. 😅
When you mentioned that the column bases had some unique challenges, But you figured them out , and you rather enjoyed it. Amen Brother. I've spent the last 50 years restoring everything from Victorians in San Francisco up to large churches In Puerto Rico, even up to this very day (4/1124) I'm restoring a Spanish Colonial Style home that my lawyer friend purchased, I get off on the challenges. Sometimes I lay awake at night, unable to fall asleep, doing this and doing that in my head. I have even had dreams in the middle of the night where I found a really true solution. Challenges are competitions with your own self. and man does it feel good when you meet it and beat it. I'd rather have these challenges and problems doing what I do, than having a good day sitting in some office. Interestingly, my very first job after graduation in 1965, I got a job with an older man who was a master at floor refinishing and installation. I had a flooring shop in San Francisco that also branched out into full restoration work. I'm 78 years old, watching you work and talk was so nostalgic for me. Like your T&G hammer, I had a similar nailer, except you had to use arm power to drive the nails, Thank you for this and your video on making your own T&G flooring from an oak log.
Ha ha😅 I was watching the bricks being layed and after 4 of them I THOUGHT dam that looks easy 😊 😊 then this text came across the screen THAT A MASTER WAS WORKING IT... Funny stuff 😁. Got me ❤
We recently did something similar; deck rotten, waterproofing failing, code has changed, etc. We are simple DIYers, and have only basic tools, but watching you struggle, insist on doing it right, being honest about the ridiculous timelines involved but then “over complicating” with making your own T and G oak floor boards despite the incredible amount of time can only mean one thing: you love this. And so do we. Time well spent. I really appreciate the work, the pain and the editing work on top of it all. New subscriber. 🤓
Excellent, EXCELLENT job and video. Better than a This Old House episode. Best of all, I LEARNED something. That was a lot of work, especially for one man. I'm a 69 year old retired construction worker (electrician), so those days are over for me, but I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thanks.
Watching you do this reminds me of helping my dad when he built closets, a carport, a porch and pulled in the entire back wall of our house way back in the day. One exception…the only power tool he owned was a drill. He was an older dad who unfortunately got sick when I was 7 and died when I was 17. His job after WWII was working for one of the companies that built pipelines in the middle east. He could do everything with construction and was a master electrician. Thanks for the memories!
Great job! Nice having the tools and equipment. Brownie points the next time you want to invest in a new tool, so you can sell it to the Mrs! Love your work.
Given the crudeness of most construction and fabrication these days, it is most pleasant to watch you work. Either you do your homework carefully before you attack each project, or you are a lot older than you appear to be. It takes both an organized mind and much effort to be a reasonably skilled craftsman in many disciplines. As with pretty much everything that you do, the porch was nicely done. Bravo.
Projects like this are so time consuming yet fulfilling, however; I can’t imagine filming and editing all of that footage! John, you are a great and very knowledgeable man, you should be very proud of this channel. This should be a multi-million subscriber channel, so much information and entertainment! You are greatly appreciated in my household, sir!
You my friend are truly a craftsman at any project you take on. I really enjoy and look forward to all of your videos. It is almost rare to see the quality you put in all of your projects. Keep up the great work.
You reminiscing about what it was like in the 1850s when this house what originally built is fascinating. I wonder if in 150 years the house is still standing and the new owners can actually watch this video and SEE all the work that went into their porch. Like just imagine how cool it would be if today you could look up a video and see these men back in 1850 building your house.
very old new england house owner and I say that touch the hands across the centuries, never thought that in 275 years the owners god will could look at my prject book and see what I did when Imy family had it.
I'm always amazed by the courage of starting (and finishing) a project like this. I'm quite confident that I could do each individual part decently. But planning it out and putting it all together in a methodical way is a whole other ball game. 🙈
Guys like you never cease to amaze me. You know how to do so much 'stuff'. Farming, ranching, woodworking, tree cutting, lumber making, carpentry and probably so much more. I'm a 76 year-old retiree and wouldn't know how to do a tenth of that. I guess a lot of it has to do with living on a farm and having to do these things out of necessity. Great channel! 👍👍👍👍
In 1956 -57 I apprenticed with my grandfather. He had a Cabinet Shop on Larimer St in Denver, CO. He was a master woodworker. We built bars, restaurants, bank lobbies, etc. We restored old homes. In slow times we built a new home. He dug the foundation, poured the footers and continued all the way through including wiring and plumbing. And, as a commenter said, I did the painting. I think you are a re-incarnation of my grandfather.
Great job Jon! Always great to see you doing whatever it takes to make it right. That’s a job to be proud of. Being a retired carpenter I really like watching what you are doing. I do a lot of the other do it yourself stuff. But not near what you do. Keep up the great work 👍
this is the first farm craft video I ever saw. I knew instantly that it would become one of my favourite channels on RUclips. Thanks Jon for teaching me so much. Keep making videos!
Dude, you get two thumbs up five stars and the whole nine yards. I loved every second of this teardown and rebuild. I admire your skill set and applaud your ability to add tips and tricks along the way. Thanks for taking us along. Very nice job.
Beautiful home. Over fifty years ago I started out remodeling old houses like yours. Few had wiring or even indoor plumbing back then. Infact it was almost as cheap to build a new one rather than add the modern amenities to these old multi story behemoths. The ones that did have electricity were full of knob and tube wiring, that was used from the 1890s to the 1930s. The plumbing was all steel piping and cast iron or clay drains. Nowadays I enjoy just browsing RUclips for videos like yours, as my years have added up on me and the back and arthritis is very uncooperative. Great job on the porch. Subscribed..
Excellent work as usual! I only discovered your channel about a month ago and love it. I do the same things on a smaller scale; I only have 5 acres so a zero turn and a 25 hp TYM Korean tractor with a few implements gets it done. I went through the same BS with Deere and I got a way heavier and much more capable tractor in the same range for $4k less. I wouldn't change a thing! I worked in the Masonry business my whole life and started going to work with my dad at a very young age and retired now at 59. I would have come and built your pies for you just for airfare and room and board. I wouldn't have stayed for the whole thing! I think this is my new favorite channel!
Whoa! I'm very impressed with the problem solving and detail you applied. Excellent results. I especially appreciated your saying that you took a few days to decide it required completely removing and rebuilding from footers up! Many times, I rush in and get way off track from a proper result.
Just wow. Every min filled with some nugget or the other. Thanks so much for putting your wisdom out there for anyone that cares for this kind of work. I know I will watch this several times and still keep coming back to it as I see a cross-application of your ideas across a variety of projects. Huge kudos to you!
It takes a special person to appreciate and restore a home on this scale. Fine craftmanship and difficult to duplicate in a time when materials are so different from when this was built. Thank you for the video and tips.
All of your content has been great. This really takes the cake, though. Very seldom can you see something in today's world that is of this quality. It is without a doubt the someone will be enjoying this porch in 150+ years. This was awesome to watch. Keep up the great work!
@@Jeremy-iv9bc that's funny I could have sworn today's industry standard was LAMINATED beams. For a long span like the front of that porch; it's actually part of the standard building code where I live to use pressure treated laminated beams or engineered laminated beams. And the beams that he laminated were also pressure treated 🤔another industry standard against rot something that they didn't have in the 1850s and yet the porch lasted this long 🤔 and any areas that were making contact with the surface he constructed out of Osage orange another very highly resistant wood in terms of rot. Even taking the time to put in those metal shims underneath the base plates to allow a bit of airflow to dry the wood out was a rot mitigation tactic used on already rot resistant material. Basically this porch will Outlast you, your kids, and your grandkids. Go find a hobby instead of knocking people's hard work. Typically the people making these kind of comments are people that have never built anything in their life. I on the other hand have; and would gladly hire this guy if he needed a job.
I have the exact same project awaiting me, scared to find out how many beams I’ll need to replace and what shape the footings are in. Definitely going to be using some of your tips and tricks. Love the linseed oil paint.
Just phenomenal! The finished porch looks so grand and stately! You have more equipment than I even knew existed, and you are expert at using all of it. You answered every question and demonstrated solutions to problems that I had never even thought about. Thank you for sharing this video with us!
Man this was so fun to watch. My dad and I watched it like 2 or 3 times together. I love the editing and I think the way there is some light hearted humor put in at random points is very funny. It's both very entertaining and educational. Thanks for sharing!!
Your shop --- that's me & my little brother's DREAM workshop... but with side room for car repairs & such -- equipped with hydraulic lift. 🤣💯 This rehab house I recently purchased has a porch that's very comparable to yours. It is an old house built 1930. I couldn't figure out how I would go about those posts -- but thanks to you, now I have a plan. Thank you ❤️
Spectacular job well done! This is now become one of my favorite channels! You are the real deal and I look forward to any and all future videos! Thanks for posting and take care!
I love this video. you are a brave man to take on those repairs. I have seen over the year most woodwork projects look small from the start, then they become money pits. you made it through this one congrats. that's a sign of good house maintenance
I've watched this video multiple times over the last year. Started demo'ing my 107 year old porch two days ago to rebuild. I have to remove all the stucco siding from the posts, beams, etc. and boy is that way more labor than I was anticipating! Anyway, I know this isn't a "how-to" but it's extremely informative. Most of the information I've been able to find for porch renovations have to do with repairing/replacing modern construction and the assumptions and expectations are all wrong for my situation. You've provided a boat load of useful information here and it really is appreciated! Thanks for sharing your adventures with all of us.
Great video! You have some impressive woodworking ability and I love how you kept some of the original wood for the beams. A home like that has alot of history behind it so I'd want to keep as much of it intact as I could. Bravo! Hope you reworked the stairs, would love to see that. Great job. 👌
As many others here, I just want to say thank you and mention how awesome your content is! It's not only very enjoyable to watch the videos, but also great to see your channel thriving and how all the hard work that you've put into it over the years is starting to pay off. Very well deserved.
200 years from now, someone will come along and rebuild that porch, and make the same comments about how strong the wood is and how they appreciate the craftmanship that went into building that porch 👊🏽🐐
Very formidable effort to undertake on your own. From planning to execution , filming and editing. Bravo! I live in a cement/stone built country. So this had been quite educational too. Thank you!
Much respect and Kudos to you for keeping at it until it was done. I appreciate that you put this video together without a bunch of video segments and and delays for "on the next episode". Not withstanding the bricklayer, you are an inspiration for getting it done all on your own. The porch looks swell and it's all done right. As it was first built just five years before the civil war I hope this is not an omen that we are headed for another.
Love following your day-to-day activities mate. very informative. keep up the fantastic work. :-) PS. your videos and voiceovers are an absolute please to watch.
my house is only 100 years old and i find new repairs literally every day. i'm not as good as you but i do my best and youtube helps me so much. thankyou
Excellent video my man! Really inspiring to see you throw yourself into such overwhelming projects and come out with a great product in the end. I can only be jealous of that satisfying feeling you have got to have had when you stood there pretty much done with it after such a while, many hours, etc.! Keep it up!
I always enjoy your videos! They comfort me for some reason. They are always fun and helpful!! ☺️ You did an excellent job on the porch! Did it actually cost $40,000 doing most of it yourself? I hope you & your family had an amazing Thanksgiving!
Probably 80k if you factor in Johns real hourly wage. Well at least, the one he would like to have. But no, the 40k would be materials and external labor as quoted by his brother for this type of job. Probably if he would hire his brother, he would get a discount, but it's still a lot of work. Seeing the work and details involved to restore to the previous state, I would say it was a close enough quote.
Being a woodworker, I enjoyed this video tremendously. Thanks for all your hard work and efforts. It came out great and I picked up a couple of great ideas along the way.
Nicest porch this side of the Mississippi. They should mandate watching your videos in high school to motivate this new generation. Have to watch the vlog of you making the tongue and groove. You are a beast, I am thoroughly enjoying your content. I basically learn a new thing from each video, and I am long in the tooth. You can teach an old dog new tricks.
Pressure treated wood, fun. Splinters hurt like hell, they burn and if you get too many, they make you mega sick. School teacher found that out the painful way. I was part of the Theater build team, so we built set pieces for all the shows we did every year, had to deal with a LOT of pressure treated wood, got a few splinters myself and a bunch of ticks moving the lumber from the storage shed to the theatre.
Damn Batman, that's pretty impressive! You did that in at least 10 years faster than I would have and I would have been deaf in the left ear (that's the side she sleeps on) from all the "are you gonna' finish the porch this month???????" Nice job!
I watch these videos for enjoyment, but love when I learn really useful tips too. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience! Best wishes from Edinburgh, Scotland.
Man, you have tools for everything. I am envious... The porch needs banesters for the kids and stair hand rails for the old folks. Great job. Tthe wood materials is for everyone to long for...
My papa and dad used to make the old columns. I was always amazed at their craftsmanship. They built homes back in the 40’s and 50’s out in Prospect, Kentucky. Those were the rich peoples homes.
I rebuilt a porch 2/3's the size of this one. I did a redo of the footings as well. The main vertical posts were still in good shape and ornate, so I took them out and refinished them. Also kept the balusters and refinished them. New rails, stringers, decking. One of my most enjoyable accomplishments carpentry wise. TY for the content. I watched it all.
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Love how overkill you do everything. That porch is gonna last a looong time!!
@34:44 Normally I dont like to see the grain of wood covered, however often times its just not practical to NOT paint it, you need to protect it from the weather so, paint it, after all, its your porch :D
@43:11 another option is a Diesel powered mill maybe
In my 66 years I've known engineers carpenters mechanics farmers and builders but I've never until finding your channel 'met' all of these embodied in one person.
God Bless our Farmers. Big thumbs Up.
@jontisdall6248 You are right, we have never met. I'm the other one...;-)
'Jack of all trades, master of none ' my Dad used to say, explaining his Saturday / Sunday beer soaked summer days! LOL😂😂
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That circular saw 2 point alignment tip was pure gold. Thanks!
For someone who would rather be working on a nine inch cylinder, you have one heck of a wood working shop!
Ha, ha, ha, maybe its a trick statement not to make carpentry, ha, ha, ha 🙂
I can seriously just watch your videos all day long. Being a journeyman electrician for 26 years now and also a small engine mechanic and doing house restoration. Your channel is awesome, nice job on everything!
$40,000 porch build.... Only takes a $400,000 wood shop to make it happen. Haha. Great work. As a carpenter, I appreciate your work. I extremely love preserving the little bits of our history that people are trashing and tearing down for the new ugly! Thank you
It takes a $400 000 wood shop if you don't know how to use basic tools to do basic work. :/ I rebuild houses for less money than that and without a $400 000 wood shop.
99% of old homes are ugly as hell. Especially the homes built 50-60 years ago. Your bi-level from 1973 is not that special.
It takes 40 dollars worth of wood, dumb hillbilly
@@trollolol705 Something you need to realize about a lot of people you see here on RUclips who have $400K shops is that a lot of them got those machines and tools for free in exchange for advertising on their channel. I don't know if that is the case for Farmcraft but I know it is true for most YT content creators. Re: outrageous work quotes, I think there is an epidemic of tradespeople who have an overinflated sense of worth and there quotes reflect that. We have the same problem where I live in Southern NJ, it's impossible to get any work done because the quotes are outrageous. We've had to go without having work done because the quotes are a small fortune.
@@DominicNJ73 Exactly, a luxury normal non youtubers most of the time never recieve, we have to work hard to afford what little we can afford. Who knew staying home and filming yourself would provide more income then most normal hard working people that have to leave the house everyday
77 yrs old female LOVED watching....n yes linseed oil paint on porch . much more historic looking....
I must have watched this video at least 6 times, I like the time laps.
That was so deeply satisfying to watch this project come together. Seeing all that rotted wood get replaced with new and you doing it in such a way that respects the craftsmanship of the previous builders *chefs kiss*.
Hey brother. I’ve been building houses and remodeling for 23 years. It’s been along time since I’ve seen someone do that much work with corded tools. You definitely look and sound like you know what you’re doing. Keep up the good work. Thank you for taking the time to make and share this video.
I agree, but with a job that requires that much laborious work you would need a whole lot of batteries. I respect this man’s hard labor with corded tools and I’m sure you do as well. Of course when I was in the business with dad, cordless tools weren’t even a thing. Lol
That was a labor of love.
A minor mistake I see many carpenters commit. When Pressure preservative lumber is cut to fit the cut ends are supposed to be field treated with copper naphthenate. When the lumber is being processed the chemical does not penetrate all the way through the wood. Treating the cut portions makes sure the exposed, untreated wood is protected.
It would also be a good idea to cut some 30 lb. Felt to cover the tops of the beams and floor joists. It is obvious that penetrating water did most of the original damage. The tar paper just adds another layer of moister protection. Make sure it overlaps the edges a good deal.
I’ve been on jobs with some “Old Timers” that ran circles around the younger guys who used Battery Operated & Corded Tools. While they agreed YES DEFINITELY some newer tools did make a great difference - when the power went out/ wasn’t available or the gas powered generator ran out of gas … Out came the Chisels! And guess who was still working? … the old guys the contractors thought they’d be laying off first! 😂 and as a young small framed woman, it was the old timers that took the time to really teach me how to “Work Smart Not Hard” but of course it’s all hard work.
And the the 1st round of guys to be laid off or transferred were all the “Accidental Chord Cutters” 🤦🏻♀️
While Batteries have improved, they’re still $$$, Get Stolen, Dropped & Break, & don’t charge or work well in the cold. Pros & Cons to everything but always Respect & Never Underestimate someone & the tools they carry.
Amazing work.
@@laulio7823 Some of the newer batteries like the 8 and 12ah milwaukee batteries will run a fuel sawzall about as long as you would want to run a sawzall. I cut out 8 joists and completely demoed a bathroom and 2 walls with mine and used about 1/4 of a charge. The newer fuel range gets double or triple the battery life of the old brushed ones for light/medium work and has more power than corded when required.
Really enjoying the videos you have posted in tha last several months. The lift, dump truck, shop, excavator, and tree stump videos have all been excellent.
He was holding out on us on the porch. But it's great to have it all on one video to see the whole arc, rather than break it up into pieces.
I second that. I've been subbed to this channel for a long time, but over the last couple of months, this channel has grown to be one of my favorites. I'm not sure what changed, but I like it.
Yea, johns killing it!
I agree! I must also add that in addition to having highly inspiring and high-quality, technical and entertaining content, it also has a great dose of good humor and a hollywood-level edition!
Agree completely, the last few months videos have all been excellent
Man you built that porch “hell for stout”!! Old term for an old house… great job!
Im thoroughly enjoying every bit of content youve put out the last several months. keep it up
Wow Jon! That was superb. Thanks for bringing us along
Children were born for the exclusive use of painting.
...and shucking corn. That's why farmers had large families!
Care of the Chickens
As a professional carpenter, I would like to say your work is very well done. Great craftsmanship, the next family that lives there will be enjoying their sweet tea out front for a very long time! 👏🏾👍🏾
Since you're a professional carpenter, I'd like to ask; do you think $40k sounds right for doing this yourself and not paying others for labor? I've rented my whole life and don't have much experience with home remodeling, but I know in rural US you can get decent homes for around $100k so $40k for a porch just sounds excessive.
@BoxOfDemons this is highly dependent on location but here in the Carolinas I am bidding and closing most deck and porch jobs around 30k some upwards to 50k. Size being 12x30 or 16x30 on average, finishing with composite deck or porch planking. Labor is a very large part of the cost, so if you just bought the materials yourself and completed the project yourself, you should be able to complete a project like this for about 10K to 12K in materials as long as you have all the tools obviously.
@@TheGolfCellar OK that makes more sense. I'm imagining the title of this video is implying the value of the porch if he paid for labor. I don't know where this guy lives, but it looks pretty rural, so I was shocked with the price. The rural area I used to live in, I just checked now and I'm seeing some smaller houses for well under $100k.
@BoxOfDemons yeah, he was saying his contractor brother would charge 40K for that porch. Homes start at around 300k around the area I live, where I grew up in Ohio houses are around 80 to 100k, I wish that was the case around here haha
Next 5 families!
FarmCraft101 is one of my favorite channels. Thanks for all the hard work (and your sense of humor) that you put into making these videos for our viewing pleasure. On a side note - I wish I had 1/4 of your energy!!
I enjoyed it more the second time!! Thanks!!
I'm a retired Carpenter and I have built everything from a Dog house to helping build large docks and piers in Alaska over my 30+ year career. It sure is nice to see another Carpenter building something correctly. One thing I can't stand is a wood butcher. Thanks.
You really value something that much more when you take care of it and/or see the work that goes into it. A simple visitor to the house would just think "nice porch" and never know how much sweat and love go into things. Great job!
Fantastic...JOB..........😎
Your project is a massive undertaking as a first time doing something like this ! My husband is building a porch for our front door not neatly your size for the first time. He is using Trex, an education in itself. I it a great learning opportunity. And it's looking grrat. I am learning so much from you to share with him. Next I want to repair our wood back porch. You've given me encouragement. Your work and discussion are great. Thank you.
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You sir, are quite the Craftsman. You've got some amazing skill and ingenuity. I'm glad that, despite your expertise, you're not one of those "I'm better than everyone else" type of trendy tik-tok bloggers that only care about how many millions of followers and viewers they can rack up. You are the real deal, and you make sure it's done right. Plus, you got a relatable sense of humor as well.
People do not respect the time that goes into these projects. Great video dude!
Must be sweet to finally have fixed up the porch, one less big project that has to be done, and it looks great now!
Must have been hard to hide this work in the background of all your other videos around the house as well and the ability to work on other things then just the porch.
Amazing video man, that is one hell of a lot of hard work, the flooring would had been so much easier to do if you had been 2-3 guys so you could work standing on the ground in between the joists with the floor at around stomach height so you dont have to bend over and work at foot height.
By far, the best porch rebuild.
I am flabbergasted the original construction has held for over 170 years. Amazing work!!!
Wow. That was unbelievable work. You built that porch like a fortress and it’s gonna hold up for a really long time! It’s especially nice that you milled up your own oak flooring that is of the highest quality and will last for decades. That was such a great video.
Sad part would be someone comes and buys the land and bulldozes the house. To build some God awful modern crap home.
Itl rot like t last one
@@waynelaw1793 hmmm... yup another 170+ years or better given the quality of work he put into it.
It's good there are still plenty of folks willing to do the required upkeep on these historic places to keep them livable for generations to come.
Another 200 years from now this place is still standing it will be because of men like this.
You can't put a price on that.
It is a beautiful home.
I agree with all the previous responses. They said it better than I could. You work like a man who was taught top notch building skills through generations past. Your Dad has phenomenal skills in many areas too, but you go to some new directions. 😅
When you mentioned that the column bases had some unique challenges, But you figured them out , and you rather enjoyed it. Amen Brother. I've spent the last 50 years restoring everything from Victorians in San Francisco up to large churches In Puerto Rico, even up to this very day (4/1124) I'm restoring a Spanish Colonial Style home that my lawyer friend purchased, I get off on the challenges. Sometimes I lay awake at night, unable to fall asleep, doing this and doing that in my head. I have even had dreams in the middle of the night where I found a really true solution. Challenges are competitions with your own self. and man does it feel good when you meet it and beat it. I'd rather have these challenges and problems doing what I do, than having a good day sitting in some office. Interestingly, my very first job after graduation in 1965, I got a job with an older man who was a master at floor refinishing and installation. I had a flooring shop in San Francisco that also branched out into full restoration work. I'm 78 years old, watching you work and talk was so nostalgic for me. Like your T&G hammer, I had a similar nailer, except you had to use arm power to drive the nails, Thank you for this and your video on making your own T&G flooring from an oak log.
Ha ha😅 I was watching the bricks being layed and after 4 of them I THOUGHT dam that looks easy 😊 😊 then this text came across the screen THAT A MASTER WAS WORKING IT... Funny stuff 😁. Got me ❤
We recently did something similar; deck rotten, waterproofing failing, code has changed, etc. We are simple DIYers, and have only basic tools, but watching you struggle, insist on doing it right, being honest about the ridiculous timelines involved but then “over complicating” with making your own T and G oak floor boards despite the incredible amount of time can only mean one thing: you love this. And so do we. Time well spent. I really appreciate the work, the pain and the editing work on top of it all. New subscriber. 🤓
I work at a foundation repair company as a foreman and have done that for 10 years and you’re very on point here
Excellent, EXCELLENT job and video. Better than a This Old House episode. Best of all, I LEARNED something.
That was a lot of work, especially for one man. I'm a 69 year old retired construction worker (electrician), so those days are over for me, but I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thanks.
Watching you do this reminds me of helping my dad when he built closets, a carport, a porch and pulled in the entire back wall of our house way back in the day. One exception…the only power tool he owned was a drill. He was an older dad who unfortunately got sick when I was 7 and died when I was 17. His job after WWII was working for one of the companies that built pipelines in the middle east. He could do everything with construction and was a master electrician. Thanks for the memories!
Very good job sir. Respect.
Bless you and your dad!! Very touching.
Congrats FC101 on getting the front porch down and rebuilding-it. looks great. hard work pays-off
Great job! Nice having the tools and equipment. Brownie points the next time you want to invest in a new tool, so you can sell it to the Mrs! Love your work.
Given the crudeness of most construction and fabrication these days, it is most pleasant to watch you work. Either you do your homework carefully before you attack each project, or you are a lot older than you appear to be. It takes both an organized mind and much effort to be a reasonably skilled craftsman in many disciplines. As with pretty much everything that you do, the porch was nicely done. Bravo.
Projects like this are so time consuming yet fulfilling, however; I can’t imagine filming and editing all of that footage! John, you are a great and very knowledgeable man, you should be very proud of this channel. This should be a multi-million subscriber channel, so much information and entertainment! You are greatly appreciated in my household, sir!
As she channeled her Marcia Lucas, the filming and editing was what Mrs FarmCraft101 was doing, while Mr FarmCraft101 did the work :-)
@@charlessmyth that kind of family effort makes for a great recipe for success!
Good thinking 99, it will look great.😊
You my friend are truly a craftsman at any project you take on. I really enjoy and look forward to all of your videos. It is almost rare to see the quality you put in all of your projects. Keep up the great work.
Thanks! Absolutely amazing work!! 😺
Thank you!
You reminiscing about what it was like in the 1850s when this house what originally built is fascinating. I wonder if in 150 years the house is still standing and the new owners can actually watch this video and SEE all the work that went into their porch. Like just imagine how cool it would be if today you could look up a video and see these men back in 1850 building your house.
very old new england house owner and I say that touch the hands across the centuries, never thought that in 275 years the owners god will could look at my prject book and see what I did when Imy family had it.
I'm always amazed by the courage of starting (and finishing) a project like this. I'm quite confident that I could do each individual part decently. But planning it out and putting it all together in a methodical way is a whole other ball game. 🙈
Guys like you never cease to amaze me. You know how to do so much 'stuff'. Farming, ranching, woodworking, tree cutting, lumber making, carpentry and probably so much more. I'm a 76 year-old retiree and wouldn't know how to do a tenth of that. I guess a lot of it has to do with living on a farm and having to do these things out of necessity.
Great channel!
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Necessity is the mother of invention. And when there's a will, there's a way. Two expressions with one comment. Or maybe three? :)
I agree linseed great water rejector. Pity about boards not showing, but it is a cool colour and sweeps better. Well done 🎉😊
Once again I am impressed by your work.
The white oak boards look spectaculair.
What a job this has been!!
Amazing skills!! I've learned so much from your videos!
As a seasoned carpenter I must say very good work
I'm thoroughly enjoying every bit of content you've put out over the last several months.You👌 should be proud!!
I love old houses like this! You Sir are a very blessed man and you should be proud!!
In 1956 -57 I apprenticed with my grandfather. He had a Cabinet Shop on Larimer St in Denver, CO. He was a master woodworker. We built bars, restaurants, bank lobbies, etc. We restored old homes. In slow times we built a new home. He dug the foundation, poured the footers and continued all the way through including wiring and plumbing. And, as a commenter said, I did the painting. I think you are a re-incarnation of my grandfather.
Great job Jon! Always great to see you doing whatever it takes to make it right. That’s a job to be proud of. Being a retired carpenter I really like watching what you are doing. I do a lot of the other do it yourself stuff. But not near what you do. Keep up the great work 👍
Absolutely amazing craftsmanship. And super refreshing to see the respect shown for those that came before. Wonderful job.
this is the first farm craft video I ever saw. I knew instantly that it would become one of my favourite channels on RUclips. Thanks Jon for teaching me so much. Keep making videos!
Dude, you get two thumbs up five stars and the whole nine yards. I loved every second of this teardown and rebuild. I admire your skill set and applaud your ability to add tips and tricks along the way. Thanks for taking us along. Very nice job.
Beautiful home. Over fifty years ago I started out remodeling old houses like yours. Few had wiring or even indoor plumbing back then. Infact it was almost as cheap to build a new one rather than add the modern amenities to these old multi story behemoths. The ones that did have electricity were full of knob and tube wiring, that was used from the 1890s to the 1930s. The plumbing was all steel piping and cast iron or clay drains. Nowadays I enjoy just browsing RUclips for videos like yours, as my years have added up on me and the back and arthritis is very uncooperative. Great job on the porch. Subscribed..
Excellent work as usual! I only discovered your channel about a month ago and love it. I do the same things on a smaller scale; I only have 5 acres so a zero turn and a 25 hp TYM Korean tractor with a few implements gets it done. I went through the same BS with Deere and I got a way heavier and much more capable tractor in the same range for $4k less. I wouldn't change a thing! I worked in the Masonry business my whole life and started going to work with my dad at a very young age and retired now at 59. I would have come and built your pies for you just for airfare and room and board. I wouldn't have stayed for the whole thing! I think this is my new favorite channel!
Whoa! I'm very impressed with the problem solving and detail you applied. Excellent results. I especially appreciated your saying that you took a few days to decide it required completely removing and rebuilding from footers up! Many times, I rush in and get way off track from a proper result.
Just wow. Every min filled with some nugget or the other. Thanks so much for putting your wisdom out there for anyone that cares for this kind of work. I know I will watch this several times and still keep coming back to it as I see a cross-application of your ideas across a variety of projects. Huge kudos to you!
All the toys for all the joys, fantastic work
This channel rocks my dude. You're very talented and I hope your user base grows. You deserve it.
It takes a special person to appreciate and restore a home on this scale. Fine craftmanship and difficult to duplicate in a time when materials are so different from when this was built. Thank you for the video and tips.
Watching in 25 minutes and getting this incredible fantastic useful trick at 25:00, like wow. Thank you, sir.
Excellent job, keeping the old details alive and respected. Must be a satisfying feeling having this done.
All of your content has been great. This really takes the cake, though. Very seldom can you see something in today's world that is of this quality. It is without a doubt the someone will be enjoying this porch in 150+ years. This was awesome to watch. Keep up the great work!
It's not that great. Water is going to sit between those boards that he laminated together and rot it out quickly.
@@Jeremy-iv9bc that's funny I could have sworn today's industry standard was LAMINATED beams. For a long span like the front of that porch; it's actually part of the standard building code where I live to use pressure treated laminated beams or engineered laminated beams. And the beams that he laminated were also pressure treated 🤔another industry standard against rot something that they didn't have in the 1850s and yet the porch lasted this long 🤔 and any areas that were making contact with the surface he constructed out of Osage orange another very highly resistant wood in terms of rot. Even taking the time to put in those metal shims underneath the base plates to allow a bit of airflow to dry the wood out was a rot mitigation tactic used on already rot resistant material. Basically this porch will Outlast you, your kids, and your grandkids. Go find a hobby instead of knocking people's hard work. Typically the people making these kind of comments are people that have never built anything in their life. I on the other hand have; and would gladly hire this guy if he needed a job.
I have the exact same project awaiting me, scared to find out how many beams I’ll need to replace and what shape the footings are in. Definitely going to be using some of your tips and tricks. Love the linseed oil paint.
I can't believe how much hard work you did single handed!!! You have an amazing life and house and family 🙏🙏🙏
Just phenomenal! The finished porch looks so grand and stately! You have more equipment than I even knew existed, and you are expert at using all of it. You answered every question and demonstrated solutions to problems that I had never even thought about. Thank you for sharing this video with us!
Watches it again and it's an amazing job you did!
Man this was so fun to watch. My dad and I watched it like 2 or 3 times together. I love the editing and I think the way there is some light hearted humor put in at random points is very funny. It's both very entertaining and educational.
Thanks for sharing!!
Your shop --- that's me & my little brother's DREAM workshop... but with side room for car repairs & such -- equipped with hydraulic lift. 🤣💯
This rehab house I recently purchased has a porch that's very comparable to yours. It is an old house built 1930.
I couldn't figure out how I would go about those posts -- but thanks to you, now I have a plan.
Thank you ❤️
Spectacular job well done! This is now become one of my favorite channels! You are the real deal and I look forward to any and all future videos! Thanks for posting and take care!
I love this video. you are a brave man to take on those repairs. I have seen over the year most woodwork projects look small from the start, then they become money pits. you made it through this one congrats. that's a sign of good house maintenance
I've watched this video multiple times over the last year. Started demo'ing my 107 year old porch two days ago to rebuild. I have to remove all the stucco siding from the posts, beams, etc. and boy is that way more labor than I was anticipating!
Anyway, I know this isn't a "how-to" but it's extremely informative. Most of the information I've been able to find for porch renovations have to do with repairing/replacing modern construction and the assumptions and expectations are all wrong for my situation. You've provided a boat load of useful information here and it really is appreciated!
Thanks for sharing your adventures with all of us.
Great video! You have some impressive woodworking ability and I love how you kept some of the original wood for the beams. A home like that has alot of history behind it so I'd want to keep as much of it intact as I could. Bravo! Hope you reworked the stairs, would love to see that. Great job. 👌
As many others here, I just want to say thank you and mention how awesome your content is! It's not only very enjoyable to watch the videos, but also great to see your channel thriving and how all the hard work that you've put into it over the years is starting to pay off. Very well deserved.
200 years from now, someone will come along and rebuild that porch, and make the same comments about how strong the wood is and how they appreciate the craftmanship that went into building that porch 👊🏽🐐
Very formidable effort to undertake on your own.
From planning to execution , filming and editing. Bravo!
I live in a cement/stone built country. So this had been quite educational too.
Thank you!
Fantastic craftsmanship and patience! Much respect!
Much respect and Kudos to you for keeping at it until it was done. I appreciate that you put this video together without a bunch of video segments and and delays for "on the next episode". Not withstanding the bricklayer, you are an inspiration for getting it done all on your own. The porch looks swell and it's all done right. As it was first built just five years before the civil war I hope this is not an omen that we are headed for another.
Love following your day-to-day activities mate. very informative. keep up the fantastic work. :-) PS. your videos and voiceovers are an absolute please to watch.
my house is only 100 years old and i find new repairs literally every day. i'm not as good as you but i do my best and youtube helps me so much. thankyou
Excellent video my man! Really inspiring to see you throw yourself into such overwhelming projects and come out with a great product in the end. I can only be jealous of that satisfying feeling you have got to have had when you stood there pretty much done with it after such a while, many hours, etc.! Keep it up!
I always enjoy your videos! They comfort me for some reason. They are always fun and helpful!! ☺️
You did an excellent job on the porch! Did it actually cost $40,000 doing most of it yourself? I hope you & your family had an amazing Thanksgiving!
Probably 80k if you factor in Johns real hourly wage. Well at least, the one he would like to have.
But no, the 40k would be materials and external labor as quoted by his brother for this type of job. Probably if he would hire his brother, he would get a discount, but it's still a lot of work. Seeing the work and details involved to restore to the previous state, I would say it was a close enough quote.
@@patrickd9551 I see. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of these things. ☺️
Being a woodworker, I enjoyed this video tremendously. Thanks for all your hard work and efforts. It came out great and I picked up a couple of great ideas along the way.
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Darn-I thought it was a $40,000 Porche restoration..
Nicest porch this side of the Mississippi. They should mandate watching your videos in high school to motivate this new generation. Have to watch the vlog of you making the tongue and groove. You are a beast, I am thoroughly enjoying your content. I basically learn a new thing from each video, and I am long in the tooth. You can teach an old dog new tricks.
Pressure treated wood, fun. Splinters hurt like hell, they burn and if you get too many, they make you mega sick. School teacher found that out the painful way.
I was part of the Theater build team, so we built set pieces for all the shows we did every year, had to deal with a LOT of pressure treated wood, got a few splinters myself and a bunch of ticks moving the lumber from the storage shed to the theatre.
Your a Maniac! Workmanship is amazing..
Thank you very much for sharing your video !!!👍👍👍
Damn Batman, that's pretty impressive! You did that in at least 10 years faster than I would have and I would have been deaf in the left ear (that's the side she sleeps on) from all the "are you gonna' finish the porch this month???????"
Nice job!
You are saying those man in 1850 are amazing all doing by hand. I think how you restore this porch is also amazing, very great job👌👌👌
I watch these videos for enjoyment, but love when I learn really useful tips too. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience! Best wishes from Edinburgh, Scotland.
Awesome job dude!!!! Impressive
Learned more the fourth time! Good job!
Love old houses like this, so much character. They do have old house problems, though. Nice job the porch looks great!
Man, you have tools for everything. I am envious... The porch needs banesters for the kids and stair hand rails for the old folks. Great job. Tthe wood materials is for everyone to long for...
Like any repair, y’all don’t know what’s hidden to be revealed needing to be tackled. Great approach and job. Thanks for sharing
I did enjoy it. First class. I'd say "priceless" is the price of that work, because nobody hired would do it that well.
My papa and dad used to make the old columns. I was always amazed at their craftsmanship. They built homes back in the 40’s and 50’s out in Prospect, Kentucky. Those were the rich peoples homes.
I rebuilt a porch 2/3's the size of this one. I did a redo of the footings as well. The main vertical posts were still in good shape and ornate, so I took them out and refinished them. Also kept the balusters and refinished them. New rails, stringers, decking. One of my most enjoyable accomplishments carpentry wise. TY for the content. I watched it all.