1840 Farmhouse Root Cellar Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2021
- Don & Brenda finish the root cellar under their 180 year old farmhouse. View the beautiful brick arch and stone walls of this gem of a cold cellar.
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You may want to whitewash the walls with lime. Lime wash brightens the walls but also creates a hygienic surface that keeps molds and fungus from growing on the humid stone walls. I believe I see old lime wash on your walls from earlier days.
My grandmother was born in 1899. Her family when she was a girl grew mint. Her family would put mint leaves on the floor of their root cellar in the fall when she was a girl to keep mice away.
If spiders are an issue they used to hang onion sacks of hedge apples in the cellars...typically these where cultivated in the hedge rows ergo the word hedge apples...mortars where typically slaked lime stone and soil mixtures they cure for a long time and obviously they do a very good job.....the natural mortars also where somewhat self regulating for humidity like adobe blocks they would breath....and maintaining humidity is best done naturally at 50%...in winter a stove pipe to the floor allows cold air to fall in and at the top warmer air will circulate via convection...that will allow moisture out...warmer air carries the moisture out...boiled linseed oil on the clay floor will also help regulate moisture...Often farms would have a wine room I wonder if that is how the one in the barn was used for brewing beer and wines?
I never heard that method of keeping spiders away. I'm always interested in new ideas.
It's amazing to learn all of the different ways things were done in the past.
Thanks for watching.
You two are perfect for each other, caring for each other in so many ways, God bless.
Thanks so much. We've been married for 40 years and at this point know each other VERY well. 😁 Thanks for watching!
In the spring harvest blocks of ice, mix it with sawdust and straw, in a styrofoam container to keep cooling the air down and help with humidity for the summer
My old farmhouse is about as old as yours, I just wish it had something like this in the basement too. Thank you for sharing this.
Beautiful cellar! Our ancestors knew what they were doing!
They sure did!!! I'm thankful that they built things so well.
Haha, i love the one-liner husband/wife teasing with a chuckle, it just show the love is still there. I will subscribe :)
Nice job guys!
What a cool couple. You're awesome!
Great job on the door.
Your root cellar is so cool! Love it 😍
Thanks! I fell in love with it the minute I saw it. I knew we could make it really nice. Now we just have to get some ventilations things sorted out and I'll be able to use it. Thanks for watching!
We owned an 1806 farmhouse in Pa. with a root cellar that was 8' x 12' and it had water cisterns in all 4 corners that stayed filled with water year round. Have never seen anything like that before or since!
Oh, that is so interesting! I have never seen that arrangement either. I wonder about the motive in the design....perhaps the cool water was to aid in temperature management and to add humidity. I'm just guessing. I'm curious if anyone else has information. Thanks for sharing!
Good job! Looks great.
Thank you!
Great vids. Thanks for sharing :)
I just found your site and I love it!
Glad you found us. Thanks for watching!
Very Nice!!
Great job❣️
Thank you!
Hello, and nice to meet you. New to your channel! Glad I found you.
Nice to meet you too. Thanks for watching.
Use a cake iceing bag to fill the cracks up it.
I have heard of the icing bag....but I've never used one. I'm going to check with my local masonry supply guy. Thanks Louis!
Should have gone with lime and sand mixture instead of modern mortar. It is what was originally used most likely.
Thank you Michelle. To be honest, I didn't know about the old formula for mortar......it makes sense though. The old mortar is softer then the mix with portland cement.
I am not a concrete professional. But, a crooked Cement contractor ran out of cement on a garage frost footing foundation. To finish the job he used lime. The block installed with lime had less strength. He ended replacing it before the garage was built.
Yes. Lime is better for this job than Portland. The problem is that the Portland is less permeable to moisture than lime. Over time, this could result in damage to the stone rather than the mortar itself. However, since this is just a small patch and not done on the majority of the wall, you should be fine.
Paint the ceiling with white paint and reduce number of fixtures as white reflects more light…good luck
You could put mortar in a baggie, like you would to fill a donut, cut the tip off, put the baggie back in the hole and fill some mortar in there. You can be more precise using the baggie thing, and then apply mortar to the stones you fit in there. That way, you have a solid repair.
That's a good suggestion. We hope to get more work done in there this winter in order to have it useable by next summer/fall. Thanks for watching!
Buy several bottles of white wine and keep 'em there .. Environment is suitable ..
We are hoping to build a wine rack on the end wall, but should just put some on the shelves for now. Good idea.
Very nice job on your root cellar i would love to build one but it seems like just a lack of time. nice video though.
Thanks! I know what you mean about lack of time. We manage to get inside jobs done during winter since spring, summer and fall keep us hopping outside on the farm.
i have my Estonian food cellar to repair in spring - so i am hoping i can learn some things
We are still in the process of learning. We are hoping to get it totally complete and ventilated before we start storing large amounts of food next fall.
White wash it with masons lime.
A mortarbag 👍
Maybe a small fan would cool the room a couple degrees. Not sure though.
We FINALLY got the temperature more controlled and also fixed a radon problem. (that we didn't know about when we did this video. Here's the video about how we finally fixed temperature and radon: ruclips.net/video/yS9b2EEWOW8/видео.html&t
Those are nice. Where are you aging all your vino?
We hope to build a wine rack on the end wall. It will look really nice with the arch. :)
For that era I believe they used lime motor. I know that project is done but perhaps in the future you could check with some stone masons to see what’s best for you. Just a thought. Your property is beautiful for sure.
Yes, you are spot on....the original mortar used here in the 1800's was simply lime and sand. Unfortunately I am a novice mason and I was not confident enough to use lime and sand. A better mason would have used an original mix for sure. Thanks for the insight.
I hit the thumbs up at the very end of the video.....would have done it sooner if the root cellar had a RED door.
I love this. How many man hours do you figure it will take to secure the barn cellar?
The barn root cellar is a bigger project. Water from the bank barn ramp leaks down to the stone arch and it damaged the mortar. I need to pour a concrete pad on the ramp to make sure it does not collapse when tractors drive in the barn. Then I need to repoint all of the stones! Huge project....and now the weather is warming up, time to farm. Thanks for engaging with our project. More to come!
You could place rock, draintile, and possibly a membrane under the slab to divert water away from your beautiful cellar.
@@buelowexcavating thank you for sharing your ideas! The surface of the ground over the barn root cellar is sloped as it is the ramp to the barn. There is a small 2 ft concrete area next to the barn...but the west wind drive the rain water against the barn and then down to the ground over the cellar. Water drips down thru the stone....and the old mortar falls out. Yes, we need a membrane, tile and concrete. I wish you were close enough to take a look.
When I say place rock we use 3" tire chips. They weigh 1/3 less than rock. They are about 1/7 of the cost of rock. They act as an insulator, drain tile, and shock absorber. We use the chips on the bad and wet soils. On a Church, the basement walls were wet and moldy. They had three systems installed by three different companies, none worked. After installing our system the walls were dry in 2 days and have been dry for about 25 years.
@@buelowexcavating wow, I never heard of that practice, but it makes sense!
What temperature is staying in your cellar.?
Temp on 12/3 is 57F at 99% humidity. Too warm. I'm working on a powered ventilation system now. Funny thing, laurder at basement level is 2F degrees cooler. The deep root cellar is still holding summer soil heat. Vent system should help. Any observations?
With those thick wooden shelves you put in - Are you worried about mold?
I was not concerned at the time....but I should have been! Good observation. I'm working on a ventilation system now.
Wine cellar too? Might increase property value calling it wine cellar…
Are you going to add shelves in the back
Marilyn, We hope to build a wine rack down there at some point.
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How did yall come about buying ypur home will you give a home tour
We came about our property by chance. We were looking for a little more land than we had in our suburban home, but this place had been on the market for 2 years and worked out to be what we needed. We hope to do a video soon telling the whole story and all that we have planned for the farm. We did house tours early on....here are links. ruclips.net/video/oOO8nbvL8k4/видео.html Christmas tour - ruclips.net/video/lobrbtFlD00/видео.html I'm glad you found us. :)
The meat hooks are SO cool!!!!
I KNOW! We were so excited to see some of the original features still in placed. Thanks for watching!
10:20 "We'll have to see..... think about that one......" Glad he didn't really want a red door after all. Seeing as how he cleaned it, fixed it up, built the door AND painted it.... 🤨🙄😐
Hope you're not using cement.
I used cement to patch the concrete floor. And yes, I used a premix mortar that had some cement. I'm just now learning about the lime/sand mixes. I should have kept it more in keeping with original construction methods. Thanks for the observation!
Your cellars are screaming for homemade cheese to be in them.
Oh yes! But first we need to learn how to make cheese. It is on our list. We try to find local mentors when possible. Thanks for the encouragement!
Maybe the reason my marriage is great is because I don’t know how to comprise. LOL then at the end Her beautiful roots seller, what happened to your husband?
She did say him. I would consult my attorney, hire a private investigator and immediately put everything in my brothers name afterwards. Good luck!