The Birth Of A Wooden House
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- This is a documentary movie uncovering the process of building a wooden house with hand tools from local materials starting from forest till the living space.
I built my house from trees that I felled with an axe and two man crosscut saw in my own forest. I did it following the research of old carpenter's calendar that coniferous trees should be felled in January's first days when the new moon rises and the deciduous trees should be felled in the winter time during the old moon. In winter time trees are sleeping and the juice and moisture content is very low in them. As time passes timber felled in winter becomes light and strong.
In the building process I used mostly traditional carpenters hand tools - axes, hand saws, timber framing chisels and slicks, old Stanley planes, augers, draw knives and mostly human energy. All the ground work for fundaments and the basement earth digging was done by hand with shovels. The foundation consists mostly of bigger and smaller rocks and boulders. Lime, sand and concrete mixture are using only in small amounts - to hold the boulders together. The visible part over the ground level - boulder mosaic has been masoned with hand split local granite.
The House has been built based on the western part of Latvia - Kurland/Kurzeme (German influence) historical wooden architecture typical technique - Timber Frame construction with sliding log walls between the posts. House is two carpentry technique union - Timber Frame (that is typical in France, Germany, Great Britain, North America and other countries) and traditional Latvian log building technique, between the logs using moss from the local swamp.
In the walls, timber frame and roof construction there I used only wood joints and wooden pegs to hold the main construction together - no nails, screws or steel plates. Walls are insulated with 250mm thick dry pine and larch shaving layer (leftover from the local cabinet makers workshop). Overall exterior wall thickness is 50cm. In the walls (except wind vapour breathable membrane over the roof) has not been used any plastic or modern synthetic materials.
To preserve the wood from the spoiling, fame posts, sills, top beams and final cladding boards are treated with fire and pine tar mixed with Tung oil. This wood preservation technique was adapted from the Japanese traditional wood preservation technique Shou Sugi Ban (焼杉板).
Exterior cladding boards recoating each 10-15 years Tung oil and pine or birch tar mixture, the house can last more than 500 years. As an example is taken Norwegian stave churches that stands more than 500 years until nowadays.
Roofing is three layer white oak shingles (each 10mm thick, 120mm wide and 720mm long) laid in two directional technique. Overall amount of shingles used is 15 000 pieces. Roof walls are insulated with ecological wood fibre wool and wood fibre panels. Over the wood fibre panels are plastered natural plaster - mixture of sand, clay powder, lime, linen fibre, salt, wheat flour. Overall thickness of the plaster is 20mm and over all amount of plaster used on the walls are 5000 kilos. It works also as thermal mass and improves energy performance.
Exterior measurements of the house is 6.5 x 13 meters. Living space in both floors are 120sq/m. The house is being heated with clay plastered brick bread oven and smaller oven made of clay tiles in the kitchen. To heat up both floors of the house, when outside it is minus 10 degrees (Celsium) only small oven is heated once a day. When freeze gets below -15, -20 C, we heat up the bread oven. Once it is heated, because of it’s thermal mass of 5 tons, it keeps the warmth 2-3 days. To heat up all the house (120 sq/m) in the winter time we use not more than 4 m3 of dry firewood. This is 2nd winter we are living there and we still heat up the house with the leftovers of lumber from the building process. And it will be enough for 3 more years.
I have fulfilled my vision to a build natural, ecological house with high thermal efficiency, low energy consumption, sustainable, using local materials such as - wood, stone, old and new clay bricks, moss, linen fibre, clay, water, lime, wheat flour, salt and wood shavings.
Jacob, carpenter, craftsman and founder of Northmen (ex John Neeman Tools).
Soundtrack:
Jeff Pianki - Old Habits
Peter J Hochstedler - Fools On The Highway
Jauns Mēness (New Moon) - Pazudušais Dēls
Jeff Pianki - The Weight Of Us
Jeff Pianki - On Forgetting
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Hey I'm from Algeria are you single
Thank you for keeping traditions alive 🙏
im from Romania, Maramures county, we love traditional wooden houses too, great home you had built! its nice because you used traditional techniques! cheers mate!
Good evening I'm from Algeria I love Romania
This is my fav video on youtube since today
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This is simply beautiful. To think that you were able to create something so cosy and personal as this home, using only the help of friends, your imagination and love for your family, is just incredible and inspiring. It's amazing what humans can do.
+Ricardo Esteves Shut the fuck up, moron.
MetusBatman V4 Someone was beat up by his daddy.
Ricardo Esteves I love when insecure morons make bold assumptions on the internet.
@@metusbatmanv4399 Why so unfriendly, moron?
I am thoroughly impressed with the craftsmanship this project. Being a builder myself, i can really appreciate the skill, knowledge, hard work, and attention to detail taken on every single piece of wood. No doubt this masterpiece will last nearly an eternity barring the elements of time. God bless!
respect from Turkey, god bless you and your family
The is the best thing I've seen recently, by far.
Thank you for this relaxing and inspirational moment, and congratulations on your huge achievement =)
Essence of life in 24 minutes. I come back to watch this video at least a few times per year for inspiration. God bless!
感動しました！素晴らしい！
I was very moved！ excellent！
This video is such an escape. I’ve watched it so many times. Can’t get enough!!! When life gets too busy, I just put on this vid and stomp on the brakes.
Your home is beautiful! And I agree this is probably the best video I have seen on RUclips. How you ever cut those beams is beyond my understanding or ability. I see with the basement you have a root cellar similar to the house I lived in when I studied in Germany. They are wonderful. And that front door is not the work of a carpenter but the work of a true artist! Thank you for a beautiful video. May God bless you and your family.
Это лучшее видео на ютубе!
Этот дом прослужит ни одному поколению!
Счастья вам северные люди!
If there was an award for best upload on youtube ever, THIS would have to win! I love how the music is just right!
Esse vídeo é muito lindo
Deus abençoe essa família
Que trabajo tan hermoso!!!!!! La cabaña mas espectacular que he podido ver. Felicitaciones!!!
the best video ever. ive no idea how many times ive watched this, but i keep coming back. thank you.
Fabulous. Craftmanship, crazy hardwork for an extraordinary final result. Bravo and thanks for sharing. Greatings from France.
People dont know how to live dont know any more what is realy Importaint ...
There is a Gent in Alaska, he calls what he does : My self reliance. Mind he is very good at what he does, BUT... He could learn way more then he already knows from you , and especially from your grandfather! Whom I already admire greatly, and I added you to the list of people to be admired.
Thank you very, very much, Jacob
In my humble opinion.....PERFECTION!
Thanks to my high tech smartphone I can see how LOW TECH is the real thing. Bravo to these people. They are an inspiration.
How can someone dislike video like this!?? I think this is the best video i ever seen on earth.
Не видел ничего лучше в деревянном домостроении. Это не купишь. Все настоящее. Особенно люди.
Nice video, beautiful house and beautiful family, congratulation God bless
Excellent video! Can anyone explain to me the purpose of digging a hole and rolling a boulder into it?
+Stephan P in BC It was foundation for the brick chimney. It (chimney) starts from the basement and has full weight of 7 tons. It is basement ventilation on one side and the oven smoke exit on the other side. It has two layers. One for the ventilation and the other for the smoke. All our foundation consists mainly of boulders mixed together with mortar, just like the ones we dropped in the hole.
+John Neeman Tools What a great idea, that makes good sense. Your work is like art, thank you for sharing it for all to see.
that's a good question, and the workmanship was great .
This is definitely the most beautiful video l have ever seen on RUclips.
A precious home and an even more precious family. Congratulations :)
this videos is so intensely good and has so many right things happening in it that it is borderline disgusting to watch... it's like a perfect christmas morning, it is so good that it becomes unreal
Bellissimo video,bellissima famiglia...complimenti!ciao a tutti
Very beautiful and interesting to be watched . Beautiful ending.
Thank you for sharing and inspiring, may love and prosperity be with you.
Great Job!Outstanding job!!!!
Omg love this! The music too! Where do you find men like this?
Europe
Absolutely amazing!!
Exceptional skill to build like that, very beautiful house, thank you for the video
It's beautiful Jacob.
Everything is simply perfect
My God, that's beautiful. No wonder the Vikings were the terror of the continent for centuries. Those boys gots skills.
Awesome music 15:30
Mükemmel kalite. süper ötesi olmuş. güle güle oturun.👏👏👏🇹🇷
재료가 사랑이네요 멋지고 아름답습니다 ㅎ
Something got in my eye, sry, cant read comments :(
Es como mi casa soñada, hacer mi propia casa con elementos naturales... realmente impresionado... muy linda la familia... realmente es un hogar :)
Awesome video and the way you built it looks bomb proof top job and beautiful place
A wonderful construction!
Perfekts darbs, skaista māja, gaumīgs video!
Thank you for the video you are a master well well done happy Thanksgiving
Take care be safe
BELLISSIMA..... 😍😍😍😍
Dammit man, you are one badass carpenter🖒
a man put all his soul into that house and familly ! and a good woman suport him "!
Beautiful house
this video is very inspiring
That's Ryans Goslings Latvian cousin right there!
WOW Awesome Work
Amazing job
How long did it take in total?
+IntenceCeption 30 years.
IntenceCeption 1 winter and 3 Summers he said in another video
Merci, très belle réalisation de filme et de construction, combien de mètres cube de bois ? plus de 40 je pense
Respect👍👍👍👍
Pure magic
@Northmen you've done an amazing job with this house! Would you mind telling us whether you used green or dried timber? Thanks.
шикарно конечно,но можно не дожить до завершения строительства дома.технологии старые хороши но можно и ускорится за счёт инструмента и механической обработки.
BRAVO
Yes. Richard Proenneke lives!
Piękny. Jak pamiętnik.
that was awesome thank you
What kind of oil Do you use on the burned boards sir? Also what a fine video
Read the description brother.
Where's the bathroom?
EnochLight Outhouse :)
That's an awful waste, if true. The interior is huge - there's no reason why a bathroom shouldn't have been included. :(
I much prefer outhouses, personally .. there's nothing wrong with a bit of weather between most poos!
Jay Vaughan - I suppose if you're a fan of 15th-19th century plebeian living (or camping), then sure - I suppose. But that thing looks way too nice on the inside to not have a proper bathroom, IMHO.
Behind the stairs maybe. IF there's faucet in the kitchen along with a drain, they'd put a bathroom close by
One of those videos that you watch, and immediately question what the hell you are doing with your life. Such skill, perseverence, craftmanship... looks like a beautiful house in a beautiful setting. Incredible. Well earned.
tbf preindustrial infant mortality hovered around 50%, some of us know we're just extras
I know it’s a weird thing to say but imagine how much this guy enjoys every meal and how good he sleeps at night
Right on.
You Sir,are truly a craftsman in every sense of the word.
May you pass on your skills as others have to you.
Edgars sadly,I fear that you are right?
With luck,we will be long gone before one of them push a button and destroy everything.
sapper steve i
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This is not a house, This is a home, thank u for sharing.
Incredible!! You just built my dream, not just the house, but everything about the life you have built. Thank you for sharing.
This is quite literally the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
The best youTube video I've seen to date. Masterpiece.
MrBeast :D
When I’m looking at this, I believe I’ve wasted my life between excels and meetings, but I’m glad that others found a meaning for their lives.
And I’m only 33...
You're young. Move West and build a log house
Yes, it’s hard to feel productive in your life when the end result of your work is so far down the line that it loses all meaning. It’s not too late to change! Even if you’re tied to a mortgage, take up a hobby like carpentry. Once you learn some basic skills you’ll be amazed what you can create.
its time for a change!
MWC... build your dream with the revenue from your work. My dream was to own an old farmstead. It took 3 years and many miles to find what I want. 12 acres and an old 1810 house with good bones but lots of work - total restoration. I started in 1992, December at age 27 and am still working on it today... you do that with old houses. You look and listen and it will tell you many stories. I learned through much reading, much looking and visiting old houses and asking many , many questions and offering help to learn. So today, I had planned beads(drip edge) on clapboard to replace some with rot, using a wooden plan. Found some old square nails that I haves collected and bought over the years to use as well... all period. I have a great wood working shop, small forge shop and even an outdoor pizza oven on 12 acres overlooking the sea. I have had struggles, frustrations and times of challenge. BUT, it has all been part of the life I have wanted and learned from. From raising my own food - gardens and animal husbandry - to celebrating warm summers and cold winters, it is all part of the cycle. You can do this... anyone can do this. You have to decide and go forward... My job was high stress with hourly, daily and weekly deadlines working is an industry that provided to the masses mindless entertainment at times. That is all behind me. You can do this!!!!!
@Qwerty123 i am wondering how the world would be if those billions of us would suddenly decide to quit their current jobs and start living their dreams. Would there be someone to craft us the tools? would there be food? what about clothing? to me answer is straght - yes, yes and yes. At this state human population is very very very very comfortable.. and we somehow trade that comfort for our life wasted between 4 walls in an office. What technology promised 100years ago is somehow not happening yet it makes our life easier for a price. its never too late though. Of curse not everybody has skills of a carpenter but one does not need school to learn, of course not everybody can live in a wooden house, but there is a place for a change everywhere. imho the office life is slowly killing one's spirit talking from my own experience. I am young, we want a family and start somewhere but at the same time i feel i need jump out of that corporate bullshit circle soon.. chasing something that will never come. these empty spaces cannot be filled by money or material things. The best of luck to you and all! Lets live our dreams!
Songlist:
Original comment from the channel owner.
Jeff Pianki - Old Habits
Peter J Hochstedler - Fools On The Highway
Bill Mallonee - Know
Jauns Mēness (New Moon) - Pazudušais Dēls
Jeff Pianki - The Weight Of Us
Jeff Pianki - On Forgetting
I agree. This is the best video on RUclips. It's like that is what humanity is supposed to be like, I can't even find the words. Beautiful.
So relaxing~♡
Ditto
I'm 71. It reminded me of my grandfather, who was a carpenter. It took me on an emotional journey down memory lane that you wouldn't believe! In my opinion, it was awesome!
Then the communist come and take it all away
in southeast Asia and Hindustan there is not so much land. you are say a humanity
My deepest respect to Jacob and his family!
I wish I could live like this. Modern society makes me feel so trapped
THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE TRAP...
YOU WOULDNT BELIEVE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS AVAILABLE AND THAT WILL BE USED TO CONTROL HUMANITY...
Nobody is stopping you from escaping. Only you are stopping you. Nothing - no job, no offer of a bonus or ties to mortgage, etc can prevent you from learning how to do this, saving your money, selling what you have and working with others to create the home you want. Stop whingeing. Just DO IT!
Me too bro
This is modern society :D
Jude Irwing is entirely on point.
@@judeirwin2222
That's not how that works in a Capitalist country, land is privately owned, and nobody is just allowed to move were ever they want.
Best 24 minutes I've spent this year! I love the soundtrack too. Please share!
+Darren Cousineau i feel you bruh
+Darren Cousineau It's in the description at the bottom
Thank you. I just saw it.
Darren Cousineau im
This has got to be one the greatest videos on RUclips. Extremely welldone
+Joe Robinson (GettinJunkDone) It's def. up there. With all the stuff from Primitive Technology!
"HOLY MOSES !" I've been working with wood in the forest, and professionally for fifty years with many other skills i've accumulated over decades. I have met many great craftsmen in that time. These young men are amongst the most skilled, tough, and resourceful i've ever seen.You all should be so proud. It's like going back to the middle ages, when such skills were more common, and a matter of life, and death.This video is a treasure. It should be shown in every school on earth and in places like the Smithsonian Institution to preserve these techniques for the world. That's if our human civilization lasts more than a few more generations. This is the sign of a life truly lived, creativity, craft, endurance, consciousness.
This film is a masterpiece in several ways, and on many levels. The girls running barefoot through the grass was worthy of an academy award. The house is magnificent, architecturally, aesthetically, practicality, energy efficient, and most importantly a cultural gem. What do these guys eat, ants and sand? Theres not an ounce of fat on them. The film and the project is cosmically fantastic. I hope this beautiful family lives a very long happy life here. Please do a book, or send this video to the Smithsonian. I'm going to contact them if you don't.
White Master Mariner australian aboriginals are black and managed quite well for 40 thousand years living of the land .the english destroyed them and the land within 200 years so who is the clever one
White Master Mariner Why do people feel the need to post something racist by every video they see? Pathetic.
David Lowe You must be american to really believe that. Comparing yourself to the least develloped regio to make you look better. Have you ever been to parts of china, singapore, japan,... If you really believe the world would be lost without white people you are delusional.
Seems like an eloquent and genuine compliment has somehow garnered the attention of a troglodyte who thinks strength, productivity, and intelligence has to do with melanin production...or the lack thereof. It's a real shame.
a white supremacist here , just to say some stupidity .. try to read on antropology , sociology ,human culture . Try to respect other people .
Эти люди умеют работать, а такие всегда счастливы- в работе)! Моё почтение!
Cik burvīgs roku darbs un video. Iedvesmojoši :)
By far one of the best builds (and video) I have seen. You have lots of things to be proud of, very well done!!
i agree , i could not do that ..and I am good
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this is the exact opposite of what the system is pushing on us
Well yes. If we live in a city system has more benefits from us, taxes, health insurance, basically all bills.... Modern slavery.
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How much things have changed in 1year. Remember friends Corona19 is a smokescreen for a world-wide
takeover by Soviet☭Israel with the help of CH and others. The New Belt and road(SilkRoad) will replace the West as the new superpower/tech center.
@@checktheplaylist101 are you brain damaged or something ? Which one pushed you to do what ? You are free the write your bullshit here on youtube, you are free ( i don't see why you are allowed to see the if someone push you to do something else ) to watch videos and all the material to build your own wood house, you are free to go in the forest and live there as much as you want.
But dont come back and wait for retirement or free healthcare if you paid nothing.
@@bazingapuzza Well 57 fellow beings agreed.. You must be brain dead if you think there aren't algorithms set up to stifle certain topics. Take care and Wake your ass up!
Probably the most meaningful 25 minutes I have spend on RUclips!!! Great and inspirational video. Love it!
+Oskars Kalnins ... this is exactly what I thought !^^einfach wunderbar
+Oskars Kalnins . I agree.
+Oskars Kalnins Spend less time on RUclips and more time learning English, moron.
+MetusBatman V4 listen! WTF is your problem you fuc*ing troll?
daavis21 Troll is a meaningless word, moron.
Молодцы! Какой красивый дом. Я думал такое мастерство исчезло. Желаю счасти и здоровье вашей скамье.
*Семье*
Ребята не профессионалы, но кое что умеют и не ленивые.
@@МихаилСерафимович-в9ф, эти мастера вполне на достойном уровне работают! А не "кое-что умеют"...
Истинных профессионалов по работе с деревом вы сейчас найдете только в Японии. Или среди племён, живущих в джунглях. :))
@@alexanderyuvensky4913 У меня в трудовой первая запись - плотник. Причем я потомственный плотник, бондарь и столяр. Эти ребята не дилетанты, а самоучки, которые кое-чему научились. Мне сразу бросаются в глаза приемы, которые применяли ребята в нашем стройотряде - весьма не глупые, но ранее накопленным опытом с ними никто не делился и они не всегда придумывают оптимальную технологию, а иногда используют даже недопустимые приемы. Посмотри протёску бревна.
@@МихаилСерафимович-в9ф, да, с протёской соглашусь. Один делает правильно, другой нет. Но результат хороший у обоих. :) Что касается приемов - они из Латвии, там приемы работы могли сложиться чуть другими, чем в России.
This is not a house - it's home.
Great craftsmanship and huge dedication.
You have my admiration and best wishes for you and your family.
Cheers!
+Stefan Wolf I complete agree
Incredible. The house and this video are masterpieces. The ending brought tears to my eyes. Thank you. Good luck to you and your family!
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Это настоящая современная изба по заграничному. Однозначно, это одно из лучших видео на ютубе, полезное, живое, настоящее.
Мне бы такой домичек
@@НатальяМартынковская-х7ж Надо построить)
Это вариация на каркасник.
@@dmitriipetrunin4631 стены из бруса.
Хочу домик из лиственничного бруса.
Я так понимаю, это Латвия - там строят хорошо. Тем более, здесь ребята для себя старались. Друзья и родственники.
Мне на Камчатке некому такой домик построить. Подрядчик вместо лиственницы, впарит ель, и еще сырую. И возьмет дорого.
Фундамент очень понравился. Молодцы, что тут скажешь!
@@ИринаЛинкявичене-б7н Брус этот материал всегда естественной влажности, сухой может быть клеёный, состоящий из сухих досок, но это совсем другой материал. Эти ребята строят дом и понимают что он будет садиться - поэтому там всё так сложно, но всё экологично нет другого материала кроме дерева и как утеплитель опилки.
The most beautiful and greatest RUclips video I've ever seen. Left me speechless
Brīnišķīga māja! :)
+Egils Smagris Gonoramba jumparem. Ogoroxes pacimba cog lepusca.
šis ir kā Latviešiem vajadzētu dzīvot :)
This is one of the best and most inspiring youtube videos I've watched in a long time. The amazing craftsmanship gave me a huge smile. The music and the cinematography gave me goosebumps. The tradition and the summer nature shots were amazing. The house is so beautiful and the story behind it is so nice. The amount of time and work is also inspiring. Makes me want to go there. Thank you for this video, made my day. :)
A beautiful home and a rare accomplishment. Thank you for sharing your dream.
Magnificent job! This is truly memories of built of your hime. I'm japanese. So, "焼杉板" it would right to called "Yakisugiita" . Yes, it's called english "charred cedar".;)
Я горжусь что в нашей маленькой стране есть такие талантливые люди! Молодец мужик! В каком крае живёшь? Сколько времени ушло на постройку? 25 минут смотрел затаив дыхание. Подпись и лайк ! Всё возможно нужно только желание и прямые руки !!!
это Латвия
Судя по подросшей девочке, не одно лето.
С каких это пор русский гордится за латвийца
@@babona2010 А каким прибором вы определили что он русский?:)))
@@babona2010 он за человека гордится,а не за расу