250 Year Old STONE Fireplace DISCOVERED in our farmhouse
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- Опубликовано: 10 май 2024
- Join us for a jam-packed day of homestead adventures as Rob kicks off the morning with a special bank holiday breakfast for Clare, setting the tone for a day filled with DIY endeavors and unexpected discoveries. However, his attempts at plastering and mud and taping hit a snag, proving that even the best-laid plans can go awry.
Meanwhile, Clare takes to the garden, planting out sunflowers and sharing a unique method to ward off slugs with a homemade "slug soup" repellent. With a mixture of determination and disgust, she demonstrates her unconventional approach to protecting her precious seedlings from unwanted pests.
Back inside, Clare takes over the mud and taping duties while Rob focuses on polishing off the odd bits of plasterboard, ensuring every corner of our farmhouse renovation receives the attention it deserves. But the real excitement comes when Rob moves to the barn to construct a massive workbench on wheels, a versatile addition that will aid in the construction of cabinets and doors for our kitchen renovation.
And just when we thought the day couldn't get any more eventful, Ciara and Clare make a startling discovery while demolishing the parlour: the original 200-year-old stone fireplace hidden beneath layers of time. With Rob's expertise, they reveal this historic gem, adding a touch of nostalgia and authenticity to our farmhouse renovation project.
Join us as we embrace the joys and challenges of homestead life, finding beauty in the unexpected and uncovering the hidden treasures of our past.
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Clare’s slug soup is the equivalent of sticking the heads of her enemies on polls in the garden. 😂 Rob, more water and constantly stir the mud for your plaster. Looking awesome though everyone! 💚
Haha we laughed out heads off at that last night in bed 😂😂😂 love the idea of slugs heads to scare off the other slugs 😂😂😂 thanks 🥰
Clare with the sledge hammer is always fun to watch! Cheers, Kindle in B.C. 🇨🇦
Haha glad you enjoyed it 😄
What a fantastic video. From slug soup to FIN meals and shakshuka, and then to sharpening pencils, plastering and workshop bench, finishing with a 200 year old fireplace! Fantastic, keep up the great work. Pauline
Yes Pauline, I'm afraid everything is coming at once now, thank God for the longer days and the bright nights. I actually love the amount that we can achieve at this time of year 💪
You can use the mesh tape on all your flat drywall seams, and paper tape for the corners. You’re doing a great job 😃
Ahh thankyou, not the easiest job, but someone gotta do it🤣 Yes I am considering using the mesh for the rest 🙂
Ye are so brave just knocking the blocks in the secret fireplace! I’m too scared to knock mine 😂
Well actually Aisling, there was not a lot of knocking done, the whole fireplace just fell out of the wall after removing the mantle 😯
@@WestCorkWander I still think it’s brave, and to find the old stones still lined in place and everything, what a gem! Mine will probably sit as is for a while 😂
"We'll have to get a little stove!"
"I'm after blocking the roof!"
Lol!!!
What a great find.
That slug soup looks awful, but I'm glad it is working.
Bit by bit it's coming on grand, and it is great to see the other projects starting / continuing alongside the mammoth boarding task.
Great video - Thank you.
Fecking boarding and plastering is so bloody boring so we gotta spice it up u bit 😂
He passed the baton to Clare!
I know right 🙄🤣
Lovely your videos. You’ve had me giggling tonight. I love how you don’t take anything too seriously🥰
I had a right laugh at myself plastering when I watched the video back, gosh we did look like faulty towers🤣 But you know this is the really of the job, just gotta get on with it, we show everything even the crap days 🙂
I have giggled all the way through thank you so much for making my day, your all awesome ❤
Haha, so did I! Sometimes I think we look like twits but look that's everyday life for you 🤣
Awesome video.. in Australia we only mud with tape, don’t do mud all the plaster board, once mud is sanded, we slap on the paint. Do you have chickens? They will love the slugs for brekkie 😊we get in the garden at night with head lamps and collect the little buggers. Nice job on the work bench… can’t get my head around black pudding, I remember my Irish grandmother trying to get us kids to eat it, wasn’t a pretty sight 😂
Yes you Irish/Australians have the right idea! No chickens yet, next on the agenda. Yes still picking the little blighters off at night also. Black pudding has a come along way since just days, I can imagine what it looked like and tasted like then as a child 🤣
I wet down my paper before i put on the wall , for the corners of the ceiling put the mud into a bag, put a hole on the corner ... make sure to fan out the mud 😊
Great points, will try to add in!
Love your videos, you make a fantastic team too ❤️🇬🇧
Gosh it's sink or swim really, if we didn't get on to make a team we'd have a big problems 🤣
It's looking amazing 👏 👍
Thanks a lot 😊
Awesome awesome awesome! 🥰🌻
Thank you 🤗
Enjoy your videos from Aus. There is a special tool for taping and muddying wall and ceiling corners,you are making hard work for yourself xx
Thanks for the tip, I will check this out 😊
How about a shelf under your worktable. Could be very handy for putting your tools. ❤❤ Claire you're a great worker. Himself isn't bad either. You're a good team. 😂😂😂hadn't realised your daughter is helping you. Good girl. ❤
We need all the help we can get, so a bit of paid motivation is good 🤣 Yes I think the bench needs a shelf too 💪
Definitely a jam packed video, it’s starting to feel like normal life is beginning to resume with all the bits and pieces going on alongside all the big stuff that has been achieved. You’re closing in on the finishing line with it being a home once again. Well done for pretty much always keeping the positivity going. You are inspiring! It’s going to be a very satisfying feeling when you’re cooking with all the stuff that you have grown yourselves.
Completely sympathise with you on jobs taking sooo much longer than your brain tells you it’s going to take, it’s a nightmare isn’t it?! Satisfying when it’s finally achieved though.😊
Soo cute with that little bee having a drink of the honey, I think its tongue could be a proboscis. I only know because back in England Lukas used to raise caterpillars from eggs to moths, so many a time we sat huddled around a saucer trying to get a newly “hatched” butterfly to drink some watered down honey. The things you do eh?!
Ooh nearly forgot the fireplace! Wow what an amazing find, Clare I could feel the excitement from you at having discovered it! Also well done to Ciara for the demolition work!
Thanks Dawn and Ben😻 Yes the days have become jam packed now alright. We are so thankful for the longer days and good weather as this is really the time to try and push on as much as we can💪
You guys are doing great Claire is becoming the real Cracker Jack at the plastering. I love the bees wish I had some, I don’t know if anyone has bees here in Newfoundland dough. Anyway your doing wonderful job guys, oh by the way I use egg shells and I don’t have any issues with slugs so far. Keep it up guys❤️☘️☘️
Thanks Ray, yes I think egg shells are one of the best also. Haha I had to laugh at myself plastering when I watched the video back, however now I am quite the wizz kid😉
We plaster like your doing in Australia
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Going off the house renovation theme a bit, go and enjoy an amazing west cork weekend in Baltimore ,the last weekend in May you have the seafood and classic wooden boat festival . Absolutely brilliant fun.
Sounds great, yes we will look into this 😍
No end to your talents big man 😂
Why thankyou for watching 😉
Rob I'm half way through a bottle of merlot and now I'm starving 😅great video
😜 Time to crack out the pan!
I am not a professional, but I have mudded more times than I can count. The mudding is not so bad, butt he sanding after is...ugh. I hate that part. If it's really hot, it does dry a lot faster. You have to add water (but not too much! A spray bottle of water actually helps with the stuff on the wall) as you go to keep it from setting quickly. The smoother you can get it on, the less you have to sand (and sometimes you can avoid sanding altogether by using a sponge and water, wringing it out so it's only slightly wet, and smoothing over with the sponge.) It's also easier to tape if you do a wet line of mud, place the tape on it and smooth it down, then do another line of mud over it. Works great on the corners, too (including where the ceiling meets the top of the wall).
Fantastic tips about the sponge and the sprayer! I am going to employ those tomorrow! Thank you 😊
A tv cook in the making, looks tasty.
I enjoy Barry’s tea and Yorkshire tea too when I come home, which is soon now, can’t wait.
You can put copper strips around the base of plant pots to ward off the slugs, as it shocks them. Just make sure they can’t go under the copper.
Great episode! M.
Yes Barry tea is one of the best and a must have when your building! I seem to have the slugs finally under control, even if I am a bit obsessed with checking every night 🤣
Shelf on the supports will give you obviously additional space and will stiffen the whole table. No Eurovision, Im in New Zealand.
Yes today Rob added the shelf and it does look good and add support 😁
Ground up egg shells and old coffee grounds will help also.
Yes, egg shells are good, I do keep those, but my coffee grinds dont seem to have any effect 🤔
If your bread gets hard, you can also wrap it in a damp paper towel and pop in the microwave for a very short time, and it will soften up again 😊
Thankyou, great knowledge for when we finally have an oven 😉
Hey, you need to fill any gaps with expanding foam and cut slightly back to allow for a couple of mill of filler.
If your planning to just joint fill everything you need to use skrim tape, that paper tape is crap in my experience. The joint filler your using should defo last at least 20 mins in high temps, you can be unfortunate and get a dodgy bag that just goes of to fast. Don’t bother using it and get another one. You want the joint filler to be like loose and workable. You always have to do two stages of filler because filler shrinks when dry so impossibly to do one pass. First pass you apple pressure to the filling knife to make it concave into joint, when dry you apply on next coat but just gently run the filling knife down the joint till both outer corners of knife are hitting the boards which leaves the joint flush. Hope my rant helps. If I was close to you I’d drop in and show you but I’m in Wicklow unfortunately.
If you need me to explain better just ask 👍
Gosh great advice, thank you. The bags are not new, and this may well explain the filler going off quick. Going to buy some new bags on Monday to test the theory. Am clumsily following your advice for the rest, and actually since that video I have improved alot, in that I am less covered in the stuff at the end 🤣 Thank you so much for commenting 🙂
@@WestCorkWander I would agree the Joint filler has gone bad - which is the symptom you are experiencing. Also make sure to use clean water when mixing as this can also cause issues.
Would love to hear the history of the cottage
Yes, coming up 😉
Love your videos! Is there any way I can convince you to purchase premixed mud? Add a little water
To it in the pan and sluice the knife back and forth to create a smooth paste (about mayonnaise consistency) put this on your joints then place your presoaked paper tape on the mud. Slide your tape over tape and mud bed “burying” the tape. Dry overnight and then put another “skim” coat over the buried tape with a 12”taping knife.smoothing the mud as much as possible. After a bit of practice these two coats are quite thin and shallow. Finally put on a very thin and wide finish coat with a 18” taping knife.
This method has worked for me for years and years as a general contractor here in America. You will become an expert mudder after a room or two.
Pro tip: smooth the pre mixed mud as much as possible with plenty of water.
*slide your KNIFE over tape…
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. Yes we are going to see if we can get the pre mixed mud for the rest. I had not heard of presoaking the paper, so I will give that a go, thank you ☺️
you are dooing great perhaps a plasterer will be watching you n come n help you ,,,,wouldnt that be great fro u both lollllll
I'd be a bit scared at what a plasterer would say! However I have much improved since that video where I was pouring it all over myself 🤣
@@WestCorkWander you are doin great ,well done xxx
I have a question was there any reason you guys didn’t use the bags of plaster already mixed. That’s all we use here
Tomorrow I am going to see if we can get the ready mix for the rest of the house, thankyou as always for commenting 😊
I would check to I find it’s a lot easier to use
Yes, we will because the time wasted mixing in the water each time is a bit crazy 🙄
More water!!!
Yes, more water, then toomuch water and sloppy mix but we'll get there 🤞
@@WestCorkWander yep, not easy but you'll get there!!☺☺
the inside hollow doors are called flush doors
Why thankyou. I have dissected one, with the plan to put it back together with wood panelling. Nothing goes to waste here 😉
Nice video and great progress!. Was that the first cooking segment? I liked it! I have slug problems in garden too -- near Boston MA
Rob did a pancake Tuesday folklore episode and a Hello Fresh cook, but I think this one was his best with our limited kitchen facilities🤣 Thank you for watching. Slug soup for the slugs 👍
@@WestCorkWander 👍
Have you tried coffee grounds? I’m thinking of trying it to see 🤔
Yes, my slugs just sail on through them 😔
Don’t they have pre mixed joint compound over there
We will look into this as we must order more tomorrow !
Don't you tape prior to mudding? Just asking.....😅
Depends if you use Skrim tape or the paper tape. The Skrim tape can be put up straight away as it sticks to the boards, but the paper tape has to be stuck down with compound.
You probably already know this but gyprock is gypsum so you can compost all the left over gyprock and use it in the garden to break down clay soils.
My only words of advice as a novice mudder is that less mud is better - you can add more -its slower but its less sanding which if you ask me is way better cause that sanding seems to go on for ever - I have watched hours of the vancouver carpenter who has a really good channel - i wish I could afford a gyprocker but they charge so much money so all I can say is that Im happy I have a wall even if its not finished! 🏚
Wow, we didn't know this thank you for your comment 😊