Always use protection for your hands, face and body for any given project. Orient yourself with the products that you use. Some solvents can be dangerous and should be taken seriously. Every product has a warning label and those warnings should be taken seriously.
Smart to protect your house from the heavy rain and wind, especially during typhoons. Those mud walls need protection. I agree. Surprised those walls are not completely destroyed. You can rebuild everything better than when it was first constructed.
I was really surprised myself that the wall didn't melt into a pile of mud and sand. I honestly don't know how long it was exposed, but there are a lot of houses in similar disrepair in town and they are shockingly holding up to the elements.
Everything about the house has my respect, except the wood siding… but you might be right. It’s held up over half a century. Most modern houses wouldn’t be able to say the same given the same amount of years.
Your house is starting to come together. I recently purchase a older house here on Okinawa. I will be making some DYI videos also. Your videos will held me. Thanks
I’ve learned everything often takes much longer than expected. That spray foam was so messy to work with! To avoid the severe, intense sun, you could start working at sunrise... about 5:00am... lol. I used to do gardening at 5 - 6:00am years ago. Otherwise, see if you can hang a shade cloth temporarily over the area you are working somehow.
I totally agree! I can build things in my head in half a day. In practice, it takes a week lol I often worked in the early morning. If you see in the time lapse, the sun hadn't come over the mountain yet. By 10am I called it quits. For the rest of the house, I am going to wait until fall/winter to finish the siding. I just endured the heat this time because it needed immediate attention.
@@DIYJapan That still happens to me all the time. I think I can get something finished in a day, and it takes 3-5 days if I’m lucky! Lol. For sure, the Fall especially is so pleasant for working on house projects and yard work. Winter too. I often work from early morning to late into the evening. I’ve adopted the Japanese work schedule... lol!
Is t it better to use nails instead of screws, to give the 9:04 material more room to move during earthquakes? Screw seem too rigid and might rip the material.
Probably... I wasn't really planning for earthquakes lol I think I might have bigger problems if one hits but this areas doesn't have much earthquake history.
No, it came from Tottori prefecture. There are many places online you can order it from. Just type in 焼杉 (yakisugi) and you'll get a bunch of companies. If you're interested in ordering I can give you the name of the company lol
I've been loving your videos (in fact I've just finished binging them all in a mere afternoon haha). Keep it up! The lovely 伊根町 scenery paired with 朝倉さや's interpretation of the 花笠音頭 at the end made the video that much better too! (❁´◡`❁) I'm curious, how did you end up in that lovely port town and why Japan in the first place?
I visited the town a while back and thought it would be an ideal place to live. It wasn’t my plan, I just happened to stumble upon the availability of a house there. I think countryside Japan matches my quiet and nomadic sensibilities lol although this town isn’t so secluded.
The (sometimes not so) subtle comedic edit are terrific. I've actually jumped more than once.
lol I couldn't resist
I really like your choice of siding !
Thank you! Cheers!
Always use protection for your hands, face and body for any given project. Orient yourself with the products that you use. Some solvents can be dangerous and should be taken seriously. Every product has a warning label and those warnings should be taken seriously.
Smart to protect your house from the heavy rain and wind, especially during typhoons. Those mud walls need protection. I agree. Surprised those walls are not completely destroyed. You can rebuild everything better than when it was first constructed.
I was really surprised myself that the wall didn't melt into a pile of mud and sand. I honestly don't know how long it was exposed, but there are a lot of houses in similar disrepair in town and they are shockingly holding up to the elements.
I think that original construction deserves more credit, holding up that well for all those years. I find that pretty impressive.
Everything about the house has my respect, except the wood siding… but you might be right. It’s held up over half a century. Most modern houses wouldn’t be able to say the same given the same amount of years.
It's really coming together nicely!
Thanks! Still a long way to go though. I might die this summer though lol
Your house is starting to come together. I recently purchase a older house here on Okinawa. I will be making some DYI videos also. Your videos will held me. Thanks
Thanks! I would love to see a house renovated in Okinawa. I'll follow your channel and keep an eye out for that first video; good luck!
sho sugi ban looks wicked!
I love the look too but unfortunately it won’t look like that forever 😞
I’ve learned everything often takes much longer than expected. That spray foam was so messy to work with! To avoid the severe, intense sun, you could start working at sunrise... about 5:00am... lol. I used to do gardening at 5 - 6:00am years ago. Otherwise, see if you can hang a shade cloth temporarily over the area you are working somehow.
I totally agree! I can build things in my head in half a day. In practice, it takes a week lol I often worked in the early morning. If you see in the time lapse, the sun hadn't come over the mountain yet. By 10am I called it quits. For the rest of the house, I am going to wait until fall/winter to finish the siding. I just endured the heat this time because it needed immediate attention.
@@DIYJapan That still happens to me all the time. I think I can get something finished in a day, and it takes 3-5 days if I’m lucky! Lol. For sure, the Fall especially is so pleasant for working on house projects and yard work. Winter too. I often work from early morning to late into the evening. I’ve adopted the Japanese work schedule... lol!
Is t it better to use nails instead of screws, to give the 9:04 material more room to move during earthquakes? Screw seem too rigid and might rip the material.
Probably... I wasn't really planning for earthquakes lol I think I might have bigger problems if one hits but this areas doesn't have much earthquake history.
good job, keep at it.
Thanks! Keep cool! It’s too hot!
Did you make the Shou Sugi ban siding yourself?
No, it came from Tottori prefecture. There are many places online you can order it from. Just type in 焼杉 (yakisugi) and you'll get a bunch of companies. If you're interested in ordering I can give you the name of the company lol
I love how Japan is still behind on hardware. They are still using Philips head screws. No box no star torq style 😥
There are some places that carry box but they are so expensive.
I've been loving your videos (in fact I've just finished binging them all in a mere afternoon haha). Keep it up! The lovely 伊根町 scenery paired with 朝倉さや's interpretation of the 花笠音頭 at the end made the video that much better too! (❁´◡`❁) I'm curious, how did you end up in that lovely port town and why Japan in the first place?
I visited the town a while back and thought it would be an ideal place to live. It wasn’t my plan, I just happened to stumble upon the availability of a house there.
I think countryside Japan matches my quiet and nomadic sensibilities lol although this town isn’t so secluded.
Body falling! Lol!
My stunt double. We were only able to get one take though...
@@DIYJapan took me by surprise… funny 😆