I reckon your mold problem starts at the top of the backyard hill. When it rains, all that surface water flows down the hill, and into your crawlspace where it sits in the dark and cultivates the mold farm. I owned a house in a similar situation once. I would dig a dry creek bed slightly uphill, at an angle to catch the draining surface flow, and move it around the house and down the hill. This will stop the mold at the source. Meanwhile you can deal with remediation of the mold that's already under the house. You might also need to waterproof the foundation, and put a French drain along the uphill side of the foundation. But, I would address the uphill flow first, which might be enough to prevent more mold.
Luckily they do have a diverted cut into the hill already that works fairly well. Mold is from heavily condensing exposed HVAC pipes. It'll be a full tear out then encapsulation. And potentially a curtain drain to help 👍
Thinking outside the box. If you are tearing out the floor, tear out some of the full sub floor panels. Allows for much better access to the basement for all the tear out, grading, vapor barrier and gravel. Might also cut down on the AC duct bill.
Silver Cymbal channel just remediated his crawl space on the last couple of videos. Hired a company to come in and suck out all the nasty insulation with a big machine. He sprayed the whole thing down with a bleach like spray. Then, he hired someone to spray foam the walls and floor. That way, he didn't need to insulate the floor joist above. But you have an outside access that he didn't have.
Dry ice soda blast off the mold It doesn't do much dammage to the wood but it also won't kill the mold you can use a chemical spray to kill the mold spores like you would use on the outside of a house to clean it. But yes a dry river bed and poly over the floor in the crawl space with good venting.
Home inspector here. I’m sure you had an inspection on that house but some things to consider. Gutter down spouts draining at least three foot away from the foundation and proper grading with swales (because of that hill) are a must. Make sure you have adequate ventilation in that crawlspace. Make sure your condensate drain and plumbing are not leaking into the space. Also make sure you’re planning on replacing that ductwork at the minimum and that all of the collars on those ducts are professionally sealed so you’re not sucking in crawlspace air into the system.
I have a 30 yr house that I had inspected a year ago and they suggested encapsulating the crawl space. I got 3 quotes over the next year and they ranged from $5,000 to $14,000. After extensive research and reading on current standards I picked the $14,000 contractor. They were the only ones that recommended removing the floor insulation, treating/removing all mold, 2” foam insulation on all block exterior walls, 2’ of 2” foam insulation on ground along exterior wall, all vents to exterior wall blocked and insulated, 10min plastic on walls, ground, and pillars with seems overlapped, folded, and taped. They also installed a dehumidifier unit that gets air from crawl space and house that then exhausts back into house. It’s been only 2 months but I am noticing significant less humidity in house. Would be glad to discuss further if interested.
You've just guaranteed YEARS of new content for your channel. Love the ghost deer throughout the video, especially the ones dancing in the shop at the end 🤣
I love the ghost deer at the end. Congratulations on the purchase. I do have a worry about the runoff from that hill, it is very steep and runs directly into the house. Good that the house is elevated with a crawlspace and the runoff is probably one of the big reasons for so much water damage in the house. I did not see any vents in the front of the house at the crawlspace so that might be something to think about.
You paint the brick and you're converting it from a basically maintenance free exterior to a maintenance required exterior... Love the property! We've been looking for something similar in WI for about 5 years now... Love the ghost deer! Nice touch! ;)
@@Fixthisbuildthat I remember seeing something a long time ago about staining brick after a rough wash ? Can't remember the specifics was along time ago but was pricey at the time so didn't do it to my house.
Great video. Glad to see that your hard work has allowed you to buy yet another project. But the this I like best about this video are the "dancing deer ghosts". Nice touch. There are some interesting aspects about you new property. Looks like a lifetime project. Best of luck & please keep us updated when you have the time. I have 1/2 of a 1 car garage for MY palatial work space so I do understand one of your reasons for buying this property.
For the brick, use a masonry stain or “lime wash”. It’s just not a great idea long term to paint brick with any “normal” paint. A masonry specific product will still allow the brick to breath and won’t comprise its integrity.
. @fixthisbuildthat Architect here, and I concur with the others. If you don’t like mold, don’t paint the brick. Limewash yes, if will still let the brick breathe. Can’t wait for all the content your new home will provide! And super jealous of your outbuilding - I’m running a business out of my single car garage shop - not easy. Congrats!
Congrats on the new property! Be sure to do your research when you tackle the mold, it is no joke. "Black Mold" is a blanket term for three different types of mold, and rarely is it actually black in color. I work as a mold remediator and recommend checking the attic to see where the bathroom vents vent the air. In my experience when there is mold on the ceiling, the vents just pump into the attic and not to the outside. Before you rip out the mold, spray it down with a biocide to kill it and not contaminate the rest of the house. Mold spores into the air when it is disturbed. We use a human and pet-friendly one called Decon-30. It is botanical rather than chemical. That 12k quote to do everything is pretty accurate given the crawlspace and bathrooms. There is a ton that goes into remediating and doing it the right way so mold doesn't come back. Containment and HEPA air purifiers are your best friend when dealing with mold. Feel free to reach out with any questions! That shop is going to be amazing!
So happy for you and your new property for your family and work. I’ve been following you for a LONG time and this video is different. Your smile from ear to ear on the entire video is awesome. Proud of you on your journey and achievements!!!!
Congrats on the new property! Similar situation here. Came from an HOA big city home to a rural 3 acre property with separate 1/1 guesthouse (Mom and Dad) and 30x40 metal workshop building all within those 3 acres, still with a whole lot of space left for my boys to ride their 4 wheelers and dirt bike. Man I can't wait to see what you do with that beautiful lot. Subscribed!
Excited to come along for the ride! Couple of things, 1. pay the money for the crawl space. It's a big hit but you don't have to worry about getting sick from the great gombu that it certainly living down there. The pros have all the right PPE for that nastiness. 2 one roll up door is enough. Frame in the other one. Better insulation. 3 the ghost deer were a nice touch!😂 Love your videos. Good luck with all of this remodel. Super fun times ahead
Congrats!! We have about 5 1/2 acres here in Indiana. I will never live in town again -- I love the country, but it is a lot of work to maintain, but still worth it. The biggest selling point for me was the 2000-square-foot building that was on the property. I am looking forward to seeing what you do with it -- the view is beautiful. The house can be remodeled, but that view is what makes it worth it.
Brad, on your crawl space, start by removing all the insulation under the floor. Then spray the floor joists and sub-floor with a 50/50 mix of bleach and water (wear a respirator). You might have to give it 2-3 treatments 2-3 days apart. Then get heavy gauge plastic sheeting (4 mll+, 6-10 mil, better) and cover every square inch of the dirt in the crawl space (overlap joints). Check for vents in the walls of the crawl space to allow air flow thru (add if none present). Then re-insulate and make sure to divert all the outside water away from the house with a french drain (filled with rock, not dirt) along the entire back side of the house facing the hill. Add drainage swales along the sides of the house to drain all the water away from the house. Your mold problems under the house should be fixed. Will cost you a few hundred dollars. I had same issue on a prior house and this process worked great. No more mold.
Congratulations Brad & Susan and family On your new place It looks every nice Hope everything goes smoothly with your remodelling and updating your place
I had a similar shop years ago. Instead of tearing out the office space you have I added the office space to mine. What a mistake! A year later I tore it down as you have done. Best thing I did! It's wasted space in your shop. Good luck with your new shop.
i can see how excited you are, and you should be !!! along with the house renovations and the shop upgrades, you surely have a lot of work, and that's awesome for a woodworking guy, right ? congratulations on the new property. I hope you all have 100 years of happiness and create good memories in there.
That's awesome! Next year my son and I will be moving south and I hope to find a property like that with a garage or shop to create the ultimate wood shop 🙂👍🏻
Brad, that aluminum siding will need to be prep'd for paint. Aluminum oxidizes and gets a fine white powdery substance on it and paint will peal right off. You'll need to power wash and use a de=greaser. We used what we called Mean Green. You *may* need to prime it but without seeing it, I can't tell you that for sure. Although, after you power wash and get that powder off, you may decide you don't need to paint it. One caveat, if you decide to repaint it, you will probably want to replace any/all rusty screws because it will bleed back through the paint. Hiring a pro might be your better option because of the equipment needed and the amount of time needed to do it. A structure that size can be *a* *lot* of work and *a* *lot* of time without a team. For example, doing a single wide mobile home would take a team of 2 over a week to do between the power wash, replacing screws, caulking everything and then the paint. We used a power sprayer for the bulk of it and cut in whatever we needed with brushes. Side note, because of the heat in your area and the risk of leaks, you may want to do a cool seal on the roof. Again, I'd recommend a crew for that and it would need to be power washed first too.
Very excited for you, great property and plenty of work to get just the way you want it. I just completed my new work shop on our Farm property and went with 200A to support all of my future woodworking tools and my welder. Can't wait to follow along as you begin the restoration.
Man, you could build a nice little rope tow ski lift to the top of that hill, sledding in the winter, 'slip n slide' in the summer! Also the hunting blind would make a cool kids fort some day.
Congratulations man. There’s nothing to it but to do it! In your hands, That building will be a killer shop! The beauty about buying a 40+ year old house is that you basically get a blank canvas to work with. Can’t wait to see how you transform it. love your content. God bless!
Congrats! Really looking forward to the home & shop renovation videos, as well as the more advanced projects you can do with all the added space. It's a really nice looking property with that hill and the surrounding trees really give it a cozy feeling.
So crazy, I’ve liked your videos before but haven’t seen alot, and couple years ago we moved onto an acreage, and just recently I took up hunting and just built a deer/fox stand! As a general rule there is not enough workable hrs in a day to take care of an acreage. Whatever you buy needs to be fast, powerful, and attachments need to be easy to change. My first advice is get an electric UTV like the crossfire E1, They are zero maintenance you can charge them with solar, and they make no noise. Fold the tray back and build a removable trundle drawer to hold all the tools you need when running around the property and see something you need to fix. 2. Get a good tractor, that starts first go. Make sure it can lift 1tonne-ish and get pallet forks for it. All your machinery will require a way to get it off trailer and reposition etc. Also don’t get a slasher get a flail mower it will do a lot more clearing and mowing. 3. Don’t get an ordinary trailer get a dump trailer. With all the demo works you are planning to do there is nothing worse than trying to pull it out manually at the tip. 4. You are about to enter a new world of outdoor tools if you haven’t already. Their name is Stihl, as in their still going! Spend at least twice as much as you want to on a chainsaw so you can pass it down to your grandchildren along with all the stories. 5. You will most likely outgrow your shop so get an excavator when you need to level out a new pad and run drainage power. I know it sounds like I’m asking you to spend a lot of money but knowing what I know now I could have achieved infinitely more if I had these tools day one when I moved out here instead clearing land/trails with a circ saw blade attached to a weed eater. These tools/machines are like taking steroids, you still have to do the work but they give you unlimited potential and a force multiplier. Anyone that wants to do it the old fashioned way without these things is just making their life hard and limiting their potential. Make content, make money and then spend it so you pay as little tax as possible. Everything I have suggested is a tax write off when you have a RUclips channel. One caveat is that people will start to hate once they start seeing you buying these new toys thinking that it’s their clicks that gave you the ad revenue to pay for this. Congrats! They say whenever you level up in life you lose 90% of your social circle. All the best!
You should talk to Kyle at RR Buildings about pole barns. They are built to hold themselves up with no frills. They seem flimsy but all of the parts work together.
Congrats! Can’t wait to see what you do with the place. That view is amazing! My one piece of advice: make sure you get the right paint for painting brick. You don’t want to use regular house paint or stain. Brick needs to breathe.
i think that hole was for an ac to blow on the deer hanging to keep it cool that little office probably keeps pretty cold. we built cold storage in an old boss's garage just have to modify the ac to go lower than 65
Before you tear out the wood flooring, the easiest way to tell if its engineered hardwood is by lifting out that vent grate and looking at the side of the boards. If you see something that just looks like plys, its definitely just engineered wood flooring. If it looks like genuine end grain though, its solid wood thats only beveled because its prefinished, and you can sand it and refinish it
Congratulations Brad & Susan!!! We are also looking for room to "stretch out" in the country. So happy for you that this opportunity came about. I wouldn't worry about the "deer ghosts", they seem friendly enough. Lol
Congratulations on the new home. You've definitely got your work cut out for you. Home renovation is a lot different than little one off projects or fine furniture building. If you've never done that kind of work, you're going to learn a lot, very quickly. I purchased my home about 3 years ago and it was more or less a full gut reno just like yours. Also, just like you, I bought my property because there was an outbuilding workshop that I turned into a woodshop. You have a lot to do, and as someone who's been through this before, I'd love to spend some time and share my insights with you. I'll probably follow up this comment in a few days with an email as well, as comments can get buried and you may not read this. But for now, a few pieces of advice. 1) Do not be afraid to ask for help or hire a professional when you don't know something. You're a smart guy and can figure out a lot of things, but there are just some things that are best left to a professional who does that thing all day, every day and has seen all the weird problems that you haven't even thought of yet. 2) Have a timeline as well as multiple plans. When I was planning out my renovation, I organized all my tasks both by room, and by system (plumbing, electrical, low voltage, drywall, paint, flooring, doors, hardware, trim). And I realized that some things needed to be done in a certain order and I couldn't move ahead with one thing, until something else was done. For example, I ran network cable throughout the entire house. Network cable rough ins needed to be done before the drywall work was done. I also had to replace the attic insulation. I made sure that the insulation removal and replacement were on different days so I could have the cable run without having to wade through the blown in insulation. It cooled off the attic space I was running cables in and I could have a fan up there without kicking up insulation dust. It made that task SO much easier. The entire project is a symphony, and you're the conductor of the orchestra. I like to work with a full system that needed to be addressed in multiple rooms, before I narrowed down and focused on finishing one specific room. 3) Regarding your timeline- BE FLEXIBLE. No matter how long you THINK it's going to take, and how much you THINK it's going to cost- add 30% to both. Far better to plan for the "oh crap" thing and not need the extra time/ money, than to need it and not have it. That way, if you DO come in under budget, you can splurge on a little QoL thing here or there and not feel like you're spending extra, because you already allocated for it in the budget. 4) Consider smart systems. If you want to have any home automation, consider what you want to do NOW. Pick a platform, and build it in. I have smart lights all over my house, they're all the same system, and they all talk within the same infrastructure. 5) You're a content creator, so you're definitely going to want to spend some time developing a high speed internal network in your house. I don't know what your post production process is, but being able to quickly transfer files from your camera to your editing station, to your server, or whatever else you have, will add up to a lot of time savings in the long run. Get some good hard wired network gear for fast intranet speeds. You may also want to consider moving your wifi router as well. I built a closet into my office where I dropped all the network cables and have a full network rack with my server, my network equipment, my DVR for my security cameras, etc. I'd also trench a line and run redundant network lines to your shop, so you can have a computer out there to easily transfer data over the network back to the house. I'd also consider having a redundant ISP- something like a cradlepoint. You're in the middle of nowhere. If your internet goes down, you've got a big problem. Having a cellular backup costs a little extra, but it's worth it when you're trying to upload a video by a certain time, and your ISP craps out, and you get the response from support of "oh we can have someone come out in 4 days" (this happened to me and I was livid). 6) As technical as fine woodworkers such as yourself are, its easy to fall into the trap of trying to be equally as precise in home renovations. You're going to waste a lot of time there. Remember houses are built with 2x4s and framing nail guns. None of your boards are going ot be perfectly flat or straight. Being an 1/8 of an inch off somewhere may seem like a lot to a fine woodworker, but if you're framing out a wall and you're only off by 1/8" over the length of an entire wall, that's as close to perfection as you're going to get. Trust that as brutish as construction building seems compared to dovetail joinery, there definitely is such a thing as "close enough." 7) Most likely you have popcorn ceilings. Get rid. I could go on for hours about that nightmare. But afterwards, put a texture on walls and especially the ceiling. You might THINK you'd like the look of a perfectly flat clean wall. It's not gonna happen like you expect, and it's going to look like crap, and you wont even see it until after it's painted. Texture hides imperfections. 8) One of my favorite phrases I learned- try your best, and caulk the rest.
Nice shop! I’m in the process of getting a pole barn shop built on my property. Rest assured, your structure and framing appears normal, except for the bad concrete foundation. My building has 6x6 posts @ 10’ OC and horizontal 2x6 framing @ 24” OC. My roof joists are only at the posts with 2x6 purlins spanning between them. Insulation is a MUST. My shop is 10 degrees cooler than my non-insulated garage. I am planning to install a mini split, but your shop looks good. Don’t sweat the structural worries that you have
Congrats on the new place! Looks like you've found a gem (and I mean that!). It can be tricky to find just the right fixer upper. Looking forward to seeing the work.
You crack me up! So funny!!! Love the place. It's so beautiful! I would be just as excited as you and also a little overwhelmed. You've got a lot of work ahead of you. Can't wait to see all the improvements. My shop is 40 x 40 and it's perfect!
Good on you Brad for the new property...tons of potential i can see...What Im sure most will agree with me is that you not destroying all the furniture in the house but recycling and donating them for a better cause...Reckon you can repurpose those kitchen cupboard in your workshop or your man cave which is amust....As far as the moist concern i reckon you have moisture seepage from the upper elevation of the land ...something to get checked up by the right people ...Keep those turkeys as the great alarms for the property and disturbamce and there cackle can be heard from a mile away...As for the storage sheds maybe few of the ground shelving systems for exotic and local woods so they can be acclimatised weeks am=nd months before use...Good luck and God bless
Nice property! Huge potential. That framing is typical for a pole building. What isn’t typical in the upper Midwest is the curb you pointed out. Ours building has vertical posts sunk into the ground, then the floor was poured up to the sheetmetal last. Not great long term. Just frame your walls down to the tops of the concrete curbs. Ignore the bow. Spray foam is what everyone is using these days. No mouse house fiberglass or insect eaten pink polystyrene. Yes I’ve seen this in my building and in your later video with office tear down. I’m surprised your kids haven’t claimed that hunting shack for a club house. My wife would already have claimed it for a she shed, spiders and all. Have fun. It’ll be interesting to see how your improvements go and if you can garner even more subscribers through your progress.
Mate good to see you back, congrats to you and Susan on your new home,you certainly have some work to do to get it the way you want but all sounds good. Looking forward to seeing the progress. Love the land and space peaceful. Good luck
I totally like the new work shop like anything that age it’s going to need updating, as well as the house. So far as your plans for the house sounds great the only thing I’m not a fan of it painting the brick as once you do it then you can never get it back to the brick look without spending a butt load of $$$ bring it back, Good luck with you make over on the shop and house, can’t wait to see the finish product and can’t wait until you start making stuff out of the new shop.
I'm SO envious and happy for you, Susan and the kids! That place is gorgeous and has so much potential. I can envision TONS of great video's being made to share with your RUclips viewers as you renovate everything. I'm really looking forward to that!!!
It looks like a pole barn. I’m having one built next February ( the ground just got prepped yesterday. I’m so excited. I’m blessed that I have a 100amp sub panel in the middle of the backyard. And my home panel has room for an additional 100 sub panel. In the future I’ll combine them into one.
I'm on the same hunt. Working in my garage is getting really annoying. I have tools I want to add but don't have the room. Congrats on the shop upgrade.
Congratulations on your property! I’ve always wanted a larger piece of property in the country. Unfortunately, I live in Southern California so no large, or beautiful pieces of property here, and if there is, well it would be a lot more millions than I’ll ever have! Your house, in than same condition would be at least one million dollars alone where I live. You have a lot of work ahead of you, but I envy you as it’s going to be amazing working on it, and living there, wherever there is.
Oh man! Brad what a find! I am so excited to see what you do with that beautiful property! There is nothing like the Nashville countryside. I would imagine diverting the water coming down that hill will be a top priority. The shop build is what I am most excited to see you do.
Wow, congrats on the property! I can't wait to see all the cool projects you will have for the new shop and digs. That steep hill might contribute to water issues. Don't skimp on cleaning up the mold. I can only imagine how mold packed the attic is.
your shops framing actually looks fine depending on the amount of snow you get in the area. With your plan to insulate if you use closed cell spray foam that will actually increase the load the roof can take in addition to completely sealing the building up. I would probably also rip out all of the insulation in the crawl space, make sure it full dries out with fans, then use spray foam down in there. That way if a mold issue ever comes back it won't be getting into the house.
In most areas, code requires a termite gap, so you can't go down there and just cover everything up with spray foam. It's also controversial to use foam for insulating anything more than holes or gaps in a crawl space, especially if it's a vented crawl. If you cover wood with foam and there's any remaining mold, you just encapsulated it (which doesn't kill it). There's no way to remediate at that point; you're screwed. And even if you get all the mold prior to spray-foaming, moisture may still be able to wick in from the exterior (or from above if you spray it on the subfloor). And once it's in the wood, it'll have a really hard time getting back out. Now you've created even more problems because you'll be dealing with rot and insect damage
Congratulations! I can't wait to see what you do with the place. It looks beautiful, with a whole lot of potential. I would say that you have content for the next couple of years at least.
Hola! 🖐Congratulations on your new adventure. So happy for you and your family. What a spectacular property and the view. 🤩Looking forward to watching you convert this into your dream space. Take care and have a good one, Adios!👊
Congrats on your new place. So I had a large-ish metal shed for 30 years with internal framing and insulation that I used as a shop and then it was just storage later in its life... The metal rusted, I had it cleaned and repainted... it's hard to maintain when it leaks, although I figured out how to seal the leaks, but it was a headache... So last year I had it demolished and I put a traditional wood framed building there with a shingled roof, I think it will outlast me... It's so much better. Also hearing about the grade of the building makes me nervous, I had my area graded to prevent water ingress and installed a drainage system. Lastly, be careful of those deer ghosts! LOL... But serious you have a great spot to do something, the question is... do you really want to start out with a building 40 years old... is it salvageable. I will admit it looks a lot better than my shed, but I think the difference is that yours is more of a commercial building, mine was a cheap outdoor utility shed that I framed... Good luck with whichever direction you go!
I was in the same boat just over 2 years ago. Has a 20 x 24 barn that was in terrible shape. Re did all the electrical myself, insulated, walled, ceiling, removed the terrible garage door and made some side opening barn doors. Put down a floor and installed new windows. Now I have a nice art studio and it’s just the best thing. Good luck on your journey. My main advice is do what you can yourself and you’ll save a ton of money. Also use that money you saved on the windows. Don’t get any windows from Lowe’s. They WILL screw it up! Get a real window manufacturer to make those for you.
Congrats on the new property. Between the house renovations and the shop upgrades, you’ve got about 10 yrs worth of content.
Just what I thought. And a great name also.
I reckon your mold problem starts at the top of the backyard hill. When it rains, all that surface water flows down the hill, and into your crawlspace where it sits in the dark and cultivates the mold farm. I owned a house in a similar situation once. I would dig a dry creek bed slightly uphill, at an angle to catch the draining surface flow, and move it around the house and down the hill. This will stop the mold at the source. Meanwhile you can deal with remediation of the mold that's already under the house. You might also need to waterproof the foundation, and put a French drain along the uphill side of the foundation. But, I would address the uphill flow first, which might be enough to prevent more mold.
Luckily they do have a diverted cut into the hill already that works fairly well. Mold is from heavily condensing exposed HVAC pipes. It'll be a full tear out then encapsulation. And potentially a curtain drain to help 👍
It also looks like the down spouts empty close to the house, getting them out and away would help as well
Thinking outside the box. If you are tearing out the floor, tear out some of the full sub floor panels. Allows for much better access to the basement for all the tear out, grading, vapor barrier and gravel. Might also cut down on the AC duct bill.
Silver Cymbal channel just remediated his crawl space on the last couple of videos. Hired a company to come in and suck out all the nasty insulation with a big machine. He sprayed the whole thing down with a bleach like spray. Then, he hired someone to spray foam the walls and floor. That way, he didn't need to insulate the floor joist above. But you have an outside access that he didn't have.
Dry ice soda blast off the mold
It doesn't do much dammage to the wood but it also won't kill the mold you can use a chemical spray to kill the mold spores like you would use on the outside of a house to clean it. But yes a dry river bed and poly over the floor in the crawl space with good venting.
Home inspector here. I’m sure you had an inspection on that house but some things to consider. Gutter down spouts draining at least three foot away from the foundation and proper grading with swales (because of that hill) are a must. Make sure you have adequate ventilation in that crawlspace. Make sure your condensate drain and plumbing are not leaking into the space. Also make sure you’re planning on replacing that ductwork at the minimum and that all of the collars on those ducts are professionally sealed so you’re not sucking in crawlspace air into the system.
I feel like that crawlspace needs to be sealed off like a tomb, with plastic. Switch the HVAC to all mechanical in the living space.
Definitely recommend a full 200A service for any shop. Something you'll never regret in terms of flexibility and expansion.
that dear ghost was such a great touch to the video. keep up the good work
Thanks, had to have a little fun
I have a 30 yr house that I had inspected a year ago and they suggested encapsulating the crawl space. I got 3 quotes over the next year and they ranged from $5,000 to $14,000. After extensive research and reading on current standards I picked the $14,000 contractor. They were the only ones that recommended removing the floor insulation, treating/removing all mold, 2” foam insulation on all block exterior walls, 2’ of 2” foam insulation on ground along exterior wall, all vents to exterior wall blocked and insulated, 10min plastic on walls, ground, and pillars with seems overlapped, folded, and taped. They also installed a dehumidifier unit that gets air from crawl space and house that then exhausts back into house.
It’s been only 2 months but I am noticing significant less humidity in house. Would be glad to discuss further if interested.
You've just guaranteed YEARS of new content for your channel. Love the ghost deer throughout the video, especially the ones dancing in the shop at the end 🤣
I love the ghost deer at the end.
Congratulations on the purchase. I do have a worry about the runoff from that hill, it is very steep and runs directly into the house. Good that the house is elevated with a crawlspace and the runoff is probably one of the big reasons for so much water damage in the house. I did not see any vents in the front of the house at the crawlspace so that might be something to think about.
You paint the brick and you're converting it from a basically maintenance free exterior to a maintenance required exterior... Love the property! We've been looking for something similar in WI for about 5 years now... Love the ghost deer! Nice touch! ;)
Yeah, I've always been against painting brick for that reason, but.....i hate the color of the bricks 😂😂
@@Fixthisbuildthatmaybe lime wash?
You could stain the brick, which would forgo any continued maintenance.
@@BillJBrasky agreed, much healthier for the brick, far less maintenance, and looks great too
@@Fixthisbuildthat I remember seeing something a long time ago about staining brick after a rough wash ? Can't remember the specifics was along time ago but was pricey at the time so didn't do it to my house.
Great video. Glad to see that your hard work has allowed you to buy yet another project. But the this I like best about this video are the "dancing deer ghosts". Nice touch. There are some interesting aspects about you new property. Looks like a lifetime project. Best of luck & please keep us updated when you have the time. I have 1/2 of a 1 car garage for MY palatial work space so I do understand one of your reasons for buying this property.
For the brick, use a masonry stain or “lime wash”. It’s just not a great idea long term to paint brick with any “normal” paint. A masonry specific product will still allow the brick to breath and won’t comprise its integrity.
Definitely going to research the best approach for long term performance
@@Fixthisbuildthat Once it's painted, it's painted forever. More upkeep, and it does need to breathe. I'm sure you've seen brick that powders away.
. @fixthisbuildthat Architect here, and I concur with the others. If you don’t like mold, don’t paint the brick. Limewash yes, if will still let the brick breathe. Can’t wait for all the content your new home will provide! And super jealous of your outbuilding - I’m running a business out of my single car garage shop - not easy. Congrats!
Just painted our brick Sherwin Williams has products just for that not cheap but so far so good a year later.
@fixthisbuildthat use a product called Romabio
Congrats on the new property! Be sure to do your research when you tackle the mold, it is no joke. "Black Mold" is a blanket term for three different types of mold, and rarely is it actually black in color. I work as a mold remediator and recommend checking the attic to see where the bathroom vents vent the air. In my experience when there is mold on the ceiling, the vents just pump into the attic and not to the outside. Before you rip out the mold, spray it down with a biocide to kill it and not contaminate the rest of the house. Mold spores into the air when it is disturbed. We use a human and pet-friendly one called Decon-30. It is botanical rather than chemical. That 12k quote to do everything is pretty accurate given the crawlspace and bathrooms. There is a ton that goes into remediating and doing it the right way so mold doesn't come back. Containment and HEPA air purifiers are your best friend when dealing with mold. Feel free to reach out with any questions! That shop is going to be amazing!
So happy for you and your new property for your family and work. I’ve been following you for a LONG time and this video is different. Your smile from ear to ear on the entire video is awesome. Proud of you on your journey and achievements!!!!
CONGRATS! Can't wait to see what you do with the space
Tahnks, Darren!
LOOL, the ghost deer got me. The new property looks awesome!
Thanks!
Congrats on the new property! Similar situation here. Came from an HOA big city home to a rural 3 acre property with separate 1/1 guesthouse (Mom and Dad) and 30x40 metal workshop building all within those 3 acres, still with a whole lot of space left for my boys to ride their 4 wheelers and dirt bike. Man I can't wait to see what you do with that beautiful lot. Subscribed!
Excited to come along for the ride!
Couple of things,
1. pay the money for the crawl space. It's a big hit but you don't have to worry about getting sick from the great gombu that it certainly living down there. The pros have all the right PPE for that nastiness.
2 one roll up door is enough. Frame in the other one. Better insulation.
3 the ghost deer were a nice touch!😂
Love your videos. Good luck with all of this remodel. Super fun times ahead
Loved the deer ghost, what a nice touch for the video.
The great part about a fixer upper for a RUclipsr? Content possibilities! Looking forward to all the renovation videos to come!
Congrats!! We have about 5 1/2 acres here in Indiana. I will never live in town again -- I love the country, but it is a lot of work to maintain, but still worth it. The biggest selling point for me was the 2000-square-foot building that was on the property. I am looking forward to seeing what you do with it -- the view is beautiful. The house can be remodeled, but that view is what makes it worth it.
Congrats Brad! Can't wait to see what you do with the shop and house!
Thanks, Matt!
Brad, on your crawl space, start by removing all the insulation under the floor. Then spray the floor joists and sub-floor with a 50/50 mix of bleach and water (wear a respirator). You might have to give it 2-3 treatments 2-3 days apart. Then get heavy gauge plastic sheeting (4 mll+, 6-10 mil, better) and cover every square inch of the dirt in the crawl space (overlap joints).
Check for vents in the walls of the crawl space to allow air flow thru (add if none present). Then re-insulate and make sure to divert all the outside water away from the house with a french drain (filled with rock, not dirt) along the entire back side of the house facing the hill. Add drainage swales along the sides of the house to drain all the water away from the house. Your mold problems under the house should be fixed. Will cost you a few hundred dollars. I had same issue on a prior house and this process worked great. No more mold.
Sweet, you bought a bandsaw,a vise, and they threw in a house 5 acres with a shop. That's a steal. Proud for you and your family. Enjoy every moment.
Yeah, the bandsaw was a little overpriced, but does look nice 😂😂
@@Fixthisbuildthatand, being an old Craftsman, that bad boy may outlive you!
Are you kidding me with that view?! CONGRATULATIONS Brad! Very excited for you guys!
Congratulations Brad & Susan and family
On your new place
It looks every nice
Hope everything goes smoothly with your remodelling and updating your place
Thanks, Larry!
How did u comment 8h ago lol
@@GetGood_1023membership aka early access ig?
@@GetGood_1023
That’s for me to know
Your welcome Brad
I had a similar shop years ago. Instead of tearing out the office space you have I added the office space to mine. What a mistake! A year later I tore it down as you have done. Best thing I did! It's wasted space in your shop. Good luck with your new shop.
Wow... congratulations... can't wait for more shop/home improvement projects
There's a whole mess of em to do!
i can see how excited you are, and you should be !!! along with the house renovations and the shop upgrades, you surely have a lot of work, and that's awesome for a woodworking guy, right ? congratulations on the new property. I hope you all have 100 years of happiness and create good memories in there.
How many haunted deer did you catch? If it's less than 5 you missed a few 😀
That's awesome! Next year my son and I will be moving south and I hope to find a property like that with a garage or shop to create the ultimate wood shop 🙂👍🏻
Brad, that aluminum siding will need to be prep'd for paint. Aluminum oxidizes and gets a fine white powdery substance on it and paint will peal right off. You'll need to power wash and use a de=greaser. We used what we called Mean Green. You *may* need to prime it but without seeing it, I can't tell you that for sure. Although, after you power wash and get that powder off, you may decide you don't need to paint it. One caveat, if you decide to repaint it, you will probably want to replace any/all rusty screws because it will bleed back through the paint.
Hiring a pro might be your better option because of the equipment needed and the amount of time needed to do it. A structure that size can be *a* *lot* of work and *a* *lot* of time without a team.
For example, doing a single wide mobile home would take a team of 2 over a week to do between the power wash, replacing screws, caulking everything and then the paint. We used a power sprayer for the bulk of it and cut in whatever we needed with brushes.
Side note, because of the heat in your area and the risk of leaks, you may want to do a cool seal on the roof. Again, I'd recommend a crew for that and it would need to be power washed first too.
Enjoyed the story about your rise to the top of the food chain. Now I’m gonna watch your most popular video.
Definitely freaked me out when I saw the first one 😂
I had to come to the comments to figure out if it was just me seeing deer ghosts 🤣
Very excited for you, great property and plenty of work to get just the way you want it. I just completed my new work shop on our Farm property and went with 200A to support all of my future woodworking tools and my welder. Can't wait to follow along as you begin the restoration.
Man, you could build a nice little rope tow ski lift to the top of that hill, sledding in the winter, 'slip n slide' in the summer! Also the hunting blind would make a cool kids fort some day.
Yes! I've literally already been thinking of how I could do a to rope or lift
Congratulations man. There’s nothing to it but to do it! In your hands, That building will be a killer shop! The beauty about buying a 40+ year old house is that you basically get a blank canvas to work with. Can’t wait to see how you transform it. love your content. God bless!
Duuude congrats!!!! Love these types of videos and cannot wait to see more
We're excited to get going!
Congrats! Really looking forward to the home & shop renovation videos, as well as the more advanced projects you can do with all the added space. It's a really nice looking property with that hill and the surrounding trees really give it a cozy feeling.
So crazy, I’ve liked your videos before but haven’t seen alot, and couple years ago we moved onto an acreage, and just recently I took up hunting and just built a deer/fox stand!
As a general rule there is not enough workable hrs in a day to take care of an acreage. Whatever you buy needs to be fast, powerful, and attachments need to be easy to change.
My first advice is get an electric UTV like the crossfire E1, They are zero maintenance you can charge them with solar, and they make no noise. Fold the tray back and build a removable trundle drawer to hold all the tools you need when running around the property and see something you need to fix.
2. Get a good tractor, that starts first go. Make sure it can lift 1tonne-ish and get pallet forks for it. All your machinery will require a way to get it off trailer and reposition etc. Also don’t get a slasher get a flail mower it will do a lot more clearing and mowing.
3. Don’t get an ordinary trailer get a dump trailer. With all the demo works you are planning to do there is nothing worse than trying to pull it out manually at the tip.
4. You are about to enter a new world of outdoor tools if you haven’t already. Their name is Stihl, as in their still going! Spend at least twice as much as you want to on a chainsaw so you can pass it down to your grandchildren along with all the stories.
5. You will most likely outgrow your shop so get an excavator when you need to level out a new pad and run drainage power.
I know it sounds like I’m asking you to spend a lot of money but knowing what I know now I could have achieved infinitely more if I had these tools day one when I moved out here instead clearing land/trails with a circ saw blade attached to a weed eater.
These tools/machines are like taking steroids, you still have to do the work but they give you unlimited potential and a force multiplier. Anyone that wants to do it the old fashioned way without these things is just making their life hard and limiting their potential.
Make content, make money and then spend it so you pay as little tax as possible. Everything I have suggested is a tax write off when you have a RUclips channel.
One caveat is that people will start to hate once they start seeing you buying these new toys thinking that it’s their clicks that gave you the ad revenue to pay for this. Congrats! They say whenever you level up in life you lose 90% of your social circle. All the best!
thanks for the pointers, great stuff
I think you should keep the garage door in case you want to make bigger projects which won’t fit through the door 😊
agreed
Oh, definitely keeping the larger garage door. Was thinking about walling up the smaller one 👍
@@Fixthisbuildthat that's a relief to hear
btw even the smaller one might be worth keeping for smaller stuff to save opening the larger one
@Fixthisbuildthat - Maybe move the smaller one to the rear giving you direct access to your wood pile
@@wirelad1 That's a good point, then you don't have to drag it all the way around.
Exciting! I'm not too far away (in Franklin) if you need a hand with moving anything. Congratulations!
Thanks!
You should talk to Kyle at RR Buildings about pole barns. They are built to hold themselves up with no frills. They seem flimsy but all of the parts work together.
I've been binging Kyle's vids for ideas 😀
Congratulations on the new place. Look forward to seeing what you do with the place!
This is awesome. So excited to watch you turn that place into something amazing. Also, there was a ghost deer, right?
I saw at least four.
I think there were 7.
Congrats! Can’t wait to see what you do with the place. That view is amazing! My one piece of advice: make sure you get the right paint for painting brick. You don’t want to use regular house paint or stain. Brick needs to breathe.
i think that hole was for an ac to blow on the deer hanging to keep it cool that little office probably keeps pretty cold. we built cold storage in an old boss's garage just have to modify the ac to go lower than 65
Huh, maybe so. That would make since why it was insulated
@@Fixthisbuildthat after seeing the back side of the hole it was large and square so now I'm sure I'm wrong lol
Before you tear out the wood flooring, the easiest way to tell if its engineered hardwood is by lifting out that vent grate and looking at the side of the boards. If you see something that just looks like plys, its definitely just engineered wood flooring. If it looks like genuine end grain though, its solid wood thats only beveled because its prefinished, and you can sand it and refinish it
Congratulations Brad & Susan!!! We are also looking for room to "stretch out" in the country. So happy for you that this opportunity came about. I wouldn't worry about the "deer ghosts", they seem friendly enough. Lol
Congratulations on the home purchase! I appreciate the handful of ghost deer you have on the property too.
Congratulations on the new home. You've definitely got your work cut out for you. Home renovation is a lot different than little one off projects or fine furniture building. If you've never done that kind of work, you're going to learn a lot, very quickly. I purchased my home about 3 years ago and it was more or less a full gut reno just like yours. Also, just like you, I bought my property because there was an outbuilding workshop that I turned into a woodshop. You have a lot to do, and as someone who's been through this before, I'd love to spend some time and share my insights with you. I'll probably follow up this comment in a few days with an email as well, as comments can get buried and you may not read this. But for now, a few pieces of advice.
1) Do not be afraid to ask for help or hire a professional when you don't know something. You're a smart guy and can figure out a lot of things, but there are just some things that are best left to a professional who does that thing all day, every day and has seen all the weird problems that you haven't even thought of yet.
2) Have a timeline as well as multiple plans. When I was planning out my renovation, I organized all my tasks both by room, and by system (plumbing, electrical, low voltage, drywall, paint, flooring, doors, hardware, trim). And I realized that some things needed to be done in a certain order and I couldn't move ahead with one thing, until something else was done. For example, I ran network cable throughout the entire house. Network cable rough ins needed to be done before the drywall work was done. I also had to replace the attic insulation. I made sure that the insulation removal and replacement were on different days so I could have the cable run without having to wade through the blown in insulation. It cooled off the attic space I was running cables in and I could have a fan up there without kicking up insulation dust. It made that task SO much easier. The entire project is a symphony, and you're the conductor of the orchestra. I like to work with a full system that needed to be addressed in multiple rooms, before I narrowed down and focused on finishing one specific room.
3) Regarding your timeline- BE FLEXIBLE. No matter how long you THINK it's going to take, and how much you THINK it's going to cost- add 30% to both. Far better to plan for the "oh crap" thing and not need the extra time/ money, than to need it and not have it. That way, if you DO come in under budget, you can splurge on a little QoL thing here or there and not feel like you're spending extra, because you already allocated for it in the budget.
4) Consider smart systems. If you want to have any home automation, consider what you want to do NOW. Pick a platform, and build it in. I have smart lights all over my house, they're all the same system, and they all talk within the same infrastructure.
5) You're a content creator, so you're definitely going to want to spend some time developing a high speed internal network in your house. I don't know what your post production process is, but being able to quickly transfer files from your camera to your editing station, to your server, or whatever else you have, will add up to a lot of time savings in the long run. Get some good hard wired network gear for fast intranet speeds. You may also want to consider moving your wifi router as well. I built a closet into my office where I dropped all the network cables and have a full network rack with my server, my network equipment, my DVR for my security cameras, etc. I'd also trench a line and run redundant network lines to your shop, so you can have a computer out there to easily transfer data over the network back to the house. I'd also consider having a redundant ISP- something like a cradlepoint. You're in the middle of nowhere. If your internet goes down, you've got a big problem. Having a cellular backup costs a little extra, but it's worth it when you're trying to upload a video by a certain time, and your ISP craps out, and you get the response from support of "oh we can have someone come out in 4 days" (this happened to me and I was livid).
6) As technical as fine woodworkers such as yourself are, its easy to fall into the trap of trying to be equally as precise in home renovations. You're going to waste a lot of time there. Remember houses are built with 2x4s and framing nail guns. None of your boards are going ot be perfectly flat or straight. Being an 1/8 of an inch off somewhere may seem like a lot to a fine woodworker, but if you're framing out a wall and you're only off by 1/8" over the length of an entire wall, that's as close to perfection as you're going to get. Trust that as brutish as construction building seems compared to dovetail joinery, there definitely is such a thing as "close enough."
7) Most likely you have popcorn ceilings. Get rid. I could go on for hours about that nightmare. But afterwards, put a texture on walls and especially the ceiling. You might THINK you'd like the look of a perfectly flat clean wall. It's not gonna happen like you expect, and it's going to look like crap, and you wont even see it until after it's painted. Texture hides imperfections.
8) One of my favorite phrases I learned- try your best, and caulk the rest.
Nice shop! I’m in the process of getting a pole barn shop built on my property. Rest assured, your structure and framing appears normal, except for the bad concrete foundation. My building has 6x6 posts @ 10’ OC and horizontal 2x6 framing @ 24” OC. My roof joists are only at the posts with 2x6 purlins spanning between them. Insulation is a MUST. My shop is 10 degrees cooler than my non-insulated garage. I am planning to install a mini split, but your shop looks good. Don’t sweat the structural worries that you have
I’d love to see a refurbishing series! ❤️
Edit: fixed errors
Congrats on the new place! Looks like you've found a gem (and I mean that!). It can be tricky to find just the right fixer upper. Looking forward to seeing the work.
Beautiful! Your enthusiasm is fantastic ! Have fun with it! Love your videos.
You crack me up! So funny!!! Love the place. It's so beautiful! I would be just as excited as you and also a little overwhelmed. You've got a lot of work ahead of you. Can't wait to see all the improvements. My shop is 40 x 40 and it's perfect!
I can't wait to see more videos of this awesome place and you restoring/upgrading it !! Nice investment
Congrats my brother!! Can’t wait to see what you do with it!
I have some troubling news, your property is haunted by ghost deer
Good on you Brad for the new property...tons of potential i can see...What Im sure most will agree with me is that you not destroying all the furniture in the house but recycling and donating them for a better cause...Reckon you can repurpose those kitchen cupboard in your workshop or your man cave which is amust....As far as the moist concern i reckon you have moisture seepage from the upper elevation of the land ...something to get checked up by the right people ...Keep those turkeys as the great alarms for the property and disturbamce and there cackle can be heard from a mile away...As for the storage sheds maybe few of the ground shelving systems for exotic and local woods so they can be acclimatised weeks am=nd months before use...Good luck and God bless
Nice property!
Huge potential.
That framing is typical for a pole building.
What isn’t typical in the upper Midwest is the curb you pointed out.
Ours building has vertical posts sunk into the ground, then the floor was poured up to the sheetmetal last. Not great long term.
Just frame your walls down to the tops of the concrete curbs.
Ignore the bow.
Spray foam is what everyone is using these days.
No mouse house fiberglass or insect eaten pink polystyrene.
Yes I’ve seen this in my building and in your later video with office tear down.
I’m surprised your kids haven’t claimed that hunting shack for a club house.
My wife would already have claimed it for a she shed, spiders and all.
Have fun.
It’ll be interesting to see how your improvements go and if you can garner even more subscribers through your progress.
Congratulations Brad and Susan on your beautiful property, good luck with everything!
19:57 I loved the ghost deer. Nice touch. Looking forward to your new projects!
Big congratulations on this! This was a really fun video, and I can't wait to see you shape that property up.
Mate good to see you back, congrats to you and Susan on your new home,you certainly have some work to do to get it the way you want but all sounds good. Looking forward to seeing the progress. Love the land and space peaceful. Good luck
I totally like the new work shop like anything that age it’s going to need updating, as well as the house. So far as your plans for the house sounds great the only thing I’m not a fan of it painting the brick as once you do it then you can never get it back to the brick look without spending a butt load of $$$ bring it back, Good luck with you make over on the shop and house, can’t wait to see the finish product and can’t wait until you start making stuff out of the new shop.
I'm SO envious and happy for you, Susan and the kids! That place is gorgeous and has so much potential. I can envision TONS of great video's being made to share with your RUclips viewers as you renovate everything. I'm really looking forward to that!!!
Congrats on the new property. Cant wait for the entire build series. Best of luck to you and your family.
It looks like a pole barn. I’m having one built next February ( the ground just got prepped yesterday. I’m so excited. I’m blessed that I have a 100amp sub panel in the middle of the backyard. And my home panel has room for an additional 100 sub panel. In the future I’ll combine them into one.
Congrats on the new property man!! Run a minimum of 100amp if you are going to have AC.
Excited for you. Too cool!
Congrats on the new property....looking forward to watching all the changes you make...best of luck...love your channel.
Congratulations! Looks like a great property and plenty of video fodder. Look forward to all the upcoming builds.
Congrats on the new property! Looking forward to following your renovation and enhancement projects!
Nice Brad. First thing came to mind was years of content to. Come looking forward to watch it all
Thank you, James! It's going to be a fun ride!
@@Fixthisbuildthat yup you'll truly look vevup to the channel name now.
Can't wait for the renovation videos to come. Definitely looking forward to that
I'm on the same hunt. Working in my garage is getting really annoying. I have tools I want to add but don't have the room. Congrats on the shop upgrade.
I am super excited to see how this progresses! Record everything!
That hill looks like prime sledding time in winter. Looks like a lot of fun!
Congrats on Your New House, Ranch. Diggs! Gonna be a Lot of Work, but should create a Lifetime of memories. Good Luck!
Amazing property; home and shop!
You and your family will make it a wonderful and happy home!
Congratulations, and Well done!
I'm really looking forward to watching and following along with your journey.
Congratulations dude, happy for you and the family!
Congratulations Brad and Susan!
Congratulations! on the new place Brad! Thanks for sharing the video with us!💖👍😎JP
Wow. Congratulations on the new property. Look forward to all the honey dos and maker projects.
I look forward to seeing how you update your new home.
That's awesome, congratulations. I'm looking forward to your videos when you build your new shop. Oh, and the house reno too.
I’m excited to live vicariously through your project. Start anywhere!
Congratulations on your property! I’ve always wanted a larger piece of property in the country. Unfortunately, I live in Southern California so no large, or beautiful pieces of property here, and if there is, well it would be a lot more millions than I’ll ever have! Your house, in than same condition would be at least one million dollars alone where I live. You have a lot of work ahead of you, but I envy you as it’s going to be amazing working on it, and living there, wherever there is.
Nice hill! Sledding in the winter, slip n slide in the summer!
Oh man! Brad what a find! I am so excited to see what you do with that beautiful property! There is nothing like the Nashville countryside. I would imagine diverting the water coming down that hill will be a top priority. The shop build is what I am most excited to see you do.
Following this build for sure. You got what im currently hoping to find. Something nice in the country. Congrats and best of luck. Following along!
Wow, congrats on the property! I can't wait to see all the cool projects you will have for the new shop and digs.
That steep hill might contribute to water issues.
Don't skimp on cleaning up the mold. I can only imagine how mold packed the attic is.
your shops framing actually looks fine depending on the amount of snow you get in the area. With your plan to insulate if you use closed cell spray foam that will actually increase the load the roof can take in addition to completely sealing the building up.
I would probably also rip out all of the insulation in the crawl space, make sure it full dries out with fans, then use spray foam down in there. That way if a mold issue ever comes back it won't be getting into the house.
In most areas, code requires a termite gap, so you can't go down there and just cover everything up with spray foam. It's also controversial to use foam for insulating anything more than holes or gaps in a crawl space, especially if it's a vented crawl. If you cover wood with foam and there's any remaining mold, you just encapsulated it (which doesn't kill it). There's no way to remediate at that point; you're screwed. And even if you get all the mold prior to spray-foaming, moisture may still be able to wick in from the exterior (or from above if you spray it on the subfloor). And once it's in the wood, it'll have a really hard time getting back out. Now you've created even more problems because you'll be dealing with rot and insect damage
Congrats and good luck for the ton of work ahead.
Congratulations! I can't wait to see what you do with the place. It looks beautiful, with a whole lot of potential. I would say that you have content for the next couple of years at least.
Hola! 🖐Congratulations on your new adventure. So happy for you and your family. What a spectacular property and the view. 🤩Looking forward to watching you convert this into your dream space. Take care and have a good one, Adios!👊
Congrats on your new place. So I had a large-ish metal shed for 30 years with internal framing and insulation that I used as a shop and then it was just storage later in its life... The metal rusted, I had it cleaned and repainted... it's hard to maintain when it leaks, although I figured out how to seal the leaks, but it was a headache... So last year I had it demolished and I put a traditional wood framed building there with a shingled roof, I think it will outlast me... It's so much better. Also hearing about the grade of the building makes me nervous, I had my area graded to prevent water ingress and installed a drainage system. Lastly, be careful of those deer ghosts! LOL... But serious you have a great spot to do something, the question is... do you really want to start out with a building 40 years old... is it salvageable. I will admit it looks a lot better than my shed, but I think the difference is that yours is more of a commercial building, mine was a cheap outdoor utility shed that I framed... Good luck with whichever direction you go!
The Ghost deer are sweet. I would love to watch the entire build. Shop, house, All of it.
Nice touch with the Ghost Deer running away from the Deer troth at 19:19
I was in the same boat just over 2 years ago. Has a 20 x 24 barn that was in terrible shape. Re did all the electrical myself, insulated, walled, ceiling, removed the terrible garage door and made some side opening barn doors. Put down a floor and installed new windows. Now I have a nice art studio and it’s just the best thing. Good luck on your journey. My main advice is do what you can yourself and you’ll save a ton of money. Also use that money you saved on the windows. Don’t get any windows from Lowe’s. They WILL screw it up! Get a real window manufacturer to make those for you.
Congratulations on the new property. Looking forward to the reno.
Congratulations on the new property. I see so much potential and I know you will have a ball redoing it.
How exciting! Congratulations! Hope it all goes well, you learn lots, and are able to do everything under/at budget.
That would be the dream, under budget! 😂
Wow that's awesome. Happy for you guys. You have plenty of content for the next several years. Looking forward to going on the journey with you.