At minute 14.55 a beautiful specimen of The marbled newt (Triturus marmoratus) is a tailed amphibian belonging to the Salamandrid family. The distribution range of the marbled newt extends from northern Spain to western, southern and central France.
To continue with the identification of animals/insects seen ... the dragonfly at 13:25 is Cordulegaster boltonii ... a female laying eggs in that tine stream of water ... oh and the newt is also a female.
Wow, we are completely overwhelmed by your support and kind comments. Its rare these days to find corners of the internet with such positive vibes and we are really thankful for that and happy to be part of it. With our videos we want to share our passion for being out in nature and building nice stuff and we are really glad having found such a great community who appreciates our approach and gives such constructive feedback! ❤ Please give us a little time to respond to your comments and in a future video we are going to show you what the watertanks are used for. Have a good time guys and see you in one of our next videos.
Can't quite tell from watching the video, but I hope you used a lime based mortar rather than a cement based one. Lime based mortar allows stonework to breathe. If there's freezing weather, it's much less prone to cracking as water can get in & crucially, out again. Whereas cement based mortars lock moisture in, and when it expands as ice does, it can damage both the mortar and stonework itself. Usage of cement based mortars with stonework is a common, & sometimes tedious & expensive mistake, as damage often occurs, requiring remedial works.
Looking good. If you were my neighbour I would help out You could do a 2 chamber system. 1st water changer catches dirt. Over flows to 2nd chamber for clean water to filter. Just clean one chamber. Or just make it a swimming pool lol
@@ericpillon2965 not properly but it still works. To be efficient it need at least two walls inside the chamber that make some particular flow lettig the water pass on the top while the heavier particels goes down
I have a suggestion. My Father used to build very beautiful rock walls. They weren't drystone but stones and cement. He used something he called a maul to tap the stones into position. It had a heavy bulky head and it and the handle were one piece made out of metal. It was about between 13 and 15 inches long, the head a heavy rectangle, prob 2.5 inches on a side and about 4 or 5 inches long. It is a wonderful tool for what you are doing. He could use it for shaping with a stone carving chisel as well as positioning the blocks. You're doing beautiful work.
Nicely done. At far end of tank where water exits, may consider piling rocks to reduce soil wash out by use of diverter pad of large pile of rocks / stones to eliminate erosion over time. Also, that dip in the water looks like it was quite chilly! lol
The real art is using the stone you pick up! I build stone walls for a living. A lot of time could be wasted searching for the right stone, so I work with what I get.
That bush hammering tool for the hammer drill is excellent for flattening a stone surface, good find! Not so much for splitting. For splitting you could use a set of thin flat carriage chisels, those are wedge shaped. You can set a line of them into the diamond disc's cutting line. Hammering the chisels in will split the stone, and granite splits quite predictable and evenly.
Is this tank on property that you own? How did you know the original size for the width of the tank where you chose to reconstruct the wall against the hill.
14:59 Green salamanders (?)live predominantly in wet, damp crevices and are the only salamander of the genus Aneides found in the eastern United States. Marked almost endangered. 😊
Man this was a lot of hard work and awesome to watch. It’s so rewarding to build something with your hands. Seeing it in your head, then watching it all take shape as your idea comes to life. Hopefully the following generations appreciate it and maintain it.
Ottimo lavoro. Complimenti! Molto faticoso, ma ho capito chi ti da la forza e ti sostiene: quella bellissima ragazza con una meravigliosa voce e una risata entusiasmante. Congratulazioni a voi due. 👍👍
Great format for sharing. Sorry first time clicking on one of your videos…where approximately is this? Portugal? Somewhere south it seems. Great work and thanks for sharing.
I saw a huge tank like this at the town entrance of Sienna Italy, my friend who owns a estate in Tuscany told me it was used for public bathing and also women washed clothes later years it was clear water spring fed , like carved from a stone hillside in under a grotto like ceiling...amazing.
Probably you are right, over time the weight of the soil in the hill will push in against the wall and could break it. So all future builders of walls against hills, keep this in mind 😉
@@vale.do.salgueiro you could consider adding internal abutments? you'd loose some water volume but might stabilize it for a little longer? You've done a fantastic job of rebuilding it.
Beautiful work. I was by chance watching a a 30 year old programme from here in the UK about dry stone walling (not a technique of course to hold water as very different use - to keep sheep in etc). Stone is a lovely material with which to work.
Amazing work! Will this be for agricultural purposes? It would be interesting to see your property overall to see where this is in proximity to the house. Well done!
wow That must have a been a very labor intensive project, but the finished look was well worth the time and effort. I may have been inclined to finish the floor as well to have made it very pool like. Still could do that here?
If you put all your weight behind that SDS drill you will find it less effective. Pressure yes but not too much, it works better that way. Keep em coming :)
Thanks for the hint. I only found out a bit later why I had used so much force, the drill was completely blunt. Only used it for a few times. Now with a better quality drill it works much better as you describe.
I’d love to hear about any known or assumed history of this. Perhaps occasional voice over could provide further context/enrichment? Either way I’m a new subscriber and am looking forward to following along additional projects!
A water tank made out of 1000 separate stones is bound to be hard to keep water tight. It's doing the job though. Is the water used for agriculture or a homestead?
Looks amazing. We are also in north PT and renovating a ruin. Currently building a water tank. What’s the white liquid you added to the concrete? I guess it’s to water proof it. Is it PVA wood glue?
Hi Paul, nice to hear that you are also doing a water tank project! The liquid is for making the cement waterproof, yes. You can google for example for "SIKACIM HIDRÓFUGO PARA BETÃO" but there are also many other brands
There used to be a lot more of these. They were used to store rainwater and at the same time they helped avoiding flooding of the land and helped the plantlife and wildlife during dry seasons. The only thing we know how to build now is stupid windfarms and solar panels that make the problem worse....
So is this just for recreation, a self-filling swimming pool? I've never heard of a granite tank before. Tremendous workmanship but can someone tell me its purpose?
Boa noite! One option is to get some additive like for example this one prt.sika.com/content/dam/dms/pt01/d/sikalatex_.pdf We found it was too expensive to use it for all the walls, so we only used it for the gaps between the stones of the existing walls. It was quite hard to get this watertight, because the old cement over time formed cracks, so we had to redo a lot of the gaps. All in all the tank is also not 100% water tight and probably never will be. Especially because we did not seal the floor. Here we just relied on the clay that was already there forming a water resistant layer. As we have always inflow from the spring we are fine with a few holes here and there
i dropped a full wheelbarrow of concrete on my first day, the guy filled it up and i went to push and just dropped it due to weight next time he filled it up just halfway for me
oh lala la débroussailleuse, les gens ne connaissent que ca, il y a des outils zero carburant, plus rapide, moins cher, et très efficace, la machette, la serpe, coupe-ronce et j'en passe..
At minute 14.55 a beautiful specimen of The marbled newt (Triturus marmoratus) is a tailed amphibian belonging to the Salamandrid family.
The distribution range of the marbled newt extends from northern Spain to western, southern and central France.
Apparently it also reached Portugal
@@Francisco_CS
Yes, I confirm, from the Spanish west, the step is short!
To continue with the identification of animals/insects seen ... the dragonfly at 13:25 is Cordulegaster boltonii ... a female laying eggs in that tine stream of water ... oh and the newt is also a female.
Respekt, was für eine Schinderei, wirklich eine schweres Projekt, eine außerordentliche Leistung.😊😊😊
@@bartvanhoof6278 Friend, can you tell me how to distinguish between male and female?
Wow, we are completely overwhelmed by your support and kind comments. Its rare these days to find corners of the internet with such positive vibes and we are really thankful for that and happy to be part of it. With our videos we want to share our passion for being out in nature and building nice stuff and we are really glad having found such a great community who appreciates our approach and gives such constructive feedback! ❤
Please give us a little time to respond to your comments and in a future video we are going to show you what the watertanks are used for.
Have a good time guys and see you in one of our next videos.
Don't put plants in your stonework !
Can't quite tell from watching the video, but I hope you used a lime based mortar rather than a cement based one. Lime based mortar allows stonework to breathe. If there's freezing weather, it's much less prone to cracking as water can get in & crucially, out again. Whereas cement based mortars lock moisture in, and when it expands as ice does, it can damage both the mortar and stonework itself. Usage of cement based mortars with stonework is a common, & sometimes tedious & expensive mistake, as damage often occurs, requiring remedial works.
*_ Great vlog!! I somehow foresee a Hydro Electric setup being built at that stream gushing down on the lower part of the property? _*
the friendly comments are hard-earned and well-deserved
Looking good. If you were my neighbour I would help out
You could do a 2 chamber system. 1st water changer catches dirt. Over flows to 2nd chamber for clean water to filter. Just clean one chamber. Or just make it a swimming pool lol
I guess this is exactly what he has done.
Yes and use stones and cement!
@@ericpillon2965 not properly but it still works. To be efficient it need at least two walls inside the chamber that make some particular flow lettig the water pass on the top while the heavier particels goes down
I have a suggestion. My Father used to build very beautiful rock walls. They weren't drystone but stones and cement. He used something he called a maul to tap the stones into position. It had a heavy bulky head and it and the handle were one piece made out of metal. It was about between 13 and 15 inches long, the head a heavy rectangle, prob 2.5 inches on a side and about 4 or 5 inches long. It is a wonderful tool for what you are doing. He could use it for shaping with a stone carving chisel as well as positioning the blocks. You're doing beautiful work.
Nicely done. At far end of tank where water exits, may consider piling rocks to reduce soil wash out by use of diverter pad of large pile of rocks / stones to eliminate erosion over time. Also, that dip in the water looks like it was quite chilly! lol
It takes patience to make one of those rock walls. Picking the right rock is an art.
The real art is using the stone you pick up!
I build stone walls for a living. A lot of time could be wasted searching for the right stone, so I work with what I get.
That bush hammering tool for the hammer drill is excellent for flattening a stone surface, good find! Not so much for splitting. For splitting you could use a set of thin flat carriage chisels, those are wedge shaped. You can set a line of them into the diamond disc's cutting line. Hammering the chisels in will split the stone, and granite splits quite predictable and evenly.
What a great job you guys have done so far a really nice job rebuilding the wall and tank . It looks amazing. Good luck for your future projects 😊😊😊
This was a cool project to watch. On the other hand watching him shovel sand out of a trailer instead of unhitching it and tipping it back was painful
Wonderful soundscape in the background, and beautiful, skilled " architecture".
Hi fromDenmark 🇩🇰
Amazing amount of work and craftsmanship you put into this project. Well done.
I hope with all that work that your tank is still there 100 years from now! Great job!
Very tastefully done! What a place to escape the heat this summer, chapeau!
Is this tank on property that you own? How did you know the original size for the width of the tank where you chose to reconstruct the wall against the hill.
I think they snuck on to it and started building this all on their own 😊😊
14:59 Green salamanders (?)live predominantly in wet, damp crevices and are the only salamander of the genus Aneides found in the eastern United States. Marked almost endangered. 😊
But the video is in Portugal not in USA 🤔🤔
Refurbish? Dude, you rebuilt that thing from rubble. 😆
Nice job!
Man this was a lot of hard work and awesome to watch. It’s so rewarding to build something with your hands. Seeing it in your head, then watching it all take shape as your idea comes to life. Hopefully the following generations appreciate it and maintain it.
Ottimo lavoro. Complimenti! Molto faticoso, ma ho capito chi ti da la forza e ti sostiene: quella bellissima ragazza con una meravigliosa voce e una risata entusiasmante. Congratulazioni a voi due. 👍👍
Great format for sharing.
Sorry first time clicking on one of your videos…where approximately is this? Portugal? Somewhere south it seems.
Great work and thanks for sharing.
At first glance, I thought it was a misspelling, and it was going to be another restoration of a Grant tank.
I saw a huge tank like this at the town entrance of Sienna Italy, my friend who owns a estate in Tuscany told me it was used for public bathing and also women washed clothes later years it was clear water spring fed , like carved from a stone hillside in under a grotto like ceiling...amazing.
It was so calming listening to the sounds of the birds twitter on as you slaved away on the wall. Bravo
Surely with the weight of that banking behind the wall it’s all going to shift or fall before too long
as it did originally
Probably you are right, over time the weight of the soil in the hill will push in against the wall and could break it. So all future builders of walls against hills, keep this in mind 😉
@@vale.do.salgueiro you could consider adding internal abutments? you'd loose some water volume but might stabilize it for a little longer? You've done a fantastic job of rebuilding it.
To reduce the potential bank water weight problem it seems like you could install French drains
Super travail de restauration/amélioration!! Bravo et merci pour cette vidéo de partage!!
You are creating a new landscap ❤
Congratulations from Paris France 🇫🇷
Beautiful work. I was by chance watching a a 30 year old programme from here in the UK about dry stone walling (not a technique of course to hold water as very different use - to keep sheep in etc). Stone is a lovely material with which to work.
Nothing like the thrill of feeling a sunken soggy twig weaving around your foot
Why did you cement up the top of the sedimentary tank? Doesn't that need to be dredged out periodically?
We left two little "doors" to get in from the top if necessary.
Wow, what an undertaking, quite amazing amount of work done! That swim was so deserved ! How long did this take ?! Hats off to you two 👍💙
Great energy springs from you. What a stamina. 🎉
I particularly enjoyed the sniffle ASMR during the timelapse.
Amazing work! Will this be for agricultural purposes? It would be interesting to see your property overall to see where this is in proximity to the house. Well done!
wow That must have a been a very labor intensive project, but the finished look was well worth the time and effort. I may have been inclined to finish the floor as well to have made it very pool like. Still could do that here?
If you put all your weight behind that SDS drill you will find it less effective. Pressure yes but not too much, it works better that way. Keep em coming :)
Thanks for the hint. I only found out a bit later why I had used so much force, the drill was completely blunt. Only used it for a few times. Now with a better quality drill it works much better as you describe.
@@vale.do.salgueiro You have granite - it wears those carbide tips out superfast ;)
Amazing job. Loved seeing all your hard work pay off. Best wishes.
I’d love to hear about any known or assumed history of this. Perhaps occasional voice over could provide further context/enrichment? Either way I’m a new subscriber and am looking forward to following along additional projects!
What an amazing accomplishment! water is life. looks beautiful.
Amazing project, beautiful restoration, some explanations would be be helpful, keep up the hard work
What will the water be used for? The place looks quite isolated.
Brilliant! The purpose? I see the effort was its own reward. Was the tank built years ago to store water for local population?
I'm thinking that when it is full on both sides the wall should be some sort of supported
lovely job restoring such a peaceful spot.
Maestro. Wonderful work. You can drop by any time 👍🙏😄
There's good and there's brilliant, you blokes are both 👌
May I suggest to install a turbine on that river?
A water tank made out of 1000 separate stones is bound to be hard to keep water tight. It's doing the job though. Is the water used for agriculture or a homestead?
As a man there is something beautiful watching something being built from hand that will probably last for 100 years.
What is it used for?
És um verdadeiro artista 💪👏. Fiquei impressionada. Incrível 🙌
Beautiful work and beautiful video!
Where is this?
Portugal, maybe in the North.
😮😮😮😮😮😮 che meraviglia....immagino quanto sia stato pesante farlo ma il risultato è eccezionale!!!!complimenti!!!!!
Magnifique restauration bravo à vous 🎉🎉
How do you ensure the video remains engaging from start to finish?
Amazin job, trabajo en la construccion y puedo decir que tenes habilidad! en que parte del mundo es esto?
fantastic work once again,great skills❤
What a beautiful place!
Amazing!!! You make it look so easy. It turned out beautiful.
Awesome, l love the stonework 👍
Gran trabajo 👏🏼👏🏼
bravo!!! c'est très impressionnant ! magnifique construction!
Any plans on building and running hydroelectric?
Um excelente trabalho! Os meus parabéns.
What was the noise @18:52?
Looks amazing. We are also in north PT and renovating a ruin. Currently building a water tank. What’s the white liquid you added to the concrete? I guess it’s to water proof it. Is it PVA wood glue?
Hi Paul, nice to hear that you are also doing a water tank project! The liquid is for making the cement waterproof, yes. You can google for example for "SIKACIM HIDRÓFUGO PARA BETÃO" but there are also many other brands
How's tbe hands?
Looks mint that buddy ❤
For your concrete floor real good 😊 looks like Belize
bro didnt even show the finished product
bro?
@@erikowren7894 brosef
Yes they did. . .
Isto é em Portugal?
Sim é no norte de Portugal
Mantap asik asik jos oke banget mantap Alhamdulillah barakallah 👌👌👌👌⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐❤️❤️❤️🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩
Since there's no conversation..... why?
What is it for??
There used to be a lot more of these. They were used to store rainwater and at the same time they helped avoiding flooding of the land and helped the plantlife and wildlife during dry seasons. The only thing we know how to build now is stupid windfarms and solar panels that make the problem worse....
Super travail ! Quand l'intelligence et le savoir-faire humain se mettent au service de la nature ❤🙏👍👌
Le coin est splendide et très inspirant.
Wow a lot of work for water storage
looks good but do people going to use it ??? what its use??
We installed a small hydro power turbine
What hard work, but a beautiful result
All that for a swimming pool !! 😅 great work that was very back breaking work 👏🏻
It looks like they are millionaires if they can toil with such nonsense...
Water is life. Well done. Greets. H
nice use of the smart car
Really good Job ! Respect !
keep up the good work! stay safe and please wear gloves! 😝
I don’t understand what the purpose of the tank is when you have a river right there?
Think most likely the weight of the water stored in the tank creates more pressure than free flowing water in the channel? Just guessing 🤷🏼♂️
I couldnt move beyond the hat.
Now that's the stuff i like to see
Don't take your water for granite.
So is this just for recreation, a self-filling swimming pool? I've never heard of a granite tank before. Tremendous workmanship but can someone tell me its purpose?
Thanks for your question, we uploaded another video for you to give you some answers.
The tank is alive again, nice work
Vines, Vines everywhere are vines! Don't do this don't do that, VINES!
Hey neighbor. How were you able to make the concrete water tight? Did you buy it here in Portugal? How is it holding up?
Boa noite! One option is to get some additive like for example this one prt.sika.com/content/dam/dms/pt01/d/sikalatex_.pdf
We found it was too expensive to use it for all the walls, so we only used it for the gaps between the stones of the existing walls. It was quite hard to get this watertight, because the old cement over time formed cracks, so we had to redo a lot of the gaps. All in all the tank is also not 100% water tight and probably never will be. Especially because we did not seal the floor. Here we just relied on the clay that was already there forming a water resistant layer. As we have always inflow from the spring we are fine with a few holes here and there
i dropped a full wheelbarrow of concrete on my first day, the guy filled it up and i went to push and just dropped it due to weight
next time he filled it up just halfway for me
But what are you going to do with it ?
Wow, a work of art! Very nice!
nice job...that looked like a lot of work....nice reward at the end
Bravo! Amazing work.
oh lala la débroussailleuse, les gens ne connaissent que ca, il y a des outils zero carburant, plus rapide, moins cher, et très efficace, la machette, la serpe, coupe-ronce et j'en passe..
Great work! 👍🏾😎
Very impressive work!
awesome project
what hard result but amazing work
Well done.