The Mystery of the Mammoth Hearth | EP040
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
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VLOG 40: The original hearth was huge by what was the reason for the alterations and the little cubby holes we wonder?
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It's your home. Entirely up to you how you proceed. it's clear that you love and respect the cottage.
Thank you so much Anita ❤
Super kind of the lady to offer the shower. Stone wall is so lovely. The can recycler is cool. Love the cows.
i was using baby wipes , or using a solar shower bag , my friend joined a local gym to use the shower while he was building
Yes, I did think about a public baths or gym, but the nearest is quite a drive. Hopefully not long now before we have mains power and a water pump in the well. In the meantime it’s all over body washes with a bowl of water. 😊
Definitely get that old kitchen fireplace gone it is hideous. Nice that you got to shower 🚿 wonderful you have nice neighbours although she's 4 miles away 😊
We’re off the beaten track, but thankfully not too remote. Good neighbours are a blessing. 😊🙌❤️
Nice video,chemeny Brest was made smaller for two reasons, (A) original chemeny was like a big funnel sucking all the smoke and the HEAT out, the solution was to close off the whole chemeny with only a small pipe hole 7”-8”. (B) when range was fitted it fits neatly into centre with no heat escapeing from the kitchen scrounging. Don’t forget to replace chemeny with a dummy one,otherwise you’re cottage will look like a man - woman with no head kind regards Sean
That fireplace is one ugly waste of space!
We couldn’t agree more.
We have a fugly chimney breast too...I feel your pain 😆 ours has to come out too!
@@maxiedee Yes, I’m sure they would have done the same had their options changed. 😊
That was so sweet of a neighbor to offer a hot refreshing Shower 🧼 🚿 what a luxury …..Thank you too that sweet Person 💗🥰
I think that once you peel back the 60's/70's layers you might have a change of heart, in my cottage the fireplace had been narrowed down to a tiny thing, I opened it back to its former glory of six feet wide and found the salt nook and an eight foot beam. Repointed and whitewashed with a stove it is now fantastic. These fireplaces are the heart of the home and one of the few architectural features inside a cottage and I have watched at least four channels who have ripped theirs out recently and ruined their cottages in my opinion. I know its your choice but don't do something you might regret later.
Denis
I see your point Denis, we don’t want to lose character but we do want the space to be damp proof. Hopefully we can find a compromise. 😊
WHY purchase a vernacular Irish cottage, only to destroy the integrity of the building? The “hidden house” is now sitting in a wasteland of boggy ground (the trees were cut down in the first couple weeks) - at the end of a long (expensive) strip of tarmac, behind a giant rusting shipping container and a pair of caravans. Has anyone told them about the forestry plantation they refer to as “the forest” - that it’s a crop, and when harvested, will leave them in the center of a moonscape of stumps and pools of stagnant water? Things to come…
The original fireplace is somewhere buried in that wall, and should be preserved at all costs. The fire is the center of any original irish home - why were they attracted to the house in the first place? I don’t get it.
(And just to be clear, we also purchased a derelict Irish building ten years ago - and respectfully restored it to be our comfortable “forever home” It is possible to do without imposing silly notions about what you may think you WANT, rather than what you actually HAVE.)
Hi guy's....I'm doing my own referb and extention of a 1900s cottage in Galway near Lough Derg...we are in caravans as you are...our solution to the toilet issue was a composting toilet dug away from the house....It works for us...Just a suggestion 😊.
@@peterkelly9102 We kind of have our own version of that going on. I’ll be featuring it in an upcoming video. Funnily enough the toilet situation is the least problematic. We all deal with that pretty well. It’s the yearning for a shower to feel properly clean that’s the biggest challenge. Good luck with you project. Sounds pretty similar to ours? 🙌
Totally agree that fireplace needs to go. How lovely of the lady to offer the shower 😀 would the bag type of shower that people use at festivals work for hair washing at other times? I mean the type where you fill up a reservoir and leave in the sun to warm and then it works from gravity
@@adds91 I actually have never heard of this…. I’m back in the UK now but it may be something that Noel would find useful. Thanks for the suggestion. 😊🙌
No sweeter words then “you are welcome to come to mine to shower”. Such a lovely thing to do. Let’s of work being accomplished. I think once the tear down part is done it will feel like it’s going faster and less dusty. Cheers.
Absolutely. This is y he worst stage for dust and rubble:
Hi Jill, the fireplace thing is fascinating, can't wait to find out what's been hidden by that very unattractive block of a wall. So lovely to hear about the kindness of a subscriber and such a wonderful piece of well deserved luck, so enjoying your postings.❤
@@patkilmurray4702 Thank you Pat. Appreciate your support:
The fireplace would not fit in with your plans. However, a log burner would be lovely in your new snug. Great progress has been made, well done. Wonderful neighbours, saved the day.
Should have can machines like that everywhere, it looks amazing.
And they have a gluten-free section, but not yet in the UK for some reason. Thank you for your kind comments. I agree about the log burner and hope we can find a way. 🏡❤️
That toilet in the open room with the windows and the timber on the floor is straight out of recurring stress dreams I have. 😂 You get to decide what you want in the house and what you don't want in the house! I can just imagine how that shower made you feel like a human again! Declan said you might be better off using a bit with a wider tip about 2 or 3 " wide to remove the plaster from the stone walls. It would be less likely to poke into the mortar between the stones.
@@janetclaireSays I absolutely know what you mean about that. I too have had dreams about having to use a toilet in a public place, with no privacy. I wonder what that means! 🤣 Thanks for the tip re the mortar. 😊❤️
If there is an original stone fireplace under the modern rubbish, it would be sad to see it destroyed. Love watching your journey, BTW don't listen to moaning comments on RUclips like mine 😂
@@justwords3882 non moany at all lol. Suggestions are always welcome as it helps us look at all angles. It will be interesting to see what the fireplace looks like once exposed. 😊
I don't know why I couldn't find you for several months and I thought you had given up on youtube. But now suddenly you've popped back into my subscriptions and I've caught up and soooooo happy for it!!!! Thanks for coming back lol!!
@@greenbackgreenhorn ph we always do blended to, and are just grateful people stuck with us. The delay was down to waiting on other people and was frustrating to us. Noel is now project managing solo and it’s much better as he has more control over the timeline. Thanks for your patience. 😊❤️
I love the light fixture, I hope you do find a place for it.
@@ccl005jn I’ll try. 😊
Ya, that fireplace is ugly and I'd take it out too. You guys are doing a fantastic job and I can't wait to see how it all turns out.
Thanks Lynnr
I am looking forward to everything you two will accomplish. Hot showers are nice❤
A rare treat! ❤️
Is that an incinerator toilet❤
Pleased you got the toilet sorted 😂
That monstrous fire place needs to go…just my opinion.
What a friendly neighbour to offer use of her shower 🚿
It’s a landslide vote. You’re right Raymond, she is a Godsend. 😊
Ye you are right get it out and gain the soa ce giid luck tc now the oldies 🤗🤗👍🤞
Thanks Ann ❤
A sultry up to you if you keep it, it is huge! Older Irish houses would have had a really large hearth in that middle room of the house and a smaller fireplace on the bedroom side like you’ve uncovered :)
@@morrigans_cottage Really looking forward to catching up with your uploads once I’m back in the UK and have WiFi. Lovely to follow your journey alongside our own. 🙌❤️
@@TheHiddenHouseIreland the wifi is so tough, I was lucky that my place has electrics (dodgy but on at least lol) and my area was one of the first to get set up for the NBI scheme - not sure if you know much about that or not but it’s brill for getting the high speed internet in to rural cottages, I have about 2 gigs of speed it’s faster than my internet in Dublin! Fingers crossed it’s close to being ready in your area and you can get set up at some point!
Smash it, smash it quickly!
@@jackfarris7056 🤣🙌🔨
I would definitely choose space over an unattractive rended wall.
It’s your house. Do what works best for y’all.
Enjoying your content from the north Georgia mountains
Thanks Heather. Sounds idyllic where you are! 😊🌲❤️
Looks like it may have been an Inglenook fireplace. Which is from a much older era. But maybe they wanted one. Yeah get Rid, it's taking up too much space.
We have a bit more information from Willy who remembers it as a child. And you’re right, it was originally an inglenook.
@@TheHiddenHouseIreland in 1937? It surely was built long before that if it was an inglenook.
Are you sure that building was built from scratch in 1937? The stone work looks older. Have you checked the old OS maps to see when it first appears?
We are taking our authority from Willy, the neighbouring farmer. His mother was born in our house and he remembers it as a child. He’s quite precise about the fact that his uncle Tim built it in 1937. But he did say it replaced an older thatched cottage behind. Maybe the old stone was repurposed. 😊
You could always put up a toilet tent inside if you want some more privacy.
Haha - we just let each other know when we’re using the loo. It’s not really a problem because we’re not living in the house. 😊🙌
Way too large for today's kitchen. I guess 140 years ago for a large family it was a necessity.
In fact it was only built in n the 50s Nancy, but they did use it as a snug to keep warm. 😊
I thought you were going to write help.
@@DoristhePeskyBrit Haha - didn’t think of that. Equally appropriate. 🤣🙌
Is there not space in your ‘new’ caravans toilet room for the toilet to sit on the shower tray? I know you won’t have much room and two toilets in there but at least it will be private.
I do use the caravan toilet already with a little ‘potty’ 🤣 but seriously we just let each other know when we’re using the loo and the others keep well out of the way. 😊🙌
it would be interesting to see what is behind that ugly partition they call a kitchen... maybe the original fireplace is still there but please do take the ugly away hopefully there's a stone wall behind it; it really doesn't match
thanx for sharing
Certainly will. 🙌❤️
As it’s a camping loo, why not just put it in your caravan bathroom for privacy?
@@annhamilton2060 Two reasons really Ann, we have a strict shoes off policy inside the caravan so that would be inconvenient, and also we don’t really want to be slopping out too close to the caravan. See later videos for a so,Union we found…The large doors of the shipping container give privacy now so it works well. And hopefully it won’t be for too much longer. 😊
It is ugly, some people obvious overstep.
Often the tone is judgemental and hostile so you’re never going to get it right. Can’t please everyone, lol. 🙌