Walls and Windows! More one man home renovation in Italy 🇮🇹

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  • Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
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  • @laynajanwilson6637
    @laynajanwilson6637 29 дней назад

    HELLO RAFFI/FAMILY...AS I SAID, IN THE 'TWO MONTHS AGO' VIDEO, RATHER OVERWHELMED OF LATE...BINGING TO CATCH UP...ALL THE BEST...VANCOUVER, CANADA...🙏

  • @chrislarsen2684
    @chrislarsen2684 4 месяца назад +8

    Always amazed at how much you can get done with your One Man Show!! I agree you are a Rock Star!! Well Done. Hope your French Property is in loving hands.

  • @sadjaxx
    @sadjaxx 4 месяца назад +5

    You plastering skills are getting very impressive, just like your roofing skills. You certainly can turn your hand to.just about anything!

  • @wendywilson9760
    @wendywilson9760 4 месяца назад +1

    I am so close to your town. Watching from Australia for some time. We are walking the Via Francigena pilgrim trail. Now😊 I feel the connection to your dyi

  • @jeanhawken4482
    @jeanhawken4482 4 месяца назад +10

    Looks so good with the sponge trowel work.

  • @jelsner5077
    @jelsner5077 4 месяца назад +3

    Great work, Raff! Hope your back is alright, nothing worse than back pain.

  • @annettesharrock1236
    @annettesharrock1236 4 месяца назад +2

    Nice plastering and carpentery . The views you have at your place look beautiful ,you are so lucky ❤

  • @DBurgg
    @DBurgg 4 месяца назад +3

    A bit of sponge worked wonders on the plaster! The new window will be perfect; hope the installation is easy. 👍🏻🍺

  • @sherae
    @sherae 4 месяца назад +2

    Great to see you got back before the winter. You are really cracking on and getting there bit by bit. The sponging really improved the finish of the plaster - will give a lovely rustic finish when finally painted. Safe journey home.

  • @johnpierce2390
    @johnpierce2390 4 месяца назад +3

    The bucket is easy fix just drill your two holes in it and put a rope through it I have a question your dark spots that keep coming through on the wall can you get your wife to come up with a color she likes to match that dark color just an idea trying to help👍✌️ 🤙❤️🇮🇹 ❤️

  • @sadjaxx
    @sadjaxx 4 месяца назад +2

    Such a nice piece of wood, it could have made a nice counter top.

  • @marilynwade9448
    @marilynwade9448 4 месяца назад +2

    Great video. Safe travels

  • @maurawhelan3530
    @maurawhelan3530 4 месяца назад +2

    The kitchen is coming along nicely! Take care Rafe

  • @rmil4531
    @rmil4531 4 месяца назад +2

    Good to see you getting on with the house. Making progress.

  • @KACn5582
    @KACn5582 4 месяца назад +4

    You show what perseverance can accomplish. The house has been a huge job but you have accomplished so much!

  • @eastfrisian_88
    @eastfrisian_88 4 месяца назад +5

    The walls look great! You've got very patient neighbours. Mine are also very patient, but I once had a neighbour (I called her "old witch") in another flat who called the police because I was hoovering on Sundays (no joke!) 😂

  • @go4lowcost652
    @go4lowcost652 4 месяца назад +2

    Great work with the plastering. The wall looks awesome!!!

  • @veronicaroach3667
    @veronicaroach3667 4 месяца назад +1

    Well I am 'just an old lady' who has done quite a bit of fixing my houses over the years, and this plastering makes me nervous - not quite the technique I am used to seeing shall we say - but hope springs eternal, we can all get better at these jobs !

  • @kevinnye5132
    @kevinnye5132 4 месяца назад +3

    Ralf you should have plastered that Gecko/ Lizard 🦎 onto the wall as a feature or at least a warning to other Geckos 😁. Nice flattering technique Ralf and if you had asked me 5 years ago I would have told you 😂😂😂, your whole life is a learning curve I have found and your getting there , looks so much better 👌🏻, take care see ya next video.

  • @a-k6575
    @a-k6575 4 месяца назад +5

    Good evening from NZ, your progress is amazing considering you were balancing family life, work income source, the house in France now that's in good hands, and commuting between Innsbruch and Italy. I hope you're having time out. There are three of you one man renovators from the UK across Italy that I follow on youtube, skills I may need in the near future. Thank you.

  • @rb9580
    @rb9580 4 месяца назад +4

    Window is looking good - nice piece of wood! Just a thought, but if you routed the glazing rebate as a square, it might make the glass-cutting a bit simpler, with a greater certainty of being a good fit.

    • @NotUselessYet
      @NotUselessYet  4 месяца назад

      That would make sense, I'll ask the glass guy

  • @R12390
    @R12390 4 месяца назад +2

    Great work!

  • @angelapa9513
    @angelapa9513 4 месяца назад +12

    You’re a legend❤

  • @suehall3298
    @suehall3298 4 месяца назад +2

    You are nailing it again 🤗👍 🍻
    Love Sue❤❤❤🇬🇧❤❤❤

  • @michelletothill8551
    @michelletothill8551 4 месяца назад +2

    That window is going to be incredible.

  • @mollygordongeorge
    @mollygordongeorge 4 месяца назад +4

    The kitchen is shaping up quite nicely! 👍

  • @Dilan007
    @Dilan007 4 месяца назад +7

    Great job!

  • @gloriasmestad3803
    @gloriasmestad3803 4 месяца назад +4

    I am really enjoying your round window project! It will be a very sweet feature!

  • @Melonecolonie
    @Melonecolonie 4 месяца назад +16

    With the heat, high ceiling height and the fact the room is used as an kitchen it would've made more sense to install a fan that extracts the air outside in the hole instead of a window. Greetings Ben

    • @NotUselessYet
      @NotUselessYet  4 месяца назад

      It should vent well through the ceiling

    • @go4lowcost652
      @go4lowcost652 4 месяца назад +1

      I agree with you that an exhaust fan would be nice to have up there and controlled with a temperature switch for the summer, where you set it and forget it. Of course, there is still a need to secure the opening during the fall and winter months to keep the heat indoors.

    • @Melonecolonie
      @Melonecolonie 4 месяца назад +2

      There are some ventilators that close if they are not in use/needed. Even with insulation. It's pretty common in some countries. That would be a good solution for the low temperatures.

    • @riccardobua2331
      @riccardobua2331 4 месяца назад +1

      Worth checking regulations, it's becoming a requirement for kitchen and other environments

  • @lavitaitalia
    @lavitaitalia 4 месяца назад +1

    Raff what was the commune requirements on the roof did you have to lodge a SCIA and get it signed off?

  • @janicek6399
    @janicek6399 4 месяца назад +2

    If rope is cheaper/easier to find there are several YTs that show how to use rope to create sturdy handles for carrying pots, etc.
    Of course you've probably already purchased a new bucket 😉
    I hope your neighbors are understanding! Good neighbors are a true blessing!
    Amd, just my thought, the glass doesn't have to be round between the two oak boards, does it? It'll be beautiful however you do it.

  • @nevillee6190
    @nevillee6190 4 месяца назад +2

    It's always time for an afternoon beer !! Well done I am so impressed with your work

  • @margarethughes3763
    @margarethughes3763 4 месяца назад +7

    Good morning and hello . 😊

  • @sallymoffit3751
    @sallymoffit3751 4 месяца назад +2

    Until next time 😊

  • @vickileonard72
    @vickileonard72 4 месяца назад +2

    Hard work there friend looking better every time. Kudos 😊

  • @blueberryblues3365
    @blueberryblues3365 4 месяца назад +4

    Looking good. Better and better and getting closer! Xo

  • @bigbird2100
    @bigbird2100 4 месяца назад +3

    Great video 👍 Said it before hope the locals see how good you are at the rendering gonna be knocking on your door.When cutting oak best to get some decent blade's 😊

  • @kevinnye5132
    @kevinnye5132 4 месяца назад +4

    😂Roman toilet 😂😂😂, funny Ralf 👌🏻

  • @vanessawade452
    @vanessawade452 4 месяца назад

    What a brilliant result. So rewarding for you.. well done you!

  • @jmck6320
    @jmck6320 4 месяца назад +2

    Superb Ralf!

  • @jehmaccabee8083
    @jehmaccabee8083 3 месяца назад

    Looking forward to seeing the windows in situ. I'm finally moving to Pontremoli myself, the first half of next month. Hope to meet up for a beer if you're up for it. I'll buy you an actual beer rather than a virtual coffee 😁

  • @marilynwade9448
    @marilynwade9448 4 месяца назад +1

    You certainly have become good at laying the plaster on. But that heat looks like too much to deal with

  • @LindaJones-ml7dr
    @LindaJones-ml7dr 4 месяца назад +3

    Love watching your channel cant wait to see this installed xx

  • @jessicaboyajian3542
    @jessicaboyajian3542 4 месяца назад +2

    If you are placing your round window on the interior wall, I fear the void in the wall will become a favorite nesting site for birds, blocking your light… I have had this happen in extracting fan voids.

  • @Mark-el8sb
    @Mark-el8sb 4 месяца назад +3

    Curious why you're not installing double-pane glass? Using one piece of 4mm glass will definitely not provide much, if any, insulation against the cold. Cheers

    • @NotUselessYet
      @NotUselessYet  4 месяца назад +2

      4mm has worked really well elsewhere, but we're not there too much in winter, and double glazing looks funny on old windows.

  • @Deeply-k3t
    @Deeply-k3t 4 месяца назад +2

    I absolutely love watching your progress but I beg you not to torture us with that music again. 😂😂😂

    • @annamaiorano1709
      @annamaiorano1709 4 месяца назад +1

      Definitely I agree about the music being played while plastering. Classic music is a better choice!!

  • @curtk8715
    @curtk8715 4 месяца назад +3

    is there a old wine jug that would fit into that circular window opening? Just mortar it in.

  • @pv6450
    @pv6450 Месяц назад

    Ralph were are you? My husband and I are worried....

  • @sarisafari9063
    @sarisafari9063 4 месяца назад +4

  • @helenhelps9619
    @helenhelps9619 4 месяца назад +3

    🔨🔨

  • @mscordino
    @mscordino 4 месяца назад +3

    I realize I have been watching you a long time and I don't know your name. Hi I'm Mike from Atlanta USA. What is your name?

  • @joolsca
    @joolsca 4 месяца назад

    lol are you aware of your tongue while you're working?

  • @CynthiaEvans-i2f
    @CynthiaEvans-i2f 4 месяца назад +1