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0:00 Intro
1:14 Intercom
1:51 FIBRE
2:51 Media Console
4:28 Office
5:39 Mechanical Room
9:14 Theater Room
10:18 LAN Center
11:46 VR Setup
12:40 Wireless Control
14:10 Garage
15:23 Outro - Věda a technologie
Linus maxed out the tech level on his old house, so he had to get a new one to level up
I legit was gonna say that as well. But with the family he has and what he wanted to do in that place was way too small.
Uraverageconsumer got 2 levels above than Linus's house
he prestiged
Its like a 10900k rtx 3090 being upgraded to r9 5950x when ryzen 5000 was released
@@Cosplayinghuman pic got me
Prediction: By the time Linus is done with this house, Brian the electrician has a yacht.
Brian the electrician doesnt even need to do business anymore
by the time Linus is done with this house it will be 20 episode videos and he will be moving to another house.
Second prediction: the local inspector dies of a stoke with the solar panel wiring ideas
By the time Linus is done with this house, Brian the Electrician will be a channel sponsor.
@@johnnyxp64 im ok with that. His house videos and office network/server stuff were always my favourites.
The person that buys linus last house will get the biggest tech upgrade ever
did he definitely sell it? He's probably rich enough to keep it!
He improved the value of the old house immensely, no doubt he would have made a decent amount back on all the extras he installed over the years.
Will it be sponsored by Intel though?
I would rent it out.
@@lavolpe4634 or asus?
At least we'll get more of "Brian The Electrician" in the future now.
I do hope so!
I can’t read the name without singing his theme tune
@@juanlara4127 o I⁰o 9⁹he's x ZZZ
Came to say exactly this!!!
Sings Brian The electrician theme song when reading his name*
I’d love to see Yvonne make a similar video telling us what she wants to do with the house…
YES!! That would be awesome
Same that would be cool
Someone make this happen!
Ditto
Interesting yes, but would she be talking technology or design? LTT wouldnt post a interior design video for a house. Set builds are different so thats why they made it on
Looks like a project! Thanks for the shoutout. I’m not sure if Canada is allowing us foreigners across the border yet, but I’d love to come meet you and Brian the electrician when it’s home assistant and automation time!
Ayyyy
Maybe you can help him out, recommend some new technology that you've heard of. Things he wouldn't think about or things he wouldn't know of. That would be pretty dope!
Damm, How big is his house?!?! lol
You must be fully vaccinated in order to enter Canada for nonessential reasons i think. Double check that though!
@@DemeDemetre Who doesn't?
Having just had my home automation completely fail - you've got the chance, hardwire everything you can.
Just gotta be rich
Imagine Linus being your dad... My parents never bought me anything close to a videogame and this man is crafting his kids a custom LAN center. Sheesh they're going to have a fun childhood.
Owen Roberts
old people, lol! how old are you now, needing to be the Linus kid father, do it better????
his kids don't need it! smart vales?
just give them a new iPhone! the home?????
Linus is our dad, in our hearts
Imagine comparing your parents to Linus lmao.
They’ll grow up hating it
At the time, they apparently don't have their own PCs yet(though I'd imagine it was a deliberate choice, since Linus can probably build multiple high-end PCs with just the extra components he has lying around).
Linus Kids: Dad can I have my own room?
Linus: Honey pack your bags we're buying a new house
Then immediately puts his kids in the basement of the new house
@@Bry.89 hey, at least they got some new friends there
@@Bry.89 at least it's his own kids,
Some people out there put other people's kids down in the basement...
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Permanently.
Pretty sure that's what actually happened lol
Yeah..my parents don't even buy me Minecraft or let me get my friends at my home saying that I will get 'destracted' by them...
Linus making his house better and better is my favorite series on here, but also makes me feel poor
That's cuz we are poor
He's the CEO of a CZcams media empire, you should feel poor. :D
@Muscleman8562 no one cares
Mainly because I probably won't be able to afford buying a house in the first place.
I mean though,it's not like it took him two days to make his house better,it took him 10 years
I can't even begin to imagine the write-off's and sponsored tech this series of videos will provide.
No doubt kill two birds with one stone scenario. Still pretty cool watching this house progress though haha
canada
Legit question, if I start recording all of my purchases and upload the videos to youtube, can I write it off?
Georgiy Yakubenko lol, while I'm absolutely no professional in this area, I believe your channel would have to be registered as a business. I'm sure there's a lot more paper work to go with it than just that simple fact.
@@rocketsciencemusic5398 like, every tech company would LOVE to have linus review their top of the line home tech
I love how humble this whole series started .. "we probably leave this, maybe change this a little" .. and in the end almost everything was torn down and completely redone :D
Linus: Give me the specs on this house.
Salesman: Do you mean the floorplan?
Linus: Did I stutter?
You Mean Linus: Did I St-St-Stutter?
What floorplan?
@@handlemonium there Isnt one.
As an electrician who's rewired and "upgraded" a LOT of residential homes; your best bet (assuming you've already purchased the property) is to have a qualified, well vetted electrician come in and 100% redo your in-home grid. The various supplemental power solutions you've suggested are only momentary fixes, and will be quickly outdated in even just a couple years, vs having a chase installed to desired locations, along with pull strings, a dedicated central hub, and quite possibly a dedicated LV sub-panel installed.
Much harder to make years worth of content from that though 😂
@@clogmonkey Although Brian "the electrician" had some good content...
This, 100% this. The number of changes and the fixes needed to accommodate them will only snowball into 100s of daily annoyances in a few short years. A total rewiring and refitting of the house would be the best way forward for this kind of project.
A shame Brian stopped being an electrician.
@@shivangswain indeed. Let's hope linus will do the smart option
This house needs Intel's budget.
Alternate title: huge nerd gets a lot of money to make his childhood dream house
The only issue I see is, he doesn't have the actual time to do it. That's the thing. We want to do it ourselves. I want all the automation, sound, lan, etc he mentioned, but to me it means nothing if a team did it for me.
edit: I can't type... ::grin::
@@Filelor What really? I would love to be able to buy a house, even more when I don't have to do all goddamn work myself lol.
Here's me struggling to scrape together the deposit to buy my first place in the UK on a not so insignificant salary... a shitty two bedroom apartment. Fuckin' Linus over here showcasing whole house air con, theatre, VR room, office, machine room, LAN centre and a god damn server room!!!! Fuck the housing market.
@@vrotdugijablonski7214 fist, just buy a small house, within some years, you buy this!
forget renting please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@vrotdugijablonski7214 define work? I want nothing to do with the carpentry, plumbing etc. But If I am not gaming/trolling YT, I am looking for ways to upgrade or tweek my IoT/NoT in my home. What's ironic is that my automation journey started bc I am lazy, now it takes up the majority of my free time but I find so much enjoyment in it. It covers a wide range of IT, keeps me on my toes, learning ,innovating, occupied and sober. lol I can't design a circuit or write code when I am drunk ( not that talented sadly)
This sounds like a job for...
BRIAN THE ELECTRICIAN
*theme song starts playing*
Having grown up and being an adult, Brian The Electrician has become one of my favourite superheroes. As a kid I would've preferred Batman or something, but not anymore.
👀 woah, lots of options for home automation! Hit me up if you need ideas or how to implement them. Great house
Hey
Sheeesh two of my fav tech youtubers getting together nice
I was just going to tag you 🤣👍
Ehhhh, this could be brilliant!
If he wants to keep his current 2 wire thermostat setup, I remember seeing a product on "Ask This Old House" has what amounts to a head unit, (think car, for comparison)that hooks to those 2 thermostat wires, for power, and possibly data as well, then the other end of the wires from the thermostat(s) would hook into the brain box(es) which would likely be located in the basement... After which, the brain box would send out the signals on whatever wire in the rats nest of connected wires is available that will tell the device(es), what to do... Of course, that's assuming that I remember the technology correctly
"Modest TV" gets a 70 inch paper thin OLED lol. Im calling it.
I can't even begin to imagine how much this is going to cost all in. Easily upwards of a million dollars. Happy that our discount Duke Nukem has made it this far.
Upvote for "discount Duke Nukem". Can't unsee.
Luckily for him he can probably deduct it on his taxes as a 'business expense'.
doesnt linus live in vancouver? the house alone is guaranteed a few million on its own. its not that bad here in toronto yet, soon
This house will likely cost him upwards of 2 million depending on location in the lower mainland.... must be nice to be part of the 1%
@@SerpensFirmus don`t worry, you are already part of 1%, if you making $33k a year. What you really want - to be 1% of 1%.
Linus' new neighbor: "Honey did you see our new neighbor?"
" yes, I saw him. Is he wearing socks with sandals?"
There goes the neighborhood...
@@TerminalWorld wahaha laughed so hard
Or alternatively:
Neighbor: where did this gaming rig came from?
Kid: a nice man with a camera gave it to me.
@@TerminalWorld I don't get no respect I tell ya
Someone needs to summon “brAAAYAN THEE ELEKTRISHUUUN”
Did anyone else sing the song while reading that as well?
Who is dead
@@maxbroomfield5392 of course hahaha
Quick someone make a copper wire circle and perform the summoning ritual!
HELL no that butchers work makes my blood boil and some poor bastards get to make it work later. Might was well hire someone on Craigslist to do your work.
5:28 Linus is now dropping himself on the floor
Damn Linus kids have a good life. I still remember how hard it was to convince my dad to get Internet access 😂. Good thing those times are long gone.
@@Panda420 Why would you ask that
@@Panda420 he's probably a grown ass man now that can do what he wants instead of asking his dad
@@misteryouz That and the fact that home internet/computer access is basically required now. I remember how much of an issue it was for my family since my school was requiring a lot of stuff to be done online and we couldn't really afford computers and home internet until much later on, had to use library computers for quite a while and learned to use portable apps on a flash drive to kinda have my own computer. We now have multiple computers (mine's a decently powerful beast) and Gigabit DOCSIS (cable internet | I don't think we're actually getting the full speed due to living in a condo with old wires but we're looking for a house).
"If you can get it working then you can use it" was my first personal computer setup.
Ironically doing good with money now, but my last 3 computers have still been ones I "fixed" (install linux fresh on to it, fixed a hacked windows machine, worked with a bad hard drive for over a year (windows just crashed), and most ironically wifi drivers worked better on a dying wifi on a laptop.)
@@Panda420 what ?
LTT: "We are out of content"
Linus: Hold my beer, im buying a house
Should be pretty fun content too. I’m always tinkering with my house 😅
@@freumdlichmax2304 leave. Stop advertising your crappy video.
Wait until he starts building one! The prices are not yet low enough, but they will likely be so in a few years.
Alternate title: This House Is One Large Tax Write Off
positive income trades
This, I’m positive he could’ve just remodeled some rooms out of his old one, that shit was huge…
Hi orange juice
do they write off tax the same way in Canada compare to America?
Ayy juice
11:06 seven gamers one cpu finally comes in handy, just not with R9 Nanos
Theater Room Idea: If there is any piece of equipment that you might want to add in the future, run PVC conduit behind/above the walls/ceiling to each location now while its exposed, and have the other end of the pipes somewhere accessible. Make sure you run string line through the conduits as well. That way if you want to add something like a projector, more surround speakers, etc. in the future, all you have to do is tape the necessary wires to the string line in the conduit and pull everything exactly where you need it. No fishing, no ripping out drywall. A small amount of work now will save a large amount of work later. Make sure the conduit is sized correctly for the connecting ends of whatever wires you're likely to use. Can't wait to see how much work Brian The Electrician will have to do xD
Guys, I think Linus forget that he also needs bedrooms, bathrooms, a living room and a kitchen
🤣
That is private thing, won't be discussed in the video except when really necessary / become a video topic.
You don't need a living room if you have home theater, pc, and vr rooms.
The kitchen was shown off on wan show
@@muhwyndham lol he was joking man. Ofcourse he wont talk about his or Yvonnes private stuff :)
This sounds like a job for…BRIAN THE ELECTRICIAN!!!
Now I have his theme stuck in my head, thanks for that.
He's electrifying! And helpful! What a helpful man!
He is dead
Linus already said that most of the work will be done by a single point of contact contractor, but for later stuff Brian might make an appearance
HELL no that butchers work makes my blood boil and some poor bastards get to make it work later. Might was well hire someone on Craigslist to do your work.
depending on how much time you have until you move in, I would recommend just ripping all the drywall out and doing all the wiring and such. That saves you a ton of work
Love how he tricked us when he fell down the "stairs"
The moment when your friends dad has an extra lan-party room in his house
@@spritsfal5088 judging from his kids appearance in previous vids, I think they'll understand that their dad is super cool
When this house was built and furnished it was probably really cool. Like radio anywhere in the house and the TV slide and pivot
I have a big CRT for gaming and would love that swivel thing he has
Rich people homes back in the day lol
Reminds me of some 90s rappers studio-home on MTV cribs.
About the sponsor, Megapro screwdriver. Guessing its the last time they did that. 🤷♂️
technically they became a main sponsor solely for their own driver
Me in Hong Kong watching Linus touring his massive house
Remember when Linus said he didn't live in a mansion, well now he does.
Well he's a millionaire now
Literally what I was thinking😂
ultimate power ultimately corrupts:D
Wet bars in extra rooms are not common. Good for him, I've followed him forever and he definitely deserves it
@@randylahey2242 how is he corrupt?
I'm convinced Linus bought the whole house just to watercool it
He’s bored of water cooling pc’s so he’s leveling up
That's how commercial buildings work. They use antifreeze instead of water, and have radiators for each room, or connecting equipment that needs to be cooled.
Maybe he gets some kind of nice business tax treatment when he uses his homes for LTT.
Please make this series a playlist. I love this idea and would be sharing the whole playlist with friends.
Congrats on the new house!
Would love to see moving and project vlogs on the house if you are planning on that, I return every now and then to the old ones and they are very enjoyable.
3:28 DO NOT put a subwoofer inside of another box. It already has its own box/enclosure. Putting it inside of another box will only worsen the acoustic performance. It will also make the entire cabinet resonate and vibrate with the low frequencies!
Plus, that cabinet is really ugly....
Should just scrap it and maybe build wall out for shelves, just redo the wall save space
Amen! That low rumble is gonnaaaaaa sssuuuuuuuuuck
yea, was also hoping he'd scrap that cabinet. eh, not my house.
Linus: "This is gonna have the TV, this is the home theater, this is the server room, this is our office, this is the LAN centre, and this is my VR room."
Me: "Cool...so what about the bedrooms?"
Linus: "The what now?"
You sleep on the desk or you don’t sleep at all!
Priorities man! Priorities!
basically it is a cave. now who need beds in a cave?
he basically only showed like 2 rooms on the main floor and the rest was the basement he didn't even go to the 2nd floor of the house. he feels like this house is over 5000 sqft
Me: "And the kitchen?"
this is a great intersection of my interested. Tech and home renovation. Please make a lot of videos about this, looks like there are dozens of great projects to come in this place.
These house renos are my favorite content on this channel.
There is a very good option for solving your heater problem. There is a system called KNX with many brands like Jung or something else. They have actuators which run by BUS system (two wires). They´re programmable and can be connected to a smart home system or something like that. You can take a look at it and inform yourself, but it´s the only system i know who run´s with a two wire connection. P.S. Nice House
This guy is Smart, trust me
Yeah this is pretty much the way to go. The only thing that might be more flexible without rewiring would be a custom I2C solution, which is a solution that is neither throw-money-at-it friendly nor time effective. I suppose if you're a DIY electronics maker than the latter might be ok as a nerd flex, but for any sane or busy person, KNX is about the best approach. I wonder what sponsor opps there are in that sector...
Or instead of I2C the AS-Interface could be an option. It provides Power and Data trough a 2 core wire and doesnt require a screend cable. But its probably hard to find thermostats that look good since AS-Interface is an industrial Bus.
Its way to gigid for thinkering with it and cost a ton of money to reprogramm because with 50+ devives a reprogram takes 1 to 2 hours.
oh wow i never thought to hear about KNX again. (btw it runs on a 4 wire bus, 2 for data and 2 for power, there are cables specifically for KNX and they all have 4 wires)
i had KNX in school, we had like small boards with actors (light bulbs) and sensors (simple light switches) and would program them via a PC that was right next to it.
it's very flexible (since you can hook up anything to the sensors and actors) but is also very expensive to setup.
Put Dennis Lao's "Live Laugh Lao" sign in LAN room
live laugh lan
LMAO
Lol. This has to happen.
You can probably make a “virtual thermostat” with home assistant and use smart valves
Yeah if he’s planning on automating all the valves then he doesnt need thermostats everywhere and sending 24v along the existing thermostat wiring like he said. He can just plunk zigbee temperature sensors around the house and have Home Assistant monitor them.
Although those would be battery powered, so maybe voltage on those lines would be a nice hack so theres never any batteries to change.
Awesome Video I love these home build tech roundups congrats on the new place can't wait to see more of these types of videos
Linus basically: This home is "pre-built". We don't do that in here , we need to custom water-cool this house...
"I MINERAL COOLED MY ENTIRE HOME!"
its an ugly house
@@curt8806 bro what?
@@curt8806 its almost like its half finished lmao
When Linus needs our help for technology, you know it's serious.
@@elixier33 The count is 0-1... better luck next pitch.
8:41 Linus is putting a server rack in the same room as a boiler? Wow, you know this is Canada, cause that's crazy.
@Bxzmnssn Why are you spamming this garbage all through the comments?
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Time to summon wendell
Home Theater - The number one best thing you can do for an outstanding home theater experience, is sound isolation (both for viewers and people in the rest of the house). If you put all that effort into surround speakers and high quality audio, you want to be able to hear it! Sound isolation arguably will give you a better audio experience than upgrading speakers. Consider including the following options:
FRAMING:
Walls - decoupling makes a HUGE difference in transmission of bass sounds to other rooms/floors. bass vibrates right through framing if you don't decouple the room. 2 approaches:
resilient channels - some decoupling of sound, significant reduction in bass transmission, with minor loss of space/height
double walls - you lose about a foot of space in the room, but building double-walled framing does an outstanding job stopping Bass transmission.
Ceiling - floating joists/resilient clips - also isolating bass transmission to the rest of the house, and sounds of footsteps coming in.
Drywall - 2 layers of drywall (preferably different thicknesses) or one plywood and one drywall (easy screwing), with "Green Glue" between them to add effective mass absorbption. This is especially important for the ceiling, which is harder to isolate than walls
Insulation - insulation is helpful, but only for mid-range sound frequency absorption. generally any R-11 insulation is fine, as the above measures for decoupling and mass will have more effect than rocksul insulation over regular insulation. don't hard pack it in the wall either.
door - heavy solid-core door with gaskets, sweeps and transition strip
window - build a "plug" to acoustically isolate outside sounds from coming in
acoustic caulking - between floor and walls, walls and ceiling, around electrical boxes to reduce transmission through holes around electrical boxes
First Reflections of audio - typically overlooked in amateur installations, planning the actual dimensions of the room and where to put sound deadening materials on the walls and other accoustic planning, can result in ideal surround experience or sounds bouncing around the room in a way you don't want.
Hey, thanks for making the playlist for "Linus house". Just letting you know, that some of the videos are in wrong order though✌️
The Nest thermostat EU version runs only on power, no data or anything. It communicates to the Nest Heat link (a relay) wirelessly. Would highly recommend it for your situation
Can vouch, my aunt has nest and really likes it
Be careful with this as if it requires a subscription or anything like that Linus won’t be that keen
@@kingroactive6620 No subscription needed to my knowledge.
I know I haven't given them any money for my installation :)
@King Roactive No subscription at all. So thats a plus.
It does have a 2 wire installation, I installed it on my mother's place a couple of years ago and her heating was only 2 wires.
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pic of it wired up. Definitely does work as long as its not 120/240v! Gen 3 Nest thermostats confirmed to work with two leads only.
Dragging this house kicking and screaming out of the 1990's could generate enough content to be its own youtube channel
why do you think he bought it? like yeah, it a bigger living space, but its also the prefect blank slate to launch a series of videos on tech-related home improvement projects. the house itself is terrible, albeit, probably in good shape. its just terribly devoid of tech and good aesthetics.
@@companyoflosers I'm fairly confident he didn't buy it for youtube content. He's just business savvy enough to not let an opportunity for lots of fresh content pass him by
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@@companyoflosers And that's awesome. Love his home videos.
first time im this excited for a youtuber getting a new house, just imagining all the fun content we will get is giving me goose bumps.
I hope we get a ton of build vlogs with this. We got very few with the office rebuild and it was annoying as I love seeing how you actually are building stuff, not just a finished product at the end.
For the basement: Verify if there is a vapor barrier under the slab, if not you will need to lay down a membrane subfloor to allow air flow, otherwise water vapor will rise through the slab and condense under the flooring creating a soggy, moldy mess.
Also Radon is a pretty big problem
@@hex8387 it can be but is easily addressed with a sub slab depressurization system, basically a fan pulling air from under the slab and venting above the roof. I also run an HRV in my basement that constantly brings in fresh air. I have airthings and radoneye monitors and my levels are consistently low with this approach.
"To my knowledge, there's no smart theomostat that will run on 2 wires"--yes there is. The Google Nest Learning Thermostat. I know this because I had that EXACT same ancient Honeywell thermostat with the mercury switch (I also live in the same city as you, Linus)--it works with the 2 wires.
Also, you don't need smart valves? We've been running our Nest just fine without the smart valves.
It wont work 2 wire with cooling as well, and there is about a 70% chance the nest wont work on a zoned 2 wire boiler system because they triac power stealing charging system they use usually wont run through a zone valves windings properly.
I doubt he's going to want a google product.
I also run my nest thermostats as 2 wire - had a very similar era Honeywell Mercury thermostat before. My home is also a 2 zone - up and downstairs, radiant baseboard heat. They seem to work 100% fine - ran like that all winter here in NY without a single hiccup.
I don’t have air though, so I’m not sure how that would work.
Also, depending on which home automation they pick, google wont work with it. Google is bad for updates that break shit, so we dont use them for anything.
czcams.com/video/eAesY_G7AEQ/video.html This Old House showed a solution where you use the wires as a data line and have a separate controller close to the heater/ac
I would love a video from your wife doing like the same thing, but her take on stuff for your house. What she thinks, wants and ideas! :D
Linus seems like he would be an incredibly chill person and really cool dad
Now THIS is bait to tech companies to sponsor a home makeover.
Touché that he has already said, he want to avoid close-loop systems. Which most of today's tech companies offer.
Linus, Check out This Old House's series "Future House". They experiment with a lot of new tech on there, and I remember they talked about some really need new heating and cooling systems using radiant.
Also your question about the home thermostats, go look at the Tekmar stuff, they have a thing called the Invita, which helps with the 2 wire issue.
Guys like it let us make Linus see this
+1 Their standard recommendation for a full home Reno on the east coast of the US (not sure how Vancouver temps compare) is a single boiler running double duty for hot water and radiant heating (for _comfort_) and minisplit/hidden duct/smaller air handler (pick your combo lol) heat pump heating/cooling. Just based on their recommendations for homeowners on their show, a high efficiency boiler will accomplish everything Linus wants regarding the waste heat size (smaller duct, not shielded because lower temp) and would probably pay him back based on the efficiency gains pretty quickly. If Linus hasn't already through his general contractor I'd 100% recommend getting a HVAC and plumbing systems specialist on the project, because that's where you can fit in crazy new tech that ends up saving you money in the long run (ala solar panels). They can also reduce the number of roof penetrations depending on how many systems they're renovating.
@@Cheese1master : I'd question if solar-electric at least would be an improvement for Canada.
This old house gives bad hvac advice really bad... not today Satan
Nice! Your old house also seemed modest for a business owner of your caliber. The. new house seems great with a lot of space for cool things and a place with potential to be a great home for you guys for many years. Gz.
Looking forward to se all the progress here!!
I work with a home automation company in Scottsdale, Arizona. We've been around since the early 2000's, the company is called iwired. We specifically work with Control4. We're the biggest dealership west of the Mississippi in the US. We have engineers who can take care of all your questions and Control4 will personally send out a corporate rep. to look over all the old electrical, HVAC, theater and everything for a full residential retro and remodeled Smart Home. ZigBee and Z-Wave are the primary mesh networks we work with for lighting and integration of most devices. Everything else is IR, IP, or Serial controlled. I'm not just recommending our company but also encourage you to research a local dealer near you. Would rather see a system done right and you get exactly what you're looking for.
the secret: Linus dropped his old house and broke it
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@@sssbbbs2101 kinda cringe if you ask me
@@freumdlichmax2304 I don't care how many alts you have nobody will watch your videos if you do this
You could commission a local artist or someone to do a glow in the dark painting on the ceiling so when it's dark you can admire the painting and it will look much better than any rgb. Probably a space themed one would look beautiful with black walls and all.
me: start to take notes and prepare my future home. This gonna be great content.
Linus, I don't know if the lot that house is on has the space or ground composition necessary for the ground loop, but have you considered a geothermal heat pump for the HVAC system? It works similarly to your mini-split AC system, but is significantly more efficient as it uses the relatively constant 50°-60°F (10°-15°C) temperature of the earth as both a heat sink and heat source to cool and heat your home rather than the outside ambient air. Many of these systems can act as water heaters as well, possibly allowing you to replace your existing AC unit and boilers with one more efficient system. Also, since all of the components of a geothermal heat pump run on electricity, you could offset all or most of the energy it uses with the solar panels you are planning to install, and since you could potentially eliminate that gas boiler you wouldn't have to worry about the exhaust vent getting in the way of the solar installation. Just something to think about while you are considering replacing your existing systems.
on the LAN room, put the "live laugh liao". Gonna make someones day.
This would be a god tier move.
You could do it with KNX because this needs only 2 wires for komunication
Definitely not Linus's day!
Hey Linus, Engineering student here with a focus on sustainability and building mechanical systems. You likely won’t be able to get the fine level of zoning/ damper control you’re looking for on your forced-air AC system. It’s designed at a certain Tonne of cooling, and certain airflow (cfm). If you damper down too much, and don’t have enough air flow, you risk freezing up the condensation on your inside coil. Depends on how many separate forced air systems you have, but it sounds like you only have one. You may be able to zone it on each level (3 separate). As for the hydronics and radiant, ecobee may be compatible with some solenoid valves, I’ve seen it done before.
The compressor should cycle off if the condenser gets too cold, no?
@@bradfroese8863 Bit of a 'should' there. I'm doing some renos which have results in about 1/3 of my ducts being closed/gone, which crapped out my old (admittedly 30yr+) ac unit. The new one is triple checked guaranteed to be covered under warranty if it takes damage from freezing up, but I've still had to set the ac to I think 26C or it freezes up/safety shuts off for for 24+ hours, again due to lacking ductwork/airflow. Constant uncomfortably warm is better than 3 hours of nice and cool followed by a day of 30C+.
He needs to find and HVAC guy/company that is tech/home automation savvy. They would be able to make recommendations for both the Air Conditioning and Heating System. Perhaps he should reach out to Ask This Old house for some advice. They are always game to talking about the latest home tech.
Just get vav dampers with knx.
Did you understand WTF he's doing (besides taking anything trying to crash in on his crazy sensor home to see when's good to change out the consoles, and crash them with nodecount over 64,000? Likewise anyone foolish enough to have pushed a new Smart Thermometer embedded software?) Insensible to change the On-Off thermostat stuff really, unless you have something else good for the thermostat to be doing on the wall (laser tag? Really ubiquitous environmental audio?)
A boiler for radiant floor heating rather than a heat pump (and/or boiler?) Cooling via circulated other coolant? Solar for electricity but not for the floor heating (not even in an alt. loop?) It's a mystery of duplicity, no? Mere R40 doesn't seem like a bunch, either.
Look Linus, just optimize the LAN room for pair programming and unobtrusive light like each person likes, and it's going to be great.
In the office, you should totes stock that giant wet bar and exchequer's table with rare fluids and just hire a thaumaturge and a potioner to keep things exciting. Car charger but no solar battery, I dunno...but don't forget the fire suppression kits.
My folks have old thermostats, and (while we haven't done it yet) they need to install 24v step down transformers for each one. It seems like an easy thing to do, and allows you to use smart thermostats if you choose. I imagine your electrician buddy can easily take care of this. GL! Congrats on the new house!
Linus is creating the most practical house I've seen planned. Gonna be amazing for family life
New people moving into his old house: why are there SO MANY HOLES IN EVERY WALL!
Blame Dennis, he's the man!!!
New people moving in to his old house: "Holy shit! This house has everything! Fiber internet, EV hookups, easy to route LAN!"
Old people moving into his old house: "damn kids and their need to destroy everything with holes"
Quick answer glory holes for the computers
@@vivianmalhiers864 Live, Laugh, Liao sign got an accompanying hole
“But the kids asked nicely for their own rooms” Linus loved his old house. It’s crazy what kids do to a person, so wholesome though
Could probably learn from the experience, too
@@proto3011 yeah, I’m excited to see what he does
If you have the money you really shouldn't be making kids share rooms.
@@Anon.G totally agree
@@Anon.G yeah, but I think he’s honestly been saving up for this. It’s gotta be a pretty big house and I’m sure since he’s going this far to upgrade it. It wasn’t as impulse as he made it sound in other words (speculation I truly have no idea)
Imagine coming to Linus' house to play LAN games, it would be so sick actually
Honeywell makes two wire temp sensors (C7189) that can run on your existing wiring, you could put all the wifi stats (Honeywell T6 pro is a good price to feature ratio) in the mechanical room which would actually help with stability assuming you have solid wifi from the server rack. The temp sensors will look way "cleaner" than having 10 random thermostats around the house, and since you will be controlling them from your phone there is no point in having extra buttons in each room.
As far as AC zoning, EWC makes great quality zone controls for residential forced air systems. They are much less "techy" than the Honeywell zone control systems, but IMO that makes them a more stable reliable system.
I'm hoping Linus wrote off the entire house purchase 😁 that house is gonna be used in 100+ videos
You, sir, should pursue career in finance or accounting.
I hope it will
@@Prophes0r If he adds one more entertainment room and I think he is legal required to register it as a cassino.
/jk
his club members are his wife and kids and the camera crew he makes come over for all the videos he makes there.
It doesn't exactly work like that in Canada lol.
I can only imagine sponsors like Samsung, LG, ASUS and even Epson frothing at the mouth right now, scrambling and attempting to outbid the others to give him the biggest most expensive TVs, Screens AND Projectors money can buy, for just a video. Man... being a rich (I wanted to omit this at 1st, but look at this house) and famous Tech CZcamsr is nuts!
LOL True
But he already has some of them
Rich is a given that this is in (greater) Vancouver where a rundown shack runs well over a million.
@@BurntTransistor the LMG office is in Surrey, not Vancouver so he's probably somewhere near that. so probably less expensive than what he'd get in vancouver. still pretty expensive tho.
Rich, but well deserved.
For the thermostat, I would recommend using the two conductor for remote temp sensors (remote temp sensor would switch on the wall where your current thermostats are located) and then tie them to a smart thermostat in the basement.
Yes exactly how my nest learning thermostat is currently working
@@Gun67800 like to learn more about your set up
please do a complete long series on all the upgrades and renovations of the house!
Regarding the Thermostats: The System of BOSCH uses only 2 Wires, you might wanna look into that
Google nest runs on two wires also.
I wish this guy every success.
Hard working, looks after his team, not greedy and protects his family
"I'm gonna wanna have 2 more pipes running through the walls one inlet and one outlet"
oh...oh no. I've seen this movie before
Use Aeon Multisensor 6's in each room. Use a recessor kit to put it in the wall or ceiling, and it will give you temp, humidity, light, PIR, UV, etc. They're powered by CR123As, and only need battery replacement about every 2 years. In your basement, install Zwave relays to control the two wire leads that formerly ran to your thermostats. The home automation controls the relays. You can use the PIRs to measure room occupancy and temperature. As for the "thermostat" control, you can just use phones, tablets, or voice control for that (Alexa, Google, etc.). I use HomeSeer for all of that. It doesn't cost much, is completely LOCALLY HOSTED, and can control basically anything.
i feel so bad about those wooden structures in his home office
They are beautiful but I understand Linus's thinking
They are indeed very nice looking, but I would do the same if I was him, while trying to reuse at least some of it.
I would rip all of them out, who cares
Painting them would really give them a different look.
I hope that it is taken out with care and reused. Please don't go full Linus, and smash them
I got two things out of this:
1) He's making shitloads of money
2) Home improvement just became a business expense
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He’s one of the few creators that I feel really earned it all too. He literally created a business and employs dozens of people that make actual high quality media. I sometimes wonder how much money he keeps/pays himself cause although it has to be a lot, you can see that he isn’t allergic to investing back into his business and the QoL of his employees.
In the US, yes, he would be able to write off portions and depreciate a lot. Canada tax laws? Who knows.
Loving this content and glad I found out about The Hook Up. We need several follow ups
I'm excited to see the follow on videos. I have been getting into home automation using Home Assistant. I'll be moving soon as well to a new home, I have been thinking of ideas to improve the potential new home
I'm interested to see more "Brian THE Electrician" when the time has come..
Can he just have his own spin-off show?
I sang that when I read it
He's electrifiying and helpful. Such a helpful man.
I've had his theme song stuck in my head the last view days, need him to do another video haha.
Give that man access and work for a few months and we all would be happy:)
Linus: "Lets look at how you guys can help me with my new house"
Me: *Looks down at my LTTstore t-shirt, bottle, and stickers all over my laptop*
Omg yes, this video is soooooo gross.
@@mattmatt222333 how is it gross hes helped a lot of people with the videos he made and hes asking for help so shouldnt people help hes also given people gpus dor msrp whenit was really bad
@@tyson302 cause most of us can't afford a house. Let alone a mansion, with expensive furniture that he's going to "rip out".
He doesn't need to flaunt his money in our faces while the majority of his viewers are out of work and about to be kicked out if the hole they currently live in.
idc if he has a big house, he deserves it, just don't show us, then talk about how your going to trash a bunch of expensive stuff, just because.
He's officially too rich to relate to the common man.
@@mattmatt222333 most of us are out of work jesus where do you live?
@@mattmatt222333 also he never said he wasnt going sell the wood and stuff your so pissed about but you must be to young to know what a renovation is
I think you should make a whole series of building every room, and building up everything, the whole house. I would love to watch that.
Linus, before you go ballistic in your basement home entertainment system/ playroom I'd check the moisture barrier throughout the entire basement before doing anything else. You'll have a bigger headache if the barrier is not properly installed, water will start deteriorating the concrete at the same time start crumbling, from there you'll have house foundation issues, and black mold will spread like cancer throughout the basement. Every time it rains whichever wall has the most moisture it slowly drips into your floor and anything that it can absorb.
This is gonna be one heck of a journey modernizing the house and I'm gonna love it. Congratulations!
Yeah I'm quite excited as well. It's going to be difficult modernizing such a huge and 90s styled house. Finding the balance between making things modern and preserving some of the character is going to be very difficult lol.
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Most rich people: hire architects and engineers to make their home have everything they want.
Linus: I'll do it myself!
To be fair doesnt he employ 2 engineers
I’m happy to see that even though he may have the money to have others do it, the inner child/techy wants to take it on himself.
I mean... Not necessarily. Rich people don't get rich by spending money. There sure are some people that look rich that do this. But they are also the ones that most likely don't have much wealth.
AND make money off of it and get sponsors to give him free shit on top of that!
Then he puts his server rack in the same room as a boiler.
for the studio, thick wood wall to absorbe the sound, something like 1/2 to 3/4 inc wall
Congratulations on the new place Linus! Can't wait to see the new place all teched up.
The quality of the build of absolutely everything in this house, is really outstanding...
Thermostats: get a “common maker” - it adds a “virtual 3rd, 4th or 5th wire”. Used it in my house and it’s perfect. Can power any smart thermostat and communicate back to the zone controller/valve over two wires only
I work as an HVAC tech and while those common makers work in some situation I would never put one in my own house. Tekmar(a Canadian company) has the perfect control systems for this application.
Ecobee thermostats includes a "virtual 3rd wire" adapter in the box.
@Steffen Conrad I don't think they use frequency modulation for the simple 3rd wire version. I think they simply use a couple of relays and diodes in what is AC voltage. When not calling for heat, it allows the power to only flow in one direction (at half the frequency). When calling for heat, it reverses direction and a relay at the farside engages and triggers the heating system. There are only a few components in there and mine has been running without any problems whatsoever for 10 years.
@Steffen Conrad no disagreement here. My thermostats are all ecobees and tied into my home assistant home automation system together with a myriad of sensors, smart switches etc. But even though I have a brand new heating system, it still runs on good old zone valves etc that expect to see an a/c analog on/off signal. Using the existing thermostat wires for that purpose with common makers is reliable and eliminates additional components and intermediaries. Even if WiFi, zwave or whatever fail, I still can use the thermostat to heat or cool my house.
You should reach out to Audio Advice for theater design. They do consultations, custom 3D design, and remote calibration assistance. They also have very helpful videos and blogs for DIY theaters.
super excited for the upcoming content with this house. can't wait to see it progress