Pouring Heart, Soul & Concrete into Renovating OLD STONE HOME
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2023
- Renovation work continues this week at the homestead on our little stone home. After weeks of prep, the ring beam formwork has been constructed, rebar added & it's ready to receive some concrete!
But as we continue to battle with Portugal's toasty summer weather, maybe our eyes are too big for our bellies & our ambitious goal of getting the old house ring beam poured in one day is just too much? Join us to find out how it turned out!
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Also say hi in the comments! We'd love to hear from you 😊
Ricky & Victoria x
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We're Ricky & Victoria 👋 We're slowly bringing an abandoned off grid Portuguese farm back to life & transforming it into a beautiful homestead for us & our two rescue dogs Teddy & Poppy.
We both agree that we’re not experts in anything that we do here, however we don’t let that stop us from giving it a try. We live our life by trying. We live our life by doing. We live our LIFE BY LIVING.
#stonehouse #cottagefarmhouse #restoration
I worked for 20 years as a civil engineer overseeing construction contractors. I'd be very happy with your 2 'man' crew. Great work by both of you
could you use those very strong garden ties, instead of the metal ones, to do the tieing?
Thanks for the nod of approval Pamela! I think you’d be happy with the finished work but not by the time to finish…we’re not the quickest!😁
What a beautiful compliment to give 👍😉🇮🇪☘️Eire
You are a dream team.
Nice attention to details!!! Top quality construction.
i think you have done everything you can do well done the pair of you
Time for a dip in your pool ❤
Brilliant job both lots of engineering but it will be 100% secure, 100% strong and there for a very very long time. Well done in respect of quality and for coping with the HEAT!! Have a brilliant week and try to rest up.
I admire you two. You are really in it together. I’m sure that you’ll finish this stage and have a perfect structure for your roof. So we’ll done.
Well done in trying conditions guys 👏👏👏👏👏
What a team 😮😀
Its so lovely to see you staying so positive during these long process tasks you have to do. The ring beam is looking mighty fine and strong xx
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Thank you Gaynor ❤
I passed you old gaff today going to visit the father in law off Big Barn Lane in Costa del Mansfield mi ducks 👍🇬🇧
You work so hard together you’re an inspiration and adorable couple with lovely pups. Well done. ❤️
You are both amazing. You work so hard and it will all be so worth it in the end. You’re also so sensible and know when to stop and leave for another day. Take care of yourselves whilst in the process. Looking forward to your next video. So many young people should take a leaf out of your book. You show hard work and determination pays off. ❤️❤️
You guys work so well together, enjoyed your video as usual. Have a good week ahead. 🇬🇷 🇬🇷
It is such a joy watching you two. Have fun. 🎉
You two are amazing. Love watching you work together.
Another great job done beautifully! And in that heat?! And still smiling and joking?! You guys are amazing. Figs are a blessing, keeping your energy up deliciously. Glad you knew when to stop - and hope your plunge pool is functional for a well-earned dip and cool off! Stay cool and have a great week❤
Thanks Esme ❤ The plunge pool has seen a lot of action this week! It’s a scorcher! Hope you’re having a great week 😊
That’s a massive amount of work! You guys are killing it!
I know! I got tired just watching them😂
Thank you guys! Disappointed we couldn’t get it done but it is what it is. You have to be careful in this heat!
So much fun watching you and your pups every Sunday. The home you are creating is fab. Love from SW Missouri USA.
That ring beam is a work of art. Good job 👍
Thanks Paul!
Hi V&R, I very much enjoy how you approach projects, how you learn and how you communicate. Just very enjoyable to follow. Excellent progress. Thank you both
How delightful to have fresh, ripe figs right there! Instead of buying less-than-fresh ones twice a year at the store. My parents had a brown turkey fig tree in Arizona, and when figs are ripe, I can’t imagine a better breakfast (along with yogurt and coffee, just like James Bond in From Russia with Love!)!
CONGRATULATIONS EXCELLENT results.👌
All your great prep is paying off! Great work!
Ricky your work is very professional. Again you two make a great team. Well done
You guys are killin’ it! Your videos have always been very enjoyable but the quality of your editing, story telling, and overall composition are spot on! I know that’s a lot of work and I appreciate you guys so much!
Thank you!❤ we’re trying so hard every week to improve the story telling, editing, etc. Still a long way to go but really enjoying the process 😊
You guys are so impressive! Take care in that extreme heat.
You guys are doing a magnificent job...well done 👍
You're obviously doing a great job with the house, and in the summer heat. But it's not gone unnoticed that you've upped your film quality, filming decisions, and the professional editing. Lovely video.
Obviously the old house is looking good too. Keep going!
(PS. It's still wet and cold here, back in the UK. )
Thanks Billy! Really appreciate your kind words. We’re trying every week to improve the filming, story telling & editing (& not always getting it right) but we’re enjoying the learning experience & trying to get better 😊
Ps. Would kill for some good old British drizzle right now!
Hi guys❤ getting there more done proud of u guys🎉
Concrete and old stone houses just don't mix... Quickest way to destroy your stone. Thanks for the vlog x
You two are fast becoming my favourites to watch. Excellent job 😊
Ahhh thanks Joanne!❤
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys, yes good work guys 👍😁💪👌👏👏👏. You can always put a little parasol on top of the scaffolding or put water over your self's over your clothes.
I am very impressed.
Great work u 2😂this going to be such a special place for your visitors to stay. You are the dream team. Blessings ❤😊
Well done!🇨🇦
Probably one of my favourite videos on CZcams! Love your methodical approach, and your attention to detail. So happy for you both that you've achieved this 🥰
Thanks Emma!😊
You've both worked so hard on this project. It looks so nice. Great job.
Doin good guys
Not bad. I recommendation regarding concrete mixing: when mix it in mixer, first water, second cement, third aggregates. When mixing by shovel: mix aggregates with cement, then add water. Good luck.
Wow you both are amazing. I look forward to your delightful vlogs every week. Great job. Greetings from the island of Malta.
What a team, great work, don't forget to take a little dip in your pool to cool off, Take care and see you soon .
Well done on getting through such backbreaking work with such lovely smiles and positive mindsets. Admirable traits and enjoyable to watch. 🇿🇦
Totally agree, just a delight to watch
I can’t believe how much work you have both accomplished in such a short amount of time! My deceased husband and I carried concrete all around our in ground pool 30 yrs ago in a wheel barrel & spread it. It was a huge job & afterwards I would have pd to have it done because concrete work is very hard on the body! I can’t imagine doing it up high on a roof. I thought you guys were having it delivered ….God Bless You both 😮!🙏🙏🙏
Your pool sounds like a huge job! 💪 Thanks for your words of encouragement, Laura! 😅
Its a huge task to take on! Well done to you both! Planning and preparation is key! Absolutely correct! It takes patience and working with people who understand that patience is needed. Its a marathon....not a sprint....that is the mantra I work on saying and believing with all the hurricane clean up going on here in Atlantic Canada, Prince Edward Island. Totally enjoy your channel. We are all connected and not alone. I shall channel you both as the labourous work continues here as well. 💝🇨🇦 💪👷♀
Thanks Meg ❤ yep, you’ve got to just keep on moving in the right direction, even if it’s slow progress. Every little helps! Just watched your dogs having a whale of a time in the pool…wish ours were as keen to get in the water!😂
Super super impressed……. Your now qualified concrete engineers, top job 🎉😎🍺💥💥😁⚒️🔨
Wow, what a huge undertaking for the two of you! Great work!
You guys are a very hard working couple. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hey Victoria and Ricky. Love your work 👍
Victoria you are very fancy with your saw skills😂❤
Great job! So glad to see you guys make progress. You have really been prepared.
What a team!
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Ricky you sound like, at times, your doubting yourself. DON'T ! You and Victoria are doing an outstanding job. Plus your coming up with unique ways to overcome the cost like the vibrator for the concrete. Ingenious idea to use the sawzall. So far it is looking good and hope everything goes exactly as planned. Vicky those figs are enormous and beautiful. I made fig preserves and syrup last year and it was fantastic. Good luck on continuing the build.
Thanks Cathy 😊 There’s definitely a lot of self doubt as we’re new to so much of it but it’s great to learn & be going out of our comfort zones each week
Great effort and done really well. This will be a day to remember. Thanks for making the effort to share with us. Cant wait for the next exciting episode. 🌷🌈💕🌸🇦🇺
Haven’t been on line for some time so fascinated to see how much you’ve done. Brilliant.
非常喜欢你们视频，这是非常有意义一件事。我在中国的东北部，这里冬天非常寒冷，我父母也住在这样一栋石头房子里，那是我的爷爷在1953年建造的，到现在70年了，房子的状态还可以，但墙壁和屋顶也需要维修了，最近我也想帮助父母维修这栋房子，希望它能坚持100年，祝福你们，希望继续看到更新的视频
I HAVE BEEN REALLY DOWN LATELY WHEN I WATCH YOUR VIDEO IT MAKE ME HAVE A GREAT BIG SMILY, WOULD LOVE IF THEY WERE LONGER I KNOW THEY TAKE UP SO MUCH TIME, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. XX
Good job!! Better slow and steady, it saves time and bodies!
Your work will last an incredibly long time. Masonry formulas today are so much stronger than ever before. Very precise work on your part. Thanks for an excellent video!
Good job 😊😊
I am so impressed….. 🎉
What a bloody hard couple of days. Well done.
You are AMAZING!!!! You are also such a wonderful team and are treating this property with so much respect!! Well done. You will reap the benefits. ❤
Wow well done guys. Impressive work...😊
Great work and cute cottage. I absolutely love stone houses. They are timeless and durable.
Just make sure when you lay rebar for reinforcing concrete that the steel rebar is minimum 5 centimetres away from the outer edge of the concrete. If it is closer than that to the outer surface then a few years down the line you will have rusted steel tearing away from the concrete and you will run into expensive repairs and may have to redo your entire concrete work.
Great Jobs guy's, especially in this heat we are having.
You 2 make an awesome team
Excellent progress. You are an amazing team.
oh wow, so much work... well done
Just as everyone else is saying, a massive well done, love your videos. Really inspiring!
A solution to the sawdust may be to use a plumbing pipe angle that could fit inside the end of the saw's exhaust. That way it would shoot the sawdust to the side not as a direct path to you. Covering the moistened hessian with plastic to hold in the moisture could help slow the drying of the concrete.
Good idea with the plumbing pipe!
Beautiful work, guys! ❤
Sheeesh! I can’t wrap my mind around how you’re figuring this all out but those rebar forms you made are fantastic. The other part is doing all of that in hellish heat. I hope you get to go into that plunge pool often. This cottage is going to be amazing. Hugs to the pups 💕
The plunge pool has had a LOT of action this week! It’s been a really hot one!
Oh, bravo people on a job well done 👏👏👏. You must be exhausted!. It'll be finished when it's finished.
You've done amazingly well, that is very hard work in the sun and having done the same sort of work in the summer in Italy I know.
One tip though - move your mixer closer too and half way between the sand and gravel piles so you can dig your shovel in and throw into the mixer in one movement without moving your feet. One will be a swing to the left and the other a swing to the right. Not having to walk will save a lot of time.
Also, cut your cement bag in half with a big knife or saw, leaving the bottom of the bag uncut and then lift from underneath (some people use a broom handle). That way you get 2 half bags of cement - quicker and easier than shovelling it.
We we’re going to have everything dumped right outside the house for ease moving it all but then we had the unfortunate realisation that it would ruin our thumbnails so dumped it further away!😂 The reality of YouTubing 😁
@@LifebyLiving Understand about where you dumped the piles, but I was suggesting you move the MIXER to half way between the two piles so you can shovel straight into it with one movement left or right. Having mixed a lot of concrete in hot weather myself I know that this helps...
Awesome work with bracings!!!
Excelente trabalho meus amigos deve ser dificil com este calor mas mesmo assim estao sempre muito animados. Agora por estes dias de muito calor deviam refrescar-se um pouco na piscina.
Thank you very much e boa semana 👍👍👍👍❤❤
Obrigado! Esta semana estivemos muito tempo na piscina!
I do hope the fires are not affecting you guys. Stay safe.
I did a small house build in South Spain where we live now...I welded our ring beam joints. Never moved
Excellent work!
Excellent job done there, as a builder, its exactly what I would do on a stone built cottage, good work!
Estão a fazer um trabalho espectacular ❤🇵🇹
Muito obrigado 😊
I love that these videos are starting to feel uniquely yours 💕
Fantabulous job Ricky and Victoria love your videos thank you for sharing can't wait for the next one take care of you all love Pete cape town south Africa
Well done. Such hard work for you both. So much to sort out and think of. Great team work. 👏👏🌟🌟🌟💐
I sure am enjoying your videos.
Its going to a beautiful cottage
Working in the heat is brutal. Sometimes , you just don't have a choice. The ring beam looks solid. What kind of roof will you lay on it ? And Victoria , you go girl. you are killing it. Sending you much love🥰🥰 from Hot and Humid Richmond, Va. Harriet, Jim and Yuki
Thanks guys! It’s going to be a traditional roof with the orange clay tiles. Can’t wait to get to the point where they get installed! Will be such a big improvement!
Incredible hard work 💪
I have to say I look forward to watching you too every week !great job cheers.
You two are amazing. Your hard work is inspiring. ❤
Love your spirit.
You both do an equally important job! Hoping you cement comes out just like you want!
Love you guys! Such an awesome team!
As always you do a great job.. ❤
Hi Rick & Victoria.
I'm really happy to see your videos. I wish you all the best.
I have a dream to live and work in Portugal. Maybe my dreams come true.
BTW Rick. where did you find a woman who is beautiful, works on building a house like a man. Still smiling and talking like an angel.
One of the first videos you said , she is your girlfriend.
When will it be time to marry Victoria ? 😊
God bless you .
you's both work so hard but good together, I think once you get the roof sorted everything else will just fall into place so fast and hopefully you will be snug as bugs in a rug when the winter comes along xx
Thank you 😊 Cannot wait to get the roof done & working on the interior! That’s the stuff that we both really love doing
Take it easy guys... the heat this week will make you go crazy! Amazing job you guys doing, so organized and clean, cant wait for the grand finale!
Lovely little brick house. It's so much more rewarding doing it yourselves. Great stuff.
Ricky you are doing a fantastic job!
Congrats! Give yourselves a hand for what you have accomplished. Cheers-