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Today we assess the work to be done on my run down cottage, and thanks to some ingenious products from Ecoflow, we are able to see everything in a better light…
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What a great project Sean. Looking forward to coming along on the journey.
This is going to be a Intresting project ☕🍰💐☕🍰
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So glad you got the Ecoflow. Great system
Hi Sean, in regards to the beam on the upstairs floor, couldn't you just raise the floor on one side to accommodate it. So you have a split level room? No need to cut the beam up them.
Enjoyed you going over your plans and the laughter at the end….Laughing is the best medicine and I needed a dose today! LOL Cheers for Jack Hass! Oh for the Sun shining and flowers blooming. Looking forward to it all! Mary
Maybe build a tiny bridge over beam, unique but functional 😊
Hi Sean, upstairs could you raise the floor on the second side and cover the wooden brace? Effectively creating a step up to a higher level. Might be the most straight forward solution? Love the chanel.
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Leave the beam, people love quirky! As someone else stated, make a platform, making sure that you can still see the edge of the beam. Then, set a bed there using the chimney as a headboard feature. That would be awesome!
Really nice project! The reason why doors where smaller back in the day is not that people where alot smaller, but was to retain heat. The same goes for windows and high thresholds to keep out drafts. May I suggest that you for the roof build a secound frame untop of the old one have insulation between them and then lime render on top of battons placed on the back of the old frame top bring out the old wood making it a feature. All the vertical parts of the frame you remove to make space for windows you can splice in other places where they are missing. Making a coherent pattern. This way you take of the tiles make a new even roof framing and then you relay the tiles again keeping all the old stuff visible and hiding the new structure that is alot safer and up to date. Good luck! Kind regards from a Danish Cabinet Maker in Sweden 😊
I find these renovations so interesting and Sean is a craftsman.
Do you think you can save much of the roof timbers? Also, would it be worth stripping the tiles to install a membrane under the tiles to protect the timbers from any future rainwater ingress?
What a wonderful video. What a lovely set of buildings. I'm so glad they'll get a new lease on life. And how great to have convent mementoes in place, from Billy, too.
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😂LOL! Jack Haas!
Great video as always Sean and appreciate the added humour. Best wishes to you and your family.
Thank you for another great video. I look forward to many more.
I love watching your work with fine details: I like to call you the "Pro From Dover" (see the M*A*S*H move), the one people call to do all the fiddly bits. BTW it would look better to use the second tile design as a decorative border that would unify the space, instead of an abrupt transition that says "we didn't have enough tile to do the whole room"!
I like the way you have planned to handle off grid needs. New cottage project looks really interesting can't wait to see it in process.
Thanks for another great video, Sean. Thanks for sharing these projects with us. Crack on!
Can you not build a door to fit the area?
Maybe put all your advertising at the end its very off putting to start with you selling stuff straight off the bat
Never trust your kids hahaha naughty boy haha
Loving your show Sean, can't wait to see what you do with the old work shed! Your so lucky in Europe to have such historic buildings as we don't have so many in Australia..
He is a lovely man just love watching what he is doing xxx
Excited to watch as the work progresses. Will the Cottage be for family, or as a holiday let?
I've heard negative comments about Patreon, that creators themselves prefer " Buy Me Coffee," because Patreon takes too much percentage off each donations 😮
Jaak Haas. Yep. You were got good. Having seen Sean in many Petherick videos, I can see where Tom gets it from.
Thanks Sean and Co. I'm looking into the solar generator for myself.
I am so pleased you have been sponsored you deserve it, love watching how close your family are, and how you work together. Cannot wait for the updates on the renovation. 👍 a big thumbs up.
Hello, I did not catch the age of the cottage….so much character..just heard you say maybe 250 years old…O the stories it holds
Very enjoyable video! Thanks for sharing!
I do not know where you are from but I am enjoying your accent
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What a useful workshop that must have been for the farmer. Natural light plus electricity and heated with a nice fireplace to keep it warm during cold periods.
Lovely to hear the word 'Kitchenette' again. Not heard in to today's vocabulary very much. Love from an Eastender!
I know you have to cut the beam, so would a piece of flat steel run between the new opening with the end of the steel running up the log in an L shape work? That would be a small piece to step over like going from one room to another with a different type of flooring. I know you will come up with something beautiful. Blessings
I love the hearty out of control laugh!
This is going to be just as fascinating as any of, the other renovation projects I watch. Love the idea of it being off grid when finished. I hope it works out.
I'm really interested in following this restoration!
This is an awesome project. I’m looking forward to seeing how it goes.
Sean-look forward to watching this renovation… your building knowledge is very educational!!
It’s so heartening to see old buildings brought back to life and not just knocked down for a new build. I’m looking forward to seeing your project! 🌸
🤣 You may, indeed, need a new door, Sean.
On a serious note, I really love how you upcycle whatever you can and thank you for taking us along with you on your exciting renovations.
Great vlog and exciting to see you do up this cottage with off grid technology! I've learned so much from watching you on your channel and the Pethricks…..great product those Ecoflows!
Cheers!
Did I miss, is this going to be a rental gist?
So happy EcoFlow is sponsoring you. No one works harder and does more to upcycle materials. Well done Sean!
thank you EcoFlow! sean, you’re a wealth of information, and i love your environmentalism!!