The first room back in the chateau.

[Music] w [Music] what a thing what a door good morning well that's one door done screwed together ready to go up I've got the other in kit form which I'm going to quickly put together now just got to do the route holes and then before I mount them I just want to plaster the inside to stabilize all that crumbly brick and mount four heavyduty Moun points for the do so they're not you know if the wind catches them and they're flapping about nothing's going to fall off they're there to stay for as long as we need [Music] them [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] I've just got to have a quick reuel of the lime mix but it's looking better already so the reason that I'm pushing it into the wall with a Trel and then kind of going over it with a board is all this has got to be really pushed into the face of the bricks and the joints cuz normally when we're Plastering we just skim over the top of it and it sticks to the face but to kind of stabilize all this stuff it's got to be really smooshed in there and then it'll work [Music] [Applause] w [Music] d [Applause] door number two the second one turned out significantly better than the first one and well it's all part of learning and that's why I'm doing it so each time just gets better and better so get these two upstairs with the world's slowest winch get them in place make sure they fit and then we'll start to put in the hinges which are going to be glued into the wall [Applause] a [Applause] that's a little supports glued in four of them for all the hinges of the doors this stuff sets pretty quick but because the doors are unnecessarily heavy I'll just wait a little bit make sure it's dry dry dry in the meantime a little job I can do get that ibeam back to bare metal and give it a paint [Applause] what a view I miss being able to see the sunset difference it makes actually I know it's annoying that this Po's in the way really really feels like a proper space there a little bit of trimming just to get them a close really nicely I kind of didn't estimate the render coming out out before I measured it which was typical rookie mistake but I don't know just feels weird have a space to open a door and walk into a room you know okay a very dark attic room but still it's a proper thing they're properly going to last that's the thing it's been a bit it's been a lot to them up I just wanted to put a door on but now they're up now they're proper now they're fixed into the wall instead of screwed with little raw plugs you know proper job they ain't going nowhere I don't have to worry in the storm they're waterproof they're sturdy they can stay there for a long time yeah anyway let's look at them in the light tomorrow

Channel: Escape to rural France

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Length: 11min 56sec (716 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 13 2024