Beginning THE HARDEST PROJECT inside our OLD STONE HOME in Portugal

One day you'll be Wim Hof!!

Drew you cook work and are an outstanding person doing a fabulous job on an amazing home !

Soo close! Excited for every thing to come. Enjoy Florida Brittany ❤

Have you ever thought what you might be doing regarding content in a years time🙄? - when everything's built and the land is landscaped to a certain degree?

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Wow Drew! You’re doing a heroic job on those stone walls! The mill is looking amazing!

Just seal it.....looks gorgeous...worth the effort, Drew......

Try sand blasting it

Powerwasher?

What an amazing place to live & work! Beautiful!

Why not use Lime plaster for all the joints otherwise the cement will always be dusty unless you can seal it with something

How is the lovely cactus 🌵 you were gifted .has been vibrant and colourful.

I just realized you didn’t put lights into your ceilings , was there some reason why you didn’t?

Great job on a really rough project Drew! And your egg sandwich looked scrumptious!
Hope you had a nice trip to Florida Brittany.
Love from Mary in SoOC💗

Leaf blower???

I thought the dolphins would make good towel hooks.

I would love to see you.Order some appliances from u s and see if you can get them shipped to your property for your new watermelon two portugal

you tube what just went down about a "squirrel peanut new york " People went of in it "for good reason"

a small water pressure cleaner would make life a lot easier to clean those walls off.

Protect yourself from the dust Drew.

Such a shame you didn’t do this at the start. You could have used a pressure washer and blasted the whole thing.

Well done, what a brilliant job there, didn’t envy you doing it but so rewarding as it looks fabulous as will your home when completed. It’s looking unbelievable.

Drew! You’re such a hard worker! I wanted to cough the entire time I watched you cleaning those interior rocks. Lordy! The homes is looking nicer and nicer.

spray acrylic sealer on the powder walls it will bind it

dry sand blasting is the best way to clean the rocks

Already been mentioned and it's probably too late now but watch Camper Vibe in Ireland on how to prepare for repointing stone walls. Also the Indie Projects doing their first old barn renovation in Portugal.
There are others as have been mentioned. Don't think you can leave the old mortar in. They all cleaned it out thoroughly and then repointed. It's a lot of work! The mill is really taking shape and looking good. Well done. The workers you have are great guys. ❤

Hello from Tucson Arizona! New subscriber. Something I use for coating / painting stucco (and drywall) surfaces is mix a box of mud with a gallon of paint after it's rolled on with a long nap roller the paint comes to the surface and you get two for one with a little texture. You have some really talented helpers there, I just had a wall covered with stone and I know how hard it can be. After cleaning and finishing a rock wall I use a clear Saltillo tile sealer (spray on) . This stabilizes any loose stones and makes cleaning with a vacuum much faster and more thorough. I use a dry pressurized media system with walnut shells to clean rock walls. The cleanup is fast and easy and no water is used. The walnut shells are not super aggressive and you can adjust the pressure. I don't know if you can order from harbor freight there but a dry media sprayers should be available. Very good job!

Drew big job & that stone work takes a lot of patience & TIME!! Have you watched other people who have converted old ruins & pointing with special mixes? Theo from Indie Projects did incredible job on tiny house in Portugal? 💙

There are so many channels that show how to prepare stone walls. Watch today’s episode of Chateau de Razac for one. You need a power chisel for one thing and need to remove all of the lime, concrete etc. before repointing.

Drew, Check out Raising Voyagers. They are a family renovating an old stone house in Italy, and the dad has many videos of tediously revealing the beautiful stone work of their home.

Do not lift heavy rocks with your back! You will pay the price both at the scene and most probably again and again much and not so much later.

Drew with how many projects you have tackled alone i'm sure you can teach yourself to cook gourmet. Once you start to learn you'll have friends who will want your cooking.

if you want to see a great DIY repointing go watch the women on @campervibes. They're in Ireland and are repointing an old stone farm house. It's their first time doing so and they're doing a terrific job. They learned from a friend who did the same.

I recommend using Lime Mortar to point your stone walls. It is breathable and will allow the walls to dry out.

You have to pressure wash it and fill the gaps with the small stones and mortar. Seek Raising voyagers to see the difference.
It is coming out great.

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Apple cider vinegar. I was consuming a similar amount to you, then earlier this year got hit with gastritis. Took months to recover, consider yourself warned. It was awful.

Get an air compressor and air clean the stone walls by blowing them. Maybe hook up a strong vacuum cleaner that will suck the blown air back in at the same time. In fact, tape the vacuum nozzle to the air nozzle and have at it.

I doubt they used cement between the stones at that other project. Cement would cause moisture issues. If you don't want water inside, dry sandblasting might work.
For your LUNCH, have you ever tried just cutting a hole in the bread, put in the pan, drop a bit of butter in the hole, then add an egg. You can then flip it, and still get toasty bread, with an over easy egg.

Wow starting to see your visions! Beautiful 🤩

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Sorry haven't been watching as much I'd like but I recently lost my brother of liver cancer so very sad only 50 when he past in August! I love you all thank you for sharing ❤

Ask Brady, from Raising Voyagers. He cleaned a lot of stone walls in their house.

You can make some mortar about cake batter consistency and put some in a large plastic zip lock bag and cut a little piece of one corner off and squeeze it out onto the wall between the rocks to lock in the rocks that you uncover and with a damp sponge you can form the mortar to make it look more natural.

This is your slice of heaven on earth.... 😊 its going to be so beautiful , I love the stone❤🏡

Happy New Year to all the Newbys
So happy for you that things are really moving forward

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