JUST COULDN'T HELP MYSELF! - Unofficial start of the BARN CONVERSION
2024 ж. 14 Ақп.
21 986 Рет қаралды
Another good dig in the old courtyard and a few discoveries!
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Commenting super early to relate to your rain revelations. I grew up in Kentucky, USA and our next door neighbor grew large crops. In the spring, after the fields were plowed, if it rained, my mother would head off to walk the furrows and stare at the ground. She found hundreds of Native American flint objects....arrow heads, scrapers, or just chiseled pieces of flint that were discarded. The plow had turned them up and the rain washed them clean!
Amazing, I imagine there are all sorts of goodies under our fields as the history of the buildings goes back centuries.
Maggie is the real star of the video’s cracking dog
I'm glad Maggie's been on the SDSTS Course (Sheep Dog Safety Training Scheme), I can rest easy at night now! 😂
Great vid as usual Tim, good luck with the build! Can't wait to see it unfold
The dog likes to be around the action. She is a smashing dog👏👏👏
Hi Tim,I love your channel and after having retired and then done a self build in Gloucestershire I can now enjoy your journey without the stress and expense! I know exactly what "made-up ground " around barns is like! We had to contend with about a 3 ft depth of old engines, thousands of reject Marley tiles still banded together, tarmac and miles of bailer twine. The site was next to a Churchyard so archeologists were watching every move of the digger bucket,fortunately no skeletons were involved.Keep up the good work!
I feel like a tidal wave of great content is on the way - best of luck with the barn
Pretty much! Hope you’re ready. 😂
Used to watch your videos a few years ago when I needed guidance on a few jobs. Checked back in in the last few days for a steer and looks like I have been lucky with my timing. Looking forward to following your big build.
Welcome back! There's a few years of videos in it! 😂
You couldn't resist the temptation - could you? 🤣 Great to see you getting underway with that outside work - able to be focused on a real shape to things. I can't imagine the relief at getting over that hurdle!
Gosh that wall really is beautiful! Not surprised you’ve made a start on the new build Tim! Very exciting! Maggie has the best life. Is she going to get spayed? You’ll probably have less time to monitor her now that you’ll be flat out. Cheers to you all! 😊
Thank you for looking after Maggie and keeping her safe. I was worried!
Finally some movement. I bet it feels great to start the main project. Feels like so long since the last house (not the trailer house). Looking forward to it coming together!
Great to see you looking happy!
Maggie will have a better life than most dogs living on the farm.
Our dog hangs around while I do jobs. Does not mind loud tools, stands under the mitre saw for off cuts to chew. This is okay unless that is the bit you are going to use which then has teeth marks in it. The waggy tail makes up for said chewing
I am so daunted by the volume of work you guys have ahead. Good luck and enjoy the it…all part of life’s adventure
That will really help drying that barn wall out. A bit of lime pointing and I think it will be a big benefit to the barn.
Great video thanks Tim and really interesting historical discoveries!😊
Get yourself a sieve/riddle bucket for the digger that will help you separate the rubble out of all that good soil. Looking forward to the build👍
You should create your own energy drink.. your always on the move and is there ever a day you rest?!
It's all looking good, your doing a great job
Always look forward to your updates. Wish they were longer! Lol..
Busy busy. I will be watching with much interest. 😊
Keep going guys
Lime mortar ❤ the only way to go 👍🏻
Hi vi's and hard hat for Maggie Tim !!
Screeder would be great to sort out all the stone's and rock from the soil leaving you some great soil for somewhere
Careful .. Fred West was from around your way 😮😂😂😂
Little tip - mini diggers usually dig better if you put the blade behind you
Unless you’re facing downhill or on a mound. Easier to pull yourself forwards if you catch a wall or rock under the soil. 👍
Top tip for that we digger. Get the digger up on the pile and dig into the soil u are on. Most efficient way to dig. Next tip put the good soil to one side then put the sub soil in another pipe don’t mix it as they have there own uses. Be tidy when doing it. I hope I didn’t sound like a school teacher there. Good work man great projects
Gradually finding a system! Good stuff is being piled in the field, the sub soil can hang around until I have no need for any more backfill and then I'll find a creative use for it somewhere. 😂
If there was flesh on that bone when the twine was tied, the twine would fall off as the flesh rotted away, so I'm pretty sure the twine was added once it was just a bone. Which still doesn't explain what it's for, but it feels less terrifying.
That's what I was thinking. I can only guess that the bone was a weight to help throw the twine over something?
You are digging out for the foundations and I bet the wife is picking out the curtains!
That little retaining wall did move a bit. If you had tried a little more with the digger, it would have come down.
It's going to need to be smaller chunks anyway so I'll get my 'pecker' on it this week! 👍
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I’ll never eat a Crunchie again! 😀
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Maggie. OG.
I wondered how long it would take you to "break ground" 😂 That honeycomb bone looks exactly like the x-ray of my mum's pelvis and femur before she had a hip replacement! 😖
Now Karen and Keith can rest easy, knowing that no animal will be harmed during construction of your dream home! 🤣
Would you be able to show us a site plan? I’m not entirely sure how many buildings you have or what other buildings are around you.
Ahhhh - just ruined Crunchies for me! 🙂
Do you need to register the start of the build with the planners? Another great video!
Yes, and insurance then usually CIL as well. Then conditions for planning.
Are you not worried the release of pressure will cause problems for those walls. I've heard horror stories of houses collapsing just because decades of climbers were pulled off.
its not timeteam its tim team 😂
Any plans to add grey water storage while the digger is with you ?
Sewerage treatment plant first and footings etc, but yes, plans for rainwater harvesting reservoir too and the bore hole. Not short of digging tasks!
The bones in that area would not concern me. It appears as if that may be were they dispatched of the animals meant for harvest. They may have used twine to hang the meat up...etc. Expect to find more than just a few bones as it appears this may have been the dumping grounds because it was between buildings...
BSE burn location
And so it begins….
How do you compare the Wacker neuson to the SANY
I’m probably not qualified to say however the Sany seems more powerful and better equipped. But like most things, all good when they are new so not sure which is best long term.
Thats a lovely doggo. Whats the breed?
Lagotto Romagnolo 🐕
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I'm assuming my "Death wish" comment was read then hahaha