Another Room (Almost) FINISHED! - Renovating a House in Portugal
2024 ж. 12 Сәу.
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We've been working away on the lounge renovation over the last three months: plastering, plumbing, lime washing, tiling and more.
Since we've shown a number of these things in previous videos we thought we'd put them all together into one long video to show how this room has transformed over the last few weeks. But, of course, there is still more to do so we'll update you on all that towards the end.
Sit back, relax and stay tuned for some good old timelapse renovation works.
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That floor looks 10/10. And you have done so great work that you really don’t need skirting tiles at all. I think that it looks better without.
For the looks you might be right, but, When you clean the floor wet, skirting tiles you can touch without a problem, the stuck at the wall would become dirty over time
Seconding the no skirting tiles. With grouting and sealing, I think it would not be necessary. Also, not doing it now does not prevent doing it later if you find it would be better. Undoing skirting tiles… not so easy
Another vote for no skirting tiles - the finish is spot on. Is Guy half full and Kylie half empty ?
The floor is absolutely wonderful! If you had hired the work done, there isn't enough money in the world to compensate a contractor who would lay the tiles with such precision and loving care. A hundred years from now, that floor will still be as beautiful as it is today. And now your knees and your backs need a break!
Boy, my brain does not work like yours. I am constantly in awe of your attention to detail, problem solving, creation of beauty, on and on! Absolutely stellar work!
There is just something SO satisfying about finishing a floor....it looks beautiful!
Love the videos. the mix of work progress, timelapse, talking, not talking, informative, being funny. and the floor looks great
They do it well that's for sure!
The floor is gorgeous. The random pattern of the layout speaks to me.
"....and it looked excellent" I think that was a massive understatement! The floor looks magnificent.
What an achievement! Can you imagine when this room is fully completed? It will be magical! Enjoy a relaxing week
Have you considered doing a skirting corner block? I think it’s also called a plinth block. You maybe be able to buy rectangular blocks of your stone (so the colour isn’t too different), and either carve the curve out of the back of the block or carve a rectangular notch into your wall.
I had that in mind too, but didn't know what it was called. I've seen something like that in wood work!
I don‘t think it is necessary
How gratifying it must be for you to look back and realize how much you've done and how beautiful it's starting to look. Congratulations on getting this far.
Wow, that tiled floor has taken it from a 3/10 to 11/10 … an instant facelift into elegant, classy, and yet still has that rustic charm. Dunno how u guys do it. Such an eye for the bigger picture. So charming, and so clever.
The floor looks really cool without skirting tiles. Just as cool as you are, so everything fits brilliantly. Enjoy your holiday.
The border tiles around the door. Don't make too many small slivers. One on 45 degrees wouldn't be enough. But I think two facets would be enough. The more you do, the messier it will look. If you make more pieces, the more surfaces you have to align. Even though it won't be similar round surface as the wall, it will be a marrige of the two - organic wall and straight stone floor. Keep it simple...
We have been watching you for ages. Love the way you always research and give it your best. Absolutely love the flooring. We don't usually comment but felt you deserve some well deserved praise. Love it. Keep up the good work.
It's great to see episodes when everything is in full "Make. Do. Grow." mode and the results look so impressive. The occasional "Make. Do. Undo. Redo. Grow" phases must be tough, but - whatever the state of progress - your tenacity and creativity always remains a tremendous inspiration!
The living room looks beautiful as you can see the love and hard work has gone in to it .👏🇬🇧👍
Love the tiles, and the pattern. Modern and traditional at the same time.
Keep a record of the work and materials on the house so when you are old the next owners will appreciate all the work that went into this wonderful house and property.
Wow, the stonework in that wall is beyond beautiful.
when I come to Portugal to look for my quinta, I am definitely coming to stay
I admire you both for living in a tent for 3 years, with due respect your not teenagers and working so hard on your new home at the same time. It’s looking brilliant good luck, enjoy your videos.
It's unbelievable the amount of work you two do. Wonderful.
I tried to explain how fascinated I am with your project to friends. However, they just didn’t get it! So I stopped. Now, I watch and enjoy by myself. Beautiful work! Thank ou for sharing!
No skirting tiles is my vote. Floor is beautiful
My back hurts just watching the two of you laying tile! Such good work!
You will always tenderly step on those lovingly laid tiles. What a beautiful meticulous work! It is not only excellent. It's beyond excellence.
Absolutely stunning. Perfect choice. Well done. A break that's well deserved.
Congratulations on your works of art!❤ So beautiful! I love watching you both create these beautiful spaces. Take some well deserved rest as it makes me tired just watching you!!
Looking good 👌🏼 Looking forward to the 'finished rooms' recap video. For your sakes, that is. An after action, satisfaction, type of thing. But, in the meantime, I'm enjoying the journey with you. Thanks, again, for including us. My favourite DIY reno couple, by far. Best instructional videos (all the possible mistakes and mishaps, already ironed out)! Not to mention, purpose-driven, patient end-goal-in-mind, redo artists...!? I simply love you guys 🤗
The floor is absolutely beautiful! Congratulations and we'll done!!
You guys are an awesome team. Never seen a lady work so hard as your wife. All the way with you. ❤
Y'all are incredible. After every one of your videos I get up and do something to my old house. Y'all should be proud.
Remember where there were just dirt floors and stone walls in those rooms? Fantastic progress by you two! And the result looks stunning! I love the way the doorway looks all finished with the rounded edges and the tile floor 😍
Amazing work. What a lovely floor. You are putting so much love and care into this house. It's going to feel great when you're done - probably already does.
Have to admit.......it does look great........never had a bit of doubt you two were going to do a good job
Will you have a window where the existing doorway is? So pleased you're moving ahead, got a bit worried that I wouldn't see it finished, I'm old. Congratulations on everything you've achieved, you both have a very impressive work effort.
I so look forward to your videos on Saturday morning. I remember your digging out a foot of dirt and removing it from the floors. My God you two have come a long long way. Congratulations
WHAT a GORGEOUS limestone floor!!!
I really appreciate your skills, dedication to authenticity, strength, patience and endurance. I am eager to see this year’s gardening.
Countless layers to the walls! You have so much patience!
I mentioned to my wife that your previous renovations in England were good enough for any main stream television makeover show. Maybe better. I have no doubt that this home will exceed those lofty achievements. Spectacular you two!
Week after week, i keep being amazed how enormous and excellent work you are doing without external help. impressive! 😀👌
The last jobs are the toughest,you want it done! Happily it's almost done for this room.You did an awesome job by tiling the floor.
Reflecting back to the house you began with, you have come a long way. Enjoy 🤗
You can already see how beautiful your house is going to be, bravo
Beautiful floor. I’m so glad you left some stones on the walls revealed.adds a touch of history to the room. Those limestone tiles are worth the effort. They make the rooms special .❤️🇨🇦
You two are a bloody good team . That's one hell of a good tiling job well done .
Laying big or format tiles is very difficult. For non-professionals you guys did it better than a lot of professionals. Floors look so good...
100 k Subs coming soon. Good Luck Guys. 10/10
Rooting for you, guys!
Notched trowels are used with thinset mortar and you need to coat both the floor and the tile back side. With what you all are doing it is best to just put a mortar bed down and using leveling clips to ensure the tile surfaces match (that's if all of the tiles are the same thickness, otherwise just press into the mortar bed and use a level).
I have tiled a few houses by myself. I instinctively scraped both the floor and the back of the tile with adhesive...in an opposing direction. ( Using a notched scraper.) Your floors look fabulous. You are such stirling people. 👏👏👏💝
I started watching on the original channel. I remember when the tent was put up and the outdoor kitchen was just being built. What you both have accomplished over time is amazing. It's wonderful to see so much progress. At least you're not sleeping in the tent anymore. 😎
I think the floors look epic tbh, great job
Well done, Kylie and Guy! The floor looks amazing👏👏👏👏👏
Your plastering is top notch
Lovely, that floor is just lovely! I think when people use the notched trowel on the floor, they may also be “back buttering” the tile itself to get as much foundation as you guys put down in the end! Whatever works for you guys is the ANSWER! Well done, looks beautiful!!!
Woo Hoo! Congratulations!
Wonderful work, fabulous results which will remain enduringly beautiful! As soon as I saw you trying the notched trowel I thought 'no, not with a slack mix of mortar...' I'm sure you are correct: laying a (comparatively) thick bed for the slabs requires overall support so a slack mix allows the required movement. People saying you should use a notched trowel must be more familiar with thin layers of adhesive: that tool is designed to lay a bed that averages around half the depth of the notch, WAY less than you needed! You guys do well to draw on others' experience when relevant but rely on your own sound instincts. 👍🤗
Hello To You Both. You are making a lovely job of renovating your house and you can take your time to get it right and how you want it. Imagine buying a property and you have the deposit but the House is in bad shape and a mortgage is not available because no one will lend money on the property as it is so run down. A couple wanted to buy the Property in Scotland but couldn't as they couldn't buy it outright. The property is a 20 Acre farm with out buildings and the person who owned it put a proposition to the couple, he asked them for their deposit and gave them two years to get the house into mortgageable condition. They took him up on his offer and they got the keys in March of this year and they are under the cosh to get it done or they loose everything including the money they will spend on the property. They have started a KZhead channel called Sh!t we bought a farm and that is a exclamation mark after the h. You might want to have a look and maybe give them some tips, they are a young couple and have the energy but will they do it. They have put out about 6 video's up till now. Very worth a watch. Cheers and have a nice weekend.
“And it looked excellent…”.💚👍
Floor good enough for any multi million dollar estate. great design and execution.
Wow The floor is a credit to you both and reflects the hard work involved
Young bodies are amazing. The work you two have done on your home has been incredible. Love your work ethic and talent.❤
Complicated choice of tiling! Well done!🎉🎉🎉😊
Anyone else notice the curious visitor looking in through the window at 31:36? And the floors look fantastic!
Yes! Break time! Throughout this video my entire body and my brain, were "winging" (like the British say it?) in empathy. Are there any hot springs in the area, with therapy pools? Even if you don't go, tell me you did so I can empathize that part too. I beg the universe makes sure that, long after you and I are gone, the people who live in your home will thank their lucky stars.
Enjoy the break, well deserved, beautiful craftmanship.
You two are becoming professionals in wall covering and tile work.
There is something comforting about watching both of you work together. I can't imagine my disagreeing with any way you choose do things because I know you've researched, tested, measured and discussed pretty much every detail before hand. Kudos, even after all of that for trying what people advise! You do find the best way to work with your materials and because of that I can rest in comfort, as a viewer, knowing that whatever you do is going to go smoothly and if not, you will both discuss, agree and move on. (and if not, we will not witness any strife because you will protect us from that!) P.S. Have I mentioned that you both, if you choose to (no pressure, not my business) would make amazing parents? Any way, glad to see that you're following your new rule of not over-doing it and taking some time off. Enjoy! See you in 2 weeks!
I am going to shout out again... the notched towel is for adhesive for tiles. You have stone and don't need a notched trowel as you have found out. Its completely different. Bravo! thanks for the vlog, a joy
This is called progress . The floor looks beautiful.
I absolutely LOVE the limestone tiles and I LOVE the rounded corners of the doorways. It makes everything 'flow' beautifully. Oh.. and I can't leave out how beautiful that feature wall is.
Amazing work! I can see how the notched trowel wouldn't work, the consistency is thinner. You do you!! Every step toward living fully in the beautiful home you two have created makes me happy!
notched trowel requires the thinset (adhesive) to be thicker. It also assumes that you are not trying to build up the base thickness with the adhesive which is why the notched trowel moved too much material around. Conventionally, you would build up the base with mortar, let set, then use the adhesive with the notch trowel.
Tip when framing around the plumbing pipe insulate the pipes and the void space so you don’t hear any noise once they are framed in 😉
Those tiles and that floor are gorgeous!
I think you both deserve a pat on the back for what you have done so far. Out of all the channels I watch your floor is the best looking. I also have to mention the scribing, what a superb job that was, its one of those jobs the you don't notice until you do it wrong then it stands out like a sore thumb. No sore thumb on your floor, well done. After all that work you deserve a GOOD break, it will give you both time to recoup and also time for things to dry out. The heat is coming, we in Cyprus are up to 25-26c most days now, so thing will dry out quite quickly soon. Thanks for posting
Workhorse is the word that come to mind as I watch you two. It is amazing.
What a wonderful job! I love the steps. No matter what anybody says to the contrary, you're both doing an incredible job. I like how smart you both are. You really think things through and you're willing to listen to other people's ideas The affectionate two have for each other comes through in the videos and it's wonderful.
"We did some plastering, we did some floor grouting, we did some tiling, we did some lime washing. We sang the songs that remind us of the good times, we sang the songs that remind us of the better times!"
Bravo, you two NEVER disappoint! I think you should send this video to the tile company. Don't think they could have done better. 😊👍🇨🇦
I would suggest Skirting tiles look a bit fussy if you use mitre slivers on the Radius .(Radii ?) you have when your floor is such a bold clean visual statement .You could decide not to have any up stand on the door radius and finish the upstands back from the curves by a couple of centimeters and round/nose off and Polish the upstands ends .(Any stone yard will do this for you to your template )Make a clean feature of this rustic regularity rather than attempting to “bend “stone round them .Just a thought .cheers .the floor looks ace by the way .
My favorite thing to watch on Saturdays. The floor looks gorgeous!!!
The floor is gorgeous, any renovation programs and u tube channels I watch they always seal the tiles before grouting, which was a new one to me. I thought it was done the other way around. A few months ago, my cousin was having her kitchen and hall tiled out of curiosity, I asked the tiler what way he did it. He said always seal first, then grouting that all natural tiles are porous sealing before grouting fills the pores with protective selaer stopping the grout causing a hazy surface on the tiles and proceting the tiles from dirt.
Floor looks great. One option for the skirting corners might be to sculpt them in oak (as it’s a similar colour to your tiles). I think it will break up the line of tiles but not be out of place.
You two have flawless taste.
Top-class action & attention to detail from Guy and Kylie. The music is excellent and the inside of their well-used cement mixer gleams with well scrubbed TLC. Very impressive work all round. Thank you xx
Morning I have watched all your vlogs and you two are absolute trogons What you have achieved so far is nothing short of a miracle The flooring looks amazing Enjoy your break Love Andrew 💐💜xx
Skirting ideas: just for the corners use some oak or olive wood that can be sliced to bend. Or find a complementary mosaic that would curve around the corners?
Fabulous!! Time for a glass of wine.
Lost for words, with the outcome!!!!You two are exceptional !!Can't wait for the next video ,enjoy the weekend. 🇬🇷 🇬🇷
Nice music!!! Great productivity!!! 🥰❤️❤️❤️🏡❤️❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Congrats, this tiles looked like this house had waited for them ! Amazing job, no professionel will invest so much time and love in this work. Greetings from Hamburg
Outstanding results!!! ❤️❤️❤️🏡❤️❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦
The pair of you have done a Fantastic job in laying those tile`s. you are both Perfectionists in the work that you do and the details show. Well Done you both deserve a well earned Drink or two and some time to relax till the next job
Wow! it's going to be out of this world when you've finished.
So beautiful walls, loves the stone part in the walls.
That floor is a masterpiece... .love it❤
Btw installing a heat recovery and ventilation system is brilliant. This should be mandatory in any new house, particularly here in the UK.
The floor looks amazing, well done that was one hard slog but well worth it. the design looks abstract but is anything but as I am sure you spent hours working it out, made a lot off extra work for you guys but think if you had gone for a conventional square or rectangle it would have made the rooms feel smaller and highlighted anything out of square so well done.. hopefully its drying out nicely now so you can crack on to the finish line... Robb Torremolinos Spain xxx