Work saving old Terracotta floor tiles in my house, as preparation for important renovation work. First, a look at the history of each room's lay out as shown by the pattern of the tiles. Then, using a crow bar I lift up hundreds of tiles, before removing cement and mortar from them by hand using a variety of tools. I then have to carry the tiles downstairs and outside for stacking up. Some of the tiles were already broken and there was a lot of rubbish after cleaning them. So I also have to lift up and throw out a lot of waste material.
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chapters
00:00 question
00:07 intro
00:57 explanation
02:11 house historian
02:40 room 1 history
04:47 room 1 work
06:25 day 2 - room 2
06:50 room 2 history
07:36 room 2 - tiles up
09:33 room 2 - tile clean
11:12 room 1 - tile clean
12:29 day 2 end
13:12 day 3 - tile clean
14:05 dirt tidy up
15:27 room 3 history
16:45 room 3 - tile clean 1
18:27 room 3 - tiles up
20:01 day 3 - end chat
20:29 day 4
20:43 room 3 - tile clean 2
21:59 room 3 - last batch
22:57 final tidy up
23:21 work review
24:25 outro
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about my channel and its videos
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My channel is about the renovation and restoration of an old stone house on a hill in Catalunya (North East of Spain). The house is near the Costa Brava and has magnificent views of the forest around it and the Mediterranean Sea.
The house has many beautiful old features, including its stone walls, vaulted ceilings, ancient terracotta tiles and many quirky parts added over the centuries. At the moment, I am working on the house on my own as I try to turn it into a dream home in harmony with the nature and culture that surrounds it.
The house is not in France or Italy and is not a Chateau or Cabin, but I watch and am inspired by channels that are. Especially Martijn Doolaard and Dan Preston's Escape to Rural France. I love Martijn's style, philosophy and cinematography and Dan's energy, humour and ambition. I'm trying to include some of these attributes in my videos.