I guess you will have to invite me and Ilan back! 😁⚡😁 You need some more crazy friends. 🤭🤭 Looks like a good start to the wall next to the door 😊🥳🥳

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Luaraaaa come back now!!! 😊❤️😊 Please cancel all your plans for the next summer 😅😅

@steve4nj

Жыл бұрын

@@MyPortugalDream You know I will help when I arrive in September 2023. I can't do anything heavy because of my knees but I am sure there is stuff I can help with.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

@@steve4nj thanks Steve 🙌🏻 any help it's a good help! Thanks brother, see you in Covilia 🤠✨

Your calmness and kindness, even when annoyed, is truly positive.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻 😊✨

GREAT SONG REAL LIFE

OSHA I haven't seen you in a while, hang in there don't quit. Work in one room at a time. Take care

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Joe, thank you, I wish you good 🙏🏻 I left for the winter, last video coming soon ✨

YOU BE YOU

A very inspirational video, music was a matched to your feelings and humour. Keep on it and enjoy making all them happiness soak em up times

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Wendy 😊 I'm happy you are enjoying my videos 🙏🏻🌼

Hope this helps. External walls are prone to drastic temperature changes and extreme amounts of moisture. So the cement binding the stone should be more flexible. I recommend a 1:1:3 mix - cement, lime, sand Lime has benefits because of its flexibility and its porosity; it helps moisture that has penetrated a wall to evaporate. Lime is also less prone to crack than cement. Lime helps to repair fine cracks by allowing carbon dioxide to penetrate which then reacts with free lime to harden and close the cracks. Answered 17th

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Mark, thanks for sharing your knowledge with me 🙌🏻✨

I’m missing my online Portugal dream. You can do it. You’ve great friends. Great times ahead my friend. Keep the faith ❤️👌🍺

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hi Colin 🥰 I'm just super busy I even don't have time to edit 😅 I hope soon I will share with you my new video, can't wait to read your smart funny comment. Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate 🙏🏻❣️

Miss you already! Having withdrawals not seeing your upbeat way of life that is exciting, learning curves of renovating, beautiful scenery, and I can go on!!!!! Take care of yourself and don’t forget us!!! ❤

You see osher, don't lose your time searching for other people, research yourself and just do it! Stone by stone, you will get there eventually, just trust yourself and Try to learn along the way as much as you can

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

So true my friend 🙌🏻 this is what I'm doing now, after I lost three weeks 🤣 but I got my lesson now 🙏🏻 thanks Renan 😎

Can't wait for the next video. I hope all is well with you.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Audrey, all is well thank you 🙏🏻😊 I hope next week it will be ready 🙌🏻

❤❤❤❤❤❤ Well done 🎉

@MyPortugalDream

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Judith 😊❤️❤️❤️🥰

Where are you Osher? I hope you are well. I assume you are either traveling or will soon surprise us with a masterpiece 😊

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey my friend 🙌🏻 Nearly finished my next video, coming soon 🤍

Hi,I saw your video when bought the house.... But then I lost you.... Glad to see that your dream in progress!!!👍🏻 All the best!!😊🙏🏻

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey 🙌🏻 thank you 🙏🏻😊 ✨

with cement the walls can't breath you will get damp and mold issues! good luck with the renovation.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Marianne 🙌🏻 no worries I will take care of it with the right drains and good air circulation inside the house. Thanks 🙏🏻

Hey man I think you're very brave and an inspiration for others.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you brother 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Glad your still working on your stone dream. You need to contact other youtuber's Like "Alex Lukachina" he and his father are working on his stone dream. Start a little co-op. Teach each other. "Project Kamp", The Indie Projects, The Portugal Project. It Will help your channel grow. It is what Homesteaders do in the US. Good luck and I look forward for more videos.

@Clavel688

Жыл бұрын

Another one: Portugal from scratch.

@tonyhussey3610

Жыл бұрын

I don't think Alex is that far...he and his dad look very good.. great idea..

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Sherilyn 🙌🏻 thank you, I know all of the channel you mentioned, I might do some collaboration next time. Thanks again 😊

@BuenavistaRuralClub

Жыл бұрын

I follow all these too - but Osher’s videos are the best 🤩

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

@@BuenavistaRuralClub thank you my friend 🙌🏻 I appreciate ❣️😊

Osher, I admire so much the way you handle the difficult times. You dig deep inside you and find something positive to hang onto. You have a wonderful dream, yes you bit off allot, but somehow you will find a way to work through it and come out with a lovely home that you built yourself. Looking at your begining work with cement it is strong tidy and defenitely looks like you have worked with this material before. You will find friends and/or volunteers to help you with your rebuild, and company to lean on during difficult times Onwards and upwards. All the best wishes.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Judith my friend 🙌🏻😊 thank you 🙏🏻 I do planning to invite more friends and even subscribers to help me next season, but until then, comment like yours keep me positive! Thank you 😊🤍

No vlogs for a while.... I hope things are good with you . Take your time and come back when you;re ready. God bless you.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend 🙌🏻 all good, next video is only days away..

Waiting for the next video

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey, coming soon 🙌🏻😀

Great video 👍💯 humour Spot on 🤗

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Celia 🥰 🙏🏻✨

Might be a good idea to to clear out all the rubble and leave the ruin open to the rain while you are away. Now that the roof is totally off, the rain would wash away all the dirt and grime, and you can start on the rebuild next year on a nice clean structure😁

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Christine 🙌🏻 I think you right but it will happen naturally anyway 😅

Sometimes you just have to it yourself. The best you can

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Ram 🙌🏻 you are right! Thanks 🙏🏻😊

Osher can you get a 50 ft water hose and hook it up to the water faucet and use that water and a nozzle to wash everything down 👍✌️🤙❤️🇵🇹❤️

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey John 🙌🏻🙂 I might do it next time thanks 🙏🏻💝🙏🏻

@johnpierce2390

Жыл бұрын

You might need 2 water Hose👍So it can reach your house and also to fill up your IBC tank and also you can use it as your portable shower an a water hose comes in handy To wash the dirt out of your walls also 👍✌️🤙❤️🇵🇹❤️

I agree, Osher. You do you! That's the best way. 💌

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Felicity 🙌🏻 yes I will keep on going by myself 🙏🏻 thank you 🥰

Oh those beautiful “biscoitos” baked on that firewood oven ❤❤❤ And that Portuguese flag at your door!!!! You really make me love your videos 😊 Lots of strength to cary on with your Portuguese dream 👍

You have to do it by yourself, and after a while, when your neighbours see that you mean business, they will help you

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

True, I am planning to do it by myself. And the people in my village already helped me and I'm sure they will in the future. Thanks 🙌🏻🙂

Hi Osher it's Chris, I'm leaving for Lisbon on Monday. That portion of cement work that you did looks pretty stinkin' professional to me. I don't see anything wrong with that whatsoever. It'll be a lot of work but you know they say, if you want something done right you gotta do it yourself. It's going to look factory when you're done😎

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Chris my friend 🙌🏻 Enjoy Lisbon 😎 I'm happy to hear you are going after your plans! I guess you right, I will have to do it by myself 👷🏻 Thanks man 🙏🏻🙏🏻✨

Bom dia os biscoitos então maravilhoso e você vale por dois menino aprendado 😂❤

@MyPortugalDream

2 ай бұрын

Hey Lusia, yes it was very tasty! And i got three 😮😅

I rent a concrete spray machine for a stone house. And ot turned out very good. And it went kind of fast and easy to get in to all cracks and holes. And very big cracks and holes I first filled with spray foam.

U CAN DO IT

you are doing great

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Julie 😊🙏🏻😊

The walls that are more vulnerable... Take those old logs you downed... And Ram pegs into ground with sledge hammer.. And slant them 45 degrees and shore up the walls with log supports at a diagonal To hold up the walls.. So they don't fall over while you are away. Then take a blue tarp and drape it over the partial roof and nail the edge to a board on the outside as a flange, PURPOSE SO WATER DOESN"T RUN DOWN INTO CRACKS OVER WINTER, and wash out more lime mortar.... less work later... you can leave the tarp later while you work your way up and remove it once you get up there.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

I'm not there my friend... I left Portugal two weeks ago... No worries it will be just fine, and if the house will fall.. so be it. And if the house will burn down...so be it. I have no place in my mind for more worries now, I'm trying my best to focus on the bright side. Bare in mind that are many things you don't see, I know the house very well now, we are in love 😂 and nothing can split us now 😅

@yodaz101

Жыл бұрын

@@MyPortugalDream Don't stress.. !! You will be ok.... Stay positive.. YOU WILL SUCCEED.. I know the task looks overwhelming, but I am absolutely sure you will get it done, stone by stone.. and soon you will be on your porch drinking beer with your friends.... Everything will be ok.... Just takes time... Wish you all the blessings... the house will be fine... Solutions will present themselves.... sooner or later.... Ok, I got to go... look forward to all your videos. And if I can ever get out of here. I got my own project to work on, over there.

Bro you did a great job!!! But... To speed up, you need to mechanize the work. I know it's expensive, but time and life are much more expensive!) So... For cleaning stone and better cement adhesion, the best way is Karcher. To fill the joints and holes, there is a special tool (one guy even made a 3D model, if you're interested, I'll try to find it) and a screwdriver. Think about this option!

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Definitely an option 🙌🏻 Im planning to get much more tools and help next season. Thanks Ronald ✨

@ronaldphaiser7165

Жыл бұрын

@@MyPortugalDream You are welcome, my friend!)

וואו, אני ממש שמח שמצאתי את הערוץ שלך!

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

היי אלעד, תודה רבה. כיף לדעת שאתה נהנה מהמסע שלי 🙏🏻

Be strong...💪🇪🇸🇮🇨

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jose 🙌🏻🤠✨

bravo man, bravo

I wish you well-though, oof, sorry to say that the cement will likely give you problems down the road with damp, cracking, water damage, and so on, compromising the building further. As long as your stones are granite you at least won't have to worry about it destroying the stones, too. Lime mortar may be more expensive in the short term, but it lasts a lot longer and over time it's stronger than cement (it gets stronger and stronger over time, vs cement getting weaker and weaker). But your path is chosen! I wish you success!

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey my friend 🙌🏻 Thank you, I really appreciate your opinion! But like you said, I decided to work with cement now, I will use lime, but only for the one underground wall I have. Thanks again 🙏🏻✨

Wishing you all the best, Osher. Hang in there, all the hard work will pay off in the end 🙏🧡

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey kid 😁😅 thank you so much my friend I appreciate 💖🙏🏻😊

GOOD JOB

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Evonne 😊🌼🙏🏻

I wonder if you can get a machine that pumps the concrete in those gaps hire one it will be a beautiful property when finished

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hi my friend 🙌🏻 I'm not sure I'll be using that machine for the wall because I want to work gently in between every stone while keeping the wall clean. Thanks for the advice, who knows, I will work accordingly, things can change as I'm moving 🤠 Thanks Stephen 🙏🏻

Esse tipo de construção não é fácil de ser reparado. Essas paredes vão ter que ser destruídas e voltar a ser feito, esse é o problema pois não é fácil hoje em dia pessoas com conhecimento técnico para voltar a fazer uma parede dessas. São muito bonitas enquanto está tudo bem, depois é impossível de ser reparado, sem teres que desmanchar ela por inteiro. Passei por isso em uma casa antiga.🍻

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey, I'm trying my best not to take it down and do everything I can to fix the walls, I do believe it's possible. You are right, to rebuild it the same old way won't be an easy job nowadays... I'v got a feeling that it's gonna be ok 😊🙏🏻

Portugal and Spain same thing.... Everything is Tomorrow or later...🤣😂🤣😂

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Yes 😅😅 it's a world problem nowadays 😂

Ur doing great keep going 👍

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Annie 🙌🏻🙂

you are doing an amazing job doing it yourself.....love your videos

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you guys 🙌🏻😀 enjoy Portugal 🇵🇹

🤣🤣 lives watching your progress Osher. Looks like a beautiful part of Portugal. Thanks for sharing. 🌝

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Lesley 🙏🏻😀🍻

Just binged all your episodes! Well done! See you in Portugal in few months x

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah 🙌🏻 😍 Thank you 🙏🏻😊 And see you soo

wonderful video. thank you for sharing. have a good day!❤👍

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻😊💝

Oh, that piece of wall you did before the end of the video looks really good. Unfortunately, it appears to be very hard to get good help all over in Portugal. I don't know why, but as a result most people end up having to do it themselves, sometimes with friends. Wishing you the best.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey my friend 🙌🏻😀 thank you so much, I really like the results of the wall as well, it showed me I can do everything I wish✨ Thanks again 🙏🏻✨😊

Good start on the wall Osher! 🍻🍻🍻

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Laura 🙌🏻 thank you 🙏🏻😊🌼

Stone work isn't that do difficult.. do tons of KZread research and practice.. Thick stone walls are very forgiving.. keep practicing.. you will get there 👍👍👍

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Tony 🙏🏻😊🤍 I definitely will keep on working and learning

Nice job!

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Paulo 🙏🏻😊

Well done brother. Your courage is only comparable to the one that was required to build that house back in the day. Think that a small village like that ever had a sizeable construction company? Not a chance, it was mostly a combination of the owner of the land and his family who sourced the stones from neighbouring lands and assembled them one by one. Always kept that in mind when looking for motivation. Keep up the good work.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey my friend 🙌🏻 this is so true! I was thinking about that a lot! If they did back then who are we to complain about it now with all the facilities we have today.. Thank you 🙏🏻😌✨

The work you did on your walls look very good. I'm sure you added strength. I'm looking forward to your next video.

just keep at it ........youll get there

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dennis 🙌🏻😄🙏🏻

I think you should remove all stuff on floor, then tackle each wall inside and outside. You'll get there, but you need a clean environment to work in.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Sandra 🙌🏻 thanks a lot 🙂

Thanks for your vid Osher 😇💗💗💗 love you, doing it yourself works always the best in your own tempo and you can save your money for tools and material's. For help you can maybe look to the channel project Portugal this guy is very handy and maybe you can even get contact with him he is always willing to help others.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Arjan my friend 🙌🏻 🤍❤️🤍 First, I'm so happy you enjoying my videos man! It's means a lot to me 🙏🏻 I do know this guy, he is really good! I think his name is Nick if I'm not mistaken, I will do it next time for sure, now it's the end of the session for me, I have one more video to share and I'll come back next summer. Thanks again my friend 🙏🏻✨😊🤍

Hi Osher, love your channel, my name is Arik, I am in central Portugal at the moment, came to chase a property, would love to meet you if you have time. I am an architect on a move.. cheers.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hi Arik, I'm happy you enjoying my channel 🙏🏻 Good luck, I wish you will find the right property for you✨ Unfortunately I'm not in Portugal now but I will come back in few months. Cheers man. myportugaldream@gmail.com Let's talk

Already you can feel proud of the progress you have done since you were there not very long and all the work you accomplished, also remembering that at this stage of the renovation is the long and boring and tedious but very important work , when are you returning to continue can’t wait for your next video best wishes from 🇨🇦🇵🇹

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Liz 🙌🏻😊 thank you so much ✨🙏🏻✨ Comments like yours give me power to keep on going 😌 I still have one video to share with you, but I'll come back only next summer. Sending you a big smile all the way to 🇨🇦🤍

The level of craftsmanship I see in the placement of the very large stones in your ruin ,very few ,if anyone ,is left in this generation that can match that level of stone masonry. The ones that you tried to hire are NOT stonemasons. They might want to be. I would only let a master level mason repair the structure,if it were mine. The stonework is beautiful!!! Please don't let some amateur ruin your (partial) ruin. Good luck.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey James 🙌🏻 you are totally right! This is why I don't understand the people that saying "take it all down and start over"... For me, it's an ancient art that must be kept and preserve . Thank you 🙏🏻😊✨

You are one funny guy. That cement work couldn’t be done any better sorry your physically alone but we all watch your progress slow and steady is the way. Keep it up 👍

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much my friend 🙏🏻😊 I must say I can feel it! When I'm down sometimes, I go and read beautiful comments like yours. Thank you 🤍🌼

Wiah you luck man

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏🏻😊✨

Hi there , Looks like the Filling up of Dental Cavities , all those Holes in the Walls , it is a big big Job , your doing good , take care ..

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend 🙌🏻😊 I did took on myself a very big dream, but I'll do what I can do the house will smile again 😅

You are doing a fantastic job there. Might want to look at lime mix as its more flexible. But be careful as it burns but is better with stone.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Ryan 🙌🏻 thanks a lot🙏🏻 for now I decided to go with cement, the only place I will use lime is on one underground wall.

Ah... Now makes more sense. You made the ledge on neighbors side...That makes more sense... Can the neighbor sell you the empty house that is joined to yours??? I wonder .... That would be great....

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

We spoke about that remember... I asked him twice, and now, one more time, but he don't want to sell unfortunately. Who knows maybe in the future, for now I just need a small place, more place more money for renovation..

Hello friend. I would like to pay you a visit soon, and for that I wanted to know how long Osher will be here? A hug Carlos

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey my friend 🙌🏻 unfortunately I already left Portugal, but I will come back after the winter, you are welcome 🙏🏻✨😊

Looks like a great start!! Also, the town Guarda is looking more and more cool each time you show something. We’ll be staying in Covilha in a couple weeks while house-hunting and the area looks so magical! ✨

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Kim 🙌🏻😊 thank you my friend 🙏🏻 Be ready to fall in love 🤍🇵🇹🤍 I hope you will find your place and I hope for me it will be not too far from my village 😄

@steve4nj

Жыл бұрын

Hey Kim Covilha is where I will be moving in September 2023 to enjoy my much needed early retirement!

@kimmott

Жыл бұрын

@@steve4nj I was born in the mountains and this area is calling my name. See you there next year, we’ll be settled by then and happy to help out with info!

If I weren't retired I'd come over and help you. Try to connect with a masonic lodge to find a master working stone mason. Love your musical selection.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thanks James 🙏🏻😊 I appreciate your kindness man ✨ sometimes just saying a positive things that make me smile is the best help ever 🙌🏻 Thanks again and I'm happy you enjoying the music 🎶✨

Your wall looks good to me! We decided to go with cement as well. I can tell the exposed part on our addition is cement so continuing with that. We watched friends of ours struggle to find contractors, and when they do show up they are late and if he doesn’t supervise the work himself then it’s not as good quality. We already planned to do the work ourselves to save on expenses and after seeing the frustration of trying to get contractors we definitely wouldn’t bother. The only exception is an electrician for obvious reasons and we are still looking. We have electricity, it’s just 50 years old and needs to be redone, but all in good time. Keep up the good work! 👷🏽❤️

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey there 🙌🏻 Thank you my friend 😊 Working by myself on the house was my first plan as well, and I'm glad you choose the same, just to find someone that will help me for a week took me three weeks and no success 😅😅 Thank you and I wish you that your project will grow and bloom ✨ Maybe next time I will come to Portugal we can have a beer and share some knowledge and experience. ❣️

@notyouraveragegringos

Жыл бұрын

@@MyPortugalDream Best of luck finding someone to help! In the meantime you're doing great. Lots of work to do for sure but you have a positive attitude and work hard so it will pay off in the end. We would love to meet you for a drink next time you're in Portugal. ❤️ You have great music on your channel by the way! Which site do you use for your music?

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻 It will be amazing to me you guys 🤠 I don't use specific site for the music, just collection that I like, I can tell you more but not here 😎

Rock on! 🪨 🪨 Well done Osher, it looks professional! 👏 Much ❤ from Toronto 🇨🇦 🍁

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Mitzi 🥰🥰 thank you my dear friend 🙏🏻 ❣️

hey osher, ur inspiration! im passing by costelo branco would love to come by your place to say hello maybe help u with the renovation.. דבר איתי אם אתה בסביבה ✌

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey 🙌🏻 thank you 😊 I wish I was there... you are welcome anytime! But I'm coming back only around April.. בנתיים בארץ ✨

Hi. Admire your courage to start a big,big job like that. I have a stone house like that. Best way considering the situation that you are not here and don´t have the big tools, is best to try contractors or masons to do the big job´s. If i don´t want or find the right persons, try yourself but that takes more time,effort and money to buy necessary tools. You can start to get sand and cement and start filling the holes between the stones, step by step. Keep on.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Pedro 🙌🏻 thanks for that my friend 🙏🏻 I will do it by myself for now, maybe I'll use professional help only in specific areas or things. Thanks man 🤠

Merhaba, kararlı görünüyorsunuz, başaracağınıza inanıyorum. Evin içinde hala dışarı atılacak malzeme var. Hiç olmazsa birkaç gün yardım edecek birilerini bulabilseydiniz ne iyi olurdu. Bittiğinde güzel bir ev olacak. Sizi izleyeceğim. İyi şanslar! 🍀

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Fatma 🙌🏻 thank you for choosing to follow my journey 🙏🏻✨😊 The wood I still have inside the house is just to keep the structure steady until I'll finish to make the walls stronger. Thank you 😊

Well done ! Push through through obstacles with a smile . I see a few of these other Portuguese ruin renovation channels getting free things like electric bikes and solar power generators, would like to see them offer to you . In the meantime , you could try using a simple inverter hooked up to your car battery to charge a cordless tool . A reciprocating and circular power saw look like they would be the most helpful with removing the wood and debris . All the best !

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Lee 😊 Thank you! Some company already offered to give me some stuff but I don't want to sale my viewers anything, it's not my style, I need to really believe in a product inorder to share it on my journey. I believe everything will be ok, and I will improve my gear slowly but surely. Thanks again 😊🙏🏻🌼

@leedavidson7861

Жыл бұрын

@@MyPortugalDream I admire that , you have a lot of people behind you spiritually and wishing you success , even though not there physically to help , hopefully the spirit reaches you and gives you strength. You give inspiration, feel good in that and celebrate with a beer for all of us watching ! 🙏🙂

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻❣️😊

hi fella i cou;ld come and work for you for as long as you want i will come in my motorhome

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey my friend 🙌🏻😀 thank you so much! I appreciate your offer ❣️ I hope you know I left Portugal almost two weeks ago. But if you still be around next time I'll come, I would love to get some help, but be ready for the camera😎 I truly appreciate my friend 🙌🏻 thank you 🤍

Wahhhh...they scared😜😜😜

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

Water issues. Osher you got massive amounts of water coming from the front of the house, going through the calcada pavement and down beneath your house and under your floor + you got water from the side where the tank is on your neighbor an under floor... So you have to dig out the calcada in front, create a channel, and put bubble plastic and 57 sharp gravel in front of bubble plastic So water goes down the front of your house and into a pipe... Pipe goes under you stone. Cut hole and lay PVC pipe with holes on top, not crinkle cheap blk pipe,. NO PVC about 4 inches thick, and with holes... Plastic drapes down so edge comes onto top of pipe, and sharp edge gravel, not river stone.. and then cover back with calcada or just leave the rim of gravel around the front of your house... the water comes down the front of stone, or road, since you are the lowes point and because your house is below grade it all runs to you... So it will enter pipe and keeps flowing out of your house at angle and out... Another pipe around perimeter of your basement... Again agregate stone and then a cement slab.... the water is running down the stone behind the walls and under to the pipe and out the house... Put cleanouts... Once you got the walls sorted, you can use screws with large flanges and put dimple plastic, then cement on top of that.... And water will not form, slides down the plastic, down to the drain pipes and out of the house. and HOUSE STAYS DRY, WALLS STAY DRY..... and then you can put finished walls on top of that..... The large stone wall under the door already has a hole drill a hole through and insert the 4-6 inch pvc pipe to the front and outside.... At down bubble on level so it flows always down and away, gravity, under floor and slab through the house to the outside, since you can't go up.. You want to be down bubble, even under the slab.... then gravel and then slab.... So you stay dry....

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Man the house is wide open from all sides... Sure water will come inside, he was like that for years now. Trust me, it will get better and better as long as I keep doing my thing. Thanks 🙏🏻

@yodaz101

Жыл бұрын

@@MyPortugalDream Not quite what I meant. I meant that the water will not roll down the hill because you are lower and down the front of you house, coming out under that huge rock under the basement near the door.. Its flowing down the hill through the pourous calcada street and down to the lowest level an under the front, under that huge boulder... and later will flood the basement.... so you got to make it not go through the rocks from the outside and down plastic to large pipe, drill hole under that rock not touching the rock and under floor of basement to the outside and down the hilll, leaving your basement DRY.... concrete slabl floor that goes on top of gravel and dry.. OK... I got to go.... Blessings.. later.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

First you come to visit so you will understand the real layout... Then we will have a 🍻 It's very hard for me to explain everything here, but I really think you should see, feel and understand the place before you make you mind.. See you soon brother

@yodaz101

Жыл бұрын

@@MyPortugalDream Definitely.. I have all my documents ready...Still trying to sell my house here. Nothing else holding me back... As soon as I can clear here, I will leave...All my stuff is literally packed.... Dragging too long to sell... I will look you up... Looking for my own house . I will get another, but I want house + large land. Looking.... Sure beer... Look forward to seeing you....

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

@@yodaz101 good news 🙌🏻 see you soon 🍻

Yeah, I have seen so many Portuguese channels and it is the same, the contractors are very unreliable. You would think people need money, but obviously they only want money for simple jobs not difficult work. All of the channels I watch that are renovating the ruins end up doing it themselves. Like you say, you do you. It’s looking good so far.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Kate 🙌🏻 yea it's true that it's not easy to find the right constructor in Portugal... I will do my best to do it by myself. Thanks 🙏🏻🙂

Anything you need to know is available on you tube

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

True Mamie, I consum a lot of knowledge from You Tube, I think it's the biggest free university as for now. Thanks 🙏🏻🙂

The last part you did to the wall looks good. You may have to pick an area and give yourself a time line to get it done. When do you plan on moving in? It is harder to work on something this size by yourself. You need music to work by. Good luck with this project.

Osher I feel for you trades people are from my experience the most unreliable of any 1 in ten if your lucky will show up your ruin is exactly that and it’s cost I feel is because it’s a start again I admire you for taking it on my concern is that you will be charged heaps for any help and no guarantee a good job will be resulting , in some where Portuguese tradies are engaged 2 that stick in my mind one was English the other local and both rooted the buildings problems were no roof/ walls were straight or same on both sides so every truss & batton is bespoke , I think asking for volunteers is your only hope or the tradies take the house from nice price to a outrageous price that tells me something less rundown becomes attractive I would go myself but my saying god helps those that help themselves and 61 having restored 1 home with a builder and I am still in therapy from 1991 lol dodgy as good luck amigo👍❤️❤️❤️🙏

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Trevor 🙌🏻 it's true that it's not easy to find the right constructor and yes it's gonna be very costly... Anyway next season I'm planning to invite more friends and volunteers to help me. Be well my friend and I appreciate your willing to help 🙏🏻 Thank you ❣️

'Stone by stone'... slow but sure, at least you have free water right outside your house to mix your cement.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Maria 🙌🏻😊you are right. Also I have and free view, free life and most important free,dom 🤠

@mariadange06

Жыл бұрын

@@MyPortugalDream On top o' the world...freedom top of the list 🕺

Welcome to Portugal 🇵🇹 Osher… ❤ .. this is the the other side of living here… Portuguese are are different 😅…

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey brother ❣️ I can tell by now things are going really slow here... And I'm being gentle now 😅😅

@nelsonabreu7754

Жыл бұрын

Tu queres dizer que os portugueses são preguiçosos? Ora! A impressão que Osher transmite é a de que não são muito sérios - e isto não é bom!

@ffss53

Жыл бұрын

@@nelsonabreu7754 No, different doesn't mean lazy, this is your interpretation.. Portuguese are hard working people and I love them, I see them in my village everyday. they work hard. but they operate from different mentality.👍

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

@@nelsonabreu7754 @Nelson Abreu Hey Nelson, unfortunately my experience with few contractures wasn't so good, but it doesn't mean every Portuguese constructor is the same... I met a lot of amazing people in Portugal and you can tell by watching my videos how much I respect the Portuguese people. Please don't take it personally, I'm trying to share my feelings at the moment and above all to stay real and not to fake it. I do believe Portuguese are amazing, this is why I choose to live there, but I will keep on sharing whatever happens, good and bad. I hope you understand 🙏🏻

Hello there my friend! I wish I was there so I could help you, but I can't go to Portugal until december, when the flights are cheaper. When I get there, you can count on me if you need. Cheers from Brazil!

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hola my friend 🙌🏻 Thanks a lot! I appreciate your help, I'm coming after the winter around April. Thanks 🙏🏻😊

Yet another beautiful video. Confidence comes with progress. Very well done! I am wondering why a man wears a hardhat in the pool... Should I try this? Is there a hidden benefit? I will have the image of you rising up from the depths with that hat, stuck fast in my brain for quite a while! Do you know the saying "Black Sheep"? This is you. You make your own road and live it well. "Black Sheep" by Gin Wigmore Listen to this song. Good to see you Osher 🥂

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

I miss you Colleen 😊✨ Thank you my friend 🤍 You are sharp! I was expecting many questions about that but no...only you😎 You know the song "you can leave your hat on".... 😅

@colleen2386

Жыл бұрын

@@MyPortugalDream Rof yes! You were missing the chair! You should of played a clip of that song while "Rising" 😜 So we are Osher's Voyers! How fitting is that?? Very smooth 😂 ✌️🧡💪💃

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

I was planing to do so... but it was too much... i don't want to get any KZread problems 🙃😅😅

@colleen2386

Жыл бұрын

@@MyPortugalDream Smart Man 😂 Have a beautiful week where ever you roam 🥂

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Colleen 🥰 you too ✨❣️

It's to bad that they are not forthright on why they don't want to do the job even if they get paid. I think that would be stopping all the why's.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Lee 🙌🏻 yes you right. To be honest, one of them told me later on, that it's because the street in the village are too narrow and the water from the fountain has not enough pressure... Anyway i think it's possible, with or without a contractor I will keep on going towards my dream ✨

Ok. The cement.. You don't want Slop... You want cement, real hydraulic cement With strenghtening additives+Fiber on top or metal small strands added to the cement for extra strenght... And Angular aggregate, the side of a marble, with sharp edges.. Not river stone. Angular rough cut... The cement is mixed DRY.. NOT WET... thoroughly mixed in dry pan or cement mixer... Only when thoroughly mixed, do you add water, slowly.. You don't want slop... You want wet paste...Too much water weakens the mix.... so you add slowly after dry mix. Face mask, don't breathe silica. you then add the slivers of metal strand fibers, and then additives to add strength.... So there is that.... The corners, have to be taken down, and rebuilt...If you don't do the whole house, you have to do the corners, or there is not structural support, they built them wrong... And also where there are cracks.... You have to fill them with rebar and then wood forms and then fill with cement. The whole house should NOT be cement, because it needs to breath... MORTAR. MORTAR.... The stacks of the whole stone is wrong. There is no structural support. They just placed loose stone one on top of another and nothing is holding.... the ideal situation would be to take the whole hous down to the ground, and rebuild it again using the same stones, but the right way. Its a small house and it will take just as much time to do it right as it is to do it wrong... You still have to fill the stones, So might at well do it right and have peace of mind, and know the corners and cracks will no exist..... But if you insist on not taking it down, then you have to make it survive structurally.. At least do the corners, where cracked and interlace them build corner and cracked areas correctly.... Include rebar and build a lattice all the way up... Then forms and cement for added strength.... There are huge gaps in between ever stone. This will cause the stones to slip over time and crack and fall.. You have to fill all the way to the back of the stone... GET PRESSURE WASHER... Hose down the entire structure knocking out and let run out all the gaps and all the filler in between..... Emptying the holes and gaps.... .Then you will fill with stone and cement in the middle of those gaps... Or mortar... using rebar in the wider gaps and smaller stone as filler.....

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with me 🙏🏻

🙂

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Carlos 😊✨

I wanna help to! 😃 When are u gonna come back and work on the house agian? Maybe i can stay for a while. I would love to learn working with the stones 🙃 I admire ur drive and motivation! And ofcourse ur laid back vieuw on life (that we share 😉) Lots of good vibes to u my friend! Love Bertine (Hollanda) 💜

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Bertine 🙌🏻 thanks a lot ✨🙏🏻 I will come back only next summer around April or later. It will be great to get some help, thank so much I appreciate ❣️ We will be in touch before I'll come back, I will let the viewers know I'm coming back so when I do that just write me to: myportugaldream@gmail.com

@terpentine

Жыл бұрын

Perfect! 🙏🔥

What you have done looks fine........there is also an American woman doing work who has trained, she is a marvellous carpenter and builds cob walls and seems to be doing a good job on her stone house 'Portugal from Scratch'.....maybe she could advise?...........

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Martha 🙌🏼 thanks! I will check it out 🙂

👍🍀💐

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

🤠🙌🏻🌼

Hello Osher. Where are you located? Welcome to Portugal.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Rui, I'm not far from Guarda

You need to make friends with the other youtube host who are doing the same thing as you....many of them became friends and help each others with the constructions and it's great to make new friends and people to visit too so you won't feel so alone.

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Cecilia my friend 🙌🏻😊 Yes I want to make some new friends and I have some KZreadrs that I would like to know, I will do it when I'll come back next summer. Thanks ✨

So in Portugal you can restore a house without a plan from an architect, without asking for permits and without contractors, even if there are so many structural critical points? In Italy there are many things you can't do on your own, because they needs not only permits from the local administrations but the regulations ask also for professional workers to do such jobs. You need certificates to prove that those jobs were done following the law and only professionists can do it. This is for every modification that change the official map of the house, like open new doors or windows (IF you're allowed at all to do so, depending if the house is under some kind of protection, like the landscape protection or protection for historical or artistic reasons, etc), if you need to comply with the quake-proof laws, or if you must rework the internal system like natural gas or power supply lines (you can't redo them on your own, you need certifications of safety at the end of the work and you can't do it yourself, a contractor is needed). Long story short, in Italy you must (or should at least) communicate to the local administration every work you do on your house, from a carport and up. For little things it's enough to say to the administration "ehy, I'm starting installing this thing" without waiting for permits, but for major things you must absolutely ask for permits and you can't put your own hands in those jobs D:

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey my friend 🙌🏻 I think it's kind of the same in Portugal as well. If you have a house with habitation license you can work on whatever you want as long as you don't change the outside (door windows). So for now I can do it, later on I will need to go to the municipality and I'm planning to do so, but now it's too early. If you take the structure down and start from scratch you must have a license to do so.

@ce1581

Жыл бұрын

I think it is for safety because some people would actually do such bad work they would kill or injure themselves . I also think it is terrible money scam and control of people's freedom to have what they want in their own home. I think the government's of every country should only require a finished inspection at each point. That way people can't do bad work but they can still afford to do work in a timely fashion. Do you agree ? These things interest me 🥰❣️

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

I agree 👍 From what I understand, because I have habitation license, I can put a tent inside the house and live just like that. The only time I will get bother by the municipality is if someone else is in danger because of my house and not me. Anyway in general, I believe people should live their life and try as much as possible to forget that there is a government somewhere in the city 😅😅

@BuenavistaRuralClub

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes it is easier to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission. 🫥

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

@@BuenavistaRuralClub so true my friend 🤫🤫😅

If you can arrange some good properties/farms for me to view over this winter I will come and help you get some jobs done. I’m a builder from England that wants to make the move. Let me know what you think mate

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hey Steve 🙌🏻 I'm happy for you are making this move 🤠 I will be happy to help you, even if you won't come to help me it's ok. By watching my videos and support my channel you are already helping me 😌 Send me an email and I'll see if I can help somehow. myportugaldream@gmail.com Thanks man ✨

Crack on!!

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben 🙌🏻🤠

Heej, a good job man! Can you help me with the song from the video, a french woman is singing. If someone knows the title please...

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hi Lara 😊 Sorry for the late reply 🙏🏻 Je Veux by zaz Enjoy 🤗

Where are you 😢

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Hi Trish, no worries, the next video will be ready soon ❣️

Yeah, I agree. I am a mason. Lots of issues here. The house was originally built in a bad way.. they just threw stones on top of stone, haphazardly.. They didn't line and alternate the stones.. So one stone is not supporting the other beneath it. And its all loose small stone. So it has no structural integrity....The edges are just jammed loosely in there.... IF, maybe they used lime, mortar.... Its gone, washed out and created huge gaps and all the loose filler stone is gone.. So the walls have no integrity... The walls can literally collapse at any time. There is nothing supporting the middle of the stones, and if you chip what remains of the mortar away, there is the possibility the whole wall can loose and fall down on your head.... That is why these guys are not wanting to touch it... Not because they don't want the work. Also the corners are gone, and that is not holding the walls up.. and huge cracks in the middle, signalling that the walls are about to collapse...... SO.. what to do..... The SAFE AND CORRECT WAY is to take all of it down to below the foundation.. Completely down.. Save the stones.. And begin below the foundation and put drains in and build the base and the foundations correctly.. Deal with the water issues and then slowly build back up, using the same stones and slip form method... Rebar and support all the way up.... But he doesn't want to do that.. Its a small house, and it takes just as much time to do it wrong than to rebuild correctly and be safe and sure for future... I would do the later... the only thing he can do is use cement, but he will still have issues, to fill it in, and hope it works. But then you have water and mold intrusion.... So what to do.... Those walls will not hold like that... And if he manages to cement it all in, it will have cracks and structural issues.. because the underlying structural support issues haven't been dealt with, only plastered over with cement..... not to mention water issues... Not good...

@MyPortugalDream

Жыл бұрын

Like I said brother, first you will come to visit then a beer then you see exactly what's going on 🤠

I watch a lot of Stone houses being renovated in France and Portugal. It is a known fact that you are supposed to use lime on the inside and the outside walls because of the fact, the walls can't breathe with cement. If you are planning on using lime on the inside of your house and you have cement on the outside of your house you'll have horrible dampness moisture inside the walls of your house because the cement pulls in moisture. Whereas the lime, let your walls breathe. I think i's a bad idea for you to use to cement on the inside or the outside of your house. I know that the lime is expensive, but you're doing yourself a lot of harm by putting cement between those stones. Most people have to chip all the cement out.l because they learned that when restoring stonehouses, you cannot use cement in the walls between the stones. I don't know if you know this or not, but you should look into it because you could have a horrible mess on your hands in the future. Just saying, if you haven't looked into it, you should. If that guy was gonna put cement on the inside of your house and clay on the outside of your house, I don't think he's correct doing that. But it's your house, so do what you want to do, but if you look at other channels on KZread, especially one called Sean's world in France, they all use lime inside and out. Rendering inside walls and lime in between the rocks. That's just one guy I watch, but I watch several others who have restored their stone houses and the first thing they always say is you have to use lime on the inside and the outside. Good luck. I'll keep watching you and hopefully. You'll decide the right thing for you.

@MyPortugalDream

2 ай бұрын

Wow Barbara !!! Thank you for taking your time to help me 🙏🏼 I do know that, this is why i found a new method, which is a mix of cement and hydraulic lime, it works well together and the walls can breathe. If you will wach my other videos you sill find it. Thanks again 🙏🏼🙂🙂