that is one happy man, doing what he loves, by himself and his pretty lady, with infinite patience, wisdom, intelligence, and skill. with just a few simple, tools I for one envy this man. what more could a man ask for,?

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+Arnold Espenberg Thank you so much for the kind words, indeed, i need nothing more!

You sure don't see this lost art done very often anymore. I love the look of these old timber frame and daub workshops or homes for that matter. Its a shame really I believe they look so much better than the newer modern homes of today.

I love your 'art of working', not too fast, as a team, steady, high quality and with love of family and environment, GREAT JOB!!!!!!!! USA needs more of mankind like you! ....13

Man this is the prettiest one I have seen.

Don't see a lot of wattle and daub these days, but in this application it's perfect. And the lime plaster finish looks great. Beautiful job. Thanks for posting.

This is better than meditation! Loved this. Thank you so much! Beautiful!

Those trees surrounding the workshop were little saplings when the foundation was set! Wow though.... just amazing at how it's came together! I could have passed by a house like this before watching the videos and not really paid much attention to the architecture. Now knowing what it takes to construct a building like this i will always have an appreciation of what it takes. I've been interested in cobb construction for some time and this takes that method up by several degrees.

again you have given a comprehensive. demonstration on your topic.I like to think how the fibers used have come all the way from straw,sometimes it was run through a cow first. To you will find fiberglass strands being used in modern concrete driveway and sidewalk construction. This quadruples the life of the concrete. thanks again for your time.

I am 68 and disabled, but have dreamed my whole life about living in a barn. Watching you build this barn yourself gives me ideas and hope. It is ingenious how you did this alone, with doggie backup. I'm impressed. My first house I gutted and rebuilt, but that was 40 years ago, with health. Well done to you.

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+Kathleen Schallock Its never too late to live your dreams, theres no time like the present.

Having just watched the last video: "Well, I'm glad the hard part is over." Me two minutes into *this* video: "Oh..."

Very impressive....saying you are you are quite the craftsman is an understatement!!

For the 3rd time I watch your videos always with pleasure. I do not know what the use of this construction is for you. At a young age, a teacher told me not to go fast, but to do a good job, because in 50 years people seeing your work will only say one thing: it is well Done or it's done wrong. In 50 years people will say looking at your constructio: "CA IT'S BEAUTIFUL WORK"

Excellent work. A true medieval workshop. And thank you for your service.

Went to your Blog and am now a Follower ! You & your Wife are amazing People!

had an old house that had lattice and plaster walls - easy to heat house as the walls retained heat - in the summer had to keep fans going all the time - too hot.impressed with your work - my grand fathers and father were handy!!!!!!

@seanohaimheirgin1047

7 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you needed roof insulation. I built a thatched timber frame barn with wattle and daub walls and the thatch kept it warm in winter and cool in summer.

Wonderful work, Mr. & Mrs Chickadee.

Muchas gracias por las imágenes. Recuerdo a mi padre construyendo nuestra casa en los años 80 en el sur de Chile. Gracias por los ritmos de tu trabajo que se confunden con el bosque y son uno sólo. Gigantes

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+Julius Caesar kammel Thank you for the kind words.

What we call "cement" as in concrete is ground-up sand and lime. So essentially you are cementing the walls. The rope fibler adds cohesion and mabe some tensile strength. This technique is also called "stucco" and is very effective, dates at least from the renaissance. Knew about it theoretically, but first time I've ever seen it done. And now I see why you poked all those holes in the daub. They give the stucco a grip. Should last maybe 1500 years.

thanx for doin videos like this one you help me a lots I goin to build a hoase just like this one for mi and my family thanx

Thank a million for sharing this vid, when I was a child growing up in Jamaica, my grandparents had a house where the siding was wattle daub, today that trade is a lost art

What an incredible amount of work! Looks great!

I think your building is awesome! Thank you Mr. C.

When I first saw the ingredients of your daub I thought to myself "Where's the cow poo... is this guy a bit of a wuss?" Now that I've seen you actually use the process I think you're absolutely right! Those old boys from way back must have stunk to high heaven. Thanks for posting and good luck with the project.

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+TheRunereaper haha! Yes most old recipes did call for dung, we did a few test bricks and found our clay sticky enough…perhaps the dung in the past was from using cows to mix the daub as some have theorized. Thanks for commenting!

It's really a piece of art. Thanks for posting!

Be interested in an update (is there one?) about how the lower part by the ground has lasted. Looking at the overhang of the eaves, I think they don't stick out enough for a two storied structure. Thus the earth plaster / daub would get wet and slowly be washed away / loose integrity. This is what has occured in New Zealand where it rains a lot. Building with earth is fine, but very wide eves are required even for single story structures. Although this our climate might be wetter / have more driving rain.

@brainwater176

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, now that you mention it, that’s probably a big reason the lower part of European wattle and daub buildings have cobblestone for the base of the building

Mr. Chickadee is steady as you go. Dang good worker!

Wow… beautiful

My whole house was plastered with lime plaster (no fibres) 15 years ago. September was the month because of its moisture and not to much heat to let the lime cure. My question to Mr. Chickadee: Here we throw the plaster on to the wall (brick) as it seems to adhere better. You stroke it on to the wall, is it because of the rope fibres?

Mesmerizing. Great work !

That was the most beautiful mud!

Good job! I think I will give it a try myself.

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing your experience!

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+william3636 More than welcome!

Like always, incredible to watch and learn from. The only thing that I would have expected any different was your little pooch. I would have envisioned a wirey haired Baskervillian hound of sorts...if that's a breed. Ha Ha... Cute dog though:)) I have two adopted labs and a border collie/lab cross give-a-way.

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

thanks, all ours are adoptions or rescues.

Wow.... You have a lot of patience and skill. Really nice.

Excellent work. Very well done.

love and passion thats the way.. good stuff....

the fuckin patience this guy have! great job

Love your work

Looking good! Thank you.

Once again.... stay awesome.

Looks really good.

@2:49. Would it have made a difference in adhesion of the plaster if you stroked downward? I assume that's what the downward sloping holes were for in the cob. Beautiful work, BTW.

QUE PACIENCIA, EXCELENTE TRABAJO.

I was a little worried at the end of the last video that you were going to just leave the outer surface made of clay! This structure is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship, well done!

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+Lane Votapka Sorry to worry you! Thanks for the kind words!

@Grizz270

8 жыл бұрын

+Lane Votapka lol i understand your worry when i first seen the vidio i didnt totaly read the title , all i read was timber frame , thats what drew me to this then i seen the lath he was doing i thought it was cool looking but impracticle , when i read the whole title it made sence to me

I LOVE THAT NAME!!! Mr. Chickadee!! You guys are a great inspiration, keep it up!! I love this house, very well done! :D

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+Levi Clays Thank you!

@levibarros149

8 жыл бұрын

Mr. Chickadee You are cluckedy welcome, my tender white meat feathered friend. God bless you, and your humble home! :)

This must've been how they built Tudor homes in England.

Bravo bravo Bravo 🤝

C'est superbe !

Lindo trabalho Parabens sucesso pra vc

good job

I'd absolutely love to learn how to do this

@cjjenson8212

3 жыл бұрын

This was the teaser course... Sign up for his class and enhance the world around you! Quote. "Those who play it safe, never contribute anything good for the betterment of mankind".

1. глиняная смесь даст усадку, появятся трещинки в районе примыкания к дереву. Считаю, что не стоило спешить с известковым раствором. Придется ремонтировать. 2. Вместо волокон можно использовать мелко резанную солому (необходима соломарезка), отходы производства конопли, шелуху от зерна с мельницы (полова). Если резать самому, то все же стоило придумать гильотину, что ли... Мне еще предстоит свой дом штукатрить. Спасибо за ваш труд,он очень вдохновляет.

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+Архитектор Ansambl You are correct, small cracks can appear as the clay dries, we will just patch those as we wish its no worry. We did everything in the order it has been done for hundreds of years, seems to work well for what it is. Not sure I understand about the guillotine…lost in translation perhaps.

I actually liked the natural brown color of the daubing better than the light gray color. The brown was more friendly looking and blended into the woods better. It had a nice earthy look and feel to it. However, I do understand why you put the lime plaster coating over the daubing. It still looks pretty cool though. Sure is a heck of a lot of work!

@gorillaau

7 жыл бұрын

There is nothing stopping you from adding an oxide (as you might concrete) to colour the lime to a shade of brown or a shade of black. It may not be period but apply some artistic license.

My boy chickadee is a mrfkg gangsta

@Richie8a8y

Жыл бұрын

😂🤣😅😆🤣😁🤣

Forgive me if this has been asked before, but why not oak shakes for the roof?

@MrChickadee

4 жыл бұрын

time, money, practicality, lack of huge old trees needed for shingles

Are there any fruit trees growing in the area to replicate and put in an orchard around the workshop ?, wire mesh around the base to protect from rabbits and deers

Keep it up Your nearly there...

Gorgeous! What's Charles up to these days? Is he not an outdoor cat? That dog sure isn't.

When lime plastering I've never added fiber but always use some proportion of clay to supposedly help the transition from the clay in the wall to the lime of the plaster. I guess this is unnecessary? Beautiful videos! Thank you:)

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+MrRobinbonine I jus followed what recipes I could find online, Ive not heard of the clay, might try that next time!

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Hi. Beautiful home. Make yourself a mixer to the plaster. This is a grace like yours. You need to cut the measure. The frame will come out and it is very easy to mix the mortar with this frame. Greetings.

THANKSGIVING

I saw part1-3, It's bacically same tradititonal Japanese wallbuild method.The different is only wattle ,We use also reed or bamboo.What kind of tree you using these wattle ?

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+noboru You're being too humble, Ive researched Japanese wattle and daub, its much more complex and beautiful, and I believe has better insulation. Japanese timber framing as well is much more highly evolved, I bow to all the Japanese techniques. For your question, our wattle was waste pieces of wood the local sawmill throws away after they trim boards. Its a mixture of Oak and Tulip poplar. Thanks for the comment!

@kattchan3343

8 жыл бұрын

+Mr. Chickadee Thanks, Because there is a lot of earthquake in japan ,and moist wheather in early summer ,tyhoons.I think these tecniques were need to protect from these adverce conditions ,timbers rotten easy ,but must keep long time as possible .And in addition to previous ,In some cathles , mixing dried stalk of taro or sweet ptato stalk into the wall .These make wall more strong ,and ,when surrounded by enemy for a long time, brake some part of wall, take these stalks ,boil and eat.that ,so they surpass the hunger, and shoot arrows or guns from this holes. If when i build a cathle, add the walnuts ,its more high calorie than stalk.And fihgt against inveders from space.　(''ω'')ノ

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+noboru How interesting! Thank you for the history lesson.

In what kind of climate is this? What was your reason for choosing wattle and daub over cob? Thanks!

@MrChickadee

7 жыл бұрын

Eastern KY zone 5? We wanted a timber frame structure and like wattle and daub more than cob.

@LitoGeorge

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrChickadee you wrote about learning lessons regarding proper insulation in your designs, and then a Larsen truss. Would a possible fix for the problem be adding straw bales to the interior to increase the R value? I understand it would take up valuable space.

@MrChickadee

5 жыл бұрын

@@LitoGeorge Straw bales can have issues, Id go with light clay straw still inside a wall truss if natural insulation is desired, or sheep wool batts, or recycled denim batts or roxul batts all inside a larsen truss matrix outside the timber frame walls.

Que produto é esse que você colocou primeiro,esse de cor branca?

@MrChickadee

7 жыл бұрын

That would be lime putty

Manila fiber is abacca here in the philippines..

Does it need to be sealed or made waterproof?

@andrewprahst2529

2 жыл бұрын

Thats what the lime wash in the next vid is for

well done

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+John Simon Thanks!

Mister Chickadee - I love your studio but I wondering why you didn't use traditional shingles or slate for the roof which would have been more in-keeping perhaps with the ideal of traditional materials and methods that you so brilliantly maintain.

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

I wrote about this in my blog, basically, large quality oaks needed for shingles are expensive and hard to come by around here, (they go to the sawmill or whiskey barrel factory) and you have to kill a 200 year old tree to make 60 year shingles…slate is cool, but again, I could not find it here anywhere, I think its mined in Vermont…metal was cheap and will last forever practically...

@arkansas1313

7 жыл бұрын

Mr. Chickadee....there is a slate mine (I've been to it) in eastern part of Polk County, AR, near Big Fork on USFS land (about 4 miles south? of Hwy 8). I don't know if anyone has a claim on it at this time. Something for the future...new home?

Hi! Do you think this would work on packed straw walls?

@huibvanderveur3015

5 жыл бұрын

BlueGamer Dude probably Yes, just make sure it is completely hardened

is it possible to make the white color lime ..saaay...green or even brown.?

@iamkarma4819

7 жыл бұрын

add dye of sort but would be costly

@ordewingate448

7 жыл бұрын

You can add ochre, which is essentially different color dirt that has been baked. This has been common practice in Europe for a thousand years or more. The ratio depends on the depth of color one seeks, but is usually ~ 8% or less of the weight of the lime mix used in the preparation. Colors range from yellow to orange to red to brown. I have even seen a pale green, which I believe is sourced in Cyprus. It's all natural. The entire mixture remains non-toxic, has no noxious fumes, and clean-up is with water. I have used this mixture on interior walls, applying with a trowel, then smoothing out to a glass-like finish as it dries. For a little extra 'patine', you can apply a light coating of wax after it all dries, then buff it. It's a lot of work, and there's a bit of a learning curve to get the application right (e.g., not too thick as that would lead to cracking as it dries). Like most things, it is trial and error. When you get it right, it is enormously satisfying. In much of Europe, where Medieval structures were built of stone, a lime-sand mixture is used for pointing the spaces between the stones, or putting a complete cover over the stone. When cement was developed, some people began to mix it into the slurry when renovating ancient structures. The buildings, many of which had stood for centuries, began to fall down. They finally realized that the lime mixture was weaker (lower Moh's index) than the stone, so as the building shifted over time, it was the lime pointing that gave way, not the stone itself. With cement, the cement is harder than many of the stones, so when shifting occurred, the stone itself gave. People went back to using the old-style mixture. The use of cement became popular after WWI. Some have theorized that it all came about because so many of the skilled artisans, who had always used the lime-sand mixture, were casualties of the trenches in the Great War, so their knowledge went to the grave with them. Newcomers thought they were on to something using cement, until the buildings began to fall. Yet another unintended consequence of war. By the way, isn't there a beautiful purity in Mr. Chickadee's videos and work?

There seems to be a difference between 2:23-2:27 in the colour and texture of your mix?

this is way cool what your doing

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+grizz270 Thanks!

I'm a self taught sculptor... are you self taught? Just so relaxing to watch you create.. I subbed you

@MrChickadee

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, I read books by roy under hill then practiced a lot.

@clayguy1

7 жыл бұрын

Now you teach us... Wish I'd of taken up this art at a younger age.. Thank you

@tharp78

7 жыл бұрын

HA! NO shit? The Woodwright's Shop is my favorite PBS show. Everything by hand, no electric. Has a plane for everything lol.

Hi 🇸🇦👏👏👏

How much warmth is kept in with daub and wattle?

@MrChickadee

7 жыл бұрын

not enough really, maybe for an outbuilding or warm climate in our opinion. The walls would need to be very thick (12" ) or more to really work with just daub and be warm. Light straw clay or straw bales is a better idea for warmth.

@workshoponwheels4936

7 жыл бұрын

Mindy Wolff A tip that I already commented on another video: slip clay straw. You mix straw with a watery clay mud, so that the straw get coated and protected, and then you use that straw as insulation in the timber frame. The walls for this workshop are on the thin side for this, but is they had 5cm more in depth, there would be place for 10cm of that slip clay straw, it would insulate better than daub but don't expect wonders. If your timber framing is 30cm in debt, you could have a wooden grill or how to call it, in both sides. The cavity in between you can fill with loosely packed light straw clay (the less compacted, the better it insulates but the worse the strength, hence I would suggest a wooden grill on both sides), and the exterior expand interior sides can be finished as pleased such as with daub in this case.

@MrChickadee

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, this would have been a much better method of insulation, light straw clay/slip clay straw can also be added into wall trusses attached to the outside of a timber frame, and these can be made any thickness desired for even great levels of insulation.

I'm guessing that guillotine refers to a shear ( paper cutter ?) to cut the rope.

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+kkarllwt perhaps, scissors work well...

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Hi, I really enjoyed your videos and was wondering if you could help me. I am a teacher in a secondary school near Portsmouth and make a maths, science, technology video each week. In June I will be filming in York about tudor housing. Would you allow me to use some stills from your videos to show how the wattle and daub construction is completed. The videos are shown in school and then placed on our KZread Channel, and I would of course credit you when using the stills. Many thanks in anticipation.

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+Apple Pi Sure that would be fine.Thank you.

What were you using in your daub? Recipe?

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+Kathleen Schallock The daub recipe will depend on your soil makeup, for us, 4 buckets of clay soil, 1 bucket of sand and 1 of straw if I remember correctly.

I am wondering if there is a DIY technique for chopping and shredding the rope strands. What about a chop saw and then throwing the pieces of manila into a tumble dryer to force them apart.

@MrChickadee

7 жыл бұрын

im sure you could rig up something like you mentioned, we dont use power tools so scissors and fingers work well for us.

@gavinmclean7129

6 жыл бұрын

The old paper cutters work the best for a powerless option

creative

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+delon Thomas thanks

@delonthomas7137

8 жыл бұрын

Mr. Chickadee very creative post hi keep up the good works

Boa tarde. Poderia o senhor dá-me instruções sobre a argamassa. Quais os produtos que foram mistura. Thanks.

@aaronmuller4807

5 жыл бұрын

Bom dia amigo, a mistura é feita do que os anglófonos chamam de "lime putty" (uma mistura preparada de cal virgem + água) e areia - na proporção de 1:2 ou 1:3 para prevenir rachaduras. Ele adicionou também fibras de corda de cânhamo (pode ser feito também com fibras de sisal).

can use a card scraper to clean up the timber :)

nvm last question...just saw your next vid

and that my friends is mastery

too poor too paint, and too proud to white wash ( aka lime). I'd be proud of that plastering, despite the old adage. It looks just like easy sand, though i've never mixed easy sand in a barrow. I see perhaps a stove pipe sticking out the side. Is your masonry heater burning your wood gas and carbon particulates like a rocket stove? I would hate to see it billow into your hard work.

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+youllregretit Nice saying, haven't heard that one. Ive not heard of "easy sand" what is that? We have yet to light our "russian rocket" but yes it will be vented out of the said pipe, and hopefully won't billow into anything! Stay tuned for a video of the stove build soon...

@youllregretit

8 жыл бұрын

+Mr. Chickadee easy sand is the modern version of plaster used for dry walling. nice. i should look into those stoves. i've never liked the traditional rocket with a barrel, and want to experiment with a brick version. perhaps that's what a russian rocket is. i'll have to look into those. i just thought it was interesting that it vented horizontally, and thought it must be coming out as clean and cool air like some kind of rocket.

Sorta like the old horse hair plaster.

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+Dixon Peer It is, we just substituted the chopped rope for the horse hair.

@richardisdorky7411

8 жыл бұрын

+Mr. Chickadee I've thought about using coconut husk fiber. But I'm concerned about rot.

I have never thought about using rope .. but when you have slave labor /// ;p and with pink scissors and a poodle with a pink bow .. you have it made. Seriously .. thank you for sharing this .. what part of the country are you building this?

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+L Gorman Ha ha hardly slave labor, they are my supervisors…but I do feel fortunate to have such great help. We are in eastern KY.

this shows, with enough patieants you could do aynthing

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+Arnold Espenberg very true!

Канатный ворс скрепляет шпаклёвку. Хитро...

What the ... after all the really great craftsmanship I see a metal roof on the structure??? whats going on here...

@S4ccryn

6 жыл бұрын

If you look at the season, it's fall; I'm sure he needed to make sure he had time to finish the walls because making a cedar chip roof is extremely time consuming even using all modern tools

TRADUCTION French English google?

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Anybody else get anxiety watching him move so slow

@MrChickadee

4 жыл бұрын

Learn to relax and enjoy life friend, it may help in many ways!

@Raven-rf7cz

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrChickadee and how can a man work all day from dawn to dusk full speed. This is why when i worked with my grandpa he would say boy working like that you wont make it to lunch lol

@mulchwalker

3 жыл бұрын

You are the one sitting on your posterior, nibbling a munchie, gulping a soda and imagining a hard worker work on fast forward because you can watch the next video youtube pushes on your face. Slow Claps my friend.

@jackpshannonsr.1838

3 жыл бұрын

Hast makes waist

@tonybells131

3 жыл бұрын

Watching Mr Chickadee, and the Mrs. work is most relaxing for me. Can’t say thank you enough for the pleasure of watching his videos.

you both need to stop talking so much ;)

@MrChickadee

8 жыл бұрын

+directorgtr ;)