These old houses….so much to fix!!

The house that I grew up in just went up for sale today as my elderly mother is moving into assisted living. It still had the old paneling on the living room walls. This video made me a bit emotional. I hope the new owners think about the people who lived there before them, then make their new home beautiful.

It's so easy to make new; not alot of people take the time to appreciate the layers of family generation that lived in a house. Great video. Even the little guy had the date saying. I was here.

I love your perspective on remodeling. What is old to us, was once new to someone else. It is good to know it served a purpose for those who came before us. Now to update to help you and your family. I hope whoever ends up occupying your home in the future can appreciate the time and effort you have put into it!

It’s not weird, I grew up in a house that had 10 layers of wall paper! This takes me back to my childhood!

@JSLEnterprises

Жыл бұрын

The problem with today's environment is that a home is just that... a temporary space to provide shelter. Gone are the days of generational homes in the modern urban environments. There are a lot of cultural factors that contribute to this.

I really enjoy watching you update your house. I'm an oldie so watched many upgrades to panelling. At the time it seemed to make rooms warm and inviting with cozy wood walls. So I much appreciate the history you point out. It's such a part of my own history.

I really appreciate how you take us along and we get to see how you work around all the little things that pop up along the way during projects like this. You are always calm, straightforward and realistic. Thank you for making these videos.

I love your determination! And the fact that you are so thorough.

I loved to see that sentimental side of yours. Make me like your work even more.

Hey Matt, I love the things you teach us to build. The one thing that stands out to me is respecting the property that once was. Last year I bought a 60s house in New England and I have been replacing almost everything. While doing this, because of you, I thought about the people who once had once selected this look and how they enjoyed it. I respect the work that was once done, and I try not to forget the old ways 😊

I grew up with wood paneling. It was everywhere lol 😂 that’s sweet you thought of the memories the families must have had living there. I’m pretty sure they would love what you did with home 🏡 💛

you're such a nice guy! you're a great human! thank you for everything you do.

Can't stress enough how helpful your videos are becoming.

hello Matt, I really like your videos, I'm just remodeling the house that belonged to my grandparents and I found those feelings you talked about. And much more did my mother feel when she saw the renovation, a mixture of nostalgia, sadness and happiness seeing the home where she grew up, but that will be the place where her grandchildren will grow up. grateful for what you share to learn, greetings from Argentina.

I really like that original wallpaper pattern - looks very elegant.

You are my favorite DIY carpenter. Keep up the great videos! Thanks for the information.

I pulled a lot of this off the walls in the home my wife and I just bought in MA. Fairly close to the same era as your house. It was a generational home and I thought a lot too about the lives that had lived in this place prior to us. It's such a wild concept when you really stop to think about the shared experience we sort of have with folks that we'll never even know because we all shared the same space. Seeing things in the house as a mark of our time there has even helped me ease up on some of the perfectionism (i mean, just a little...) I can see some of those marks as remnants of me in the space. All this goes to say that you put this really well (though the silly deflection at the end was money!) Anyways, I found your channel right after we bought our house and it's been fun watching your awesome projects while I take on my own.

I know that smell. I have remodeled every home I lived in. I really enjoy watching your channel.

I enjoyed seeing the layers peeled away revealing the various wallpaper & paneling choices over the years that the home has stood.

You have done an awesome job with the renovations and making the videos......

I love digging through changes in homes

Matt, you and your channel are by far one of the best that I follow. Your videos are great and you make them fun and interesting. Thank you!

@5thdimension625

Жыл бұрын

I totally agree, he also has amazing editing skills. I wonder what he does for his day job

@firstnamelastname6797

Жыл бұрын

@@5thdimension625 He is or was a Contractor

@5thdimension625

Жыл бұрын

@@firstnamelastname6797 he has mad skills. Thanks for answering my question

@firstnamelastname6797

Жыл бұрын

@@5thdimension625 Np!

You did good again! Take care! I know you will do an amazing job!

This was my first video of yours that I've watched. Lots of fun.

It's really nice seeing your family too. Started watching before you had them.

My wife and i look forward to your renovation of your house videos.We love when you post a new episode lol.

Love your videos, I always learn something!

That paneling must be from the 60's. I have a bunch of original wood panels and tile in my house, that I have removed. House was built in the 60's. Has made in Japan all over it. Your videos have been helping me a ton with my DIY. You are awesome, sir.

sometimes it's fun to rediscover the vestiges of the past and your calm way of approaching the work is to your credit. I always follow you with pleasure and interest in the renovation of this old house and day after day you will succeed. 👍

Fun video. I understand, feeling a real sentimental for the people that came before you. 👍🏻

I'm kind of disappointed that it's done. Feel like I need to go install some bad carpet in your house just to keep the project going

@jodirauth8847

Жыл бұрын

Man I feel ya too

@derekdelgado5616

Жыл бұрын

He’s still got a basement I’m sure he’s planning to address!

@twistoffate4791

Жыл бұрын

@@derekdelgado5616 oh thank God. There's hope & a future now.

Awww, it's ok, you knew you would be doing the other room at some point so you did not have to be perfect back then!! You always make it right!! I like when you consider the first owners. Please remember though, where they are now they are not concerned with anything of this world like their old wall paper, etc. You are making your house better than when you moved in, so that is all that matters!!! Thanks for sharing your progress God Bless

Awesome video.

Good work. Waiting for the next one. ☺️

Doggo Supervisor 🐶 🥰😍

honestly mood in being very sentimental, it's really cool to see how the room would've looked before, and to see the likely original wallpaper? fascinated with that

I haven’t seen one of those phone jacks since I was a kid! Keep up the awesome work!!!

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Love your reactions when you go back and look at some of your previous work. Had to grab a Kleenex there at the end. 🤣 Can't wait to see what you do with this room. Thanks for sharing. Love seeing you pick up so many new subscribers. ❣ Oh, and the way you leave a Mr. Fixer sticker on the inside of the walls as you go. 😉

That was a nice touch there.

Love the old telephone jack for the old rotary phones. We had quite a few in the house I grew up in.

Wow!

Very satisfying video finallly

I do appreciate the "tv mount workmanship" at the end. We are about the same age and i come back to things that i did years ago and wonder how i could have been so "not smart" or lazy or whatever!

Not weird at all! Loved your closing thoughts. First time viewer - keep it up.

I really like to hangout with you. This is what it feels for me to watch your videos. Thank you for them.

Great video !!!! thanks

Great video. Thanks. P.S. hard work always pays off.

In the '90s, my wife and I rented a duplex unit where 2 of the 4 walls in the living room were covered with cheap paneling, basically MDF with a photo of wood grain on one side. I assumed that the landlord had used it to cover up holes in the drywall, or something even worse. When we moved out, the new tenant was a professional painter, and negotiated a rent discount for painting the whole unit. He removed the cheap paneling and discovered... perfectly intact drywall. All he had to do was spackle the nail holes from the nails that held up the cheap paneling, and it was ready to paint. Apparently, someone installed the stuff on purpose, because they liked it.

Love the dog!

The Fixer 👍

Enjoyed yur vid , good job

Can't wait to see it done,🔨🪛

Can't wait to see what your going to do with this room. I watch all your videos.

@TheFixerHomeRepair

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Diane!!

Man, I can't tell you how cathartic that was for me. My mother's house was 100+ years old and we had that paneling EVERYWHERE! I hate it I hate it I hate it! (Though there was one room with lots of windows and white pine paneling- that was tolerable. The dark stuff is for the birds!) I'm so glad I got to vicariously rip it out with you!

@sharonmoneke1744

14 күн бұрын

Lord, this is my living room right now, and I hate it I hate it I hate it!!!!!!!! My partner does not want change, and I’m stuck!

The original wallpaper looks beautiful.

Love you Love what you do

@TheFixerHomeRepair

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Melinda. I really appreciate that!

Matt, you’re a treasure.

My summer job in the early 70’s was yardman / delivery driver for my uncles small town lumber company. I delivered hundreds and hundreds of sheets of paneling. As I am retired now I fondly remember those days. As I graduated from college and had a successful professional career “no job” was better than the summers working with my uncle. Loved it.

I will painted my and will be look yes beautiful 😍 wood is expensive now compared with dried walls panels

That paneling is 21 years older than me, to the day!

As we have pulled out similar grade paneling from our 100+ year old house, I have stored some of the sheets that are in good condition. In effect, it is 1/8 inch plywood when viewed from the back. For any craft project that just needs that much thickness, it is a good choice and the price is right. Also, I keep in contact with several craft people and encourage them to pick over the material we remove. For example, a previous owner built their own pine doors for the kitchen cabinets. They look very dated and the cabinets are in poor repair. One of my crafty friends makes signs out the door fronts. - They already have the look of a framed piece. Best wishes for your project.

I enjoyed watching this. I hope you do a video on the update as well.

@TheFixerHomeRepair

Жыл бұрын

Hey! I have the rest of the remodel in this video- kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKmb2Ztml5a6l9Y.html . Thanks for watching!

My girlfriend and I just moved into an old lake house that my great grandfather built in 1961 as a kit, it had the same panneling. We decided to go with the Western Knotty cedar tounge and groove stuff from home depot, it's about $28 a package and can be kinda tedious to install, but once it's done it looks so much better.

04:23 I’ll be dipped-an old style Western Electric four-prong phone jack. Haven’t seen one since the late seventies

finally the wood is getting riped out

We are renovating our 1940s house (UK) we have found some gorgeous (not) Wallpaper under 3 layers of paper , who wallpapers over wallpaper? I am at the moment screwing down many, many floorboards. They have the old square head nails that have worked loose. My husband hates DIY so it’s a good thing i enjoy the end product, maybe not so much the process !

u r doing well

Matt making made in Massachusetts! Great video!

Lol Mr fix it I was 10 months old when the panel was made 🤣 BTW where was your eye protection and knee pad thanks for sharing 💙 I love the way you are very respectful of the work the previous owner did

I am gonna miss the wood paneling. Wood paneling feels like home.

Awww your puppy gave us a visit. What a sweetie pie. 😍 paneling is just awful. I'd to to see what you're going to do about that huge baseboard heater.

Likely someone has already mentioned making a shallow horizontal cut across each sheet of paneling to permit you to remove the top half separate from the lower half. No fighting the tight ceiling spot.

Set your skill saw depth to the thickness of the paneling... score a line around the room in the middle... much easier to manhandle half sheets....

If I were doing this job…I would grunt a lot more than you are!!

@TheFixerHomeRepair

Жыл бұрын

😂

TFS❗️

Niche but I really want to see you finish flex sealing the basement. It’s so satisfying

I always enjoy watching your videos. I see someone in the health field wrote about the Q (quiet) word which I take it in the construction world is the E word, LOL. I wish I could say I was 21 years younger than the paneling like another commenter wrote but alas I can't. I can say 1962 was a good year😊🤔 Near the end of the video I see you had a large trash can with a black bag in it. I'm surprised you weren't putting the nails that were so close to your knees when you were kneeling on the floor or the ceiling tiles as you were going along. I guess that's something I learned from my father in all his DYI projects before DYI even was the word, LOL. I look forward to when your little one can join you in the DYI projects. I did many projects with my father and have always enjoyed doing projects. My father knew this and before he passed I'm the child who got the toolbox not my brother or sister. Look forward to the next video and learning more😊

I grew up with this wood paneling and I've always hated them. It's kind of cathartic watching that being torn down.

@TheFixerHomeRepair

11 ай бұрын

😂. Glad I could help!

Hi Matt, I'm so glad I discovered this video, because I'm a first time home buyer of a 1950s house with paneling. I was wondering, if the previous owners painted over the paneling, does this process change in any way? I suspect the only added challenge would be to find where to start, but I'd love to hear your thoughts.

The thing that’s always amused me with older houses is the amount of cables, jacks, and plugs that are abandoned in place. Even my current house (1977) has an old satellite dish, phone box on the exterior and old doorbell wiring all over the basement ceiling. Stuff that gets forgotten and left in place for the rest of time lol

The paneling is 8 days older than me! and it's looks better than I..🤣

@TheFixerHomeRepair

Жыл бұрын

🤣

Hey 🤩🤩

@TheFixerHomeRepair

Жыл бұрын

Hey!

I’m looking for some old paneling like that. I imagine it’s all in the garbage now though

❤❤❤

I have a paneled room in my 70’s style house and there is a heating duct that runs across one wall that is boxed in with paneling and trim. To red this room would be so much trouble, I am not going to mess with it.

I have the same deal with the heating registers in my kitchen. What a nightmare to get it out!

man, that's the good paneling wish they still made it.

Dudes. Let’s help Matt get another house so he can continue making us videos. A fixer upper of course. Lol

I see a little footprint in the dust. Lol

@TheFixerHomeRepair

Жыл бұрын

Haha I was hoping someone saw that. One of the last things we used the room for was a nephew that stayed the night. Guess he decided to leave his mark. 😀

The mustiness of the last 60 years is disappearing 😂😂😍😍

What's the permit process been like for your projects? Do you need to have architectural plans? Sign-off by a structural engineer? Does the whole project need to be mapped out in advance, or do you pull individual permits for each room/sub-project? The paperwork seems daunting - I'd love to see how you navigate it all!

@ricoludovici2825

Жыл бұрын

Probably no permits if he is not making any structural changes and not adding any electric or plumbing. Plus it's all inside. Just wall covering.

I've been trying to decide whether a contractor is better off removing my T1-11 walls (entire house) or drywalling over them. It seems 'everyone' says the demo is the easy part. After watching this, I'm not so sure. I can easily see, after removing the trim and radiator covers, that the drywall could have been put up pretty quickly - after adding extenders to the outlets and cutting in for new outlets - seems even faster than your removal and subsequent removal of the existing layers, if that is your intent. Of course in your situation, it makes sense (with the amount of water damage - no, not normal - around the window frame and potential corner; yeah, I'd want to check the condition of the studs, along with insect damage, if I saw that).

Idk man that tv wall mount looks pretty sturdy to me 🤣

Hi! Can I use all purpose ready mixed joint compound as a speckling compound ? And if I am painting an eggshell paint over wood paneling what kind of primer should I need ? An oil based or water based

I’m a big fan of leaving it alone and just painting. I’m not sure why everyone wants to have basic flat drywall. The lines in the paneling make it distinctive.

Trying to convince yourself it’s ‘easy’ 😁

Love your videos! Have a question since the house is from the 60s, is there a risk of lead paint being behind the panels?

Liked you video, the brown glue spot on the ceiling ,I have behind my paneling which was used ,instead of nails ,any way I could remove the nasty old glue from the walls any help would be much appreciated

A lot of time that weird yellowing is caused either by acids in the wallpaper or the glue. It’s the same aging you get with a lot of old paper goods that are not stored properly.

2nd nastiest product ever conceived behind MDF. Wood paneling