That “doorway “ you’re making in your basement, to the outside, you should put in a double door and make it a walk out basement! We did that, and our kids played in the basement on the unfinished cement floors, even riding bikes and rollerblading! The door makes it easier to carry things in and out of the basement…like a huge extra freezer, for a cow we had butchered!!

@makeuplover6852

6 күн бұрын

He said that there will be a basement dug adjoining that wall were they are putting the temp door, this will be the new basement for the extension he's building onto the house. Having said that, I do love a walk out. Basement - we have one, but he does not have the right elevation for a walk out Basement.

@MikeZMonroe

6 күн бұрын

Agree. I suggested a basement opening for the removal of the big black water tank. A lot less trauma to open basement wall install doors as you suggested.

Roman is absolutely a gentleman with his own style of humor.

@kerrybyers257

6 күн бұрын

Has great “guns”, too!

@teresawalters1070

6 күн бұрын

I love Roman!

@DrMJJr

6 күн бұрын

I just hope he doesn’t allow his biases to affect his interactions with his guy fans

@jimmorris1002

5 күн бұрын

@@DrMJJr True.

Abit of ADVICE TO YOU COLE...as you make the trenches in the land, you should make a schematic design to KNOW WHERE your live [ ACTIVE ] cables are and what depth they are. Do this to ALL trenching you do, then in future YOU KNOW excatly where they are, what depth etc etc. I love what you do.

@alanholck7995

5 күн бұрын

Consider taking drone photos.

Justin is a kind soul. He never tries to get even when he is teased.

@AndrewPL5

2 күн бұрын

Because he's not an immature child like the other two lol. He's just trying to get the work done, not act like a kid. Sorry, it had to be said.

Cole. You are doing a great job and I know your grandpa would have been so proud of you carrying on the family tradition

Time to make blueprints with all old and new wires and pipes outlined on the farmstead map. Saves a lot of time on the next upgrade.

@Robsav-yx6vi

6 күн бұрын

Excellent Idea , absolutely

@jimmorris1002

5 күн бұрын

I was always under the impression that when underground lines are placed, plastic tape should indicate X number of inches below the surface to prevent a potential person from hitting the line(s).

@specialestness

3 күн бұрын

@@jimmorris1002makes sense though I’ve only seen it for plastic gas lines and fiber optic cable

As a contracting officer for the Army, I always demanded a set of "AS BUILTs". Documentation of where the underground stuff is. This was critical as we opened the and put more things into a trench we had already installed, as for your big door on the basement wall, it could cause big problems with water in the basement. Lately, with all the flooding could be a real problem. it would make a nice entrance to a tornado shelter if properly reinforced.

The stuff you are doing and your ability to cope with all of this at such a young age blows my mind. You are something special !!!!

Suggestion...document what you know about where wires are buried and put that into each relevant electrical box for future reference.

starting to think it would have been easier to have just jacked the roof up, bulldozed everything under it, and then to simply built back up to the roof. These videos have been very entertaining and enjoyable to watch, so I am glad you chose the "slow" method. God has blessed you with great neighbors as friends.

@andrewr2650

6 күн бұрын

At this point it Would have been cheaper and easier to have an architect design a new building the same height and roofline then just bulldoze the whole thing an use those plans to build the new structure that looks the same.

I had mentioned a long time back about doing this access into the basement, so glad to see it happening! It will be great addition. When you do the foundation for the addition, I hope you out an access into that basement so yo don't lose this one. While I really enjoy all the farming stuff, what had brought me here in the first place, this remodel is even better!

Just a suggestion - Maybe make a plan of the new electric line for future generations so when they want to remodel they will not have the same issue as you.

@thomasjay975

6 күн бұрын

you can run special metallic caution tape over your lines, which make finding them underground easier. the reason he has difficulty right now, is because they didnt do that 70 years ago

@johnunsicker7440

6 күн бұрын

@@thomasjay975 The line he hit was the many feed to the panel. That was probably like 20 to 30 years old. All for the grain bin set up.

@leetingler619

6 күн бұрын

Take photos also. Use your drone to do an Arial photo also.😊

@charleswelch249

6 күн бұрын

I'm glad you are replacing the main electrical feed line for the well and the house. Better yet, you're using a conduent to run the line. If you have problems in the future, at least you can just pull new wires without many problems. Hopefully, you use copper wires, not aluminum, for the main feed. Aluminum works loose at the connections and also degrades over time. Not to mention the voltage drop and possible shortage from corrosion. Great job, everyone, and just take it one day at a time. Great video, Cole, and I agree you do repeat what you are doing a little much 😀 . Love your Chanel Cole.

@user-pd5je5nf1w

6 күн бұрын

That's why we have a call before you dig number in Minnesota. It's not a guarantee you won't hit something but usually it's a simple thing to have the underground power, cable and pipes detected and marked

Cole, I just want to say again how super proud of you, I am. I love your sense of duty to make things right. I love the camaraderie you share with Justin and Roman. Thank you for the content. God loves you all!

Cooper should tie his beautiful hair back when he’s welding because we don’t want his hair to catch fire 🔥

I love these video , they’re so honest and forthcoming. I told my husband he’s not the only one that has problems working on the house. One problem leads to another problem and it just keeps on going….keep going it will get better.👍🏻👍🏻

“We have Roman for a reason” 🤣😂🤣 ROMAN, you along with Justin, are the SUPER constructionist’s, keep kicking butt and train Cole on the proper way to get things done.

Cole, I am amazed at how much knowledge you have about the workings of the structure, the plumbing and electricity of your farm. Also the mechanical aspects of all the equipment you work with. You are such a knowledgeable young man and I am sure your parents and Nave are so proud of you. I love watching your videos! Keep up the good work! 😊

@AndrewPL5

2 күн бұрын

is that why he accidently cut through wires and then didn't know where the power was coming from and had caused a whole issue an electrician had to come out and fix??? He's not as bright as he makes himself out to be. And yall fall for it.

y'all are doing a great job I love watching y'all remold your great grandfathers house into your home 💕 thanks for fixin her on up Cole that's gonna be a beautiful home when y'all are finished

Cole you will neverget justin and Roman paid for all the blood ,sweat,n tears they have invested in helping you .the tears were private as in ,oh i dont want to go back to digging those trenches this morning😢.you have 2 good friendsin those 2 boys .just regular workers would haverun from digging while laying on their bellies.kudos to you fellows for your stick to it toughness😊❤

Roman that is why truckers are told to pull over every two hours to check their loads and straps. Straps come loose!

I love the progress! I vote .... more Roman!!

You are all so amazing! You walk in such faith and assurance! True examples of learning and trying and doing and becoming! Look what you’re accomplishing!!❤🙏🏻

Adding the ramp to the basement will be a game changer!! Very cool. Love the videos!!!

Conveyor belt to get the dirt out works like a champ and saves a lot of effort and time.

I really like this series. What a huge undertaking. I hope the revenue the videos generate more than offset the costs of the reno. It would be cool to break down a budget for everything at the end.

@blackpepper8430

6 күн бұрын

I’ve asked for budget info also. It would be so informative and interesting.

While healing from injury I have been power binging all 49 videos. Can’t wait for updates. I have learned a lot and almost feel like I was part of the team. So often I want to jump in and help.

I truly love and adore this channel and every one in it! Soooo very interesting, educational and amusing with Cole and his side kick, Roman and others. God bless you all and your families as well. It’s just so nice that in a world of chaos.. you can find inspiration and determination with such an uplifting additude ❤ love it!!🥰😊🙏🏼👍🏼

Gotta love the drive and determination where Cole still remains positive and enthusiastic through every mishap. If this were me I'd already be searching for abandoned caves to live in somewhere up north. lol

Hi Cole, just some forward thinking, when you dig the ramp into the basement, make sure you have a way to seal up the ramp to prevent flooding your basement incase it rains.

Good time to develop a milestone for site plan underground utilities including electrical . Something to work on in winter when it is slow .

Juston never said “that’s not going anywhere”! That’s the rule of strapping things down.🇺🇸🙏

Doing it right is what I love about this. You can farmer do it or you can do it right. BTW farmer doing it in Australia is basically making it work until you get the right parts delivered. As far as electricals and all that goes one very interesting and cool way of running underground electricals and internet is running drilling rigs to horizontal drill and then pull conduit through. I have seen a single drill hole pull 4 lines through in one and run internet cables.

I love how you address this topic with such honesty.

Remember when you were only worried about Kentucky bluegrass?

@IanJames56

6 күн бұрын

Lol, those were the days!

@statewench2828

6 күн бұрын

Oh those were the days my friend!

I know there is a ton of sentimental value in this $7000 mansion, but I keep thinking that it would have been easier, probably cheaper and fewer times going back and redoing things, if you’d just built a brand new house next door??

roman is the bomb.....a good man!

It’s always something when it comes to renovations. Glad nobody got hurt with those wires!

Holy cow. That was scary. That’s why I get an electrician. I don’t mess with that stuff EVER.

@makeuplover6852

6 күн бұрын

That was the electrician who hit that live wire and sparks flew - although Roman also did in the very beginning.

@BattlestarCanada

6 күн бұрын

Angry pixies are always fun😂

I will be so glad for you guys when you’re done with the basement and all that cement

Real smart to put a second conduit for the well pump in the same hole. Call the H20 mechanic for the well from you tube. Good info on his channel. Good idea fresh power, new panels. Did the hand pump well still work? The lawn looks great.

Cole, my electrician is one of my old school chums and was a neighbor when we were kids. He suggested installing a breaker after the meter so when I needed to discon power, I wouldn't have to wait for the power company to come do it. Worth the added expense if your company is like ours.

Why not bring in a conveyor belt like they use to move bales of hay to move dirt, rubble, and bags of cement in and out of the basement?

This has been a huge project. I'd have hit at least a dozen more obstacles. Much respect for you taking on a project this size with your friends.

Every time new intro shot the house looks straighter and like a new house.

Put a Bilco door in that opening. I think every basement should have one. They are so handy to have. I miss having one in our house But I never did a big basement project. Hell of a job you guys are doing. TAKE CARE !!!!!

I love that there is video of Roman breaking the skid loader

@LarcR

6 күн бұрын

Sounds as if it wouldn't have happened except for faulty parts.

@ILGuy2012

6 күн бұрын

DC probably feels a little better knowing he's not the only one in a video breaking something (windshield) on the skid loader. 😄

I'm just glad any frustration is generally not part of what we see here. Undoubtedly there are times when a person loses it when things go wrong.

Well that looked like some very busy days and lots of work ! Nice job ! 👍

Love the content you always show!! Showing that things go wrong with anyone at anytime!

Justin's such a cool Dude just Takes everything in his stride.

I will breathe a sigh of relief once that corner of the house FINALLY has A FIRM FOUNDATION. It isn’t going to be a pretty sight with rats once inhabiting it. BUT it will be so awesome to have it done. I admire all the hard work you’ve done and your positive attitude. B~}

Happy Belated Father's Day

Thank you, Cole, for explaining all this. Thanks to Roman and all the others. All of you are hard workers and all of your hard work will pay off.

I hate to say it again but before you do all the digging and repair work in the basement you would be better building a ramp and the modify them to stairs afterwards and build a door to go that way. Now your going to do it at the end? We did this and then borrowed an old hay bail conveyor and put old belting together on it. We put it in the basement and used it to take the dirt out of the basement and straight into a dump trailer. Was totally worth it.

Keep doing what your doing guys.Your informative and sharing a real journey through this massive renovation . Cole you are working so hard to make this family home a reality to stand the tests of time for you and yours. I'm glad to be invited along to see you make a true home out of a tired dwelling that ran its course

You guys are hilarious. I do truly enjoy the build and share many of the same encounters and issues during my 45 years of working on many different construction projects. Keep up the amazing work.

I like your work, admire how hard you and your crew work, the craftsmanship seems spot on, my opinion, they are way too long. I like to watch all of them, when you go over 15 minutes I’m hit or miss whether I watch or not. Love your content young man, don’t let it get boring.

❤ When the farm was older and the wiring was done for other purposes no one made a map of where and when the buried electricity cables were and if they did the knowledge was not saved and passed on for the next generation. Do not make the same mistake. Keep detailed information about the placement of your new builds ( electric, water, septic systems and line, wiring in your home while you are running new wiring take pictures before you cover the wall. If possible put all of the information on paper and disks. Store them in a safety deposit box and have copies at home for future use for yourself and future generations) I love watching the series very much and I am learning more about older homes. I remodeled my house and took pictures of everything with my phone but it was before SD cards and I didn't make drawings on paper. One day my phone just stopped working and all of the pictures were lost and now all I have is my memory. If I had it to do it again I would have at least made drawings from the pictures.

Absolutely love watching this renovation 🎉🎉🎉

Wow! That looks and sounds like so much work to do. I know you all got this Cole and Team.

Life is a learning experience for those that love life and have vision. I admire that mindset. For those of you making negative comments go ahead and turn on your video games and open another bag of chips. These guys are working physically and mentally!

Justin probably forgot to tug/snap the tie down strap and proclaim "that's not going anywhere." It wouldn't have come loose if he had done it!

You just had Wade out there, he could tell you from his codebook what you need to protect those cables. Really enjoying the mansion videos, keep them coming.

You know Roman and Yassin let him dig it up because he is the one messed up by himself. You know you are just also funny with your job. I like it. It’s better entertainment is better than movie and it thank you a lot for doing that and make me entertain and happy and God bless you and bless your family and I love you.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Praying for your electricity issues 😊All in all that huge 100 year old Mansion is still standing. That says something about it's construction even wirh the issues like that staircase and the lack of foundation and footers. I'm impressed and impressed wirh the work and skills I have seen. Good job gentleman.

OMG!!! WOW!!! Yes leave the electric to the professionals...and learning a new device, lesson learned... Y'all are doing a great job btw...❤😊

@johnunsicker7440

6 күн бұрын

Stuff happens. Your talking a building site that has been changed how many times in 107 years? No one can find all the stuff under ground. You do realize that 50% of all pipes underground are not on any map? I know crews that hit a 600 pair phoneline that wasn't marked or on the map.

Finally! A ramp! I suggested this at the beginning. Yay!

You are always so positive. Great progress, with minor setbacks. Go team.

Go boys! Making progress.

Make sure you buy a few pumps. With all that rain you don’t want to flood and ruin everything you’ve done to date. We are required to call 811 and have the proposed area checked for lines.

@makeuplover6852

6 күн бұрын

Cole did call an electrician - they did the locate, drew the lines where the cables where, unfortunately the electricians missed a couple.

I suggest you take the still shot of the short with Cole and make a 'special' Sparky Cole Tee shirt and show his reaction time...

Are amazing three people team together God bless you guys and keep you for each other and I think that the job you supposed to do rest of the life because it and I love you❤❤❤❤

Can't wait to see what else you have up your sleeve!

@davidanderson1074

6 күн бұрын

That’s only in the winter months 😂

Thanks Cooper!

Overwhelming! I could never do what you do Cole!🤗

Dangerous stuff!! Glad no one got hurt. SOOO MUCH WORK!!!

We don't use a trencher anymore we like to use our mini excavator with a 24" bucket so you have more room to work. So if anyone would like to buy a trencher with a backhoe on it with a diesel motor just let me know it's just like new.

You better put a weeping system around the house, if your going to put a doorway to the the basement, so where the water is going to go when you have lots of rain, and when snow melts, have you considered it.

@makeuplover6852

6 күн бұрын

This is just a temporary door to help move product and dirt out of the basement, there will be a new basement dug that is adjacent to the wall that is going to have a temporary door/pass thru - so in time that area will no longer be the exterior wall as there is going to be an extension built there at some point in time.

awesome work lads England UK ❤

Hope you got your fields planted.❤😁

I watch Cole to motivate myself for the restoration of my 1917 farmhouse. The sad part is as many obstacles and issues Cole has had to do on his house, I look at mine and realize I have even more issues than Cole. My motivation is dwindling.

@BiggHoss

6 күн бұрын

Please film it and upload it, I think a lot of people would love watching that

@Mid_Michigan-Genetics

6 күн бұрын

U got thiss!! Keep up the amazing work brotha!!!

@peteparker7396

6 күн бұрын

Yeah and you probably don’t have the funds at your disposal like he does. While I understand the personal attachment, at what point does it become more feasible to build new?

@thefreesoulchannel

6 күн бұрын

Our home is 110 years old ...we renovate every year lol I want to knock it down and build new but my wife loves to much and thinks it's so nice. I hope one day I finally fix everything the DIY re-builder tries to fix it. LoL keep going it's rewarding for others lol 😆 it keeps me from doing dishes and laundry and cooking. There is that ... I guess lol 😆

Wow!! That’s all I can say. Lots of work ahead of you. Good job.

Thanks and GOD BLESS

I'm astonished that he's a great farmer been watching this kid since he was 19. But Cole if you build a ramp to your basement you are bing to have a serious indoor pool. There is no drain that would handle the melting snow or the water from the storms you guys get. Please rethink your plans for the ramp to your basement lol.

Having a house photo book (the more elaborate the better) detailing the bones to the finished will be invaluable for you... or kids .. or great grandkids, especially electrical since within 50 - 100 years there will be some changes we can't predict now. Make a place to permanently house this (attic?) That's known and out of the way. Obviously your channel will be very valuable on this front, but a book can have some actual measurements. Computer files are nice but not as permanent as we think. Keep up the good work

A trenching bucket on the backhoe probably would have been the better choice in retrospect with all the issues

@safffff1000

6 күн бұрын

The excavator they use for the graves would have dug a nice wide deep hole and maybe discovered those wire better

Justin didn’t tug on the straps and say that’s not going anywhere. Had he done that they wouldn’t have come loose!

@alanholck7995

6 күн бұрын

Yes. The incantation is important.

Looks like Cole needs to invest in putting you two through a good strapping down course.

I still miss Anna. Nothing personal but she was my favorite member of the Cornstar family. RIP Anna and run all you want in Heaven.

amazing perseverance!

Well this could have been shocking! Glad no one got zapped into a new hairstyle,

Now you could use one of the grain augers you got rid of to stuff down in the basement to bring the dirt out.

justin needs his own u tube channel

Good job fellas

Cole a couple of videos ago when I saw the basement stairs the thought of has he poured the footer in that area yet and in this video I see the old stairs still there so have you or are going to put in a new footing there well i should have watched the whole video because you answered my question at the end of the video

If u dont have any marking tape, a role of caution tape is cheap and better than nothing!!

Awesome always cool stuff always thanks

A trenching shovel! Narrow, long, and heavy. Well done to use that.

Suggestion/Idea. You should consider putting a fence around the power boxes, like a cage. It would look a lot better and keep any wondering kiddos away, and be more visible for trucks. I just think it would be way safer for your kiddos/there friends.

@ILGuy2012

6 күн бұрын

Those boxes are designed to be safe inside when the cover is opened. They would need to use a screwdriver or other tool to remove the panel that covers the bare wires and terminals inside the box. Most children won't mess with it when they are warned they could receive a bad shock or be killed instantly if they touch a hot wire. The fence could slow the response time in an emergency when power needs to be shut off ASAP.

Can't wait for the next episode :)