(#100) Massive Effort To Transform Wall - Video

One week to finish the repointing and surface cleaning of the stone wall at the back of the house. It required early mornings, long sessions and late days. First, restarting the repointing work from last week. Then working on some specific sections that required extra work, like the cornice. Then I could start cleaning the surface to achieve a better finished look. After some tests I decided everything would need cleaning with a metal brush before an acid wash. It was a long week of work, but the results were pleasing.

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chapters
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00:00 intro
00:27 set up & boar
02:18 repoint 1
04:36 late session
06:07 morning 2
07:48 afternoon 2
09:06 morning & mist
10:34 left edge
12:27 pushing hard
14:17 late work
15:47 low down
17:36 final point
19:01 stone
20:14 cornice
21:18 Friday test
23:40 hot tidying
26:42 before after
27:45 outro

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about my channel and its videos
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My channel is about the renovation and restoration of an old stone house on a hill in Catalunya (North East of Spain). The house is near the Costa Brava and has magnificent views of the forest around it and the Mediterranean Sea.

The house has many beautiful old features, including its stone walls, vaulted ceilings, ancient terracotta tiles and many quirky parts added over the centuries. For a lot of the time I am working on the house on my own as I try to turn it into a dream home in harmony with the nature and culture that surrounds it. But for bigger phases of work I am helped by a small team of local builders.

The house is not in France or Italy and is not a Chateau or Cabin, but I watch and am inspired by channels that are. Especially Dan Preston's Escape to Rural France. I love Dan's energy, humour and ambition. I'm trying to include some of these attributes in my videos.