This is like watching a KZfaq version of This Old House without the commercial content continously interrupting the flow. Very entertaining as well as learning new techniques I've never been aware of. Of course that's all due to Donovan's professionalism.

I really appreciate the LVL manufacturer that also harvests latex from rubber trees. When the trees are too old to produce latex, they harvest them for LVL.

I’m in my 30’s and grew up watching This Old House with my dad when it was actually a diy show…this is as good if not better than what that used to be (now it’s barely watchable) and if I didn’t love your wood working content as much as I did I would suggest you do this all the time! Thanks for bringing us along on your remodel journey.

Hey man, I just did a video with Jozsef, he built a sawmill based on your design. He said you've been a great help. Right on! Your reno project is more extensive than I thought!

I'm going to miss when y'all are actually done with all of the renovation. It's really enjoyable to watch you both interact.

I love how you two work together and have some laughs too.

We wish we had the Matt/Donavon team as our neighbors.

Sparks fly, rubs head. Love it.

The job of removing load bearing walls is unique in every situation. Donavan did it right, keeping the weight supported the whole way across the span. Needing to add the strongback to take out the bow shows just how much weight that wall was carrying. I can assure you a job like this does not always go so easily. It is fun watching remodeling going right!

Dang! I'm impressed by the way the load bearing wall is coming out. Donavan, you've got so talent. Matt your house is definitely being put together very well. Love these episodes!

Never seen a load bearing wall done that way before. Good idea.

The return of the speed square scraper!

worse load bearing removal I saw was in NOLA, and the crew really made a hash of it. Our crew went in to fix the job. Old house, 1800's balloon construction, 14' ceilings iirc, two stories and small attic, everything actual 2" by 4" rough sawn cypress. They (previous crew) had to have hid it from inspection. I doubt one could bribe even a NOLA inspector enough for that to pass. Over the kitchen was the master bath, with a cast iron lions foot tub, the kitchen wall was removed, making the hall shorter and giving one of those airy open looks architects love, but in an early 1800's house is not easily done. Between plumbing and electrical cutouts in the floor joists scabbed in, the thickest "support" for the formerly load bearing wall was less than 3 inches (sistered on modern 2x4s used, thickest had a divot for wires only, the rest enough there for drywall nails to hold the ceiling up), but at the old wall. I'm surprised the tub itself wasn't enough to crash through, but when the lady of the house started filling the tub for a soak, she ran downstairs to fix a libation, heard a loud crack, looked up at a 2 inch gap in the ceiling, and daringly ran into the room and shut off the water, then pulled the plug and ran. By the time one of our guys got there to shore it until the next workday, it was about to come crashing through. This was in 1986. The shuttle disaster happened while we were doing that repair.

Great work on how you removed the load bearing wall.Donavan is a true professional.Matt you are very talented also. Love this rebuild series.Thanks for sharing☺️☺️☺️👍👍👍

The "square-scraper" is as good for getting foam off joists as it was on icy boards outside.

Matt took the fancy approach by hiding the beam. It's cheaper to install it lower and box it in. Are you getting a lot of cold air from the sun room? You could temporarily put in bat insulation for the winter. Take it out when the windows are installed. Glad the project is going smoothly. Your contractor is making this look too easy. 😉

The more I watch Donovan work, the better I feel about some of my DIY projects. Yes, he knows WAY more about what he's doing, but so much of home remodeling is answering the question "I have X issue. How do I make what I'd do in a brand new house work here?" Really loving this series, Matt. I know its off your normal content, but I'm still a fan.

Great work Donovan supporting the load from above. I’m sure other contractors would be less careful causing cracking and damage above. Nicely done.

A star is born. I love how Donovan feels much more comfortable from a video to the next one!

The happy-go-lucky and the grumpy pessimist! I can't get enough of you guys

This is such great content! I'm really enjoying the level of detail you're showing. As another commenter mentioned, this is what I wish This Old House was. Keep up the great work!

Finaly Another Video i cant wait to See!!! Thank you for sharing your reconstructing work in the house!

Removing the chunks of spray foam reminds me of folks who do bee nest removals, and pull out comb from between joists

Awesome job, you guys get along so well together.

You got really lucky sliding the beams in. I've done it in some house's where there was NO ROOM TO MOVE. Hated having to cut through exterior walls.

It is a huge job. Looking so good.

Great video as always. Keep them coming. It is hard waitng a whole week !

I really love watching you two work together. and the space is really opening up. can't wait to see the next one.

Empire needs to rebrand their square to "Square/Scraper".

Some great progress and was interesting the way Donovan handled it.

Hey Matt! What a great room that's going to be! I'm excited for your family to live and grow in that space. Thanks for the awesome videos.

Matt I’m always amazed by your by your versatility it seem nothing is outside you ability

Tell Donavan “Perfect is close enough”

You two are awesome.

Great job, my friends 👏

Glad it went better than you had expected!

Absolutely awesome work it’s looking awesome 👍👍👍👍

Great job guys

Thank you for sharing

OK! NOW we're seeing some amazing demolition planning! Installing temporary supports while removing the original wall made total sense. But, cutting a hole in the wall to slide the LVL into place was a brilliant idea, Donavan!!! Well done!!! Good thing adjacent room was big enough to allow that!

Awesome stuff Matt! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO

Enjoyed the video.

Greetings Matt, This is for Donavan. Donavan, I noticed you getting up and down on the Bakers scaffolding by taking just one step up to the scaffolding. Now if you really feel comfortable doing this ok. However, you are no longer a spring chicken and we think nothing on doing certain tasks in our younger years. I was doing the same thing when I was your age and blew out my knee. May I suggest that you make yourself a small wooden step to use when climbing up to the scaffolding deck? This may save you from injuring yourself. Take care, stay healthy and I enjoy watching this renovation. Geez, I wish I had some of theses tools when I was doing all of my renovations to my first home.

Always nerve wrecking when dealing with a load bearing wall. Great job guys!

Made a lot of progress that's all right one step forward and non backwards

They do sell a really cool paint stripping scraper attachment for the isolating tools. Might be handy if you need it for the foam down the road.

This was an exciting episode. I watched from beginning to end with only one coffee break.

Add a description of LVL and LSL and why you chose each for beams and joists.

Your discovery of how close the flooring installer came to causing a flood reminds me of what happened with mine. This a very old house with rather shallow joists - 4" rather than the normal 8" or 9". I warned the installer about the cables running through the joists and that he should really, really careful. We heard him with his nail gun going at it like a bull in a china shop. The day after he left we discovered that he'd gone through three cables all on different circuits. I was livid and used the money I was going to give him to pay for the electrician and plasterer to undo the damage. It didn't cover the cost.

More progress, which is always good. It was nice to see that the spray foam came off as clean as it did so you and Donavon didn't have to do too much scraping. That space will so nice when the beam is finished and you can remove the temporary braces. I always cringe a little when I see any contractor using their speed square as a scraper for snow, ice, or spray foam. It's probably more than durable enough to get the job done, but I can only guess that it does wear down the tool much quicker than a flat pencil does during normal use.

Just call this series _Matt's Old House._ "Welcome back to Matt's Old House."

love watching,,,you guys are a team...Don is a pretty smart guy,,look what all your learning Matt...have it the way you want Matt,,nows the time,,haa...your down to brass tacks here..when you get it done,it should open up some room...thats what i miss,,a nice full basement,,,warm,,everyone has hobbies...mine is wood making and electronics,,i know the dust dont work with each other..but thats what they make walls for..but i do what i love to do..i know u do to...Spring is right over the hill..first the time moves up..the 13th..keep hammering

Triton for the win!

Another episode of Donovan's home destruction! Great work guys.

good job here in the uk this sort of job is done with a steel i beam main because our timber is aweful any thing that size would be engineered laminate and cost more than steel..

Great job as usual Matt, it's always nice when things go smoother than expected. Loved the joking around but a hard hat would help if a hammer or bar slipped out of Donovan's hand while you worked below him. Great content and thanks for sharing.

Pouches - pouches - who needs pouches - you've got Matthew!

"Another hole in the wall" is the complete reversal of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall". Go to it gents !

Hi, thanks, very interesting. Are you going to post the rest of the Load Bearing Wall grand opening ?

Have the building inspectors been around? Those conversations would make great content.

Learned Load bearing by watching another crew remove a wall and hurting a number of their own crew members, lucky no one else was inside the work zone when this happened (Our safety called us out when he heard what they were going to do)

I was really nervous about the way you removed that beam. Later on I could see the way the other side was attached . 22:18 That made me feel better. Moving on.

lol.... when you mentioned him needing a pouch and he said, "who needs pouches" that would have been a perfect time to do a "Pouches" parody of the movie scene with the Mexican Bandits in Treasure of Sierra Madre. its a classic haha... anyways, you guys are making amazing progress on that project, im loving the journey!

Holy hair Cremona

I haz the question, when you were doing the thing with the stuff did you see the look Donovan gave you?!! That's one for the books!

All while don was removing that foam insulation i kept yelling Don watch those naile left on rafters from the drywall he almost split his head on them a few times !

Welcome to the Don & Matt House Destruction and Reconstruction Show

Donovan reaching hard with the product placement so close to organic here we go

Don't fully understand what's going on in this one but I'm impressed anyway.

I am from the Uk, here we have Acro's , you put a Scaffold Board (2x9 x 13ft) underneath the floor , jack up the acro's underneath and then cut down the wall you want gone, bolt up your new I beam take down the acro's, job done !! Do you not have Acro's in the states ??? Makes life a lot easier. Doing well on the build boys.

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I love this project. I am hooked on these you tube videos. ? Why didn't you use the sawmill to cut the LVLs?

Is it just me, or is carpentry more fun to watch than fine woodworking?

Speed-square scraper... lol

I was expecting you to gang up the beams and run your sawmill once. I guess the planer works too.

Another technique for the speed square. A scraper. I thought I was inventive.

Matt, Cany y ou cut the LDDLs on your big bandsaw?

the other option is to pad down the other ceiling joists.

You should probably cover up your furniture haha

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I can never figure out out why you guys use such small hammers. I have a 4lb club hammer that fixes most demolition jobs before I move up to my 14lb sledge hammer. Best regards.

Whaddayathink? Do Matt and UK's Boris Johnson go to the same barber? Okay I'll admit it. I'm hair challenged and jealous.

Get the hard hats on guys!!

That's supposed to be LDLs.

A question. Watching the spray foam be removed with little trouble I wonder just how good of a job it does. It seems it was not adhered to the wood over which it was sprayed. Comment please.

Question for Donovan...how long has he been in the building trade?

What does Donovan have against red tools?

I thought Donovan's helper (the one with small hands) was going to have all that spray foam removed. Can't get hood help now-a-days.

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Matt are you wearing nicks?

I assume your wife is doing the filming. Brava!

What do you do for a living?

LBL= load bearing…what?

Wait a minute. Donavan doesn’t like Milwaukee tools!? But, but how?

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Im wrong. I thought he would have got a haircut, after my comment last episode

Try a fire

I don't speak construction. What is an LVL? LBL? Load bearing...?