Never mind the renovation...... TOP MUSIC.......!!!!

looks more like wood worm than just rot

Treat the timbers before covering them again 👍

Looks like you & your wife have no problem with the stairs to the attic. I am of a larger size, so would have had to move the stairs, so that they came out in the middle of the house. It's a very big job for a DIYer, so I can understand why you haven't done it. Well done on some good restoration work. Two thumbs up.

Had to re-watch the "full of dust" cut a couple of times. Delivery was beautiful. Legit LOL!

Great video, this floor levelling is one of your ‘easier’ tasks (well apart from humping up the chipboard.😉👍

Unless rain is coming down or imminent, open your skylights. The more air you have circulating the better. Make certain the up facing side of the second floor ceiling is fully dry as well as the joists. Several box fans would be useful. Use one to suck this attics air out and blow it into the barn. Looks like you have a lot of nails to deal with. Give Marion a break and consider cutting the nails flush with an abrasive disk. Get yourself a couple of nice planks or plywood (much lighter than OSB) walkways. You will be using them a lot. Will be much easier on your knees and you'll avoid much of the risk of stepping through the ceiling. :) TO level the floor, you will have to use dimension lumber sized so that you can cut one single wedge that will run from the center beam to a point just beyond where your knee wall will stand. No point in going all the way into the eve. Cut your wedge board material to length get your dimensions at beginning and end, snap a chalk line and rip it with a circular saw. Tack it in place and move on to the next one. :)

Yep, definitely wood worm. Replace the weak and treat the rest. And don't keep the removed planks inside the house. Unless you want do it (the replace-and-treat) again in a couple years!

had the same problem with wood worm had to take up 36 square metres dirty horrible job... but someone has to do it.. thanks for sharing

I love watching the reno, it's something I'm in to now. Seeing the products and methods available for DIY'ers in France is a great learning adventure. But I have to say again, your video story telling / video editing / audio post skills are really good. You have talked a little about Marion's day job, I'm curious what your background is. Have you ever been a Documentary Producer? If not, maybe you should consider it. Great job.

You’ve shown us that the floor is horribly out of level but not why it is ,otherwise a great episode in persistence and getting the job done.

Deffo wood worm and it's in your joists too

Free dry firewood for autum you have now!

I do not envy you those stairs nor the job of carrying materials up to the attic. I'm waiting with somewhat bated breath to see how you're going to re-frame that floor level Lewis.

Awesome music choices Nah ...keep the wonky floor ...it's called character 😂 😮 those attic stairs look steep, with tiny treads That looks like a civilised van conversion with a shower ?

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👍👍👍. Thank you

I mean it's a good meaning.

Not sure if you've used nippers before to remove nails... if you haven't, they are very helpful, particularly, when pulling nails from old wood. It is much easier on your hands and arms. Nippers are also used in horse shoeing--same purpose, remove nails. Only one caution, don't grip too tightly, or you'll cut the nail instead of pulling it. You'll warnt to use bigger nippers because you're pulling bigger nails.

I'm always vastly impressed by people who know how to do everything........ And do it !!! 😊😊

The wood dust looks to me like frass.

Looks like you both have your work cut out for you - hope it goes well. Regards.

Bonjour et bon courage allez vous relever la poutre...ou juste le sol.?

No one wants boards that are Fu …. ll of dust 😅

Wow! Your girlfriend is in pretty good shape, does she work out a lot. You get a thumbs up because she graced our presence.