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Our Journey to a Simpler & More Eco Friendly Life
in Rural Portugal

Follow along as we renovate and restore a dilapidated Portuguese farm into a eco friendly homestead.

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Eco and Beyond

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Eco-friendly living in central Portugal. Follow our journey as we restore and modernise an old manor-style house and farm land back to its former glory. Tune in for renovation vlogs, veg growing, recipes and much more. For more eco inspiration and resources check out our website at ecoandbeyond.co

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Kylie is running the show this week and getting her hands dirty with some lovely pieces of wood. In preparation for installing two large oak lintels above the windows in our bathroom, we're peeling back the layers of dirt, grime, water damage and more, hoping to reveal some beautiful grain and rustic charm within. In this episode Kylie plays with some new tools and rocks out on her own while I spend the week in a hotel working on a client project. You'll just have to wait and see what happens to the lintels – and one of our most valuable tools – on my return... The Story So Far --------------------------- My name’s Guy. My wife Kylie and I bought this abandoned stone farm building and ¾ acre of land in the autumn of 2020 and have been slowly (but surely) restoring it and bringing it back to its former glory. We’re doing a lot of the work ourselves - having tacked 3 previous property renovations in the UK DIY style - and we're trying to use as many natural and eco friendly materials as possible while we build a semi-self-sufficient homestead. We’ve spent a bit of time setting up a no-dig veg garden and building some temporary accommodation (a large tent on a large circular deck) so we can live on our land while we tackle the building project. Stay tuned to see what we get up to and follow our progress. Subscribe to follow our journey: -------------------------------------------------- https://www.facebook.com/ecoandbeyond https://www.instagram.com/ecoandbeyond https://www.ecoandbeyond.co Here's a list of tools and other products that we use and love: 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 US: https://amzn.to/3mJatQz​ UK: https://amzn.to/3g5Ibyc​ DE: https://amzn.to/3g2Yko9​ 𝐏𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 UK: https://amzn.to/3sddJol​ DE: https://amzn.to/3dfuGKk​ 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐚 𝟏𝟑𝟎𝟎 (𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫) US: https://amzn.to/2Rs8Qeh​ UK: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK​ DE: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK​ 𝐃𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 US: https://amzn.to/3tgASY7​ UK: https://amzn.to/32anmtk​ DE: https://amzn.to/3gcLyUh​ 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬) US: https://amzn.to/3a6m0El​ UK: https://amzn.to/2Q1OAzV​ DE: https://amzn.to/3mFCmJc​ 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 - 𝐆𝐨𝐏𝐫𝐨 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝟗 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 US - https://amzn.to/3mGJR2m​ UK - https://amzn.to/3e2jeku​ DE - https://amzn.to/3deKCwM​ 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 - 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐥 𝐏𝐑-𝟒𝟎 US - https://amzn.to/3tfiaQB​ UK - https://amzn.to/3mHeq8a​ DE - https://amzn.to/3e0n11H​ 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐫: Order your NIF online and receive it in just one week. Get $10 off your order using code ECOANDBEYOND - https://bordr.io/​ ** Disclaimer: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, we will earn a small commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you.

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Restoring Oak Lintels – Portugal Property Renovation – Episode 024

Eco and Beyond 10.9K views May 8, 2021 9:00 am

Join us for a coffee and a chat, live from the farm! Let us know your questions in advance or join us and ask on air and we'll do our best to answer as many of them as we can. If you can't join us live, you can still post a question in the comments and catch the replay.

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LIVE Q&A – Portugal Property Renovation

Eco and Beyond 14.8K views May 2, 2021 11:11 am

Reverse engineering the water supply is the name of the game in this week's episode. We have water in the house and we have an outside tap. We know where the water meter is and we've found a sliver of the pipe that brings the water into the house. But there are a lot of unknowns and in this video we put our detective hats on (and grab some new heavy duty tools) and start digging up the concrete and marble crazy paving that surrounds our house in an effort to get some answers. When we know where the existing water feed is and how all the taps, manifolds and old gas boilers are fed we can start taking steps to remove the old and instate the new. As usual, nothing goes to plan and we end up making all sorts of ridiculous mistakes so stick around and see what happens! The Story So Far --------------------------- My name’s Guy. My wife Kylie and I bought this abandoned stone farm building and ¾ acre of land in the autumn of 2020 and have been slowly (but surely) restoring it and bringing it back to its former glory. We’re doing a lot of the work ourselves - having tacked 3 previous property renovations in the UK DIY style - and we're trying to use as many natural and eco friendly materials as possible while we build a semi-self-sufficient homestead. We’ve spent a bit of time setting up a no-dig veg garden and building some temporary accommodation (a large tent on a large circular deck) so we can live on our land while we tackle the building project. Stay tuned to see what we get up to and follow our progress. Subscribe to follow our journey: -------------------------------------------------- https://www.facebook.com/ecoandbeyond https://www.instagram.com/ecoandbeyond https://www.ecoandbeyond.co Here's a list of tools and other products that we use and love: 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 US: https://amzn.to/3mJatQz​ UK: https://amzn.to/3g5Ibyc​ DE: https://amzn.to/3g2Yko9​ 𝐏𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 UK: https://amzn.to/3sddJol​ DE: https://amzn.to/3dfuGKk​ 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐚 𝟏𝟑𝟎𝟎 (𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫) US: https://amzn.to/2Rs8Qeh​ UK: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK​ DE: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK​ 𝐃𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 US: https://amzn.to/3tgASY7​ UK: https://amzn.to/32anmtk​ DE: https://amzn.to/3gcLyUh​ 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬) US: https://amzn.to/3a6m0El​ UK: https://amzn.to/2Q1OAzV​ DE: https://amzn.to/3mFCmJc​ 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 - 𝐆𝐨𝐏𝐫𝐨 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝟗 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 US - https://amzn.to/3mGJR2m​ UK - https://amzn.to/3e2jeku​ DE - https://amzn.to/3deKCwM​ 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 - 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐥 𝐏𝐑-𝟒𝟎 US - https://amzn.to/3tfiaQB​ UK - https://amzn.to/3mHeq8a​ DE - https://amzn.to/3e0n11H​ 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐫: Order your NIF online and receive it in just one week. Get $10 off your order using code ECOANDBEYOND - https://bordr.io/​ ** Disclaimer: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, we will earn a small commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you.

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Search for the (Elusive) Water Feed – Portugal Property Renovation – Episode 022

Eco and Beyond 22.1K views April 24, 2021 9:00 am

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