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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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Welcome to a very chilled and slow paced episode where we spend a bit of down time in the garden. In this video weโ€™ll sow some seeds, sieve some compost, make some more no-dig beds and plant out some seedlings. And while all this takes place over a few weekends โ€“ on our โ€œdays offโ€ from the building project โ€“ as youโ€™ll see, not everything goes to plan and itโ€™s not always such a relaxing or restful experience as we might hope for. So, stick around and see how things unfoldโ€ฆ Related Videos ------------------------ Starting Our No Dig Veg Garden in Portugal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el3X-JkBwv0 January Farm Tour - Episode 010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSRpBLAMikw&t=260s Notes and Links -------------------------- practiceportuguese.com portugueselabacademy.com 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: ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ US: https://amzn.to/3mJatQz UK: https://amzn.to/3g5Ibyc DE: https://amzn.to/3g2Yko9 ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ UK: https://amzn.to/3sddJol DE: https://amzn.to/3dfuGKk ๐„๐œ๐จ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ (๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ) US: https://amzn.to/2Rs8Qeh UK: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK DE: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ US: https://amzn.to/3tgASY7 UK: https://amzn.to/32anmtk DE: https://amzn.to/3gcLyUh ๐–๐จ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ) US: https://amzn.to/3a6m0El UK: https://amzn.to/2Q1OAzV DE: https://amzn.to/3mFCmJc ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š - ๐†๐จ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ— ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค US - https://amzn.to/3mGJR2m UK - https://amzn.to/3e2jeku DE - https://amzn.to/3deKCwM ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž - ๐‡๐ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐‘-๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ US - https://amzn.to/3tfiaQB UK - https://amzn.to/3mHeq8a DE - https://amzn.to/3e0n11H ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ: 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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Digging Up Our No Dig Veg Garden, Spring Sowings and Planting – Episode 020

Eco and Beyond 15.3K views April 10, 2021 9:00 am

The deck is done. The shed is complete. The solar PV system has been installed and we're generating all our own electricity. We've been living off grid on our small quinta in central Portugal for just over 2 weeks now. And we - and our two cats - have settled in nicely. In this video we'll give you a tour of our Sibley Bell Tent (complete with king-sized bed and remote working area), our off-grid solar setup, the camp kitchen and a new (old) purchase... Our Solar Equipment --------------------------------- 6x 400W PV panels 1x DC combiner box 1x Victron Energy 150/60 MPPT charge controller 1x Victron Energy Multiplus II 48V 5000VA 70A inverter charger 1x Victron Energy Cerbo GX 4x 2.4kWh Pylontech batteries Links and Resources --------------------------------- https://transicaosimples.com/en/ http://www.solarshop.pt/ The Story So Far -------------------------- In case this is the first video of our videos youโ€™ve watched, here's a quick bit of background... My name's Guy. My wife Kylie and I bought an old farmhouse and 3/4 acre of land in central Portugal which has been abandoned for 20+ years. We started renovating the property in late 2020 and (until recently) had been living in a rental flat 30km drive away (as the farm house is not currently habitable). We built a deck and a shed to house our solar equipment and a temporary kitchen and we're now living in a large bell tent while we renovate and restore the main house. I think that's most of the key details but do check out our other videos to see more of what we've been up to! 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: ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ US: https://amzn.to/3mJatQz UK: https://amzn.to/3g5Ibyc DE: https://amzn.to/3g2Yko9 ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ UK: https://amzn.to/3sddJol DE: https://amzn.to/3dfuGKk ๐„๐œ๐จ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ (๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ) US: https://amzn.to/2Rs8Qeh UK: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK DE: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ US: https://amzn.to/3tgASY7 UK: https://amzn.to/32anmtk DE: https://amzn.to/3gcLyUh ๐–๐จ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ) US: https://amzn.to/3a6m0El UK: https://amzn.to/2Q1OAzV DE: https://amzn.to/3mFCmJc ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š - ๐†๐จ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ— ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค US - https://amzn.to/3mGJR2m UK - https://amzn.to/3e2jeku DE - https://amzn.to/3deKCwM ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž - ๐‡๐ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐‘-๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ US - https://amzn.to/3tfiaQB UK - https://amzn.to/3mHeq8a DE - https://amzn.to/3e0n11H ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ: 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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Off Grid Living in Portugal – Tour our Tent, Solar Setup and Camp Kitchen – Episode 019

Eco and Beyond 27K views April 3, 2021 9:55 am

The kitchen / solar shed is (almost) finished! We have the cladding attached, a window installed and a lockable door hung. There was a bit of a delay getting this episode out as an online order weโ€™d placed for some roofing materials took over two weeks to be delivered (even though the website said 72hr delivery). However, the delivery made it and we can now call our shed a kitchen. In this video weโ€™ll show you the process of attaching the cladding and hanging a door. Weโ€™ll also give you a bit of a tour around the finished building and bring you up to speed with some other developments down on the farm now that weโ€™ve FINALLY moved on to the land. Related Links: Scott Brown Carpentry https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_JILA9Hg517dKdMb3n2OrQ How to Hang a Door (by Scott Brown) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsXUdu9cKgQ THE STORY SO FAR In case this is the first video of our videos youโ€™ve watched, here's a quick bit of background... My name's Guy. My wife Kylie and I bought an old farmhouse and 3/4 acre of land in central Portugal which has been abandoned for 20+ years. We started renovating the property in late 2020 and have been living in a rental flat 30km drive away (as the farm house is not currently habitable). So we can avoid driving back and forth every day, save money on diesel and spend more time on our land, we've decided to move in โ€“ even though the house isn't ready. We built a deck and have (almost) finished building a timber framed shed which will house our solar equipment and act as a temporary kitchen. Weโ€™re now living on the land in a large bell tent which will be our home for the next 6-24 months while we crack on with renovation works in the main house. I think that's most of the key details but do check out our other videos to see more of what we've been up to! 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: ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ US: https://amzn.to/3mJatQz UK: https://amzn.to/3g5Ibyc DE: https://amzn.to/3g2Yko9 ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ UK: https://amzn.to/3sddJol DE: https://amzn.to/3dfuGKk ๐„๐œ๐จ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ (๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ) US: https://amzn.to/2Rs8Qeh UK: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK DE: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ US: https://amzn.to/3tgASY7 UK: https://amzn.to/32anmtk DE: https://amzn.to/3gcLyUh ๐–๐จ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ) US: https://amzn.to/3a6m0El UK: https://amzn.to/2Q1OAzV DE: https://amzn.to/3mFCmJc ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š - ๐†๐จ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ— ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค US - https://amzn.to/3mGJR2m UK - https://amzn.to/3e2jeku DE - https://amzn.to/3deKCwM ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž - ๐‡๐ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐‘-๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ US - https://amzn.to/3tfiaQB UK - https://amzn.to/3mHeq8a DE - https://amzn.to/3e0n11H ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ: 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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Shed Cladding and Door Hanging – Episode 018

Eco and Beyond 15.2K views March 27, 2021 9:41 am

While we're waiting on a materials delivery to finish our kitchen shed, we DID receive a delivery from Canvascamp with our fancy new Sibley 600 Twin Pro bell tent. We often joke that our videos are not "how to" videos, just "how we did something" videos - and this one is definitely "NOT how to" put up a bell tent. Watch as we wrestle with putting up this 20m2 tent and all the issues we encounter along the way. It might not be a smooth experience but we thought it was quite amusing. Plus, we're all about sharing the real side of our journey and it doesn't get much more real than this - ridiculous as it might seem! THE STORY SO FAR In case this is the first video in the series you've watched, here's a quick bit of background... My name's Guy. My wife Kylie and I bought an old farmhouse and 3/4 acre of land in central Portugal which has been abandoned for 20+ years. We started renovating the property in late 2020 and have been living in a rental flat 30km drive away (as the farm house is not currently habitable). So we can avoid driving back and forth every day, save money on diesel and spend more time on our land, we've decided to move in โ€“ even though the house isn't ready. We built a large circular deck and are in the process of building a shed which will house our solar equipment and a temporary kitchen. The bell tent we put up in this video will become our home for the next 6-24 months while we crack on with renovation works in the main house. I think that's most of the key details but do check out our other videos to see more of what we've been up to! Subscribe to follow our journey: https://www.facebook.com/ecoandbeyondโ€‹ https://www.instagram.com/ecoandbeyondโ€‹ https://www.ecoandbeyond.co ----- Here's a list of tools and other products that we use and love: ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ US: https://amzn.to/3mJatQz UK: https://amzn.to/3g5Ibyc DE: https://amzn.to/3g2Yko9 ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ UK: https://amzn.to/3sddJol DE: https://amzn.to/3dfuGKk ๐„๐œ๐จ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ (๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ) US: https://amzn.to/2Rs8Qeh UK: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK DE: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ US: https://amzn.to/3tgASY7 UK: https://amzn.to/32anmtk DE: https://amzn.to/3gcLyUh ๐–๐จ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ) US: https://amzn.to/3a6m0El UK: https://amzn.to/2Q1OAzV DE: https://amzn.to/3mFCmJc ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š - ๐†๐จ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ— ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค US - https://amzn.to/3mGJR2m UK - https://amzn.to/3e2jeku DE - https://amzn.to/3deKCwM ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž - ๐‡๐ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐‘-๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ US - https://amzn.to/3tfiaQB UK - https://amzn.to/3mHeq8a DE - https://amzn.to/3e0n11H ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ: 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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How (NOT) to Put Up a Sibley Bell Tent – Canvascamp Sibley 600 Twin Pro – Episode 017

Eco and Beyond 18.4K views March 13, 2021 10:00 am

Rarely do things go perfectly to plan when building - or on any creative project for that matter - and this episode is no different. However, regardless of some ups and downs, our kitchen shed now has an (eco friendly) roof and walls and is (hopefully) weather tight. As usual, we'll show you what we did every step of the way as we battle to find the best building materials and deal with the wind... For more information about the roofing material we used check out the Onduline website (not sponsored) https://www.onduline.com/en/ THE STORY SO FAR In case this is the first video in the series you've watched, here's a quick bit of background... My name's Guy and my wife Kylie and I have bought an old Portuguese farmhouse and land that has been abandoned for 20+ years. We started renovating the property in late 2020 and have been living in a rental flat 30km drive away as the farm house is not currently habitable. So we can save time driving back and forth, and spend more time on our land, we've decided to move on to the land. We built a large circular deck and are in the process of building a shed which will house our solar equipment and a temporary kitchen. Very soon we'll be pitching a large bell tent on the deck and this will be our home for the next 6-24 months while we crack on with renovation works in the main house. I think that's most of the key details but do check out our other videos to see more of what we've been up to! 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: ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ US: https://amzn.to/3mJatQz UK: https://amzn.to/3g5Ibyc DE: https://amzn.to/3g2Yko9 ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ UK: https://amzn.to/3sddJol DE: https://amzn.to/3dfuGKk ๐„๐œ๐จ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ (๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ) US: https://amzn.to/2Rs8Qeh UK: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK DE: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ US: https://amzn.to/3tgASY7 UK: https://amzn.to/32anmtk DE: https://amzn.to/3gcLyUh ๐–๐จ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ) US: https://amzn.to/3a6m0El UK: https://amzn.to/2Q1OAzV DE: https://amzn.to/3mFCmJc ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š - ๐†๐จ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ— ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค US - https://amzn.to/3mGJR2m UK - https://amzn.to/3e2jeku DE - https://amzn.to/3deKCwM ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž - ๐‡๐ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐‘-๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ US - https://amzn.to/3tfiaQB UK - https://amzn.to/3mHeq8a DE - https://amzn.to/3e0n11H ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ: 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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An Eco Friendly Roof For Our Timber Framed Shed – Onduline Roofing Panels – Episode 016

Eco and Beyond 32.4K views March 6, 2021 10:00 am

The next stage in our grand plan is to create a sturdy, waterproof and secure structure to store our food โ€“ and somewhere cook. In this video we start the process of framing a 7m2 shed on our 65m2 circular deck that we completed in the last video. This shed is an important component in being able to move on to our ยพ acre homestead in central Portugal. We are currently staying in a rental flat but itโ€™s over a 30min drive away from our farm which weโ€™re renovating. And the time, effort and fuel costs are starting to take their toll. The renovation project is likely to last multiple years and so weโ€™re working hard to create some temporary accommodation on site. This will take the form of a large bell tent, composting toilet, solar shower and solar power system. Here weโ€™re tackling building a structure where we can install the solar equipment, plug in a fridge and store a bunch of our stuff in weather proof conditions. During this first part of the shed build, we've also interspersed some extra details of our past renovation projects. We've had lots of questions about our background and experience and thought this would be a good way to share it. We're now taking these experiences along with lots of new things we've learned from YouTube and forging ahead with the biggest and most challenging project so far. Weโ€™ve never built a building like this timber framed shed before so, as you might imagine, not everything goes smoothly or according to plan. So, letโ€™s find out how we got onโ€ฆ Catch up with progress so far in the โ€œCircular Deck Buildโ€ playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdewI8jKVLA&list=PLm5RDN9aI-gyPvjg3Uq9xAkmMNXMi_651 Take a look at our New Malden renovation blog: http://www.amasproperty.wordpress.com Take a tour of our farm: https://youtu.be/mVV1TezHePU 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: ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ US: https://amzn.to/3mJatQz UK: https://amzn.to/3g5Ibyc DE: https://amzn.to/3g2Yko9 ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ UK: https://amzn.to/3sddJol DE: https://amzn.to/3dfuGKk ๐„๐œ๐จ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ (๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ) US: https://amzn.to/2Rs8Qeh UK: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK DE: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ US: https://amzn.to/3tgASY7 UK: https://amzn.to/32anmtk DE: https://amzn.to/3gcLyUh ๐–๐จ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ) US: https://amzn.to/3a6m0El UK: https://amzn.to/2Q1OAzV DE: https://amzn.to/3mFCmJc ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š - ๐†๐จ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ— ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค US - https://amzn.to/3mGJR2m UK - https://amzn.to/3e2jeku DE - https://amzn.to/3deKCwM ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž - ๐‡๐ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐‘-๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ US - https://amzn.to/3tfiaQB UK - https://amzn.to/3mHeq8a DE - https://amzn.to/3e0n11H ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ: 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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Timber Framing a Shed for our Temporary Kitchen – Episode 015

Eco and Beyond 30.2K views February 27, 2021 10:00 am

Itโ€™s been a few weeks coming but the deck is DONE. We had a run of good weather and the deck boards are now all cut, drilled, screwed and attached. It took a little longer than expected (as usual) but weโ€™re really pleased with the result - not bad for a first time deck build! The seemingly simple task of laying 65m2 of larch veranda boards was surprisingly challenging - and surprisingly interesting (if you ask us, anyway). During this build we tried hard to batch all the operations to be as efficient as possible. And we tested out a bunch of carpentry techniques (mostly learned from YouTube) that are very much tried and tested but definitely new to us. We learned a lot and the final result is not 100% perfect but itโ€™s pretty spot on. And, letโ€™s face it: itโ€™s a deck, not a piece of furniture so it doesnโ€™t have to be. Weโ€™ll be doing a write up on our website with a full list of materials and a cost breakdown if that kind of thing interests you. Stay tuned for that. 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: ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ US: https://amzn.to/3mJatQz UK: https://amzn.to/3g5Ibyc DE: https://amzn.to/3g2Yko9 ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ UK: https://amzn.to/3sddJol DE: https://amzn.to/3dfuGKk ๐„๐œ๐จ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ (๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ) US: https://amzn.to/2Rs8Qeh UK: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK DE: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ US: https://amzn.to/3tgASY7 UK: https://amzn.to/32anmtk DE: https://amzn.to/3gcLyUh ๐–๐จ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ) US: https://amzn.to/3a6m0El UK: https://amzn.to/2Q1OAzV DE: https://amzn.to/3mFCmJc ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š - ๐†๐จ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ— ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค US - https://amzn.to/3mGJR2m UK - https://amzn.to/3e2jeku DE - https://amzn.to/3deKCwM ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž - ๐‡๐ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐‘-๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ US - https://amzn.to/3tfiaQB UK - https://amzn.to/3mHeq8a DE - https://amzn.to/3e0n11H ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ: 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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Building (and FINISHING) a Circular Deck – Part 3 – Deck Boards – Episode 014

Eco and Beyond 33.1K views February 20, 2021 10:00 am

The deck frame is DONE! But unfortunately bad weather has made progress slow. But we have levelled the entire frame (all 65m2 of it!), raised it off the ground, secured it with a combination of brackets and timber feet and are now ready to lay some veranda boards on top - when the weather improves. So you don't miss out on your weekly dose of DIY renovations in Portugal, we thought we'd put together a quick video to show what we have achieved this week as well as answer some of the most frequently asked questions we received in the last video. There were LOTS of questions! But we love connecting with like minded people in the comments, so keep 'em coming ๐Ÿ™‚ The good news is we have some good weather on the horizon for the next few days so hopefully there's more to report next week. Related videos ----------------------- Off Grid Power Solution: EcoFlow Delta 1300: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u29VrxDH_L8 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: ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ US: https://amzn.to/3mJatQz UK: https://amzn.to/3g5Ibyc DE: https://amzn.to/3g2Yko9 ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ UK: https://amzn.to/3sddJol DE: https://amzn.to/3dfuGKk ๐„๐œ๐จ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ (๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ) US: https://amzn.to/2Rs8Qeh UK: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK DE: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ US: https://amzn.to/3tgASY7 UK: https://amzn.to/32anmtk DE: https://amzn.to/3gcLyUh ๐–๐จ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ) US: https://amzn.to/3a6m0El UK: https://amzn.to/2Q1OAzV DE: https://amzn.to/3mFCmJc ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š - ๐†๐จ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ— ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค US - https://amzn.to/3mGJR2m UK - https://amzn.to/3e2jeku DE - https://amzn.to/3deKCwM ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž - ๐‡๐ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐‘-๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ US - https://amzn.to/3tfiaQB UK - https://amzn.to/3mHeq8a DE - https://amzn.to/3e0n11H ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ: 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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Building a Circular Deck – Part 2 – Levelling the Deck Frame – Episode 013

Eco and Beyond 20.2K views February 13, 2021 10:00 am

As part of our master plan to make more progress on our Portuguese farmhouse renovation, weโ€™ve decided to move onto our land. That involves building some temporary accommodation in the form of a large circular deck where weโ€™ll pitch an equally large canvas tent. Once we've completed the deck build we can start building a timber framed shed which will house our temporary kitchen. This will give us somewhere to store and prep food and house our solar power installation. Once weโ€™ve got a solid foundation, a lockable store room and a steady supply of electricity, weโ€™ll put up the tent and move out of our rental apartment. This will allow us to move on to our own land where we can live mortgage and rent free while we take our time to renovate the main house. And if all that's not exciting enough, this project has a bit of a time crunch on it because weโ€™ve only got 5 days to complete the deck build before some bad weather sets in and I have to go back to work on a client project. So, stick around and let's see if we get it done or not...! Some deck details for you: The deck frame is built from rough sawn larch joists which are 80mm x 60mm. This will be topped with 145mm x 24mm larch veranda deck boards. The total area of the deck is 65m2 with a diameter of just over 9m. We ordered 400 linear metres of larch joists for this project so there will be enough left over for the shed build and some stud walls in the main house. We purchased 300 100mm stainless steel screws for the deck which was only just enough. We also bought 2500 50mm stainless steel screws for the deck boards. Both are made by Spax. 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: ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ US: https://amzn.to/3mJatQz UK: https://amzn.to/3g5Ibyc DE: https://amzn.to/3g2Yko9 ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ UK: https://amzn.to/3sddJol DE: https://amzn.to/3dfuGKk ๐„๐œ๐จ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ (๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ) US: https://amzn.to/2Rs8Qeh UK: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK DE: https://amzn.to/2PXZczK ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ US: https://amzn.to/3tgASY7 UK: https://amzn.to/32anmtk DE: https://amzn.to/3gcLyUh ๐–๐จ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ) US: https://amzn.to/3a6m0El UK: https://amzn.to/2Q1OAzV DE: https://amzn.to/3mFCmJc ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š - ๐†๐จ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ— ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค US - https://amzn.to/3mGJR2m UK - https://amzn.to/3e2jeku DE - https://amzn.to/3deKCwM ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž - ๐‡๐ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐‘-๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ US - https://amzn.to/3tfiaQB UK - https://amzn.to/3mHeq8a DE - https://amzn.to/3e0n11H ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ: 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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Building a Circular Deck – Part 1 – Building the Frame – Episode 012

Eco and Beyond 35K views February 6, 2021 10:00 am

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