This man has a lot of wisdom and discipline. Incredible skill and confidence of what experience and maturity brings. This amazing video has given me ideas on the base footing for a cinder block wall. Like fine wine, age gets better with refinements and character. Thanks for the great video.
thanks for your help and sharing your experiences. I've been doing masonry work for 23 years. i had 3 different bosses inside a 20 year period. now I have had my own business for 3 years. I have finally created customer support,and I'm saughtafter due to my quality of work and keeping my word. I was taught how to work hard,and then faster,no one told me how to apply it on my own to feed my kids,until now,thanks for the education. thank you Mr.hadduck
I think you are a genius to put up a sample of how you want the footer and foundation wall to look. Doing that quickly communicates to everyone what the objective is . Keep up the great work !!
Thank you Mike . Been watching videos on pouring concrete footers for several days off & on Youre actually the first one to explain things . I appreciate this a lot .
The Mike Haduck Tailgate Reviews ..... my favorite part of the vids. Someone should compile all of them. Great great great. Hope your week has been good Dr. Mike
I have nothing but admiration and respect for Mike. If I ever get asked who taught me how I do my work I always give credit to him. I love his videos and the way he teaches is just plain awesome. Mike to me is the one and only mason I ever refer to when it comes to learning. Hope you have a great day, mentor. Regards one of your apprentices 😊👍🏻
Thank you for sharing, I learned a few things here that I have not, from the other hundreds of concrete videos I been watching. So thanks for the added insight/commentary.
Mike, I just wanted to say that this is one of the best and most simplistically informative videos I've ever seen on TH-cam. It's refreshing compared to the usual videos where a young kid, guided by their experienced father, acts like they've got it all figured out at 21. Often, there are subtleties missing from their explanations because they're reading from a card, not speaking from experience, just to get likes and subscribers. Your "I learned that this is my best way...take it or leave it" attitude is awesome. Thank you! I've been running projects to put myself through school and have been doing construction with my dad since I was 11. Now, I'm finally building my own home in the Colorado Rockies, and I'm doing it 100% on my own. The footer has been the one thing intimidating me, but your video really helped me overcome that fear. So, thanks again!
Code code code. We used to hand dig with no forms. Pounded small rebar in dirt for leveling. Then transit level each one. Drank bourbon. Thanks mike from minnesota. Voteing red next tuesday.
Your chair idea just saved me money. I was going to buy the fancy ones. I know this is an old video but you broke it down into layman’s words and I don’t know why but I’m way more confident about doing my addition footings now. I have probably done 150hrs of research. This was by far the best plus building codes are very important for minimums. I’m going to go a little more that what they suggest but not something unnecessary
You are a pioneer on TH-cam videos. Quality from the beginnings. I might never build my house myself (still nice dream) but it is great to have all these videos ready if the opportunity arises. The repair videos are great too. One thing I walked away with is that the best retaining wall is none. I have property soon that has a slope. I will not build a retaining wall if really not needed. Flatten parts of the area and just make a sharper slope and put vegetation. Cheap, you loose a bit of space but it makes life so much easier.
Really appreciated you bringing in some historical context ... the huge cathedrals built of massive, cut stones, all somehow leveraged into place without the use of modern day engineering, cranes and other powered machinery ... using raw man power, horse power and pure ingenuity. And still solidly standing many hundreds, maybe even a thousand (or more) years later. And the most important part ... the foundation ... the part that is (for the most part) invisible. Amazing to say the least.
Hey Mike, I know this is an older video but really enjoy your explanation, and the way you do the dry setup, also the templates you use to show how things are done, same way I make parts for and construct my hot rod! thanks for posting.
Hey man I start a concrete footers job tomorrow and I don't know anything about them.... Until now!!! Thanks man, abc explanation not complicated at all, now I know a lil something and won't look like an idiot on my first day. Thanks again man!!
Hey Mike Haduck, thanks for posting and sharing, l like your hand tamper “helper” he always holds the ruler straight and still, and he don’t give you no lip.
Thank you very much on your insight with installing footers, things have changed, I was doing this with my dad in the 50’s, yikes a little time has passed
Sure do appreciate this video because it answered some questions I had. I'm fixin' to build a stone wall that will have one ninety degree corner and several columns. It's not much at a total length of approx. thirty feet, but I want to do it right...so it will last. I'm using a white natural limestone rock. I have learned a ton of stuff watching Mike's videos. I now have a rock facing chisel, a few hammers of varying weights, and a brick hammer. I'm also building another wall utilizing new, and some used bricks, that I have been collecting for about two years. Once that wall four foot wall is around the perimeter of my rear deck and patio, I'm going to mix up the sand/topping myself, and finish the wall with either a Santa Barbara or Sand stucco texture, and then apply white Portland Cement finish. I just bought a new 1-9/16" High Output SDS Max type Rotary Hammer and a 1/2", a 5/8", and a 3/4" star tip masonry bit set...overkill? I'm thinking that making some holes for some pink fiberglass rebar will be a lot more fun than operating a 90lb. pneumatic jackhammer hooked up to a four cylinder Ford air compressor...busting bedrock for 12 hours a day in 95 degree Texas heat...'cause I've done that...but I was 19 years old then...and I'm 63 and minus one leg today.
I like the way you do things, I'm sort of old to(81 in Jan.) and do things just about the same way, that dry run is fool proof. I have to lay about 1250 blocks in the spring if I'm still here and my thumbs will work for me one more time. cheers.. I also build the corners and carry then down in the hole.
Brilliant video, Love Your Sense of Humour, People Take Life to Seriously, Stop what your doing, Sniff the Flowers, Look @ the ☁️, See the Wood for the 🌲
Wow never ever seen it done like this. I do structural concrete on west coast I hear an accent here. Good job nonetheless. It's a footer :) love it We call it a footing
Hey mike, question about the metal wiring that is laid after the first course of block in this video. But it’s only toward the corners of the course ? Just for additional strength and code ? Starts at 8:30 seconds. Thanks so much for your videos. You have inspired so many.
Hi ,This was a unique building because it was in a flood zone and we took extra precautions to make sure it didn't move, more than code and filled solid, Thanks Mike
wow thanks for the response, its actually a 3ft by 3ft cement slab at the,bottom of some steps that cracked and raised up on one so I put a layer ( 1 55lb bag) on it and it looks good but isnt level or pitching away as much as id like so i figure one 25lb bag should do it.
Thanks Mike your videos have helped me I’m building a new house and workshop in Germany, the house will be a prefabricated house and that will be done by a company I will clear the land for the 12 meter X 6 meter work shop I will make a footer to sit it on and I will place 30cm of sand and lay 50x50 pavers instead of pouring cement as the price of cement is high. I was thinking of mixing the cement using a mixer myself will this be a problem as I will have to pour it a bit at a time. I could get a truck close to the area if that would be best.. what should I do I’m from Oregon and I loved your video about using pavers/ stones instead of cement our driveway is 32 meters long and it is all pavers Jim
Looks like a lot of extra work. I've been a laborer on several footing jobs. The guy would just paint out the lines from the blueprint, start digging it with the track-hoe, and I'd shoot grade for him as we went. There were no form boards, we used the dirt banks as our form. Then tie the re-bar in, put it up on chairs, go back and put grade stakes in for our concrete height, and pour it.
Great video! We had to dig out an old footer for a basketball pole. The hole is the correct size needed for the new footer, but the top 12 inches is too large because we had to dig out dirt around old to jack hammer it out. Can we just secure a form at the top half and pack dirt tightly around it and pour?
Thanks for all the great videos... so this is a compound concrete block wall? Do you pour concrete down the space between the two concrete blocks? Is there a video about the compound block walls? I was thinking about how to make a really thick bunker type storm shelter using concrete blocks... it would also be cool to know how to make an all brick house up to code in the modern days. But can you show us how to make compound block walls of various types? And what about dry stack?
Great video! Does the vertical rebar every 4 ft have to be tied into the horizontal bar sitting on the chairs? I thought they did. Maybe Florida, where I am located, is different code. Please keep making these.
Hi MP, you got to do what the inspector says, I film my work so everyone knows it was done, personally I can't see how a piece of wire holding the rebar will make a difference, is mostly for infections purposes, thanks Mike
Mike, thanks for sharing all your knowledge with the world. Without guys like you so much of the old world building talent would be lost. I am a DIY and enjoy your conrete videos I always learn something new! Might be a silly question but on the form boards you use, are those perfectly level? I see you float right to the edge which makes me think yes. However, you could also be making things perfect when you do the block so maybe they are laid close enough?
Mike, love your videos but my question to you is, why did you not dig down to the frost line and pour the footer there? I'm trying to plan my dream garage build which I'm going to attempt to do most of which by myself with some help from family. 24x30 with a loft. I live in northern IL which I believe has a frost depth of 40".
HI James, here code is 42 inches down for a footer, most garages around here are a poured slab on gravel, I would do some checking into that than doing the footer thing, ask some of the locals, thanks mike
Thanks for taking time to make this video. Do you dig the center of the line where u mark for the wall? How low the footer should be beneath ground level? How many rods should be for the corners and how tall up? Apparently there’s a lot more detail than 11 mins video could show but please reply or make another footer video if u have a chance. Thank for your sharing your knowledge
So, after watching all of Mike's videos, the main thing to know is "everybody does it differently". A long as you know that you should be able to do 90% of what Mike does.
Hi The District. also lots of different techniques in different areas of the country, what works in Florida does not work in Alaska, I appreciate it. thanks, mike
Hi Rowgy, You hit it right on the mark, Scranton Wilkes-Barre area nice to hear from Williamsport just went through there a couple weeks ago, thanks Mike
I have a 40x60 cement block barn I'm building. The ground slopes 4" +/- in 3 directions from the top corner. What would be your suggestion for the footers... dig down and waste 3 rows of blocks on the top portion... backfill everything level THEN put my footers in... or try and do 10' stepped footers all the way around? I can't dig down or the water will flood from the top.
Hi T, It's impossible to say unless I was there and then you got these code guys and inspectors and who knows what they are going to say, I would ask one of the locals, thanks Mike
Mike Haduck Masonry can you recommend a mortar mix I can use to fix my front porch? I live in Youngstown, OH. The mortar in between the bricks is washed away and its like loose. I think I could fix it myself.
Hi Ryan, I can not say over the internet but I would not doubt a pre mix "S" mortar would be fine, check out my my "How I lay brick videos," and I would do some practicing with some old brick before doing the real fix. I hope it helps, thanks mike
Mike Haduck Masonry ok. I thought of taking some pics of the job and emailing it to Quikrete or one of the manufacturers and having them recommend what product to use.
Great video gives good insight on what you gotta do. Do you have any videos on bond beams. We are starting to build our own shop and inspector is telling us we need reinforcement on walls with a bond beam. Thanks Chris
Hi Grubb, I checked your channel out and subscribed, I think you will do very well, very good videos, I don't do anything live ,slowing down and moving to Florida, I got a years worth of videos put away plus what I pick up down here, but thanks for asking, maybe someday, thanks Mike
@MikeHaduck thats whats up! i appreciate u checking out the channel. i have looked up to your channel for years. im not a mason, just a concrete guy! But i am an all around construction guy!
I have seen a lot of builders dig their footer to ground level and pour concrete. They than start their block at ground level and go up. No forms used for footers since they stop at ground level. Is this a common way some masons/ builders do it to save time and labor? Thanks Mike, I appreciate your thoughts.
Hi Joseph, years ago they would dig trench footers and save time and money, but now with inspectors they want everything formed so they can inspect it, which doubles the cost for things like garages and wall, but it is the American way, lol. Thanks mike
This man has a lot of wisdom and discipline. Incredible skill and confidence of what experience and maturity brings. This amazing video has given me ideas on the base footing for a cinder block wall. Like fine wine, age gets better with refinements and character. Thanks for the great video.
Thanks jade, I appreciate the kind words, Mike
thanks for your help and sharing your experiences. I've been doing masonry work for 23 years. i had 3 different bosses inside a 20 year period. now I have had my own business for 3 years. I have finally created customer support,and I'm saughtafter due to my quality of work and keeping my word. I was taught how to work hard,and then faster,no one told me how to apply it on my own to feed my kids,until now,thanks for the education. thank you Mr.hadduck
Hi Casey, these kind of comments make me feel I am on the right track, I appreciate, thanks, I hope I keep living up to it. mike
I think you are a genius to put up a sample of how you want the footer and foundation wall to look. Doing that quickly communicates to everyone what the objective is . Keep up the great work !!
Thanks Jim, I learned it from the old timers, thanks mike
Thank you Mike . Been watching videos on pouring concrete footers for several days off & on
Youre actually the first one to explain things . I appreciate this a lot .
Thanks Stuart, mike
HEY MIKE !!! BEST plain stated, laymans , NO Bullshit , this is how it should be done video with explanation ...... NEED YOU IN CONGRESS !! thanks
Hi Lamont, I wouldn't do good there but I appreciate it. lol, thanks mike
The Mike Haduck Tailgate Reviews ..... my favorite part of the vids. Someone should compile all of them. Great great great. Hope your week has been good Dr. Mike
Thanks Thor. Mike
I have nothing but admiration and respect for Mike. If I ever get asked who taught me how I do my work I always give credit to him.
I love his videos and the way he teaches is just plain awesome.
Mike to me is the one and only mason I ever refer to when it comes to learning.
Hope you have a great day, mentor. Regards one of your apprentices 😊👍🏻
Thanks Fresh, I appreciate the kind words,mike
Mike is a great teacher. I will never do any of this masonary work, but love watching his videos. I learn so much.
Thanks Rani, Mike
Thank you for sharing, I learned a few things here that I have not, from the other hundreds of concrete videos I been watching. So thanks for the added insight/commentary.
Thanks Bert, mike
After watching your videos, I mixed some mortar with water and patched around my house. It worked out really well. Thanks and keep posting.👍
Thanks, Mike
Mike, I just wanted to say that this is one of the best and most simplistically informative videos I've ever seen on TH-cam. It's refreshing compared to the usual videos where a young kid, guided by their experienced father, acts like they've got it all figured out at 21. Often, there are subtleties missing from their explanations because they're reading from a card, not speaking from experience, just to get likes and subscribers.
Your "I learned that this is my best way...take it or leave it" attitude is awesome. Thank you! I've been running projects to put myself through school and have been doing construction with my dad since I was 11. Now, I'm finally building my own home in the Colorado Rockies, and I'm doing it 100% on my own. The footer has been the one thing intimidating me, but your video really helped me overcome that fear. So, thanks again!
Thanks Aaron, I appreciate it, Mike
Love it. Thanks Mike. Miss your videos.
Thanks mcchupka,, Mike
Thank you for the gift of education. Keep up the good work.
Code code code. We used to hand dig with no forms. Pounded small rebar in dirt for leveling. Then transit level each one. Drank bourbon.
Thanks mike from minnesota. Voteing red next tuesday.
Gotta account for the lowest common denominator. You might do it right, but plenty of people wouldn't if there wasn't a code.
Mike is one of my favorites because he explains things so clear without confusion! Much respect to mike!
Thanks dolly, mike
Your chair idea just saved me money. I was going to buy the fancy ones. I know this is an old video but you broke it down into layman’s words and I don’t know why but I’m way more confident about doing my addition footings now. I have probably done 150hrs of research. This was by far the best plus building codes are very important for minimums. I’m going to go a little more that what they suggest but not something unnecessary
Thanks Kyle, Mike
I like the way you think, very simple and lots of experience, thank you for your time and such a nice informative video.
Thanks villa, Mike
You are a pioneer on TH-cam videos. Quality from the beginnings. I might never build my house myself (still nice dream) but it is great to have all these videos ready if the opportunity arises. The repair videos are great too. One thing I walked away with is that the best retaining wall is none. I have property soon that has a slope. I will not build a retaining wall if really not needed. Flatten parts of the area and just make a sharper slope and put vegetation. Cheap, you loose a bit of space but it makes life so much easier.
Thanks ke, very true about the retaining walls, none is better, Mike
THIS is EXACTLY what I just spent over 3 hours trying to find. GREAT video!
Thanks Cameron, I am glad if it helps, Mike
Really appreciated you bringing in some historical context ... the huge cathedrals built of massive, cut stones, all somehow leveraged into place without the use of modern day engineering, cranes and other powered machinery ... using raw man power, horse power and pure ingenuity. And still solidly standing many hundreds, maybe even a thousand (or more) years later. And the most important part ... the foundation ... the part that is (for the most part) invisible. Amazing to say the least.
Thanks Murray, mike
Hey Mike, I know this is an older video but really enjoy your explanation, and the way you do the dry setup, also the templates you use to show how things are done, same way I make parts for and construct my hot rod! thanks for posting.
Thanks Kent. Mike
Thanks Mike still using these techniques!
Thanks Rudra, Mike
Old school I like it a Transit haven't seen one of those on a job in a long time I'm an old concrete guy love you videos thank you
thanks Bobby, I appreciate hearing that from a pro. mike
@@MikeHaduck Mike what state do you work in I just hit Salt Lake City tons of work here but just was wondering where you're at no hurry
you make me more interested in masonry with every video. thanks again!
Thanks Tim, Mike
Great info about footings thanks, from Ireland!
Thanks brack,, Mike
Hey man I start a concrete footers job tomorrow and I don't know anything about them.... Until now!!! Thanks man, abc explanation not complicated at all, now I know a lil something and won't look like an idiot on my first day. Thanks again man!!
Thanks Solo, I hope it all works out, thanks mike
Hey Mike Haduck, thanks for posting and sharing, l like your hand tamper “helper” he always holds the ruler straight and still, and he don’t give you no lip.
thanks Len, very true, lol, mike
Thank you very much on your insight with installing footers, things have changed, I was doing this with my dad in the 50’s, yikes a little time has passed
Thanks William, yep, things changed, Mike
Sure do appreciate this video because it answered some questions I had. I'm fixin' to build a stone wall that will have one ninety degree corner and several columns. It's not much at a total length of approx. thirty feet, but I want to do it right...so it will last. I'm using a white natural limestone rock. I have learned a ton of stuff watching Mike's videos. I now have a rock facing chisel, a few hammers of varying weights, and a brick hammer. I'm also building another wall utilizing new, and some used bricks, that I have been collecting for about two years. Once that wall four foot wall is around the perimeter of my rear deck and patio, I'm going to mix up the sand/topping myself, and finish the wall with either a Santa Barbara or Sand stucco texture, and then apply white Portland Cement finish. I just bought a new 1-9/16" High Output SDS Max type Rotary Hammer and a 1/2", a 5/8", and a 3/4" star tip masonry bit set...overkill? I'm thinking that making some holes for some pink fiberglass rebar will be a lot more fun than operating a 90lb. pneumatic jackhammer hooked up to a four cylinder Ford air compressor...busting bedrock for 12 hours a day in 95 degree Texas heat...'cause I've done that...but I was 19 years old then...and I'm 63 and minus one leg today.
Thanks Kandy, I am sure the wall will come out beautifully, Mike
I love your simple explanations as to what to do.....thanks a lot!
Thanks Mark, Mike
@@MikeHaduck I got a question Mike. What if you don't have a story pole?
Wow!!! Your great at explaining things step by step. Thanks.
Thanks Irene, Mike
I like the way you do things, I'm sort of old to(81 in Jan.) and do things just about the same way, that dry run is fool proof. I have to lay about 1250 blocks in the spring if I'm still here and my thumbs will work for me one more time. cheers.. I also build the corners and carry then down in the hole.
Thanks old dave, I appreciate hearing that from a man with experience, Mike
thank you . for the first time on youtube, your first to have made things so clear . know i understand
I tried, I appreciate it , thanks mike
I hope you make a video on the block, and brick work too, from that job! Great video Mike!
next will be how i squared it then the block plus pilasters and lentils, just waiting to finish the editing. I appreciate it, thanks mike
Mike Haduck Thanks Mike!
Omg thanks you for explaining the vertical rebard placement . It help me alot thanks again
Thanks Paul, Mike
Just went to your channel, love the old video clip from the 60,s I had a pickup just like that one!
Thanks again Kent, mike
Dang. Looks like a big job. It's good seeing you haven't slowed down too much.
it was four months ago, I know it was my last block job, can't do it anymore but glad I got the whole project on video, thanks mike
Fantastic video! Incredibly informative
Thanks, Mike
Great work Mike l really appreciate your knowledge. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, Mike
i like this guys attitude. nothing fancy. get the job done.
thanks Suzanne, keeping it simple, I appreciate it. mike
Very helpful and instructive videos. Many thanks.
Thanks Frederick, mike
Brilliant video, Love Your Sense of Humour, People Take Life to Seriously, Stop what your doing, Sniff the Flowers, Look @ the ☁️, See the Wood for the 🌲
Thanks George, I agree, Mike
Mike. You are the best.
Thanks Robert, Mike
Concrete man and then saw you are a banjo picker too. Great stuff.
Thanks bigal,, Mike
this is one of the better videos on how to
Thanks Thor, Mike
Extremely knowledgeable!!!
Thanks Lenny, Mike
Thanks Mike this was a very good knowledge base video
Thanks james, mike
This is very helpful.sometimes it’s best explained in these types of demonstration to first time DIY...
Thnx! 😀✅👍🏻
Thanks Gregory, Mike
excellent job mike
Thanks Juan, mike
Love your work, wish you were in my neck of the woods!
Thanks, mike
Thank you you’re knowledge is very helpful
Thanks Paul, Mike
Wow never ever seen it done like this. I do structural concrete on west coast I hear an accent here. Good job nonetheless.
It's a footer :) love it
We call it a footing
Thanks nik, I appreciate that, mike
Thank you for the videos, your information has helped me a lot!
thanks, I am glad when they help, mike
We like Mike, Mike is best at less is more, TY
Thanks Bruce, Mike
Hey mike, question about the metal wiring that is laid after the first course of block in this video. But it’s only toward the corners of the course ? Just for additional strength and code ? Starts at 8:30 seconds. Thanks so much for your videos. You have inspired so many.
Hi ,This was a unique building because it was in a flood zone and we took extra precautions to make sure it didn't move, more than code and filled solid, Thanks Mike
Very pragmatic and in layman's terms , thanks friend 👍
Thanks Thomas, Mike
Mike, why did you put that rebar into the foundation you’re pouring next to? What about letting Concrete float?
Hi geno, I let concrete float on sidewalks, pads, patios etc, foundations and structural concrete is a whole different ball game, thanks Mike
Thank so much for this video i had learn a lot ..blessings
Thanks, God bless. Mike
Great video as always
Thanks Gypsy, Mike
Great demonstration /tutorial ,Mike .
I appreciate it, thanks mike
wow thanks for the response, its actually a 3ft by 3ft cement slab at the,bottom of some steps that cracked and raised up on one so I put a layer ( 1 55lb bag) on it and it looks good but isnt level or pitching away as much as id like so i figure one 25lb bag should do it.
I am sure you got the ideas,, you can always rip it out and do it again, no worries, thanks mike
Thank you for explaining this step by step.
Thanks Bruce, Mike
Honest mike has his paws in everything.
Hi MD, all I can say is don,t try to borrow money from him, lol, mike
Ur an amazing teacher!!! I'm fascinated now
I am just passing along what I learned from the old timers, thanks mike
+Mike Haduck hi mIke! I was wondering also do u have an email I can reach u at for some ideas. Thanks!
Thanks Mike your videos have helped me
I’m building a new house and workshop in Germany, the house will be a prefabricated house and that will be done by a company
I will clear the land for the 12 meter X 6 meter work shop I will make a footer to sit it on and I will place 30cm of sand and lay 50x50 pavers instead of pouring cement as the price of cement is high.
I was thinking of mixing the cement using a mixer myself will this be a problem as I will have to pour it a bit at a time.
I could get a truck close to the area if that would be best.. what should I do
I’m from Oregon and I loved your video about using pavers/ stones instead of cement our driveway is 32 meters long and it is all pavers
Jim
Hi Jim ,I can't say , it's up to inspectors and codes anymore, I just show what I did in certain situations, thanks Mike
Looks like a lot of extra work. I've been a laborer on several footing jobs. The guy would just paint out the lines from the blueprint, start digging it with the track-hoe, and I'd shoot grade for him as we went. There were no form boards, we used the dirt banks as our form. Then tie the re-bar in, put it up on chairs, go back and put grade stakes in for our concrete height, and pour it.
I agree, but they will not let us do that here, "new codes" thanks mike
I like your work.
Thanks Matt, Mike
Very good explanation
Thanks ,Mike
I love watching your videos... keep up the great work 👍
Thanks norman, mike
Great video! We had to dig out an old footer for a basketball pole. The hole is the correct size needed for the new footer, but the top 12 inches is too large because we had to dig out dirt around old to jack hammer it out. Can we just secure a form at the top half and pack dirt tightly around it and pour?
Hi Sandy, I couldn't say unless I was there to see it, Mike
Love your videos you explain everything detail so even i get it love the the square you made out of plywood worked great for me thank you God Bless.
thanks Terry, God bless also. mike
awesome video. thanks. I feel confident to do my own footer now!
Hi Jonathan, I hope in some way it helps, thanks, mike
Thanks for all the great videos... so this is a compound concrete block wall? Do you pour concrete down the space between the two concrete blocks? Is there a video about the compound block walls? I was thinking about how to make a really thick bunker type storm shelter using concrete blocks... it would also be cool to know how to make an all brick house up to code in the modern days. But can you show us how to make compound block walls of various types? And what about dry stack?
Hi Ventura, I have a whole playlist " block laying, Mike haduck" I show what went on that footer, thanks Mike
Good video Mike.
Thanks Drew, Mike
Great video! Does the vertical rebar every 4 ft have to be tied into the horizontal bar sitting on the chairs? I thought they did. Maybe Florida, where I am located, is different code. Please keep making these.
Hi MP, you got to do what the inspector says, I film my work so everyone knows it was done, personally I can't see how a piece of wire holding the rebar will make a difference, is mostly for infections purposes, thanks Mike
great education here. thanks.
Thanks Sabmatic, mike
Just found your videos and subscribed. Great practical and detailed info! Like the concrete guy with the Louisville gear!!
Thanks David, I appreciate it. mike
Great video lots of useful info here!! Thx for SHARING!!
Thanks Red Beard, I appreciate it. mike
Great stuff ! We're looking to do more informative and breakdown videos as well !
Thanks, Mike
Thank you for explaining the right way
Thanks, Mike
Awesome video! Have you installed ICFs at all?
Hi David, no never have used them, thanks Mike
Love you Mike
Thanks Meyer. Mike
Mike, thanks for sharing all your knowledge with the world. Without guys like you so much of the old world building talent would be lost. I am a DIY and enjoy your conrete videos I always learn something new!
Might be a silly question but on the form boards you use, are those perfectly level? I see you float right to the edge which makes me think yes. However, you could also be making things perfect when you do the block so maybe they are laid close enough?
thank you , I appreciate it. mike
is building a block wall way cheaper than pouring concrete formed walls? Do you pour the block full of crete after you set them.
HI Phillip, I think it all depends on what and where you are doing it, it seems everyone got a different opinion, thanks mike
very interesting, are footers and slabs built differently? like i see people put rock down and compact it and then the pour the concrete for slabs.
yep, another way to do it, thanks mike
Mike, love your videos but my question to you is, why did you not dig down to the frost line and pour the footer there? I'm trying to plan my dream garage build which I'm going to attempt to do most of which by myself with some help from family. 24x30 with a loft. I live in northern IL which I believe has a frost depth of 40".
HI James, here code is 42 inches down for a footer, most garages around here are a poured slab on gravel, I would do some checking into that than doing the footer thing, ask some of the locals, thanks mike
very helpfull...you do great work
thanks, I hope it helps , mike
Very good 👍
Thanks, Mike
Thanks for taking time to make this video. Do you dig the center of the line where u mark for the wall? How low the footer should be beneath ground level? How many rods should be for the corners and how tall up? Apparently there’s a lot more detail than 11 mins video could show but please reply or make another footer video if u have a chance. Thank for your sharing your knowledge
Hi T, the inspectors determine size and debt, etc, thanks Mike
So, after watching all of Mike's videos, the main thing to know is "everybody does it differently". A long as you know that you should be able to do 90% of what Mike does.
Hi The District. also lots of different techniques in different areas of the country, what works in Florida does not work in Alaska, I appreciate it. thanks, mike
Great video....Thanks
Thanks, Mike
Funny... Before where you said where you were from, I thought Wilkes Barre/ Scranton area. I'm from Williamsport originally so I've heard that accent.
Hi Rowgy, You hit it right on the mark, Scranton Wilkes-Barre area nice to hear from Williamsport just went through there a couple weeks ago, thanks Mike
Honest Mike must be the mob boss in your area, looks like he controls everything 🤣
Could you do one video on step footings. Thank you.
Hi, I rarely do footers anymore but mostly you just allow for the height of the block and step up up accordingly
Interesting as always :-) I see Honest Mike is on the job again lol
yep , I can't be too serious, lol mike
I have a 40x60 cement block barn I'm building. The ground slopes 4" +/- in 3 directions from the top corner. What would be your suggestion for the footers... dig down and waste 3 rows of blocks on the top portion... backfill everything level THEN put my footers in... or try and do 10' stepped footers all the way around? I can't dig down or the water will flood from the top.
Hi T, It's impossible to say unless I was there and then you got these code guys and inspectors and who knows what they are going to say, I would ask one of the locals, thanks Mike
@@MikeHaduck Thanks...I appreciate your time!! Have a great weekend!
You have excellent videos. Really informative stuff man. I appreciate it.
thanks Ryan, I appreciate it, mike
Mike Haduck Masonry can you recommend a mortar mix I can use to fix my front porch? I live in Youngstown, OH. The mortar in between the bricks is washed away and its like loose. I think I could fix it myself.
Hi Ryan, I can not say over the internet but I would not doubt a pre mix "S" mortar would be fine, check out my my "How I lay brick videos," and I would do some practicing with some old brick before doing the real fix. I hope it helps, thanks mike
Mike Haduck Masonry ok. I thought of taking some pics of the job and emailing it to Quikrete or one of the manufacturers and having them recommend what product to use.
Great video gives good insight on what you gotta do. Do you have any videos on bond beams. We are starting to build our own shop and inspector is telling us we need reinforcement on walls with a bond beam. Thanks Chris
do u ever go live mike? If not would you be interested in going live this winter on my channel. i have stream yard to where it is really easy
Hi Grubb, I checked your channel out and subscribed, I think you will do very well, very good videos, I don't do anything live ,slowing down and moving to Florida, I got a years worth of videos put away plus what I pick up down here, but thanks for asking, maybe someday, thanks Mike
@MikeHaduck thats whats up! i appreciate u checking out the channel. i have looked up to your channel for years. im not a mason, just a concrete guy! But i am an all around construction guy!
Thanks, I will keep checking up with you, maybe someday we will, Mike
I have seen a lot of builders dig their footer to ground level and pour concrete. They than start their block at ground level and go up. No forms used for footers since they stop at ground level. Is this a common way some masons/ builders do it to save time and labor? Thanks Mike, I appreciate your thoughts.
Hi Joseph, years ago they would dig trench footers and save time and money, but now with inspectors they want everything formed so they can inspect it, which doubles the cost for things like garages and wall, but it is the American way, lol. Thanks mike
@@MikeHaduck Thanks for answering Mike, Joe
"....2nd law of thermodynamics and God contribute to the earth moving"
That is awesome. 🙌
Thanks Jeremy, God got his plan, thanks Mike