Backfilling The Basement I Dug Earlier This Year
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- Backfilling the basement I dug earlier this year. This is the house where I notched out the basement and built up the front yard. The framers are finally starting on it and I needed to get it and the garage backfilled. I spread a few more loads of clean rock along the perimeter drain then started hauling in clay to build up in front of the garage as well as inside. It was a little sketchy getting the roller in the garage but I made it. Thanks for watching! #EliteEarthworks #Takeuchi #backfill
Lol, my mind immediately went to the scene in the Austin Powers movie where he was trying to turn the cart around in the hallway when you were in the hole with the roller.
The contractors I work for won't let me backfill a foundation like that until they at least have the floor system built so it's less likely to cave in a wall. I think the difference is, we don't see many poured concrete walls, 95% of what I see is laid cinder block walls.
Thanks for sharing and happy Independence Day.
🤣 I was thinking the same thing when I was in the garage. That’s probably a good idea on the block walls. They have me wait until the floor in the basement is poured. The framers normally complain if it isn’t backfilled when they are trying to frame. Appreciate you watching and hope you had a good 4th
We won’t even backfill poured - We only do an “access ramp” only at a corner for the framers. When all basement and garage flooring poured and first floor (joists and subfloor only) is on, we will backfill. Biggest problem is working around framers schedule and materials.
If that were my house I’d have put spancrete for the garage floor and that would have made a nice shop under the garage!
I agree! That would have made a nice space
Wouldn’t be nice to have one of those remotely driven “rollers”? I saw one being used in a deep deep spot on an apartment construction site. Really cool!
Yeah that probably would have been better. They are neat!
All these jobs you need to hire me !!!!!! I work cheep and don't eat much 😁😁😁 Plus I got experience. I could be your Jerry like DP has 🤕🤕🤕
lol sounds good to me! 😁
Looking good!
Thank you!
Another complex job you are doing by yourself. I hope this wasn't done today and you are enjoying the 4th sir!
Thank you! No im off today just working on videos. Have a good 4th of July
@@eliteearthworksllc Great! Glad to hear... Thanks for the video!
Great job buddy 😊
Thank you!
@@eliteearthworksllc no problem 😊
Does everyone compact backfill around the foundation like you do? I remember Dirt Boss doing it with his excavator vibration attachment. I think it shows your commitment to quality. That WAS steep even for the GMC monster truck you have.
No most people just shove the dirt in and let it settle naturally but it takes awhile and you have to constantly add more fill throughout construction. It was very steep
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Thanks!
about 27:20 ...The pucker factor looked intense... Nice recovery with the butt slide LOL... Keep up the great work Sir
lol yeah it was a bit sketchy fir sure 😁 thank you!
Very nice work!
@@bryanlloyd1099 thank you!
You are very welcome!@@eliteearthworksllc
Great job! I agree you made some good progress... i have an idea how it felt to have the roller on that ramp... i have found myself countless times in similar situations with my 25hp tractor lol🤣... thanks for sharing!
lol it keeps things exciting for sure 😁 appreciate you watching man
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Wow, thought you were going over for second. Lot of fill.
Me too 🤣
That’s interesting how some homes are built in your area. That’s a lot of back filling to do.
I got the pucker factor for you when you went down in the garage and then I got it again when you had to turn it 😁. Thanks for the video Brandon.
Yeah it’s a bunch of backfill. I over dig them a little more than I need but the concrete guys like it. It was a bit steep 😁
Well done! We thought for sure you were going over there at one point, but with those cat-like reflexes, you pulled it off! I had almost forgotten this place but once you got going, we remembered it. That shot you had at 5:30 with the flag framed in the background made for a perfect July 4th video - especially against those clear blue skies. Thanks for the treat.
I thought I was too for a minute 🤣 that was a cool shot I went back and looked at that minute mark. Hope you guys had a great 4th of July
tight quarters turning the roller around in there.
Yes it was
Thanks for the video Brandon nicely done with the backfill great job 👍❤️❤️. Take care of yourself and family and friends and be Blessed ❤️.
Thank you! Appreciate you watching
Nice 😎😎😎👍👍👍
Thank you!
I guess that I'm a wimp. 😳😬 I'm pretty sure that I would not have tried that without being strapped to a truck and someone backing me down.
It was a little on the steep side. I figured I was fine if I can keep going straight
I believe that builder owns a concrete company. If not, I bet they treat him nicely. It looks he builds bunkers instead of houses. I guess up there in tornado alley a solid concrete wall is reassuring. I'm not sure if ole Jay at JayPaydirt was suppose to let it out about your experience in a tornado but I was sorry to hear about that. I hope you don't ever see anything like it again.
Yeah the concrete company loves him lol! It was definitely a wild experience I don’t mind he shared it. It was before I was on TH-cam but I thought about sharing pictures and talking about it sometime. Appreciate you watching
If you feel ok sharing your experience, I think it would help people realize what the real life events and what weather can do. May help people see the possibility that it could happen to them.
Not sure of the codes there for building. But why isn’t the garage just a 2 ft grade beam on piles
With the grade on the lot it needed dug out that way. That’s how a lot of the big garages are done here