Im looking to learn as much as i can for a self build home (budget necessity) so i appreciate videos like this and ive not seen the tip about dry laying the engineering bricks with the 10mm screw before so thanks for that 👍
Hi Chris, it's good to see the second part of the series, I like how you explain what you are doing and I'm sure it will be very helpful for anyone taking on a project like this☀☀😎
Done to perfection chris.lot of work underground people dont realise do they.Also nice to see the chamfer in the cavity concrete people seem to forget about that .Datums as levels for gauge love seeing that no lazer level .Great video enjoyed that good to be out of ground i bet. Look forward to the shell going up good luck lads brilliant 👏 👍👍👊🧱👊🧱🌞🌞
Thanks Justin, much appreciated. Yes its hard graft and messy….Also the cost!!! Act thousands of points goes into it and only 3 courses of bricks are seen above ground. Makes me wonder what they’d do if they hadn’t got any gadgets, my grandson wants a rotary laser so I’ll see🤔 You been busy Justin in the heat! ☀️
@@foundationgood123 I no mate so much goes into below ground for only a few courses to be seen so much effort working out and graft goes in and spot on so much money aswell people dont realise it. Anyway i think we should treat ourselves to laser level we are both over due arnt we but old habits work just as well .we cut our days short in the heat finishing around 3 or before was to bloody hot 🔥 for hard work wasn't it. 🧱🧱👊
@@foundationgood123 I no Chris im the same i dont like change but i do force myself to move with the times .ive still not got a laser though ive no idea which one or how much they cost .i still always go to my dumpy if im transfering levels a distance had it years never let me down and no battery required its environmentally friendly aswell 🤣🤣🤣
Brilliant video mate, I also like to dry lay out my bricks out, sometimes use a tape, but visually like to see how it works! Never need anyone use tape for their insulation mate, bang on! Got to be one of the best splashes and floor preps I've ever seen mate! Hope your doing well buddy! Sorry been trying to catch up on everyone's videos, but got loads on at the moment! Have a brilliant weekend buddy
Thanks Izz, we all learn and get inspired by each other. I have seen things in your vids that have inspired me too. Keep up the amazing work you’ve been putting our there to😀 Have a restful day matey you deserve😎
@@foundationgood123 that's what it's all about mate! Definitely learnt more in the last 2 years watching other people on TH-cam like yourself, than I ever did in 5 years coming up! Just finishing off a video currently 😂 having tomorrow off to unwind a little too 💪
some put weeping vents in but with there being a cavity tray it won’t have much moisture build up but if moisture build its chamfered down and will seep away, vents keep the moisture down too!
Hi Chris. Really enjoy your videos as I find them informative and delivered in a way that folks can understand. One thing I’d like to know. The 2” sand blinding. Is that 2” of loose sand which is then wackered down or 2” finished height?
@@Bud-vd2xd The original house foundations weren’t a metre deep, I thought it was a raft when I exposed them but came to the conclusion that was how deep they went in the early 60’s. I graded down far to too much and that’s possibly why they seem far down!
@@foundationgood123 ok brilliant thanks I'll go have a look at that video too 👍🏻 I have a old 1930s style semi detached house with the black paint trim round the bottom of the brickwork and the small brick sized air vents at various points round the perimeter, the front garden vent is just above the grass level, would that be the same limit that you would want to lay gravel or block paving to avoid damp problems? Thanks for your time 👍🏻
Chris can I ask your advice please. I'm building my first extension and I'm a little confused about the updated building regs for the concrete floor insulation. I was planning on 4 inch of mot. 2 inch sand 6 inch celotex 4 inch concrete. Is this allowable/comply with Building regs?
Hi thanks for watching my channel. As far as I am aware that sounds ok. The last one I did we used 100mm (4”) floor insulation on visqueen and visqeen on top with a 25mm insulation up stand on outer walls
@@foundationgood123 thanks Chris. I've been watching your videos for a while along with several other builders. Always find them interesting and very informative. Thanks for the confirmation on the floor. It sounded right to me though several building reg sites are contradictory. I've seen 25mm upstand and 50mm upstand. Plus 100mm and 150mm under a concrete base. Thanks again and keep the videos coming
Can anyone explain.. why is the foundation height so low? Theres is a course of these concrete blocks and then several courses of engineers which are all in the ground.. why not just pour the foundations to a higher level?
@@foundationgood123 thx v much for your reply. In your vast experience, is there any benefit of adding a waterproofer to the concrete footings to make them waterproof hence avoid damp..?
@@RS-ei3yt No not really as moisture is all around in the ground, when doing swimming pools, baptism tanks they generally envelope the foundation in Visqueen to stop rising moisture!! Hope that helps
I use the tape bro but I prefer to dry lay them out. these bricks were imperial size to match the house! I have a tape with metric measurements bug still dry lay🤔
Proper graft. Perfect.
Chris, you give everyone so much confidence in the way you build. You would be a great teacher 👍👍
Awww thank you for your kind comments 👍
Really starting to take shape now, brilliant video as always Chris
That layer of taped up foil was a thing of precision level beauty 🤌
Terrific work! Thanks for sharing it Chris, keep the limelight glowing.
😆Thanks
Brilliant professional job. Nice to watch a conscientious pro at work👍
Great work! Really enjoying seeing the progress!
Thank you, more to come😊
Brilliantly explained, thanks.
Great intro and very helpful for someone like me who is planning to have a go at just such a project. Thanks
Im looking to learn as much as i can for a self build home (budget necessity) so i appreciate videos like this and ive not seen the tip about dry laying the engineering bricks with the 10mm screw before so thanks for that 👍
Hi Chris, it's good to see the second part of the series, I like how you explain what you are doing and I'm sure it will be very helpful for anyone taking on a project like this☀☀😎
Glad you enjoyed it
Good work fellas. Face your barrows the way they need to go when they're empty. Thin fill them up and away you go. Easier on your limbs and joints.
Great work Chris👍
Thanks 👍
Good explanation throughout & nice to see the insulation tapped; most wouldn’t have bothered! 😀
Thanks Steve, yes I think its secured and seals the insulation and the tape is only a £10
Some of the finest civil engineering projects of history were built using a piece of string, math's, without a laser lever in sight
Pyramids come to mind😜
@@foundationgood123 Weren't they built by Aliens? lol
Excelente trabajo 👊 💯
Great informative vid that Chris. Not a brickie but learnt a lot there. 👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the comment
The 10mm bolt as a jig is a great tip
Nice work there.
Thanks!
NICE. TO. SEE THE. FOIL tape. JOINT,. MOST I HSVE SEEN. MISS THIS GOOD. JOB
Good job Chris
Than you bro👍
Done to perfection chris.lot of work underground people dont realise do they.Also nice to see the chamfer in the cavity concrete people seem to forget about that .Datums as levels for gauge love seeing that no lazer level .Great video enjoyed that good to be out of ground i bet.
Look forward to the shell going up good luck lads brilliant 👏 👍👍👊🧱👊🧱🌞🌞
Thanks Justin, much appreciated. Yes its hard graft and messy….Also the cost!!! Act thousands of points goes into it and only 3 courses of bricks are seen above ground. Makes me wonder what they’d do if they hadn’t got any gadgets, my grandson wants a rotary laser so I’ll see🤔 You been busy Justin in the heat! ☀️
@@foundationgood123
I no mate so much goes into below ground for only a few courses to be seen so much effort working out and graft goes in and spot on so much money aswell people dont realise it.
Anyway i think we should treat ourselves to laser level we are both over due arnt we but old habits work just as well .we cut our days short in the heat finishing around 3 or before was to bloody hot 🔥 for hard work wasn't it.
🧱🧱👊
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping give me a level, a tape and a string line and I’m happy👍
@@foundationgood123
I no Chris im the same i dont like change but i do force myself to move with the times .ive still not got a laser though ive no idea which one or how much they cost .i still always go to my dumpy if im transfering levels a distance had it years never let me down and no battery required its environmentally friendly aswell 🤣🤣🤣
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping Hahaha nice and old school, aye👍
Brilliant video mate, I also like to dry lay out my bricks out, sometimes use a tape, but visually like to see how it works!
Never need anyone use tape for their insulation mate, bang on! Got to be one of the best splashes and floor preps I've ever seen mate!
Hope your doing well buddy! Sorry been trying to catch up on everyone's videos, but got loads on at the moment! Have a brilliant weekend buddy
Thanks Izz, we all learn and get inspired by each other. I have seen things in your vids that have inspired me too. Keep up the amazing work you’ve been putting our there to😀 Have a restful day matey you deserve😎
@@foundationgood123 that's what it's all about mate! Definitely learnt more in the last 2 years watching other people on TH-cam like yourself, than I ever did in 5 years coming up! Just finishing off a video currently 😂 having tomorrow off to unwind a little too 💪
@@IzzytheBricky Yes that’s true for me too. Look forward to your next bid bro 😎 Have great fest up👏
"More than one way to skin a cat" as the old saying goes.
Great job 👍🏻
😜
I’m a brickie Chris an I love your stuff m8 lol
Stanley knife rather than tin snips. Video proves it 🤣.
Apart from that great educational video chris
Would u save time with higher concrete foundation with brick shelf?
Anyway great informative videos!
@Chris Longhurst great video I like the way you explain things. Why the chamfer in the cavity fill? To direct water out through vents?
some put weeping vents in but with there being a cavity tray it won’t have much moisture build up but if moisture build its chamfered down and will seep away, vents keep the moisture down too!
@@foundationgood123 thanks
Hi Chris. Really enjoy your videos as I find them informative and delivered in a way that folks can understand.
One thing I’d like to know. The 2” sand blinding. Is that 2” of loose sand which is then wackered down or 2” finished height?
Hi, thanks for watching and your good comments. Yes you’re correct, put the a little higher than the 2” and compact it to 2”.
Thanks for videos love you guys ! Did you make the pan stands ?
Thank you👍….yes we did out of spare tile battens they can also be used in so may other ways too😊
Nice vid Chris, just a quick question what’s the mortar mix for below DPC (sand & cement) 3.1 or 4.1
Below DPC 3 sand 1 cement and semi engineering brick/concrete and 7 Newton blocks = strength👍
Boy, I thought I was Mr overkill.
You could also use a weep vent😁
Hi Chris & co great videos, keep them coming! Do you tamp wacker the hardcore in 50 mm thick layers?
Yes definitely
@@foundationgood123 thank you Chris, always learning things from your videos, I really appreciate your time to reply.🙂
Cracking brickwork brother.. was it not possible to pour a 4” pad with a wooden floor over? Cheers
Cheers concrete art, yes that’s what is already in the existing building, however the clients want a solid floor construction !
hi what course do the wall ties start , and if rendering can you use blocks underthe ground level also on the outside skin, thanks
i always watch your videos Chris good work. I take it the footings are strip foundation 225mm?
Thanks Bud, I did them 500mm Bud
@@foundationgood123 seems like your down in the trenches, long way up to DPC
@@Bud-vd2xd The original house foundations weren’t a metre deep, I thought it was a raft when I exposed them but came to the conclusion that was how deep they went in the early 60’s. I graded down far to too much and that’s possibly why they seem far down!
What happens if it rains just when you've poured the concrete top layer?
Is that a problem or not?
Hi there
Can you pour the foundation up to the ground level ?
Many thanks!
Whats the big blocks you put down first
Great video , is there a part 3?
Thank you👍…Yes there is part 3 called (Extension tutorial 3, drains, bricking up from DPC:laser level:Tips)
@@foundationgood123 ok brilliant thanks I'll go have a look at that video too 👍🏻 I have a old 1930s style semi detached house with the black paint trim round the bottom of the brickwork and the small brick sized air vents at various points round the perimeter, the front garden vent is just above the grass level, would that be the same limit that you would want to lay gravel or block paving to avoid damp problems?
Thanks for your time 👍🏻
Chris can I ask your advice please. I'm building my first extension and I'm a little confused about the updated building regs for the concrete floor insulation.
I was planning on
4 inch of mot.
2 inch sand
6 inch celotex
4 inch concrete. Is this allowable/comply with Building regs?
Hi thanks for watching my channel. As far as I am aware that sounds ok. The last one I did we used 100mm (4”) floor insulation on visqueen and visqeen on top with a 25mm insulation up stand on outer walls
@@foundationgood123 thanks Chris. I've been watching your videos for a while along with several other builders. Always find them interesting and very informative.
Thanks for the confirmation on the floor. It sounded right to me though several building reg sites are contradictory. I've seen 25mm upstand and 50mm upstand. Plus 100mm and 150mm under a concrete base.
Thanks again and keep the videos coming
Sun cream i hope
Can anyone explain.. why is the foundation height so low? Theres is a course of these concrete blocks and then several courses of engineers which are all in the ground.. why not just pour the foundations to a higher level?
Concrete prices have gone up, so I paid myself to build up instead of giving it to the concrete company LOL
@@foundationgood123 aha brilliant.. thanks for the reply and clearing that one up
Hi, why not make the concrete foundations higher rather than building up using trench blocks...?
Concrete has gone up in price, so I rather pay my self to build up than paying the concrete company, its as simple as that to be honest.
@@foundationgood123 thx v much for your reply. In your vast experience, is there any benefit of adding a waterproofer to the concrete footings to make them waterproof hence avoid damp..?
@@RS-ei3yt No not really as moisture is all around in the ground, when doing swimming pools, baptism tanks they generally envelope the foundation in Visqueen to stop rising moisture!! Hope that helps
Why dont you use a bricky tape to measure instead of setting all the bricks out, sure to save you time?
I use the tape bro but I prefer to dry lay them out. these bricks were imperial size to match the house! I have a tape with metric measurements bug still dry lay🤔
DID,T See. Any. 142 a in slab,
Not on spec, so not needed!
End of your first finger is 10mm built loads of houses never used a 10mm bolt