Well done sir! Someone whose not afraid of a little simple math. I see so many people telling everyone to square up by pulling like diagonal measurements across the corners to achieve square, which is a flawed system and could easily give a bad result. Also putting the braces on the batter boards against the direction of the line pull is definitely the correct bracing method.
I can see a problem with you garage - based on my experience. The garage will backed by a hill. When a heavy rain hits (or snow melts), the water will come down the slope to the back of the building and hit the wall. It will pool up there and go under the wall or inside/through the wall. What I suggest is to dig trenches every couple of meters under the garage - from back to the front with 1/50 slope to the front, and to put drainage pipes inside them, covered with gravel wrapped in geo-fabric. Behind the back wall I would lift them up to the surface and plugged. In case of clogging it would be easier to unplug and to hose them down. In front collect the water into a bigger pipe and discharge elsewhere.
we didnt put any drainage under the garage, we put in a french drain around it though, and when we get to it we plan to use a special barrier against the block in the back. those videos will be coming out soon
Actually the top of the batter boards need not represent anything as for the top or height of them. So long as the top of them are all level with each of the others, the floor height, the footing height, and the depth of the excavation can be established from that point.
@@appalachiandiy2415 Actually it isn’t even a little bit easier to have them set at any certain height. As for the excavation, yes, there will be an issue with that, the bank should have been excavated more to allow for the grading. Especially if the walls are going to be frame as opposed to block.
It means you subtract 1 foot from your overall length. You are starting your measurement at the 1ft mark instead of at the end of the tape. Its easier to get a more accurate measurement.
Thanks for the video I just wish for DIY type video everything would be done the basic way, not everyone is going to go out and spend a couple hundred bucks on a laser level. They are going to use string and a line level cause there not doing stuff like this all the time.
Is the 12 inches a measurement from the building corner to the batter board? Or just 12 inches of slop to come back later and determine the building corner...irrespective of the batter boards before?
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Well done sir! Someone whose not afraid of a little simple math. I see so many people telling everyone to square up by pulling like diagonal measurements across the corners to achieve square, which is a flawed system and could easily give a bad result.
Also putting the braces on the batter boards against the direction of the line pull is definitely the correct bracing method.
Thanks for the info! Nice and simple
Thanks
Good job! You seem to really know what you are talking about.
Thank you!
I can see a problem with you garage - based on my experience. The garage will backed by a hill. When a heavy rain hits (or snow melts), the water will come down the slope to the back of the building and hit the wall. It will pool up there and go under the wall or inside/through the wall.
What I suggest is to dig trenches every couple of meters under the garage - from back to the front with 1/50 slope to the front, and to put drainage pipes inside them, covered with gravel wrapped in geo-fabric. Behind the back wall I would lift them up to the surface and plugged. In case of clogging it would be easier to unplug and to hose them down. In front collect the water into a bigger pipe and discharge elsewhere.
we didnt put any drainage under the garage, we put in a french drain around it though, and when we get to it we plan to use a special barrier against the block in the back. those videos will be coming out soon
@@appalachiandiy2415 This may work as well, but the issue can be with less slope (at tye back) and (thus) more clogging.
@@vitalilisau6181 correct, we will probably end up doing something like that after its built
What calculator are you using to find the angle measurement?
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=evanwinograd.archcalc
If you don’t have that calculator, just use your phone calculator using the formula A²+B²=C².
Actually the top of the batter boards need not represent anything as for the top or height of them.
So long as the top of them are all level with each of the others, the floor height, the footing height, and the depth of the excavation can be established from that point.
Yes, but if they are the height of the top of the form its SOOOOO much easier
@@appalachiandiy2415 Actually it isn’t even a little bit easier to have them set at any certain height.
As for the excavation, yes, there will be an issue with that, the bank should have been excavated more to allow for the grading.
Especially if the walls are going to be frame as opposed to block.
what does it mean when you say "burning a foot" around 3:15 ?
It means you subtract 1 foot from your overall length. You are starting your measurement at the 1ft mark instead of at the end of the tape. Its easier to get a more accurate measurement.
What calculator is that?
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=evanwinograd.archcalc
If you don’t have that calculator, just use your phone calculator using the formula A²+B²=C².
You lost me at hypothesis calculator.. 😆
Thanks for the video I just wish for DIY type video everything would be done the basic way, not everyone is going to go out and spend a couple hundred bucks on a laser level. They are going to use string and a line level cause there not doing stuff like this all the time.
What was the purpose of burning a foot?
It gives you a more precise measurement
Is the 12 inches a measurement from the building corner to the batter board? Or just 12 inches of slop to come back later and determine the building corner...irrespective of the batter boards before?
You can tell that you know what you are talking about.
Thanks!
DIY my butt. how many DIY ers have such measuring devices?
I have 🤣🤣🤣🤞🏾
How many diy'ers know what a monolithic slab is?