hey man, a bit morbid but here's something from the bottom of my heart. i lost my dad to septicaemia in 2003 i was 8 years old, he was a tradesman and craftsman, and i miss him dearly. he was half way through building our house from the ground up when he died, when news of his death got around the vultures descended and emptied his shop of all it was worth, it had a catastrophic effect on the lives of me and my mum. there was huge amount of knowledge that was lost with him, masonry, plastering, mechanics, philosophy, business, and i never had a decent chance to learn any of that from him like i should have done, so i'd just like to say that these videos mean a lot to me and will help me rebuild the life of me and my family metaphorically and literally, and help me continue my dad's legacy. so, thank you for it all.
construction at college here in the UK is full of the idiots who can't think, it's terribly sad, but because of that it doesn't get enough funding to be of much use to people who actually want to strike out and do it to any meaningful degree besides being some apprentice that carries bricks, it's too low level and isn't designed for anyone with any passion or intuition. i've learnt more from this series so far than i would've learned in a year of paid education at college.
@@gramursowanfaborden5820 Apprentice to a small or up-and-coming general contractor. You could teach yourself but it will take a lot longer. (US advice, not sure how things work in loicense-land).
@@tienglongmy you're right, with the right people... about 9 months ago i joined a program for young people to get them into the construction industry, it was promised to be a full package that gave us the skills, qualifications and experience we needed to get out and about, and technically it was that, but it was utterly miserable, spending half the time on-site and the other half in a portable cabin classroom next to the site office, the tradesmen didn't want us to be there, the foremen didn't want us to be there, and so mostly we were just running errands, and of course carrying bricks (no surprises there!) though i did get to carry some concrete slabs, timber, doors... all the while desperately trying to learn the ropes, learn some skills working with different trades and earn some respect, sadly those actual benefits were lacking. i got my CSCS card (our loicense to work on-site), and that was it, it was a huge disappointment and a waste of three months of my life watching greenfield land be polluted with building sand, nails, plastic clips and broken saw blades being covered in cheap "homes" that won't last 30 years despite leaving a permanent blight for ever more. it has taught me some valuable lessons, but not the ones they intended. i'm still going for it but it's on my own terms now, i've seen some of the worst of the construction industry build some of the worst houses and i will not do it any more, so i'm currently looking at some traditional firms that sympathetically maintain, restore and rebuild historical buildings, Cornish hedgers (similar to dry stone walls), and traditional crafts like smithing, forestry, thatchwork, something that makes me feel as though i'm doing good, conservation, not development.
@pete smyth thank you. i didn't know either of my grandfathers very well either, now i'm the last man in the family. i've got nobody close to learn from, but i'm learning myself, slowly, and thanks to some great TH-cam channels like this one. i'm buying some land soon, gonna build a workshop, continue the family legacy whether the universe wants me to or not.
You are correct, but the PLF never claimed to be pros, EC is a pro with a lot of experience under his belt, oh wait, suspenders, but yeah, it is sure nice to see a real craftsman at work!
PLF has become hard to watch over time, it has just turned into garbage with mass confusion. I enjoy EC based on his ability to explain technical issues, and the fact I feel confident in his ability - that makes it all enjoyable.
It's become 25 minute videos why they are off a 1/8" on their trusses that they are explaining how it happened months ago in the excavation or something irrelevant. People just want to see them build but I think the process is so slow they've been forced to substitute ALOT of useless footage into their videos, to hide the fact there is no building really taking place. I really liked their channel but since the whole water system adventure to this house debacle they've under taken, it just hurts me to watch sometimes. We'll see if that house gets closed in before winter can completely warp, saturate, and twist every bit of lumber they've spent all fall putting up.
Here’s the help you were looking for. You were close with your definition of “development length” but there is one major difference. Development length is the minimum length of rebar that is required to be embedded into concrete in order for the piece of rebar to properly transfer the load from the rebar into the concrete. That’s the basic definition but it also has variables. There are tension development lengths and compression development lengths, each is the minimum length required to develop either tension or compression (for example columns on simple structures are typically in compression, while beams will have bars that are in tension and compression, depending if it’s a top bar or bottom bar in the beam). In your video, what you are calling the development length is actually what’s called the “lap splice length” and the name is self explanatory. The difference between lap splice length and development length is that lap splice length is the minimum length of lap required to properly transfer the stress or load from one bar to the next bar as if it were a continuous bar. Development length is the transfer of load from one rebar to the concrete itself, with no lap or other rebar. Please also keep in mind that these minimum lengths, development or lap splice, will vary greatly depending on the strength of concrete you use, grade of rebar you use, tension or compression use, and also the clear cover used (3” off the ground in your video). Often times, for interior columns let’s say, 1.5” is requested and that little bit less of concrete requires a slightly longer lap splice. Sorry for the long response but there are a few variables that determine these things and the explanations require a lot of explaining, which you so kindly do for us so I’m just returning the favor. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.
Oh, i forgot to mention the most important variable, the size of the rebar (its late). The bigger the bar, the larger the development and lap splice length required. Always, always, use the drawings to determine these lengths as a #3 lap splice length can be 16” in some applications and a #11 can be 9’ or 108”. And in case you were wondering, epoxy Coated or “green bar” requires even longer lengths because the coating is smoother and doesn’t transfer the stress as well. Like i said, there’s a number of variables so always check the drawings and know the application. Best of luck to you all.
Judey Kun i mean i guess you can call it whatever you’d like but from an engineering perspective, lap splice length is NOT the same as development length.
nybirdman I am truly a novice, but have helped build two houses in the past. Somebody has mentioned welding the rebar together and I am assuming this is OK. Could you share thoughts on this, such as how much should be overlapped and welded together if at all? I have built a couple of retaining walls around my house and welded the rebar together to make it one continuous structure because I did not know how much overlap to use.
Essential Craftsman, the Lord has also blessed me with three boys and a girl. It is my sincere hope that I can train them up to be hard workers in all aspects of their lives. I enjoy the content you folks produce, best wishes, and may the Lord continue to bless you and yours.
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Entertaining, intelligent and informative. You are a rare combination, Sir. Thank you for presenting these videos in such a way that is very user friendly.
I have watched this particular sequence of concrete preparation and pouring videos I think a dozen times so far. I think I'm finally catching all the jargon and understanding what you are doing. Thanks a lot for putting these to video. It's been really helpful.
Hello Sir, I wondered for a small time what it was about your channel that has me as a subscriber. Sure, I worked construction for a few months as a kid. Mixing mud, carting bricks and then doing the reo for in-ground swimming pools. As well as hand mixing concrete for many months as I helped improve the family home. It was not the nostalgia that drew me in. It is that you are an expert. Given the Interwebs allows you to access all manner of idiot and ignorance, having access to an expert is refreshing. Rewarding. Almost comforting. Thank you very much.
I do concrete in large commercial settings. Typically we get a rebar drawing that shows how all the rebar should be tied and in the rebar drawings there’s a lap schedule that tells you how much lap you should have on your bars. It varies depending on what size the bars are and whether they’re epoxy coated or not. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen that but I figured I’d let you know my experience. Good video.
There is alot of bending over in construction. And I'm not just taking about taking it from permits and city planners. I'm talking about actually bending at the knees and waist. It's gotta be hell on you're joints. Great video Mr W :)
Anchor Bait I’m an apprentice Glazier and I’ve worked with guys that have had shoulder surgery and back surgery. It’s hard on the entire body, but as a tradesman you take great pride in your work at the end.
Your videos are nothing less than spectacular. Great to see an experienced professional will to share honest and straight forward information. You remind me of the very best craftmen I've learned from in my life. You sir are a gem. Than you. For your videos.
Good to hear you encourage and promote the permit process, far too many contractors ignore the plans if they ever had any, and do what they think is correct, which 99% of the time they are wrong.
7:27 - Hey Nate, try a cordless angle grinder and a cutoff wheel next time you have to cut re-mesh. I used to cut it like that, but once I tried a cut-off wheel I found that it was far superior. I love the channel, thank you both for sharing your craft.
Im in the beginning phases of the home building process. I'm a DIY kind of individual, that has turned it into a career. Industrial automation, metalworking, computer programming, electrician, and a few other odd skills ive taught myself to do at a professional level. Residential construction is the one type of building experience i'm lacking. I've been doing what i always do, learn intensely until i'm confident i can at least try whatever it is. I was only a week into an information binge when i caught one of your recent videos in the series. I started at 1 and have been glued to it for 2 days. I have 15 pages handwritten in my black book of notes. Going through the concrete work has been fantastic. With every new fact and bit of information you extol I research and learn more on the topic. Thanks for the insight and information, its been amazing to actually learn this way from someone who has done it.
Engineer here. Development length is the length required to fully develop the rebars tensile strength in the concrete. Meaning that, should the rebar be fully developed in Concrete, the bar will snap before it pulls out of the concrete. Hope that helps!
I still don’t understand why the Overlap Length Has to be what it is. I mean, how are 20 inches better than 4 inches in preventing it from snapping? Also how do you tie the overlap pieces together? Are you doing that with the same kind of wire? Every 1 inch? every 3 inches?
Telling it like it's supposed to be....and then doing it. Great job. I truly love watching a professional that can" talk the talk and walk the walk!" ....13
09:10 - while you are holding the verts in place for your mate to tie, put your thumb over the end of the bar. A thumb knuckle in the eye is not as painful as rebar-end in the eye. Carry a shoulder-bag of mushrooms to fit over the ends as soon as they are in place. You only get one pair of eyes, look after them!
You have it backwards with the forces that each rebar mat resits. The bottom mat is resisting the tension loads in the bottom of the footing caused by the load from above. The top mat is what helps resist the moment forces caused by the retained slope. Edit: It is the concrete itself that is resisting all of the compression forces.
Really cool. Any wait for you to get to framing! I think for a lot of people, this lets them see the entire process instead of just their specific trade or interest. Thanks for your knowledge!
I really love this series!! I am a mechanical engineer looking to get into house flipping, and I love your attention to detail. I can tell you are doing thiings right
Why would anybody not like this video it shows guys who know what they're doing . I've never seen as pretty form and rebar work and with the science behind it
Never having done this, it's a good thing that I can watch it twice to fully understand it,....well, maybe three times. I'm gunna get back to the head gasket on my 47 Buick, that's simple.
Hey, I have been watching your videos for years. I'm taking my 3rd block for carpentry in nova Scotia canada, our instructor brought up some of your videos to reference in class! Though you might like to know you have made your way into the classroom training the next generation of carpenters. Tyler manthorne
Great vid of important details that few others ever discuss (often gloss over the "why" of the details, or ignore entirely). Way too many - supposed - concrete experts on TH-cam are nothing but hacks that I wouldn't allow on a job site of mine.
Looks great Im a master carpenter living in Florida your commentaries and videos are very clear and enjoyable to watch sorry to say I can longer apply myself to the trade that I love. But I still have most of my tools and my apron which is something like looking at a old book a lot of memories . born 1957 started helping Dad at the age of 13 but I did not volunteer and that is how the story started. Once again Thank You
A concise definition of development length: the development length is the embedment length of a bar to develop its full strength. What you were showing in the beginning of the video was a lap splice. The required lap splice, is as you said, the length in which two bars lapped would be equivalent to one continuous bar. Some great videos here thanks so much for the effort and insight, I have learned a lot!
Beautiful work. Work that really nobody will see. Thats why the roman coliseum is still standing. What about that wire spinner that just hooks on and as you pull it spins?
Yeah you grab the end of the wire and it just keeps feeding it out until its empty..theyre so nice for skip tying a large slab...cause they hold quit a bit of wire
Hm.. in Oz we got pre-made tie wire that has got a sling at both ends. 150mm long and bit thicker 200mm long. Slings are about 1 cm in diameter. Looks like this: images.homedepot-static.com/productImages/25247bba-7bc9-4ed8-825c-1643a0eb85d2/svn/grip-rite-rebar-remesh-bt176100r-64_1000.jpg If you then take a screw hook that you normally use for hanging your keys onto when it's screwed into a wall and use that in a battery driven drill.. images.homedepot-static.com/productImages/f1f4bb7f-9e62-44de-b866-d93062ac48c8/svn/everbilt-screw-eyes-803282-64_1000.jpg ..well, I can tell you, it's faster than what everyone else does. You'll wind up tying every knot there possible is and not stop at half of them, that's how easy it becomes.
One of the first videos I watched was about 3 months ago. Love them. One of the new tools one of the videos demonstrated was a power wire twister for re bar installation. It took a reel of wire and if I recall correctly you just pushed the tool against the rebar intersection needing to be wired and pulled the trigger. IfI recall the brand I believe it was Bosch or Mikita. It was blue. I believe there was an extension to let you run the tool without bending over. That help any of the old wire twisters. JoeB
Started helping do stamped patios and driveways this past summer. I can definitely tie rebar but not as well as you! And The rebar trees save some much lifting when pouring. We use a plastic type tree that snaps on.
He was tying saddles for the verts, and what you are describing does not sound like a saddle. Also there is a different tie called a figure eight, plus template ties, suck ties and adding a wrap to any off the foremention ties.
I hope Nate appreciates the education he is getting... and I hope you appreciate the mileage on old bones he is saving you. I like your lift cages. I too am a firm believer in good enough, isn't.
Cover on rebar also protects rebar from carbonation of the concrete. Concrete is highly alkaline which prevents rusting. CO2 in atmosphere is absorbed by the outside facing concrete but only penetrates so far in good concrete. Carbonation reduces alkalinity, allows rusting and then concrete will stall. Cover also prevents cracking of the face as it shrinks during setting. Good luck and keep the vids coming. Rich CEng MICE
In the south our home builders make a huge burn pile in front of the house after framing. Most of the times this includes materials that are illegal to burn and during a burn ban. Please make a video on this part of the process.
Obviously ,good idea to get re bar in proper place for structural integrity and proper coverage for rust prevention. However, concrete is not water proof,unless ..........one orders the concrete from the ready mix plant with an integral water proofing material. In footings and foundations,it is always a very wise move to do so. One brand that comes to mind is Hy-crete. If your batch plant does not carry it,with sufficient lead time,I'm sure they can source it or another available brand. Good video !
When tieing in the dowels, if you tie a 'set up' every five feet and then tie in a longitudinal a few inches down from the top of the bar, then you don't have to tie to the mat under the template, top mat, etc. Plus you get some safety. if some one falls on the dowel, they do not get impailed.
and by 'set up' i mean a bar that is plumb according to a level and tied well so that you do not have to tie every other bar nearly as well. The length and thickness of these dowels are small and you can plumb them up with minimal effort after the pour. But if you had #8 or #10 dowels for a few dozen feet and had to plumb them up with a hickey, you would be cursing the guy who put them in sloppy
Yep, and a few bar driven into the bank as support would completely eliminate the wood frame need for the upright dowels. Less things in the way for the pour. 😀
@@noahludford3667 wrong! you and the other dipshit dont know what you're talking about and it doesnt take that long to tie in verts i could have done this whole footing by myself in just a couple of hours.you start making it to where the ironworker has to put his own template on one job then it starts spreading to others and it becomes the norm and they start becoming responsible if the wall moves,no thanks. and plus the template serves as top of pour for finishers.
hey man, a bit morbid but here's something from the bottom of my heart. i lost my dad to septicaemia in 2003 i was 8 years old, he was a tradesman and craftsman, and i miss him dearly. he was half way through building our house from the ground up when he died, when news of his death got around the vultures descended and emptied his shop of all it was worth, it had a catastrophic effect on the lives of me and my mum. there was huge amount of knowledge that was lost with him, masonry, plastering, mechanics, philosophy, business, and i never had a decent chance to learn any of that from him like i should have done, so i'd just like to say that these videos mean a lot to me and will help me rebuild the life of me and my family metaphorically and literally, and help me continue my dad's legacy. so, thank you for it all.
Hi lade you need to go to College to learn all of this?
construction at college here in the UK is full of the idiots who can't think, it's terribly sad, but because of that it doesn't get enough funding to be of much use to people who actually want to strike out and do it to any meaningful degree besides being some apprentice that carries bricks, it's too low level and isn't designed for anyone with any passion or intuition. i've learnt more from this series so far than i would've learned in a year of paid education at college.
@@gramursowanfaborden5820 Apprentice to a small or up-and-coming general contractor. You could teach yourself but it will take a lot longer. (US advice, not sure how things work in loicense-land).
@@tienglongmy you're right, with the right people... about 9 months ago i joined a program for young people to get them into the construction industry, it was promised to be a full package that gave us the skills, qualifications and experience we needed to get out and about, and technically it was that, but it was utterly miserable, spending half the time on-site and the other half in a portable cabin classroom next to the site office, the tradesmen didn't want us to be there, the foremen didn't want us to be there, and so mostly we were just running errands, and of course carrying bricks (no surprises there!) though i did get to carry some concrete slabs, timber, doors... all the while desperately trying to learn the ropes, learn some skills working with different trades and earn some respect, sadly those actual benefits were lacking. i got my CSCS card (our loicense to work on-site), and that was it, it was a huge disappointment and a waste of three months of my life watching greenfield land be polluted with building sand, nails, plastic clips and broken saw blades being covered in cheap "homes" that won't last 30 years despite leaving a permanent blight for ever more. it has taught me some valuable lessons, but not the ones they intended.
i'm still going for it but it's on my own terms now, i've seen some of the worst of the construction industry build some of the worst houses and i will not do it any more, so i'm currently looking at some traditional firms that sympathetically maintain, restore and rebuild historical buildings, Cornish hedgers (similar to dry stone walls), and traditional crafts like smithing, forestry, thatchwork, something that makes me feel as though i'm doing good, conservation, not development.
@pete smyth thank you. i didn't know either of my grandfathers very well either, now i'm the last man in the family. i've got nobody close to learn from, but i'm learning myself, slowly, and thanks to some great TH-cam channels like this one. i'm buying some land soon, gonna build a workshop, continue the family legacy whether the universe wants me to or not.
Pure living for life shows us how to do it the hard way . Essential Craftsman shows us how a professional works.
tony butcher, you’re absolutely right. Got tired of watching amateurs doing rework, although sometimes the soap-opera gets a chuckle from me.
You are correct, but the PLF never claimed to be pros, EC is a pro with a lot of experience under his belt, oh wait, suspenders, but yeah, it is sure nice to see a real craftsman at work!
Sometimes I watch those two losers just to feel better about myself. Scott here is truly a 're lesson of what I do daily and I couldn't be happier
PLF has become hard to watch over time, it has just turned into garbage with mass confusion. I enjoy EC based on his ability to explain technical issues, and the fact I feel confident in his ability - that makes it all enjoyable.
It's become 25 minute videos why they are off a 1/8" on their trusses that they are explaining how it happened months ago in the excavation or something irrelevant. People just want to see them build but I think the process is so slow they've been forced to substitute ALOT of useless footage into their videos, to hide the fact there is no building really taking place. I really liked their channel but since the whole water system adventure to this house debacle they've under taken, it just hurts me to watch sometimes.
We'll see if that house gets closed in before winter can completely warp, saturate, and twist every bit of lumber they've spent all fall putting up.
Here’s the help you were looking for. You were close with your definition of “development length” but there is one major difference. Development length is the minimum length of rebar that is required to be embedded into concrete in order for the piece of rebar to properly transfer the load from the rebar into the concrete. That’s the basic definition but it also has variables. There are tension development lengths and compression development lengths, each is the minimum length required to develop either tension or compression (for example columns on simple structures are typically in compression, while beams will have bars that are in tension and compression, depending if it’s a top bar or bottom bar in the beam). In your video, what you are calling the development length is actually what’s called the “lap splice length” and the name is self explanatory. The difference between lap splice length and development length is that lap splice length is the minimum length of lap required to properly transfer the stress or load from one bar to the next bar as if it were a continuous bar. Development length is the transfer of load from one rebar to the concrete itself, with no lap or other rebar.
Please also keep in mind that these minimum lengths, development or lap splice, will vary greatly depending on the strength of concrete you use, grade of rebar you use, tension or compression use, and also the clear cover used (3” off the ground in your video). Often times, for interior columns let’s say, 1.5” is requested and that little bit less of concrete requires a slightly longer lap splice. Sorry for the long response but there are a few variables that determine these things and the explanations require a lot of explaining, which you so kindly do for us so I’m just returning the favor. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.
nybirdman when youre lapping your vertical 'starter' bars then you can say development length.
Oh, i forgot to mention the most important variable, the size of the rebar (its late). The bigger the bar, the larger the development and lap splice length required. Always, always, use the drawings to determine these lengths as a #3 lap splice length can be 16” in some applications and a #11 can be 9’ or 108”. And in case you were wondering, epoxy Coated or “green bar” requires even longer lengths because the coating is smoother and doesn’t transfer the stress as well. Like i said, there’s a number of variables so always check the drawings and know the application. Best of luck to you all.
Judey Kun i mean i guess you can call it whatever you’d like but from an engineering perspective, lap splice length is NOT the same as development length.
Just weld the rebar together =D
nybirdman
I am truly a novice, but have helped build two houses in the past. Somebody has mentioned welding the rebar together and I am assuming this is OK. Could you share thoughts on this, such as how much should be overlapped and welded together if at all? I have built a couple of retaining walls around my house and welded the rebar together to make it one continuous structure because I did not know how much overlap to use.
Your boy looks like a good worker, that is a blessing.
Essential Craftsman, the Lord has also blessed me with three boys and a girl. It is my sincere hope that I can train them up to be hard workers in all aspects of their lives. I enjoy the content you folks produce, best wishes, and may the Lord continue to bless you and yours.
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Entertaining, intelligent and informative. You are a rare combination, Sir. Thank you for presenting these videos in such a way that is very user friendly.
I dig the jobsite power nap. I've done it myself countless times. A 10-15 minute refresher is by far more effective than any energy drink or coffee.
I have watched this particular sequence of concrete preparation and pouring videos I think a dozen times so far. I think I'm finally catching all the jargon and understanding what you are doing. Thanks a lot for putting these to video. It's been really helpful.
Man do I wish your videos were around back in 1979 when I was learning how to be a general contractor.
The intermission is my favorite part.
Love these videos, theres no bullshit, its straight to the point and not repetitive, packed full of knowledge
Former logger, current ironworker and as much as I do my best to avoid rebar work, I would help you with a smile on my face. Love your channel!
But just think if you know how to rebar ONE day you will build your own house and save a ton of cash. That knowledge is priceless.
Hello Sir,
I wondered for a small time what it was about your channel that has me as a subscriber. Sure, I worked construction for a few months as a kid. Mixing mud, carting bricks and then doing the reo for in-ground swimming pools. As well as hand mixing concrete for many months as I helped improve the family home.
It was not the nostalgia that drew me in.
It is that you are an expert.
Given the Interwebs allows you to access all manner of idiot and ignorance, having access to an expert is refreshing. Rewarding. Almost comforting.
Thank you very much.
Every time I watch this channel I feel like my grandpa is teaching me. Thank you for your lessons and guidance sensei.
I do concrete in large commercial settings. Typically we get a rebar drawing that shows how all the rebar should be tied and in the rebar drawings there’s a lap schedule that tells you how much lap you should have on your bars. It varies depending on what size the bars are and whether they’re epoxy coated or not. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen that but I figured I’d let you know my experience. Good video.
Love this series. Great job explaining everything.
There is alot of bending over in construction. And I'm not just taking about taking it from permits and city planners. I'm talking about actually bending at the knees and waist. It's gotta be hell on you're joints. Great video Mr W :)
Anchor Bait I’m an apprentice Glazier and I’ve worked with guys that have had shoulder surgery and back surgery. It’s hard on the entire body, but as a tradesman you take great pride in your work at the end.
That's why it's called work......retired reinforcing Ironworker. Been there, done that.
@@roddiener I'll HIRE YOU! 😁
@@rxonmymind8362 too late.....retired, belts hanging in the garage........
Your videos are nothing less than spectacular. Great to see an experienced professional will to share honest and straight forward information. You remind me of the very best craftmen I've learned from in my life. You sir are a gem. Than you. For your videos.
Good to hear you encourage and promote the permit process, far too many contractors ignore the plans if they ever had any, and do what they think is correct, which 99% of the time they are wrong.
7:27 - Hey Nate, try a cordless angle grinder and a cutoff wheel next time you have to cut re-mesh. I used to cut it like that, but once I tried a cut-off wheel I found that it was far superior. I love the channel, thank you both for sharing your craft.
Im in the beginning phases of the home building process. I'm a DIY kind of individual, that has turned it into a career. Industrial automation, metalworking, computer programming, electrician, and a few other odd skills ive taught myself to do at a professional level. Residential construction is the one type of building experience i'm lacking. I've been doing what i always do, learn intensely until i'm confident i can at least try whatever it is.
I was only a week into an information binge when i caught one of your recent videos in the series. I started at 1 and have been glued to it for 2 days. I have 15 pages handwritten in my black book of notes. Going through the concrete work has been fantastic. With every new fact and bit of information you extol I research and learn more on the topic. Thanks for the insight and information, its been amazing to actually learn this way from someone who has done it.
And 2 eps at once! Great way to relax after work.
Engineer here. Development length is the length required to fully develop the rebars tensile strength in the concrete. Meaning that, should the rebar be fully developed in Concrete, the bar will snap before it pulls out of the concrete. Hope that helps!
Snap? I'm sure you meant yield...
I still don’t understand why the Overlap Length Has to be what it is. I mean, how are 20 inches better than 4 inches in preventing it from snapping? Also how do you tie the overlap pieces together? Are you doing that with the same kind of wire? Every 1 inch? every 3 inches?
You're an inspiration to me, keep up the good work. Thinking about supporting you on Patreon for all your invaluable experience you're sharing.
Telling it like it's supposed to be....and then doing it. Great job.
I truly love watching a professional that can" talk the talk and walk the walk!"
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It's always a pleasure to learn from you and watch your professionally made videos. Thank you once again.
09:10 - while you are holding the verts in place for your mate to tie, put your thumb over the end of the bar. A thumb knuckle in the eye is not as painful as rebar-end in the eye. Carry a shoulder-bag of mushrooms to fit over the ends as soon as they are in place. You only get one pair of eyes, look after them!
Work fascinates me, I could watch it all day.
Great video. Great music. I think that being a musician contributes to the overall potency of your shows.
You have it backwards with the forces that each rebar mat resits. The bottom mat is resisting the tension loads in the bottom of the footing caused by the load from above. The top mat is what helps resist the moment forces caused by the retained slope.
Edit: It is the concrete itself that is resisting all of the compression forces.
I always learn something from your videos Scott.
Thanks to you & Nate for all the information.
That is some fancy looking rebar tie-ups.
Eric
Really cool. Any wait for you to get to framing! I think for a lot of people, this lets them see the entire process instead of just their specific trade or interest. Thanks for your knowledge!
I really love this series!! I am a mechanical engineer looking to get into house flipping, and I love your attention to detail. I can tell you are doing thiings right
Nate should be grateful you are his mentor. I bet he prospers because of it.
The reel all day
Veteran Rodbuster.
Good video, nice improv.
I just realized why I like your videos. You remind me of a real life Ben Cartwright
Thank you, great tips! Love the impact hammer shovel attachment!
This is the video I've been looking for. Thank you. Even the comments are helpful.
thank you for the well explained video, feel confident to tackle job
Why would anybody not like this video it shows guys who know what they're doing . I've never seen as pretty form and rebar work and with the science behind it
I always enjoy your videos! You are a good teacher.
it's like christmas! 2 E.C. uploads at the same time
Never having done this, it's a good thing that I can watch it twice to fully understand it,....well, maybe three times. I'm gunna get back to the head gasket on my 47 Buick, that's simple.
I’m learning so much from you and your channel. I’m a Commercial and industrial electrician.
I haven’t heard this album in years kudos on the good music the Johnny Staats Project
Very nice job on the concert form work .
Hey, I have been watching your videos for years. I'm taking my 3rd block for carpentry in nova Scotia canada, our instructor brought up some of your videos to reference in class! Though you might like to know you have made your way into the classroom training the next generation of carpenters.
Tyler manthorne
Great vid of important details that few others ever discuss (often gloss over the "why" of the details, or ignore entirely). Way too many - supposed - concrete experts on TH-cam are nothing but hacks that I wouldn't allow on a job site of mine.
Looks great Im a master carpenter living in Florida your commentaries and videos are very clear and enjoyable to watch sorry to say I can longer apply myself to the trade that I love. But I still have most of my tools and my apron which is something like looking at a old book a lot of memories . born 1957 started helping Dad at the age of 13 but I did not volunteer and that is how the story started. Once again Thank You
I like the 6" mat you used to suspend genius.
Fantastic work. Every video is a learning experience. Thank you
A concise definition of development length: the development length is the embedment length of a bar to develop its full strength. What you were showing in the beginning of the video was a lap splice. The required lap splice, is as you said, the length in which two bars lapped would be equivalent to one continuous bar. Some great videos here thanks so much for the effort and insight, I have learned a lot!
You made a footing into a work of art.
JerkRice - no. a swimming pool is a 'work of art'.
I saw all of this tools and material In hDsupply white cap. They are everywhere
Two E C in one day yes!!! More trick of the trade thank you.
Thank you for the effort to make these videos. I have really enjoy them and learning a bunch
Beautiful work. Work that really nobody will see. Thats why the roman coliseum is still standing. What about that wire spinner that just hooks on and as you pull it spins?
I have one of those. Like a Yankee push drill in reverse. Works great for the little I do - great for wire fencing with T posts too I might add!
Yeah you grab the end of the wire and it just keeps feeding it out until its empty..theyre so nice for skip tying a large slab...cause they hold quit a bit of wire
Hm.. in Oz we got pre-made tie wire that has got a sling at both ends.
150mm long and bit thicker 200mm long.
Slings are about 1 cm in diameter.
Looks like this:
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If you then take a screw hook that you normally use for hanging your keys onto when it's screwed into a wall and use that in a battery driven drill..
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..well, I can tell you, it's faster than what everyone else does.
You'll wind up tying every knot there possible is and not stop at half of them, that's how easy it becomes.
they are slow compared to a quick tyer with plyers
One of the first videos I watched was about 3 months ago. Love them. One of the new tools one of the videos demonstrated was a power wire twister for re bar installation. It took a reel of wire and if I recall correctly you just pushed the tool against the rebar intersection needing to be wired and pulled the trigger. IfI recall the brand I believe it was Bosch or Mikita. It was blue. I believe there was an extension to let you run the tool without bending over. That help any of the old wire twisters.
JoeB
You guys would be awesome to work with. Very knowledgeable, and friendly.
Beautiful job
this man does everything
Started helping do stamped patios and driveways this past summer. I can definitely tie rebar but not as well as you!
And The rebar trees save some much lifting when pouring. We use a plastic type tree that snaps on.
Thanks I learned a lot.
Love your videos. Can't wait for the next upload.
You should show people how to tie saddles as well .where you loop around the bottom re bar twice and make sort of a figure 8
He was tying saddles for the verts, and what you are describing does not sound like a saddle. Also there is a different tie called a figure eight, plus template ties, suck ties and adding a wrap to any off the foremention ties.
This is amazing !
Wow, as someone not from the US I never knew #5 bar means 5/8" and so on. Makes a lot more sense now!
Informative as expected. Bluegrass is outstanding. Thanks again.
Great video series i like the detail you are going into with each step of the build.
I hope Nate appreciates the education he is getting... and I hope you appreciate the mileage on old bones he is saving you. I like your lift cages. I too am a firm believer in good enough, isn't.
Cover on rebar also protects rebar from carbonation of the concrete. Concrete is highly alkaline which prevents rusting. CO2 in atmosphere is absorbed by the outside facing concrete but only penetrates so far in good concrete. Carbonation reduces alkalinity, allows rusting and then concrete will stall. Cover also prevents cracking of the face as it shrinks during setting.
Good luck and keep the vids coming. Rich CEng MICE
Love this video man.. Very short but i have learned a lot. Thanks.
I have a hook tool similar to that which is over 100 years old. It wasn't used for use on rebar but for barbed wire instead.
I love your videos
A solid foundation, hoping to see the poured concrete
HOW DID I END UP HERE GOOD VIDEO VERY RELAXING KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Dude I could watch you build a house. Oh wait....
In the south our home builders make a huge burn pile in front of the house after framing. Most of the times this includes materials that are illegal to burn and during a burn ban. Please make a video on this part of the process.
That settles it. I shall henceforth have no more "power naps", from now on it is "intermissions" only for me. Awesome...!
Obviously ,good idea to get re bar in proper place for structural integrity and proper coverage for rust prevention. However, concrete is not water proof,unless ..........one orders the concrete from the ready mix plant with an integral water proofing material. In footings and foundations,it is always a very wise move to do so. One brand that comes to mind is Hy-crete. If your batch plant does not carry it,with sufficient lead time,I'm sure they can source it or another available brand. Good video !
looking great so far
Very good information, esp. the hog fencing idea. Thank you!
Man, that's a lot of work!
Another excellent explanation of what and why...
Great video. I'm subscribing.
Really good serie so far. Keep up the good work!
When tieing in the dowels, if you tie a 'set up' every five feet and then tie in a longitudinal a few inches down from the top of the bar, then you don't have to tie to the mat under the template, top mat, etc. Plus you get some safety. if some one falls on the dowel, they do not get impailed.
and by 'set up' i mean a bar that is plumb according to a level and tied well so that you do not have to tie every other bar nearly as well. The length and thickness of these dowels are small and you can plumb them up with minimal effort after the pour. But if you had #8 or #10 dowels for a few dozen feet and had to plumb them up with a hickey, you would be cursing the guy who put them in sloppy
Yep, and a few bar driven into the bank as support would completely eliminate the wood frame need for the upright dowels. Less things in the way for the pour. 😀
wrong! i did this for 35 years and he did it the way it should be done and if you want safety put a cap on the top of the dowel
@@noahludford3667 wrong! you and the other dipshit dont know what you're talking about and it doesnt take that long to tie in verts i could have done this whole footing by myself in just a couple of hours.you start making it to where the ironworker has to put his own template on one job then it starts spreading to others and it becomes the norm and they start becoming responsible if the wall moves,no thanks. and plus the template serves as top of pour for finishers.
Nice homemade chairs
I like your idea of the hog wire. If it's too high you can always dent it to lower your top rebar layer.
anyone else just like, damn, get to the fun satisfying pouring portion!
No idea why I'm watching this. But I like it 😯
Great video. Thank you
I learnt alot from this video
I can't tell you how much I wish you leaved near me because my family needs a shed built to the new hurricane compliance from the ground up.
what a great informative video. i have been yet to find one that talks about spacing. putting this in my favorites.
Looks good
Another well made video, always a pleasure to watch!
We want to see the finished product. Great video thanks!
My back hurts just watching that.
You really need to write a book. Call it "One For the Good Guys."