I've been watching your vids on youtube for a coule of days now, and being a 74 year old retired remodeler, I really enjoy your vids because it makes me feel like I'm back at work again..... Thanks, Tim Clements
I am so glad we do not have to deal with frost lines down here on the Gulf coast ! We just scratch out a 16 x15 slot for single story, 20 w x 24 d for a 2 story and call it good. You guys do beautiful work that no one will see in the end.
Bondo you're a good mason, I followed my father in law a master mason for 30 years. He was a expert mason, your movements and laying block remind me of him!
I am amazed at th comments. Most of the remarks are from someone in different states, with different codes. Some are from people with no clue about building. It all looks good to me and your job was inspected and passed. So anyone saying its not proper, lives in a bubble.
I am enjoying the video. 18 minutes in. I have no idea what you are doing. I have zero knowledge of this stuff. So watching what you do is like seeing a puzzle and you are putting the pieces together.
When we use to core fill we would always use a large orange road cone as a funnel ,making sure that we cut the top of the cone so it was just a bit smaller then the core of the block so not to restrict the flow of the concrete into the core of the block 👍 , it worked great as a time saver for sure 👍 !
Its good to see Bondo documenting the reason we have building regs and inspectors. Whoever built this house is long gone, but the house they put on that skimpy foundation is likely full of cracked walls, sloping floors, and doors that don't work properly. Buildings usually outlive the folks who build them. At least here, future generations of owners will be purchasing a well built structure for their cars! Progressive thinkers support sensible community building standards. Libertarian thinking would bring us half the population living in shanties with their sewage straight piped into the creek!
Sounds like you’re part of a building or health department. Regulations have a place, but believe it or not most regulations could be eliminated and replaced with people who care about their neighbors and their own final product
@@georgewelker2846 Corporate builders now build the vast majority of houses. Show me someone who thinks big corporate builders care enough about quality to not need building codes and I'll show you a fool!
Im proud of biscuit wearing a respirator, we all need to collectively take better care of ourselves in construction, I am slowly unlearning all the terrible safety practices old timers have taught me lol.
Most of the old timers didn’t have too many choices. Either they did the job or they were fired and replaced. There was hardly any safety. Most learned to do what they were told or find another job. And a lot of the time construction jobs were far and few between. But there is always a boss under pressure to complete the job that will look the other way to get the job done . So it’s a two sided coin
As a professional in Occupational Safety, I was pleased to see your crew wearing respiratory protection when saw cutting. In my line of work it’s appreciated when you see a company following a good safety plan. One thing I’d add, your spoils pile needs to be 2’ or more from the edge of you trench.
When I was still laboring for my dad back in the 80s we would have had the mixer running and using Portland to fill all the cavities with wheelbarrows! It's interesting seeing how things are done in other parts of the country, we are in Missouri. We didn't do many jobs like this, noone would and if we did we were well paid. You have carved out a nice niche I imagine. Keep your guys happy, noone want's to work this hard anymore.
See you fill them barrels remind me of this time i did a foundation on a island and had to barge all the barrels across 😂 that was the toughest foundation i have ever done 😂
I appreciate your videos, my brother's did cement forming/finishing for 40-50 years in Vancouver...one still works at it, the other's knees are shot...and life goeth on...
I bought a house where the builder had left a brick ledge on the foundation then never installed the brick. Then came back and poured a slab in front including the brick ledge. Over time the slab settled and pulled the block wall foundation out on an angle In the basement the wall was tilted out about halfway up where the mortor broke straight across. I had to have it excavated on the outside, slab removed, sured up the structure and removed and replaced the block. All this because they poured into the brick ledge. So I can attest to what you said about covering the block holes before pouring the slab.
I watch Victory Rick Thomas Odell all of the guys but Ron is the best most informative concrete videos out. And you can see hes going through the same issues regualar foundation guys are with the cost of nudura vs block. I just like to see guys who have to role with the punches and still win without having 400k subs. Seems like Ron would thrive with our without youtube but he still puts out these amazing videos.
been watching a few years now, another great job by the bondo boys , always interesting , like the way you explain the steps of the job , beer thirty 🍺🍺🍻🍻 you deserve it
01:22 is a genius way of getting that slab into the bucket without having your fella lift it - chapeau! I like your Pythagoras Theorem triangles - 6-8-10 or 3-4-5. This is a really educational vldeo, thanks.
👍Awesome work. It’s good to see professionals doing their job. I suspect you pros don’t think something like this is cool as it comes together. Myself, now, just being a regular dude looking in and seeing how the puzzle comes together… well, I think you guys are awesome in seeing the end project. VISION & Experience! My industrial-commercial refrigeration big jobs were same but long retired now. Kudos to the working man 👍🇺🇸Blessings to you all!
I enjoyed every minute! gorgeous... to observe guys creating STUFF Personal Story: this morning 🌄 i noticed a new door (with frame attached) proped against my neighbors house - in awe i looked at that THING - 😳 This thought filled my brain: 'My God, i love MEN - because, i sure couldnt move THAT door.' With the absense of strength, if i had to move that door, i would be met with my height of incompetence. That said, your gas powered dinosaurs 🦕 were SUPER fun to watch. Great Job - Great heart felt attention to detail! Your crews always seem to be 'generous of spirit'. Its life affirming. Thanks for warming my heart... Take Care!
In the Caribbean, we put down a steel cage to cast the foundation, fill every block pocket, and cast a steel cage column at the corners and belt the entire top of the foundation wall with concrete and steel cage.
Hey man, just a little tip I've found to be easier. I see you bent the 10mm rebar around the corner for the footing @10:51 I've had issues with this getting it to sit nice in the footing so what I do is run them straight from both directions so it looks like a box on the corner then zip tie them together. I have a video on my foundation build if that helps. Cheers
I’ve ordered 6 yards countless times because of the fee for cartage at 62 and with knees that no longer work? I enjoy watching your videos you guys having fun keep up the good work.
just a tip to keep dust down is a pump sprayer. Up here in Canada we are mandated to not create dust like that, its a pretty simple cheap solution. you guys rock
What a good little house. Kinda my dream home out at my farm. Wish we would have build a house that size with a full basement. All I need is a warm home and heated garage . But I’m not starting over. But I can totally be jealous.
That's much better! I was very critical of American standards on another of your videos - so take some praise for this job. Still think the "footer" or footings as we'd say wouldn't pass our Regs for a chicken coup - not in that sand! Our minimum depth is FOUR FEET - my last job before retiring was eleven - yep, you read it right eleven feet down and three wide completely filled with concrete - just on £9000 worth, all for a free standing brick built garage. We have auger type mixed on site wagons for most domestic jobs now - so called Dail-a-Mix lorries -the idea of which came from America - bit ironic if you don't have them. Depending on requirement, the concrete is roughly £230 per metre cube and going up by the day, price of cement has doubled since Brexit! You are a First Class block layer but you didn't need me to say that - credit where it's due - most people couldn't so much as pick that number up in a day. However: again - our Regs would insist all those voids filled. Our P.V.C. D.P.C. has to be 1000 gauge all edges have to be turned up and tape sealed at corners. Reinforcing mats have to be supported on wire chairs at a specific height and the rod size in the mats are much weightier. If you think this is rather over the top - so do we!
Well, I've not done so bad😜😜😜 Judging by a few of your asides about "the householder" I reckon you have to do the same - be choosey whom you work for and I'm very fortunate in geography - I live very close to very expensive real estate. Mind you - some of these guys need watching the most! I do have a collection of bounced cheques ( yes we spell funny, I know) And for much of my life - I've been the specifier and only sold on the finished product - if you wannit - that's the price! I'm going to work my way through all your videos - so keep up the content!
In California and Nevada you put verdict and horizon rebar , plus if tie into existing foundation you have drill , epoxy rebar on tie on existing structures., ever cell in block get concrete also.
Sandy soil, like clay soil, always results in more settling than people would like. Good to see that you are installing footers wider than what was installed on the house. But has anyone there ever tried installing helical piers and then building footers on top of the piers? They would definitely do a great deal to prevent buildings from from settling more than even the widest footers. But what would the cost of doing that be there? Would it be worth the cost?
Not a crawlspace, a garage floor. Watch it to the end. It all gets backfilled. The footer is that deep because of frost line requirements. He talks about the free-draining sandy soil so maybe has something to do with not sealing it. Here in East Tennessee I've pulled 40 yr-old CMUs out of clay soil that were pretty degraded, so I've sealed the last few foundation walls I've built.
Sand is so awesome to work with though, pounding pegs is soo much easier even if they need to be longer. Pounding pegs into clay with rocks in it is a nightmare.
@@bondobuilt386 >>Agreed but the only pain is the cave ins if you don't dig it wide and shelf it."" For sure. I hardly ever got to work in sandy conditions, like maybe 5 times. Most times it was stupid blue clay with some rocks in it, GRRRRRRRR. Makes it hard to get the peg nice and flat to the forms and in my cousins words, squared to the world LOL.
Great job building the block foundation wall. Upstate NY is cold in the winter. You say you will place 6 mil poly under the poured garage floor. Why no insulated blue board, under the floor? If the owner install future heating, he'll always have a COLD floor.
Trick that works well…instead of chipping a hole and looping a chain on the concrete, drill 1/2” holes and spin in hilti bolts( screws) through the chain links and lift out the chunks with you machine. Bolts can be used again and again.
I never liked block walls. I have seen so many that fall apart. I had to do one under an existing addition and I put rebar in every cell and filled every one with concrete.
Is that house on a slab too? Or is that just some sort of addition in the front? I'd hope the whole house isn't as sketchy as that back entry room thing.
What about the waterproofing of the exterior block before back filling? Water is just gunna soak those bricks and cause major issues for the home owners... unless, of course, it's not required... but why not go the extra mile.. .you already see how the house was built...make your foundation and building last forever, even after the house rots away! Just asking for a friend 😊
What size rebar did you use in the foundation...#4 or #5? Also, you may in the future consider buying a small line pump or grout hog. Do you guys ever run a reinforced bond beam course on the CMU foundation walls?
That old "footer" you dug up was just 4 to 6 inches without rebar. Was that previously holding up a doghouse? 😉 The new footer looks more solid than the one for the main house. But was there no need to vibrate the concrete?
Here in California perhaps because of the earthquake code they require the rebar placed with the footing pour every other cell. When using concrete blocks every cell gets filled with grout mix, with additional rebar placed horz usually every 4'-0".
every part of the US has different specs for the terrain and weather. Less in Florida and more in California. Every place does it differently and they get the same result. Great job! I have been a mason for 30-plus years. You guys are very hard workers
Hi. It's impossible to throw out a number on a project. There are too many variables. The biggest being access to pour the slab. Also no telling how the dirt guys will leave the rough grade. Sometimes we have to completely redo the gravel work because it is such a mess. I always go look at projects before giving out a price. You could send me an email if you want us to look at the job. If you are not to far from me
yeah, drilling it afterwards is not nearly the strength of the standard way of doing it. Drilled in anchors vs j bolts are not good either. Seismic or hurricane engineering standards don't allow for that.
WE put verticals in every 4 feet as shown and they were drilled into footer. We do not have those uplift requirements in New York as we do not have hurricanes.
@@Stan_in_Shelton_WAyou can drill and epoxy. Unfortunately I didn’t see any starters drilled into the foundation in the beginning so there is really no way to guarantee that mortar dropping from construction doesn’t compromise the work.
I'm curious. It looked at a glance like the siding currently sits a little lower than the new floor presumably will. Will you or the homeowner remove the bottom row of siding before pouring the floor, or is that not an issue? I used to pour basement walls when I was young, but I have no experience doing flatwork.
How is it they the top of the block wall ends up at the right height? Does the guy just eyeball the mud between the layers to get to the exact height needed?
A concrete block with mortar joint should be 8" so we measure the blocks as we build the corners. So top of footer is 48" down from the top of wall in this case. We use a laser level to set the footers where we want them.
I've been watching your vids on youtube for a coule of days now, and being a 74 year old retired remodeler, I really enjoy your vids because it makes me feel like I'm back at work again.....
Thanks,
Tim Clements
Thanks Tim I am glad you are enjoying the videos brother.
I am so glad we do not have to deal with frost lines down here on the Gulf coast ! We just scratch out a 16 x15 slot
for single story, 20 w x 24 d for a 2 story and call it good. You guys do beautiful work that no one will see in the end.
Thanks Ya it does suck sometimes to bury all our nice work but at least now I can show you guys on TH-cam. LOL
Bondo you're a good mason, I followed my father in law a master mason for 30 years. He was a expert mason, your movements and laying block remind me of him!
Thanks for the compliment buddy. I love this work.
I use 1/4” hardboard to cover the block holes that way the slab can shrink without grabbing the blocks or cracking the floor
Yep, or expansion foam.
I am amazed at th comments. Most of the remarks are from someone in different states, with different codes. Some are from people with no clue about building. It all looks good to me and your job was inspected and passed. So anyone saying its not proper, lives in a bubble.
You certainly can’t depend on the inspector
I am enjoying the video. 18 minutes in. I have no idea what you are doing. I have zero knowledge of this stuff. So watching what you do is like seeing a puzzle and you are putting the pieces together.
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.
When we use to core fill we would always use a large orange road cone as a funnel ,making sure that we cut the top of the cone so it was just a bit smaller then the core of the block so not to restrict the flow of the concrete into the core of the block 👍 , it worked great as a time saver for sure 👍 !
Thanks I am going to try that.
You man Biscuit looks like good worker 👍
So that's who took the traffic cones!😂
Its good to see Bondo documenting the reason we have building regs and inspectors. Whoever built this house is long gone, but the house they put on that skimpy foundation is likely full of cracked walls, sloping floors, and doors that don't work properly. Buildings usually outlive the folks who build them. At least here, future generations of owners will be purchasing a well built structure for their cars! Progressive thinkers support sensible community building standards. Libertarian thinking would bring us half the population living in shanties with their sewage straight piped into the creek!
Sounds like you’re part of a building or health department. Regulations have a place, but believe it or not most regulations could be eliminated and replaced with people who care about their neighbors and their own final product
@@georgewelker2846 Corporate builders now build the vast majority of houses. Show me someone who thinks big corporate builders care enough about quality to not need building codes and I'll show you a fool!
Im proud of biscuit wearing a respirator, we all need to collectively take better care of ourselves in construction, I am slowly unlearning all the terrible safety practices old timers have taught me lol.
I bought all the guys respirators. My buddy dad was a mason and died from lung issues.
@bondobuilt386 where's tuna
Safety third
Most of the old timers didn’t have too many choices. Either they did the job or they were fired and replaced. There was hardly any safety. Most learned to do what they were told or find another job. And a lot of the time construction jobs were far and few between. But there is always a boss under pressure to complete the job that will look the other way to get the job done . So it’s a two sided coin
Bit of water would have stopped most of that dust
Great job bondo, love the step by step explaining 👍🏾
Thank you Glad to help.
Good job Ron. It’s a Saturday night here in suburban Philly. The wife is watching a chick-flick and I’m watching Bondo content. Life is good. Thanks.
Thanks uncle Jim. I am in Misouri hunting deer so been a little slow getting the videos out but glad you enjoyed it my friend. 😀
As a professional in Occupational Safety, I was pleased to see your crew wearing respiratory protection when saw cutting. In my line of work it’s appreciated when you see a company following a good safety plan. One thing I’d add, your spoils pile needs to be 2’ or more from the edge of you trench.
When I was still laboring for my dad back in the 80s we would have had the mixer running and using Portland to fill all the cavities with wheelbarrows! It's interesting seeing how things are done in other parts of the country, we are in Missouri. We didn't do many jobs like this, noone would and if we did we were well paid. You have carved out a nice niche I imagine. Keep your guys happy, noone want's to work this hard anymore.
See you fill them barrels remind me of this time i did a foundation on a island and had to barge all the barrels across 😂 that was the toughest foundation i have ever done 😂
Oh that had to suck. What a hard job that must have been. But satisfying.
I like the way you explain what you are doing, it exhibits confidence and experience. I’d hire you based on this trait alone.
@@scoobysteven thank you 😊
You folks do an outstanding job. I always learn something new.
Thanks I am glad you guys are enjoying it. It is satisfying to know that.
Except for the dry cutting cement n beating the ahit out of the bucket it’s mint 😊
Ya we usually spray water on the blade. I think we got in a hurry to get it demo on this one. @@davidrehaluk8620
Great job by the Bondo crew. Thxs for the vids!
Thanks David.
Very informative video, thank you for taking the time to film and post. I always wondered how, sequence wise, a block wall tied into a footer.
You are a True Professional! You have a great Team too! Wish more Contractors follow you.
Thanks Joe.
It's a beautiful thing watching professionals that work well together. Everyone dose whatever needs to be done like a dance 🕺
As an old concrete guy, you did a very good job.
Thanks 😀
I appreciate your videos, my brother's did cement forming/finishing for 40-50 years in Vancouver...one still works at it, the other's knees are shot...and life goeth on...
Thanks Bondo, I really enjoy watching your videos.
I bought a house where the builder had left a brick ledge on the foundation then never installed the brick. Then came back and poured a slab in front including the brick ledge. Over time the slab settled and pulled the block wall foundation out on an angle In the basement the wall was tilted out about halfway up where the mortor broke straight across. I had to have it excavated on the outside, slab removed, sured up the structure and removed and replaced the block. All this because they poured into the brick ledge. So I can attest to what you said about covering the block holes before pouring the slab.
I try to tell everybody not to do that.
So it was a fixed foundation attached to a floating slab on grade.
Ain’t supposed to attach floating to fixed.
Happens all the time.
Ron I love the fact you go the extra mile to save some money....👍 Bill on Oneida Lake and spring will be here soon
Thanks Bill. I'm in Misouri hunting. We will get a plan for you when I get back. I'm off all winter. LOL
I watch Victory Rick Thomas Odell all of the guys but Ron is the best most informative concrete videos out. And you can see hes going through the same issues regualar foundation guys are with the cost of nudura vs block. I just like to see guys who have to role with the punches and still win without having 400k subs. Seems like Ron would thrive with our without youtube but he still puts out these amazing videos.
been watching a few years now, another great job by the bondo boys , always interesting , like the way you explain the steps of the job , beer thirty 🍺🍺🍻🍻 you deserve it
Thanks for the comment and staying with us for a couple years that makes name smile.
01:22 is a genius way of getting that slab into the bucket without having your fella lift it - chapeau!
I like your Pythagoras Theorem triangles - 6-8-10 or 3-4-5.
This is a really educational vldeo, thanks.
Enjoying your videos Bondo. Very nice workmanship.
1970.
👍Awesome work. It’s good to see professionals doing their job. I suspect you pros don’t think something like this is cool as it comes together. Myself, now, just being a regular dude looking in and seeing how the puzzle comes together… well, I think you guys are awesome in seeing the end project. VISION & Experience!
My industrial-commercial refrigeration big jobs were same but long retired now. Kudos to the working man 👍🇺🇸Blessings to you all!
I enjoyed every minute!
gorgeous... to observe guys creating
STUFF
Personal Story: this morning 🌄 i noticed a new door (with frame attached) proped against my neighbors house - in awe i looked at that THING - 😳 This thought filled my brain: 'My God, i love MEN - because, i sure couldnt move THAT door.'
With the absense of strength, if i had to move that door, i would be met with my height of incompetence.
That said, your gas powered dinosaurs 🦕 were SUPER fun to watch.
Great Job -
Great heart felt attention to detail!
Your crews always seem to be 'generous of spirit'. Its life affirming.
Thanks for warming my heart...
Take Care!
Thank you for the kind words. I am glad you and others are enjoying the content. 😄
You guys make a great team!!
THanks Jeffrey.
Makes me proud to see some quality work coming out of Oswego county. : )
Thanks we try and do our best job possible.
In the Caribbean, we put down a steel cage to cast the foundation, fill every block pocket, and cast a steel cage column at the corners and belt the entire top of the foundation wall with concrete and steel cage.
Hurricane strengthening ?????
Hey man, just a little tip I've found to be easier. I see you bent the 10mm rebar around the corner for the footing @10:51 I've had issues with this getting it to sit nice in the footing so what I do is run them straight from both directions so it looks like a box on the corner then zip tie them together. I have a video on my foundation build if that helps. Cheers
I’ve ordered 6 yards countless times because of the fee for cartage at 62 and with knees that no longer work? I enjoy watching your videos you guys having fun keep up the good work.
Very nice work guys! Clean, accurate, and professional!
Love the attention to detail!
@@solaj22 thank you 😊
just a tip to keep dust down is a pump sprayer. Up here in Canada we are mandated to not create dust like that, its a pretty simple cheap solution. you guys rock
Thanks for the tip. I actually have a Dewalt Backpack sprayer I could use for that.
Looking good as always guys can’t wait to see it all done
Awesome video!
Thank you
Love how all you guys work together like a fine oiled machine !
Nice work brother.👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thanks buddy 😃
What a good little house. Kinda my dream home out at my farm. Wish we would have build a house that size with a full basement. All I need is a warm home and heated garage . But I’m not starting over. But I can totally be jealous.
That's much better! I was very critical of American standards on another of your videos - so take some praise for this job. Still think the "footer" or footings as we'd say wouldn't pass our Regs for a chicken coup - not in that sand! Our minimum depth is FOUR FEET - my last job before retiring was eleven - yep, you read it right eleven feet down and three wide completely filled with concrete - just on £9000 worth, all for a free standing brick built garage.
We have auger type mixed on site wagons for most domestic jobs now - so called Dail-a-Mix lorries -the idea of which came from America - bit ironic if you don't have them. Depending on requirement, the concrete is roughly £230 per metre cube and going up by the day, price of cement has doubled since Brexit!
You are a First Class block layer but you didn't need me to say that - credit where it's due - most people couldn't so much as pick that number up in a day. However: again - our Regs would insist all those voids filled. Our P.V.C. D.P.C. has to be 1000 gauge all edges have to be turned up and tape sealed at corners. Reinforcing mats have to be supported on wire chairs at a specific height and the rod size in the mats are much weightier. If you think this is rather over the top - so do we!
Wow thats crazy. Hard to make money building to those specs. Thanks for the comments.
Well, I've not done so bad😜😜😜 Judging by a few of your asides about "the householder" I reckon you have to do the same - be choosey whom you work for and I'm very fortunate in geography - I live very close to very expensive real estate. Mind you - some of these guys need watching the most! I do have a collection of bounced cheques ( yes we spell funny, I know) And for much of my life - I've been the specifier and only sold on the finished product - if you wannit - that's the price!
I'm going to work my way through all your videos - so keep up the content!
Glad to see ya Billy, keep your chin up.
Learn a lot watching your videos
i setup and strip with the same dewalt 90 degree attachment. for driveways it saves about six inches on either side from having to be excavated
Love it. Big Biscuit bought it for my birthday.
Seeing that heritage block wall makes me feel not so bad about how I built mine. 🤣
The old walls were a bit rough. LOL
In California and Nevada you put verdict and horizon rebar , plus if tie into existing foundation you have drill , epoxy rebar on tie on existing structures., ever cell in block get concrete also.
The ONLY way to do it!!
Sandy soil, like clay soil, always results in more settling than people would like. Good to see that you are installing footers wider than what was installed on the house. But has anyone there ever tried installing helical piers and then building footers on top of the piers?
They would definitely do a great deal to prevent buildings from from settling more than even the widest footers. But what would the cost of doing that be there? Would it be worth the cost?
I've been doing this type of work for a long time and you fellas do great work plus you all seem so easy going 👍 I could totally work with you guys 😁
Nice to see you drive past Caughdenoy VFD Westside station!
Nice job on the cinder blocks.
All us Pro's watch you Bondo!
You did a nice job on that floor.
Nice work!
Thanks John.
i love learning this stuf bondo :)
So glad to teach you guys. Thanks for the comment.
nice job and explanation.
I was surprised you did not seal the outside walls. I know its crawl space but the tar will keep moisture out of the block
Not a crawlspace, a garage floor. Watch it to the end. It all gets backfilled. The footer is that deep because of frost line requirements. He talks about the free-draining sandy soil so maybe has something to do with not sealing it. Here in East Tennessee I've pulled 40 yr-old CMUs out of clay soil that were pretty degraded, so I've sealed the last few foundation walls I've built.
Sand is so awesome to work with though, pounding pegs is soo much easier even if they need to be longer. Pounding pegs into clay with rocks in it is a nightmare.
Agreed but the only pain is the cave ins if you don't dig it wide and shelf it.
@@bondobuilt386 >>Agreed but the only pain is the cave ins if you don't dig it wide and shelf it.""
For sure. I hardly ever got to work in sandy conditions, like maybe 5 times. Most times it was stupid blue clay with some rocks in it, GRRRRRRRR. Makes it hard to get the peg nice and flat to the forms and in my cousins words, squared to the world LOL.
Great job building the block foundation wall. Upstate NY is cold in the winter. You say you will place 6 mil poly under the poured garage floor. Why no insulated blue board, under the floor?
If the owner install future heating, he'll always have a COLD floor.
Exceptional work there Bondo . Wish you were in California.
That old block wall looks like a Ray Charles/Stevie Wonder special!! Unbelievable
You can't make this shit up when its on video. LMAO
How are you attaching to the footer? I realize NY isn’t a major seismic zone but good construction should attach the CMUs physically to the footer.
We drill in 1/2 inch rebar into footer and then core fill that cell every 4 feet and 2 in the corners.
@ that’s work you didn’t show and could have been placed while pouring the footer instead of drilling and glueing
@@rinkevichjm yes it could be wet set we do it all the time but on this one I wanted to walk on the footer to work
@ that is what rebar caps are for.
Trick that works well…instead of chipping a hole and looping a chain on the concrete, drill 1/2” holes and spin in hilti bolts( screws) through the chain links and lift out the chunks with you machine. Bolts can be used again and again.
Great job guys! I had no idea people still used CMU's for foundations. I thought everyone did solid pours. Learn something new everyday lol
Solid pours are stronger
When did you drill the footing for rebar? After the block was laid with a 4 foot drill bit? I missed that part...
No we drill them after we lay the second course.
I never liked block walls. I have seen so many that fall apart. I had to do one under an existing addition and I put rebar in every cell and filled every one with concrete.
We learn from the best perfecto work :)👍
Thank you 😃
Nice job .
Chopped off traffic cones make good funnels for filling blocks.
Good tip. Thanks
What do you typically do for where the slab pours up against the existing house siding?
Normally that is not the case the siding is higher most of the time.
Is that house on a slab too? Or is that just some sort of addition in the front? I'd hope the whole house isn't as sketchy as that back entry room thing.
Its all on a stem wall.
original house foundation looks like it was done by a crew of drunks. Yours looks great and straight.Nice work.
I just noticed in the video, you were on caughdenoy Rd. I live in camillus, not too far away.
Biscuit is the American working man.
Yes he is. He loves this work as I do as well
That conveyer boom cement truck is definitely the ticket 🎟️
Just asking didnt see video of footing drain
No drain here it was like 8 feet deep sand and nowhere to take a drain to daylight. It is real dry at this job.
What about the waterproofing of the exterior block before back filling? Water is just gunna soak those bricks and cause major issues for the home owners... unless, of course, it's not required... but why not go the extra mile..
.you already see how the house was built...make your foundation and building last forever, even after the house rots away! Just asking for a friend 😊
I like your job man , I subscribed in your Chanel, happy new year, today is 12/31/23
Great content! Why no drain tile around outside of footing?
question. why didn't you just build the walls up and do one soild pour, instead of pouring the small foundation and using cinder blocks?
What size rebar did you use in the foundation...#4 or #5? Also, you may in the future consider buying a small line pump or grout hog. Do you guys ever run a reinforced bond beam course on the CMU foundation walls?
Looks good you guys do good work
were the home owners not expecting you or just simply couldn't be bothered tidying the site? Disgusting !
How come you haven't filled all the blocks?
Is a bond beam with rebar at the top of the wall not common in your area? It's a must here in iowa with our crazy winters. Just curious
That old "footer" you dug up was just 4 to 6 inches without rebar. Was that previously holding up a doghouse? 😉 The new footer looks more solid than the one for the main house. But was there no need to vibrate the concrete?
Yes that old footer was a joke and no we do not vibrate footers. You could if you wanted to. We build out footers bigger than code requires.
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Yup. Got to be careful vibrating all that aggregate to the bottom.
No vert rebar in the concrete block or keyway?
WE put verticals in every 4 feet as shown and they were drilled into footer and solid core filled.
Here in California perhaps because of the earthquake code they require the rebar placed with the footing pour every other cell. When using concrete blocks every cell gets filled with grout mix, with additional rebar placed horz usually every 4'-0".
every part of the US has different specs for the terrain and weather. Less in Florida and more in California. Every place does it differently and they get the same result. Great job! I have been a mason for 30-plus years. You guys are very hard workers
Why no vertical steel and key way ❓
I live just north of oneida lake what would the cost of a 30x60 mono slab with pex piping for radiant floors?
Hi. It's impossible to throw out a number on a project. There are too many variables. The biggest being access to pour the slab. Also no telling how the dirt guys will leave the rough grade. Sometimes we have to completely redo the gravel work because it is such a mess. I always go look at projects before giving out a price. You could send me an email if you want us to look at the job. If you are not to far from me
How do you pull a random square? You didn’t just pick a piece of the house to go off of?
This looks like upstate NY?
Question. Why no rebar sticking up from the foundation into the blocks? Wouldn’t that help keep the wall from “moving”?
I'm confused. No vertical rebar from the footer to the block stem wall? No bond beam in the stem wall? In AZ, CA, TX, WA this would not pass.
yeah, drilling it afterwards is not nearly the strength of the standard way of doing it. Drilled in anchors vs j bolts are not good either. Seismic or hurricane engineering standards don't allow for that.
It’s backfilled both sides with a slab for a garage, it doesn’t need to support a house. It’s also not a seismic zone or a hurricane zone.
@@Stan_in_Shelton_WA We do not have hurricanes here so our codes are different than yours.
WE put verticals in every 4 feet as shown and they were drilled into footer. We do not have those uplift requirements in New York as we do not have hurricanes.
@@Stan_in_Shelton_WAyou can drill and epoxy. Unfortunately I didn’t see any starters drilled into the foundation in the beginning so there is really no way to guarantee that mortar dropping from construction doesn’t compromise the work.
I'm curious. It looked at a glance like the siding currently sits a little lower than the new floor presumably will. Will you or the homeowner remove the bottom row of siding before pouring the floor, or is that not an issue? I used to pour basement walls when I was young, but I have no experience doing flatwork.
How is it they the top of the block wall ends up at the right height? Does the guy just eyeball the mud between the layers to get to the exact height needed?
A concrete block with mortar joint should be 8" so we measure the blocks as we build the corners. So top of footer is 48" down from the top of wall in this case. We use a laser level to set the footers where we want them.
No vertical steel?? Roto-hammer??
How long from poring g the footing to laying blocks?
We started the same day. Maybe 5 hours after the pour. It was a little soft though. The next day is always good.
If you back butter, both sides of the last rock, the mortar sticks better. Not that it really matters, but I’m just saying.
if your building a garage i hope you plan on taking out all the dirt with roots in it or otherwise it will just grow back thru
106 👍's up BB thank you for sharing 😊
Thanks Scott 😃