How to set grade pegs for a level footing: Building The Farmhouse | Day 2
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- Learn how to build a custom home, start to finish, with The Perkins Brothers!
"The Farmhouse" is a custom home for a Western North Carolina family that will sit high on a mountian near The Blue Ridge Parkway... And The Perkins crew will be filming every step of the build! They plan to release 2 videos per week following the progress.
In this exciting episode:
Erik, Jaime and the crew get the foundation of the home ready for concrete! The soil is tested, grade pins are set with a laser level, reinforcing rebar is installed, a sewer sleeve is added, and J-Bars that will connect the footing to the basement wall are tied into place. Learn lots of great tips about building and enjoy a day on the mountian with the Perkins Crew!
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I've been a builder for many years and have seen quite a fair bit of sheds. The plans in ryan's package th-cam.com/users/postUgkxB7IXYxLzb_Ichhe45zM3Im5xfEiSp9vB have some of the nicest looking sheds i've seen in a while.
The high frequency of videos coming in is highly addictive, greeting from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
I’ve got lots more coming. I appreciate the encouragement as well… I’ve been busting my hump so that this series will be awesome!
Jason is the type of person that I'd like being on the job sight with me. Joking and working at the same time :)
He is a real hoot and a real hard worker
I feel that the ACE Paint shirt is the official merch of Perkins Builder Brothers.
Seem like it! Jaime is working on a project in town right across from an Ace store and they gave our crew a whole box of those shirts
@@PerkinsBuilderBrothers Knowing it would end up on youtube, that's a boss move.
I am glad you noted the slow-mo's, otherwise I'd have thought it was real time 🤪
You and me both!
I googled brick laying just out of curiosity and found your channel. I’ve since binged the first start to finish build and looking forward to this! Great vids and channel! I’ve learned a ton!
Good job Google! Glad to have you here Franky
Gotta say, I love the simplicity of the videos, it's not super extravagant, or boring... Like that one guy said, these videos are like crack
Thank you… You nailed it. We are not doing anything extraordinary per se, but it’s a fun job and there is lots to learn from every step of the process.
“ does he still get paid “ lol 😂 I couldn’t stop laughing
Same here😂😂
LMAO @ 5:45, that's great, what a friend!
I’ve literally been through that on the job with guys. That’s why the is so great, it true!! What a nut!
You think it’s funny but isn’t it’s so fucking hard working n been sick at the same smile now cry later
@@mikelmar5723 Sounds like you’ve been a construction worked for a very short time, I’ll let ya in a secrete. #1) no one cares. #) it was a joke, not a sausage. Don’t take it so hard.
Always amazed at how much you guys get done in a day. You’re giving all the other builders a bad reputation
A spool of wire and a Klein's is how I like to do it. That pair comes in handy all the time
That’s the way to go
Ray works more than anyone else 👌👍
Ray is a real worker!
I am pleasantly impressed by how you saved the old rebar ties for a long while. It shows you didn’t become wasteful. Kudos!
As a plumber...I thank you for installing that sleeve. 👍
My goodness! Like any trade, there's just so much you need to know and do before any real construction happens. I'm impressed! Well done.
Thanks Edward... constuction was very overwhelming for me for many years. It was only after doing it full-time for about five years that I could actually go to work and not wonder what I was supposed to be doing next.
What a way to start my Monday morning!
I was a rodbuster in Los Angeles for years and you are so correct, no self respecting rodbuster would use those things. LOL really enjoy y'all
I spent 35 years doing construction- something like a hundred different companies till I started sub contracting. I wouldn't trade it for another career. Some of the best days were with guys that brought their good humor sticks to work- the day went fast, the work got done, your back was tired but your spirits were high. Love what you do- KOKO!
Great perspective!
Thanks for keepin' it real and showing the leg cut.
Even my 7yr old son stops what he’s doing to watch these videos with me. Thanks for continuing your channel guys!
That’s awesome! Tell him erik says thanks for watching
Hello
I'm from Russia and I like watching your videos. Good work 👍
You‘re creating one of my favorite TH-cam Series ever from your freakin phone, as someone that spends money on „real“ cameras I absolutely love that. Shows that you don’t need much if you know how to use it. Please never stop.
THANK YOU!!! So excited to share this build
studying construction and your videos are so helpful to understand the basics.
A great use for the extra rebar ties is if you cut off one end then you have a great caulk poker.
Very interesting to see EVERYTHING that goes into getting ready to pour the concrete! I'm glad that I caught this house build at the beginning instead of the middle like last time!
NICE! Glad to have you in board for this one
My uncle owned a swimming pool construction company. I helped after school and in college. We spend many many hours tying rebar with the looped ties. It hurts my back thinking about it...lol. Another great video....
Thanks!
you guys a funny just started watching y'all videos love them, I'm actually an electrician. Great job👍
Glad you guys channel is growing so fast, you work hard and deserve it. We all learn from eachother and its always fun too!
Thanks... so appreciative of all of our subscribers, supporters, and members.
I wouldn't mine watching your videos the whole day they really inspire me bro
Thank you sir! I appreciate that
I really like all you guys. Old enough to be your dad… well, not Arlo’s dad … maybe his older brother…thought about swinging by Bryson City on the way back to Michigan from Florida, but could not get it done this time … on the to do list … someday..
And, I’m watching this series for the second time…
Best… you are all destined for great things… bb
Checking in with you guys two (now 3 or 4 times with Builder Buddies) a week has become a really nice part of my routine. Ya'll look like a bunch of fun to work with, and I'm learning a lot too! Keep it up!
Thanks Joshua! I will keep the videos coming
Appreciate all the work you guys do! Building houses and filming it all... Cheers!!!
I’m 17 and we called that a yankee and it helps a lot when you do a lot of rebar work
Great new aerial footage !
Thanks Floyd! I’m going to try to do better on this project keeping up with good drone photography
Jason’s my favorite ‘does he still get paid?’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣☠️🪦
“Wooo! Watch your fingers.” KILLED ME.
Definitely need the rebar caps for Safety, Great video and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. GOD BLESS
Bought Our local Lowes completely out that evening :-)
A woman in Japan was impaled on one recently, through the.. bottom region and to the mouth. She survived though. But yeah...
Ouch and ouch!! 🤕
Lunchtime is always better when there’s a new vid from you guys to watch!
Thanks Jono
O yeah... ♥️♥️Just found this series..
Those drone shots look great, I’d love your jobs 👍 you guys seem to have plenty of fun and all seem to enjoy going to work, which is a great thing to have 😊
Thanks Terry... I have learned that enjoying life (even work) is what matters most!
I feel with the bro who has type 1 diabetes. Nice to see they care about each other at the workplace. God bless you all.
Im always eager to watch a new video. I have watched almost everything so far on your channel. Keep up the grind guys 💪
Thanks... we are pushing hard on this one, but I know it will be worth it !
I love those rebar ties with the spinner tool also.
Works pretty well... We didn’t know what to call that thing so I always just call it a WhirlyGig
Your guy's videos are so awesome! I live out in Raleigh and wish I lived closer to yall it would be awesome to be able to work for you guys! Learn lots of great stuff from your videos keep them coming!
You guys look like you have fun, love to see that!!
Driving the machinery is so much fun! I think I missed my calling while doing the landscaping on a new build this summer 😂
And yet another great vid production! I do Like the drone. Best member of the team. No complaints! 😂
Thanks Harry! It’s always cool to get an aerial perspective... I’ve got the drone charging up right now to get some action tomorrow
Naming this Episode 3 and putting day 2 on the thumbnail makes my brain kinda tingle with ocd.
Me too! The first episode was prepping, And there won’t be an episode for every single day but I thought it would be cool to keep a log of what day of the job we were on with the video thumbnail
@@PerkinsBuilderBrothers Right on man, I'm excited to watch the upcoming episodes! Keep it going and stay safe out there.
You guys nailed it on the rebar layout with starting in 4". I've been on lots of commercial projects where the rebar hits all the end webs and center webs. Sometimes even when the rebar is every 8"! Lots of time with a hickey bar and pipe!
yeah that would slow things down for sure!
Guys! Great video. I’m so stoked to see the foundation and framing begin. Good job from West Virginia
Thanks! Cheers from. North Carolina. I’ll be coming up that way in February to do some skiing at snowshoe Mountain
@@PerkinsBuilderBrothers sweet, that’s a far bit north of where i live but it’s a nice enjoyable place to go. Have a safe trip and enjoy your stay in the mountain state next year
Looking good. It's good to know that I'm not the only one that leaves a little blood behind on a job.
Haha thanks! I definitely leave a little blood on every job!
I worked at a concrete company making basement walls. We used the "wirlygig" and precut wire to tie up our rebar
Que buen equipo de trabajo ... saludos desde Colombia
I used to be a rod buster in Dallas. Easy work, just the heat is brutal in the summer
Nice J-Bar welding idea!!
Thanks! On commercial projects sometimes they run another roll of rebar of high to stabilize all of the J bars. We have also use the type that has a stake welded on the bottom that you can beat in the ground but I would rather not have to be any extra stakes in this rocky ground
@@PerkinsBuilderBrothers My General Contractor Father in law liked your method of setting up the J bar. He was concerned it wouldn't pass inspection here in California. He and I will be building my home here on the Central Coast hopefully next year. We have been looking for reasons to use our welder and this would be a good one. I'll have to do some investigating, because we'll have two foundations to do as well some retaining walls. Digging your channel and picking up tons of tips for our build. Thanks a lot!!
Hey guys do you mind putting down on the description box the dates on when the videos were filmed, it would help me soo much for continuity! Thank you so much!
Nice you show the piece where Ray got a low blood sugar! My girlfriend got type 1 to and its interesting to see the difference in technology from Belgium and the US 👍🏻
Thanks building with us
Love these series!
Thanks JD... really means a lot to us! So much work goes into making it happen
Man, Jason is something else hahahaha, the first video was like, that's what she said, now its does he still get paid? Hahahaa
had a blast building with y’all 😂
Thanks Joseph! Makes My day to hear that
Like the little crossbar on the vertical L rebars. I should try that next time. I usually roll up my strings around leftover empty spray cans of marking paint with knots tied every 4 ft while i pour and then unroll them while the crete is still wet and push my rebars in then.
We’ve done the exact same thing a lot of times… This was a lot less stressful though because we knew they were in the right place and we have waited a little too long sometimes and had to really fight to do the wet setting
As always, great video.
Thanks David
Looks like another great project, really enjoy watching your videos, I am a mason from the uk 🇬🇧 and like seeing the different building style Over there
Thanks JW! Cheers from North Carolina
I had a structural engineer and an architect about 10 years ago told me I could use zip ties on the rebar instead of wire I tried it I wouldn’t do it any other way now, much easier and quicker
Nice trick! Love it
I use zip ties as well! Never touching wire again!
Don't think I've commented here before but I love this kind of series!! Look forward to watching every step of the way.
I would be ecstatic to find a small crew like yours to join.
I'm hypoglycemic so I totally understand the blood sugar, wish I had a way to see the level real time though! That part was pretty cool, especially that his gal was able to know also. I work alone a lot and mine worries that some day I will pass out and No one will know 🤷♂️
Just gotta make sure I carry a snickers bar and don't skip meals 😁
Y'all are awesome!!!!!
Thanks Trevor... glad to have you watching! Ray just upgraded to the automatic continuous monitor during our last project. He’s gone through several different kinds of tapes to get the monitor to stay stuck on his arm doing sweaty work :-)
Great crew
It’s great you found a spot for those super rusty tie wires in someone’s foundation, right at some critical steel reinforcement bar intersection, now it can spread its disease from there and be remembered and talked about years from now.
Hate to waste a quarters worth of rusty wire. 👌
Got the engineering dept here in the comments. Say you didnt happen to notice any surface rust on that rebar did you? Better get out there w the steel wool and the wd40.
@@ubrayj02 lol it’s not like that but introducing more rust than necessary is obviously frowned upon. Extremely rusty bar will fail inspection. If I really did want to be picky, was worried about the design or just didn’t like him, I could of failed it for welding the homemade “J” bars no question, that is a no no.
And it’s Head D inspector to you.
@@jaxturner7288 Why is welding them bars unacceptable? The ties are only to hold them in place until poured, whether its wire or zip ties. Seems like a quick weld would do the trick and would be faster as well
@@baronvolkov6172 seems like it doesn’t it.
I thought so to, awhile back anyway.
Let me just first say this,
If it’s in a flat slab for a shed or a simple driveway or sidewalk, nobody gives a sh*t and it doesn’t matter.
However.
Depending on the structural load requirements of the cement structure in question and especially the potential losses involved in the case of its failure,
all of those seemingly innocent things you mentioned could potentially lead to a disaster and all of them at certain times AND on the right job site could be legitimate cause for a failed inspection.
So first.
Extremely rusty rebar tie wires can unknowingly fail during the pour, allowing reinforcement bar patterns to shift, that leaves weakened areas, that’s definitely a no go costing thousands to fix.
Or sometimes when a few ties fail at one end of the slab, the entire re bar grid can kinda roll over on its rebar chairs and flop down sinking the grid too close to the bottom surface, causing bottom surface spalling and possibly leading to failure. Ties are cheap until they don’t do their job, then they cost owners and contractors thousands, minimum, so questionable ties for any reason should be avoided or at least will need to be addressed, both by doubling them up at the crosses and reducing their spacing on the lateral bars. Adding any more rusty materials than necessary on any of the components causes reinforcement bar corrosion to happen sooner and more severely, so it’s never a good thing to do.
As far as plastic zip ties would go, because they are made from different materials than what is normally accepted as concrete structure content, and that’s because different materials would likely have different thermal expansion and contraction rates than steel and concrete, and different expansion rates within concrete is avoided like c-19 is nowadays so they would be a definite NO go, besides that they would likely also be from unproven suppliers, to the industry that is, and any unregulated or unproven materials are a no go in critical concrete structures.
The ties are actually really important because they insure the reinforcement grid stays as the plan specifies. If the grid moves or fails, the structure is most likely going to have unforeseen problems and be weaker than it should be.
When it happens sometimes the installers don’t notice it happened, sometimes they do but ALL Contractors are reluctant to start the job over on THEIR dime when they just got the mud poured in the forms and then the grid falls over, so often, nobody says anything and nobody can tell what’s going on in concrete until it fails.
Ultimately, reliable rebar ties installed in the correct manner keep the contractors from having to decide between being the bag guy and the broke guy because often no inspector is there during the pour to catch a grid that shifted. It requires the contractor to be extremely honest and that’s harder to come by than a hundred count loop of new standard rebar ties that cost less than $5.
It’s a nobrainer anytime steel bar reinforcement is being relied on, the ties keeping it in the correct place and spacing need to be reliable. If a simple cheap bar tie fails it’s just to likely the grid fails or moves, if you needed the grid of reinforcement and its not in the correct place or it falls, then the structure is likely to fail altogether much sooner than expected.
Nobody should allow that great of risk to happen over a couple bucks worth of wire.
Inspector or not, just saying.
Now your simplest inquiry regarding welding reinforcement bar in concrete. It is rarely ever done because of the increased cost involved over tie wire when done correctly, welding it with the specific welding materials done by a certified structural welder and then x-rayed by a licensed welding inspector.... then it is sometimes allowed, but even then ONLY on the lateral bar intersections, not ever at the cross intersections, and even then only permitted when used in multiple layer grid systems over 12 inches nominal thickness and when done using acceptable practices.
So because even a monkey can tie bar for bananas per hour compared to the cost of the previously mentioned process, you can see why it’s very rarely done. Usually it’s on HUGE projects that have the rebar grids erected and then exposed to the elements for long periods of time during their construction, usually it would be considered because of that extended exposure to the elements during construction combined with the seemingly silly problem of rusty rebar ties like I said before if the silly rebar ties get too rusty and they fail.... and when they are left in the elements long periods that is likely they become questionable and ties can be extremely hard to inspect or test after installation so welding on the lateral bar intersections is SOMETIMES but very rarely allowed and done.
Still generally speaking regardless of the cost involved welding reinforcement bar is a bad idea because stick and mig welding add other alloys of metals to the mix which can lead to accelerated corrosion once the salts in the wet concrete contact it.
And... more importantly welding causes a hot spot that cools slowly naturally which hardens the steel bar making it stiff and brittle in just that small spot, (that’s why it’s NEVER allowed on the cross bars) the bar having inconsistent elastic properties increases the likelihood of it snapping, instead of it flexing (especially in this instance since it was bent 90 degrees AND then also welded in the same area). ( that’s actually the only method I saw here I would of not passed him for, no way no how, not with a double bad practice both in the same location and then repeated throughout the footing, that =fail without hesitation.
Plus any porosity in un tested or non X-rayed welds can cause latent air bleed off and that starts micro-fractures within the structure that grow upwards during expansion cycles.
And if its flux core that is used the slag containing concentrated impurities when left in the mix can induce dissimilar metal corrosion, where none of that would of ever occurred, if the welding process didn’t concentrate and then force those impurities to the surface.
There’s a lot of ways to mess up rebar with a welder. Even if you are a great welder yourself and already somehow have the proper materials on hand (unlikely) still only the lateral half of the connection job can be substituted with welding so either you break out two skilled trades and tool sets to do the job or just the much cheaper one (tie wires) with far fewer opportunities to actually cause total future structural failure.
So you see depending on the circumstances and the importance of the structure involved, normally irrelevant details or seemingly arbitrary materials can and do absolutely matter.
Chances are still any slab you are doing DIY style, none of this matters one bit.
If your project or experiment presents zero risk of causing injury or great loss when it fails like a simple shed slab or sidewalk, like I mentioned before, you don’t even have to worry about any of this crap until you either got concrete above your head, holding people up, water back or people out, then you need to worry about silly rusty wires and “compromised steel reinforcement bar from intense localized heating resulting from non acceptable grid connection methods or processes being used and picky pricks like me.
Till then bubble gum yer bar together or just throw it in during the pour, won’t matter when your concrete does what all concrete eventually does, cracks, just a little sooner than it had to.
Whooptydo no town floods no house collapses. Don’t stress about my prick details until they matter.
@@jaxturner7288 appreciate the lengthy response!
@1:44 also put oversized sleeve pipes for other utility lines like water, data, electricity, outbuildings, maybe heating. never have enough of them and its impossible to add later
btw, I subbed less than midway through the day 1 vid. you ROCK and the edit is AWESOME 💗
Great video man
These guys are awesome and hilarious 🤣
Great video‼️ Who and When was the initial Excavation done⁉️ The site has had major Earth Moving and basement dig⁉️
Doubling re-bar ties strengthen and a little insurance if one breaks. At intersections, crossing Ties strengthens joint. Ties rust quickly after lime and/or if Calcium is added for freezing temperatures to speed setup.
BUT YALL KNOW THAT ‼️
Love All Yall‼️These are Exciting Videos‼️ PRAYERS FOR JAY‼️🙏
Thanks JOE! Always a pleasure reading your comments
Perkins Builder Brothers,
Thank You for Your Love and Response‼️
I Hope My Daughter and Granddaughter can come up there to Meet Yall and Ride The Christmas Train‼️
I Love Yall ‼️
You have no idea how much I respect guys like y’all keep it going y’all doing amazing!
The Tslim X2 is the best pump i have had so far, keep that BGL up :)
I appreciate Jamie's humor @ 9:35
Jaime and Eric, you have to be encouraged that Ray and Jay want to get to work and are pushing you to get to work!!😅
nice video man...i love you channel...goodjob guys...!!!🍻🍻🍻
Not bad, better then most of the pro's that do concrete full time. See I give compliments when warranted. lol.
This is awesome!
i used to tie rebar for basements that exact way, that crew didn't believe in power ties...got pretty good at it.
I think it works pretty great. Especially since we only do steel about one or two days every five months
Another great video !! Get Ray some gel packs for those low times !! Happy Thanksgiving to You All and Your Families !! Blessings
Great comment l! I think I know what I’m getting Ray for Christmas now
I LOVE y'alls content, I hope you guys do a Matt Risinger collaboration sometime :)
Do you remove the grade stakes after you level the top ? I had always heard you didn’t want the rebar in contact with air or dirt as this caused it to rust and degrade the concrete.
you guys are awesome!!! love the videos
You guys make me laugh. love it !
Don't know if they are popular in the USA yet but they make cordless rebar tying guns that I see all over NZ job sites. They seems like the ticket vs lineman's plyers and end cutters.
Nice to see you joking about getting paid when he has a hypo. He's lucky he works for a good company, I have to make up time by working through breaks or staying later at work if I stop to treat a hypo.
I thought the same thing bro! this guy's are great to understand Ray rays situation. It feels ugly when you go through hypoglycemia.
One suggestion, keep a bucket of Skittles around.
Awesome stuff guys
Thanks john!
Heck yeah, straight pipen'!
They actually used to do that in this area
@@PerkinsBuilderBrothers I grew up in Dillsboro, I had more than one neighbor, straight to the creek. Keep up the great content!
Farmhouse vids are awesome. Noticed some of you guys are wearing the Ariat Endeavor boots. Can you comment on how well (or not) those have held up over the course of this build? Staying waterproof? Comfy? I'm trying to decide between them and Danners.
this is So EPIC!
Hello from France
Cheers from North Carolina!
It fucking sucks working n having an illness it’s not fun man I’ve been through that but almost I’m out of it it’s been a long journey but thanks to god things r getting better good job Ray
love it
wish there was a job that could pay one just for watching a construction :(
Maybe construction management? That’s actually a pretty tough job
Hey y’all! Great videos. Love all of the building from start to finish series. Question: How do you level things the “old school” way without fancy leveling tools? Do you have a video about that? Or could you do a video about that? Thanks!
string lines with a spirit level
We used to use a scope that you had to manually level to shoot everything with. Never have used a water level but I would highly recommend a laser level as many of them are very affordable and saves a lot of time in improves accuracy.
Thanks a lot bud I learned a lot Question: If your on a downhill slope is it the escalators job to fill in more dirt at the lower end or would he remove dirt from the high end or do I pour more cement at the lower end?
I always look forward for the next episode. I believe you said the j bars are every 4 feet, is that strong enough to hold backfill? The spot weld on the j bar is genius. I built a block wall once and the j bars kept falling over. When you start laying block how many horizontal rebars do you put? How many floors is this house? Does it have a garage?
@ 4:37 Dont know which one was smoother the pass or the catch . Nice 💯 🤔
That’s a sweet drone🙌🏻🙌🏻 where can I buy it