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  • Charlie and Tom Silva start pinning the Cape Ann house footing to a granite ledge.
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    The ledge under the Cape Ann house addition is extensive. After several days of hammering, Charlie Silva has decided to pin the footings for the mudroom and garage to the rock. Tom Silva gives him a hand drilling rock for rebar and scribing the forms.
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  • @francoisbouvier7861
    @francoisbouvier7861 11 місяців тому

    Please clarify, below frost in bedrock. I completely agree with the epoxy detail. There is nothing about the evacuation of dust when you drilled the holes.

  • @sawyerm9158
    @sawyerm9158 9 місяців тому

    It’s going to look good

  • @PatrickPoet
    @PatrickPoet 4 роки тому

    Jen and Charlie are my two favorites on TOH

  • @lookingforHiscoming
    @lookingforHiscoming 4 роки тому +16

    Look thru the window behind them @ 1:39 forward. Someone sweeping then breaks the broom over his knee. Strange. Was that on TV or real thing time?

    • @JamesBiggar
      @JamesBiggar 4 роки тому +7

      Look closer. Wasn't sweeping, just moving lumber against the wall and broke a stick over his knee to make it smaller for the garbage pile - no broom head attached to either end.

    • @gulashonu
      @gulashonu 4 роки тому +1

      Not a broom unfortunately lol

    • @deeuhhbahuc5063
      @deeuhhbahuc5063 4 роки тому

      Hilarious!!!

  • @judee00
    @judee00 4 роки тому +5

    Your suppose to brush and blow the hole out before epoxy and rebar after you drill

  • @pavelow235
    @pavelow235 4 роки тому +33

    Well you should have shown the whole foundation pour.

    • @rpriesol
      @rpriesol 4 роки тому +6

      You must be new here :))

    • @jomangeee
      @jomangeee 4 роки тому

      @@rpriesol dont you just hate ut when they do that though! never gets old

    • @rpriesol
      @rpriesol 4 роки тому +1

      @@jomangeee Yea, it is realy silly, but I believe they do it on purpose... Maybe youtube is their trial channel and then on their paid website they show always results :)

    • @jmfia2391
      @jmfia2391 4 роки тому

      @@rpriesol yeah. they want you to pay for the episode on their website

    • @immortaljatt05
      @immortaljatt05 4 роки тому

      @@rpriesol lmaooo

  • @Andrew-wt7uz
    @Andrew-wt7uz 4 роки тому +8

    Won't that Rebar embedded in the rock eventually rust out as it's possible for moisture to get inbetween the rock and the concrete?

    • @jake9705
      @jake9705 4 роки тому +5

      All untreated rebar will rust in concrete eventually.
      This is a major, known problem that has been over-looked for a century. Only in the last ten years have builders finally applied rust-inhibiting paint to rebar.

    • @mcomp9313
      @mcomp9313 3 роки тому +2

      They make an epoxy coated rebar that should be used in the pinning process. Also you should wrap your metal strapping all the way around your footing

  • @loueckert4970
    @loueckert4970 4 роки тому +21

    I wish TOH would show the completed project. Very un-satisfying video!

    • @johnlebzelter4208
      @johnlebzelter4208 4 роки тому

      Then don’t watch the videos.

    • @MrVincef1990
      @MrVincef1990 4 роки тому

      This is part of a series. They build the whole house over the course of a season.

    • @borys444
      @borys444 4 роки тому +2

      If u did the project urself then maybe u could c the completed job. Get working my dude!!

    • @mendistudio
      @mendistudio 4 роки тому +1

      JOHN LEBZELTER one was expecting to see the job finished, that’s all.

    • @jmfia2391
      @jmfia2391 4 роки тому

      because they want us to pay of it on their site.

  • @PawlingTennis
    @PawlingTennis 4 роки тому +1

    What type of drill bit for the ledge drilling?

  • @williamskrainski8407
    @williamskrainski8407 4 роки тому +1

    4:15 looks like a state job.....one guy working, and three guys watching.

  • @rupe53
    @rupe53 4 роки тому +4

    I know these are just short clips from a full episode, but it would be nice if they took 30 seconds to give us an overview with a plot map or similar so we can get the visual of how this is laid out. I mean, it's a garage and I don't see a driveway. I also can't envision the driveway location given the slope on the 2 sides we can see.

  • @martinwinlow
    @martinwinlow Рік тому

    Drill and don't blast but use 'non-detonating cartridges' eg Autostem. You could also use expanding grout... Surprised these methods were not at least mentioned even if they don't suit this particular job...

  • @randlejensen2621
    @randlejensen2621 8 місяців тому

    Should hammer out the granite in steps for the elevation drop. You don't pour footings on a sloped surface, only level steps for elevation change.

  • @ActualGenius
    @ActualGenius 4 роки тому +1

    Aaand it's winter

  • @scallywag1716
    @scallywag1716 4 роки тому +1

    She says, “hammer me baby!”

  • @rightlanehog3151
    @rightlanehog3151 4 роки тому +2

    What happened to all that granite?

  • @dalittlebearjew8525
    @dalittlebearjew8525 7 місяців тому

    @ 1:55 guy touches hydraulic line is a big no no.

  • @firearmsstudent
    @firearmsstudent 3 роки тому

    1:41 Background man is not happy with the length of their stick

  • @galenhayek
    @galenhayek 4 роки тому +22

    "this bedrock is clearly in the wrong place"
    Nope. That house is clearly in the wrong place.

    • @jonmiguel
      @jonmiguel 4 роки тому +3

      Nope, The house is in the right place. The new garage is in the wrong place.

  • @2primateswalkintoabar61
    @2primateswalkintoabar61 3 роки тому +1

    The hole really should have been blown out to remove the dust from the drilling....

  • @chuckbrown2765
    @chuckbrown2765 4 роки тому +2

    Good to see Willy Nelson back in show biz. Didn’t know he could drive an excavator!

    • @AlMai222
      @AlMai222 4 роки тому

      Operate *

    • @winstonortega6941
      @winstonortega6941 4 роки тому

      they shoulda had Chuck Norris instead, he would have just moved the ledge for them.

  • @patmcbride9853
    @patmcbride9853 4 роки тому +1

    I can tell you that the epoxy sets in the mixing chamber when it's more than 95 degrees outside.

    • @The13point1
      @The13point1 3 роки тому +1

      Depends on the type. There are epoxies designed for applications in high temperature. But you’re right, especially if a quick-cure is used.

    • @patmcbride9853
      @patmcbride9853 3 роки тому

      @@The13point1 It was an expensive lesson.

  • @Pwn3dbyth3n00b
    @Pwn3dbyth3n00b 4 роки тому +10

    More like how to prep a footing. Didn't show anything

  • @ScottiMac0007
    @ScottiMac0007 4 роки тому +1

    Someone should show the owners how to power wash the exterior of the home.

    • @bbtank3000
      @bbtank3000 4 роки тому

      I was looking for this comment lol

  • @malo_213
    @malo_213 4 роки тому +1

    1:40 look at the guy inside the house
    #BOJACKSON

  • @Comrade_YG
    @Comrade_YG 4 роки тому +1

    That person looks like tom

  • @BillyRamirez
    @BillyRamirez 4 роки тому

    Escavator. Expresso.

  • @desaltzman8762
    @desaltzman8762 4 роки тому +2

    This guy could replace Kevin lol

    • @TheCatMang
      @TheCatMang 4 роки тому

      Charlie is Tom Silva's brother.

    • @Marcel_Germann
      @Marcel_Germann 4 роки тому

      @@TheCatMangHe is Tom Silvas nephew ;-)

    • @paristo
      @paristo 4 роки тому

      Not really, but in few years he could do that with enough experience.... Kevin is great.

  • @gabrielmerza6904
    @gabrielmerza6904 4 роки тому

    👍🏻👍🏻

  • @candidotorres1852
    @candidotorres1852 4 роки тому

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @Crusader1815
    @Crusader1815 3 роки тому

    Resevwah.

  • @vincenzo3292
    @vincenzo3292 4 роки тому

    The epoxy seems like overkill; just drives up costs.

  • @missinformed4269
    @missinformed4269 4 роки тому +1

    They should have left that rock alone. All that for a garage? Is this for Mitt Romney?

    • @bradley3549
      @bradley3549 4 роки тому +2

      Save the rocks!

    • @Luckingsworth
      @Luckingsworth 4 роки тому +1

      Right? I would kill to own such a big beautiful stone.

  • @SammytheStampede
    @SammytheStampede 4 роки тому

    Resi -voiahh.

  • @michaeljoesting4888
    @michaeljoesting4888 4 роки тому

    They’re using the wrong type of concrete. They should be using the fiberglass infused concrete cause it’s so much stronger than using the rebar to strengthen ordinary concrete.