POURING CONCRETE FOOTERS (Mike Haduck)
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- digging, forming and pouring a concrete footer. We had to find our heights for the block work and concrete, build our forms, and poured a concrete footer for a block garage, Mike Haduck, all my videos are my ways and ideas, I always suggest anyone doing any type of work to consult professional help. www.amazon.com...
This man has a lot of wisdom and discipline. Incredible skill and confidence of what experience and maturity brings. This amazing video has given me ideas on the base footing for a cinder block wall. Like fine wine, age gets better with refinements and character. Thanks for the great video.
Thanks jade, I appreciate the kind words, Mike
thanks for your help and sharing your experiences. I've been doing masonry work for 23 years. i had 3 different bosses inside a 20 year period. now I have had my own business for 3 years. I have finally created customer support,and I'm saughtafter due to my quality of work and keeping my word. I was taught how to work hard,and then faster,no one told me how to apply it on my own to feed my kids,until now,thanks for the education. thank you Mr.hadduck
Hi Casey, these kind of comments make me feel I am on the right track, I appreciate, thanks, I hope I keep living up to it. mike
I think you are a genius to put up a sample of how you want the footer and foundation wall to look. Doing that quickly communicates to everyone what the objective is . Keep up the great work !!
Thanks Jim, I learned it from the old timers, thanks mike
HEY MIKE !!! BEST plain stated, laymans , NO Bullshit , this is how it should be done video with explanation ...... NEED YOU IN CONGRESS !! thanks
Hi Lamont, I wouldn't do good there but I appreciate it. lol, thanks mike
I have nothing but admiration and respect for Mike. If I ever get asked who taught me how I do my work I always give credit to him.
I love his videos and the way he teaches is just plain awesome.
Mike to me is the one and only mason I ever refer to when it comes to learning.
Hope you have a great day, mentor. Regards one of your apprentices 😊👍🏻
Thanks Fresh, I appreciate the kind words,mike
After watching your videos, I mixed some mortar with water and patched around my house. It worked out really well. Thanks and keep posting.👍
Thanks, Mike
Thank you Mike . Been watching videos on pouring concrete footers for several days off & on
Youre actually the first one to explain things . I appreciate this a lot .
Thanks Stuart, mike
Mike, I just wanted to say that this is one of the best and most simplistically informative videos I've ever seen on UA-cam. It's refreshing compared to the usual videos where a young kid, guided by their experienced father, acts like they've got it all figured out at 21. Often, there are subtleties missing from their explanations because they're reading from a card, not speaking from experience, just to get likes and subscribers.
Your "I learned that this is my best way...take it or leave it" attitude is awesome. Thank you! I've been running projects to put myself through school and have been doing construction with my dad since I was 11. Now, I'm finally building my own home in the Colorado Rockies, and I'm doing it 100% on my own. The footer has been the one thing intimidating me, but your video really helped me overcome that fear. So, thanks again!
Thanks Aaron, I appreciate it, Mike
Thank you for sharing, I learned a few things here that I have not, from the other hundreds of concrete videos I been watching. So thanks for the added insight/commentary.
Thanks Bert, mike
Thank you for the gift of education. Keep up the good work.
Mike is a great teacher. I will never do any of this masonary work, but love watching his videos. I learn so much.
Thanks Rani, Mike
The Mike Haduck Tailgate Reviews ..... my favorite part of the vids. Someone should compile all of them. Great great great. Hope your week has been good Dr. Mike
Thanks Thor. Mike
Your chair idea just saved me money. I was going to buy the fancy ones. I know this is an old video but you broke it down into layman’s words and I don’t know why but I’m way more confident about doing my addition footings now. I have probably done 150hrs of research. This was by far the best plus building codes are very important for minimums. I’m going to go a little more that what they suggest but not something unnecessary
Thanks Kyle, Mike
Thanks Mike still using these techniques!
Thanks Rudra, Mike
Code code code. We used to hand dig with no forms. Pounded small rebar in dirt for leveling. Then transit level each one. Drank bourbon.
Thanks mike from minnesota. Voteing red next tuesday.
Gotta account for the lowest common denominator. You might do it right, but plenty of people wouldn't if there wasn't a code.
this is one of the better videos on how to
Thanks Thor, Mike
Sure do appreciate this video because it answered some questions I had. I'm fixin' to build a stone wall that will have one ninety degree corner and several columns. It's not much at a total length of approx. thirty feet, but I want to do it right...so it will last. I'm using a white natural limestone rock. I have learned a ton of stuff watching Mike's videos. I now have a rock facing chisel, a few hammers of varying weights, and a brick hammer. I'm also building another wall utilizing new, and some used bricks, that I have been collecting for about two years. Once that wall four foot wall is around the perimeter of my rear deck and patio, I'm going to mix up the sand/topping myself, and finish the wall with either a Santa Barbara or Sand stucco texture, and then apply white Portland Cement finish. I just bought a new 1-9/16" High Output SDS Max type Rotary Hammer and a 1/2", a 5/8", and a 3/4" star tip masonry bit set...overkill? I'm thinking that making some holes for some pink fiberglass rebar will be a lot more fun than operating a 90lb. pneumatic jackhammer hooked up to a four cylinder Ford air compressor...busting bedrock for 12 hours a day in 95 degree Texas heat...'cause I've done that...but I was 19 years old then...and I'm 63 and minus one leg today.
Thanks Kandy, I am sure the wall will come out beautifully, Mike
Mike, why did you put that rebar into the foundation you’re pouring next to? What about letting Concrete float?
Hi geno, I let concrete float on sidewalks, pads, patios etc, foundations and structural concrete is a whole different ball game, thanks Mike
Very helpful and instructive videos. Many thanks.
Thanks Frederick, mike
I like the way you do things, I'm sort of old to(81 in Jan.) and do things just about the same way, that dry run is fool proof. I have to lay about 1250 blocks in the spring if I'm still here and my thumbs will work for me one more time. cheers.. I also build the corners and carry then down in the hole.
Thanks old dave, I appreciate hearing that from a man with experience, Mike
You are a pioneer on UA-cam videos. Quality from the beginnings. I might never build my house myself (still nice dream) but it is great to have all these videos ready if the opportunity arises. The repair videos are great too. One thing I walked away with is that the best retaining wall is none. I have property soon that has a slope. I will not build a retaining wall if really not needed. Flatten parts of the area and just make a sharper slope and put vegetation. Cheap, you loose a bit of space but it makes life so much easier.
Thanks ke, very true about the retaining walls, none is better, Mike
Really appreciated you bringing in some historical context ... the huge cathedrals built of massive, cut stones, all somehow leveraged into place without the use of modern day engineering, cranes and other powered machinery ... using raw man power, horse power and pure ingenuity. And still solidly standing many hundreds, maybe even a thousand (or more) years later. And the most important part ... the foundation ... the part that is (for the most part) invisible. Amazing to say the least.
Thanks Murray, mike
I love your simple explanations as to what to do.....thanks a lot!
Thanks Mark, Mike
@@MikeHaduck I got a question Mike. What if you don't have a story pole?
I like the way you think, very simple and lots of experience, thank you for your time and such a nice informative video.
Thanks villa, Mike
Great info about footings thanks, from Ireland!
Thanks brack,, Mike
Hey Mike, I know this is an older video but really enjoy your explanation, and the way you do the dry setup, also the templates you use to show how things are done, same way I make parts for and construct my hot rod! thanks for posting.
Thanks Kent. Mike
Fantastic video! Incredibly informative
Thanks, Mike
Omg thanks you for explaining the vertical rebard placement . It help me alot thanks again
Thanks Paul, Mike
Old school I like it a Transit haven't seen one of those on a job in a long time I'm an old concrete guy love you videos thank you
thanks Bobby, I appreciate hearing that from a pro. mike
@@MikeHaduck Mike what state do you work in I just hit Salt Lake City tons of work here but just was wondering where you're at no hurry
Wow!!! Your great at explaining things step by step. Thanks.
Thanks Irene, Mike
Great work Mike l really appreciate your knowledge. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, Mike
Thank you very much on your insight with installing footers, things have changed, I was doing this with my dad in the 50’s, yikes a little time has passed
Thanks William, yep, things changed, Mike
you make me more interested in masonry with every video. thanks again!
Thanks Tim, Mike
Just went to your channel, love the old video clip from the 60,s I had a pickup just like that one!
Thanks again Kent, mike
Honest mike has his paws in everything.
Hi MD, all I can say is don,t try to borrow money from him, lol, mike
Very pragmatic and in layman's terms , thanks friend 👍
Thanks Thomas, Mike
THIS is EXACTLY what I just spent over 3 hours trying to find. GREAT video!
Thanks Cameron, I am glad if it helps, Mike
Mike is one of my favorites because he explains things so clear without confusion! Much respect to mike!
Thanks dolly, mike
Great video! We had to dig out an old footer for a basketball pole. The hole is the correct size needed for the new footer, but the top 12 inches is too large because we had to dig out dirt around old to jack hammer it out. Can we just secure a form at the top half and pack dirt tightly around it and pour?
Hi Sandy, I couldn't say unless I was there to see it, Mike
Good video as always. Sorry if you already covered this point but a comment sometime on how in perfect world You, would prefer how to back fill and tamp a block on footing as this was probably the root of my problem on this 50 year old house I live in.
As a apprentice plumber back in the 70's I was always alert to when the guy with the puddle truck was going to do the house I was laying ground iron in. They would simply push all the dirt from the basement hole into the ditch outside the foundation and this guy would have a pump on his tanker truck and he would walk around the outside ot the house with a 3 inch house and a 3 in. pipe and he would shove it into the ground to compact the soil. Sometimes it would find it's way under the wall where the drain layer shoved his drain pipe in and it would fill all my plumbing trenches and I would be working in mud. Go, Go, Go was the plan of the day. Everything was bid so low and only one chance to do things right. It's a wonder that anything is still standing at 35 years. Glad I am retired now. Thanks again and keep the camera rolling.
Thanks EZGZ, I can see you seen it all, I agree, mike
Mike. You are the best.
Thanks Robert, Mike
excellent job mike
Thanks Juan, mike
Hey Mike Haduck, thanks for posting and sharing, l like your hand tamper “helper” he always holds the ruler straight and still, and he don’t give you no lip.
thanks Len, very true, lol, mike
i like this guys attitude. nothing fancy. get the job done.
thanks Suzanne, keeping it simple, I appreciate it. mike
Hey man I start a concrete footers job tomorrow and I don't know anything about them.... Until now!!! Thanks man, abc explanation not complicated at all, now I know a lil something and won't look like an idiot on my first day. Thanks again man!!
Thanks Solo, I hope it all works out, thanks mike
Thanks Mike this was a very good knowledge base video
Thanks james, mike
Dang. Looks like a big job. It's good seeing you haven't slowed down too much.
it was four months ago, I know it was my last block job, can't do it anymore but glad I got the whole project on video, thanks mike
Thanks Mike your videos have helped me
I’m building a new house and workshop in Germany, the house will be a prefabricated house and that will be done by a company
I will clear the land for the 12 meter X 6 meter work shop I will make a footer to sit it on and I will place 30cm of sand and lay 50x50 pavers instead of pouring cement as the price of cement is high.
I was thinking of mixing the cement using a mixer myself will this be a problem as I will have to pour it a bit at a time.
I could get a truck close to the area if that would be best.. what should I do
I’m from Oregon and I loved your video about using pavers/ stones instead of cement our driveway is 32 meters long and it is all pavers
Jim
Hi Jim ,I can't say , it's up to inspectors and codes anymore, I just show what I did in certain situations, thanks Mike
I have seen a lot of builders dig their footer to ground level and pour concrete. They than start their block at ground level and go up. No forms used for footers since they stop at ground level. Is this a common way some masons/ builders do it to save time and labor? Thanks Mike, I appreciate your thoughts.
Hi Joseph, years ago they would dig trench footers and save time and money, but now with inspectors they want everything formed so they can inspect it, which doubles the cost for things like garages and wall, but it is the American way, lol. Thanks mike
@@MikeHaduck Thanks for answering Mike, Joe
Great stuff ! We're looking to do more informative and breakdown videos as well !
Thanks, Mike
Concrete man and then saw you are a banjo picker too. Great stuff.
Thanks bigal,, Mike
Thank you you’re knowledge is very helpful
Thanks Paul, Mike
Hey mike, question about the metal wiring that is laid after the first course of block in this video. But it’s only toward the corners of the course ? Just for additional strength and code ? Starts at 8:30 seconds. Thanks so much for your videos. You have inspired so many.
Hi ,This was a unique building because it was in a flood zone and we took extra precautions to make sure it didn't move, more than code and filled solid, Thanks Mike
thank you . for the first time on youtube, your first to have made things so clear . know i understand
I tried, I appreciate it , thanks mike
I hope you make a video on the block, and brick work too, from that job! Great video Mike!
next will be how i squared it then the block plus pilasters and lentils, just waiting to finish the editing. I appreciate it, thanks mike
Mike Haduck Thanks Mike!
Extremely knowledgeable!!!
Thanks Lenny, Mike
This is very helpful.sometimes it’s best explained in these types of demonstration to first time DIY...
Thnx! 😀✅👍🏻
Thanks Gregory, Mike
Very good explanation
Thanks ,Mike
Wow never ever seen it done like this. I do structural concrete on west coast I hear an accent here. Good job nonetheless.
It's a footer :) love it
We call it a footing
Thanks nik, I appreciate that, mike
Thank you for explaining this step by step.
Thanks Bruce, Mike
Looks like a lot of extra work. I've been a laborer on several footing jobs. The guy would just paint out the lines from the blueprint, start digging it with the track-hoe, and I'd shoot grade for him as we went. There were no form boards, we used the dirt banks as our form. Then tie the re-bar in, put it up on chairs, go back and put grade stakes in for our concrete height, and pour it.
I agree, but they will not let us do that here, "new codes" thanks mike
wow thanks for the response, its actually a 3ft by 3ft cement slab at the,bottom of some steps that cracked and raised up on one so I put a layer ( 1 55lb bag) on it and it looks good but isnt level or pitching away as much as id like so i figure one 25lb bag should do it.
I am sure you got the ideas,, you can always rip it out and do it again, no worries, thanks mike
We like Mike, Mike is best at less is more, TY
Thanks Bruce, Mike
Great video! Does the vertical rebar every 4 ft have to be tied into the horizontal bar sitting on the chairs? I thought they did. Maybe Florida, where I am located, is different code. Please keep making these.
Hi MP, you got to do what the inspector says, I film my work so everyone knows it was done, personally I can't see how a piece of wire holding the rebar will make a difference, is mostly for infections purposes, thanks Mike
Brilliant video, Love Your Sense of Humour, People Take Life to Seriously, Stop what your doing, Sniff the Flowers, Look @ the ☁️, See the Wood for the 🌲
Thanks George, I agree, Mike
So your saying that it is normal for a footer to move after say 50 years on a house? i developed a step crack on my block basement wall that is above ground on that part of the house. I had a structural engineer look at it and he said dont worry about it, just fill it in with some mortar caulking. Its been a year and did not crack since. We had a really bad winter that year.
Hi Iar,, I never seen a masonry foundation that dosen't have some sort of cracks in it, thanks Mike
Thanks for all the great videos... so this is a compound concrete block wall? Do you pour concrete down the space between the two concrete blocks? Is there a video about the compound block walls? I was thinking about how to make a really thick bunker type storm shelter using concrete blocks... it would also be cool to know how to make an all brick house up to code in the modern days. But can you show us how to make compound block walls of various types? And what about dry stack?
Hi Ventura, I have a whole playlist " block laying, Mike haduck" I show what went on that footer, thanks Mike
is building a block wall way cheaper than pouring concrete formed walls? Do you pour the block full of crete after you set them.
HI Phillip, I think it all depends on what and where you are doing it, it seems everyone got a different opinion, thanks mike
There are four types of footers. You forgot to mention frank footers... great with relish :-)
I'll have to remember that, lol, thanks mike
it is a footing not a footer
Love your work, wish you were in my neck of the woods!
Thanks, mike
I'm a layman/do-it-yourselfer who is interested in construction, and I try to read up on it. I like your no-nonsense videos. I have always understood that steel reinforcements should be completely encased in concrete so they don't rust from the outside, in. So when I do projects like walkways or retaining walls, I go to the effort to suspend the rebar or wire. I guess my question is, are those "chairs" steel, and is it okay to just set them on the ground to hold up the rebar? Thanks.
Hi Re, for hundreds of year there was no rebar and no concrete tucks and their work is there for years gone by, rebar is a new thing and no matter what anybody says sooner or later it will rot away no matter what you do,, I got to do a video on that, thanks mike
In Australia Footer are wrapped in Bulders Plastic to protect from soil moisture also on on bottom we lay crash rock helps with drainage and leveling
Howdy Great, I know everywhere is different for sure and lot of things work for the better in different areas, no worries there, thanks mike
I’m currently at uni but my real love lies with farming and building so I’m trying to learn as much about building as possible. I saw you were still answering questions and I have a few questions.
You said the life expectancy of a building is around 35 years. Is that just a fact that can’t be changed or can it be possibly even a few hundred if you build correctly?
Secondly, I saw a video of the YT channel Practical Engineering (you should check it out, it’s really interesting) which said that one of the biggest threats to concrete is the rusting of the rebar so rebar should always be a few centimeters in the concrete. I see that’s the case but the chairs you put in place are not. I was wondering if it would not be better to put small pieces of concrete under the rebar or do the chairs not cause the concrete to rust?
Hi, everything anymore is permits and inspectors, your going to get a lot of good and bad advice no matter what way you go, I only show what works for me, I hope it helps, thanks Mike
@@MikeHaduck Okay, thank you for taking the time to reply to me
Thanks for taking time to make this video. Do you dig the center of the line where u mark for the wall? How low the footer should be beneath ground level? How many rods should be for the corners and how tall up? Apparently there’s a lot more detail than 11 mins video could show but please reply or make another footer video if u have a chance. Thank for your sharing your knowledge
Hi T, the inspectors determine size and debt, etc, thanks Mike
Question - House, 32’ X 54’, peer & beam, concrete block on concrete footings.
Should I add 2 more footings and blocks so I can use 2x8x16’ floor joists or not and go with 2x12 joists. The extra concrete will run about $1200 then extra steel, extra blocks and labor. I’m thinking 16”x20” footings. Central Oklahoma, soil drains well. Which should I do? Total lumber for 2x12 joists will run about $3600.
Hi Jack, that is a structural stuff, you got to go through the inspectors, etc for that, thanks Mike
@@MikeHaduck No inspectors here. This is way out in the boonies.
@@jacksprat7087 look up joist and beam span charts. They will show you what’s spans are for using 2x8’s.
You are not going to be able to span a 2x8x16 joist without at least 1 support in middle. Charts will give span max depending on size and species of wood. If running joist over top of beams you will definitely need blocking in between the joists.
If you use hangers and butt joist level with and inside beams you should need blocking on 2x8’s.
Buy you should stay with max of 8’ length and not max distance out. 8’ will have less bounce than 10’ which is what you are allowed using 2x8 pine.
I have a 40x60 cement block barn I'm building. The ground slopes 4" +/- in 3 directions from the top corner. What would be your suggestion for the footers... dig down and waste 3 rows of blocks on the top portion... backfill everything level THEN put my footers in... or try and do 10' stepped footers all the way around? I can't dig down or the water will flood from the top.
Hi T, It's impossible to say unless I was there and then you got these code guys and inspectors and who knows what they are going to say, I would ask one of the locals, thanks Mike
@@MikeHaduck Thanks...I appreciate your time!! Have a great weekend!
I like your work.
Thanks Matt, Mike
very interesting, are footers and slabs built differently? like i see people put rock down and compact it and then the pour the concrete for slabs.
yep, another way to do it, thanks mike
Thank so much for this video i had learn a lot ..blessings
Thanks, God bless. Mike
Mike, I wonder your thoughts of pouring a 25x36 garage slab without insulation underneath. My concerns are long-term, and degradation of the foam causing cracks and sinking of slab sections. I'm in the Philly area, and I'm not interested in heating the slab, I just wanted to pour 5" of 3500 mix with fibermesh over 6mil and compacted stone. It will have a 32" block foundation with a 12x8 footer. Thanks for any comments.
Mike, love your videos but my question to you is, why did you not dig down to the frost line and pour the footer there? I'm trying to plan my dream garage build which I'm going to attempt to do most of which by myself with some help from family. 24x30 with a loft. I live in northern IL which I believe has a frost depth of 40".
HI James, here code is 42 inches down for a footer, most garages around here are a poured slab on gravel, I would do some checking into that than doing the footer thing, ask some of the locals, thanks mike
do u ever go live mike? If not would you be interested in going live this winter on my channel. i have stream yard to where it is really easy
Hi Grubb, I checked your channel out and subscribed, I think you will do very well, very good videos, I don't do anything live ,slowing down and moving to Florida, I got a years worth of videos put away plus what I pick up down here, but thanks for asking, maybe someday, thanks Mike
@MikeHaduck thats whats up! i appreciate u checking out the channel. i have looked up to your channel for years. im not a mason, just a concrete guy! But i am an all around construction guy!
Thanks, I will keep checking up with you, maybe someday we will, Mike
great education here. thanks.
Thanks Sabmatic, mike
Good video Mike.
Thanks Drew, Mike
I will pour a monolithic foundation. Hardi Flex structure. In your opinion would my home be stronger if I pour a 3 foot wall off the foundation and build the Hardi Flex from there. Or builf the Hardi Flex right up from the foundation?
Mike
I watch all your videos great stuff
Question,
When meeting a poured foundation to a new block foundation do u need an expansion hint or epoxy between the poured and block ?
Hi Tom, I never remember using one on a footer, thanks Mike
Thank you for the videos, your information has helped me a lot!
thanks, I am glad when they help, mike
Great demonstration /tutorial ,Mike .
I appreciate it, thanks mike
Hi Mike, poking around on the internet and as usual end up on your videos... I'm doing a small 16x24 slab out in Susquehanna county and of course I hit solid stone. It's damn near flat and almost usable as a floor but there's a crack down the center and I want to raise it to shed water as it's a bit lower than the existing shop. Since your about as local as it gets I'll go with your opinion. Anyway can I pour directly to the blue Stone, maybe pressure wash and treat it with some kind of primer or do I need a barrier between?
Hi Dave, I can't say unless I seen it, but if you don't put something over the top like black paper or plastic it might hold on to the stone and crack where the stone is cracked, I am a fan of letting concrete float. I would ask some locals, thanks Mike
Ur an amazing teacher!!! I'm fascinated now
I am just passing along what I learned from the old timers, thanks mike
+Mike Haduck hi mIke! I was wondering also do u have an email I can reach u at for some ideas. Thanks!
Great video as always
Thanks Gypsy, Mike
Another great video, I watch every day a video by Mike , I''m happy I discovered him. If you are so kind as to answer me 2 questions: 1) is it necessary to put a bitum sheet on the footer before starting building the concrete blocks and2 ) if it's not compulsory why the concrete blocks are wet about 2 feet from the footer, what can I do in this case, I didn't put any bitum sheet, what could be the cause? Thank you so much, I hope you find the time to answer my questions, Artist of Building!
Hi Daniela, I am not sure what you are talking about, but cement cures underwater, so wet blocks or footers have had no effect on any job I ever worked on that I could remember, thanks, Mike
This might seem like a silly question , but why don't you dig the trench 36 inches wide and use the earth as a shutter?
Hi Dav, we use to, now the inspectors have to see it formed, or they won't let you pour, go figure, thanks mike
Thank you for explaining the right way
Thanks, Mike
Awesome video! Have you installed ICFs at all?
Hi David, no never have used them, thanks Mike
Honest Mike must be the mob boss in your area, looks like he controls everything 🤣
Do you have to get below the frost line for any footer?
Hi , yes code is 42 inches
Good work
Thanks Geo, Mike
Great video....Thanks
Thanks, Mike
Love you Mike
Thanks Meyer. Mike
Mike, thanks for sharing all your knowledge with the world. Without guys like you so much of the old world building talent would be lost. I am a DIY and enjoy your conrete videos I always learn something new!
Might be a silly question but on the form boards you use, are those perfectly level? I see you float right to the edge which makes me think yes. However, you could also be making things perfect when you do the block so maybe they are laid close enough?
thank you , I appreciate it. mike
I've heard that the footer width should be three times the width of the wall. I'm building a single story block garage (double leaf - 4in block + 6in spacing + 4 inch block). Any advice?
Hi Wayne, best to go through the inspector and do what he says,And best he should give you the sheet with the required specs, every place in the countries different thanks, Mike