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 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.
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 😂
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.
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.
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 👍 !
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.
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!
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!
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
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
👍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!
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!
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.
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?
Man it blows me away the lack of building code. In usa You back filled the footings. No 4" drain tile an 1/2" washed stone. Here in north western Ont.. any footing below grade or on grain must have 4" black drain tile. Some require with sock an some not. And set at bottom of footer an back filled 16" deep 1/2 washed crushed stone with fabric over top stone. Even were its a garage were the center is compacted gravel to the top of block or sold wall and drain out or to a sump.. even drain tile under cement floor in an X hooked to outer drain tile an 16" stove washed over floor drain tile over whole floor area. Weather shop pad basement floor attached garage. We're I live no building permits needed but I still did all the drainage tile. What no parging an tar on out side wall. All back fill with in 3 feet of basement walls below grade walls is back fill clean sand up on the walls. Camp off with clay or road graval . You can't put native dirt with in 3 feet of wall. Native dirt like a big Jake an pushes walls in
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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?
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.
Curious. Why not build up your footer to put concrete under the jutting end of the house foundation wall instead of using a block there? No wire mesh in the block wall?
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'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.
You guys make a great team!!
THanks Jeffrey.
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.
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.
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.
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 UA-cam. LOL
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!😂
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
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.
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!
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
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.
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.
Great job bondo, love the step by step explaining 👍🏾
Thank you Glad to help.
Great job by the Bondo crew. Thxs for the vids!
Thanks David.
Enjoying your videos Bondo. Very nice workmanship.
1970.
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.
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...
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 🕺
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. 😀
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.
Thanks Bondo, I really enjoy watching your videos.
Makes me proud to see some quality work coming out of Oswego county. : )
Thanks we try and do our best job possible.
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.
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 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.
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.
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
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.
Love the attention to detail!
@@solaj22 thank you 😊
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.
Very nice work guys! Clean, accurate, and professional!
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. 😄
Looking good as always guys can’t wait to see it all done
As an old concrete guy, you did a very good job.
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!
Nice work brother.👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thanks buddy 😃
You did a nice job on that floor.
Love how all you guys work together like a fine oiled machine !
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.
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!
That conveyer boom cement truck is definitely the ticket 🎟️
Glad to see ya Billy, keep your chin up.
Nice job on the cinder blocks.
😊no vibration of the core fill. Premature backfilled
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.
Seeing that heritage block wall makes me feel not so bad about how I built mine. 🤣
The old walls were a bit rough. LOL
i love learning this stuf bondo :)
So glad to teach you guys. Thanks for the comment.
Nice to see you drive past Caughdenoy VFD Westside station!
Learn a lot watching your videos
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.
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?
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
Exceptional work there Bondo . Wish you were in California.
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 😁
Man it blows me away the lack of building code. In usa You back filled the footings. No 4" drain tile an 1/2" washed stone. Here in north western Ont.. any footing below grade or on grain must have 4" black drain tile. Some require with sock an some not. And set at bottom of footer an back filled 16" deep 1/2 washed crushed stone with fabric over top stone. Even were its a garage were the center is compacted gravel to the top of block or sold wall and drain out or to a sump.. even drain tile under cement floor in an X hooked to outer drain tile an 16" stove washed over floor drain tile over whole floor area. Weather shop pad basement floor attached garage. We're I live no building permits needed but I still did all the drainage tile. What no parging an tar on out side wall. All back fill with in 3 feet of basement walls below grade walls is back fill clean sand up on the walls. Camp off with clay or road graval . You can't put native dirt with in 3 feet of wall. Native dirt like a big Jake an pushes walls in
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.
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.
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.
I just noticed in the video, you were on caughdenoy Rd. I live in camillus, not too far away.
Chopped off traffic cones make good funnels for filling blocks.
Good tip. Thanks
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
Termites can come up through open block, but I’m on the coast in a moist area.
We do not have termites here in upstate New York.
Nice work!
Thanks John.
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.
We learn from the best perfecto work :)👍
Thank you 😃
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.
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
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
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
All us Pro's watch you Bondo!
Biscuit is the American working man.
Yes he is. He loves this work as I do as well
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.
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?
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
I like your job man , I subscribed in your Chanel, happy new year, today is 12/31/23
buy a re-useable concrete block form. 2*2*6. takes 1 yard. on jobs your going to short load order extra and make a block. use jt at shop or sell it.
How do you pull a random square? You didn’t just pick a piece of the house to go off of?
106 👍's up BB thank you for sharing 😊
Thanks Scott 😃
Great content! Why no drain tile around outside of footing?
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 !
28:58 Holy Shit Biscuit has a shirt on 🤣🤣🤣.
Why not use a dust suppression pump? Good work though guys.
Thanks I do not have one. Never heard of it either.
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.
original house foundation looks like it was done by a crew of drunks. Yours looks great and straight.Nice work.
Why no vertical steel and key way ❓
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.
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.
Curious. Why not build up your footer to put concrete under the jutting end of the house foundation wall instead of using a block there? No wire mesh in the block wall?
Good job
No steel in to the footer ?
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 😊
How many blocks in your walls on both sides
Did the lady almost get run over at 5:38?
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Thank you 🤩
It looks like the former footer had no rebar
No it did not. SMH
Just for kicks, do you pour over the existing siding? Wouldn't that make it difficult to replace siding when the time comes?