Cabin Build Part 7 - Piers for the Cabin Foundation
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2023
- This part of the build became a little emotional for me. We have worked so hard getting to this point. Tanja and I have been cutting out our homestead for the last 4 years getting to this point. Our short-term goal is to build this cabin, move in, and sell our 3000+ square ft house. Going from a big house to 530 square feet will be a big adjustment, but well worth it. Our long-term plan is to build a larger barn-style house near the front of the property. This is such a fun part of life!
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Everybody does wanna look down the hole, thank you!
It is a rule. 😁
I give you alot of credit doing all of this work yourselves (all 3 of you). You will enjoy that place so much more with the self satisfaction of knowing you did it all yourselves.
I agree. I love to work and the feeling of accomplishing something is a good feeling.
T&T you impress me so much with your work ethic! Can’t wait for the cabin factory visit.
The manufacturering was impressive. Thank you.
It it amazing how much work you two get done. You are an inspiration to all of us to just get out there and do it! Well done!!!!!
Early mornings and late nights. I am really for cool weather.
Amazing work you both are so amazing together and you both work so hard to make it happen I love watching your videos my friend god bless you both as always and take care of yourself’s c u in the next video mate.
I agree Tony, Fast2K is nice but $$$$$. I don't concrete posts in either, but I use a cardboard concrete tube to pour the concrete in, then put the posts on top on a saddle.
As the way it should be!
Getting that much concrete back to this location is not an option. I have enough faith and fast 2k to live on it.
REALLY REALLY LOVE WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS, ALL THE VERY BEST TO YOU AND YOUR LOVELY WIFE AND OF COURSE BEAUTIFUL GIZMO, LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING THE NEXT PART OF THE HOUSE BUILD , THANK YOU.
Great job great video thanks Tony and Tanya and Gizmo
Glad you stopped in. We are making it work. We have been held up here. we had 12 days of heavy rain over the last 20 days. It has cleared off now. Hot weather again.
That’s hard workTony, I take my hat off to you, good job. Thanks for your good videos.
Thank you too!
Y'all are just motivation to me and mine. We ain't ready to start building on our land, but,
the moving is done. We all are back together on one big property, the young ones are enrolled in their new schools,
and we are moving forward into turning our land into our home and an addition to my family's multi-generational ranch.
Watching y'all work your land, pushes US on improve ours. Thank You for all the work you put in to your videos.
I look forward to hearing your journey too. I watch others just like you are watching us. LOL! We are all in this together.
Great job! I can’t wait to see the finished product!
Thank you my friend. We have been held up by rain, but we are going back at it tomorrow.
You know it is never really finished.
There is ALWAYS something else that needs to be done. 😁
That had to be one hard job getting all that done. Looks like bridge piers. Gizmo did a good job. You guys stayed safe. All's well. Looks great guys.
Looks great guys! So happy for y’all! Every reason to be emotional, your dream is coming true! Keeping you guys in prayer too! God bless!
Thank you. I am always a rock, but my emotions creeped in on that part. God Bless you too.
Lookn Good 👍 🏆👴🐕🚜🕺🤠🙏🙏
Thank you.
God Bless yall
God Bless you too, Joe. Have a great week. See you next time.
That's pretty impressive about the uplift strength of fast 2K. I was not aware it was that much better than concrete.
Yep, Concrete has it place, but Fast2k beats it in posts settting every time.
Another great video guys! Tony, you are spot on about the Fast2K, it dose the trick. 👍🏻👍🏻
Fast2K has never failed us, so it is easy for us to recommend.
that was an epic build. It is hot here in Texas and I quit before noon.
We are getting another round this week. 100 degrees. I am getting up at 4am tomorrow.
Awesome stuff as always. You guys ate the fast 2k kings Awesome product have me slod 100% and sure is a lot of holes to make cant wait for the next video
Our pleasure! We are working all week on the cabin. I have never had one of my Fast2K posts fail. I had to move one once. That sucked. I had to dig it up with a backhoe. LOL!
I've been looking forward to this one and it was great! Thanks and I look forward to the rest of the build!!!
Awesome, thank you! We are working all week on it. I look forward to the cooler weather.
"AcrossT" with a T? That's great.
It's overkill but I know it will be there for years to come.
Looking good guys!! 😎👍
Thank you. One step at a time
Crazy hot
Great job
"A large hole has opened up in the Tony and Tanja property. Police are looking into it"
You have to make that joke, it's the law! Thanks folks.
you cracked me up. Thank you for the laugh.
Enjoy
Would love to drink coffee on the deck with you guys
I can see the deck in my mind. Sitting out on the deck cool enough to need a jacket. The birds coming to life. That will be an awesome day. Tony.
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TONY IF I LIVED OVER THERE NEAR YOU I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO COME AND HELP YOU AND TANYA, FOR FREE , ALL THE VERY BEST GUYS .
Thank you so much. I appreciate that
Back down the hill like a forklift on incline
I find this to be more difficult with a tractor going through tight places. The load hangs out a good ways.
35:00 - Well, it's ON camera 🤣
She just refuse to hear that part. LOL!
The problem I see with your theory of coating and waterproofing the post is the fact that the end in the ground is bare wood and will wick up water thus causing the foam on the sides to hold it in and rotting the post faster…
Posts don't rot off deep in the ground. They rot off at the first 6" to 8" from the top of the ground. Rot requires oxygen to happen. No oxygen at the bottom of the hole. There are still posts in the ground from some of our country's first wooden forts. The tops rotted off, but the post in the ground is still there. Second, Fast2K pushes a small amount under the post fully encapsulating the post. I have dug up a couple of posts with my backhoe, just to make sure this happens. It does. As I said in the video, Fast2K has been used for about 30 years now by other industries. Its results are well-proven which means, this is not my theory. I read the reports and I understand the product. I don't recommend things I don't believe in.
Like the auger, I need one, went to the web site from the link in the description, could not find it...?
I fixed the link to go directly to the auger.
One of the reason most people don’t use it is the price difference than concrete.
As I have said so many times before, It is cheaper than concrete in most cases. Concrete rots wood and if you use concrete, the job would have to be done again in 5-7 years. That is not an option for a house. Second, It would be about impossible to get concrete back here without widening the road and putting thousands of dollars into the road. This is a cabin and I want it to be a cabin. I don't want big open roads to it.
Truth be told. I can get fast 2k locally here for 14 a bag, I'd pay that over buying sackrete which innthe long run with labor and water you're about equal or close to the cost of the foam bag.
You should've had some fans set up around there. Is your power station too far away for that?
Project looks great. 👍
Yep. No power here yet.
I’m tired just watching you!
I understand. The heat was unbearable some days.
How far we've come. Not "How far we've came.
Thank you for your comment
I like the method but I think it might be well worth the effort to paint tar or something on the bottom sides of those post first so it doesn’t wick up water from the bottom and then be sealed in from that fast2k coating.
Wood posts don't rot from the bottom because there is no oxygen. FAST2K also pushes a small film underneath the post as it expands.
Your going to do a better job than the pros because yall care more.
Thank you Joe. We do care.
Does the Fast 2K meet applicable building codes?? Why put the posts four feet on center???
Yes, it meets building codes. This area has veins of sand. Over kill is better.
110 temp here
I understand. We have another round of 100 degree days coming.
Hi, great video. What grade posts did you use with the fast 2k. There would be a label on the treat posts with the grade. For example UC-4A?
Ground contact 6x6
@@TonysTractorAdventure Thanks for the reply. There are several grades sold as ground contact with widely different levels of preservative. Next time you're at the site if you don't mind checking it would be interesting. UC4a, UC4b, UC4c or similar will be on the label or sometimes stenciled. Higher grades are usually special order.
Reply back and I'll get you the engineering data on how long your grade is expected to last. Then you'll have a baseline on how much better it's doing with the Fast 2k over the years.
I agree with your comments that the first few inches in the ground with the high moisture and oxygen is the culprit. Also warmth.
If you have any general structural engineering questions let me know.
A lot of extra money
It is worth it for me to do it right. It cost less, because we can do it. It would have cost a fortune to have someone bring concrete.
A couple of questions, why so many posts and why did you not put gravel in the whole under the posts?
There is sand mixed with clay. I don't want it to fail. I don't need gravel under the post. Fast2K pushes a small film under the post waterproofing it. Post also don't rot down deep. They rot at the first 6" to 8". Post that were put in the ground for forts were still in the ground from the 1600. Only the parts of the post that can get Oxygen rot.
Do you have to add gravel to the bottom of the hole so water does not set on the post?
No. Fast2K pushes around and under the post. I have dug a few up and it works as advertised.
You're building a pier foundation with only 6x6s? You don't have building codes that call for footers under those posts? When the ground gets moist, I think your posts will settle like a hypodermic needle under the weight of the building.
Yes, I agree, there is no such thing as ground contact lumber anymore.
Also, I am so Flabbergasted by the foundation of this build. I've been framing homes and commercial buildings for almost 40 years. I have never seen a foundation done like this, (except for a Pole Barn).
Why not use less posts in the ground and more beams from post to post. This way there would be less holes drilled and the beams would carry as much weight.
Also, the Fast 2k is up to the challenge for sure. It's great stuff (But not Great Stuff). I have a friend that has worked for a power company, as an engineer, for the last 30 years; and he introduced me to this stuff. I was (and am) amazed at the power polls held up (and down in the ground) by this stuff. I’d use it just like you did, but with 20” footers under my posts. And I wouldn’t use 6x6s I’d use 3 2x6s instead.
Thank you for your concern. Fast2K works as a footer. This was all approved by engineers. Every house settles, no matter how it was made. From my experience on prior projects, Fast2K settled less and moved less than concrete.