CONCRETE FOUNDATION TOOL: How a REBAR TIE TWISTER can save time AND build a better foundation.

If the rebar is embedded in the right spot, and held together in the right shape, it will work like its supposed to, reinforcing your concrete, and making it last forever.
If it’s not held together tightly, the force of the concrete can push the rebar out of position and into a place where its no use at all.
If concrete pushes the unsupported rebar to the bottom of the footing, it won’t be embedded, and then it can’t do anything to hold the concrete together over time. Which is bad news for your house! If your foundation cracks, it can let water under your home and start to decompose not only the foundation, but the entire home pretty rapidly.
If these horizontal bars come loose and get thrown sideways, the concrete is likely to crack in the other direction and bust apart.
So we use steel wire to hold all the rebar together. You can use a spool of wire and cut 8” lengths and twist tie them around the rebar by hand to hold everything together. But that takes FOREVER. So we use these pre-formed wire loop ties that come in a big bundle. They’re available at Your local concrete supplier and even big box stores like Lowes and Home Depot.
Here’s where the rebar wire twister comes in to save the day. This tool costs about $8 and it’ll save you countless hours of backbreaking labor ty-ing together steel rebar in your footings, foundation walls, and concrete slab floors. Find it at your local hardware store, or linked in the video description down below.
To use it, simply bend a wire tie around two pieces of rebar, line up the two loops on the end and hook them with your twister. Then give it 8-10 spins until the two bars are held snugly together. Try not to over tighten, or the wire will snap and you’ll have to start all over again. You’ll get the hang of it pretty quickly. Remember, the idea is to hold the rebar together snug, so it doesn’t move or fall apart. It can be a little loose. The ridges in the rebar will lock together and keep the bars from moving too much.
On this footing, we’ve tied the rebar to the chairs to make sure they don’t fall off, and tied the overlapping sections of rebar together so they serve as one continuous piece. We also tied the ladder bars to the long horizontal runs every 2 feet to keep the footing held together in the opposite direction. We also tied our vertical “L” bars to the ladder bars which will serve to hold the foundation wall securely to the concrete footing. You can see how strong these little ties are. They’re even holding up the L’s from falling. Sometimes it just takes a few extra ties. And you can really see how many ties we end up using on even just the footing. There are a ton of them! So this twister really will save you hours of effort. It's a tool worth every penny.
For a few bucks more, you can upgrade and save yourself even more time by using this ingenius wire twister. It’s a long hook with a spiral shank. So when you pull the handle, the hook spins around, twisting the wire 6 times for every pull. It’s even easier than the spinner. This one’s also linked in the video description down below.
Time is money folks. And this simple little tool can save you a bunch of it!! And help keep your foundation strong for many many years.
SPIRAL TWISTER TOOL (best value): amzn.to/3aotimU
REBAR TIE TWISTER (entry level): amzn.to/3tBqV7V
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[@steeltown416]

I only twist of my beers mate!! Use a pair of pliers and a Reel!! Just a sidenote use a set of horses and pre build that little footing and throw it in!!! That's a one man job!! This is relaxing watching you guys work!!!

[@hossainkarbassi3440]

You are a good teacher 👌👌👌

[@jkwo2007]

Thanks for sharing and teaching.

[@khanhhoangngoc7865]

great, thank you very much for sharing for the civilization of humanity, the community will remember you forever.. sincere thanks

[@DDL2728]

You really are a great speaker!! You speak so clearly & don't lose your train of thought! Great job!!

[@HeirloomBuilders]

Thanks Dianne!

[@kmandrews_]

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[@vayneglory655]

Not nearly tight enough. A good set of pliers and a quick snap will get them tighter, more secure, and is faster over all once you get the muscle memory down. Not to mention those premade ties can only do one tie. Something as simple as a cadillac tie would make that tool useless.
To any iron workers - save yourself the trouble and buy a set of nines, rip out the spring, both sides of grip, and run some old water hose on the palm side handle. Barely gotta move your hand to open and close your pliers at that point.

[@MrJaxparadize]

Well sh1t! That’s some professional work right there! Excellent info and everything looks fantastic!

[@kristakaufman-y6j]

great video

[@rodneywalsh5587]

This is for people who don't know how to tie rebar.

[@rubenvarela4077]

I use to use that tool years back nice video

[@elsenorc4551]

Amazing video for begginers.

[@JohnBrodt]

That's not code for #4 bar, you need a 20" min overlap, your short by 10" inches. Now tear it out and do it right this time.

[@T_157-40]

Well done

[@HeirloomBuilders]

Thanks Terry! I had fun with this one

[@loganconnally4361]

From one logan to another doing concrete work, SMDH only use those twirlers in hard to reach areas, a wire reel and pliers is 100x faster and stronger, those pigtails snap before they can get tight enough

[@joemendyk9994]

Got proof?

[@kmandrews_]

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[@paull224]

@@joemendyk9994 lmao 1 Mexican + Nice reel + pliers can tie all that rebar in 3min or less.