Done amazing in the two days and very well done not having any pipe or cable mishaps a good machine operator and top banks man and the main man Alex on the barrow ! Good tips with nails and level and nice work with rebar for reinforcement for concrete 💪
What a dig! Good job you had the mini digger to do some graft. Alex worked hard shifting that spoil and keeping the area clean - well done. Dave Birmingham
Watching your videos reminds me of the relationship I have with my dad. For years I thought me hanging around helping out (getting in the way, I thought for years). Was just a one way relationship. (Me learning from him). But as I got older and rennovating my own house I have realised just how much he must have valued me. Clearing away. Passing right tools, holding this and that... And yes providing him with mixes :p The master-apprentice relationship goes both ways!... Just don't tell Alex; he may get a big head ;)
Bugger all that barrowing .! I would have hired a 1 tonne dumper/skip loader for job.! Brave man digging from the side on that micro digger.! I’ve seen many go over.! You do crack on with the job though, my enthusiasm went years ago.!!
Just spent a good few hours watching some of your video's, love the honesty of your work and character. Weldone, look forward to watching more....Maghull
Wow, I don't think I've ever seen that small of an excavator before! Seemed to work good for the application...moved a lot of dirt! So far, so good! I hope my favorite brickies have been doing well, and staying out of too much trouble! Have a good week guys! Cheers from Texas!
Great work guys, digging those fuunds. That is a ton of work. Still more to watch. I've never seen the use of rebar in the foundation, shows you size of the conservatory. Somebody has shovel it all up. That would be a laugh.
Alex taking all the credit for the wheel barrow shifter, keeping you fit lad, Pumping those arm 💪 with every tip. Great work guys. Nothing like a good workout now and again. 😉
Micro diggers are hugely powerful and if you are bored waiting for the materials / concrete to arrive you can use them to race your Builder's van as they really shift (Private roads only please people!)
well that was not an easy ride that one,well done alex he must have been knackered at the end of the day really good work guys cant wait for the next instalment cheers for now
When you stated micro digger I had a vision of you on your knees with a trowel lol I am still on holiday in Ireland but really enjoy your videos which I thank you for and the building is in very good hands
Make a massive difference steve dont they the micro diggers .Sometimes they are a bit underpowered and the reach for a deaper footing isnt good .I love em Steve they go through 800mm brilliant tool mate .Great video 👍👍🙂🧱🧱🧱
@@SteveAndAlexBuild We used to dig all footings out on domestics by hand in the the late 80s Everything was by hand wasn't it .The diggers are worth every penny steve 👍👍🧱🙂🧱
Another great job guys, you won’t need to go to the gym tonight, and you definitely will be extra fit after you have wheelbarrowed all that pile of rubbish into a skip.
Love your videos but can you try and release complete projects or at least call out end of a project. What happened with the conservatory being converted to extension? I think last video was the big steel going in across what was the back wall of the house
Nice work fellas! Just wondering in the UK do they make you locate and mark out the utilities before you start digging? Or is that not mandatory on private projects? Here in the USA they have you call 811 and all the local utilities come out and mark things like gas ,electric,water and sewer. That way you aren’t on the hook if you hit something. Great service but you have to plan ahead because it can take a few days for them to show. It’s always an adventure when you guys start digging ⛏. Thanks
I Feel for you Brother im a Bricklayer myself and there's always the jack of all trades master of none in the comments funny it is and every job you do is to book
What was the size of the Reinforcing? I would have expected fewer, bigger bars for a foundation, but smaller and more of them could well be equivalent.
at 17:29 mins that rock material looks like slag from an old industrial process. was the house built on a landfill of some kind of old industrial furnace?
So when you hire a brickie or any tradesman, the most important thing is recommendation. For every quality, reliable tradesman, there's a chancer who will cause you untold misery. This is the beauty of UA-cam, it shows you everything you need to know about your builder before engaging with them and you only need watch a couple of Steve and Alex's vids to see they are top drawer. Only problem is, they will always be busy but, take my advice, never never hire someone you don't know because you're under time pressure - the chancers can sense your desperation and will rinse you.
All very true . We have a video coming up soon where that exact thing happened to the customer, some “ landscapers “ of Facebook ruined their garden and left a horrendous mess too 😒😒🧱👍🏽
That makes a bit more sense, might be why you encountered all that 'pipe bedding' its quite common to put this in a strip behind the retaining wall with a land drain at the base.
@@SteveAndAlexBuild yes, noted the lower one was plastic when it was fully exposed…jumped the gun, lol…did you not have access to the drawings of the place showing the drainage runs…
I was wondering the same, down south its a minimum of a metre but i have had to go down 1500 if the ground is sh1t. Good videos tho bee watching for a while.
Alex that makes sense, you have had it lucky there, when it gets shit shit ground down here its time to run!! Na but I have had to raft it before, but that cost a fortune in drawings, steel and ball ache 😆 and digging with a pump!!
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Minimal loading with that size of dumper , if it cannot take the weight of a 1 Ton Dumper then any delivery lorry/muck wagon shouldn't travel on it
Steady on Stu its not how big the tool is but how you use it . The dig took 2 days as we expected due to concrete pads in the way and caution around the pipes . jason is as much of a scouser as you are pal 😆🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild I was wondering if a narrower bucket, say about 12", would have cut out a lot of the hand digging. More scoops for the excavator, but there would have been more power to dig thru that trash fill under the slab.
@@lwilton . We only hand dug against the house and around the pipes . We are well used to hand digging so it’s not an issue for us . I’d rather take my time abs be cautious than go at it and end up with more work and expense repairing damage caused by the digger 🧱👍🏽
PLEASE, please, work on your sound levels! Both of you are quiet speakers but the "music" and other noises are very loud. And the wind noise in your microphone.... !!! I love your work but please improve the sound on your vids. Cut the non-voice sound levels by at least 30%. And I just gotta say it: that "music" is just crap noise to me. Off me chest.... Cheers!
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Some Rode wireless mics would be a great help, but they are pricy. But I have to second DPeter's request that the music audio levels be cut by at least 4 to 6 dB. That at least won't cost any hard cash. :-)
Love foundation work and when it all starts coming up. Told my grandson who's doing my joinery now it's good to get to know how the whole job comes together. That looks like a good bit of reinforcing. I'm Look forward to how this develops bro. Did you hire the rotating laser? I'm starting my wrap around on Monday (Warrington) and gotta get the site ready for the grab but gonna use a dumpster as its a bit of a trek. All the best Steve☀🧱⚒🚜
Sounds good Chris 👍🏽 . The power barrow is worth every penny . Alex did great on it in some very tight spots . The laser we actually bought . We did a video for Keystone lintels and used that money to treat ourselves , such a good investment though 🧱👍🏽👌🏼
It’s a private job not a Balfour Beaty site . It wasn’t dad on the digger and there was 2 of checking while he dug . It’s also a one off newish build so we knew where the services where . You stick to plumbing and heating and not telling other trades how to do their job 🧱👍🏽
Really like the attention to detail and the sweeping up during the excavation to keep a clear working area - nice work you three.
Cheers Steve , keeping the crap off that lovely pattered concrete drive 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
@@SteveAndAlexBuild It's also a much safer way to work. Pea gravel is a slipping hazard you dont need when you are busy.
@@Dave5843-d9m very true 🧱👍🏽
Done amazing in the two days and very well done not having any pipe or cable mishaps a good machine operator and top banks man and the main man Alex on the barrow ! Good tips with nails and level and nice work with rebar for reinforcement for concrete 💪
Thanks John , Alex gets man of the match on this dig 😍💪🏽🧱👍🏼
What a dig! Good job you had the mini digger to do some graft. Alex worked hard shifting that spoil and keeping the area clean - well done. Dave Birmingham
Cheers Dave, yes Al worked very hard on that dig 🧱🥵👍🏽
Watching your videos reminds me of the relationship I have with my dad. For years I thought me hanging around helping out (getting in the way, I thought for years). Was just a one way relationship. (Me learning from him).
But as I got older and rennovating my own house I have realised just how much he must have valued me. Clearing away. Passing right tools, holding this and that... And yes providing him with mixes :p
The master-apprentice relationship goes both ways!... Just don't tell Alex; he may get a big head ;)
😆. Very true , ld be so lost without Alex 😍😍🧱👍🏽
Same as me working with my son he doesn’t realise how much I really appreciate working with him, I would be lost without him.
@@mikeoverthrow 😍🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽
For got to say good weather on its way for you this weekend and next week
We will be working , making the most of it 😎🧱👍🏽
Bugger all that barrowing .! I would have hired a 1 tonne dumper/skip loader for job.! Brave man digging from the side on that micro digger.! I’ve seen many go over.! You do crack on with the job though, my enthusiasm went years ago.!!
No dumpers on the flags it patterned concrete 👍🏽🧱
Foundations a bit tricky in places. Lovely property and grounds 👍
This job was a bugger on the dig but a pleasure to work on , lovely spot , lovely customers 🧱👍🏽😁
Just spent a good few hours watching some of your video's, love the honesty of your work and character. Weldone, look forward to watching more....Maghull
Thanks very much Wayne 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽
Hard two days graft S&A, can't wait to see how it goes. Love your channel. Thanks, Mike.
Thanks very much Mike 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽
Wow, I don't think I've ever seen that small of an excavator before! Seemed to work good for the application...moved a lot of dirt! So far, so good! I hope my favorite brickies have been doing well, and staying out of too much trouble! Have a good week guys! Cheers from Texas!
Those micros are little pocket rockets , great little machines .
All good here buddy 🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild As always, you guys rock! With real rocks! 🧱🧱🧱🧱 👍🏽👍🏽
@@WarpFactor999 😉😁😁🧱👍🏽
Great work guys, digging those fuunds. That is a ton of work. Still more to watch. I've never seen the use of rebar in the foundation, shows you size of the conservatory. Somebody has shovel it all up. That would be a laugh.
Cheers Bob 😁🧱👍🏽
Love a good dig out video, always good when Jason is on the videos. Looking forward to this series guys. 🧱👍🏻
Thanks Stu . New dig on Thursday, no Jason 🥺🥺🧱👍🏽
Alex taking all the credit for the wheel barrow shifter, keeping you fit lad, Pumping those arm 💪 with every tip. Great work guys. Nothing like a good workout now and again. 😉
Thanks pal 😁🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽
Micro diggers are hugely powerful and if you are bored waiting for the materials / concrete to arrive you can use them to race your Builder's van as they really shift (Private roads only please people!)
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well that was not an easy ride that one,well done alex he must have been knackered at the end of the day really good work guys cant wait for the next instalment cheers for now
Thanks pal , really proud of Alex , just took it in his stride 😁🧱👍🏽
When you stated micro digger I had a vision of you on your knees with a trowel lol I am still on holiday in Ireland but really enjoy your videos which I thank you for and the building is in very good hands
Thanks very much Eddie , enjoy the rest of your hols 😎🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild we are back in stoke now and the good weather is here better than a lot of rain in Ireland
@@eddieMurphy11111 😎🧱👍🏽
Awesome video thanks for your time and consideration top job top team 🇬🇧😎🇬🇧😎
Thanks Phil 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽😁
Great vid just surprised you didn't use rebar driven into bottom of footing for concrete levels
Thanks . We don’t re bar and loads of nails plus the re bar can rust and crack the concrete 🧱👍🏽
Great job so far guys ! Micro digger looks great .. seems like you could ride it trough the front door .. if you don’t eat too much ;) 😆🙏🏼🙏🏼
Exactly Jay 😉🧱👍🏽
Amazing work and wow that looked like a lot of hard graft and a lot of wheel borrowing. Thanks for sharing this with us take care
Cheers Hayden , Alex gets all of the credit for the wheel barrowing 💪🏽😍🧱👍🏼
@@SteveAndAlexBuild You’re welcome Mate and yep Alex sure does 👍🏻
@@haydenuk02 😁🧱👍🏽
Make a massive difference steve dont they the micro diggers .Sometimes they are a bit underpowered and the reach for a deaper footing isnt good .I love em Steve they go through 800mm brilliant tool mate .Great video 👍👍🙂🧱🧱🧱
Deffo Justin , perfect for us on our little jobs 👌🏼🤙🏾🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild
We used to dig all footings out on domestics by hand in the the late 80s Everything was by hand wasn't it .The diggers are worth every penny steve 👍👍🧱🙂🧱
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping Same here Justin , god bless Kubota 😆🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild
🤣🤣🤣 i second that one steve 🤣🤣👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping 😏🤙🏾👍🏽🧱
Wow that’s a big one great stuff.👍👍👍😎😎😎
Cheers Richard 🧱👍🏽
Great job lads good job not digging that by hand look forward to nx video on this job 👍👍
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Another great job guys, you won’t need to go to the gym tonight, and you definitely will be extra fit after you have wheelbarrowed all that pile of rubbish into a skip.
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@@martin2466 🤢🤢🤢
Love your videos but can you try and release complete projects or at least call out end of a project. What happened with the conservatory being converted to extension? I think last video was the big steel going in across what was the back wall of the house
That was the whole project as far as we are concerned. We only do digs , footings , brickwork, steels abs slabs 🧱👍🏽
Like an episode of time team😅,as always good work lads
Cheers Danny 🧱👍🏽
Nice work fellas! Just wondering in the UK do they make you locate and mark out the utilities before you start digging? Or is that not mandatory on private projects? Here in the USA they have you call 811 and all the local utilities come out and mark things like gas ,electric,water and sewer. That way you aren’t on the hook if you hit something. Great service but you have to plan ahead because it can take a few days for them to show. It’s always an adventure when you guys start digging ⛏. Thanks
No that doesn’t happen and our utilities companies to show up costs an absolute fortune 😱🧱👍🏽
@UnjustifiedRecs . 👌🏼😆🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild its free here and its done usually within seven to ten days.
@@AWSmith1955 🤯, very cool 🧱👍🏽
Yeh we have Dial before you dig here in Australia
Looks cold, I am planning on spending next April in Yorkshire guess I better pack warm clothes
Er yes , absolutely 🥶🥶🤣🤣
I Feel for you Brother im a Bricklayer myself and there's always the jack of all trades master of none in the comments funny it is and every job you do is to book
Thanks Pedro 🧱👍🏽
👏 👏.👌 nice jobs, same jobs me England, thanks for your 👍
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That pea shingle you were digging out could that have been a soakaway as there's a gutter downpipe on that corner just an idea
No the house has a basement.
Soak away have to be a few meters away from the building 🧱👍🏽
Judging by the weather ☔️ I would have hired a two inch self priming pump as well….! 😬
The rain never got going 😎🧱👍🏼
What was the size of the Reinforcing? I would have expected fewer, bigger bars for a foundation, but smaller and more of them could well be equivalent.
Not sure on the size 🧱👍🏽
@@martin2466 🧱👍🏽
Brilliant I love it
Thanks Stuart 😁🧱👍🏽
at 17:29 mins that rock material looks like slag from an old industrial process. was the house built on a landfill of some kind of old industrial furnace?
No it’s agricultural land 🧱👍🏽
loved this video smashed it again
Cheers buddy 🧱👍🏽
Did you design the foundations with the mesh in in it or did the building inspector
We came up with it 🧱👍🏽
@@martin2466 cheers Martin . It gets beefed up even more when we build it 💪🏼💪🏼🧱👍🏽
@@martin2466 2.7 s on one side
3 m on the other 🥵🥵🥵💪🏼🧱👍🏽
@@martin2466 😆😆🧱👍🏽
So when you hire a brickie or any tradesman, the most important thing is recommendation. For every quality, reliable tradesman, there's a chancer who will cause you untold misery. This is the beauty of UA-cam, it shows you everything you need to know about your builder before engaging with them and you only need watch a couple of Steve and Alex's vids to see they are top drawer. Only problem is, they will always be busy but, take my advice, never never hire someone you don't know because you're under time pressure - the chancers can sense your desperation and will rinse you.
All very true . We have a video coming up soon where that exact thing happened to the customer, some
“ landscapers “ of Facebook ruined their garden and left a horrendous mess too 😒😒🧱👍🏽
The volume of removed material is at least 3x the volume of the hole it came from.
Yep 😵💫🧱👍🏽
@@martin2466 😵💫😵💫😆🧱👍🏽
Dot and dab under that patio ffs - well at least it made it easier for you guys to get up!
They were far from easy to get up . They were solid 🥵🧱👍🏽
That looks like a ground beam to me, are the existing foundations piled?
No it’s got a basement 😬🧱👍🏽
That makes a bit more sense, might be why you encountered all that 'pipe bedding' its quite common to put this in a strip behind the retaining wall with a land drain at the base.
@@chelsealion3 🧱👍🏽
Hi steve.alex what is the cost of renting the mini digger please
Beat to go on tour local hire shop for local prices 🧱
Nice video 👍👍🌺🌺💐💐👌💕💕
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Surprised to see they dot and dabbed that patio
They May have been but they were absolutely solid 😳💪🏼🧱👍🏽
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Needed a motorised barrow, would save hours on shifting soil
Not across those flags and patterned concrete 😒🧱👍🏽
2 wheelbarrows will move more dirt than any motorized vehicle
@@ratemytakeawayireland415 😁💨💨💨💨🧱👍🏽
Looks like surface water runs towards the rear of the house… and the deeper pipe (hepsleeve by the look of it), is the foul…
The higher one was dead and got cut off . not sure what the bottom one was but it was plastic 🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild yes, noted the lower one was plastic when it was fully exposed…jumped the gun, lol…did you not have access to the drawings of the place showing the drainage runs…
@@stun9771 . No mate 🙄🧱👍🏽
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What depth did you have to go for the footings?
We ended up about 800 down 🧱👍🏼
I was wondering the same, down south its a minimum of a metre but i have had to go down 1500 if the ground is sh1t. Good videos tho bee watching for a while.
@@JAVXABLE cheers buddy . The house has a basement hence the fill for 2 m out each way . The original ground is perfect for pouring onto 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
@@JAVXABLE yeah south-east is minimum a metre but I've seen it 3 metres deep, depends on ground shitness
Alex that makes sense, you have had it lucky there, when it gets shit shit ground down here its time to run!! Na but I have had to raft it before, but that cost a fortune in drawings, steel and ball ache 😆 and digging with a pump!!
No notifications!
Need to make sure the bell is clicked 😬👍🏽🧱
Lads hire a 1 Ton or 3 Ton Dumper
Worth it 👌
Not across that lovely patio and patterned concrete , to risky 😒🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild
Minimal loading with that size of dumper , if it cannot take the weight of a 1 Ton Dumper then any delivery lorry/muck wagon shouldn't travel on it
@@jacannon9147 nothing did , all dropped from the road .
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Are those window openings under ground ??? Wtf
No pal 🧱👍🏽
What make of digger is it please
Hi Robert it was a
kubota K008-3 micro digger 🧱👍🏽
Why shutter round pipe an other thing was new house pile driven ta
Never concrete a pipe in .
No the house had a basement 🧱👍🏽
Thank you I would cut out put sleeve over it and couple joints on straight on the corner would removed to out side foote because load bearing ta Brian
@@briansutherland5414 🧱👍🏽
Big thank to team glad got out of it 2 years ago 😃😃
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It’s taking so long to dig it out, because that scouser has only got half a bloody spade….!!!
Steady on Stu its not how big the tool is but how you use it . The dig took 2 days as we expected due to concrete pads in the way and caution around the pipes . jason is as much of a scouser as you are pal 😆🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild I was wondering if a narrower bucket, say about 12", would have cut out a lot of the hand digging. More scoops for the excavator, but there would have been more power to dig thru that trash fill under the slab.
@@lwilton . We only hand dug against the house and around the pipes . We are well used to hand digging so it’s not an issue for us . I’d rather take my time abs be cautious than go at it and end up with more work and expense repairing damage caused by the digger 🧱👍🏽
@@lwilton exactly my thoughts too…
19:00 we can barely hear what you are saying during that segment of the video.
Sorry about that 😬🧱👍🏽
PLEASE, please, work on your sound levels! Both of you are quiet speakers but the "music" and other noises are very loud. And the wind noise in your microphone.... !!! I love your work but please improve the sound on your vids. Cut the non-voice sound levels by at least 30%. And I just gotta say it: that "music" is just crap noise to me. Off me chest.... Cheers!
We are looking into new mics but they are £250 plus 😬🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Some Rode wireless mics would be a great help, but they are pricy. But I have to second DPeter's request that the music audio levels be cut by at least 4 to 6 dB. That at least won't cost any hard cash. :-)
@@lwilton . I think that was an issue with my editing which won’t happen again 🧱👍🏽
Why not hire mini dumper at same time, save back breaking with wheelbarrows
Cost 🧱👍🏽
When you slap your hand to the camera it makes me feel sick and ill !
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Love foundation work and when it all starts coming up. Told my grandson who's doing my joinery now it's good to get to know how the whole job comes together. That looks like a good bit of reinforcing. I'm Look forward to how this develops bro. Did you hire the rotating laser? I'm starting my wrap around on Monday (Warrington) and gotta get the site ready for the grab but gonna use a dumpster as its a bit of a trek. All the best Steve☀🧱⚒🚜
Sounds good Chris 👍🏽 . The power barrow is worth every penny . Alex did great on it in some very tight spots .
The laser we actually bought . We did a video for Keystone lintels and used that money to treat ourselves , such a good investment though 🧱👍🏽👌🏼
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Yes I’m gonna get one👊 Thanks for the info bro
@@foundationgood123 . No probs good luck up in Warrington
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if that took 2 days i should really take more brakes so im not ahead of u guys
Feel free 🤷🏼♂️
Bye the look of it Dads 1st time untrained on the digger.. without a banksman. Checking for services or using a cat and a Genie. Stick to brickwork
It’s a private job not a Balfour Beaty site . It wasn’t dad on the digger and there was 2 of checking while he dug .
It’s also a one off newish build so we knew where the services where .
You stick to plumbing and heating and not telling other trades how to do their job 🧱👍🏽