Im a graduate structural engineer but man something so satisfying about laying bricks in a perfectly straight level wall. Makes me wanna go out and do it
Old guy showed me a great tip years ago and I always do it now.have a length of 4’’,damp lay it over the concrete from side to side and gently seesaw it back and foe once the concrete has picked up a bit just as you were doing with the timber tamper,take your time and you get a superb finish,it’s all about getting the concrete at the right stage of curing before you start rubbing it up with the damp. Great work too by the way👍
you pay some one to do the hard work, love. the skill is "having the means" to do so, 3006. i know, i was that digger, before any diddy kobotas were known in albion.
I apologize for my bad english. Good job. I am also building a house for myself. Building the first time in my life. Your videos ~ Life Hacking for me.Hi from Russia 🏠🌳🏡
Nice that you’re building your own house! But, keep in mind that different areas around the world have different building codes, caused by different soil and climate (frostline, humidity, etc). What’s code and perfect in the UK may not work well in Russia. Investigate it good to prevent problems over time. And have the foundation calculated by an actual engineer.. everything on top of the foundation depends on the foundation. If the foundation cracks then it’s goodbye home
Top job again lad I myself and I'm sure many others have learned a lot from you ....kcs attitude is amazing considering he Labour's for his son but I also know he's top man at other things such as windows and what not great team keep up the good work ....
Stu, I take it back. This is your best work. Very technical indeed. This really shows off your planning and foresight. Well done mate. Nice to see KC on the barrow. #properlabourer.
Any idea on how much this part of the extention process would cost? Let's say the total build came in at £35k Inc labour, what proportion of that would you say is the foundation costs Inc labour?
I got to have Wall Paper on the outside of my house, it looks lush lolol love watching videos like this. No wonder extensions cost so much, all the hard work and labour. love it.
🤣I was thinking the same thing re the wallpaper, and don't forget the radiator, when it's too cold and wet to put the washing on the line, you can dry your smalls on the radiator, BRILLIANT!
@abe Salam oh wow I thought that they had actually plastered and decorated the back outside wall of their house!? Only joking mate,he said at the beginning that there used to be a conservatory there
Just to join the fun I moved away from the trowel about 5 years ago and have an architectural design biz . When on the tools I did floor details just like that(although not as tidy or flat!!!!) These days everyone wants underfloor heating so I draw them with celotex over as it deflects the heat upwards. I'm not judging I promise just joining the convo!!!!!
found this really interesting. I live in a new build and see the ground workers doing the footings all the time, never really understood all the work that went into them
Fantastic work in all videos, I especially like the pointing one, I'm debating if to do it ourselves to save money but it's just getting up high worry about. Our house is over 100 years ago I think last time was pointed must of been over 30 years ago or more letting alot of water in now going on the walls. Brilliant video thanks
Great vid stu, only things we do differently on site is put a layer of visqueen down under the kingspan and lap it over the common so when the ground under the slab settles the insulation is held to the underside of the slab.
Excellent video mate, much appreciated. Couple of questions - You didn't use any kind of crocodile starter bars or whatever when linking the brickwork to the existing house? No need to poker the concrete slab? Thanks.
Greetings from Ireland Stu! Loving your Jedi skills : ) I have 3 very important questions around the slab/DPC/DPM 1) When you remove the shuttering what goes in the GAP? - Is it 100 mm insulation to stop cold bridging? or is it more concrete? 2) Where did you terminate the DPM around the edges in the video? - Should it not go up and over the blocks/bricks? 3) I seen you use a cavity tray for the DPC inner wall to outer. Which is better DPC on each leaf or a cavity tray .
you should've installed another layer of DPM over the celotex. because the cement in the concrete reacts to the foil on the insulation. good job keep it up
Old ground worker once showed me an old trick of his,after the concrete was poured and tamped ( I like to use a vibrator! but so does my mrs,and she knows nothing at all about concrete but that’s another story)leave concrete to pick up for a while,roll out a length of 6” damp course over the concrete at house end one person each end on the length of dpc and slide back and foe over concrete working away from the house just as you did with the timber tamper and you will get a superb finish on your concrete,not saying you need to do that if there’s a screed going over it but great for exposed concrete like a garage floor that just needs floor paint,got to go the mrs is calling she’s run out of petrol😋great work great video5*****
coggsy3036....your wife has a petrol vibrator? 2 stroke or 4 stroke? You can get them with rechargeable batteries now days; much quieter if your working at night!
Keep up the good work stu your going places, especially with RUclips, I reckon you will have your RUclips silver play button for 100k subs before Christmas. You have come along way since the periscope days!!! Remember them? First Post but long time sub. Keep going mate
corona has got me here i know absolutely fuck all about building only ever built cars and played with engines i can do with my eyes shut now i want to build things for my homes i have and more i plan on buying in the future years so glad this is the 1st video i have watched unreal work and top yorkshire lads they sound
Brilliant video Stu. =Could I kindly ask if i was to install bi folding doors what needs to be done to the cavity along the bifolding edge in order to lay my floor covering IE Laminate upto the Doors Please ? rgds Tony
Really good video and very interesting to see the process, my neighbour is having their extension done and i actually saw the builder doing the foundations and in the last 50cm he and hes team started putting in large pieces of concrete they had dug up into the footings and hiding by pushing them down...is the that bad??
Why did you not use the inner skin of blockwork to form your shuttering? Lots of extra work making it with OSB and packing it with insulation. You did the hard work setting it out and doing part if the inner skin just keeping going up.
I spotted loads of things I would say were done wrong in this video. Not sure if they did. But keep the concrete down. Screed the floor. They didn't even have a rake. No pole float? I bet loads of concrete went down the cavity. Why didn't they dig in the ducting? I have never seen tubes banged in the ground for piles. Not like that. Did they even have a poker? Need me to go on?
Nice video. Just for information why will you put bricks under ground instead of pouring concrete. Wont brick decay and joints crumble with time faster than concrete ? Then how you fix those brick under ?
Great video....piling an extension...what next....i had to put two steel 'rings' around my foundations ...one at 3 inches and the second at 6 inches...building control advised...either that or raft the whole thing...but that's going back 35 years. Keep up the great work.
Hey, stupid question but what’s the point of the vent? Also the top of our garden is already solid (but uneven) concrete. Can we create the foundations without digging a trench? Thank you, really inspirational videos!
Im a graduate structural engineer but man something so satisfying about laying bricks in a perfectly straight level wall. Makes me wanna go out and do it
i am so glad i see a rebar in the basement for the first time
Oh man, I miss this, I used to work in construction just after school to make some extra bucks. Very satisfying industry.
Old guy showed me a great tip years ago and I always do it now.have a length of 4’’,damp lay it over the concrete from side to side and gently seesaw it back and foe once the concrete has picked up a bit just as you were doing with the timber tamper,take your time and you get a superb finish,it’s all about getting the concrete at the right stage of curing before you start rubbing it up with the damp. Great work too by the way👍
This is hard work, you have to appreciate the skill involved.
you pay some one to do the hard work, love. the skill is "having the means" to do so, 3006. i know, i was that digger, before any diddy kobotas were known in albion.
This is mainly good work.. the way those bricks are laid, pleasure to watch.
I apologize for my bad english. Good job.
I am also building a house for myself. Building the first time in my life. Your videos ~ Life Hacking for me.Hi from Russia 🏠🌳🏡
Nice that you’re building your own house! But, keep in mind that different areas around the world have different building codes, caused by different soil and climate (frostline, humidity, etc). What’s code and perfect in the UK may not work well in Russia. Investigate it good to prevent problems over time. And have the foundation calculated by an actual engineer.. everything on top of the foundation depends on the foundation. If the foundation cracks then it’s goodbye home
Doubt Russia really have that much regs like we do In the UK
@@davidwilde9993 Sorry, did not quite understand the word "REGS" .. what does it mean?
@@qwertyqvverty REGS = Regulations
i've worked in job sites for years and we can see you are a tidy Bricky!! good work and proud of it, lovely to see!!!
Your sister is blessed to have a brother in construction. Some of us suffer hiring strangers who donpoor work and disappear after demanding money.
Good job mate, very tidy. 👍🏻
Most inspectors I deal with never ask for steel in the slab but ask for visqueen under and over the insulation.
Great vid guys. Great job. I must have watched this about 10 times now
I normally put insulation on top of concrete then screed. But I must say you've done a really nice job there lads
I do brick job in TW too and lean so much from your video, really good video and thank you so much!
Look at the finish on that concrete! Cracking that!
Thank God there are still good old-fashioned brickies that know how to build things by hand
Liked to have seen the foundation concrete pour...must say...very clean site. The neighbour must be happy...
Wow, one of my favorite videos so far! Can't wait for the next parts. Well done guys!
Hashgwd
Just a tip for anyone else doing concrete, it needs to cover all the steel so don't butt the mesh to the shutter! Leave minimum 35mm👍
Agreed. Minimum cover to reinforcement.
Out of interest would you have pokered this slab?
Top job again lad I myself and I'm sure many others have learned a lot from you ....kcs attitude is amazing considering he Labour's for his son but I also know he's top man at other things such as windows and what not great team keep up the good work ....
loving your videos during quarantine
Never realized how much hard graft went into a job like this. Look forward to the next video Stu.
Good job pal as always.
Get yourself a site level, makes life easy and you deserve it. 👍
I will when I have £1k spare 👍
I always watch your videos before I get to sleep make me relaxing, but I think you should make longer videos.. great job.. support from Greece
You should be getting a bj from the wife to relax before sleeping not watching a video.😋😋
Should be able to build the Empire State Building on those footings 👍🏻
@How To survive ∙ 100 years ago Whoosh
Stu, I take it back. This is your best work. Very technical indeed. This really shows off your planning and foresight. Well done mate. Nice to see KC on the barrow. #properlabourer.
Just watched this video, absolutely mint, educational, informative, great display on how to set off footings.
Any idea on how much this part of the extention process would cost?
Let's say the total build came in at £35k Inc labour, what proportion of that would you say is the foundation costs Inc labour?
I got to have Wall Paper on the outside of my house, it looks lush lolol love watching videos like this. No wonder extensions cost so much, all the hard work and labour. love it.
🤣I was thinking the same thing re the wallpaper, and don't forget the radiator, when it's too cold and wet to put the washing on the line, you can dry your smalls on the radiator, BRILLIANT!
How common........I bet you haven’t got a radiator on the outside like me!
They probably had an extension there already but had to do again properly
@abe Salam oh wow I thought that they had actually plastered and decorated the back outside wall of their house!?
Only joking mate,he said at the beginning that there used to be a conservatory there
@@garethheathcote4988 lol. I watch on mute so not to wake up the kids!
As a South African Architect Draftsman I find the building with the thick insulation under the slab and the reinforcement in the slab interesting.
Jaa
Why?
Just to join the fun I moved away from the trowel about 5 years ago and have an architectural design biz . When on the tools I did floor details just like that(although not as tidy or flat!!!!) These days everyone wants underfloor heating so I draw them with celotex over as it deflects the heat upwards. I'm not judging I promise just joining the convo!!!!!
I really enjoy your work Stu, well done.
See you in the next one.
Another great video Stu 👍 that's going to be a decent size extension, looking forward to the on going progress mate.
Thats pure art.
We need to appreciate every step we take
Such a great little channel you have going here! Keep it up man.
Can't wait to see this project progress, top work!
found this really interesting. I live in a new build and see the ground workers doing the footings all the time, never really understood all the work that went into them
@behappy there's tonnes and tonnes of weight that's going to be exerting downwards pressure so they won't be getting knocked anywhere.
Fantastic work in all videos, I especially like the pointing one, I'm debating if to do it ourselves to save money but it's just getting up high worry about. Our house is over 100 years ago I think last time was pointed must of been over 30 years ago or more letting alot of water in now going on the walls. Brilliant video thanks
Great vid Stu. I prefer these step by step ones
You are really in love with your masterpiece enjoying each and every moment .❤️❤️❤️❤️ from Kerala, India.
I wish I could work as a bricklayer
Looking forward to seeing the progress on this, belting job.
Gosh Stu this was simply amazing.
Translation : Gosh Stu, your hands are amazing. what are you up to Friday night
Great vid stu, only things we do differently on site is put a layer of visqueen down under the kingspan and lap it over the common so when the ground under the slab settles the insulation is held to the underside of the slab.
That’s what we did Johnathon. Visqueen underneath insulation and lapped up over commons
Spot on! Great work plus a tidy site 👍👌👍
Thinking of an extension on the back if our bungalow. Just wish I had your skills Stu. 🤣🤣 brilliant work.
Love your vids Steve. I try and pass my experience on in true life ways like you are doing....keep it up! Kev.
Awesome video man keep up the good work😎
the best vid for a long time, really interesting.
Excellent video mate, much appreciated.
Couple of questions -
You didn't use any kind of crocodile starter bars or whatever when linking the brickwork to the existing house?
No need to poker the concrete slab?
Thanks.
Another top job. Makes me think I should of gone into the building trade.
Very envious of when you can do.
Keep the good work 👍
You still can David 😁
Gotta love seeing a bricky doing a groundworkers job... you wanna come lay ma slabs on site bro
im doing a bungalow extension in about 3 weeks ..... not done it for over 25yrs, should be interesting to see how things have changed :D
You I really doing a good job, May God bless ur Good Job and ur ancistors will never turn their back on u.
Uh ok
Nice, clean, proper job. Thanks for sharing Stu
that was a very good video really thanks. what a pity we did not see the concrete pouring and the preparation of under insulation.
Good boys I'm happy what you doing 🏘️🏠🏘️🏠🏘️🏠🏘️🏗️🏘️ Thank You.
Greetings from Ireland Stu! Loving your Jedi skills : )
I have 3 very important questions around the slab/DPC/DPM
1) When you remove the shuttering what goes in the GAP?
- Is it 100 mm insulation to stop cold bridging? or is it more concrete?
2) Where did you terminate the DPM around the edges in the video?
- Should it not go up and over the blocks/bricks?
3) I seen you use a cavity tray for the DPC inner wall to outer. Which is better DPC on each leaf or a cavity tray .
You are an amazing bricklayer Stu
awesome video mate, very insightful. u did a really clean job by the looks of it to very professional
Learn alot from you every time I watch. True professional! Thanks for your videos!
Fantastic video .learnt a lot . good guidance for new builder . Can we put insulation sheet over the concrete instead of under the mesh please ??
Thats some skilled bricklaying!!!
you should've installed another layer of DPM over the celotex. because the cement in the concrete reacts to the foil on the insulation. good job keep it up
We call those things rebar ladders 9:20. Nice work as usual
Old ground worker once showed me an old trick of his,after the concrete was poured and tamped ( I like to use a vibrator! but so does my mrs,and she knows nothing at all about concrete but that’s another story)leave concrete to pick up for a while,roll out a length of 6” damp course over the concrete at house end one person each end on the length of dpc and slide back and foe over concrete working away from the house just as you did with the timber tamper and you will get a superb finish on your concrete,not saying you need to do that if there’s a screed going over it but great for exposed concrete like a garage floor that just needs floor paint,got to go the mrs is calling she’s run out of petrol😋great work great video5*****
coggsy3036....your wife has a petrol vibrator? 2 stroke or 4 stroke? You can get them with rechargeable batteries now days; much quieter if your working at night!
Always worth getting the foundations right, otherwise your chasing your levels until knee height. 👌👍
Very good, Stu - thanks for sharing 👍
Brilliant job again👍👍 a bit of graft there stu. Not easy this building lark👍👍.
Not at all mate especially filming as well but hey ho I enjoy it, I know I’m sad 🤪
Watching this makes me want to be a builder. Looks satisfying
Watching the video and actually doing it are 2 completely different worlds mate 👍
Nothing like a bit of positive encouragement! 😂
stu crompton Very interesting and lovely. I would like job from you cz am also good in construction like you sir.
Great video Stu- Thanks for sharing
Wish i had skills like these. Amazing stuff. So damn interesting. thanks for the upload.
So good. Amazing job Stu. Good job the gaffer KC keeps you right 👍
Loved this one mate, that is one big pad 😂 loving the 'see-saw tamper' it worked a treat 👍
¡Qué precisión y rapidez tiene ese robot humano programable!
La Verdad
Good job. Nice videos you got. Greetings from Balkan.
Keep up the good work stu your going places, especially with RUclips, I reckon you will have your RUclips silver play button for 100k subs before Christmas. You have come along way since the periscope days!!! Remember them? First Post but long time sub. Keep going mate
cheers chris only just seen this i do remember the periscope days haha
Stud could you do a tips and tricks video for newbies please I’d love to learn some of your tricks
Quality work, love watching it.
corona has got me here
i know absolutely fuck all about building
only ever built cars and played with engines i can do with my eyes shut
now i want to build things for my homes i have and more i plan on buying in the future years so glad this is the 1st video i have watched
unreal work and top yorkshire lads they sound
First time I'm seeing a proper foundation in the UK.
Brilliant video Stu. =Could I kindly ask if i was to install bi folding doors what needs to be done to the cavity along the bifolding edge in order to lay my floor covering IE Laminate upto the Doors Please ? rgds Tony
Got to love the radiator on the back wall......
Really good video and very interesting to see the process, my neighbour is having their extension done and i actually saw the builder doing the foundations and in the last 50cm he and hes team started putting in large pieces of concrete they had dug up into the footings and hiding by pushing them down...is the that bad??
Absolutely amazing video.
Great work fellas. Definitely a job for a team.
Nice work mate, I was hoping you use the pre-fabricated ribs stack approach
Really neat work!! 👏
What’s the plastic and foam boards for? I know nothing about construction but you guys seem very professional.
Reinforcing Mesh supports or chairs are the “technical” names 👍
Cheers
stu crompton no probs, keep up the good work chief
Great vid cheers , those lie down brick air vents go to inside under the concrete but are blocked on the inside ?
Love your channel keep it up...👍🏾
Why did you not use the inner skin of blockwork to form your shuttering? Lots of extra work making it with OSB and packing it with insulation. You did the hard work setting it out and doing part if the inner skin just keeping going up.
I thought the same.
moisture reasons maybe?
So the weight of the slab is loaded on the footings and not the ground.
Same here do not understand not building the inner skin blockwork up and use as shuttering. Surely more cost and work this way ?
I spotted loads of things I would say were done wrong in this video. Not sure if they did. But keep the concrete down. Screed the floor. They didn't even have a rake. No pole float?
I bet loads of concrete went down the cavity.
Why didn't they dig in the ducting?
I have never seen tubes banged in the ground for piles. Not like that. Did they even have a poker?
Need me to go on?
I typed overkill in & this popped up 👌
Good work, I like method for isolation, it's a new approach in GB, congratulations from Romania !
Nice video. Just for information why will you put bricks under ground instead of pouring concrete. Wont brick decay and joints crumble with time faster than concrete ? Then how you fix those brick under ?
Could have timber around perimeter as boxing, instead of brick,but guess its how you do it in England....
They’re engineering bricks
Great video....piling an extension...what next....i had to put two steel 'rings' around my foundations ...one at 3 inches and the second at 6 inches...building control advised...either that or raft the whole thing...but that's going back 35 years. Keep up the great work.
great show this stu love it you have given me so many tips and knowledge thank you
Hey, stupid question but what’s the point of the vent? Also the top of our garden is already solid (but uneven) concrete. Can we create the foundations without digging a trench? Thank you, really inspirational videos!
Looks great, cracking job. Quick question, if building a out house/Man cave out of block, can it be built at the front of my house?
thank you.god job.
iam from marrakech morocco
Thanks for the info. Why would you use air bricks on a solid concrete slab? There is no void, right? Block and beam I guess you would have air bricks.
Very tidy job, always good to have decent ground workers when there’s not many courses to get your levels right. 👍👍👍
They are called bar chairs Stu 👍