I’m just going to make this quick comment before you start getting THOUSANDS of comments. Where’s dad’s life vest? 😂😂. Edit….on a serious note, now that I’ve actually seen the video I want to cry when dad says “only for you buddy”. I’m a 60 year old lady and that comment from dad to son definitely touched my heart. ❤❤
Every time I see the old soil and vehicles sinking in it blows my mind that that's even legal. Big props to pops, Jordan is so respectable to the workers coming in. Pops raised a great kid.
Jordan - I really think you should put 6-inches of gravel down under your concrete. It will help keep your shop up above the very shallow groundwater table and will make your slab so much stronger. It’s a solid investment and will help keep your concrete from cracking or being excessively damp. Concrete is like a sponge and will wick the water right up. Ask your engineer/architect about it. Edit to add: Geotextile can help improve support but nothing beats old fashioned gravel. So you might do select fill, geotextile, gravel. Also you need some improved yard drainage and drain systems. I’m a civil engineer myself. I wish I could help you with some of the areas where you guys are struggling.
@radiomantodd ... 09:38 ... man United Rentals is gonna freak when they see how these cats abused their equipment... These aren't toys man... them RUclips profits ain't gonna cover the negligence charges... Dang...
It's good that you don't have earthquakes in Texas. During a tremor, the ground that you compacted so well and dense, would turn into a slippery gooey mess due to the water and dirt being agitated during the ground movement and revert back to mud. It's called liquifaction. Many residents of San Francisco's Marina District (Northern SF) lost their houses when they sunk in the muck from soil liquifaction caused by the 1989 quake. One of the nice things about your lot is that if you want to drill a well, you won't have to drill to deep to find water. Thanks for making a real good build series. Good luck. Stay safe.
The dry fill you brought in has not fixed your problem in the long-term. You have only applied an expensive band-aid. Ground water will naturally migrate back from the surrounding waterlogged soil until the water content reestablishes equilibrium. The existing soil - throughout your entire lot and the lots of your neighbors - appears to be waterlogged. You must install a field tile drain system like farmers use - one that will extend the length of your lot, have several lateral branches that extend across your entire lot, and connect to the municipal drain system (hopefully this is allowed) to take the excess ground water away from your property. French drains, as many have suggested, will prove useless to fix your current condition because all of your soil appears to be equally waterlogged.
True. There are homes in my area that are forced to have sump pumps running in the crawl space. New homes too. I think that if the foundation was poured and the water was allowed to seep back in it could lift it up and cause problems. At least Ive seen giant concrete man holes do that so maybe not. I think you definitely need to overkill whatever plan you have for the ground water. You are basically at water table lol
@Robert Swaine - Wikipedia’s definition of a French drain will do: “A French drain is a trench filled with gravel or rock, or both, containing a perforated pipe that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area.” French drains are effectively a leaky cistern and the pipes that connect to it. The French drain accumulates a limited amount of water during rapid run off and then slowly disperses a limited amount of water later. A field drain such as is used on a farm consists of a network of perforated plastic tile that is buried underground by a laser guided tiling machine which positions the tile with a slope that directs the water drainage to the drain outlet which is the lowest point in the system. The drain inlet is the entire tile line with holes in it. On a farm, the tile empties into a deep ditch which carries the runoff. In the city, it would instead connect to the municipal storm drain at the street.
The way he used his machine to push the compactor out the mud 😂👌🏽 that was so cute. Can you also talk details on how much fill it took? Or how the process works etc etc. The beauty of this series is you ACTUALLY see first hand everything that can go wrong in new construction. Its knowledge so rare to find unless you are fully dedicated to the cause of teaching and showing and learning. And for that I am forever thankful for all you are showing and teaching us!
You guys literally only have solid dirt but I love how excited you are. The enthusiasm is infectious. This journey is going to be so much fun! Y’all are killing it.
When it comes time to dig for the main house, I suggest you consider installing a geo-textile below the select fill. The cost/benefit ratio will work in your favor big time. I'm surprised that your soils guy didn't recommend it to you given the very poor bearing capacity of the native soils, and the high water table you were fighting. (FYI, they build roads through swamps with that sub-base technique, so it would provide great support for a home foundation at minimal extra cost.) Consider placing fabric strips under the footings after the fact, as a belt and suspenders approach. Geo-textile would have also kept the trucks from getting stuck, and it would eventually support the new driveway build too. Side note: I'm amazed you can get away without a crushed stone tracking pad at the site entrance, and that you aren't required to install silt fencing around the perimeter of the disturbed area. Lastly, I would most definitely raise up the FFE as much as possible, to avoid flooding in the future.
I was just telling my wife the same thing. I was a highway construction inspector many years ago. Was on a road job between Baltimore and D.C. where there was a high water table. Used a two layer grid geotextile to stabilize the sub-base.
That thing the testing tech did with the probe is exsctly what they tell technicians not to do. Remember that radioactive item that they were recently scouring the roads for in Australia, with all that fear and panic? Well, it was a radioactive source capsule from a nuclear density gauge. It resides at the end of the probe rod in a density gauge, where it is extended down into the hole in the ground and the radiation going through the ground back to the base of the gauge is used to calculate soil density. When the handle is all the way up, the radioactive source is shielded and enclosed by the gauge, to protect people nearby from exposure. The plate allows you to set the base of the unit and extend the rod into the hole blindly, making sure no one gets radiated. The rod then gets pulled back out into the unit, making it safe for humans. Pushing the rod out all the way, and then even grabbing the end of the rod to line it up with the hole, is likely to cause radiation burns and even cancer if the tech does that with any kind of frequency. OSHA would also write citations for that action. People doing dangerous things because they don't care, or don't care to know, are still hurting construction workers all over the country.
That tech was clearly clueless lol as soon as he said it’s “nuclear” I knew they were in trouble lol no one who knows what they are talking about uses the word nuclear.
I’m a structural engineer in Michigan. We typically replace junk soil with clean gravel, compacted in 6-12” lifts. I’m not an expert in Texas, but as saturated as your site is I’m not sure you have corrected the issue of building on a solid site.
They're regularly not doing things properly on this channel, it's quite clear they will have problems down the road. I'm surprised anyone would pass this project, makes me curious if this is another one of their unpermitted jobs.
@TheDarthJesus right... like most contractors I know on highly saturated soil lay out dozens of 4x8 sheets of plywood to prevent sinking into soil or ruining yards. I also have seen no evidence of any building permits posted anywhere on the property in any video. I just laugh watching this.
Having a father that does what yours does is PRICELESS!!! My old man came up from FL to NJ. He helped me replace the hardwood floors I Had. The helped me install a new floating subfloor with hardwood on top. I live in an old Frankenstein of a house. I wish I had a dozer to drive right through it!!
I have enjoyed your vids and learned so much from you guys. The bond you have as father/son is fun to watch as well. Keep making content!!! Thank you for the effort you guys put into the project and the vids to make them feel like we are part of the pack
The waterbed lawn absolutely blows my mind. Every video in this project will probably be a cliffhanger for me -- especially until that horrible soil is gone. I can't even imagine how frustrating it is to try to work on that stuff!
it'd be helpful if you could put captions overtop the sections where non mic'd people are talking (like the soil guy) where it's super hard to hear. GREAT WORK so far
I was just thinking to myself today, is there gonna be a Stud Pack video today? Then here it is! Fantastic progress getting the pad ready. It won't be long before you are preparing for concrete. Keep up the great work.
This is a fantastic video showing the complexity of site prep. And if site prep is not done properly, the entire build is at risk of many problems. Great job fellas!
It’s funny, but I never thought I would enjoy watching guys back filling dirt. Loving you guys’ videos. They have encouraged me to do more DIY projects.
It's probably not a huge risk, but that soil testing guy should not be exposing the tip of the tester at all. That's a radioactive source (hence all of the warning labels) and it's only supposed to be put into the ground, not exposed to air and looked at... Big no no on radiation safety. The tip should only leave the machine if it is on the ground and going into a hole. You also need to get you a new soil testing guy. You get the proctor test completed on the material beforehand so you can test as you go up. I'm not liking how much pumping was going on after all the soil was in. You really should have been vibrate compacting the whole time.
Man, I can't get over how much of a pain it must be working with that soil, particularly when it's that wet. Looks like SO much more work than it should be.
Just started watching you guys this year! Wish you studs were suggested a long time ago. I look forward to watching the progress every week!! Thanks for the content guys :)
That is crazy how the ground bounced like a waterbed. I’ve never seen anything like that before. Good luck with this project, I think you’ll be experts in getting heavy equipment unstuck by the time you are done.
Awesome video!!! As a person whom has install a LOT of cable (electrical and RF, in ground and out) in my personal home and as well as an active duty Air Force electronic technician here is a suggestion. Anything outside the home, cable in conduit, use what is called a shepherds hook to prevent water from getting into the conduit above the surface. Over a period of time, cable does deteriorate and depending on the quality of the cable will determine how quickly it does. UV light from the sun will takes it toll quickly too.
I bet the neighbors loved hearing all that truck noise all day long. Looked like you were trying to build a house in a swamp. What a relief it is finally over. But are you going to go through that all over again for the main house foundation?
Just an FYI with the conduit you buried under the drive way you may have wanted to back fill with gravel first because what can happen is when you drive over it with your vehicles the weight of your vehicles will actually push the conduit up to the surface and you’ll be doing it again. Great series guys keep it up liking the progress.
There are a lot of doubters, but I'm sure ppl that work in the area,this is not there first house built and I'm sure are well versed in what it take to be successful in that area of the country.nice job guys, I know from watching your videos over the last year or so,that you will be well educated in what it will take to have a successful built and will leave no stones unturned......
Hey guys...just a note....that is an INTERNET cable not an ETHERNET. ETHERNET is the cabling in a network...INTERNET is what you get online with. Just a note....GREAT WORK!!! I LOVE watching this build and all your amazing work!!! KEEP IT UP AND I WILL KEEP WATCHING!!!
We need some daily-vlog style snippets - when everyone is gone and Jordan is sweeping the road on his own, then heading inside for his grilled dinner as he edits!
What kind of foundation does the existing house have? Is it on piers or is there something you can potentially reuse or build on top of so you don't have to go to these same lengths during that phase of construction?
Jesus the testing equipment with the radioactive element was so strong that you could even listen to it with headphones. As soon he pushes the rod out you can hear a noise like going through a tunnel. Mental.
In Texas, it is typical to have your site entrance be crushed gravel to prevent all the getting stuck and minimize the mud now being tracked down the street. Most municipalities require a gravel entrance. Your neighbors will appreciate it.
Tip if you ever have an issue with power lines for dump trucks, find a trucking company or asphalt company that has a live bottom truck. It doesn't lift up the body to dump, just empties it's load out the back from a conveyor belt under the body. Used to load into paving machines.
Yikes. With that high a water table, we’d have to have gone with piles and a grade beam foundation, with internal piles to hold up the floor. We did one on a lakefront property, and the water was so high they had to drill the piles in casings. Then again, we’re also in an extremely deep frost zone..
and most of the problem with what they are dealing with now, came from the unnaturally high amount of rain and Particularly bad storms weve had. Wise man would say plan for more of the same, but "Typical" "up to code" practice in Texas is likely exactly what they are doing.
I haven't been trained on and used nuclear soil densometers in a long time, so maybe it changed, but it was NOT a good idea to extend the rod with the source in the end of it outside of in the ground. The second measurement he took was dry density. Lbs per cubic foot. They know the maximum dry density that soil can be compacted to from lab tests. They are looking for you to hit at least 95% of that maximum. Edit: waiting for the sample in the oven at the shop? I used to run those tests in the field with a camp stove, a balance scale, a proctor test mold, and a drop hammer from the back of my truck. Not knowing the exact number you need to be hitting while you are doing the work is irresponsible on your soils guy. He should be telling you good or not good on each lift.
I have been trained in nuclear densometer testing and I have performed hundreds of soil proctor tests and you are correct! Never expose the end of the rod outside the ground! You can speed up the moisture sample test by microwaving the sample. I had to do that a lot for the cement modified proctor tests.
@@Lisa608 My Troxler radiation certification is like 30 years old now, so I didn't know if things had changed. I used to fire up the camp stove, dry out my samples, switch pans and then cook my lunch. I was a Geotechnical engineer during the big northeast housing boom, where people were selling farms and turning them into housing complexes. Oftentimes my jobs were 10 miles to the nearest store. Cooking lunch on site was a necessity.
@@phonedave in 3 decades im sure plenty has. My ASE certification is only 2 old and I can see just working on my own vehicle and friends and family how much has changed. Im sure if you arent doing the job anymore though knowing the new "tricks" and such arent on the top of the to do list
Remember that soil density doesn't guarantee soil stability. At 18:33 you can see the soil "pumping" a bit, probably caused by using the vibratory function of the compactor. The vibrations saturate the fill with water from the surrounding sandy areas, much more than it would naturally. You should wait a few days for the fill to drain and stabilize before putting a pad on there, to minimize the chance of stability issues. On a bigger job, they would roll it again to make sure it settled. A local geo-engineer should know what is acceptable levels of rutting/pumping, so hopefully y'all got that!
How the compaction tests work is #1 how many blows it take to get the spike to proper depth #2 there is a nuclear radiation source at the end of the tester rod in the machine, the more compact the soil is the more it will block the radiation. The tip of that machine is the same thing as that nuclear source they lost in Australia a couple weeks ago.
I have to be honest guys, 5 minutes into this video I was thinking "Boy what a S&!#@T Show. No way is this going to be right." Thankfully near the end of the video, I was saying "I think everything is gonna be alright!!!" I am so looking forward to watching this project from start to finish. It will be epic. Thank you for all you do!
When you run utilities to the garage, you run 2 communications conduits so you have a conduit ready free for fiber. I work for an ISP and we have flex conduit we provide free of charge so i'm guessing your local isp may do that too. For the coax drop, run rg6 or rg11. If you plan on a lot of tv's with cable service go with rg11. Also, think about ethernet runs and even speaker runs before walls are closed. lots of possibilities, cat 6 ethernet to soffits for poe camera runs, com closet, poe doorbells, runs to areas around property to external cams, wifi ap's, etc.
I wonder the more you guys add and compact, the more neighbors are going to see issues with groundwater coming up around them. Does anyone in the neighborhood have basements?
@StudPack1_. Yay! StudPack locking in its status as a popular channel by having spam accounts hitting up the comments section. Hitting the big leagues now, lol.
Man I need you guys here at my little ranch 😁I’ve been doing renovations on my little farm house for over 2 years now. I can’t get good help. I love watching you guys and look forward to watching this project come to life.
Wow! I honestly did not think you would get that pad done until summer, when it all dried out. I hope you are able to tile that property while you build on it to remove the surface/ground water so that lot will stay dry.
As I commented in my last message, I just can't get enough videos...so glad about the start of the build, compacting, and getting things ready. I really can't believe the amount of water that surrounds the property, is just crazy. I'm no expert at these things, and I guess that's what makes me excited about your videos. In my eyes, I see a great job happening and am excited to see the final results.
Awesome work. Reminds me of when I built my house years ago where I had the same issue with loam and high water table. You guys were lucky not to loose any equipment as in my case the bull dozer sunk where we had to hire a crane to pull it out. Can't wait for your next adventure.
awesome as always guys. always a good day when there's a new video out. How do you plan to move the water away from the house? that seems like it's going to be a BIG part of this build
You guys are great. The only thing I can offer is to get some cheap 4’x8’plywood boards. Start using them Egyptian style under your heavy machines so your tracks stop digging in and getting you stuck. Again you are amazing.
This has to be the softest and muddiest soil I have ever seen. I would be terrified to be building there. So nice to see you guys are staying optimistic
Awesome ending, plus Jordan's enthusiasm of thinking he was getting a new tool. That's exactly how I sound when I buy a new pair of shoes. Best of luck love the channel and team work
When I graduated in civil engineering 50 years ago my first job was soils investigation by drilling. When things were slow I ran a machine like the one you had. We wore a radiation badge and were instructed to never expose ourselves to the tip IE Put over hole and then insert probe. When you check density of soil you first do a proctor in the lab then you know how dense the soil is in the field. My boss at the time used to do tests on how much radiation we were exposed to. He place a badge on his color TV for a month and one on top of a nuclear machine. The TV badge he was advise to have the person seek medical attention. The one on the machine was within exposure limits. Based on the tests done ask the engineering firm how much settlement they expect over 10 years based on the weight of the building.
Wow, as if the project wasnt ambitious enough, that soil! The water! I would be having night sweats and nightmares! Justin is awesome too, hope that you guys keep working together even after this project is done because you KNOW this won't be the last studpack house build! 💪
I've seen bags of lime spread around a wet site to dry up excess water, it really work well. Everyone looks they are having way too much fun with all that equipment. enjoying your channel. Cheers
Yeah you guys can look back on the raft trip on the Stud Pack garage site later down the road and get a good laugh. Your dad's a hoot. Can't wait for next step...Great video guys!! 👍❤️👍
I liked the comment from dad. You are the boss and I'm the help. Letting son feel the fun of decisions. That turned out good. That lit has a serious water retention problem.. good luck ahead....watching
I still say drainage should come first. Too late for that now, but you can still get some trenches in and get hooked up to the storm drain to get that water table under control in the driveway area. You'll have lots more trucks coming in that way over the course of construction. 🤔😁
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I’m just going to make this quick comment before you start getting THOUSANDS of comments. Where’s dad’s life vest? 😂😂. Edit….on a serious note, now that I’ve actually seen the video I want to cry when dad says “only for you buddy”. I’m a 60 year old lady and that comment from dad to son definitely touched my heart. ❤❤
Every time I see the old soil and vehicles sinking in it blows my mind that that's even legal. Big props to pops, Jordan is so respectable to the workers coming in. Pops raised a great kid.
That Raft is comedy. The stud pack pond is gold keep up the good work.
He brought the bayou with him when he moved from Louisiana
Jordan - I really think you should put 6-inches of gravel down under your concrete. It will help keep your shop up above the very shallow groundwater table and will make your slab so much stronger. It’s a solid investment and will help keep your concrete from cracking or being excessively damp. Concrete is like a sponge and will wick the water right up. Ask your engineer/architect about it.
Edit to add: Geotextile can help improve support but nothing beats old fashioned gravel. So you might do select fill, geotextile, gravel. Also you need some improved yard drainage and drain systems.
I’m a civil engineer myself. I wish I could help you with some of the areas where you guys are struggling.
Definitely is going to need some sort of de-watering plan (french drains w/ sump) or something.
Concrete that doesn’t crack!?
@radiomantodd ... 09:38 ... man United Rentals is gonna freak when they see how these cats abused their equipment...
These aren't toys man... them RUclips profits ain't gonna cover the negligence charges...
Dang...
What about a vapor barrier underneath?
Ya, the concrete guys won’t know to do that.
It's good that you don't have earthquakes in Texas. During a tremor, the ground that you compacted so well and dense, would turn into a slippery gooey mess due to the water and dirt being agitated during the ground movement and revert back to mud. It's called liquifaction. Many residents of San Francisco's Marina District (Northern SF) lost their houses when they sunk in the muck from soil liquifaction caused by the 1989 quake. One of the nice things about your lot is that if you want to drill a well, you won't have to drill to deep to find water.
Thanks for making a real good build series. Good luck. Stay safe.
West Texas has had a few lately. A 4.3 just yesterday east of lubbock and north west of abilene.
I can hear Kenny Rogers singing, “You've got to know when to hold 'em, Know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk away And know when to run”. 😮
I'm addicted to this series. I really love seeing you both work. Watching this series is literally the highlight of my week! Keep up the good work!
Me too! Love see you guys working together on the Stud pack house..
I agree and they have a great attitude to face the challenges in front of them. I am glad is not me doing the work.
The dry fill you brought in has not fixed your problem in the long-term. You have only applied an expensive band-aid. Ground water will naturally migrate back from the surrounding waterlogged soil until the water content reestablishes equilibrium. The existing soil - throughout your entire lot and the lots of your neighbors - appears to be waterlogged. You must install a field tile drain system like farmers use - one that will extend the length of your lot, have several lateral branches that extend across your entire lot, and connect to the municipal drain system (hopefully this is allowed) to take the excess ground water away from your property. French drains, as many have suggested, will prove useless to fix your current condition because all of your soil appears to be equally waterlogged.
There is more water migration going on at that site than people migration at the southern border.
Yep, hate to see this going down this way
Waste of money to even build a shed on that slop.. let alone a garage
True. There are homes in my area that are forced to have sump pumps running in the crawl space. New homes too. I think that if the foundation was poured and the water was allowed to seep back in it could lift it up and cause problems. At least Ive seen giant concrete man holes do that so maybe not. I think you definitely need to overkill whatever plan you have for the ground water. You are basically at water table lol
@Robert Swaine - Wikipedia’s definition of a French drain will do:
“A French drain is a trench filled with gravel or rock, or both, containing a perforated pipe that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area.”
French drains are effectively a leaky cistern and the pipes that connect to it. The French drain accumulates a limited amount of water during rapid run off and then slowly disperses a limited amount of water later.
A field drain such as is used on a farm consists of a network of perforated plastic tile that is buried underground by a laser guided tiling machine which positions the tile with a slope that directs the water drainage to the drain outlet which is the lowest point in the system. The drain inlet is the entire tile line with holes in it. On a farm, the tile empties into a deep ditch which carries the runoff. In the city, it would instead connect to the municipal storm drain at the street.
The way he used his machine to push the compactor out the mud 😂👌🏽 that was so cute.
Can you also talk details on how much fill it took? Or how the process works etc etc.
The beauty of this series is you ACTUALLY see first hand everything that can go wrong in new construction. Its knowledge so rare to find unless you are fully dedicated to the cause of teaching and showing and learning.
And for that I am forever thankful for all you are showing and teaching us!
You guys literally only have solid dirt but I love how excited you are. The enthusiasm is infectious. This journey is going to be so much fun! Y’all are killing it.
When it comes time to dig for the main house, I suggest you consider installing a geo-textile below the select fill. The cost/benefit ratio will work in your favor big time. I'm surprised that your soils guy didn't recommend it to you given the very poor bearing capacity of the native soils, and the high water table you were fighting. (FYI, they build roads through swamps with that sub-base technique, so it would provide great support for a home foundation at minimal extra cost.) Consider placing fabric strips under the footings after the fact, as a belt and suspenders approach.
Geo-textile would have also kept the trucks from getting stuck, and it would eventually support the new driveway build too.
Side note: I'm amazed you can get away without a crushed stone tracking pad at the site entrance, and that you aren't required to install silt fencing around the perimeter of the disturbed area.
Lastly, I would most definitely raise up the FFE as much as possible, to avoid flooding in the future.
I was just telling my wife the same thing. I was a highway construction inspector many years ago. Was on a road job between Baltimore and D.C. where there was a high water table. Used a two layer grid geotextile to stabilize the sub-base.
FFE = Finished Floor Elevation
Your number #1 fan/viewer is the neighbors dog! That’s great!
That thing the testing tech did with the probe is exsctly what they tell technicians not to do. Remember that radioactive item that they were recently scouring the roads for in Australia, with all that fear and panic? Well, it was a radioactive source capsule from a nuclear density gauge. It resides at the end of the probe rod in a density gauge, where it is extended down into the hole in the ground and the radiation going through the ground back to the base of the gauge is used to calculate soil density. When the handle is all the way up, the radioactive source is shielded and enclosed by the gauge, to protect people nearby from exposure. The plate allows you to set the base of the unit and extend the rod into the hole blindly, making sure no one gets radiated. The rod then gets pulled back out into the unit, making it safe for humans.
Pushing the rod out all the way, and then even grabbing the end of the rod to line it up with the hole, is likely to cause radiation burns and even cancer if the tech does that with any kind of frequency. OSHA would also write citations for that action.
People doing dangerous things because they don't care, or don't care to know, are still hurting construction workers all over the country.
That tech was clearly clueless lol as soon as he said it’s “nuclear” I knew they were in trouble lol no one who knows what they are talking about uses the word nuclear.
I’m a structural engineer in Michigan. We typically replace junk soil with clean gravel, compacted in 6-12” lifts. I’m not an expert in Texas, but as saturated as your site is I’m not sure you have corrected the issue of building on a solid site.
I would have completely abandoned the idea of remediating that and just gone straight for piles
They're regularly not doing things properly on this channel, it's quite clear they will have problems down the road. I'm surprised anyone would pass this project, makes me curious if this is another one of their unpermitted jobs.
@TheDarthJesus right... like most contractors I know on highly saturated soil lay out dozens of 4x8 sheets of plywood to prevent sinking into soil or ruining yards. I also have seen no evidence of any building permits posted anywhere on the property in any video. I just laugh watching this.
Having a father that does what yours does is PRICELESS!!!
My old man came up from FL to NJ. He helped me replace the hardwood floors I Had. The helped me install a new floating subfloor with hardwood on top.
I live in an old Frankenstein of a house. I wish I had a dozer to drive right through it!!
Man the pros show up and saved the day. You made a good choice bringing in a dirt guy for that complicated job.
I just moved back to Texas to be near my father, we also do everything together. We’re blessed!
I have enjoyed your vids and learned so much from you guys.
The bond you have as father/son is fun to watch as well.
Keep making content!!!
Thank you for the effort you guys put into the project and the vids to make them feel like we are part of the pack
*jumps on pad* "That ain't going anywhere." Total dad move.
I don't understand what is stopping water from getting trapped above the clay level and water-logging the clean-fill.
I’m going to guess it’s the density of the compacted clean-fill.
The waterbed lawn absolutely blows my mind. Every video in this project will probably be a cliffhanger for me -- especially until that horrible soil is gone. I can't even imagine how frustrating it is to try to work on that stuff!
Justin has been an essential part of this project so far. I hope his participation continues. These videos have been compelling.
it'd be helpful if you could put captions overtop the sections where non mic'd people are talking (like the soil guy) where it's super hard to hear. GREAT WORK so far
I was just thinking to myself today, is there gonna be a Stud Pack video today? Then here it is! Fantastic progress getting the pad ready. It won't be long before you are preparing for concrete. Keep up the great work.
This is a fantastic video showing the complexity of site prep. And if site prep is not done properly, the entire build is at risk of many problems. Great job fellas!
My inside voice is saying "what have these boys got themselves into???".
It’s funny, but I never thought I would enjoy watching guys back filling dirt. Loving you guys’ videos. They have encouraged me to do more DIY projects.
EPIC POND SKIT!! that literally made me LOL while i was supposed to be "working"
It's probably not a huge risk, but that soil testing guy should not be exposing the tip of the tester at all. That's a radioactive source (hence all of the warning labels) and it's only supposed to be put into the ground, not exposed to air and looked at... Big no no on radiation safety. The tip should only leave the machine if it is on the ground and going into a hole.
You also need to get you a new soil testing guy. You get the proctor test completed on the material beforehand so you can test as you go up. I'm not liking how much pumping was going on after all the soil was in. You really should have been vibrate compacting the whole time.
Man, I can't get over how much of a pain it must be working with that soil, particularly when it's that wet. Looks like SO much more work than it should be.
Just started watching you guys this year! Wish you studs were suggested a long time ago. I look forward to watching the progress every week!! Thanks for the content guys :)
That is crazy how the ground bounced like a waterbed. I’ve never seen anything like that before. Good luck with this project, I think you’ll be experts in getting heavy equipment unstuck by the time you are done.
Awesome video!!! As a person whom has install a LOT of cable (electrical and RF, in ground and out) in my personal home and as well as an active duty Air Force electronic technician here is a suggestion. Anything outside the home, cable in conduit, use what is called a shepherds hook to prevent water from getting into the conduit above the surface. Over a period of time, cable does deteriorate and depending on the quality of the cable will determine how quickly it does. UV light from the sun will takes it toll quickly too.
I bet the neighbors loved hearing all that truck noise all day long. Looked like you were trying to build a house in a swamp. What a relief it is finally over. But are you going to go through that all over again for the main house foundation?
Just an FYI with the conduit you buried under the drive way you may have wanted to back fill with gravel first because what can happen is when you drive over it with your vehicles the weight of your vehicles will actually push the conduit up to the surface and you’ll be doing it again. Great series guys keep it up liking the progress.
The guy who sold you this property is thanking his luck stars every time he watches a video on your channel.
That dog next door loves watching everything going on 🤣
There are a lot of doubters, but I'm sure ppl that work in the area,this is not there first house built and I'm sure are well versed in what it take to be successful in that area of the country.nice job guys, I know from watching your videos over the last year or so,that you will be well educated in what it will take to have a successful built and will leave no stones unturned......
Hey guys...just a note....that is an INTERNET cable not an ETHERNET. ETHERNET is the cabling in a network...INTERNET is what you get online with. Just a note....GREAT WORK!!! I LOVE watching this build and all your amazing work!!! KEEP IT UP AND I WILL KEEP WATCHING!!!
I think this my favorite channel on youtube
I can understand why you would do a pad for the garage, but you might want to put the house on piers?
18:34 - 18:39 looks like the material is "pumping" when the roller goes over it. No bueno
We need some daily-vlog style snippets - when everyone is gone and Jordan is sweeping the road on his own, then heading inside for his grilled dinner as he edits!
What kind of foundation does the existing house have? Is it on piers or is there something you can potentially reuse or build on top of so you don't have to go to these same lengths during that phase of construction?
When that rock music kicks in and the time lapses start i get goose bumps. You guys are rocking it
Jesus the testing equipment with the radioactive element was so strong that you could even listen to it with headphones. As soon he pushes the rod out you can hear a noise like going through a tunnel.
Mental.
In Texas, it is typical to have your site entrance be crushed gravel to prevent all the getting stuck and minimize the mud now being tracked down the street. Most municipalities require a gravel entrance. Your neighbors will appreciate it.
Justin's finesse of gently nudging the compactor out of the muck is a testament to his Operator's skills.
Jordon you have the greatest father ever!
Great job guys! Are you going to go through this again when building the house??
Tip if you ever have an issue with power lines for dump trucks, find a trucking company or asphalt company that has a live bottom truck. It doesn't lift up the body to dump, just empties it's load out the back from a conveyor belt under the body. Used to load into paving machines.
You guys have the best music in your videos. Gets you pumped up.
Yikes. With that high a water table, we’d have to have gone with piles and a grade beam foundation, with internal piles to hold up the floor. We did one on a lakefront property, and the water was so high they had to drill the piles in casings. Then again, we’re also in an extremely deep frost zone..
and most of the problem with what they are dealing with now, came from the unnaturally high amount of rain and Particularly bad storms weve had. Wise man would say plan for more of the same, but "Typical" "up to code" practice in Texas is likely exactly what they are doing.
Watching this yard go from "meh" backyard, to straight-up QUICKSAND, to THIS?! It's been a nail-biter the entire way!
Actually love that thumbnail. I would print it and frame it for when the house is done. Its a great backstory!
I haven't been trained on and used nuclear soil densometers in a long time, so maybe it changed, but it was NOT a good idea to extend the rod with the source in the end of it outside of in the ground. The second measurement he took was dry density. Lbs per cubic foot. They know the maximum dry density that soil can be compacted to from lab tests. They are looking for you to hit at least 95% of that maximum. Edit: waiting for the sample in the oven at the shop? I used to run those tests in the field with a camp stove, a balance scale, a proctor test mold, and a drop hammer from the back of my truck. Not knowing the exact number you need to be hitting while you are doing the work is irresponsible on your soils guy. He should be telling you good or not good on each lift.
Bro they’re in TX, that guy was probably not trained and making 7.25 and hour.
I have been trained in nuclear densometer testing and I have performed hundreds of soil proctor tests and you are correct! Never expose the end of the rod outside the ground!
You can speed up the moisture sample test by microwaving the sample. I had to do that a lot for the cement modified proctor tests.
@@Lisa608 My Troxler radiation certification is like 30 years old now, so I didn't know if things had changed. I used to fire up the camp stove, dry out my samples, switch pans and then cook my lunch. I was a Geotechnical engineer during the big northeast housing boom, where people were selling farms and turning them into housing complexes. Oftentimes my jobs were 10 miles to the nearest store. Cooking lunch on site was a necessity.
@@phonedave in 3 decades im sure plenty has. My ASE certification is only 2 old and I can see just working on my own vehicle and friends and family how much has changed. Im sure if you arent doing the job anymore though knowing the new "tricks" and such arent on the top of the to do list
@@crisnmaryfam7344You're comparing changing auto tec to ground compaction. Really?
I look forward to this series every time you guys drop a video. Learning so much with every episode too! You guys are great
Remember that soil density doesn't guarantee soil stability. At 18:33 you can see the soil "pumping" a bit, probably caused by using the vibratory function of the compactor. The vibrations saturate the fill with water from the surrounding sandy areas, much more than it would naturally. You should wait a few days for the fill to drain and stabilize before putting a pad on there, to minimize the chance of stability issues. On a bigger job, they would roll it again to make sure it settled. A local geo-engineer should know what is acceptable levels of rutting/pumping, so hopefully y'all got that!
More knowledge is gained by those of us who watch your videos. It won’t be long before you are building your garage. Congratulations
How the compaction tests work is
#1 how many blows it take to get the spike to proper depth
#2 there is a nuclear radiation source at the end of the tester rod in the machine, the more compact the soil is the more it will block the radiation.
The tip of that machine is the same thing as that nuclear source they lost in Australia a couple weeks ago.
I have to be honest guys, 5 minutes into this video I was thinking "Boy what a S&!#@T Show. No way is this going to be right." Thankfully near the end of the video, I was saying "I think everything is gonna be alright!!!" I am so looking forward to watching this project from start to finish. It will be epic. Thank you for all you do!
When you run utilities to the garage, you run 2 communications conduits so you have a conduit ready free for fiber. I work for an ISP and we have flex conduit we provide free of charge so i'm guessing your local isp may do that too. For the coax drop, run rg6 or rg11. If you plan on a lot of tv's with cable service go with rg11. Also, think about ethernet runs and even speaker runs before walls are closed. lots of possibilities, cat 6 ethernet to soffits for poe camera runs, com closet, poe doorbells, runs to areas around property to external cams, wifi ap's, etc.
I’ve been watching some of the older videos and have noticed the video quality is so good now shout out to you guys
That’s ridiculous!!!! God Bless you guys !!!
As a Canadian fan of your channel, you have no idea how happy I am to see you donning one of our signature tuxedos.
You have an amazing dad! Cherish him
I wonder the more you guys add and compact, the more neighbors are going to see issues with groundwater coming up around them. Does anyone in the neighborhood have basements?
It is always so refreshing to see you guys having fun getting the job done. Really, thank you for being a bright point in a gloomy world.
@StudPack1_. Yay! StudPack locking in its status as a popular channel by having spam accounts hitting up the comments section.
Hitting the big leagues now, lol.
So nice to see the whole (hole) process unfold. Thanks for going to the pit and showing the Geo stuff too. Great video!!
You guys are stressing me out!! I’m starting to realize a fear of mine is big, heavy things getting stuck in mud 😂
Man I need you guys here at my little ranch 😁I’ve been doing renovations on my little farm house for over 2 years now. I can’t get good help. I love watching you guys and look forward to watching this project come to life.
Wow! I honestly did not think you would get that pad done until summer, when it all dried out. I hope you are able to tile that property while you build on it to remove the surface/ground water so that lot will stay dry.
Great watching your work and high-quality videos. Time flies while watching and am always looking for the next one. Aloha
As I commented in my last message, I just can't get enough videos...so glad about the start of the build, compacting, and getting things ready. I really can't believe the amount of water that surrounds the property, is just crazy. I'm no expert at these things, and I guess that's what makes me excited about your videos. In my eyes, I see a great job happening and am excited to see the final results.
that was unreal. The ground movement made me wonder how the hell that was going to work out. Just wow.
Awesome work. Reminds me of when I built my house years ago where I had the same issue with loam and high water table. You guys were lucky not to loose any equipment as in my case the bull dozer sunk where we had to hire a crane to pull it out. Can't wait for your next adventure.
awesome as always guys. always a good day when there's a new video out. How do you plan to move the water away from the house? that seems like it's going to be a BIG part of this build
That "waterbed" was crazy! Love to see the progress.
Good Job Guys, We're really happy Justin is our go-to-guy for dirtwork!
In the beginning I thought for sure that you were going to walk away from that muddy mess. Well done guys!
Y’all need piles for that garage. Ain’t no way that ground will long term support anything more than some grass and maybe shrubs during a dry year.
Great progress. Love the compacting machine that looked like fun. Going to be interresting to see how the pad goes down
That intro with the raft was great!
You guys are great. The only thing I can offer is to get some cheap 4’x8’plywood boards. Start using them Egyptian style under your heavy machines so your tracks stop digging in and getting you stuck. Again you are amazing.
This has to be the softest and muddiest soil I have ever seen. I would be terrified to be building there. So nice to see you guys are staying optimistic
Ever been to Louisiana?
Awesome ending, plus Jordan's enthusiasm of thinking he was getting a new tool. That's exactly how I sound when I buy a new pair of shoes. Best of luck love the channel and team work
Great followup. Thanks for this as we consider moving out of Kalifornia.
After the compacting the neighbors are asking, "Hey ya''ll, why is my kitchen floor so bouncy all of a sudden?"
When I graduated in civil engineering 50 years ago my first job was soils investigation by drilling. When things were slow I ran a machine like the one you had. We wore a radiation badge and were instructed to never expose ourselves to the tip IE Put over hole and then insert probe. When you check density of soil you first do a proctor in the lab then you know how dense the soil is in the field. My boss at the time used to do tests on how much radiation we were exposed to. He place a badge on his color TV for a month and one on top of a nuclear machine. The TV badge he was advise to have the person seek medical attention. The one on the machine was within exposure limits. Based on the tests done ask the engineering firm how much settlement they expect over 10 years based on the weight of the building.
Its all about the base boys , great job.
Wow, as if the project wasnt ambitious enough, that soil! The water! I would be having night sweats and nightmares! Justin is awesome too, hope that you guys keep working together even after this project is done because you KNOW this won't be the last studpack house build! 💪
I've seen bags of lime spread around a wet site to dry up excess water, it really work well. Everyone looks they are having way too much fun with all that equipment. enjoying your channel. Cheers
Building on top of soup! 😃
the intro is top tier content , love to see both of you laughing
Yeah you guys can look back on the raft trip on the Stud Pack garage site later down the road and get a good laugh. Your dad's a hoot. Can't wait for next step...Great video guys!! 👍❤️👍
I liked the comment from dad. You are the boss and I'm the help. Letting son feel the fun of decisions.
That turned out good. That lit has a serious water retention problem.. good luck ahead....watching
So happy things are going well!
I still say drainage should come first. Too late for that now, but you can still get some trenches in and get hooked up to the storm drain to get that water table under control in the driveway area. You'll have lots more trucks coming in that way over the course of construction. 🤔😁
Look great guys all of you are killing it
Enjoying the progress.