How to Raise/Lift a House - NJ PA Foundation Repair, Build, Find ? WTF ?
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- Опубликовано: 19 мар 2017
- First of all, what other Foundation Repair Company could have pulled this one off? None! This one is an original Daniel J OConnor design and only Hydroarmor Systems could have figured this one out and fixed it! An Engineer might have figured out what was wrong but even when MY Engineer came to look at it he asked how I'd fix it. I did a simple drawing, explanation and he drew it up for the permit. Yes I applied but whilst waiting the 2 weeks for them to figure it out I just went ahead and did the job. I left this one and did another job, the permit was approved but I waited a few days before calling for an inspection. I didn't even bother to be there when the rough was inspected and yes approved to go ahead.
And people, I go out on an estimate like this, figure it out right then and there, give a price and write up the Contract. My intention then is to leave the paperwork and whenever someone wants to go ahead they can call me. Could anyone else do that? Most of the time I get the go ahead before I leave. I have my Engineer come to these kind of jobs after so he can see what the hell I intend to do and then draw it up. That's respect people. If a customer has their own Engineer I won't even bother looking at whatever they drew up and won't take the job unless it's done my way. Ego? Really? Who's responsible to make it work? Who gets blamed if something goes wrong? Not the pencil pusher that's for sure... 
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They dont make men like this anymore. He walks the walk and talks the talk. FKG Bravo!!
I can watch this man all day! Loving the Sense of humor 👍
Excellent work! Great workmanship. You never will have to worry about where or when your next job will be. I am sure your phone rings off the hook.
This guy!
Love this video. Can't wait to watch more - love the banter.
That was a great video of a job well done. Thanks for taking the time to video the work.
dude, quite educational- a bit emphatic but your dedication to doing it right the first time is well appreciated. Too many times I see customers getting ripped off.
Jon, owner
OMNI Plumbing.
Wow man true tradesman, I have watched 100's of youtube video on just about everything and you tell it like it is. Even about permits and how the job looks, have experienced this myself with many inspectors most have no idea what they are looking at just if it looks good or not. Love your work and banter keep up the great work.
This guy knows what he is doing! I like how he figured out that customers and engineers can really muck things up if they get too involved with the decisions that the contractor should ultimately be making, afterall the contractor will be held responsible for everything in the end. After ten years of running a construction business I gave up because the DIYers and Ryobi Warriors complicated things too much. Keep up the good work man, the world needs more skilled craftsman like yourself.
Amazing work, technique and quality as usual. Thank you for the video, they don't make them like you anymore.
Thanks Justin, yes I'm a dinosaur. Today is my 60th birthday. Looking back thru the years, the many guys I've worked with, they're all gone. Retired, dead, faded off to oblivion. I've a few years left. How did you like that plaster work whomever did so many years ago? Whenever you see that kind of workmanship on a job, let it be what you strive for. Those kind of guys are long gone. Let us both hope that kind of workmanship never end and will always go on.... - Daniel J OConnor
@@DanielJOConnor So much time has flown by. I hope you've tolerated a few apprentices in your time, to continue your legacy.
That man reminds me of...me...teaching my kids...that is reality, he is teaching the trade, and important, the grammar of the trade
Outstanding video, nice to see real workmanship and true skilled person. We do not see any anymore. Thank You for
showing what we should expect from a good company and professional.
wish strength in your hands for 100 of years. Happy new year
I stumbled onto your videos by accident, I find them very entertaining and educational!!
It's why I make them. Educational to prevent people from getting ripped off. And I really do thank you for your comment. Become a subscriber. I'm always adding 1 or 2 or more per month. Thanks again. - Daniel J OConnor
In CNY, it is hard to find people that know how to do this type of work. It looks like you do great work and make it look like its no big deal. It is quite complex.
Your are the Man ! Hope to see more vids thanks you for passing on the knowledge and wisdom.
Any craftsman who doesn't curse now and then isn't real...love it.
cursing in a job is my way of shifting my brain to a solution
Wow what an awesome job!!! You make it look so easy! I wish you were close to us! We are working on my great grandparents old farmhouse and it needs to be jacked up and new foundation!
I have a video where we are starting the Reno but so much work. I am like you said in AWW of the craftsmanship that was put into this house! The entire second floor is tounge and groove (floors and ceilings) the first floor is plaster. I love old craftsmanship! It is amazing!
Nice! Really enjoyed learning and the show that went with it!
Have to tell Dan about my job right out of high school ,I went to work for a cousin ,we moved houses, sledgehammer four holes in the foundation then slide in 2 huge timbers .Then build a crib and jack it up then slide it off on to 2 other timbers with soap to slide it off on to jet tires then hook her up and drive off with a house .
Wish you'd been around the Michigan area when I owned my home with some water leakage and mold in the basement. You are definitely an honest, trustworthy craftsman.
That guy knows his stuff. Didn’t even know you could do that. Amazing work
So glad that I watched this. You are the bomb!
Outstanding video. Happy birthday coming soon. Keep up the good work. Love the hat. Very stylish.
You still look good. Love your attitude. And Vast information. Thanks for posting all your videos.
I love this guys approach .
At first I didnt think he new wat he was doing..but den watching n listening to him dis guy is great.! Great attitude great video n da humor spot on...excellent job...I wood hire him in a second..
You did a great job on this one.
Very nice work. That was a huge job and well done. It will last forever. I agree about the plaster work the old timers did. My house is all plaster and I had to repair most of it but never considered replacing it with drywall. The old plaster is history and a tribute to the tradesmen back in the day..
Hey BG, How about all that plaster Cove and other design work in the old Homes? Unreal. Absolutely unreal. And the Hand drilled peg built? OMG I've always been in awe of those guys. Thanks for your Comment. - Daniel J OConnor
yeah that old plaster is neat. I gutted a bathroom recently that had a bunch of plaster work in it. I replaced it all with 5/8 and moisture resistent drywall. I fealth guilty but it was the right decesion in that situation.
@@scaryperson27 Yea, sometimes, it just makes sense. I just love the old stuff. My house is all vintage and retro inside. There is nothing wrong with progress... the good variety.
that was a huge amount of work, you make it look very easy!
Yes, in my videos I do. Hell of a poker face though. No matter how much knowledge or skill or ability someone has on jobs like this one. be darn sure something can always go wrong. Knowing that and not getting Too Sure of yourself is how to prevent disaster. Having done many jobs like this I also know if something does go wrong well, so? Shit happens. I did survive one job when a house came down on me. And I do mean me. There was marsh mud under me and I just got mushed down into the mud. A two story stairwell came down on me once and truly I have no idea why I'm still here after that one. Yet I do have lots of experience in this stuff so it is fairly easy for me. Step by step as long as you know what you're doing. If the building falls down on you? Ooops.... Thanks for the comment. - Daniel J OConnor
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Daniel you are dramatic but most all genius is dramatic...superb project...
I stumbled over you, but love watching your vidoes. I've got a foundation problem on a "fixer upper" I bought, but some company quoted me far more than I want to pay on this house. My background is in Landscape Contracting, but I've learned a lot over the years fixing up houses and reselling. I'm not looking forward to this project, but hopefully I can get some good help to sub out as I am disabled now. I wanted to flip the damn house but my Professor wife likes it and wants to live here until she retires in 9 years.........damn it.
Very awesome work on this. Excellent.
This man know what his doing great job i can tell
His vids are fun to watch. He's cooler than the other side of the pillow. Specially with his Pimper Machasmo lid....lol
Subbed, please keep up the great videos showing your quality work
All can say is OUTSTANDING work!!!!
Thanks for the great video and pride in workmanship. I'd like to make a suggestion, it would be helpful to know how you figured your budget and amount of hours you spent, did you make a profit, break even, anything unforeseen? I see some people use a steel plate under the beam when lifting so as not to crush the beam do you do that if you have them? Thanks
u handled that 12inch knife like it was a 6inch knife.👍
Loved the video!! Great craftsmanship!
Thanks, I'm doing another one of these now. Worse though. Be a great Video. - Daniel J OConnor
Badass dude right there, thanks for the video I definitely learned something new
When he was talking about the level, I had to remember the old Dumpy level I learned to survey with. I took time to level it, but when you did, you could shoot a level a couple hundred yards easy. The self-leveling level he's using, with a receiver on the rod, is what we went to when we let the Dumpy's go were only accurate out to about a hundred yards, depending on the slope. The real advantage is that the self-leveler could be used by one person.
Holy shit this guy is amazing.
I've always wondered about where that "Holy Shit" phrase comes from. Priest? Pope? Taking a dump? I love Comments i've been so busy here I'm replying after a Year. I do Than You For You're support. - Daniel J OConnor
Beautiful job! 👍👌👏👏👏
Thank you! This was great! Reminds me of being back on site on my day off. Loved it, down to earth, informative and speaks my f*cking language!
This is so smartly done!
I thank u 4 seeing it. I went to Vegas for a B.H.A. conference. World of Concrete. Everyone knows me and I've always had a great time. This job was half done. Up in the air. I left Vegas after 2 days to get back to this job. Wasted 5K or so. I wasn't worried about this job and it wasn't an urgent thing for the homeowner. The fact is I enjoy doing and being on these challenging jobs. Even more than Vegas. The greater the challenge the more fun I have. - Daniel J OConnor
Great video and commentary! Enjoyed watching this.
Thank You Laura. I made most of my old videos for educating whilst doing estimates. Now that You Tube has become so popular I put more time into them. Actually I have more time. Way back when I did everything myself, marketing, sales, installs and videos on the fly. The only jobs I work on now are jobs like this one. These kind are fun. - Daniel J OConnor
Excellent work.
My husband in my next life😁 Perfect personality.
It is stressful. I am jacking my joists on first floor to fix an exterior wall that's been chewed by termites. I just finished two bathrooms right above and I do not want to crack any tiling. Stress. Great video. Funny too.
My brother is going to help me do it myself so have to do it myself one person this is a great motivator but I have to do my whole lower part of my house but I'm determined because I can't afford $10,000 worth of work it only requires five thousand to $4,000.
@@SamSam-no4pf pull permits and get it inspected.
Me and my buddy just at the house up just shy of 12 feet last September. We change the Fieldstone Foundation into 10 in poured concrete not bad. We've got 9 foot 6 to ceiling now in basement and finished basement floor Carlton house raising is my buddy
You sir are a blast to watch and real no fuss
Good job, thank you for showing this
Cool dude, fine job brother 👏
Great job! Tells it like it is.
Damn seeing this makes me want to learn about this technique. Anymore people consider a place condemned for seals and house sinking. I firmly believe old houses should be saved if at all possible.
You did a nice job!
I live in Oklahoma. The only time you need permits is if your building a new building that's bigger then 200 square feet, reroofing a house or adding rooms to existing building.
Thank you for your videos!
Wow...you could never do this in my state without a structural engineer and stamped drawings.
Now, that's a true all pro!!!
Tough and Smart man..
Dan pulled that hat on... SUBSCRIBED !!
I like your attitude.
Hey you are just like me and the other guys I know. We are all older and working mostly by ourselves. We are the last of this generation to do quality work. This was very interesting how you lifted the house. I would like to get more into this type of work, but I want to make sure I'm doing it right. I will have to look into getting a structural engineer. Do they charge a lot of money to look at a job and do a drawing? Right now I do mostly new construction with a small amount of foundation repair.
You da man! Keep on keepin on
Great video! And I wish everyone works just like you. How long did you take from start to finish?
Learned a lot! Thanks
I thought he was Freddy Krueger. Good video, I might have to do this in the future.
What a cool video. Dig your work, but shouldn’t there be a membrane between the bottom plate and the concrete to prevent moisture rising from the concrete into your new framing?
Great Job .......btw did you ever check the thickness of the garage floor all that weight is sitting on.....
Did something like this with a 3 story brick in S.F., A really interesting process. Could have used a little of this kinda personality on the jobsite... Bunch of office stiffs on that 1.
great information
This guy is the amount of cool I aspire to be.
That twisting beam is possible because there is NO bolt running straight through the 2x6s. These 1/2" through-bolts with oversize extra-thick washers are important for stability and needed the entire length.
It also helps to bond the column and beam together before loading them. On temporary jobs, this is easy to do by sandwiching the column and beam between vertical 2x6s and running a couple bolts through both. All the drilling can be done on the saw horses before erecting. The holes should only be 1/32 to 1/16 oversize, preferably requiring a hammer to install the "all-thread".
Gee thanks Dave. - Daniel J OConnor
dude... i love you. your awesome.
That's when art, science and skill marries... 😉
A TRUE Contractor! This is how shit gets DONE! The Silva Bros are over priced jerks. Thanks for showing everyone the REAL WORLD
I was thinking whys it so heavy, oh it's got a upstairs lol
Same here, I thought it just had a roof over it.
You are fun to watch!!!!
I need to see the bid on this job
Badass job
I like this guy.
Me too.... - Daniel J OConnor
@@DanielJOConnor Yeah: Add me too.
Good job.
This old bird is a craftsman. Knows what he is doing. Has a funny accent though. Might be Camden, NJ, Brooklyn?
JoeB
Legend!
That wood behind the drywall in in mint condition! We had to replace EVERY FRICKN' WALL because of mold and rot. Now the raised level is sinking and the slab is cracked in multiple places and is also sinking. All the work we've done is being ruined. I hear is crack and creak daily for about two months now. Super scared.
who did your job?
My guy get it done👍
Respect...simple as that.
Hey Daniel! I’m considering purchasing on of those crooked 19th century houses and was wondering how I could get in touch with you to get an estimate on straightening it out 😅
This guy is funny and bad ass at what he does lol
awesome! thanku sir.
Kicked ass and took names with this one 😂
Love your Freddie Kruger hat,
This guy is priceless.
I love this guy he’s the shit!
This seems like what is happening with our family farmhouse from the 20's, the roof is newly installed and I'm worried that if I attempt to repair things to straighten the inside doorjambs an the large bulge in the floor it will destroy the new roof. I would like to fix it properly but would it be a reasonable idea to block up the rotted wall framing at the bottom to halt its progress? I'm pretty certain I've determined the cause but gosh it just keeps getting bigger an bigger for one single person to fix.. ;-(
What Best way lift one side of an Garage to replace Rotted wood?
You are my fuckin hero. Shooting straight from the hip telling it straight with no bullshit. I do 95% of my own work on maintaining and repairing my home. Anyway (as far as I can tell) I have a lakefront home that was originally a 500 sq foot summer cottage with a knotty pine interior. There have been at least 3 additions as it is currently 1200 sq ft. I originally felt it was a 'tear down'.
Four years ago I opened up the floor in one room to (temporarily) repair it because it was sagging and found that I not only had a lakefront home . . . I had a built in pool in the basement (crawlspace) during heavy rains and spring thaw. However at least the previous owner replaced/installed 7 new 12 x 8 main beams and posts on 4' x 4' x 6" concrete slabs at some point (~1970?) which was probably during one of the additions. So I figured that maybe I could work with that and renovate and at least the house wouldn't be a tear down. So I got down on my knees in that fucking 2 foot high crawlspace and dug 80 feet of french drain and installed a sump pump to stop the flooding along with installing a drainage system around the outside of the house. Then I encapsulated the crawlspace in a very similar method to what you have done. I am going back to drill out weep holes in the concrete block bottoms.
Unfortunately I discovered that the dumbshit previous owner did nothing about the sill plates of which some parts are rotting and crushed.
After seeing all the work it takes to raise the house and fix the sill plate and assorted stud bottoms I figure that I will probably tear down the old original 500 sq ft part and just use the foundation being I am planning on adding another level. What pisses me off is the fucking idiot previous owner probably went through all that work to install the new beams WITHOUT replacing the fucking sill plates.
that was great! thanks so much for all the info.
Do you check on the ceiling to make sure your 6x6s are perpendicular to ceiling framing?