I appreciate being taken on this journey with you all. I am fully invested in all the outcomes. I have appreciated each video I have seen from the channel. Thank you for useful and informative content, and such genuineness.😁
My Daughter lives in your neighborhood , she is so funny , she calls me up ,cause we both follow the show ,… She said Dad the trucks were going crazy , your secret is safe with us , no stalkers here !
@@needaman66 thank you for your comment on my fakeness. I am glad to know I am not real. I will pass the news on to my parents and my children. It's not right that the trolls make everyone doubt folks. But hey, you do you.
Can’t wait to see what the ground water drainage plan will be. With all the ground water, you could dig a well and have free lawn irrigation. Great video boys and good camera work by Mom 🎥!
this whole video is MONEY!... Your math is perfect, and well explained. Great job, gentlemen!!! Doing it right the first time is fast, efficient, and super satisfying!!! One thing to watch for when doing your foundation is drainage tile around the outside, especially on the neighboring side of the property line. While the water will definitely drain down the drive at 9" slope over that 65' distance, you don't want to be slamming all the side discharge on to the neighbor's property and causing them drainage issues, either! A drainage tile along the outside of the foundation will catch that side discharge and redirect it down the driveway, making you a nice neighbor to have instead of that guy that none of want to be!
My grandfather was a general contractor and I used to help him on jobs when I was in middle and high school. These videos bring back so many memories that I hadn't thought about in years. Great content! Thank you for sharing your process.
78 year old Retired contractor here. My wife and I love your show. She has a big smile on her face and laughs while watching it more than ANY OTHER TV show. You guys are a great father and sons team. Can't wait for each new video.
So awesome to see how the slab gets planned out. I always wondered how it was determined. This series is so exciting and I can't wait to see how it all goes!
Paul - you got a lot of the good tricks that surveyors use for layout. You would fit right in with a commercial survey / layout crew. Very cool to see the progress.
Geee! Paul bought a laser…. What a surprise! This video brought back a ton of memories from the 70’s for me. My dad (also a Louisiana-born electrician) and I laid out a vacation house back then in much the same way. No lasers; but, as a teenager, I thought the transit-style level we used was pretty cool. The house was a weekend project to start, so we drove up to the site, camped, laid out the 24’x34’ foundation and had the excavation contractor dig the footings during the week. The house grew to 25’x35’ the next weekend when we came up and discovered the footings were dug on the wrong side of our layout lines. 😮
This is so great to see gents, you guys literally walk us through the process, A^2+B^2=C^2 PERFECT! See kids, this is how you apply it in the real. This is truly exciting to see, wish I could have had an opportunity to build a house with my pops. Hi Jordan's mom, you must be a proud lady. Blessings to you guys on this endeavor. I will be eagerly watching the vids.
Who knew math could be so entertaining. The long wait between videos is painful but it's always worth the wait. When it hit 26:01 I couldn't believe how fast time went by. Keep it up guys, it's all starting to come together.
I built swimming pools for years before this electronic stuff. We used a transit level and to level tile forms in the pool we'd use a water tube level. Look it up, it is absolutely accurate when used properly and amazingly simple and works even around corners where you can't see what you're leveling. Maybe that's how they leveled the pyramids. :)
Water tube level is what we used when building our cottage on posts over uneven ground. The hose can travel down into dips, up and over bumps and boulders and keeps it's level at both ends.
It's awesome to see these new house videos! I'm also a first-time home owner/builder, and am building a house with my uncle who is a general contractor. I relate with a lot of what Jordon is feeling, trying to get things right. It's nerve wracking! We already poured the foundation and I feel like I'm watching a repeat of everything we just went through
There aren’t a lot of things as much fun to watch as someone doing something really well. That certainly describes you guys. This gets more exciting every step of the way. Stud Pack, coffee and a Sunday morning is a great trio. Thanks for sharing this. You guys are killing it!
Tons of comments for you as this is what I did for a long time. I’m in my late 50’s and my first job at 14 was helping an old guy layout homes. Lots of fun… my dad was a PE - civil and he taught me tons of old school tricks. I’m shocked if you paid for a survey and they didn’t leave corner property markers. Laser… keep it low - just above the tallest point … and the rod plumb when setting grade. The more out of plumb the more off. A little lean when low is more forgiving than when high. Unless needed, I normally don’t bother extending the lasers legs. Some target holders have a centering / plumb bubble to help know when it’s plumb. The laser or other instrument used for grade should roughly be in the middle so long as they won’t get hit or moved. Deviation happens… in the middle splits the difference… and even self-leveling lasers will get off. There’s a way we field test for accuracy. Most graders set a certain height say height of pad or top of footing and guesstimate for roughing… (we’re high we’re low etc) then when grading they set the rod to grade and depending on the operator it ends up within an eighth. (Maybe someone on a shovel 😀) Find a spot on the sidewalk or something that won’t move for the duration of the work. Establish the height and always work on the whole job based on that one height. Finished floor is nice or something similar. Protect it if needed (in an open field we use the biggest 5’ piece of rebar you’ll ever see and drive it to grade… a #12 bar (1 1/2 inch diameter) doesn’t move much unless a trackhoe rolls over it)… paint it so everyone knows what we’re working from. Drainage - Find a spot close to your pad and dig a hole for a 5 gal bucket. Holes in the bottom of the bucket act a bit as a strainer and a pump w float switch moves the water as it builds up. This keeps your main area a bit more dry. Batter boards - the horizontal member goes on the backside. Use 8 penny nails that are plumb to the top of the board for your string. Don’t tie a loop in your line at the far end… hook a loop and twist maybe 8 times… hook on the nail and start pulling the slack out until you can play a guitar riff off it. ‘Tight is right’.. lines move in the wind so the tighter the better. Batter boards should be higher than the footing or slab… that way you can establish foundation or wall from the same boards / lines accurately. Cutting a foot is a bad habit, yeah, I know the reason but for layout, surveyors use a ‘chain’ and they have a zero mark and tend to have an additional foot and handle to hold and pull against. (There are guidelines on how tight to pull based on temperature and chain type) I can’t tell you how many things were one inch or one foot off when one person cut and the other didn’t. Establish your side line batter boards that has side of building or side of footing (possibly center line (CL) if needed etc…). Roughly put in the board closest to the house and tie off a roughly correct line… the board closest to the fence someone pulls the line tight while two people pull 6x8x10 to establish square. Plumb bob w gammon reels help. Personally I used a digital total station and would spin 90 degrees and shoot in my boards so I know things would be square and level day one. I should have not paused the last 8 minutes before commenting. Lol.. I’m a math guy so cool to see you pull out geometry however if you pull corners and the match then you are good. One last tip - on quickly squaring lines or establishing an opposite board. One person holds the tape still and the other swings the tape along the far ‘parallel’ line. The shortest measurement is where the tape is square from that stable point and the point at the far line. Love your channel, I get tons of ideas from you peeps. While I worked for commercial / industrial GC’s I mainly did concrete, reinforcing steel and structural steel. Keep rocking it!
The best accessory I ever got was a cut-and-fill rod to use with my laser. You set a zero on the stick, and you can slide the reciever up and down and instantly you have your number to dig or fill, no doing math in your head to transpose numbers. Especially useful when shooting in slopes. Something to watch out for is that strobe lights can confuse the receiver, or at least some recievers, something that took me a bunch of head-scratching when I was on a busy site with a lot of equipment surrounding me.
I'm an American and this video proves my point why we should convert to the metric system. Base ten is so much easier that 12 inches in a foot. Great job of breaking this pad layout down!
Here we have town codes for setbacks from property lines for buildings. There is also a requirement that if you put up a fence the posts have to be on the owners side of the fence and the fence must be setback at least 12" inside of the property line. Your neighbors fence is encroaching on your property. That fence should be 2' back from where it is now. I think that also means you own ( are responsible for) those trees next to the fence as well. That tall fence out back is in the same encroachment. The tape map should have brought that to the realtors and lawyers attention when you bought the property.
Instead of holding the laser stick above the ground and have it be a little wobbly, you could always put the stick on the ground with the receiver at the same height as the sidewalk and then move the receiver up 9". This just gives you solid ground to have the stick on vs. trying to hold it in the air, which is more unstable. Also could have purchased the Stabila Layout station. Yes, costly, but so worth it.
If math was taught like this in schools students wouldn't be so frustrated with abstract concepts! Your real world applications are fantastic! Your videos truly qualify as distant learning g.
@@angrymountainbikershow3151 Not when I went to school! (Too long ago to mention). Why do you think there are so many jokes about "Train A is coming towards you at 50 mph and Train B is coming in the opposite direction at 60mph. How long until the chicken crosses the road?" I do notice that my children (in HS rn) are being given more real world examples. But when I was a kid, this video (on VHS tape) would've been fun to watch in math class!
Stud pack? More like Stud muffins. 11:28. Love watching this channel grow! Been here since the Floating bed video. Even made it following your instructions. For what its worth. Proud of you guys!
Wow. Slick use of the laser and a t square to mark the corner at 90 degrees on the front corner. And Math is absolutely critical in building a foundation and structure square. Great progress fellas!
Are you guys planning to pour the concrete directly onto the select fill? When Paul holds that 2x4 up to the string line at the end, there's not a ton of room underneath and I'm assuming you're going to be doing a 6" slab with what you're planning to build and park on it. Doesn't seem like there's a ton, if any room for gravel under your slab with the current 9" above the sidewalk plan!
Laser Rake: I once worked prep'ing and pouring an Ice Rink Slab. It had to be level/flat before the pour, and during the pour. The contractor arrived and immediately hired 8 day labourers (zero experience). 4 were given a shovel and a wheel barrow. The other 4 where given a regular rake with two bands of black electrical tape, 3/4” apart, on the handle. They were told, that when they stood the rake upright, the Laser light had to be between the black tape. If above.... rake more sand in. If below.... rake sand away. 10 minutes of instruction and these Day Labourer were able to level an entire Hockey rink (in a week) The only problem.... you need low light to see the Laser light.
An average garage has stem walls with an opening at the garage doors for access. Many jobs pour the stem walls all the way around the outside. The next day they strip the forms, snap a line on the inside of the stem wall and pour a slab from front to rear with maybe an eighth inch per foot of fall. Or you can cut the inside form board of your stem wall and pour to the top of the stem wall footings and to the bottom of the stem wall form board on the inside to pour the footings and slab at the same time. You need to be 6 inches above grade to any framing plus a weep screed which would add another 3 inches, for a total of 9 inches your framing would need to be above grade. So if your footings are 9 inches above grade you won't have any room for drainage since you said the sidewalk is 9 inches below your slab. If I remember correctly you have a house the connects to the garage. These elevations are critically important to get at the right height.Getting the project out of the ground correctly is critical. I am presuming that you are going to encounter the same soil conditions with the house. personally I would have done the project all at once and moved a trailer on the property for temporary occupancy. The grade being off by more than a half of an inch overall on your garage pad is unacceptable from a competent grading contractor. If I were you I would look for a new grader for the remaining part of the project. I like you guys and wish you well, once you get the project out of the ground you should be back in Stud Pack fashion. I must say. at this stage of the project I have some serious concern. You have everything riding on getting this project out of the ground properly.
I love this! I am a new 21 yr old contractor and still have loads to learn and this is the series sent to me by GOD! Thank you Stud Pack! Thank you for being so in depth with every single aspect
Hey paul lovin the stud pack house videos. The mans name was Pythagoras he traveled to Egypt and learned the theorem. It was already known, he just proved it. It is impossible to build pyramids without it.
I'm always impressed by Paul, but when he pulls out the math skills I'm really just in awe of what a smart guy he is. Kids always ask when they'll use math. This is such a great real-world example!
Jordan after making any progress at all- “we’re killing it guys” Love the channel I have learned a lot from Paul and Jordan you should feel very blessed to have a father like paul.
This is an excellent, real-world application of Pythagorean theorem. I can understand why it is important to mark everything off and making sure it is squared. It reminds me of the time my father-in-law and I built a covered lean-to to store firewood. He took the time to set the post and then made sure the framing were squared before we committed to building the floor and shadow box wall.
Great vid. Remember use a metal surveyors tape. The one u r using is fibreglass. It’s stretches and can lead to inaccurate measurements over long distances. Steel tapes don’t suffer from such inaccuracies.
Ive used this technique everyday for the last 30+ years to layout and paint parking lots, roads, running tracks, basketball and tennis courts, and even 4 square and hopscotch in and around Baltimore MD and the northeastern states. Great to see you doing the math with pencil and paper and not an app! Great job yet again, Stud Pack.
Set your batter boards so the string lines are above the slab height. Place a nail at the inside of your stake line. Drive the stakes so the are as close to the line as you can get them without touching the line. After the stake are placed shoot the slab height on the stakes and snap your lines. The batter boards should be about 3'' above the slab height to give you room to drive the horizontal stakes. eyeball the batter boards with the sting line 3'' above to line the batter boards up and brace.
You guys are great humans! Dad is a true craftsman and you all are willing to learn new things, including dad! It’s truly refreshing and very informative!! It’s the best channel on RUclips if you wanna learn how to build your own home. I’ve only met a few people that can teach how “dad” does, and has the knowledge he does, and those guys I will never forget! If you ever need tools or help in the northwest, I’d be happy to help! Cheers guys! This is gonna be a fun project! Thank you for all the hard work!
Just a tip, if you're using a level to plumb against a string line like at 14:38 use a shovel or 2x4 placed on the ground angled to and held at the top of the level to keep it steady. A lot easier and more accurate than just freehanding it in the air. Keep up the great work!
Great tutorial. I live in the north zones, but even down south I would consider insulating your slab, with the freak weather we have had. It would protect your pipes at least.
Why not put a drain under the driveway that ties into the main? That way you are guaranteed (and you can do it now and not think later?)? Just a thought…
We used the exact same method to set our log cabin foundation forms, but our big complication was having to deal with actual bed rock being as little as about 2' below the finished floor level in the NW corner to almost 8' on the SE corner and of course undulating in between. We ended up having to contour the bottom edges of all of our forms for the 30" wide footers and then building the forms for the foundation walls on stair stepped footer sections. Bedrock is the exact opposite of your soil conditions, so we ended up drilling 3/4" holes in the bedrock and epoxying in rebar to peg our footers to the washed bedrock before pouring the concrete. Every job has interesting, but different challenges.
This is great content! Sometimes small things like how to configure the laser, where exactly are you measuring the property line, etc matter because those things are all instrumental to beginning a process and people need to get set up correctly for success. I am super excited to see you set up your forms and pour. I know several contractors recently on projects I knew of who had form blowouts and they created their own forms. I am scared of a blow out and considering using a renting a double whaler system with snap ties. The forms come together fairly easy and you can tear down and return the forms when you are complete. Your video on this future subject may cause me to change my mind and do it like you!
Another great video guys! A few questions...On the approved plans, it should have a "FF' number...this is for "FINISHED FLOOR" elevation. You can't arbitrarily set the finished floor elevation at 9 inches. First off, over almost 60 feet, that's not enough slope, I would estimate at least 12" above the sidewalk. You're already aware of the poor drainage on the lot. Second, the plans should also show how deep and wide the footers will need to go, usually 2 to 3 feet below where you're standing now. Third, and most important, the edge of slab to your property line doesn't seem right. I can't imagine the local code allowing only 5 feet from the property line. And a bigger issue is, I'm reasonably sure you will need to put in a drain and drainage pipe to allow for the standing water to drain into the city stormwater system. While you have your laser transit, why not shoot the entire lot and surrounding areas to see if you will even be able to drain the lot properly. Grading and stormwater management is always the initial phase of home construction. Best of luck always, but I think taking a few steps backwards would be wise at this time.
Love the math part of this video. I’m a journeyman electrician and bend a lot of conduit. Mostly the bigger stuff up to 4”. I use the Pythagorean a lot when bending offsets and running parallel conduits. It’s amazing what you can do with that formula. Keep it up guys!
Enjoy watching this build. Every time a new video pops up I get pumped to watch. Keep up the awesome work fellas. Also I’m a math nerd as well & loved the way u guys showed how u figured it all out. Not to many ppl will do that these days. Most will just let the iPhone do all the thinking. Of course I don’t blame them lol.
My geometry teacher in my junior year in high school (1991, Mr. Slevin, if you see this, you were AWESOME!!) taught us how to measure the width of a road or a river - without crossing it - using triangles. It was the coolest thing. I was an English major but I appreciate the math I learned to this day.
I just love watching you do this layout. It is a little bit funny watching you struggle thru ( but not much) what I’ve done for 30 years. You do a fantastic job at it and let this be known from the mountain tops. You did what some many pros can’t do because way to many depend on on the survey hubs and can’t check them. Which BTW. I find busts on the survey on EVERY job now. But that’s a different topic. ( too much cut and paste) Love to see the progress and look to see footers. Soon. For us those are 4 foot deep Nice and shallow there. Easy dig
man, love the honesty and transparency behind the way you guys work. i feel like i found this channel at the perfect time to catch this type of project.
And still my favorite duo on RUclips. It’s funny when I don’t see your video I start looking for it. Keep up the great work we’ll continue supporting you. One of the few videos for which I watch all the commercials. 👍🏼
I just finished watching your kitchen remodel, and all I can say is Wow! Paul has definitely come a long way as a creator. It's like watching two different people. Always quality work, which is awesome. I have learned a lot from watching ya'll!
It is great to hear the excitement in your voices. You guys have come a long way on the Stud Pack house. I know that in the beginning it was like taking 1 step forward and 2 steps back. I looks like you are now taking leaps. Keep up the great content and work. Can't wait for the next video to see the progress.
math never lies - Kyle @ RR Buildings. I did engineering at school so most of my day was math, either using it or learning it. Actually the whole Universe is Math and many stuff we take for granted today was the result of math calculations.
Instead of moving the receiver, for the transit/laser level, push the button and collapse the stick. It's easier for shooting different elevations. Raise and lower the stick. 👍
I watched my father in law lay out foundations using batter boards and a transit. When I built my house several years ago the guys who laid out the foundation goofed on one wall. My wife caught it later after the footings were poured. We had to jig the wall to get it as close to square as we could while staying on the piers. It ended up 1 3/4 inch out of square. Fortunately the floor ran diagonally to that wall so you never noticed it. I guess if the new owners (we sold it several years ago) ever lay carpet they’ll see it. Measure once cuss twice. 😊
It’s getting that I’m so bummed when these videos are over. I could watch the Pack all day.
Me too. I find myself checking to see how much time is left. Then it's like aww man only two minutes left lol.
@@cfingal001 Exactly!
Maybe they can set up a 24 hour security camera with a link so we can check in daily on the progress.
I'm checking in after 4 months of not watching any videos. Watching all day is what I'm gonna do today
I’m so glad the super extension cord video found me and led me to this awesome channel
Me too! That video started me here.
Nice. I was already sub'd, but watched the Super Extension Cord Video right as this was dropping. 🍻 Love the Family teamwork
Same man, same lol
Same here
Same here. It’s the gateway drug for studpack fanatics.
STUDDDDPAAAACK!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳
Y’all don’t even know how much joy you spark for my sisters and I. 🥹
Pythagoras would be so proud.This is great following you guys.
I appreciate being taken on this journey with you all. I am fully invested in all the outcomes. I have appreciated each video I have seen from the channel. Thank you for useful and informative content, and such genuineness.😁
Sounds fake
@@needaman66 I agree. Soon we will all have to find the taxi cabs in the nine square grid just to leave a comment.
My Daughter lives in your neighborhood , she is so funny , she calls me up ,cause we both follow the show ,… She said Dad the trucks were going crazy , your secret is safe with us , no stalkers here !
@@paulnapoli7325 Lucky her!
@@needaman66 thank you for your comment on my fakeness. I am glad to know I am not real. I will pass the news on to my parents and my children. It's not right that the trolls make everyone doubt folks. But hey, you do you.
I really feel like your making us part of the build. I always look forward to your uploads. Thanks guys! 👍🏻👍🏻
Can’t wait to see what the ground water drainage plan will be. With all the ground water, you could dig a well and have free lawn irrigation. Great video boys and good camera work by Mom 🎥!
this whole video is MONEY!... Your math is perfect, and well explained. Great job, gentlemen!!! Doing it right the first time is fast, efficient, and super satisfying!!!
One thing to watch for when doing your foundation is drainage tile around the outside, especially on the neighboring side of the property line. While the water will definitely drain down the drive at 9" slope over that 65' distance, you don't want to be slamming all the side discharge on to the neighbor's property and causing them drainage issues, either!
A drainage tile along the outside of the foundation will catch that side discharge and redirect it down the driveway, making you a nice neighbor to have instead of that guy that none of want to be!
Cool thx a ton as always Al!!
My grandfather was a general contractor and I used to help him on jobs when I was in middle and high school. These videos bring back so many memories that I hadn't thought about in years. Great content! Thank you for sharing your process.
78 year old Retired contractor here. My wife and I love your show. She has a big smile on her face and laughs while watching it more than ANY OTHER TV show. You guys are a great father and sons team. Can't wait for each new video.
So awesome to see how the slab gets planned out. I always wondered how it was determined. This series is so exciting and I can't wait to see how it all goes!
Paul - you got a lot of the good tricks that surveyors use for layout. You would fit right in with a commercial survey / layout crew. Very cool to see the progress.
What impresses me is that he's NOT a surveyor and this is their first time doing this but he takes us through like he's done it a million times.
Geee! Paul bought a laser…. What a surprise!
This video brought back a ton of memories from the 70’s for me. My dad (also a Louisiana-born electrician) and I laid out a vacation house back then in much the same way. No lasers; but, as a teenager, I thought the transit-style level we used was pretty cool. The house was a weekend project to start, so we drove up to the site, camped, laid out the 24’x34’ foundation and had the excavation contractor dig the footings during the week. The house grew to 25’x35’ the next weekend when we came up and discovered the footings were dug on the wrong side of our layout lines. 😮
This is so great to see gents, you guys literally walk us through the process, A^2+B^2=C^2 PERFECT! See kids, this is how you apply it in the real. This is truly exciting to see, wish I could have had an opportunity to build a house with my pops. Hi Jordan's mom, you must be a proud lady. Blessings to you guys on this endeavor. I will be eagerly watching the vids.
Who knew math could be so entertaining. The long wait between videos is painful but it's always worth the wait. When it hit 26:01 I couldn't believe how fast time went by. Keep it up guys, it's all starting to come together.
I built swimming pools for years before this electronic stuff. We used a transit level and to level tile forms in the pool we'd use a water tube level. Look it up, it is absolutely accurate when used properly and amazingly simple and works even around corners where you can't see what you're leveling.
Maybe that's how they leveled the pyramids. :)
Water tube level is what we used when building our cottage on posts over uneven ground. The hose can travel down into dips, up and over bumps and boulders and keeps it's level at both ends.
Not maybe; that's HOW they levelled the pyramids.
same here. Not as fast as a laser, but water never needs recalibrating.
It's awesome to see these new house videos! I'm also a first-time home owner/builder, and am building a house with my uncle who is a general contractor. I relate with a lot of what Jordon is feeling, trying to get things right. It's nerve wracking! We already poured the foundation and I feel like I'm watching a repeat of everything we just went through
Nice Shorts SP, the working man's cloths. You guy's did a awesome job laying the Foundation.
There aren’t a lot of things as much fun to watch as someone doing something really well. That certainly describes you guys. This gets more exciting every step of the way. Stud Pack, coffee and a Sunday morning is a great trio. Thanks for sharing this. You guys are killing it!
Tons of comments for you as this is what I did for a long time. I’m in my late 50’s and my first job at 14 was helping an old guy layout homes. Lots of fun… my dad was a PE - civil and he taught me tons of old school tricks.
I’m shocked if you paid for a survey and they didn’t leave corner property markers.
Laser… keep it low - just above the tallest point … and the rod plumb when setting grade. The more out of plumb the more off. A little lean when low is more forgiving than when high. Unless needed, I normally don’t bother extending the lasers legs. Some target holders have a centering / plumb bubble to help know when it’s plumb. The laser or other instrument used for grade should roughly be in the middle so long as they won’t get hit or moved. Deviation happens… in the middle splits the difference… and even self-leveling lasers will get off. There’s a way we field test for accuracy.
Most graders set a certain height say height of pad or top of footing and guesstimate for roughing… (we’re high we’re low etc) then when grading they set the rod to grade and depending on the operator it ends up within an eighth. (Maybe someone on a shovel 😀) Find a spot on the sidewalk or something that won’t move for the duration of the work. Establish the height and always work on the whole job based on that one height. Finished floor is nice or something similar. Protect it if needed (in an open field we use the biggest 5’ piece of rebar you’ll ever see and drive it to grade… a #12 bar (1 1/2 inch diameter) doesn’t move much unless a trackhoe rolls over it)… paint it so everyone knows what we’re working from.
Drainage - Find a spot close to your pad and dig a hole for a 5 gal bucket. Holes in the bottom of the bucket act a bit as a strainer and a pump w float switch moves the water as it builds up. This keeps your main area a bit more dry.
Batter boards - the horizontal member goes on the backside. Use 8 penny nails that are plumb to the top of the board for your string. Don’t tie a loop in your line at the far end… hook a loop and twist maybe 8 times… hook on the nail and start pulling the slack out until you can play a guitar riff off it. ‘Tight is right’.. lines move in the wind so the tighter the better.
Batter boards should be higher than the footing or slab… that way you can establish foundation or wall from the same boards / lines accurately.
Cutting a foot is a bad habit, yeah, I know the reason but for layout, surveyors use a ‘chain’ and they have a zero mark and tend to have an additional foot and handle to hold and pull against. (There are guidelines on how tight to pull based on temperature and chain type) I can’t tell you how many things were one inch or one foot off when one person cut and the other didn’t.
Establish your side line batter boards that has side of building or side of footing (possibly center line (CL) if needed etc…). Roughly put in the board closest to the house and tie off a roughly correct line… the board closest to the fence someone pulls the line tight while two people pull 6x8x10 to establish square. Plumb bob w gammon reels help. Personally I used a digital total station and would spin 90 degrees and shoot in my boards so I know things would be square and level day one.
I should have not paused the last 8 minutes before commenting. Lol.. I’m a math guy so cool to see you pull out geometry however if you pull corners and the match then you are good.
One last tip - on quickly squaring lines or establishing an opposite board. One person holds the tape still and the other swings the tape along the far ‘parallel’ line. The shortest measurement is where the tape is square from that stable point and the point at the far line.
Love your channel, I get tons of ideas from you peeps. While I worked for commercial / industrial GC’s I mainly did concrete, reinforcing steel and structural steel.
Keep rocking it!
The best accessory I ever got was a cut-and-fill rod to use with my laser. You set a zero on the stick, and you can slide the reciever up and down and instantly you have your number to dig or fill, no doing math in your head to transpose numbers. Especially useful when shooting in slopes.
Something to watch out for is that strobe lights can confuse the receiver, or at least some recievers, something that took me a bunch of head-scratching when I was on a busy site with a lot of equipment surrounding me.
I'm an American and this video proves my point why we should convert to the metric system. Base ten is so much easier that 12 inches in a foot.
Great job of breaking this pad layout down!
Here we have town codes for setbacks from property lines for buildings. There is also a requirement that if you put up a fence the posts have to be on the owners side of the fence and the fence must be setback at least 12" inside of the property line. Your neighbors fence is encroaching on your property. That fence should be 2' back from where it is now. I think that also means you own ( are responsible for) those trees next to the fence as well. That tall fence out back is in the same encroachment. The tape map should have brought that to the realtors and lawyers attention when you bought the property.
I get so excited every time a new video is released. It’s like Christmas! Thank you for sharing all of this. 👏❤️
Instead of holding the laser stick above the ground and have it be a little wobbly, you could always put the stick on the ground with the receiver at the same height as the sidewalk and then move the receiver up 9". This just gives you solid ground to have the stick on vs. trying to hold it in the air, which is more unstable.
Also could have purchased the Stabila Layout station. Yes, costly, but so worth it.
If math was taught like this in schools students wouldn't be so frustrated with abstract concepts! Your real world applications are fantastic! Your videos truly qualify as distant learning g.
Practical examples exactly like this are used in math education EVERY SINGLE DAY. What makes you think real world applications aren't taught??
@@angrymountainbikershow3151 Not when I went to school! (Too long ago to mention). Why do you think there are so many jokes about "Train A is coming towards you at 50 mph and Train B is coming in the opposite direction at 60mph. How long until the chicken crosses the road?"
I do notice that my children (in HS rn) are being given more real world examples. But when I was a kid, this video (on VHS tape) would've been fun to watch in math class!
@@craigchatterton4164 we still have this bullshit xD
Good to see you guys and to see your enthusiasm remains high! 😊
Stud pack? More like Stud muffins. 11:28. Love watching this channel grow! Been here since the Floating bed video. Even made it following your instructions. For what its worth. Proud of you guys!
Wow. Slick use of the laser and a t square to mark the corner at 90 degrees on the front corner. And Math is absolutely critical in building a foundation and structure square. Great progress fellas!
Are you guys planning to pour the concrete directly onto the select fill? When Paul holds that 2x4 up to the string line at the end, there's not a ton of room underneath and I'm assuming you're going to be doing a 6" slab with what you're planning to build and park on it. Doesn't seem like there's a ton, if any room for gravel under your slab with the current 9" above the sidewalk plan!
Laser Rake:
I once worked prep'ing and pouring an Ice Rink Slab.
It had to be level/flat before the pour, and during the pour.
The contractor arrived and immediately hired 8 day labourers (zero experience).
4 were given a shovel and a wheel barrow.
The other 4 where given a regular rake with two bands of black electrical tape, 3/4” apart, on the handle.
They were told, that when they stood the rake upright, the Laser light had to be between the black tape.
If above.... rake more sand in.
If below.... rake sand away.
10 minutes of instruction and these Day Labourer were able to level an entire Hockey rink (in a week)
The only problem.... you need low light to see the Laser light.
You guys are fun to watch, can hardly wait for the next video
Hello from Michigan! You guys did a great job! My husband and I always love watching your videos! Already looking forward to the next video.
After a couple days I find myself ready for another one of your videos. Idk what it is exactly but this is one of my favorite series.
awe yeeahh!!!! here we go!!!! I can't wait to see this thing come together!
42! the meaning to life the universe and everything! Nice 😆
An average garage has stem walls with an opening at the garage doors for access. Many jobs pour the stem walls all the way around the outside. The next day they strip the forms, snap a line on the inside of the stem wall and pour a slab from front to rear with maybe an eighth inch per foot of fall. Or you can cut the inside form board of your stem wall and pour to the top of the stem wall footings and to the bottom of the stem wall form board on the inside to pour the footings and slab at the same time. You need to be 6 inches above grade to any framing plus a weep screed which would add another 3 inches, for a total of 9 inches your framing would need to be above grade. So if your footings are 9 inches above grade you won't have any room for drainage since you said the sidewalk is 9 inches below your slab. If I remember correctly you have a house the connects to the garage. These elevations are critically important to get at the right height.Getting the project out of the ground correctly is critical. I am presuming that you are going to encounter the same soil conditions with the house. personally I would have done the project all at once and moved a trailer on the property for temporary occupancy. The grade being off by more than a half of an inch overall on your garage pad is unacceptable from a competent grading contractor. If I were you I would look for a new grader for the remaining part of the project. I like you guys and wish you well, once you get the project out of the ground you should be back in Stud Pack fashion. I must say. at this stage of the project I have some serious concern. You have everything riding on getting this project out of the ground properly.
I love this! I am a new 21 yr old contractor and still have loads to learn and this is the series sent to me by GOD! Thank you Stud Pack! Thank you for being so in depth with every single aspect
Hey paul lovin the stud pack house videos. The mans name was Pythagoras he traveled to Egypt and learned the theorem. It was already known, he just proved it. It is impossible to build pyramids without it.
I'm always impressed by Paul, but when he pulls out the math skills I'm really just in awe of what a smart guy he is. Kids always ask when they'll use math. This is such a great real-world example!
Jordan after making any progress at all- “we’re killing it guys”
Love the channel I have learned a lot from Paul and Jordan you should feel very blessed to have a father like paul.
I love that yall know how to do and use trigonometry to make sure things are built the right way! 💪💪💪💪right on!!!
This is an excellent, real-world application of Pythagorean theorem. I can understand why it is important to mark everything off and making sure it is squared. It reminds me of the time my father-in-law and I built a covered lean-to to store firewood. He took the time to set the post and then made sure the framing were squared before we committed to building the floor and shadow box wall.
Great vid. Remember use a metal surveyors tape. The one u r using is fibreglass. It’s stretches and can lead to inaccurate measurements over long distances. Steel tapes don’t suffer from such inaccuracies.
They do get affected by the temperature. Better to get a laser measure or use a transit for these sort of distances.
Very nice Pythagorean ref at the end with the outro. Loved it.
Perfect teaching ! Excellent delivery !!
Ive used this technique everyday for the last 30+ years to layout and paint parking lots, roads, running tracks, basketball and tennis courts, and even 4 square and hopscotch in and around Baltimore MD and the northeastern states. Great to see you doing the math with pencil and paper and not an app! Great job yet again, Stud Pack.
I nerded out so much right when I knew you'd be pulling out the old PT.
Will the garage have a drain in the floor? That would be a nice touch.
Loving the math explainer. Square in 3d takes some serious math skills. Looking forward to seeing the build. Thanks for sharing the journey.
Set your batter boards so the string lines are above the slab height. Place a nail at the inside of your stake line. Drive the stakes so the are as close to the line as you can get them without touching the line. After the stake are placed shoot the slab height on the stakes and snap your lines. The batter boards should be about 3'' above the slab height to give you room to drive the horizontal stakes. eyeball the batter boards with the sting line 3'' above to line the batter boards up and brace.
God Bless Father, Son and Family.
Your videos are well worded, well spoken and finely presented contributions to quality building.
thank you.
You two are amazing, we love love love to watch you work together. What a great team you make. Thank you!
20:00 you can also just measure from corner to corner and if it's the same number then all 4 corners are square!
NM i just watched to the end.. you did exactly this!!
You guys are great humans! Dad is a true craftsman and you all are willing to learn new things, including dad! It’s truly refreshing and very informative!! It’s the best channel on RUclips if you wanna learn how to build your own home. I’ve only met a few people that can teach how “dad” does, and has the knowledge he does, and those guys I will never forget! If you ever need tools or help in the northwest, I’d be happy to help! Cheers guys! This is gonna be a fun project! Thank you for all the hard work!
Just a tip, if you're using a level to plumb against a string line like at 14:38 use a shovel or 2x4 placed on the ground angled to and held at the top of the level to keep it steady. A lot easier and more accurate than just freehanding it in the air.
Keep up the great work!
Great tutorial. I live in the north zones, but even down south I would consider insulating your slab, with the freak weather we have had. It would protect your pipes at least.
Can’t wait for the next videos! These 5-7 days in between are killing me! Awesome nonetheless love you guys!
Yay I love these videos
Great work there and yes the theory is 100 percent always.
Not easy. Thanks for this, Great lessons to be learned.
You guys down there must have lots of need for all the red clay we have up here....
Why not put a drain under the driveway that ties into the main? That way you are guaranteed (and you can do it now and not think later?)? Just a thought…
We used the exact same method to set our log cabin foundation forms, but our big complication was having to deal with actual bed rock being as little as about 2' below the finished floor level in the NW corner to almost 8' on the SE corner and of course undulating in between. We ended up having to contour the bottom edges of all of our forms for the 30" wide footers and then building the forms for the foundation walls on stair stepped footer sections. Bedrock is the exact opposite of your soil conditions, so we ended up drilling 3/4" holes in the bedrock and epoxying in rebar to peg our footers to the washed bedrock before pouring the concrete. Every job has interesting, but different challenges.
Wow, what a great video. Lots of information in that one.
Thanks for going over layout it's so crucial to a good built
The pain of all those feet/inches conversions! Good job guys, it's looking awesome.
This is great content! Sometimes small things like how to configure the laser, where exactly are you measuring the property line, etc matter because those things are all instrumental to beginning a process and people need to get set up correctly for success. I am super excited to see you set up your forms and pour. I know several contractors recently on projects I knew of who had form blowouts and they created their own forms. I am scared of a blow out and considering using a renting a double whaler system with snap ties. The forms come together fairly easy and you can tear down and return the forms when you are complete. Your video on this future subject may cause me to change my mind and do it like you!
I'm impressed Dad knows that a light year is a distance and not time!
Another great video guys!
A few questions...On the approved plans, it should have a "FF' number...this is for "FINISHED FLOOR" elevation. You can't arbitrarily set the finished floor elevation at 9 inches.
First off, over almost 60 feet, that's not enough slope, I would estimate at least 12" above the sidewalk. You're already aware of the poor drainage on the lot.
Second, the plans should also show how deep and wide the footers will need to go, usually 2 to 3 feet below where you're standing now.
Third, and most important, the edge of slab to your property line doesn't seem right. I can't imagine the local code allowing only 5 feet from the property line. And a bigger issue is, I'm reasonably sure you will need to put in a drain and drainage pipe to allow for the standing water to drain into the city stormwater system.
While you have your laser transit, why not shoot the entire lot and surrounding areas to see if you will even be able to drain the lot properly. Grading and stormwater management is always the initial phase of home construction.
Best of luck always, but I think taking a few steps backwards would be wise at this time.
I can already see a work of art standing on that slab! You’re killing it already!
Paul, Jordan, and ... Pythagoras... for the win!
I love math! Great job explaining the pythagorian theorem. It works every time. Love the videos.
Love the math part of this video. I’m a journeyman electrician and bend a lot of conduit. Mostly the bigger stuff up to 4”. I use the Pythagorean a lot when bending offsets and running parallel conduits. It’s amazing what you can do with that formula. Keep it up guys!
I cannot tell you how much I look forward to each new video! My favorite channel of all time!
It's like watching a serial that you have to watch till the end ... Thx ...👍👍👍
Enjoy watching this build. Every time a new video pops up I get pumped to watch. Keep up the awesome work fellas. Also I’m a math nerd as well & loved the way u guys showed how u figured it all out. Not to many ppl will do that these days. Most will just let the iPhone do all the thinking. Of course I don’t blame them lol.
My geometry teacher in my junior year in high school (1991, Mr. Slevin, if you see this, you were AWESOME!!) taught us how to measure the width of a road or a river - without crossing it - using triangles. It was the coolest thing. I was an English major but I appreciate the math I learned to this day.
I just love watching you do this layout.
It is a little bit funny watching you struggle thru ( but not much) what I’ve done for 30 years.
You do a fantastic job at it and let this be known from the mountain tops.
You did what some many pros can’t do because way to many depend on on the survey hubs and can’t check them. Which BTW. I find busts on the survey on EVERY job now. But that’s a different topic. ( too much cut and paste)
Love to see the progress and look to see footers. Soon.
For us those are 4 foot deep
Nice and shallow there. Easy dig
I’m glad you guys are not rushing over some of these details. I’m excited to see how it all turns out.
man, love the honesty and transparency behind the way you guys work. i feel like i found this channel at the perfect time to catch this type of project.
And still my favorite duo on RUclips. It’s funny when I don’t see your video I start looking for it. Keep up the great work we’ll continue supporting you. One of the few videos for which I watch all the commercials. 👍🏼
Nooooo A new episode and I'm not at home. I like to watch each video at home on the couch and enjoy it. Now I gotta go drive home real quick lol.
@StudPack1_...Hello! 👋 Can't wait for the next video!
Love the MATH!
Love the math!! Most people don't do that any more, just whip out a phone and done! Love the long math, keeps the brain sharp! Good job gang!
I just finished watching your kitchen remodel, and all I can say is Wow! Paul has definitely come a long way as a creator. It's like watching two different people. Always quality work, which is awesome. I have learned a lot from watching ya'll!
It is great to hear the excitement in your voices. You guys have come a long way on the Stud Pack house. I know that in the beginning it was like taking 1 step forward and 2 steps back. I looks like you are now taking leaps. Keep up the great content and work. Can't wait for the next video to see the progress.
This video series is amazing. I've been watching your videos for a long time. But I get so excited when there is a new video on the is series.
I haven't even gotten the notification yet. I was hoping a new video was out...went to the channel, and there it was! Awesome!
Well hello fellow studpack channel stalker LMAO
@@astikennel There are many of us! lol
@@jelmore31 Pleased to meet you Jim!
math never lies - Kyle @ RR Buildings. I did engineering at school so most of my day was math, either using it or learning it. Actually the whole Universe is Math and many stuff we take for granted today was the result of math calculations.
Love this new build! I like when you admit that this is new for you all because it gives me the feeling I can attempt something like this.
So interesting to see what the process is before a slab goes down. Good luck boys ❤
Great episode. The lesson with the batter boards was very helpful.
Thanks Pythagoras 🍻 Was always my favorite equation simply because it's so darn useful. Keep it up friends
The wireless Mike's are a great addition.
YEEESSSSS I've been waiting all week for an update! 😀
Top quality preparation work by your Father & Son team. Please keep your videos coming.
Love this project and your enthusiasm. A highlight of my week.
That tip of putting the screw in at an angle to hold the string was great. "Go back to school." LOL
Instead of moving the receiver, for the transit/laser level, push the button and collapse the stick.
It's easier for shooting different elevations. Raise and lower the stick.
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I watched my father in law lay out foundations using batter boards and a transit. When I built my house several years ago the guys who laid out the foundation goofed on one wall. My wife caught it later after the footings were poured. We had to jig the wall to get it as close to square as we could while staying on the piers. It ended up 1 3/4 inch out of square. Fortunately the floor ran diagonally to that wall so you never noticed it. I guess if the new owners (we sold it several years ago) ever lay carpet they’ll see it. Measure once cuss twice. 😊