I have a great appreciation for the trades. Always wanted to learn. You sir make it looks so easy. I know that it must have taken thousands of blocks before you reach this level. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. God bless.
I just created this account to document our breaking free from the modern world. I am going to be building a house by hand for the first time although I have been in construction for 30 years. Laying block is one of the skills I lack. Thank you for your videos. They are going to help a lot.
RESIST THE MODERN WORLD Beautiful area over that way. We are in Michigan. Enjoy it and I hope the project goes well. I subscribed to your channel And look forward to seeing your new videos!
@@RealityisaComedy Thank you sir. It will be slow going on the channel at first. Our first video will be next month when we go look at a few properties over the Christmas holiday. Got to go for now. It's 5:20 in the morning and the truck is running. Have a good day and thanks for being our first subscriber.
Great job I did that stuff when my uncle was still around but when I use too work centerblocks and concrete I use a rubber hammer too tap on the center-block
I got hired as a masonry tender , and got laid off after 3 day for not working hard enough or knowing enough ... Got myself into a different masonry company... And know one day I'm gonna have my own business. Love this work 😍
Thank you Stephen. I really appreciate that. I have been hearing from framers lately that the block layers out there are not doing a very good job. It is a lost art form I think. God bless you!!
Thanks so much for your help! I am just finishing laying block (for the 1st time in my life) for my new garage and I can honestly say that I would have been lost without your advice :-) You make it look a lot easier than it is also! But it definitely got easier as I got to my last wall :-) Hope you have a great day!
I'm glad to hear it is coming along well! Thank you so much for the encouragement I really appreciate it. I hope the rest of your garage building goes good my friend! I'm glad this was helpful that is awesome. God bless
Thank you Ralph. I keep it clean, especially if you have a brick going on the outside. The bricklayer always appreciates a clean brick ledge. There is also a lot of wasted material if you don't keep it clean. Mortar prices are going sky high lately. I hope you have a blessed week!
Wow, that's insane...so good at this. You make it look easy!! I'm going to attempt to repeat what you just did for a planter, ha...we'll see how it goes. Great stuff man!
Reality is a Comedy God bless you too my man. Definitely subscribed. Tried to do this yesterday and boy was it tough... I was terrible at it and couldn't get it!
Is there a way to not get yelled at as a laborer. The boss gives me compliments during breaks, but while I’m on his time, it’s constant yelling. I heard it’s just part of the job but if there are any tips, that would be nice. You cutting the block at 13 inches was one of the coolest things I’ve seen, thank you.
Hi there! Thank you for your comment. Is your boss Italian? I'm just wondering because I"m Italian and part of our personality is that we do tend to yell on the job site when some things are not going right, but I mix it in with joking and I always encourage my guys. At the end of the day, I'm always good to everyone, even though sometimes I tend to yell at times. The best thing would be not to take it personally. If you are trying your best, your boss knows this and he will see it. If he never encourages you, or he always yells and never gives you any positive feedback, it might be good to find another company. You don't want to work someplace that does not value your efforts. God bless you my friend! Have a great Sunday!
I labor for my dad and a few other masons it's a good trade to learn and it's very interesting to me I have hopes to be a mason one day and seeing you lay reminds me of my pops always on point with everything I bet framers love you haha
Man I miss this stuff! I started in 1972, retired in 2011 with a heart attack. I went from being a licensed 'Maintenence and Alteration' contractor to owning a house moving co. ,a steel seawall co and a Masonry co. I am currently bored (wife doesn't know it yet, but I am going back to work, lol).......never saw a hurricane in Michigan lol....Gary in Michigan
Port Huron area (actually lakeport on lake Huron). I/we (four brothers in various parts of our business), worked all over Saint Clair, Sanilac and Lapeer counties. My two youngest brothers are still working together...ps. you know your stuff!
Hey thanks man. I bet you do too! We are the last of the hard workers. This next generation doesn't seem to want to learn this stuff. I mostly work in Livingston, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne counties. I like what I do, but my body is getting older. I can tell it is getting more difficult than it used to be. I wish I had a back-up plan so I could still earn a living and not have to work this hard.
I have been watching videos on home building and what not and came across a video of y'alls and thought wow that guy looks familiar. It has been a long struggle but I believe that God is allowing us the window to start building this coming year and so our journey to homesteading continues on. We hope to put up our video showing our progress as soon as we get started.
That is so awesome! Are you going to post it on this channel or will you create a new one? Send us the link so we can subscribe! Yes, we are going thru struggles too. It seems like everyone is doing everything for pennies these days and if we want to work, we have to lower our prices. It is getting ridiculous and we can barely afford to pay our helper guy.
Since you're using 6 inch block you need a 13 5/8 cut on corner to keep half bond unless you are covering like you said but you will still see it from the inside
Man - I just started into the construction trade this year and my god. . . It is so HARD to find good people to learn from. I mean seriously - If I worked under someone like you, I would have learned so much is so little time. Instead iv bounced to 3 sites and it seems to be the same thing, Bosses say okay do this like this and have it done in x amount of time. I really wanted to start in with Carpentry school but the one in my area is closed due to COVID 😔
I'm really sorry to hear that. Yes, it is hard to find good people these days. You seem really eager to learn the trade. I hope you are able to find a good place. Keep searching there are some good places out there. God bless you and thank you for the comment. If you have any questions feel free to ask anytime. I'm sorry for the delayed reply. Work has been really busy these days.
@@RealityisaComedy Thanks for taking your time to reply 😅. I will keep searching, I know there are people/employers out there willing to invest their knowledge - to the right person. For now I will try to siphone as much information from the people around me - learn what ever I can from them. Thanks man- have an awesome day
I’ve been watching videos and reading books because I’m planning to build a house out of pocket and I immediately noticed from previous videos and books that it’s no vertical bars coming up from the concrete base allowing you to tie 2x6’s to the blocks to build the foundation up.
@@RealityisaComedy aren't the verts supposed to be in the footing with a 90? You'd have a tough time drilling an L shaped hole let alone getting rebar in it. Seems like a fairly small footing for a structural build. Oh well job security for someone else when this thing falls over.
We are working on a channel for the church as well as going to get one for the homestead. To give an update: we have been living in Tennessee for 4 years now and have done a few things toward homesteading but nothing like we are looking forward to this coming year
Hey sorry it has taken me a little time to get back to you. Life has been crazy here and I'm pretty stressed about it. Sometimes I don't know.....I would like to sell everything and go live in the country and provide for myself like you are looking to do. This work is difficult, we don't have any help and everyone wants it done for so cheap.......sigh. I really love Tennessee. What a beautiful state. What part are you living in?
@@RealityisaComedy we live an hour and a half to the west of Nashville, I understand about getting true help and people wanting to nickel and dime what you do, I do heating and cooling with the bishop of the church during the daylight and do maintenance at night. Working both jobs is hard but its fullfilling. The life that my family and I have is not for everyone, people say that they would like to do it but when they hear what they are going to have to give up really enlightens them to not leave convenience.
I agree...your body will be paying for it when you get older. But I do so admire tradesmen. There a satisfaction to building something with your own hands. And this guy makes it looks so easy. It's takes thousands of blocks before you get this efficient.
We use a perimeter block also called L block when a house is built on a slab . Foundation bolts are put in the slab to bolt down the plate. Seems if that hurricane strap isn't in the footing it's not effective.its Interesting to see how different things are done especially cross the pond as they say .. wierd !
Terry Dowdy The hurricane straps are put into the footings. That was done when the footing concrete is poured. Those straps are 3 to 4 feet long. It is funny how they want them here in Michigan.
Sometime use straight wood like 2x2 put it end to end then plumb it and measure the block size then measure the lowest part of youre ground base then level end to end mark the wood then put nylon string for easy level and plumb blocks...just sharin easy and past technique watching here philippines
Great! Thank you! This really helped. It also made me begin to wonder whether it would be better for me to get someone like you to do it for me. Does there end up being any rebar in the wall? If so, when does that go in?
William Brown Thanks William! We are in Michigan. We sometimes drill into the footing and put in vertical rebar. Then fill the core with mortar. Not always required in our state.
Like your stuff man,excellent pointers for the Diyer I live in Grayling and just started my footings for a 24x36 log house. doing a 5 block crawl with a 5 block utility pit (Michigan basement)
Wow your a master with that trowel ,I'm weekend warrior on my property. My problem with block is i can't get the mortar to stick on the ends and it just falls off. I'm mixing my own with the 1000 lbs of sand from Home Depot and adding cement . Any suggestions?
question for ya..gonna be making a raised playground and for the boarder was gonna use cinder blocks only one hi with a cap...its only holding back play chips...do i need to put a mortar base on top of my compacted 5/8 rock or will i be fine?? i will glue caps witch should help hold everything together..thank you
Hi there thank you for reaching out to me. What state will this be in? I am located in a Northern state and you would want frost protection to make sure it doesn't move. Be prepared to fix it if it should crack without having a foundation underneath it. The freeze/thaw can really crack it up if it is not deep enough. I hope this helps you! God bless.
Hi there -- You would not want to use 6" block for more than 3 courses (typically) -- If you were going 11 feet tall, I would say to go at least with a 10" or 12" wide block with vertical rebar. An architect would have to tell you for certain. It would probably depend on what structure you're building. This project was framed on 1 course of 6" block with a 2x6 wall. This was for a garage. I hope this helps! Have a blessed week!
This is for the garage area on a new home with a basement. It is done differently depending on what state you are in. Here there will be only one course of block - they will frame on the block work. Many times we drill vertical rod after the block is laid. If there is more than 1 course needed we will lay it out when footings are poured and place vertical rod at that time. Have a great weekend.
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As a brickie of 32 years from the UK loving your enthusiasm for the job!
Thank you so much my friend I really appreciate the encouragement!! God bless you!
I have a great appreciation for the trades. Always wanted to learn. You sir make it looks so easy. I know that it must have taken thousands of blocks before you reach this level. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. God bless.
I just created this account to document our breaking free from the modern world. I am going to be building a house by hand for the first time although I have been in construction for 30 years. Laying block is one of the skills I lack. Thank you for your videos. They are going to help a lot.
RESIST THE MODERN WORLD What state are you building in? Glad to hear it. I plan to post more videos soon. Have a blessed day!!
@@RealityisaComedy Somewhere in the Ozarks. We are going to look at properties soon. Relocating from Georgia.
RESIST THE MODERN WORLD Beautiful area over that way. We are in Michigan. Enjoy it and I hope the project goes well. I subscribed to your channel And look forward to seeing your new videos!
@@RealityisaComedy Thank you sir. It will be slow going on the channel at first. Our first video will be next month when we go look at a few properties over the Christmas holiday. Got to go for now. It's 5:20 in the morning and the truck is running. Have a good day and thanks for being our first subscriber.
I worked on a basement crew for a while. I may have learned more about block laying in this
Thank you so much my friend. I hope you have a blessed day today!
This dude is really easy to see he knows the trade well !
Thank you so much for the encouragement I appreciate it!! Have a Happy New Year!!
I wish I could hire you. Your attitude is exactly what is lacking in the trades today: doing it right!
ElJeffe40 Thank you my friend God bless and happy new year!
You definitely have attention to detail. The string lines to Lazer level. Great video. 👍 my 2nd time watching.
Thank you so much I appreciate the kind words my friend! God bless you and your family :)
Great video, very educational and how good to see an expert at work. Thank you.
Great job I did that stuff when my uncle was still around but when I use too work centerblocks and concrete I use a rubber hammer too tap on the center-block
I got hired as a masonry tender , and got laid off after 3 day for not working hard enough or knowing enough ... Got myself into a different masonry company... And know one day I'm gonna have my own business. Love this work 😍
Yes it is always good to find a good place with good leadership who cares about their employees. Always know your value my friend. God bless you!
Man, as a seasoned framer, we would love to have you lay ALL of our foundations! On point from start to finish.
Thank you Stephen. I really appreciate that. I have been hearing from framers lately that the block layers out there are not doing a very good job. It is a lost art form I think. God bless you!!
Very good clean job very important to use the level and Laser thank you for showing people how to do that
I'm going to practice this because we are building our own house with all RUclips videos as our guides. You make this look too easy
You sure do make that look easy sir....
You make it look easy. Wish you lived bear me. Id hire you!
Thanks so much for your help! I am just finishing laying block (for the 1st time in my life) for my new garage and I can honestly say that I would have been lost without your advice :-) You make it look a lot easier than it is also! But it definitely got easier as I got to my last wall :-) Hope you have a great day!
I'm glad to hear it is coming along well! Thank you so much for the encouragement I really appreciate it. I hope the rest of your garage building goes good my friend! I'm glad this was helpful that is awesome. God bless
Very good video. I usually don't like scraping up the left over mortar for reuse for possibly picking up debris, small pebbles and rocks etc..
Thank you Ralph. I keep it clean, especially if you have a brick going on the outside. The bricklayer always appreciates a clean brick ledge. There is also a lot of wasted material if you don't keep it clean. Mortar prices are going sky high lately. I hope you have a blessed week!
Scrape it up and put it inside the block
Love how it's all in you're head man.. you make it look interesting. Like make someone want to do it. 👍
Making sure nothing's touching lines is an important tip, when fencing too.
Very instructional. Great teacher! Thank you.
Congratulation ! Well done!
About to build my first block wall.
This was very helpful, Thank you
Sounds good I hope you have a blessed day my friend. I hope your project turns out great!
@@RealityisaComedy Thank you!
turned out great thanks to your advice/tips!
I love watching a pro work.
Rod M Thank you sir! Have a blessed day!
Very nice work.. professional. Like your work.Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. 🙂👏. Learnt new things.
Thanks for explaining so well!
My block laying look like crap compare to his. I never done it before but I am learning. Wanting to learn doesn't hurt.
I'm sure your block isn't that bad my friend! I hope you have a blessed week -- God bless!
Wow, that's insane...so good at this. You make it look easy!! I'm going to attempt to repeat what you just did for a planter, ha...we'll see how it goes. Great stuff man!
Thank you -- please sub to my channel if you can. I need to reach 1k in order to keep my channel going. God bless you!!
Reality is a Comedy God bless you too my man. Definitely subscribed. Tried to do this yesterday and boy was it tough... I was terrible at it and couldn't get it!
@@curtisfernau4441 yup
Am enjoying this video is good
A real big help for the rookie mason is by using mortar spacers or a Masons Fork tool.
Is there a way to not get yelled at as a laborer. The boss gives me compliments during breaks, but while I’m on his time, it’s constant yelling. I heard it’s just part of the job but if there are any tips, that would be nice. You cutting the block at 13 inches was one of the coolest things I’ve seen, thank you.
Hi there! Thank you for your comment. Is your boss Italian? I'm just wondering because I"m Italian and part of our personality is that we do tend to yell on the job site when some things are not going right, but I mix it in with joking and I always encourage my guys. At the end of the day, I'm always good to everyone, even though sometimes I tend to yell at times. The best thing would be not to take it personally. If you are trying your best, your boss knows this and he will see it. If he never encourages you, or he always yells and never gives you any positive feedback, it might be good to find another company. You don't want to work someplace that does not value your efforts. God bless you my friend! Have a great Sunday!
It's part of the job until you get your own trowel 😂
Very instructive! I'll be following and learning from you, for now on!
Thank you my friend. I will try to post some new videos here really soon have a blessed week!
awsome video, thanks for sharing the info.
Thank you for the information 😊
wow great work man
i´ve been working on construccion by several years now and you always learn something new thanks for the video see you around
Thank you era502! I have a blessed day!!
What size block is that
Wow... good job, friend... congratulations...!!!
I'll need some blocks put down soon. I'll be calling you bro in the flatrock mi area
Good video, i really appreciate it, nice work!
Nice! I think my back got sore just watching! Thanks for a great tutorial.
Thank you for visiting my channel! I hope you have a great day!!
I labor for my dad and a few other masons it's a good trade to learn and it's very interesting to me I have hopes to be a mason one day and seeing you lay reminds me of my pops always on point with everything I bet framers love you haha
Thank you my friend. I hope some day you are a great mason and you can teach someone the trade and pass it down to them. God bless!!
Great job man! I liked.
Thank you my friend have a wonderful day!
Your video is beautiful Friend Congratulations to you from me h
Thank you my friend God bless you.
Lovely plot of ground to build a place to live,post the finished job sir.
Been brick layer 39yearsgoodjob
Thank you my friend! Have a blessed day and God bless you!
I love your attitude mate
Man I miss this stuff! I started in 1972, retired in 2011 with a heart attack. I went from being a licensed 'Maintenence and Alteration' contractor to owning a house moving co. ,a steel seawall co and a Masonry co. I am currently bored (wife doesn't know it yet, but I am going back to work, lol).......never saw a hurricane in Michigan lol....Gary in Michigan
Hey, what part of Michigan are you from? I am around the Brighton area. Great to meet you! I started off working with my dad. I'm 50 now. Time flies.
Port Huron area (actually lakeport on lake Huron). I/we (four brothers in various parts of our business), worked all over Saint Clair, Sanilac and Lapeer counties. My two youngest brothers are still working together...ps. you know your stuff!
Hey thanks man. I bet you do too! We are the last of the hard workers. This next generation doesn't seem to want to learn this stuff. I mostly work in Livingston, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne counties. I like what I do, but my body is getting older. I can tell it is getting more difficult than it used to be. I wish I had a back-up plan so I could still earn a living and not have to work this hard.
I understand, We started having real trouble hiring any young guys. We started hiring 'layed off' older men during the last recession.
There is no backup plan...lol. This construction 'thing' really gets in your blood!
I was happy to see videos from y'all
Hey Nick!! This is Michelle! How did you find us? That is AMAZING!! So glad to hear from you. How have you guys been doing?
I have been watching videos on home building and what not and came across a video of y'alls and thought wow that guy looks familiar. It has been a long struggle but I believe that God is allowing us the window to start building this coming year and so our journey to homesteading continues on. We hope to put up our video showing our progress as soon as we get started.
That is so awesome! Are you going to post it on this channel or will you create a new one? Send us the link so we can subscribe! Yes, we are going thru struggles too. It seems like everyone is doing everything for pennies these days and if we want to work, we have to lower our prices. It is getting ridiculous and we can barely afford to pay our helper guy.
That's my profit, haha good one sometimes jobs are kinda tight I know the feeling. Great job love the way your exact using of your laser.
Since you're using 6 inch block you need a 13 5/8 cut on corner to keep half bond unless you are covering like you said but you will still see it from the inside
No you won't see it from the inside -- But you are correct....if I needed more than one course for sure.
Buy some twigs,13+5/8 on corner(135/8-55/8 = 8inches rebar needs to be embedded in footing.
Very interesting blocklaying but I do not understand why there is no steel coming out of the foundations
Nicely done sir
Man - I just started into the construction trade this year and my god. . . It is so HARD to find good people to learn from. I mean seriously - If I worked under someone like you, I would have learned so much is so little time. Instead iv bounced to 3 sites and it seems to be the same thing, Bosses say okay do this like this and have it done in x amount of time. I really wanted to start in with Carpentry school but the one in my area is closed due to COVID 😔
I'm really sorry to hear that. Yes, it is hard to find good people these days. You seem really eager to learn the trade. I hope you are able to find a good place. Keep searching there are some good places out there. God bless you and thank you for the comment. If you have any questions feel free to ask anytime. I'm sorry for the delayed reply. Work has been really busy these days.
@@RealityisaComedy Thanks for taking your time to reply 😅. I will keep searching, I know there are people/employers out there willing to invest their knowledge - to the right person. For now I will try to siphone as much information from the people around me - learn what ever I can from them. Thanks man- have an awesome day
very good!. very good illustration. thank you
I’ve been watching videos and reading books because I’m planning to build a house out of pocket and I immediately noticed from previous videos and books that it’s no vertical bars coming up from the concrete base allowing you to tie 2x6’s to the blocks to build the foundation up.
Christopher McKinnon I installed them afterwards. You will need anchor straps or bolts in order to frame on the block work.
@@RealityisaComedy aren't the verts supposed to be in the footing with a 90? You'd have a tough time drilling an L shaped hole let alone getting rebar in it. Seems like a fairly small footing for a structural build. Oh well job security for someone else when this thing falls over.
Great video!
We are working on a channel for the church as well as going to get one for the homestead. To give an update: we have been living in Tennessee for 4 years now and have done a few things toward homesteading but nothing like we are looking forward to this coming year
Hey sorry it has taken me a little time to get back to you. Life has been crazy here and I'm pretty stressed about it. Sometimes I don't know.....I would like to sell everything and go live in the country and provide for myself like you are looking to do. This work is difficult, we don't have any help and everyone wants it done for so cheap.......sigh. I really love Tennessee. What a beautiful state. What part are you living in?
@@RealityisaComedy we live an hour and a half to the west of Nashville, I understand about getting true help and people wanting to nickel and dime what you do, I do heating and cooling with the bishop of the church during the daylight and do maintenance at night. Working both jobs is hard but its fullfilling. The life that my family and I have is not for everyone, people say that they would like to do it but when they hear what they are going to have to give up really enlightens them to not leave convenience.
@@RealityisaComedy we are on facebook under filliehomestead
Hi there -- I'm going to look you up!! ((Hugs)) Happy New Year!!
buen trabajo reality yo tambien soy blockero saludos amigo desde tijuana
Muchas gracias amigo mío. ¡Dios te bendiga!
Should be studying for an engineering exam but here i am. wish i got into the trade instead of going to college..
Hope you're exam went well. You won't regret it when you're older with arthritis and a shot back. Good luck to you.
I agree...your body will be paying for it when you get older. But I do so admire tradesmen. There a satisfaction to building something with your own hands. And this guy makes it looks so easy. It's takes thousands of blocks before you get this efficient.
Solid Video
Good work my brother
Found you via the live. Looks like a very interesting channel. I will pass it along to my husband. I'm a new supporter. Keep up the good work!
Thank you sir!
What a nice explanation,thank u sir
Good show.
Thank you my friend I hope you have a blessed week! Happy New Year!
@@RealityisaComedy Happy New Year to you . Your hard work and determination are greatly appreciated.
Thank you .Al.
We use a perimeter block also called L block when a house is built on a slab . Foundation bolts are put in the slab to bolt down the plate. Seems if that hurricane strap isn't in the footing it's not effective.its Interesting to see how different things are done especially cross the pond as they say .. wierd !
Terry Dowdy The hurricane straps are put into the footings. That was done when the footing concrete is poured. Those straps are 3 to 4 feet long. It is funny how they want them here in Michigan.
Is it a solid or a or hollow L
Hollow ! stop using solids 25 30 years ago . Solids are available but hardly ever used
You The Man!!
nice video
Good for you mate, a bricky that cares.
I want to work with you.. you got skills for the job and I want to learn more 😍
Awesome, learned so much. 👌👍👍🛠⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Professional.
Sometime use straight wood like 2x2 put it end to end then plumb it and measure the block size then measure the lowest part of youre ground base then level end to end mark the wood then put nylon string for easy level and plumb blocks...just sharin easy and past technique watching here philippines
Thank you so much for the tips Ryan. God bless you and have a happy new year!
me mason tile seter Philippine
Great! Thank you! This really helped. It also made me begin to wonder whether it would be better for me to get someone like you to do it for me. Does there end up being any rebar in the wall? If so, when does that go in?
William Brown Thanks William! We are in Michigan. We sometimes drill into the footing and put in vertical rebar. Then fill the core with mortar. Not always required in our state.
Hi, congratulations for your Job, Very Nice.
very good video , thank you very much
Can you show how the laser works maybe a close up of it will be good.
thank you
Yes body looks very Nice lay out , i was a forwaman for cuple year Over sea
Canal Construção na Real indicated its channel, I liked it a lot and already signed up leaving a like.
Thank you. Good tips!!
Like your stuff man,excellent pointers for the Diyer I live in Grayling and just started my footings for a 24x36 log house. doing a 5 block crawl with a 5 block utility pit (Michigan basement)
great video....you're one hell of a block layer !
Thanks man. Have a blessed day.
I like your videos, where you from I see your meijer bucket. Im right outside of East Lansing, MI here
Great to hear from you! I'm located just north of Ann Arbor! Stay warm my friend and great to meet you!!
Happy Holidays!! Welcome
I wish I have your skills. Nice video
Subscribing
Thank you my friend great to meet you! God bless!
Wow your a master with that trowel ,I'm weekend
warrior on my property. My problem with block is i can't get the mortar to stick on the ends and it just falls off. I'm mixing my own with the 1000 lbs of sand from Home Depot and adding cement . Any suggestions?
add lime or clay to make it sticky
لو سقيتها بالماء قبل ملئها لكان أحسن ❤
If somebody build something cruket still perfect
Great video! Wish I watch it before I did the garage foundation. Mine turned out well, but some good things you point out I didn't look out for.
Steven Thury no meth
question for ya..gonna be making a raised playground and for the boarder was gonna use cinder blocks only one hi with a cap...its only holding back play chips...do i need to put a mortar base on top of my compacted 5/8 rock or will i be fine?? i will glue caps witch should help hold everything together..thank you
Hi there thank you for reaching out to me. What state will this be in? I am located in a Northern state and you would want frost protection to make sure it doesn't move. Be prepared to fix it if it should crack without having a foundation underneath it. The freeze/thaw can really crack it up if it is not deep enough. I hope this helps you! God bless.
@@RealityisaComedy thank you! im from washingtion state ..we dont have deep freeze and thaw.
Given talent
wow you have skills
How tall were the ceilings for this structure? Could you use 6" concrete block for something like 11 feet tall?
Hi there -- You would not want to use 6" block for more than 3 courses (typically) -- If you were going 11 feet tall, I would say to go at least with a 10" or 12" wide block with vertical rebar. An architect would have to tell you for certain. It would probably depend on what structure you're building. This project was framed on 1 course of 6" block with a 2x6 wall. This was for a garage. I hope this helps! Have a blessed week!
Any chance you could do a video on your Sterling tandem? I would appreciate to see how you have your mobile mixer plant set up on there. Thanks!
Thank you -- Yes I would love to do that. I will try to do that very soon my friend. God bless!!
Try using line trigs it more professional..
I love Michigan
What about the re-enforcement like footing bars and rebars?
where is the rebar verticals?
10 seconds in this is my question as well.
@@heartbreaker4710 first thing I noticed.
Someone was to cheap to put them.
I would love to ask you a few questions because my husband and I are about to start building our new home and we would love step by step things to do.
Hello Lisa, what state do you live in? I'm located in Michigan. Please let me know what some of your questions are. Thank you!
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Can you do a video of how to do a foundation
Am I seeing this wrong? Why are you laying a foundation with 6" block? No vertical rebar either
This is for the garage area on a new home with a basement. It is done differently depending on what state you are in. Here there will be only one course of block - they will frame on the block work. Many times we drill vertical rod after the block is laid. If there is more than 1 course needed we will lay it out when footings are poured and place vertical rod at that time. Have a great weekend.