Episode Two - Underpinning walls for a basement/cellar dig out
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Part 2 of a series of videos where I am digging out a cellar to incorporate into a new extension. In this video, I am underpinning the original footings of the second corner.
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I am seeing this a year later but next time, I suggest you have the rebars ready and pre-set them after the first pour in preparation for the second pour so you dont have to drill in solid concrete to set them.
Excellent work that is coming along nicely.
Massive improvement on the quality of video already! Can help me put together the footage from the upstairs bedroom now haha
Thanks Meg, you’re on! Think I have some footage of us doing the wiring up there too? 🤔
I'm looking to underpin the brick 128-yr old footings on side of my house. It's a bungalo, with brck sitting on 4' deep dirt only and a tiny crawl space of just 2'. With so little headroom, planning to dig the exterior and underpin from outside. I am TERRIFIED the old bricks will collapse on me since they are soft and crumbly. I DO know to do very small sections - 2' max at a time with at minimum 6' of untouched soil between. You seemed pretty confident your bricks were not going to collapse on you - was that cuz the dirt was so hard? Or was there a concrete footer I missed that you underpinned into?
Hi Jeff, thanks for the question. I’m not in any way qualified to answer any questions. But in my case, there is a small footing and the ground was really hard, so I was confident that there wouldn’t be any movement. Are you underpinning due to movement/subsidence?
@@workingonthehouse8038 thanks for the reply. Ya, I've noted teh brick sagging / cracking since replacing a waterline right near the footing in 2013. Clearly we disturbed the footing and it's moving now, dropped 1 3/4" in a 10' span. I've had an engineer and contractors out who've suggested helical piers... which make no sense to me given how soft the brick is, and which a masonary business with 50 yrs of history in my city have told me would be a waste of money and effort. Thus as i research it more, am getting more and more confident to underpin in small sections on my own.... but am terrified nonetheless
I've been doing structural work for 30years. This is not a diy. This gentleman got lucky. He did it wrong. I'm sorry but this is something you should have engineering involved and a licensed experienced individual just for liability reasons and having the work executed properly.
@@dford8874 interesting and tyvm for your reply. What did he do wrong / incorrectly? It appears his method is similar to so many other youtubes posted by licensed contractors that I view?
@@jeffpkrueger Then there's a lot of bad work being done. I have 30 years experience. I do a wide range of this specific work. I can break down a laundry list of things that were done wrong but my fear is people watch a RUclips video or get a little bit of advice from the comment section and feel like they can take the situation on themselves. I educate my customers so they understand the process. I had to say something because the work was wrong and in this gentleman's comment section people were acting like it's something they can jump in and do. This isn't a diy painting job or bathroom tile job. People can die your entire house can be considered unfit for human occupancy.
Hello! Thanks for taking the time to post this video. Did you have to get an engineer to sign off on removing that section of your foundation before you did it? And to sign off on pouring the new section? Thinking about a similar project for my own home and wondering to what extent I'd need to get engineering involved. Thanks!
Hi Jaden. You’re welcome.
You have to treat these videos as entertainment only as I am not qualified to provide advice in any way, shape or form.
Howany times do I have to say this. Underpinning first dugout after
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Oops, I got here out of order. If you notice, just imagine it was via time travel - that's what I'm doing. Keep having fun (like you do in the episodes I've already watched). See ya again yesterday...
Good video but the latter part I can't see what you're doing in there. Only at 7:29 do we see.
Hi Michael, thank you for the feedback. Making these videos has definitely been a steep learning curve. Hopefully, the quality is improving as I learn. But as I progress, it has a knock-on effect in that everything takes so much longer as I’m paying more attention to setting up!!! 🤔
I certainly have a greater appreciation for what my favourite RUclipsrs do 😁
Is this in the UK? we've been forbidden from digging below ground level like this. We have to dig down in pits which takes much longer
what do you mean Steve - what exactly is forbidden?
@@TheMark1840 structural engine says no, so it’s no
@@geoffreyofmonmouth9796 what do you mean by pits?
@@danlux4954
He means that you dig in a small hole that you can stand in, and then proceed to underpin just that section of the wall. Then move along doing a little bit at a time.
The idea is to not remove too much of the supporting earthworks first in case it causes it to collapse inwards.