I've carried enough buckets out of a basement to realize how they dig into your hand. I've found that slipping a 4" long piece of either 1/2" copper pipe or 3/4" PVC over the plastic bucket handle makes your hands happy. Just use channel locks to twist the metal out of the side of the bucket, slip pipe on and twist the metal back in the side of the bucket.
Big expense but I would’ve poured the bottom floor as well. Could do some really cool things with that space. I’d love to have that in my house. Would be awesome shop or extra storage, maybe even an elevator for golf cart size lowering and raising.
What an incredibly complex project! You can never say enough about the versatility, skill & work ethic of your crew. In this day & age of worker apathy & lost skills; your team just shines above the others. Tom It is a credit to you with your appreciative, relaxed & inclusive management style that allows you to build & retain such a successful organization. This homeowner, while likely bummed out about the scope creep of this project, likely doesn't realize that this mess could have turned into a a 3 or 4 month nightmare with a half dozen different trade contactors falling over each other. Bill😁(42 years in const. mgnmnt)
For the cost of that house it’s beyond my understanding why they didn’t pour concrete underneath that garage and use that space for something useful. Instead, they dug a big hole in the ground and did nothing bizarre.
Hi Gentlemen, great work and what a surprise when the project began, huh?! My family and I have a hard good landscape supply business, as well as we manufacture concrete pavers of varying sizes for contractor and retail sales. My question would be, if the homeowner didn’t want to go to the expense of having the floor poured, why not level, compact and waterproof the floor then put in say a 24x24” paver floor or maybe a 24x36” paver floor? It would offer a semi-permanent, stable floor. Having done decades of one off projects like roofs, marina slip flooring, temporary flooring, etc., to me doing something like that would be both economical and fast. We’re located in the DFW area and I’m guessing you all have your business in PA somewhere. I know regional paver costs vary and so do types of pavers. On those sized pavers, which are machine made with a high psi Type II Portland cement and a damp mix, sand and >1/4” crushed limestone, we can use a 3/8” grid rebar. That’s a spec we offer to contractors. We used that process for the marina dock pavers, for both strength and environmental reasons. I don’t think something that engineered would be required for that job, but you know how homeowners are! Anyway, as a person that has worked both wet and dry concrete, I want to commend you on your projects. And as a family business, my brothers and I would say your workmanship and attention to detail is superb. I hope that anyone considering using you all as a sub or main contractor realize just what a good contractor you folks are. Best of luck! I really enjoyed these 5 videos.
I know that guy had a Major expense with the garage floor, but I think I would have poured the floor underneath it also. It was likely triple anyway for the upper floor. Also, I ordered a pair of those boots. I love them, they are very warm and keep your feet dry and are very comfortable. They came in handy here in Iowa the past several days.
I think cost was probably a factor but also, they would had to of removed all the temporary wood support walls to pour the basement floor than redid the walls before pouring the garage. Lots of extra time to do that.
I like that you continued taking care of your other customers instead of putting everyone behind. I've had a contractor agree to do a lot of extra work for his customer and those of us that had already been started got pushed back a couple weeks which stretched my project out to 3 months later because of scheduling problems with the other trades that needed to come in. 5 or 6 months without a kitchen sucks, it felt like years!
I would have maybe added an access to the room below. It would have been minimal cost. They could have placed it in one of the back corners of the garage. That way if they ever wanted to pour the floor down there, they wouldn't have to pump the concrete through the house.
@@wohnai what you’re saying is “true” but it would be really helpful and even helpful to get materials into the room too. The building department freaks out about a vent to or from the garage but it’s really really not a big deal something bad enough for it to matter happening in the garage with or without a vent will still kill you and your family just as dead 💀
I'd think if the hmeowner later on wanted a floor poured later for that room floor, you could pull the drain cover and p-trap and pump concrete through there.
Wow! That was a great pour, you guys are so fast! Of course, absolutely understand that you have to keep scheduled work on time. That's very, very important. The demo job turned into a different work altogether so that owner will have to work w TSH. I'm sure he is very grateful that TSH kept the contract even though the work changed so much. You guys are really awesome. Hope you Christmas was fantastic, bless you all!👍👌❤🇺🇸🇺🇸
In my home I have a set of stairs to the basement directly from the garage. I cannot overemphasize how convenient that is for groceries, getting tools when I'm working in garage etc. Also provides a 2nd egress so I don't have the funky sunken security windows in the basement. The homeowner wasted an opportunity there in my opinion
HELLOOOO from a Southwest victim… rented a car & drove back from New England… great video yinz guys. Really enjoy your footage & commentary. Catch yinz on the next one Have a Day
Thank you so much for the details and updates on the garage surprise project. I'm currently designing my own detached 2 car garage and because of the grade of my property, I want to do steel decking for the main level of parking, then then below to be open for more storage where I can drive into from my backyard. So instead of a 2 car, it's really a 4 car detached garage. I've been struggling with understanding how this might be possible, but your video miraculously appeared in my suggested videos and has given me some hope that my imagination for this detached garage is realistic! I would love to know and understand more how the engineer decided what size steel decking, rebar and rebar spacing was selected based on trying to reuse the existing structure. I know it's highly unlikely this would be shared, but your video has really encouraged me to dig deeper and educate myself! Thanks for the videos and education!
@@davep6977 that’s what I thought too. Even 4 inches would be a good base. Stairs going down with a “trap door” would be a great save too. Now I’m engineering the job for free 🤣🤣🤣
@@davep6977 I was thinking the same but I guess the cost already shot up (not to mention the time line) because of surprise and it just wasn't feasible for them at this time.
WOW You're right about the trucks what a time saver. No pushing and pulling or pumping up the shute. I'm in Australia and have never seen one. You couldn't talk them into concreting the basement floor while you were at it? Perfect opportunity.
Wow, what a job. As I was looking at this garage and understanding how sitting water caused the rust which in turn compromised the concrete. I thought, what if the new concrete flooring was sloped in a way to flow out of the garage without the need for drains. Either way I have confidence that you guys will properly repair it 😊👍🏽
Probably rust was caused by sheets not being sprayed with galvanised spray after they were cut jus like they are doing now exposing raw steel to water and cement that will eventually eat away under the galvanising and compromising the integrity of the floor once again
That's a nice surprise. Homeowner should be happy. They just added around 1,200 sqft to the home if they finish it..minimum of a $120,000 value too the home. Would make a great theater room. Love the videos
For a car enthusiast you could put lifts on the basement floor and have them used to store your car under the garage. I have seen them built basically like elevators for storing you clasic or supercars beneath the garage. Really cool but crazy expensive I would imagine.
Up here in Altoona we would call that breakfast a mess. Pretty much whatever is on the grill goes in. A little hot sauce and some jelly bread and it makes a great start to any day.
Huge job. I know the expense on this is going to be astronomical for the homeowner, but I can’t believe they didn’t go ahead and put a concrete floor in that crawlspace and make it more useful. Get a couple of D-handle, square-edged shovels. Digging that debris out with a spade is crazy.
I am surprised that the homeowner didn't know about the room! I know there was stuff infront of the door, but I would think that when he saw the door, he would have taken a look! It would have been nice to know that room is there BEFORE you started! What a GREAT find though!
I have watched you and your crew do some unusual things, and then concrete as well. Is there nothing y'all can't do? Hats off to your crew what a lot of work for a garage floor! Very interesting video
I was wanting to tear the garage off my house and excavate out a basement to to attach to the existing basement, and then rebuild the garage on top using something like this, but i am still convinced that I want to use something like Bubbledeck to span the 25' without having to use all the supports. I'm surprised that you guys went with the steel decking, but I'm sure that this slab will be more fortified. The rebar at 12" should help a lot. (Maybe, some vinyl strips mixed in the concrete too). I've been looking at ICF decking, and concrete block, but Bubbledeck has me sold. Can't wait to see the pour and final results.
I have an ICF floor on my screen porch and garage. There is a basement underneath both of them. It was a lot of work shoring them up during the pour but I really love it because I have some large clear spanned areas. You can see the amount of steel beams and supports required for the steel decking approach.
My back hurts just watching this! Great work, always loved watching concrete guys in action. I'll stick to climbing telephone poles and crawling around in underground vaults for a living. Lol What you're eating looks to me like a Garbage plate. Originally from Rochester NY, but I understand it's disputed because I've also heard people claim it came from PA or even Maryland before.
I was knocking out a big set of church entrance steps and they and I fell into a 5 ft deep hole they had bridged when the steps were poured. Never a dull moment
Since the original concrete was not that thick according to you, were you able to increase the thickness, given that the bearing of the decking is the same? What's the minimum thickness according to the engineering?
You should be eating New Brighton hot dog Shoppe breakfast lunch and dinner!! Great video and explanations. First time watch a crew from western PA. I MISS HOME.
Man I get it I enjoy using boom trucks when I can because they can reach a long way and my men seem to like the work with pump trucks but I'll tell you if you don't have the room it's like trying to put a dump truck in a Tupperware bowl it just won't fit. People don't understand when you out doing work like that you can't just bring in equipment sometimes you have to manually move stuff around and you have to think of ways to get it to go. I think that shoot and wheelbarrow as quick as you can move it was a good idea, that'd been a lot better than using a buggy. That garage job the one thing I don't understand is how the homeowner didn't know that was there it's a wonder you didn't fall through the floor and really get injured the first time you put your bobcat in there. The big thing about where you're working right now is getting your vehicles onto the road safely and not getting dirt all over the highway cuz then the state police comr and wright you a ticket for getting mud on the street especially working and wet areas like you are.
Since the home owner is keeping the room and it sounds like it has a dirt floor, will they have you pour concrete for that floor? If you do pour a floor, how will you do it, or do they have other plans?
Are they planning to pour a floor in the new found basement? and if so, why wouldnt they do the pour before you finish the Garage Slab? and if they chose to do it after the Garage slab, how will you do that?? I would definitely be having a new Man Cave down there, with stair up to the Garage!! Definitely a nice find!!
let the home owners digest the fact that this is costing more than twice the original price.. 😊 stairs, trap doors, cement floor at the bottom would all add large sums to the contract.. but I understand most guys would want to capitalize on the opportunity and not block off future features..😊
Great job on the garage. 3 questions. 1)what was the original price? 2) how much more did it cost? 3) how did you tie in the new decking into the walls and foundation by the garage doors? How big is the house you poured the slab for going to be? How many floors for the elevator? Stay safe. Happy New Year to Haus family and crew.
There is a previous video where they start to demolish the original floor and discover the room below it. There was an access to it from the basement that the owner didn't realize was there.
Our trucks say “KEEP CLEAR” in big giant red letters on the main chute. I strongly encourage everyone to never step under the chute. I had both pins on the first flip hinge shear clean off simultaneously dropping all the chutes the ground. The snap was so sudden it blew open the first flip chute totaling out the entire assembly on the truck. It was a foundation wall at half speed-8 slump. Not even a fully loaded chute. Pins were not cracked. Just a freak failure, thank god nobody got crushed.
Kelly O’s Eggs Benedict Pittsburgh? Way to plan after the you found out about the surprise. My heart sank when the bit was just going through the old concrete.
I have never seen something like this…not sure what to think about it. I think it is cool. The cinder block walls are a bd idea. Poured walls are my preference.
home owner really missed an opportunity to concrete out that basement and make it into something usable. would be so much easier to pour with the top floor out.
That is what I was thinking. Never a better time to do so. It would have cost more, but that is a lot of extra space. I wonder if there is zoning or code issues? The other thing I'm curious about s what someone else mentioned, the engineering of that floor, seems like a smaller beam/posts than I would expect, but I'm not an engineer so, what do I know.
What a waste of space under that garage to not have somewhat easy access to it...at least the entry to it could have had a normal sized door....then again WTF was the point of excavating all that out to not use it at all. That easily could have turned into a major ordeal, you guys did a great job with taking care of that customer...although the bill must be astronomical with that slight surprise underneath.
Good to see the boss getting his hand dirty. I can't believe somebody could live in a house for years and not discover what was behind the door in the basement.
I would love to find something like that under my house. I would make it into a bunker but i would dig a spiral stairwell down about 100 more feet and add a room at the bottom.
boys will be boys, do you have an idea of the cost and engineering of such a structure? 100 feet down that’s 10 stories, vaulted ceiling gor the room, water table issues, would cost more than the house and no municipality will give you a permit to build such a death trap.. IMHO
@@andreh.dupuis8475 I already have a bunker under my house so i know the cost. I was talking about the giant unknown room. That would be awesome to make into the upstairs of a bunker.
@@krodkrod8132 yes true enough, costs and permit feasibility aside, I would add a catacombs style vaulted ceiling and a dock accessible by submarine, with a trap door opening on top of a volcano for an ICBM just in case 😀. sorry I got a little carried away and might have seen too many 007 movies.. 😄
@@andreh.dupuis8475 I actually live the life of a Bond villain. My wife started saying that after i bought a couple dozen white peacocks. I also released a couple hundred white heritage turkeys on the property over the years. I'm in the middle of 400 acres so they kind of stick around.
Smart idea To pour the bottom floor and add a few more supports to those beams. They were alot further than 8 feet apart..plus the fact, their rotting in the earth.Not that don't for see it doing the exact same thing again. Floor drains rotting it all
Another awesome job as usual. I know nothing about pouring concrete and the use of steel decking so I have a question. From looking at the old decking and how it rusted out in the center of the bays along with the crumbling concrete, I assume that this was due to rain, snow, ice and road salt dripping off the vehicles over the years. With that being said, do they make anything that can be applied to the decking to prevent or reduce the amount of moisture that comes in contact with it.
Yes, that concrete needs a waterproofing membrane on top of it, then an asphalt top coat or other wear surface. Concrete cracks naturally, even with proper drainage, those pans will be gone in a few years without it.
Found a video of the steel being put in nice job and how I wish I had those steel beams in my basement/garage, get rid of all those support poles I have & basement would be huge, I can fit 8-9 cars in there now.
I wish I could I live in tannersville NY and I'm only 16 I'm a hard worker I do land scaling and I've done odd jobs like concrete,lawn mowing,land scaping, sheet rock, small engine and a lot more like shingles,wood working in not at all lazy I make a decent income I own a $500 brand new lawn mower a brand new weed eater I paid cash for all of my own stuff. My main motivation my grandmother told me if you want something special go and make your own money and then buy it.
Just a beautiful job. While I'm sure the homeowner wasn't happy with the situation, I'm sure he was by having a "GOOD" crew to fix it correctly. Nice job.
Was thinking the same thing about shovels. What's up with that Tom? Concrete in your veins & no sq. shovels... 🤣🤣 Can you share Steve's channel please? Have a great day.
I've carried enough buckets out of a basement to realize how they dig into your hand. I've found that slipping a 4" long piece of either 1/2" copper pipe or 3/4" PVC over the plastic bucket handle makes your hands happy. Just use channel locks to twist the metal out of the side of the bucket, slip pipe on and twist the metal back in the side of the bucket.
Great tip!
Big expense but I would’ve poured the bottom floor as well. Could do some really cool things with that space. I’d love to have that in my house. Would be awesome shop or extra storage, maybe even an elevator for golf cart size lowering and raising.
My Exact thought!
Might just be enough height downstairs to have a home cinema room
Nobody needs a three car garage. Are the owners racist ?
Probably didn’t want to pay another 4k for the floor and have the assessor increase their tax bill for another finished room
Cement is 175 a yard, add prep and labor your talking 25k minimum.
What an incredibly complex project! You can never say enough about the versatility, skill & work ethic of your crew.
In this day & age of worker apathy & lost skills; your team just shines above the others. Tom It is a credit to you with your appreciative, relaxed & inclusive management style that allows you to build & retain such a successful organization. This homeowner, while likely bummed out about the scope creep of this project, likely doesn't realize that this mess could have turned into a a 3 or 4 month nightmare with a half dozen different trade contactors falling over each other. Bill😁(42 years in const. mgnmnt)
Not to mention the potential added costs associated with the loss of two automobiles when the floor support failed.
For the cost of that house it’s beyond my understanding why they didn’t pour concrete underneath that garage and use that space for something useful. Instead, they dug a big hole in the ground and did nothing bizarre.
Those steel beams would have been more money than back fill! LOL
Looks like someone's top secret dungeon
Hi Gentlemen, great work and what a surprise when the project began, huh?! My family and I have a hard good landscape supply business, as well as we manufacture concrete pavers of varying sizes for contractor and retail sales.
My question would be, if the homeowner didn’t want to go to the expense of having the floor poured, why not level, compact and waterproof the floor then put in say a 24x24” paver floor or maybe a 24x36” paver floor? It would offer a semi-permanent, stable floor. Having done decades of one off projects like roofs, marina slip flooring, temporary flooring, etc., to me doing something like that would be both economical and fast.
We’re located in the DFW area and I’m guessing you all have your business in PA somewhere.
I know regional paver costs vary and so do types of pavers. On those sized pavers, which are machine made with a high psi Type II Portland cement and a damp mix, sand and >1/4” crushed limestone, we can use a 3/8” grid rebar. That’s a spec we offer to contractors. We used that process for the marina dock pavers, for both strength and environmental reasons. I don’t think something that engineered would be required for that job, but you know how homeowners are!
Anyway, as a person that has worked both wet and dry concrete, I want to commend you on your projects. And as a family business, my brothers and I would say your workmanship and attention to detail is superb. I hope that anyone considering using you all as a sub or main contractor realize just what a good contractor you folks are. Best of luck! I really enjoyed these 5 videos.
I know that guy had a Major expense with the garage floor, but I think I would have poured the floor underneath it also.
It was likely triple anyway for the upper floor. Also, I ordered a pair of those boots. I love them, they are very warm and keep your feet dry and are very comfortable. They came in handy here in Iowa the past several days.
I thought the same. Nice games room or cinema under there!
I agree I would have poured down below first then did the garage floor. Probably 5 times original estimate but for an extra room so be it.
I think cost was probably a factor but also, they would had to of removed all the temporary wood support walls to pour the basement floor than redid the walls before pouring the garage. Lots of extra time to do that.
I wonder if they maybe mentioned being able to run concrete thru a hose in the future? Just run the hose thru a garage floor drain.
@@ratspeedgarage Safe room, storm shelter, Dooms Day shelter LOL. But best of all---------MAN CAVE
Wow! The client has a huge new storm cellar/ man cave. This is too cool. Great job!
I like that you continued taking care of your other customers instead of putting everyone behind. I've had a contractor agree to do a lot of extra work for his customer and those of us that had already been started got pushed back a couple weeks which stretched my project out to 3 months later because of scheduling problems with the other trades that needed to come in. 5 or 6 months without a kitchen sucks, it felt like years!
That’s a long time no kitchen
@Concrete with the Hauses it was! I said I would never do that again!
I would have maybe added an access to the room below. It would have been minimal cost. They could have placed it in one of the back corners of the garage. That way if they ever wanted to pour the floor down there, they wouldn't have to pump the concrete through the house.
Since the basement room has HVAC tied to the rest of the house you absolutely do not want an opening into the garage.
@@wohnai could be sealed properly.
@@wohnai the hvac is capped under there
@@wohnai what you’re saying is “true” but it would be really helpful and even helpful to get materials into the room too. The building department freaks out about a vent to or from the garage but it’s really really not a big deal something bad enough for it to matter happening in the garage with or without a vent will still kill you and your family just as dead 💀
I'd think if the hmeowner later on wanted a floor poured later for that room floor, you could pull the drain cover and p-trap and pump concrete through there.
Wow! That was a great pour, you guys are so fast! Of course, absolutely understand that you have to keep scheduled work on time. That's very, very important. The demo job turned into a different work altogether so that owner will have to work w TSH. I'm sure he is very grateful that TSH kept the contract even though the work changed so much. You guys are really awesome. Hope you Christmas was fantastic, bless you all!👍👌❤🇺🇸🇺🇸
In my home I have a set of stairs to the basement directly from the garage. I cannot overemphasize how convenient that is for groceries, getting tools when I'm working in garage etc. Also provides a 2nd egress so I don't have the funky sunken security windows in the basement. The homeowner wasted an opportunity there in my opinion
Seriously was just thinking the same thing. A set of stairs would have been perfect to build in. Also should have poured the bottom in.
Seriously this. Or at the very least a manhole that could be used to later pour a concrete floor down below.
Tornado Bunker 😅
Hahaha loved it when you said to the boys hurry up there faces was a picture (good sense of humor ) 😂😂😂👍🏻
HELLOOOO from a Southwest victim… rented a car & drove back from New England… great video yinz guys.
Really enjoy your footage & commentary.
Catch yinz on the next one
Have a Day
Thank you so much for the details and updates on the garage surprise project. I'm currently designing my own detached 2 car garage and because of the grade of my property, I want to do steel decking for the main level of parking, then then below to be open for more storage where I can drive into from my backyard. So instead of a 2 car, it's really a 4 car detached garage.
I've been struggling with understanding how this might be possible, but your video miraculously appeared in my suggested videos and has given me some hope that my imagination for this detached garage is realistic!
I would love to know and understand more how the engineer decided what size steel decking, rebar and rebar spacing was selected based on trying to reuse the existing structure. I know it's highly unlikely this would be shared, but your video has really encouraged me to dig deeper and educate myself!
Thanks for the videos and education!
...you could ask your local steel fabricator who they use for their engineering needs- tgen explain to the engineer what you have in mind;
That garage basement would have made an epic gun vault. Maybe someday. I would have loved to discover that area.
I know right?
class operation!! good job no shortage of quality!!
That job was just different enough to make interesting. Thanks Tom
I still find it hard to believe that nobody knew that room was there. You and your crew did another great job.
Thank you!
IF I was the customer. I would have had you pour a cement floor in the "new-hidden" room while you had it all open
@@davep6977 that’s what I thought too. Even 4 inches would be a good base. Stairs going down with a “trap door” would be a great save too. Now I’m engineering the job for free 🤣🤣🤣
@@davep6977 I was thinking the same but I guess the cost already shot up (not to mention the time line) because of surprise and it just wasn't feasible for them at this time.
WOW that was a different garage floor glad you showed this job...
definition of professional. What a great job.
I m going to miss your videos Tom, hope you held some back for the winter. See you on the next one boss 💪🔨✌
Better than new. Look forward to the pour.
WOW You're right about the trucks what a time saver. No pushing and pulling or pumping up the shute. I'm in Australia and have never seen one.
You couldn't talk them into concreting the basement floor while you were at it? Perfect opportunity.
Great job!! Looking forward to seeing the finished product!!
A trap door with stairs going down might have been a good way to use that space for storage. Or for changing oil.
Wow, what a job. As I was looking at this garage and understanding how sitting water caused the rust which in turn compromised the concrete. I thought, what if the new concrete flooring was sloped in a way to flow out of the garage without the need for drains. Either way I have confidence that you guys will properly repair it 😊👍🏽
Probably rust was caused by sheets not being sprayed with galvanised spray after they were cut jus like they are doing now exposing raw steel to water and cement that will eventually eat away under the galvanising and compromising the integrity of the floor once again
That's a nice surprise. Homeowner should be happy. They just added around 1,200 sqft to the home if they finish it..minimum of a $120,000 value too the home. Would make a great theater room. Love the videos
Awesome job on putting in that decking!
You and your crew had to work extra hard on the garage floor , going to turn out great
I would kill for that garage. Nice games room under too!
For a car enthusiast you could put lifts on the basement floor and have them used to store your car under the garage. I have seen them built basically like elevators for storing you clasic or supercars beneath the garage. Really cool but crazy expensive I would imagine.
@@crzy11000 I looked at garage lifts a while back, not as much as you would expect.
Up here in Altoona we would call that breakfast a mess. Pretty much whatever is on the grill goes in. A little hot sauce and some jelly bread and it makes a great start to any day.
What a job. Nothing phases or stops you guys. Nothing.
Huge job. I know the expense on this is going to be astronomical for the homeowner, but I can’t believe they didn’t go ahead and put a concrete floor in that crawlspace and make it more useful.
Get a couple of D-handle, square-edged shovels. Digging that debris out with a spade is crazy.
Way to deliver mail man 👊💪😁✌
I am surprised that the homeowner didn't know about the room! I know there was stuff infront of the door, but I would think that when he saw the door, he would have taken a look!
It would have been nice to know that room is there BEFORE you started!
What a GREAT find though!
For sure
I was surprised too, my guess is the movers piled boxes marked basement in front of the door and they still have not been moved or unpacked since.
I have watched you and your crew do some unusual things, and then concrete as well. Is there nothing y'all can't do? Hats off to your crew what a lot of work for a garage floor! Very interesting video
Thanks 👍
I was wanting to tear the garage off my house and excavate out a basement to to attach to the existing basement, and then rebuild the garage on top using something like this, but i am still convinced that I want to use something like Bubbledeck to span the 25' without having to use all the supports. I'm surprised that you guys went with the steel decking, but I'm sure that this slab will be more fortified. The rebar at 12" should help a lot. (Maybe, some vinyl strips mixed in the concrete too). I've been looking at ICF decking, and concrete block, but Bubbledeck has me sold.
Can't wait to see the pour and final results.
I have an ICF floor on my screen porch and garage. There is a basement underneath both of them. It was a lot of work shoring them up during the pour but I really love it because I have some large clear spanned areas. You can see the amount of steel beams and supports required for the steel decking approach.
My back hurts just watching this! Great work, always loved watching concrete guys in action.
I'll stick to climbing telephone poles and crawling around in underground vaults for a living. Lol
What you're eating looks to me like a Garbage plate. Originally from Rochester NY, but I understand it's disputed because I've also heard people claim it came from PA or even Maryland before.
A breakfast mix it is delicious
Can't imagine going back to manually tying all the rebar after using the new tools.
I was knocking out a big set of church entrance steps and they and I fell into a 5 ft deep hole they had bridged when the steps were poured. Never a dull moment
You guys are good at what you do. Thx!
Since the original concrete was not that thick according to you, were you able to increase the thickness, given that the bearing of the decking is the same? What's the minimum thickness according to the engineering?
I guess this homeowner will be writing a few more checks !!
💞💞 🤗 It's CONCRETE TIME!!! Watching these videos makes me thankful for God making a Concrete Man.
Awesome work. To see where it was and where it’s going
Thanks 👍
Love how the guy says 'still physics' while not using physics. 😂
Steve gave you the look 😠😠he is thinking, "where's the power trowel?!?! "
Tom you and crew did a great job on the garage and decking, I hate seeing the bill on that job,Happy New Year
Good job to U and all ur CREW 😉
What a Christmas present for this owner! I can't imagine the cost for this job....Love your work & videos, Greetings from the Old Jarhead in COLD WNC.
Don't forget to weld on the deck pins!
Great work Tom and the rest of the crew ❤
Fantastic work. Thanks for sharing.
You should be eating New Brighton hot dog Shoppe breakfast lunch and dinner!! Great video and explanations. First time watch a crew from western PA. I MISS HOME.
Man I get it I enjoy using boom trucks when I can because they can reach a long way and my men seem to like the work with pump trucks but I'll tell you if you don't have the room it's like trying to put a dump truck in a Tupperware bowl it just won't fit. People don't understand when you out doing work like that you can't just bring in equipment sometimes you have to manually move stuff around and you have to think of ways to get it to go. I think that shoot and wheelbarrow as quick as you can move it was a good idea, that'd been a lot better than using a buggy. That garage job the one thing I don't understand is how the homeowner didn't know that was there it's a wonder you didn't fall through the floor and really get injured the first time you put your bobcat in there. The big thing about where you're working right now is getting your vehicles onto the road safely and not getting dirt all over the highway cuz then the state police comr and wright you a ticket for getting mud on the street especially working and wet areas like you are.
Steve, I wear Hanes also!!!
Looks like room for a line pump, but you got it under control so no need.
The hidden space under the garage would make a great place for the mother-in-law to stay when visiting. In the dungeon
Perfect
Since the home owner is keeping the room and it sounds like it has a dirt floor, will they have you pour concrete for that floor? If you do pour a floor, how will you do it, or do they have other plans?
Are they planning to pour a floor in the new found basement? and if so, why wouldnt they do the pour before you finish the Garage Slab? and if they chose to do it after the Garage slab, how will you do that?? I would definitely be having a new Man Cave down there, with stair up to the Garage!! Definitely a nice find!!
They are not
let the home owners digest the fact that this is costing more than twice the original price.. 😊 stairs, trap doors, cement floor at the bottom would all add large sums to the contract.. but I understand most guys would want to capitalize on the opportunity and not block off future features..😊
Great job on the garage. 3 questions. 1)what was the original price? 2) how much more did it cost? 3) how did you tie in the new decking into the walls and foundation by the garage doors? How big is the house you poured the slab for going to be? How many floors for the elevator? Stay safe. Happy New Year to Haus family and crew.
They should have had you poor a slab in the hidden room so they could finish it out to increase home value
Should have added hidden entrance /Escape hatch. cool untapped space for a house, defiantly would make into Game room MAN CAVE.
There is a previous video where they start to demolish the original floor and discover the room below it. There was an access to it from the basement that the owner didn't realize was there.
Nice to see the quick 3.3 thousand increase in viewership. You have interesting and unique content, in addition to a model style of management.
Perfect execution
Great video and work! Why didn't they cement that dirt floor below, before you closed up access to it? Lee
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Adding some hidden car lifts would be cool and double car space 😎
Our trucks say “KEEP CLEAR” in big giant red letters on the main chute. I strongly encourage everyone to never step under the chute.
I had both pins on the first flip hinge shear clean off simultaneously dropping all the chutes the ground. The snap was so sudden it blew open the first flip chute totaling out the entire assembly on the truck. It was a foundation wall at half speed-8 slump. Not even a fully loaded chute. Pins were not cracked. Just a freak failure, thank god nobody got crushed.
A massive amount of work just to prepare the floor!!
Kelly O’s Eggs Benedict Pittsburgh?
Way to plan after the you found out about the surprise. My heart sank when the bit was just going through the old concrete.
I have never seen something like this…not sure what to think about it. I think it is cool. The cinder block walls are a bd idea. Poured walls are my preference.
The Garbage Can breakfast from Wilber's Diner.
P.S. - great music selection on this one Emily.
home owner really missed an opportunity to concrete out that basement and make it into something usable. would be so much easier to pour with the top floor out.
That is what I was thinking. Never a better time to do so. It would have cost more, but that is a lot of extra space. I wonder if there is zoning or code issues? The other thing I'm curious about s what someone else mentioned, the engineering of that floor, seems like a smaller beam/posts than I would expect, but I'm not an engineer so, what do I know.
9:40 "Steve has a little bit more to go here... can you hurry up a little bit"
Steve: "rassum frassum"
Great planning and execution. I wish you were CEO of Southwest Airlines.
no doubt !!
Fascinating work! I already have too many subs to keep up with, but I had to add one more. 🙂
A lot of hard work, but exceptional satisfaction seeing the finished product.
What a waste of space under that garage to not have somewhat easy access to it...at least the entry to it could have had a normal sized door....then again WTF was the point of excavating all that out to not use it at all.
That easily could have turned into a major ordeal, you guys did a great job with taking care of that customer...although the bill must be astronomical with that slight surprise underneath.
Thought you’d be working Christmas 😂
Good to see the boss getting his hand dirty. I can't believe somebody could live in a house for years and not discover what was behind the door in the basement.
The homeowner should cement the basement floor. They made the right decision not to fill that in, it would have settled over time.
I would love to find something like that under my house. I would make it into a bunker but i would dig a spiral stairwell down about 100 more feet and add a room at the bottom.
boys will be boys, do you have an idea of the cost and engineering of such a structure? 100 feet down that’s 10 stories, vaulted ceiling gor the room, water table issues, would cost more than the house and no municipality will give you a permit to build such a death trap.. IMHO
@@andreh.dupuis8475 I already have a bunker under my house so i know the cost. I was talking about the giant unknown room. That would be awesome to make into the upstairs of a bunker.
@@krodkrod8132 yes true enough, costs and permit feasibility aside, I would add a catacombs style vaulted ceiling and a dock accessible by submarine, with a trap door opening on top of a volcano for an ICBM just in case 😀. sorry I got a little carried away and might have seen too many 007 movies.. 😄
@@andreh.dupuis8475 I actually live the life of a Bond villain. My wife started saying that after i bought a couple dozen white peacocks. I also released a couple hundred white heritage turkeys on the property over the years. I'm in the middle of 400 acres so they kind of stick around.
You have a good team. They respect you. It's hard to find now a days.
Smart idea
To pour the bottom floor and add a few more supports to those beams. They were alot further than 8 feet apart..plus the fact, their rotting in the earth.Not that don't for see it doing the exact same thing again.
Floor drains rotting it all
Another awesome job as usual. I know nothing about pouring concrete and the use of steel decking so I have a question. From looking at the old decking and how it rusted out in the center of the bays along with the crumbling concrete, I assume that this was due to rain, snow, ice and road salt dripping off the vehicles over the years. With that being said, do they make anything that can be applied to the decking to prevent or reduce the amount of moisture that comes in contact with it.
Yes, that concrete needs a waterproofing membrane on top of it, then an asphalt top coat or other wear surface. Concrete cracks naturally, even with proper drainage, those pans will be gone in a few years without it.
The decking is just a form for the reinforced concrete. The rebar and concrete are what provides the strength across the spans.
I've never thought of cement work as particularly dangerous but today was a bit scary.
Awesome job Happy New Year
I was just shocked to learn you can pour concrete over a room like that!
I believe a lot of high rise buildings are constructed just like that.
Very nice, looking forward to the pour. Have someone keep a eye on your braces eh lol.
Would have been nice to add a waterproof membrane over those beams like that used around windows prior to laying the metal down.
We did primer and paint. Thought that would be good enough.
Found a video of the steel being put in nice job and how I wish I had those steel beams in my basement/garage, get rid of all those support poles I have & basement would be huge, I can fit 8-9 cars in there now.
I would have concreted the basement floor while the decking was off!
I wish I could I live in tannersville NY and I'm only 16 I'm a hard worker I do land scaling and I've done odd jobs like concrete,lawn mowing,land scaping, sheet rock, small engine and a lot more like shingles,wood working in not at all lazy I make a decent income I own a $500 brand new lawn mower a brand new weed eater I paid cash for all of my own stuff. My main motivation my grandmother told me if you want something special go and make your own money and then buy it.
Just a beautiful job. While I'm sure the homeowner wasn't happy with the situation, I'm sure he was by having a "GOOD" crew to fix it correctly. Nice job.
YOU SAID YOU'RE HIRING , HOPE YOU'RE UNION,
Nice to see You Guys do have fun amidst the hard work! You’re all pretty entertaining 🤣
Not sure where your eating but ya gotta try T-bones in Wexford. Always try to get a meal there when I'm working in that area.
The best fried chicken everything is good there
HOLY, THAT DECKING WAS INSTALLED UPSIDE DOWN, GEEZ THIS IS WHY YOU GET TRADESMEN TO DO THE WORK NOT CONCRETE WORKERS
Why spade shovels and not flat square ones?
Sell them to pour the basement floor too!!
Wild after thought-
Car elevator and a basement garage
Was thinking the same thing about shovels.
What's up with that Tom? Concrete in your veins & no sq. shovels... 🤣🤣
Can you share Steve's channel please?
Have a great day.
Respect your workers