Nice job! I will be pouring piers for a shed in the spring. You've helped me quite a bit. Couple of questions: 1) How are you going to secure your building to the piers without using J bolts? 2) Does your local code accept the fiberglass additive instead of rebar? 3) Where did you pick up the long Sonotube? My local big box stores only sell it in 4' lengths. Thanks for the time and effort you put into this.
Hello Rosewood, 1) I secured the posts to the piers with saddles that were approved by the local inspector. 2) Yes, the fibreglass was accepted instead of the rebar by the local building official. 3) I bought my sonotube at Home Depot. My piers are no longer than 2' each because I'm on bedrock. Thanks for watching and the great questions. Peter at the Reboot.
I like the note crawl where you explained that you're a regular guy. Not a pro but I am impressed regardless of your tradesman status. You Sir are an exceptional human for doing anything by yourself. Seriously way to go. I also say a tiny prayer for all the thumbs down people asking God for mild inconveniences in their lives. Lost keys, wallet's and everyday items like a pens. Not a permanent loss just a momentary one. I'm not a jerk. As For the rude commenters. I ask that he arrange a toe stubbing in their near future. Once a person suggested a prayer asking for then to hit their shin on a tow hitch but I can't bring myself to do that. I've done that too many times. Man....it's caused a near out of body experience hitting that hitch. It hurts almost as bad as tearing your quadricep, which I've done. That hurt so bad that if I was playing softball with all women and none of my male friends where there. I totally would have cried. I almost passed out. I'm brown. When I lifted my leg running and it tore. By the time I hit the ground face First. My leg was blue green and black. Crazy pain. I was high from it. Anyways man great video!
All excellent so far Peter! Two thumbs up for the fiber mesh! I didn't see you vibrate the concrete in the sonotubes. Did you do this off camera, or did you deem it unnecessary? Also, how do you prevent the heaving of the sonotubes, with them being so short? Knowing your obvious attention to detail, this wasn't necessary, but I'm just wondering why. If you answered these questions in a previous video, I haven't seen them yet! :) At some point, I should switch to chronological order! Haha!
Many good questions here. 1) Given short depth of sonotubes my version of vibration was vigorously moving a piece of rebar up and down (off camera); 2) Depth of sonotubes: I'm on bedrock - only 8" to 16" of soil or organic matter on the bedrock. I removed the soil, drilled and glued pins into the bedrock and poured the sonotubes around the pins. The piers are secured to the bedrock. This is what the local building inspector advised, as well as others. Peter at the Reboot.
Great video . Nice to see that you're getting your family involved in the build . How many inches will the concrete piers stick out from the base of the building ? Like that laser level you have there with the receiver . What's the name of the laser and model number ? Thanks
Henry, many thanks for the positive comments. The laser level is a Huepar 901CG. It is nothing special; however, at a fraction of the price of a top notch system, it does the job well. Concerning my kids, I've been trying to get them to participate but they are currently at the ages (17 and 15 years old respectively) where they have other activities taking up much of their time. With some luck I hope to get them more involved in the coming videos.
@@TheWoodlandReboot I bought a really overpriced Bosch which needed calibrating fresh out of the box... I think you did well with the Huepar. Thanks for the tip
Hey Edmundo, I've not come across or ever learned about pre made piers for such an application. In my case, I removed the organic matter (soil, grass, bushes - about 12 inches deep) and secured the piers to the bedrock with steel pins. Peter at the Reboot.
A pre-made pier would weigh a "ton" and you would need a crane to get it into place and get it level, requiring more than one person. Also you would still need to secure to the bedrock as per Peter's description below
Nice job! I will be pouring piers for a shed in the spring. You've helped me quite a bit.
Couple of questions: 1) How are you going to secure your building to the piers without using J bolts? 2) Does your local code accept the fiberglass additive instead of rebar?
3) Where did you pick up the long Sonotube? My local big box stores only sell it in 4' lengths.
Thanks for the time and effort you put into this.
Hello Rosewood,
1) I secured the posts to the piers with saddles that were approved by the local inspector.
2) Yes, the fibreglass was accepted instead of the rebar by the local building official.
3) I bought my sonotube at Home Depot. My piers are no longer than 2' each because I'm on bedrock.
Thanks for watching and the great questions.
Peter at the Reboot.
I like the note crawl where you explained that you're a regular guy. Not a pro but I am impressed regardless of your tradesman status. You Sir are an exceptional human for doing anything by yourself. Seriously way to go. I also say a tiny prayer for all the thumbs down people asking God for mild inconveniences in their lives. Lost keys, wallet's and everyday items like a pens. Not a permanent loss just a momentary one. I'm not a jerk. As For the rude commenters. I ask that he arrange a toe stubbing in their near future. Once a person suggested a prayer asking for then to hit their shin on a tow hitch but I can't bring myself to do that. I've done that too many times. Man....it's caused a near out of body experience hitting that hitch. It hurts almost as bad as tearing your quadricep, which I've done. That hurt so bad that if I was playing softball with all women and none of my male friends where there. I totally would have cried. I almost passed out. I'm brown. When I lifted my leg running and it tore. By the time I hit the ground face First. My leg was blue green and black. Crazy pain. I was high from it.
Anyways man great video!
Thanks for the kind words Orcvs. Glad you're enjoying the videos! Peter at the Reboot
really enjoy your video's, always interested to see whats next
*videos, not video's.
All excellent so far Peter! Two thumbs up for the fiber mesh!
I didn't see you vibrate the concrete in the sonotubes. Did you do this off camera, or did you deem it unnecessary?
Also, how do you prevent the heaving of the sonotubes, with them being so short? Knowing your obvious attention to detail, this wasn't necessary, but I'm just wondering why.
If you answered these questions in a previous video, I haven't seen them yet! :) At some point, I should switch to chronological order! Haha!
Many good questions here. 1) Given short depth of sonotubes my version of vibration was vigorously moving a piece of rebar up and down (off camera); 2) Depth of sonotubes: I'm on bedrock - only 8" to 16" of soil or organic matter on the bedrock. I removed the soil, drilled and glued pins into the bedrock and poured the sonotubes around the pins. The piers are secured to the bedrock. This is what the local building inspector advised, as well as others. Peter at the Reboot.
Are those just sitting on top of the ground you don’t have to dig down in the ground 30 or 40 inches thanks
They piers have to be below the frost line for the part of the country they live in. Here in Connecticut it is 42 inches deep.
I'm building on bedrock that is about 12 inches below ground level. I remove the dirt and secured the piers by drilling rebar into the bedrock.
I seen old home sitting on boulder or bricks.
Great video . Nice to see that you're getting your family involved in the build . How many inches will the concrete piers stick out from the base of the building ? Like that laser level you have there with the receiver . What's the name of the laser and model number ? Thanks
Henry, many thanks for the positive comments. The laser level is a Huepar 901CG. It is nothing special; however, at a fraction of the price of a top notch system, it does the job well. Concerning my kids, I've been trying to get them to participate but they are currently at the ages (17 and 15 years old respectively) where they have other activities taking up much of their time. With some luck I hope to get them more involved in the coming videos.
@@TheWoodlandReboot I bought a really overpriced Bosch which needed calibrating fresh out of the box... I think you did well with the Huepar. Thanks for the tip
don't they sell pre-made piers ?
Hey Edmundo, I've not come across or ever learned about pre made piers for such an application. In my case, I removed the organic matter (soil, grass, bushes - about 12 inches deep) and secured the piers to the bedrock with steel pins. Peter at the Reboot.
A pre-made pier would weigh a "ton" and you would need a crane to get it into place and get it level, requiring more than one person. Also you would still need to secure to the bedrock as per Peter's description below