Timber Framed Barn Part 5 Post Foundations
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2023
- There was a good forecast for dry weather so I decided to get back to work on the barn foundation. Unfortunately the forecast was wrong and the wet weather caused me all sorts of problems. The holes I had done had all gone soft at the bottoms and the ones I was digging were caving in. It was a really stressful week for me trying to make sure I didn't just keep going backwards. I finally got back on track and saved the holes and finished on a high with the concrete work done. im glad its out the way now. its not a fun part of building.
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Thanks for the head up kris
Ah, that makes a lot of sense Kris. Keep up the great work👍
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Thanks for letting me know I thought as much.
An old engineer often told me "Someone that hasn't made a mistake, hasn't made anything!"
Keep up the great work Kris.
Agree, and have made lots, mistakes and tools. Good observation.
Nothing ventured nothing gained. Looking good now thanks for sharing
Yes, but a good engineer thinks a lot too before doing anything. Still you get adjustments in the proces in what you work do work. Adjusting.
I’ve learned so much from my mistakes, I’m thinking of making a few more
I read the entire Ryan’s ruclips.net/user/postUgkxGqOCINHE0Z0E5gxzSdNi9NWGugRY5Hm2 Plans and was able to make a shed plan. Using Ryan’s Shed Plans alone, the shed itself is great. Where I wish I knew more is with respect to ground preparation and foundations. Maybe that's beyond the scope of Ryan’s Shed Plans.
Could feel the pain Kris. Good on you for powering through.
Man that looked frustrating! I’m happy to see that you overcame the problems and got some solid foundations set for the barn.
Keep up the great work, despite any set backs. The incredible stuff you’ve done so far is inspirational! From hydro scheme to wind power, solar system to wattle and daub barn to workbench and car lift. Just incredible. Keep up the great work. P.S. makes for grea5 weekend viewing as well 😊
Keep going Kriss, love the video's.
Appreciate the fact that you show the good, and not-so-good in your videos.
@@severnaviationspotter7810 It's all good practice for when he decides to build his main house, everything's a learning experience eh. 😊
Kris: Your resilience is impressive. When you face adversity, you just don't quit, but rather you somehow figure out a solution and then forge ahead. Well done!
Oh Kris I feel your pain! Having built swimming pools in the UK watching this trigged a few nightmare memories of wet soggy messes of holes ever increasing in size due to collapsing walls. Looks like you've pulled through so congrats on your tenacity to overcome the challenges and frustrations. Slow & Steady - wins the day 😉
Excellent video, Kris Harbour! Your skill, work ethic and tenacity are inspirational. Thank you for sharing your struggles, as well as your achievements. I can hardly wait for the next phase!
We are all hurting because we never expect Kris to have this kind of trouble .Man Vs nature ,what a battle and Kris thankfully won .What a test of character !!
Never mind Kris ‘arbour, you’re creating an awesome building. If it was easy everybody would be doing it. One thing I’ve learned from watching you is how tenacious you are.
🍻 from B.C.
Hello Kris, hope your ok, you are looking very well, sometimes in life you have to go 3 steps back to move 1 step forward, but you keep going no matter what. Be proud of yourself, your rocking it and doing great, summer is not to far away now, send my love to Dot and the cat. Take care 😊
Love your videos!!! Keep up the challenge, we are all with ya. 🇨🇦
You could have mixed in lime (google translate from dutch word 'Kalk' its a white powder). It is also used in construction of roads on wet clayish ground. It dries the ground and 'transforms' the clay in to stone like chunks.
That's interesting, sounds like a remedy that would have been available in the past, though I don't remember ever coming across it in any foundation explorations.
@@sroberts605 Could be I translated it wrong. But it is a way to improve ground conditions, before starting the proces of building a road on it.
@@jaypeeters No, good translation, I was just surprised yet again to come across a building practice that I wasn't familiar with that sounds so obvious!
Interesting you just dump powdered lime on it?
@@glennwilck5459 You have to mix it in with the existing soil. Most of the time they recommend to mix it in between 10 to 20cm (my own experience). When hardend you scrape a little of the surface to make the surface even or slope, depends on what is needed.
Great work mate, keep at it.
A way to think about the road stone is ‘you are future proofing the area’ in regards to being able to use the area later for vehicle manoeuvre and material storage.
When finished you will still be able to drive on it at all times of year no matter what the weather.
It’s so good to hear when someone admits to mistakes, the person who never made mistakes never grows. Well done kris, keep growing👍
Have to admire you Kris. What you achieve is pretty incredible by anyone’s standard. Looking forward to seeing the frame go up.
Its good to see you being open and honest about your frustrations. It's usually the people that are close that get the heat of our frustration , So it's important to be aware that we don't impact their wellbeing. WELL DONE TO YOU AND THE TEAM .
Chris, remember to be grateful for the thousands of projects you have planned and they turned out perfectly. Also, be grateful for your tenacity to overcome a setback and move forward with your dreams. You are great!!!
You have good control on your mental health. It has taken me so many years to stay 1/2 as calm and diligent as you.
You get more done in 1 week than most folks do in one year! Your skill never ceases to amaze me! Congrats on some great progress.
You will get over this, anything worth doing is worth doing well , you are some man , thanks for your determination, great video.
Kris: Your projects are great. You build a lot of the things that I have always wanted to build and I enjoy watching your videos. I could probably watch you build about anything. Thanks for the awesome content..
You sir are one of the best youtubers - super smart, honest, modest, and cool.
A horrible time for you, but an inspiring example of persistence and determination. Very impressive.
How totally frustrating, but good on you for keeping going. That's the problem with Wales, when it's not raining it's raining! 🤗
I appreciate that you show your struggles, and how you fight your way back to the sort of optimism required for projects of this scale. Your skill-set is impressive(and growing), but your mental constitution--from my perspective--is equally important in terms of your success. This channel is as much a showcase of self-discipline as it is about homesteading and self-sufficiency. Cheers!
Great work Kris.
You did an excellent job of rescuing the situation.
I have to tackle something similar, so was very grateful to see how you did it.
I learned this lesson myself in Illinois, USA. Ended up having to redo all the holes I had dug by hand. So instead of doing all the holes, then all the concrete... I did them one at a time. Dig, rock, mix and place concrete, and finish. I did 24 holes by doing 2-3 per day as I had time. It's slow but it beats doing them all twice which pissed me off to no end. Most mad at my own ignorance and stupidity on that one.
Don’t lose heart or direction Kris, I can understand your frustration after all the work you did, but you found a work around that completed your objective which was brill. Love watching your thoughts/ideas coming to fruition. Well done, onto next stage. Stay well.
A highlight of this video was the part where you leave the house & the cat begins to follow you. Great reminder that you have come a long way! (& endured many 'difficulties').
That "will to proceed" & to "push on through" are positive messages to all your followers.
"If you fail to plan --- you plan to fail" a wise person once said & you've been planning this project for a long time. It's been obvious to followers that -- aside from planning --- you also consider possible 'difficulties' & have been able to use 'plan B' as a way of keeping the project heading forward.
I enjoy your videos --- and the variety of subjects you film.
Thank you for real, down-to-earth & educational uploads.
Wow Kris that looked an arduous task mate, very glad you managed to regroup and beat the conditions, more power to you in your continuing endeavours and great to see the progress, keep going mate there is light at the end of the tunnel. Well done.
Sorry for the setbacks you had in the beginning, but glad it all worked out in the end. Barn will have a great foundation.
Thanks for showing a real portrayal of constructing on your land. I had every confidence you would prevail.
We all get frustrated at times. Keep up the good work! Ingenuity is always a work in process.
Old wise man says: "Good decisions come from experience; and experience? Well that comes from poor decisions "
It’s so exciting to see the progress that you’re making!!
Still living the dream Kris, even though all the set backs you face and have faced. You'll pull through, you always do!
Its a horrible time of year to be digging. Im outside more or less every day, and the one thing i've learned is that everything takes almost twice the normal time. Same if its frozen, but less muddy at least 🙂. Keep up the good work, I'm very happy to see everytime you upload a new video!
Excellent result! Admire your energy and resiliency as you work through these significant challenges!
nothing but respect for your hard work! shows so much character, seeing you powering through all the misfortune and mistakes!
Imagine how massive of a building those foundations can support now! Love it. Thank you for sharing
A skyscraper
Great to see you back doing the build, it is a shame about the boxes but you have moved on and well done
Learning by doing. We can plan our best, but until you DO, you don't know. You the man Kris!
That was a monumental effort by all of you, so pleased you had Dots Dad there to give a helping hand and no doubt a shoulder to lean on and help you both through the disheartening moments as others have said well done for keeping going, many wouldn't
Nice to see a beginning to a smile at the end of the film. Look forward to see how your building will take shape in the future. Your mental strength is otherworldly. Fight on! Greetings from Sweden.
wow Kris, this is a massive project. This kind of weather is unpredictable but now you're impressing "pretty sure you've edited out a lot of profanity🤣" Inspiring to follow you Kris, I can't wait to see the continuation. Ps: We have the same weather in Norway🤷
Foundations as you're aware are the most important element in construction. Well done.
You had a big job without the rain and problems. But you didn’t give up, and it all turned out well in the end! ❤️🤗🐝
Courage and determination is impressive I'm really impressed
I love that you are always carrying around your ear protection, more youtubers need to be conscious of ear/eye protection! Great video too, sorry you had to redo some of your work but props for the perseverance!
"Oh boy, it's Friday. Time for Kris to drop another vid!"... press play.... "Oh man, Kris doesn't look happy, what's happened?!" Emotional whiplash!
If it everything went to plan, everyone could do it. Everyone makes mistakes. How you deal with the mistakes is the difference between a cowboy and a professional. I am envious of your ability and lifestyle. Pob Hwyl!
Thanks for posting and sharing. Glad to hear that everything worked out well in the end. So kind of Dot’s father to come and give you a hand.
Sorry that you are feeling down about all of this Kris. You are doing a great job and have achieved so much. You are a clever young man. Take some encouragement mate and say bollox to what’s past and look forward. You have made mistakes but you made the right call to rectify them before it was too late.
Much respect Kris for showing that things can not go to plan as much as all the amazing projects you do, when you make a mistake and it's your own time and money you give yourself more of a ferocious bollocking and berating than any boss could ever do, good to see you got back on track
Your perseverance is from another planet. Thanks for all the videos,really enjoy it.
Love these videos, keep up the good work!
My man (this is COMMENT #103) you are one man building, well everything. the fact that you film any of it for us to see is AMAZING. plus Us first level workshop watchers know you are good for it😉👍🏾👩🏾🦳🤩
I'm on the coast here in Porthcawl and I can feel for you buddy with regard to the constant rain we have had this winter ! Glad to see it turned out positive in the end :) Those post supports are going to be awesome !
If only Andrew Camarata lived next door !
As for that boulder, i bet you wished you hired the rock breaker to go with the digger.
Digger has a Pope-mobile cab!
You could wave with beneficence to the geese and sheep! ;-)
Those foundations are quite impressive!
Barn is gonna be a thing of useful beauty!
You turned that around with sheer determination....Well done!
Know your limits. Its a sure sign of maturity. Youre so kind, its nice to see you connecting with Earth.
Stay strong every project has set backs,... Some worse then others, what make you successful is your ability to overcome.
You Kris are an unstoppable machine, and I'm so looking forward to seeing you frame this structure up.
when you have days like that is when the hard cider stock pile goes down in a hurry😉
I worked in the construction and concrete industry for a long time, many years ago. This was in the days before workplace health and safety was a thing. Fond nightmares. Oh Kris, man, brother I can feel the ugly. Awesome job mate. You did this well. Take care brother.
Ground screws = no mess, super quick, low impact - I too have learnt the hard way.
You are incredibly hardworking and so ambitious!
You inspire so many🙏👏🙏👏🙏👏
Love from Kenya 🇰🇪
Your journey has been amazing and you show it all ... the good, the bad, and the ugly. Thanks for allowing us to come along.
Never trust the weather outlook....lol. It looks like you managed to save the day. Well done.
Thanks Kris!
Looked like they were stratospheric injecting you as bad as us!
Great job overcoming horrible conditions!
Your lucky to have Dot and her dad to bounce ideas off of!
Hope you get a week of fair weather!
Thank you, I was excited to see your post on RUclips today!
Sorry for all the trouble you had, but nice to see your human! Love your channel!
Kris I command your patience with these projects and the weather situation playing against you!!
Yay! A milestone met!
The struggles getting there just make the end result that much more impressive in the end!
Going through the same pain Kris. I bought new counters for my kitchen reno, and now I hate them. I know how much this sucks when we make the wrong decisions, but you are doing like me.... getting on with it and just keep moving forward. Great job. Looking forward to seeing more of this build.
“It all worked out in the end” something we have to look forward to in those moments of stress and frustrations. Keep up the good work Kris, you’re an inspiration to so many!
Well done for sharing your pain and resilience Kris. Along with others, I felt your frustration. Been following you since seeing your hydro set up and throughly enjoy your vids. Sometimes life throws a curved ball. You dealt with this really well. Pause, take a moment to revaluate, dust yourself down and crack on. Brilliant and thank you 👍👏😊
Thanks for showing us how things can go awry and how to rectify. You are legendary. I actually breathed a sigh of relief when it got sorted. As my grandpa used to say "We don't do halfa$$".😇
That stuff would drive anyone crazy! Those are some huge footings.
Kris keep being you, the amount of skill you have is amazing. I was sad to see you frustrated over the build. This building will be amazing because of the love you pour into your work, but stress and doubt are very bad man. Relax we expect nothing from you but an honest way of living off grid and stuff happens all the time to all of us. We care even in the insane United States because you are making all this happen with just your mind and your hard work and that is more than most.
Kris, I completely agree with your decision to work and not film it. Sometimes getting the work done is the most important part and setting aside the usual plan to film is absolutely necessary. The forms and pad look good, sir. Keep up the good work. God bless, man.
Oh that looked painful having to undo all the work on the holes, but perseverance pays off in the end. Those foundations look solid and straight, just what you need. Amazing that despite it being the midst of winter and in a soggy climate you e turned a bare field into a ready base to build your barn. It’s so satisfying to see it ready for the fun part now. And you have lots of ready cut bits of ply for a big set of shelves!!!
Congratulations, man - that's a huge milestone done. It's always easier to look back and quality check things you did wrong, but the harder thing to do is what you did -- pressing on to get it done. Glad it all worked out for you through your Herculean effort and can't wait to see the beams going up!
Good on you for sharing your setbacks, frustrations and struggles too. It's not the problems but the inspiring thing is that you show that you don't give up in the face of adversities and will find a solution. These are lessons we can all learn, and many of us can relate to. Thanks Kris.
Nice one Kris. Good progress despite the setback at the beginning. Thanks for sharing.
You are the man Kris, you can do it 👍
Hurricane-proof footings - well done!
Impressive job Kris, we live n learn. Feet up with a cuppa 🍵
Kris, I have seen your labor of love from the beginning. Your faith in your path, and ability to recover from the way reality interferes with your insight, has given me insight to how my life unfolds. We both await for an early spring. 🌍🕊🌞g
Maybe it is because you are building a timber frame. We had the same curse on our timber frame house. We hit standing water at 12 inches below the surface and our frost line is 48 here, it was a month in a muck hole. 25 piers formed and 15 minutes after the pump truck showed up we blew our forms to pieces. First time around we order $2k of expensive fill. Second it actually worked. We used big foot plastic forms at the base to distribute the load. It will be a breath of fresh air when you are out of the muck and into the wood. Hard labor for sure!
Well done brilliant job looking forward to the next bit
@KrisHarbour- hi Kris you sent me a message
Hi Kris...Good to see you, hope you and family are well...Even with the few hiccups, you are still doing a great job...Keep up the Great Work...Be Well🕊🕊💛💛
Well recovered from intense adversity, Kris!
Exact same thing happened to me last year. Monolithic slab with grade beams for barn though, dug the foundation footers and trenches and then water socked in and made ground unstable then winter hit and set me back quite a ways getting it back to stable usable ground. I know the feeling of relief when concrete is finally poured and checked off the list. Can’t wait to see and hear more about this “temporary structure” above everything to work under. Might should have don’t that before digging footers. In all my grumbling I was saying “Need to build a barn around my barn to allow me to build my barn and keep the rain off” lol
Happy building!
I operated a 200 ton end dump truck , we would fill large areas and when it would rain the bulldozer would push the mud off the edges then it would dry in a few months hard as a rock . In the States we would surcharge with garnet stones then fill 32 inches with stone in three or four lifts then a foot of gravel hard pack then a foot of Asphault in lifts for interstate highways the off ramps we would burry stumps borrow the fill for under the highway the good gravel and good fill every 100 feet would be preferred pipe to remove any water . The Cat Truck has 9 foot tall Michelin tires that compacts the material x 200 tons loaded ! Like your videos ! Thanks
I'm think a Feench drain ditch around the barn area might channel the water away so the barn and paddock stay dry. I know it means more work, but it might save you headaches down the line. Or at least, I sincerely hope so.
Don't beat yourself up too much, it was a good plan and it's going to be great in the end whatever.
LOL Yeah, learning by doing. Yeah! Self-sarcasm. Absolutely love that part. Somehow you always reach your goal at the end.