So, you are a log home contractor during the day and at night you are building you own homestead in the desert of Idaho. I think I'm finally getting the picture of you youtube channel.
You look amazingly like my older brother. By the way that is one heck of a lot of concrete and some of the video shots of it being poured were outstanding. 9:54 That concrete looks really nice, sharp and clean; its going to last damn near forever...
for me it's so pleasant when i take the forms out and see a sharp corner, it's like my whole work was worth it. Great video man, and what nice corner you've got huh?!
Given the title I thought we'd see how the form ties work. You showed the bottom ties, but not the inner ties on the forms. I tried building my own forms once and I did it off a book I bought. Well the wire they told me to use didn't hold the forms in place and boy did I have a mess. I went out and bought the largest size wire I could find and that worked pretty good.
Haha, sorry about that! I guess I got too carried away with the bottom ties and forgot about the inner ones. Building forms can be a real challenge, but it sounds like you found a creative solution with the largest size wire. Way to think outside the box!
Josh: Are you forced back to the 20x60 pole barn. If so I will proceed onto a 3360 sq. ft home. With a U of 3- 40' HC containers open to the south. Containing: 6 Kids bed rooms, 2- baths, Back entrance/mud room, pantry, front entrance, small office. 40x40 Main center area: Kitchen , Dinning, Great room ( 2-seating zones, main stair and lodge fireplace ). 2 nd. floor 20 x 40 : Master bedroom, Spa/dressing room, 1/2 bath, Mom's/guest room ( pull down wall bed). The 40x40 central core will be all exposed timber frame. In the front to the south a 12x40 Deck with arbor over for summer shade or a screened Porch if insect protection is more important. All in my head now; time to open a new drawing file. Bert
Next time you do a hurricane strap, screw a 1x3 to the outside of the wall, add a small block above the wall attached to the 1x3, and then screw the strap to THAT which is now above the wall and the screws won't be in the concrete for removal later on. Much cleaner and easier.
What size of stone is used in that concrete? How do you prevent it from cracking? No control joints? How many days til you remove the forms? Do you keep the wall wet to cure?
The rebar does not conflict with layout. Unless its requested, i dont see a reason to drill instead of wet settingthe rebar. If you think it conflict with layout just add extra. I have never seen anyone do this unless they forgot about the rebar or if they just missed a few.
Please make a video for those of us who havent assembled a snap tie formwork. Done quite a few foundations w 2x10 just havent done the snap tie method. Last job with rat slab and wine cellar was 140 yds. - a lot of forms.... Do snap tie do well with an unlevel terrain? Few jobsites are ideal. Thx.
Love this video. Are you good with the one whaler horizontal on your forms? Im going to do some forms soon and I was thinking of doing a snap tie with verticals and horizontal whaler.
Round point shovels are for digging not pouring concrete.After over 30 years of pouring foundations, first time I've seen someone use a screed board, drilling dowels isn't structurally sound as placing a bent dowel.and would never be allowed on commercial or a good engineered fdt.
Engineer that does my plans won't allow "wet sticking" rebar into the footing. He says they are useless. We have to bend then 90 degrees and wire tie them to the bar in the footing. Lacking that, epoxy is OK.
don't they use concrete vibrators ? some years ago I was overwatching concrete work and one of the workers inserted a big needle like thing in the wet concrete and it kinda looked as if somebody pulled the plug out of the bathtub... a concrete pump sure beats wheelbarrows and shovels ;-)
Was this in Idaho I do concrete as well. The only reason I ask is because Brundage Bone pumping is out of twin falls idaho. Your walls great by the way wish the guys I work with would understand slow and steady wins the race not fast and sloppy makes rework and work smarter not harder
Cool video, I know that it is 1 week old, but I just watched the end of it today. I am sure that you are violating at least 1 rule on that job, concrete crews HAS to be at least 90 % Spanish speaking, and I heard NO Spanish spoken in your video. LOL Have a nice day
It is not a high rise at the end, but Even Sika calls their epoxy "AnchorFix" to fix rebar and concrete mistakes not as alternative to place the rebar correctly from at first place
Looks like a very well done foundation. Awesome finish quality. Do you do the ICF foundations as well? They look to be better insulating and you don't have to remove the forms. Still, great job. Scooping concrete and filming at the same time? You're so talented it is almost sickening. LOL
What about using the insulation forms? Not on this project b/c there isn't a basement but when there is one and in your part of the country where winters are WINTERS. Just asking b/c I'd like at least a half basement under my home for all the mechanical equipment etc.
When you screw all the hold downs as well as any ply , it makes waaay difficult to strip , you spend more time plus you damage the ply , it should have be nailed , you have what looks like 4 feet walls , try that with 10 and 12 feet walls foundation. The 2x4s at the bottom of the columns should be nailed with a small piece of tied wire o. The concrete to make sure it won’t move , the columns should be braced on both sides to keep them plumb . I don’t want to sound harsh , just sharing a few things with you , don’t want to offend you or anything . Have a nice day .
Nice job I use this system everyday, what are those straps called that are on the footing that the 3/4 forms sit on I want those for the tops, we use 2x4 on the footing 3/4 back and put 2" nails to hold bottom
What was the height of that basement? Looked very short! Anyways, nice video, its too bad older generations never had this kind of technology to record and post somewhere for people to watch at home!
Keep It Real We use a 6 bag mix to keep the concrete creamy and flowable. Using a vibrator on a snap tie system would be way to much especially on a 4' tall wall. We also tap the walls with hammers around any areas that may need a little help.
the qty of cement doesnt make it creamy and flowable.... did you add extra water to get it creamy... did you go past a 4" slump... im betting you did so your water cement ratio isnt what it should be. so for your 2500psi mix your probably closer to a 2000psi mix. im not sure what psi was engineered for those footings and walls but thats hopefully still within spec.
the huckster we had it mixed at the batch plant at a 6 inch slump because we know running it through a concrete pump we're going to lose about 1 inch of slump and instead of pouring a five bag mix we pour a six bag mix adding more concrete powder for greater strength and it seems to make it creamier and easier to work. The concrete that you're seeing is coming out of the pump at around a 5 inch slump. No water was added and our psi is miles above minimum standards
I pour and vibrate walls up to 22' it's done every day with snap ties, Johnny walls, flat shoe, aluminium dont matter. It's always good to vibrate or use a self consolidating mix. Good work
Excellent video. Thank you. I am pretty sure rich folks like to waste money on frivolous task, as they can easily deduct it on their taxes. The hassle of dealing with some snobby architecture firm is very very unpleasant to most people wanting a dream-cabin. They also want to keep the opportunity for lawsuits low, so they don't want to hire a general contractor to oversee the subcontractors. They would rather just deal with the subcontractors themselves, so they can rip them off even more than the general contractor would have.
Is that pump truck brundage bone? I k ow your from my kneck of the woods just can't figure out where? Idaho or Utah? Id love to come up n work with you! You sir are a bad ass!
I wish you had spent more time showing how you constructed the forms instead of pumping the mud. That was what I was looking for, and is more important in the long run. If not done right = blowout. G
I have to build some forms using snap ties that are about 16 ft tall. They are 2 ft thick and we have to use HDO plywood for an architectural finish. They need both horizontal and vertical 2x walers. So I am trying to self educate on how to do it, which was the reason behind my comment. Can you share a link that would be more helpful? Thanks G
Ntiyiso Rikhotso Concrete is measured in cubic yards Or 3'x 3'x 3'= 27 cubic feet so just like you said we are looking for volume. When I'm looking a volume of concrete I go length x height x width in inches and then convert inches to cubic feet and then to cubic yards.
Thank you very much! Is it possible to ask the building construction company to build the foundation of my house using stem wall instead of using bricks(South Africa)? I'm just asking so that whatever engineering language they are using doesn't confuse me. I think stregth of a stem wall is better than the one for bricks
Great video, excellent workmanship.
Nice work Guys !!
I'm surprised there was no horizontal rebar in wall forms. Nice job.
Nice work and kudos for a clean worksite..!
Looks like a very high quality final result, really like it
That concrete pump is the bomb, and the project looks awesome! Good job, everyone!!
So, you are a log home contractor during the day and at night you are building you own homestead in the desert of Idaho. I think I'm finally getting the picture of you youtube channel.
THAT WAS A REAL NICE JOB.
Wow make me long for the days I was young and building houses, but now at 54 I have been working at a slow pace as a Maintenance Mechanic.
Must waterproof the foundation. If it were my house I would demand it. I'm surprised it's not a code issue. Great job. Vinny 🇺🇸
The same for me different codes or
You look amazingly like my older brother. By the way that is one heck of a lot of concrete and some of the video shots of it being poured were outstanding. 9:54
That concrete looks really nice, sharp and clean; its going to last damn near forever...
I could watch that for hours. Nice work. Show the rest of the construction if you have the chance. I look forward to you doing your own place!
Mark Winblad we will try to keep you apprised of this work project and our own building projects on the homestead. Thanks for your support!
It's been a long time since I've done this type of formwork!
I was wondering why you didn't use a vibrator and then we got to the end with the forms off. Great job. Inspiring.
why they didn't use a vibrator and why there seems to be a lack of gravel in the footings. I think they are dam lucky not to have inspectors.
for me it's so pleasant when i take the forms out and see a sharp corner, it's like my whole work was worth it. Great video man, and what nice corner you've got huh?!
Very nice! This fills a gap in my knowledge about log home building. And your videos get better and better!
Ann Ham Thanks Ann, we are glad you you learned something!
Awesome job guys........job well done
Good job my friend 😊
Looks good 👍 I also do foundation from residential to commercial
Nice Work. Its always good to watch nice concrete work.
WOW!! That was way to cool!!! Thank You for your time!!
Awesome job
Nice pour gentleman!
Looks great!
hurray re getting good plans!
Looks amazing. It's so clean.
playgrrrr That means a lot, thanks!
Nicely done. Good work.
Great vid.... get that guy a square point shovel...ehehe In Calif we typically have to preset the rebar for block walls and snap-tie walls too...
Hehe, nice cut at 2:24 just before he fell! Lol! Awesome to watch and learn a bit, thanks!
Nice work, thanks for sharing
nicely done. GOOD JOB!
Nice work. Keep up the good work.
Greg Ziegelbauer thanks Greg
love the videos keep up the good work.
Nice bit of shuttering guys. Great job on the concrete finish too!
Very good work
Hope to see more of the building process! Enjoyed your Vid. ☺
We run foundation drains along footers, here in Kentucky, due to the amount of rain we can get.
Looks good
great video
Really good video thank you for your efforts
Given the title I thought we'd see how the form ties work. You showed the bottom ties, but not the inner ties on the forms. I tried building my own forms once and I did it off a book I bought. Well the wire they told me to use didn't hold the forms in place and boy did I have a mess. I went out and bought the largest size wire I could find and that worked pretty good.
Haha, sorry about that! I guess I got too carried away with the bottom ties and forgot about the inner ones. Building forms can be a real challenge, but it sounds like you found a creative solution with the largest size wire. Way to think outside the box!
Josh: Are you forced back to the 20x60 pole barn. If so I will proceed onto a 3360 sq. ft home. With a U of 3- 40' HC containers open to the south. Containing: 6 Kids bed rooms, 2- baths, Back entrance/mud room, pantry, front entrance, small office. 40x40 Main center area: Kitchen , Dinning, Great room ( 2-seating zones, main stair and lodge fireplace ). 2 nd. floor 20 x 40 : Master bedroom, Spa/dressing room, 1/2 bath, Mom's/guest room ( pull down wall bed). The 40x40 central core will be all exposed timber frame. In the front to the south a 12x40 Deck with arbor over for summer shade or a screened Porch if insect protection is more important. All in my head now; time to open a new drawing file. Bert
Next time you do a hurricane strap, screw a 1x3 to the outside of the wall, add a small block above the wall attached to the 1x3, and then screw the strap to THAT which is now above the wall and the screws won't be in the concrete for removal later on. Much cleaner and easier.
That's a great tip! Thanks for sharing.
Looks good bro!
Brian Curwick Thank you Brian
Good job
Done with the footings and the walls
What size of stone is used in that concrete?
How do you prevent it from cracking?
No control joints?
How many days til you remove the forms?
Do you keep the wall wet to cure?
Very nice
Nice 👍👍
The rebar does not conflict with layout. Unless its requested, i dont see a reason to drill instead of wet settingthe rebar. If you think it conflict with layout just add extra. I have never seen anyone do this unless they forgot about the rebar or if they just missed a few.
Please make a video for those of us who havent assembled a snap tie formwork. Done quite a few foundations w 2x10 just havent done the snap tie method. Last job with rat slab and wine cellar was 140 yds. - a lot of forms.... Do snap tie do well with an unlevel terrain? Few jobsites are ideal. Thx.
Love this video. Are you good with the one whaler horizontal on your forms? Im going to do some forms soon and I was thinking of doing a snap tie with verticals and horizontal whaler.
Round point shovels are for digging not pouring concrete.After over 30 years of pouring foundations, first time I've seen someone use a screed board, drilling dowels isn't structurally sound as placing a bent dowel.and would never be allowed on commercial or a good engineered fdt.
this was so cool to watch! you made it look easy but I am sure it was a ton of work!
Dirtpatcheaven
Work produces good stuff
Excuses just ppl head aches
It is good seeing ppl on here that know what the heck they are doing!!!
Easy if you know a little
A concrete pump in Melbourne Australia recently exploded , injuring an employee. I wonder how safe they are.
You pushed backfill right up against the concrete foundation without drainage tile?
Never heard him say that.
@@smac4013 @10:45
So glad I own a set of aluminum forms. Lol.
What dose a set of aluminum forms cost?
Engineer that does my plans won't allow "wet sticking" rebar into the footing. He says they are useless. We have to bend then 90 degrees and wire tie them to the bar in the footing. Lacking that, epoxy is OK.
I notice a lot of concrete pours in the USA it's very rare that I see people use a concrete poker!! here in the uk I wouldn't do a pour without one
great video I'm just here for the comments I like to see all the wannabe engineers give their 2 cents
don't they use concrete vibrators ? some years ago I was overwatching concrete work and one of the workers inserted a big needle like thing in the wet concrete and it kinda looked as if somebody pulled the plug out of the bathtub...
a concrete pump sure beats wheelbarrows and shovels ;-)
ROCK ON !!!!
Was this in Idaho I do concrete as well. The only reason I ask is because Brundage Bone pumping is out of twin falls idaho. Your walls great by the way wish the guys I work with would understand slow and steady wins the race not fast and sloppy makes rework and work smarter not harder
Brundage bone is all over the place we have used them from Las Vegas to Montana
Great work. What's the spacer you use on the footing to space the wall?
Josh: Your engineer likes beefy footings even more than me.
Cool video, I know that it is 1 week old, but I just watched the end of it today. I am sure that you are violating at least 1 rule on that job, concrete crews HAS to be at least 90 % Spanish speaking, and I heard NO Spanish spoken in your video. LOL Have a nice day
Que pasa guey! Chale niero! Hey boludo, peloton!
There, are you happy now?
It is not a high rise at the end, but Even Sika calls their epoxy "AnchorFix" to fix rebar and concrete mistakes not as alternative to place the rebar correctly from at first place
Looks like a very well done foundation. Awesome finish quality. Do you do the ICF foundations as well? They look to be better insulating and you don't have to remove the forms. Still, great job. Scooping concrete and filming at the same time? You're so talented it is almost sickening. LOL
What about using the insulation forms? Not on this project b/c there isn't a basement but when there is one and in your part of the country where winters are WINTERS. Just asking b/c I'd like at least a half basement under my home for all the mechanical equipment etc.
Kia Ora from Auckland, New Zealand…
Hi good job but I have one question, you’re not scared the form is gonna lead to one side?
why didn't you install bent rebar verticals before pouring the footer?
When you screw all the hold downs as well as any ply , it makes waaay difficult to strip , you spend more time plus you damage the ply , it should have be nailed , you have what looks like 4 feet walls , try that with 10 and 12 feet walls foundation. The 2x4s at the bottom of the columns should be nailed with a small piece of tied wire o. The concrete to make sure it won’t move , the columns should be braced on both sides to keep them plumb .
I don’t want to sound harsh , just sharing a few things with you , don’t want to offend you or anything .
Have a nice day .
Why you do not use any waterproofing on your foundation walls? Before you backfill and push dirt on to the the foundation?
I thought you were going to talk about the snap tie forms in detail .
What is the benefit of running a screed board on a wall? As opposed to just floating it?
Nice job I use this system everyday, what are those straps called that are on the footing that the 3/4 forms sit on I want those for the tops, we use 2x4 on the footing 3/4 back and put 2" nails to hold bottom
How tall of a wall can you go with a single Whaler system and when do you switch to a double whaler?
That depends on how wide you are going. (6"8"10")10 foot tall is our cutoff, we double up when we get some where around 8'-10' tall
Was the inside getting a slab? Not nearly enough foundation vents for a crawlspace?
Yes its a craw space
Do you waterproof the outside of the foundation before backfill?
Terry Maynard Yes, we always damp proof the out side of the walls
What products do you use? Is a cloth membrane with rubberized coating good enough to do the job?
What does something like what you just did cement and all the forming cost at that point when you where All done with
What was the height of that basement? Looked very short! Anyways, nice video, its too bad older generations never had this kind of technology to record and post somewhere for people to watch at home!
This is a crawl space, we back filled around the footing after we striped the forums
No concrete viberator to avoid air bubbles in the walls?
Keep It Real We use a 6 bag mix to keep the concrete creamy and flowable. Using a vibrator on a snap tie system would be way to much especially on a 4' tall wall. We also tap the walls with hammers around any areas that may need a little help.
the qty of cement doesnt make it creamy and flowable.... did you add extra water to get it creamy... did you go past a 4" slump... im betting you did so your water cement ratio isnt what it should be. so for your 2500psi mix your probably closer to a 2000psi mix. im not sure what psi was engineered for those footings and walls but thats hopefully still within spec.
the huckster we had it mixed at the batch plant at a 6 inch slump because we know running it through a concrete pump we're going to lose about 1 inch of slump and instead of pouring a five bag mix we pour a six bag mix adding more concrete powder for greater strength and it seems to make it creamier and easier to work. The concrete that you're seeing is coming out of the pump at around a 5 inch slump. No water was added and our psi is miles above minimum standards
I pour and vibrate walls up to 22' it's done every day with snap ties, Johnny walls, flat shoe, aluminium dont matter. It's always good to vibrate or use a self consolidating mix. Good work
Thank you
Judy Proctor
Thank you for watching
What high can you go with that form system?
Excellent video. Thank you.
I am pretty sure rich folks like to waste money on frivolous task, as they can easily deduct it on their taxes. The hassle of dealing with some snobby architecture firm is very very unpleasant to most people wanting a dream-cabin. They also want to keep the opportunity for lawsuits low, so they don't want to hire a general contractor
to oversee the subcontractors. They would rather just deal with the subcontractors themselves, so they can rip them off even more than the general contractor would have.
Is that pump truck brundage bone? I k ow your from my kneck of the woods just can't figure out where? Idaho or Utah? Id love to come up n work with you! You sir are a bad ass!
We are in northern Idaho, like Canada north! stop by anytime and bring your tool bags!
Well done, where have you done it?
I never understood how you can lay it out after pouring but not before
I wish you had spent more time showing how you constructed the forms instead of pumping the mud. That was what I was looking for, and is more important in the long run. If not done right = blowout. G
gerretw There are other concrete videos on this channel that go into better detail on this particular form system
I have to build some forms using snap ties that are about 16 ft tall. They are 2 ft thick and we have to use HDO plywood for an architectural finish. They need both horizontal and vertical 2x walers. So I am trying to self educate on how to do it, which was the reason behind my comment. Can you share a link that would be more helpful? Thanks G
I used simplax forms with snap ties
I wish to know kore or less how much did it cost them to build the foundation.
Why you need to vacume when drilling at open jobsite
wow! cool thumbnail!
No strapping/banding on that footing?
What formula can i use to calculate the amount of concrete required for such foundation? length * breadth * height * thickness?
Ntiyiso Rikhotso Concrete is measured in cubic yards Or 3'x 3'x 3'= 27 cubic feet so just like you said we are looking for volume. When I'm looking a volume of concrete I go length x height x width in inches and then convert inches to cubic feet and then to cubic yards.
Thank you very much!
Is it possible to ask the building construction company to build the foundation of my house using stem wall instead of using bricks(South Africa)? I'm just asking so that whatever engineering language they are using doesn't confuse me. I think stregth of a stem wall is better than the one for bricks
Holy slumpa
Is this the foundation for yr house or the Tent?
how did you fill the snap tie holes? did you remove the metal rod going thru or just left it in place?
Inside rod part stays in. Outside part snaps off with hammer..some guys fill the outside divet. But with waterproofing its usually not a concern.
@@cruisinthru3916 snap ties are snaped off with a piece of pipe about 12 inches long
@@woodyahh2110 Ive straightened J bolts with a pipe...but i just hit ties with a hammer and they snap easy.
crok what ever as long as your having fun
Is that going to be a basement to your cabin