I might mention that every time I visited my Uncle's farm, we helped with tailing, mulesing, crutching, laying concrete, digging dry wells in hard clay and one time, re-roofed the house. He always welcomed free labour.
I built my last house as a pole barn with a 40’x60’ monolithic pour. Post and all one pour. Set up was difficult, but the pour was cake. Looking great brother.
Getting closer all the time. I know you are enjoying the piece of mind you get from doing with the hands you were givin. I hope all is going as planned or as well needed by things that arise. Looks great as always and wish the family well.
Wow can't believe all the hard work your doing in those temperatures. I think I'd have been worn out a long time ago but then I've got a lot more years on you. Really looking forward to what you do with getting water. Thanks again for sharing.
Love to see your friends move close by, you could really get things moving ...I have a friend who will only work alone, will not accept help, but you seem to get all involved. Seeing you up on the Hill reminds me of Dick Pronekie.. never stop looking out, you will always be inspired ..
Helpers are quite helpful and the timing was SPOT on ! Be safe, it's really DRY AN HOT, NO MONSOONS YET HERE IN AZ , WE HAD A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAIN UP HERE A FEW WEKS AGO ,BUT NOT A DROP SINCE ,🤔
I've seen professional work crews work and most not as hard as your friend and his boys. Good idea buying the canopy. It will pay for it'self in no time. One tip, Get some gallon milk jugs and fill with sand and tie onto the lower part of each leg to the canopy. It will help keep the wind from blowing it away.
This heat has been oppressive. Glad you have friends to help. Keep your chin up brother. The lord sees what you are doing for your family and their future. Faith.
You know the bucket on the front of your backhoe will scoop up most of that dirt just like the shovel........ They also make several different backhoe bucket sizes for trenching.Your killin me man!
Man, I was so anxious for not seen your videos, specially the one of the well. Nice job and good work with your your family. They are first always. Bless you
Been hot as hell in the Rockies, count your blessings your not fighting fires like most of us in the west. I would be uncomfortable with your well being open and nothing covering it up. With all the kids running around, animals, neighbors, etc. I couldn't imagine that kind of accident and tragedy. Be safe brother.
We've see levels at yard sales. We got a really, really nice 4 foot one for $10. It was higher but the guy saw my husband checking it and went down on it because he knew it would be carried for. Obviously accidents happen.
Great job! Sometimes the Carpenters have been told by the Building Inspectors not to have a sharp edge concrete transition between the slab and the footing (not such a sharp 90 degree angle). So what they do is chip away the dirt along the runs kind of at a 45 degree angle. So, here you have three holes. On the interior side of the holes, you could nudge away at the soil some so when the concrete is poured, it doesn't hit such a drastic 90 deg angle as the concrete is filling in the slab portion. I am not aware that this is a code requirement. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But if you look at images of monolithic slab pours, you'll see that there's a 45 degree or so angle in how the soil is dug on the interior portion. I suppose too sharp a transition causes cracks, or something like that. And, of course, any portion of the floor, whether interior or front or rear porch THAT HAS A ROOF OVER IT, must be at least six inches above finished grade. It looks like your form boards have enough depth. A back yard slab doesn't count as long as you don't cover the slab with a roof. The reason is that if flood rains come, your house won't flood for the first six inches of height. The other reason is that any portion of the house that has a roof (except garage or carport), must have a subfloor height level of a min. 6 inches---there may be some grey areas here. A garage floor, though, does not have to be six inches above grade....that floor can sit at grade, but it is recommended that one put a couple inch slope on the garage floor so that any water accumulated can seep out the garage door openings. So one end of the garage floor slab would be at grade, and the other end would be about two inches higher than grade....probably not a building code, but most all the Carpenters slope the garage floor. If your garage floor floods (because you don't have the six inch height), usually the flooding will not damage the home. The garage floor concrete stem walls, coming off the inverted t-footings, have to have a min. height of six inches. So your garage can flood at least six inches high before the water hits the main house floor. In areas prone to flooding, folk will definitely have their house main floor raised more than six inches off of grade (first floor finished floor line or first floor structural floor level).
That's such an amazing experience! The honey bee at the end of your video had me thinking. Are you going to put in a bee hive box? That would be really neat especially with a garden, and of course honey! Keep up the great work, and I agree, you should have a helper with you during these super hot months.
Wow, the house is really coming along. It's looking good. Glad you had some help to come along. It's really hot out there trying to do it all alone. Keep yourself cooled off. Don't go getting a heat stroke or that will put you down for day's. Maybe with all this company your having maybe you can get some more help. Getting that cover was a good idea. Keep the videos coming. I like seeing the progress on it. Hope your family had a great 4th of July.
Hi Heath - nice to see your back to work - now your complaining about to much company distracting you, what you should be be doing is looking at this company as a blessing and an opportunity to draft some free hands to get some work done, just like Matthew. I understand about balancing family and family projects. Hang in there and keep swinging away - you'll get there!
Might not look like much to the "untrained eye", but great progress. That was a lot of work accomplished in short order. Thanks friends for helping out. Not often you see an addition built before the main structure is completely done. Keep on trucking Heath, you'll get there.
You have a backhoe use the damned thing. When I do a monopour the outside trench is backhoe bucket wide so put on you smallest backhoe bucket and get it done. One day to get the trenching and excavation for the floor done. One more day for gravel and exterior forms and maybe one day for running the compactor and tieing the rebar in the trenches and on the little concrete blocks. I use the concrete blocks in the bottom of the trenches and have the rest of the rebar cut and waiting for pour day to be put in then.
Very nice work. I just seem to have missed why there is suddenly an extra piece to the building :D I thought the original building had everything you needed?
I was just wondering like a lot of people had commented when you said 4 inch wide footings was code. Did you find out that it was supposed to be wider for code? Cuz I see you're going wider
Why dont you have your biggest boy helping you? That wouls give him a sense of pride too. Are you afraid of erosion with the deep cuts you made? Wheres the treehouse?
I pray you never get injured and that soon your beautiful Family gets to move into that wonderful HOME💕💕💕
Thank you!
Your gonna need a bunk house for family x friends. Your doing such a lot of work and it shows, your family homestead is exceptional.
What a lovely family, that's what you call a good friend.
It is so awesome that you and your wife have so much families. Wether they visit or even help. You are doing a really awesome and wonderful job.
That well looks beautiful... knowing the history behind your search for water. Can't wait to see you work on it.
I might mention that every time I visited my Uncle's farm, we helped with tailing, mulesing, crutching, laying concrete, digging dry wells in hard clay and one time, re-roofed the house. He always welcomed free labour.
the water in the well looks so clean and pure to drink.
Thanks for Keeping it Real... You have Great Friends. Great to see the young men step in and help and learn. Need more of that ... Till next time.
I built my last house as a pole barn with a 40’x60’ monolithic pour. Post and all one pour. Set up was difficult, but the pour was cake. Looking great brother.
Thank you! Glad to see you're back in the saddle!
Getting closer all the time. I know you are enjoying the piece of mind you get from doing with the hands you were givin. I hope all is going as planned or as well needed by things that arise. Looks great as always and wish the family well.
Wow can't believe all the hard work your doing in those temperatures. I think I'd have been worn out a long time ago but then I've got a lot more years on you. Really looking forward to what you do with getting water. Thanks again for sharing.
Love to see your friends move close by, you could really get things moving ...I have a friend who will only work alone, will not accept help, but you seem to get all involved. Seeing you up on the Hill reminds me of Dick Pronekie.. never stop looking out, you will always be inspired ..
Helpers are quite helpful and the timing was SPOT on ! Be safe, it's really DRY AN HOT, NO MONSOONS YET HERE IN AZ , WE HAD A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAIN UP HERE A FEW WEKS AGO ,BUT NOT A DROP SINCE ,🤔
I've seen professional work crews work and most not as hard as your friend and his boys. Good idea buying the canopy. It will pay for it'self in no time. One tip, Get some gallon milk jugs and fill with sand and tie onto the lower part of each leg to the canopy. It will help keep the wind from blowing it away.
I've lost a couple to the wind.
Looking awesome, nothing like family help to get projects completed. Thanks for sharing.
This heat has been oppressive. Glad you have friends to help. Keep your chin up brother. The lord sees what you are doing for your family and their future. Faith.
You know the bucket on the front of your backhoe will scoop up most of that dirt just like the shovel........ They also make several different backhoe bucket sizes for trenching.Your killin me man!
What? Over 1k views & only 140 likes? If you watch it, then acknowledge his work (plus time spent editing). Keeps dumb tube off his back.
Man, I was so anxious for not seen your videos, specially the one of the well. Nice job and good work with your your family. They are first always. Bless you
Matthews boys are awesome....Well water looks more clearer now .
I've only found your channel a short time ago but I have to say that you are a very dedicated man. Best of luck on your projects.
Thanks!
Been hot as hell in the Rockies, count your blessings your not fighting fires like most of us in the west.
I would be uncomfortable with your well being open and nothing covering it up. With all the kids running around, animals, neighbors, etc. I couldn't imagine that kind of accident and tragedy. Be safe brother.
We've see levels at yard sales. We got a really, really nice 4 foot one for $10. It was higher but the guy saw my husband checking it and went down on it because he knew it would be carried for. Obviously accidents happen.
Great job! Sometimes the Carpenters have been told by the Building Inspectors not to have a sharp edge concrete transition between the slab and the footing (not such a sharp 90 degree angle). So what they do is chip away the dirt along the runs kind of at a 45 degree angle. So, here you have three holes. On the interior side of the holes, you could nudge away at the soil some so when the concrete is poured, it doesn't hit such a drastic 90 deg angle as the concrete is filling in the slab portion. I am not aware that this is a code requirement. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But if you look at images of monolithic slab pours, you'll see that there's a 45 degree or so angle in how the soil is dug on the interior portion. I suppose too sharp a transition causes cracks, or something like that.
And, of course, any portion of the floor, whether interior or front or rear porch THAT HAS A ROOF OVER IT, must be at least six inches above finished grade. It looks like your form boards have enough depth. A back yard slab doesn't count as long as you don't cover the slab with a roof. The reason is that if flood rains come, your house won't flood for the first six inches of height. The other reason is that any portion of the house that has a roof (except garage or carport), must have a subfloor height level of a min. 6 inches---there may be some grey areas here.
A garage floor, though, does not have to be six inches above grade....that floor can sit at grade, but it is recommended that one put a couple inch slope on the garage floor so that any water accumulated can seep out the garage door openings. So one end of the garage floor slab would be at grade, and the other end would be about two inches higher than grade....probably not a building code, but most all the Carpenters slope the garage floor. If your garage floor floods (because you don't have the six inch height), usually the flooding will not damage the home. The garage floor concrete stem walls, coming off the inverted t-footings, have to have a min. height of six inches. So your garage can flood at least six inches high before the water hits the main house floor. In areas prone to flooding, folk will definitely have their house main floor raised more than six inches off of grade (first floor finished floor line or first floor structural floor level).
This house is already attached to memories before it is finished. It's already becoming a home.
That's such an amazing experience! The honey bee at the end of your video had me thinking. Are you going to put in a bee hive box? That would be really neat especially with a garden, and of course honey! Keep up the great work, and I agree, you should have a helper with you during these super hot months.
WE hope to have a number of hives...
Looking really good Heath 🏴🏴🏴🏴
That is nice sitting spot.
Wow, the house is really coming along. It's looking good. Glad you had some help to come along. It's really hot out there trying to do it all alone. Keep yourself cooled off. Don't go getting a heat stroke or that will put you down for day's. Maybe with all this company your having maybe you can get some more help. Getting that cover was a good idea. Keep the videos coming. I like seeing the progress on it. Hope your family had a great 4th of July.
Thank you!
Hi Heath - nice to see your back to work - now your complaining about to much company distracting you, what you should be be doing is looking at this company as a blessing and an opportunity to draft some free hands to get some work done, just like Matthew. I understand about balancing family and family projects. Hang in there and keep swinging away - you'll get there!
Fantastic crew, thanks for sharing.
Might not look like much to the "untrained eye", but great progress. That was a lot of work accomplished in short order. Thanks friends for helping out.
Not often you see an addition built before the main structure is completely done. Keep on trucking Heath, you'll get there.
Wow!! All them people coming to visit. Should of handed them shovels and hammers. 😂 Joke.
I've really been enjoying your series.
You have a backhoe use the damned thing. When I do a monopour the outside trench is backhoe bucket wide so put on you smallest backhoe bucket and get it done. One day to get the trenching and excavation for the floor done. One more day for gravel and exterior forms
and maybe one day for running the compactor and tieing the rebar in the trenches and on the little concrete blocks. I use the concrete blocks in the bottom of the trenches and have the rest of the rebar cut and waiting for pour day to be put in then.
Put them to work. They would probably love it. I know you like to do stuff yourself. Looking good.
Great video Heath!
Very informative video, keep them coming .....
Nice to see you back Heath but I do agree with Brian Curwick, get some help please :)
Good job all around.
Looks great! let me know if you need a hand I could swing up there on the weekend I'm in SLC would be happy to help and learn from you.
watched a series of your video. Impressive!
Very nice work. I just seem to have missed why there is suddenly an extra piece to the building :D I thought the original building had everything you needed?
Not quite.
All those people around you could put them to work doing a lot of the grunt work. "You want to visit, visit while digging this dirt out of here". ;-)
Great job!!!
Great job as usual :)
Very Nice Work (!!)
..more visitors + more shovels = more work completed..lol
You beat me to saying the same thing
Is that slab also known as an Alaskan slab? Your doing great. Keep it up!
Not sure...
Super nice y al....
Also did any of your apple tree cuttings start to grow or did you lose them I still haven't heard from the comment I left before
Most of the made it. I will do a follow up soon.
Go go #1
The man that never finishes a project before he jumps to 3 more ......
nice one
it was 98 today here I feel for you haha
I was just wondering like a lot of people had commented when you said 4 inch wide footings was code. Did you find out that it was supposed to be wider for code? Cuz I see you're going wider
I went around 12"s
With all those people visiting, are any of them helping you out?
Sure.
How are your apple an peach tree cuttings doing?
Doing good. I'll do an update soon.
Does your music ever get get flagged for copyright issues?
It's not subject to copyright.
Oopps! Crack! Dang it.
try gumbo
yeah I grew up in bend or,now im in texas ..dont complain about the heat .work on the shady side...and dont tell me what my dad tells me...lol
crap brother ,now you have a three foot level.you sound like my dad and he's building a two story timber frame.:-) :-) He's 78 yep 78..
David Hawkins that is just awesome...78 and still building.
you should of put those kids of yours to work! free labor!
agree, what are they up to when the kids from Arizona are working. Very obviously MIA
👍👍👍👍
Why dont you have your biggest boy helping you? That wouls give him a sense of pride too. Are you afraid of erosion with the deep cuts you made? Wheres the treehouse?
No on the erosion. The play house is up on the hill.
Buy STABILA.. 😉😉😉
Why didn't you just scoop the dirt with your tractor's bucket would have been a lot faster
how hot is it?
mid 90's.
When you say "it's obvious" I have no idea what you are talking about.