great video Josh, thats exactly what we were discussing in my Lvl 4 carpentry course the other week. Keep up the great videos, loving your videos along with Scott Brown.
Awesome brotha! A good learning video for me. I know nothing about timber driven piles, now I know a little bit to help get ahead when I eventually do them. More educational videos please big dog! 😉😄✌🤙💪
Amsterdam is standing on poles. New buildings go with drilled and then injected concrete. Or poured. The vibrations makes older buildings to crack or sink 😬
I drilled and filled piles to 4meters deep under my house on "The section no-body wanted" but if its a flat site, easy access its quite common to drive timber piles
Nice video, Josh! Have you tried using driven reinforced concrete piles instead of wooden ones for low-rise buildings? Concrete piles are more durable and can carry more loads.
@@nzbuilder We have not received orders from New Zealand for the delivery of our compact pile drivers yet, but I see a lot of RUclips videos about building houses in your country using piles. Maybe this is the right time to find a partner in your country. What do you think about this? Best regards, Aleks
Really interesting, how long has this technique been in use? I was talking to someone in the trades who told me my 100 year old brick villa was probably on piles under the slab, wasn’t sure I believed it until I saw this
I was going to reply but Builds & Stuff beat me to it. I just googled "wooden piles under venice" and it looks like they go way way back!!! it would be a natural assumption to think wood in the ground rots, but apparently "...Lack of sufficient air or moisture prevents decay. Wood kept constantly dry, continuously submerged in the water or mud, or buried deep underground does not decay..."
DPM = Damp Proof Membrane, its the black polythene sheet that goes under the concrete but above the dirt, stops the moisture from the ground rising into the slab and then into your house :)
Hi Josh, great video clip! Generally speaking, does the pile foundation cost much more than a normal one? Thinking to build on a peaty soil but not sure how much more should be prepared on the foundation. Cheers
Hey Rachel, you need to speak to an engineer and get a soil test (penetrometer). They can let you know exactly what foundation will be best for your scenario
Good vid, how long did it take them to drive them in, I am at planning stage where i need approx 40 piles to be driven down approx. 2.5m, who was your piling contractor.
it was about a day to mark them all out and about a day to drive them, we used Town and Country, I'm just about to upload a recap about that job this weekend as well :)
Great Question, you could ask the suppliers of piles to see if you can find out more, or ring and ask a crew from another region, most of them are friendly if they know your not trying to steal their work
Hi Halu, as mentioned in the video a concrete slab straight on the ground is fine when the load bearing capacity of the soil is acceptable, however when the ground is soft / not suitable for loading you need to transfer the house load down to "good ground" there is several ways to achieve this depending on depth load etc, in this case timber driven piles was the most effective option thanks for watching :)
@@nzbuilder thank you for idea. I assume that Tree pole will be not strong as concrete, they are going to back to soil especially in the ground? they will rot and fade out within 20 years or less.
An engineer will be the best person to advise on your exact situation. From my understanding, Driven Timber piles have an h5 treatment and a durability requirement to last a minimum of 50 years, also the lack of oxygen is what prevents them from rotting
I'm no expert but I do know it needs to be a Minimum 50 year guarantee against insect & fungal attack. Some people would argue that in the absence of oxygen it would last 100's of years as they have found in cities like Amsterdam or Venice
1:29 Oops 🙊 this why you don't let others record you unless you do it correctly. Haha I hope this young guy isn't on a penetrometer everyday. His results are gonna be off. And his seniors will be writing reports based on these results.
Hey Sam Thanks for Watching! The penetrometer clip is not from this site, nor my engineers. That clip (from youtube) has been included purely, for example, I included a reference to it in the description below :) ruclips.net/video/6LP2tEpKxtw/видео.html
that would seem like a logical assumption but apparently "...Lack of sufficient air or moisture prevents decay. Wood kept constantly dry, continuously submerged in the water or mud, or buried deep underground does not decay..." Plus its h5 treated, I included some links in the description if you're interested :)
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great video Josh, thats exactly what we were discussing in my Lvl 4 carpentry course the other week. Keep up the great videos, loving your videos along with Scott Brown.
Cheers Ben :)
Awesome video, mate. Keep up the good work!
Great video, thanks
Great watch . Very helpful
Glad it was helpful!
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Awesome brotha! A good learning video for me. I know nothing about timber driven piles, now I know a little bit to help get ahead when I eventually do them. More educational videos please big dog! 😉😄✌🤙💪
Thanks Jade, got a few more ideas lined up :)
Hey Josh, what if termites are an issue. Would you use steel piles?
And could the pile go into & through a 1m high slab to setup walls?
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
Amsterdam is standing on poles. New buildings go with drilled and then injected concrete. Or poured. The vibrations makes older buildings to crack or sink 😬
I drilled and filled piles to 4meters deep under my house on "The section no-body wanted" but if its a flat site, easy access its quite common to drive timber piles
Nice video, Josh! Have you tried using driven reinforced concrete piles instead of wooden ones for low-rise buildings? Concrete piles are more durable and can carry more loads.
Hey BuildBasematic, is this available in NZ ?
@@nzbuilder We have not received orders from New Zealand for the delivery of our compact pile drivers yet, but I see a lot of RUclips videos about building houses in your country using piles. Maybe this is the right time to find a partner in your country. What do you think about this? Best regards, Aleks
Really interesting, how long has this technique been in use? I was talking to someone in the trades who told me my 100 year old brick villa was probably on piles under the slab, wasn’t sure I believed it until I saw this
They did it under Venice over 1000 years ago.
I was going to reply but Builds & Stuff beat me to it. I just googled "wooden piles under venice" and it looks like they go way way back!!! it would be a natural assumption to think wood in the ground rots, but apparently "...Lack of sufficient air or moisture prevents decay. Wood kept constantly dry, continuously submerged in the water or mud, or buried deep underground does not decay..."
Mean brooo!!
Thanks for the video, learnt a lot. What is DPM ? What are the pods for? Thanks.
DPM = Damp Proof Membrane, its the black polythene sheet that goes under the concrete but above the dirt, stops the moisture from the ground rising into the slab and then into your house :)
Hi Josh, great video clip! Generally speaking, does the pile foundation cost much more than a normal one? Thinking to build on a peaty soil but not sure how much more should be prepared on the foundation. Cheers
Hey Rachel, you need to speak to an engineer and get a soil test (penetrometer). They can let you know exactly what foundation will be best for your scenario
Good vid, how long did it take them to drive them in, I am at planning stage where i need approx 40 piles to be driven down approx. 2.5m, who was your piling contractor.
it was about a day to mark them all out and about a day to drive them, we used Town and Country, I'm just about to upload a recap about that job this weekend as well :)
Does anyone know a manufacturer of hammer and leads for a small excavator like this one? I think this one was custom built.
Great Question, you could ask the suppliers of piles to see if you can find out more, or ring and ask a crew from another region, most of them are friendly if they know your not trying to steal their work
I never see this way of making slab concrete base on pin poles??
as long as concrete slab base attached ground what does means pine poles?
Hi Halu, as mentioned in the video a concrete slab straight on the ground is fine when the load bearing capacity of the soil is acceptable,
however when the ground is soft / not suitable for loading you need to transfer the house load down to "good ground"
there is several ways to achieve this depending on depth load etc, in this case timber driven piles was the most effective option
thanks for watching :)
@@nzbuilder thank you for idea. I assume that Tree pole will be not strong as concrete, they are going to back to soil especially in the ground? they will rot and fade out within 20 years or less.
An engineer will be the best person to advise on your exact situation.
From my understanding, Driven Timber piles have an h5 treatment and a durability requirement to last a minimum of 50 years, also the lack of oxygen is what prevents them from rotting
How many years timber pile is good positions in underground
I'm no expert but I do know it needs to be a Minimum 50 year guarantee against insect & fungal attack. Some people would argue that in the absence of oxygen it would last 100's of years as they have found in cities like Amsterdam or Venice
1:29
Oops 🙊 this why you don't let others record you unless you do it correctly.
Haha I hope this young guy isn't on a penetrometer everyday. His results are gonna be off. And his seniors will be writing reports based on these results.
Hey Sam Thanks for Watching! The penetrometer clip is not from this site, nor my engineers. That clip (from youtube) has been included purely, for example, I included a reference to it in the description below :)
ruclips.net/video/6LP2tEpKxtw/видео.html
Why wood
its fast, easy and about 40% the cost of alternative options, it is rated to last 100 years+
@@nzbuilder really, I thought wood would rot away
that would seem like a logical assumption but apparently "...Lack of sufficient air or moisture prevents decay. Wood kept constantly dry, continuously submerged in the water or mud, or buried deep underground does not decay..."
Plus its h5 treated, I included some links in the description if you're interested :)
@@nzbuilder that makes sense, lack of air and bacteria keeps it solid. Thanks I learnt something new today
@@knightwolf8877 no worries - thanks for watching and commenting :)
Geo grid would of been a cheaper way
potentially, the engineering and building consent was sorted before I got involved so I am just following the plans :)