Basement dig-out start to finish
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- This is the start to finish video of my basement dig-out. I started this project in 2012, and finished in late 2017. I dug out the dirt with a pick, shovel, and conveyor belt. I poured new foundations and 8 inch thick walls . I went 4 inches under my existing foundation and 4 out. I did small sections at a time and had no problems. Now my basement is updated, and awesome!
Men.. My totally respect to you.
In my eyes you are a hero to your family.
Your kids, your wife, all relatives should be proud of you, most important you should be so proud of your self.
I’m planning to do that in my house, but of course I have to pay somebody else to do it.
Just thank you for documentary the hole project.
Smart, tenacity and compromise all on you, congratulation.
Many year to enjoy.
Thanks 🙏
Young man I had your energy and ambition years ago. I wanted to be self employed and I lacked experience, I did what you did here. all my life, I tackled big difficult jobs, I finished and I gained knowledge. I was in my glory building, humble always, I crippled my self working for some one else. It slowed me down tremendously, but, I continued on.I found my niche market in oil burners, I could sit on my tool bucket, keep my mind occupied and my body busy.You have my utmost admiration and respect. I have developed a few gadgets, tools, devices, inventions along the way, you might be doing the same, write them down,date and time stamp them, put them away for a time when things are a bit slower and capitalize on them.Nice job young man, nice job.
respect to you Sir
This doesn't always end well. I knew someone who did this and we had an epic 3 day rain that caved in the old foundation. The whole house ended up in the basement. You need more than determination to pull this off.
I hope he at least got a structural engineer to draw up plans. I'm sure he didn't though. I mean a few RUclips videos is all you need, amirite?
@@nicholaswise2630 Yup, you are always right.
I am totally impressed. This is one of the most impressive things I have ever seen. Hats off to you young man! Fabulous job! Aaah to be young
LOL!
You should be proud. Your story is one of hard consistent work. Thank you for sharing!
Very, very nice. !
T Willey nice!!!! Congrats, hard work !!!! Hugs from Brazil
Wow! The amount of work, determination and I am sure a few arguments, "chasing your dream" got you where not many will ever even think of doing let alone trying it. Congrats on the hard work, now enjoy it! Cheers
I'm buying an old farm house on 3 acres this month, I plan to rebuild it into a ranch, you sir are an inspiration, now I can't wait to get started. Thank you
Thought about doing the same thing to my partial basement/cellar, after seeing your project I don't think I want to lol. Props man!
I’ve never been this proud of a complete stranger. Job done.
Amazing work Stewart, you should be really proud of that
I did something similar between 2011 and 2014. Three-foot crawl space is now an 11' deep basement. I built 26 high-strength steel columns to go under the existing foundation, poured a 12" thick floor - was supposed to be 6, but ready-mix company screwed up the pour and poured six more inches atop the first - laid block under the existing footings, grouted the gap between old and new foundation, built an armored door to the outside, and put in a staircase from the first floor. The only tools I had were a shovel, wheel barrow, a strong back, and the will to get it done. There were times I could not help but wonder whether I'd lost my mind. In fact I am there now as I am in the middle of building a new kitchen off the old, about 22x30'.
I'm not getting any younger, and yet this is like a disease.... digging, grading, laying block, and out of seemingly nothing... something arises.
12" thick concrete floor.
Well... Won't the poor bastards who have to tear THAT out to get to plumbing be surprised...
Did you rebar/wire mesh both layers?
I am renovating our only bathroom in the house. I had to LOL when you said, "There were times I could not help but wonder whether I'd lost my mind." OMG the details are endless...and then, "Dad I need to use the bathroom..." ;-)
You write like a very intelligent guy. To visualize is a mark of a great engineer. keep up the great work, keep a log, you might be able to sell it, inspire others one day.
WARREN CORCORAN I highly doubt that
Well you're just slow if it took you 3 years to do your basement. This guy did his in 15 minutes and 55 seconds. Now that's dang fast if you ask me. ;-0
you have a huge basement and you have done an amazing job, mine is 1/3 of yours, I am DIYing it now, glad you can share this video.
Outstanding work, sir! If only a fraction of the population were as motivated and dedicated as you, greatness would never be in doubt.
Holy cow! Very nice. We just bought a 100 year old farmhouse. It has a stone foundation and a crawlspace. I would love to do something like this so my husband can have his "man cave". Not that he's messing but I miss not having to see his "things" all over. Now it's all I see when I walk into our house. I think he would be more comfortable in his own space as well. But 5 years? Damn! Again, very nice job. Thanks for sharing.
Whatever a man (or woman) can conceive and and believe, he can achieve!
Perfect Perfect Perfect down to the final spec great job man
I'm a contractor and I would have been skeptical about this project. Great job and I know you family is proud.
I loved the picture of the kids running around, brought back some memories of being a kid, I hope they saw the amount of labor you put into this. great job!
I appreciate your tenacity and your wife's patience.
A lot of work I know.
I was going to do the same thing......but moved to a house with a finished basement instead. Saved me 5 years of digging.
Amazing job! Loved seeing your family help, work, and grow! Nice work!
I love that you involved your son. He'll remember and appreciate that for the rest of his life.
Awesome job! That's a huge undertaking. Looks like you have an amazing wife and family to help with whatever needs to be done.
Scott Makseyn yep cause thats what makes ppl and families amazing..doing whatever hubby needs done !
That’s awesome man! Reminded me of what I had to put my wife through when I upgraded our house from 1200sqf to 4600sqf while we were living in it! All I can say is our wives are saints to believe in us and trust in our abilities! great job!
just watched this... twice. you sir, can really embrace the suck.
i will bet there were times when you just laughed for 12 hours, not even realizing you were digging...thanks for the upload.
The power of persistence. Great job. Thanks for sharing.
Super impressive work. I wouldn't have the patience for that project. Amazing job dude.
I threw my back out just by watching this.
Proof that you can do anything you set your mind to.
Proof that having many bodies to throw at a project can keep you focused on it.
I don't think this is a mind over matter stuff. I think it's more of a budget and how much time can you waste on your weekend and off time. If he had $60k, I'm pretty sure he can get it done with-in 6month. From what it looks, he'd rather do it himself with family and a span of 5 years. This might have cost him around $25k-$30k only. Hehe, there was a picture of his wife pretty exhausted and unhappy about digging.
Damn right.
My dad did something similar when I was a kid. Worth it when you own and don’t wanna go anywhere soon
My neighbors did this. It is an enormous undertaking. Great work.
Wow, 5 years in the making, and what a huge transformation. But look at the results! Turned out amazing. Great job, and just goes to show, if you bite off smaller chunks that you can handle, over time, you can complete a big job like that and save a lot of money at the same time. Plus you get the pride of showing off your work.
Nothing more satisfying than saying I did this Nice job 👍
Great job! I did two of these myself, so I can really appreciate the work that went into this project.
Hard work pays off. I tip my hat to you being so young. Glad you completed it and I like all of the aspects of your endeavor. Please keep that big smile on your face because you should be proud of this accomplishment.
Congrats! Looks great. I helped my dad finish his basement over a period of 32 months. We might of been able to do it in half the time but there was a lot of beer, whiskey, and talking about politics while drunk. But hey the tv that we built the basement for looks great. I'd do it again if I had the chance I loved every bit of it.
fitzmann85 AWESOME!
Best basement project I've seen. Very proud for you and your family... Well done!
Wow truly blown away and I’m loving the black hinge and black door knob finishing its perfect
awesome job. I liked how your kids were down in there with you some of the time playing and "helping".
That's how you teach good work ethic.
Well done TEAM REDMOND !! What an odyssey & what a huge amount of work. Be proud of yourselves. It turned out great.
What a wonderful Job!!!! I do all of my own renovations on my house and having a family and working, it seems to take forever. You start thinking is it ever going to end....lol. Right now, I am sure you are thinking.......thank God this is over. I think the same thing every time I end a project on my house. I would say, I have never dug a basement out though. Way to go!!! Looks Great! Enjoy!!
This type of work ethic and determination is in increasingly low supply. I'm sure your family is very proud. I can only imagine how satisfying it must be to be in that basement now knowing how it was. Great job.
I don't know as though I'd be willing to ever sell a house I'd put so much labor into. Hopefully you'll never have to. Beautiful project, thank you for sharing and God bless.
Great work! A hard earned and well deserved place for your family to enjoy. It will never lose its meaning. Truly taking care of your family. Respect well deserved.
Greatest video I've seen in a while! The final result is just epic!
I just paused the video because I couldn't wait to comment, amazing!! I love watching videos like these. Thanks for sharing...
Wow! Impressive seen this done on my old girl friends house 750 sq ft on a crawl dug out and added 2000 plus basement added basement windows so in total had 5,200 sq feet. Just Amazing!!
Truly a staggering amount of work. Quite impressive. Hope you can keep the house in your family for generations to come after all that effort.
Bravo!!! Thank you for sharing your journey. I am in the first stages of digging out my basement. :O)
What a fantastic transformation. And I love the amount of storage space you have tucked away behind doors. Beautiful job, well done!
Man you have a HUGE basement.
I cant even begin to express how amazing this was to watch. On many levels. Nailed it.
Good job sir. Place looks very well done
Congrats, your project turned out great!!! In my opinion, anytime your able to take on a project like this, the fulfilment is so much greater then paying someone to do the work. You grow a connection to your home, that you can only understand by doing it!
But no bathroom?!
Awesome. I've been watching your installments since the beginning and this is a very satisfying end!
God bless y'all! That's amazing!
And Mama's working too! :D
Very smart forming system.
This came out so nice!! The tiny helper and the rubble smiley face were adorable ❤
Very good effort. That's very admirable.
I dont usually comment. But wow, great job. Lot of hard work. I bet you enjoy that space 2x more than if you bought it that way.
Incredible! Amazing stamina. My niece dug out a basement under her cottage in Grant Park in Atlanta. Her finished space was 1/4 to 1/3 what you did. It took her ten years. But she ended up with a cute apartment that she rents for $1200 a month.
massive job.. i live in canada and a 40 x 50 rectangle bungalow cottage in Quebec was sitting on post n pier 40 yrs old. .. it took 4 summers but we dug it out.. and cast a form and built a full height basement but kept it unfinished for a huge storage place .. gravel sand n boulders and put the sand gravel mix into the driveway and made the glass windows from used glass n wood and hand made wood doors because its just a cottage.. .. concrete floor and gravel base we used the little rocks for drainage and installed weeping tile but its bone dry. .. good job..
Thank you for creating and sharing this video. Your hard work and dedication is an inspiration.
Your hard work and dedication paid off. Good job.
Value of that house just went way up!!! Nice job!!!
Wow, 2012. Great work on the build and taking your time too.
Great work kids helping as well
amazing job hard work and dedication. The mental stamina to keep going all that time. my wife would've moved out after 6 months.
Props to you're hard work and dedication to a great finished home improvement!!!!!
Impressive piece of work.
Awesome final result, you truly have a basement you can be proud of. The only that that concerned me was the fact that you have all of your networking gear in the same place as you have water. If you have a water leak, that could be an expensive repair/replacement of your network hardware.
True, a water leak would be my downfall! I hope that PEX does it's job and doesn't ever do that to me.
My in-laws designed their basement the same way... and had a leak... and thankfully it only destroyed the modem and a switch. One of the compression fittings for the sprinkler system failed and started spraying water directly at the modem.
My thoughts exactly. I'm a certified water & mold renovation tech. Worker on thousands & thousands of projects where all the internet, phone, cable, alarm etc had to be totally replaced cause of the water heater / softener burst. Fingers crossed this won't happen
Really amazing, like wow.... that is one hard working family you have there, you must be very proud of them.
Cheers from Tokyo Japan!
A job very well done 👏 👏 👏
Very well done. Looks amazing and makes my 12 week garage remodel feel quite small indeed. Wife and I almost killed each other in the process...
You guys are freaking artists! Living the dream!
WOW! What a project! Not only did you increase your overall square foot living space, you probably doubled the value of your house! What's next? A skating rink and a basketball Gymnasium? Nothing like thinking big! :-) So well done! Amazing!
..Great Job Folks!
Dang. I cant even bring myself to paint the walls in my basement lol.
Your hard work really payed off. Job well done. God bless you and your family.
Nicely done! I have done this twice in my life - Once with my father on his home and once on my own. We not as lucky as you in that our soil was loosely packed sand and cave-ins were constant. On my father's we ended up removing the original foundations, on mine we did bench walls. Needless to say it's harder that it looks and should not be attempted without a good bit of thinking & lots of fortitude.
Curious. When you say bench walls, do you mean you were at say a 6ft slab to floor joist height before digging, then dug under the foundation say 2ft and then had a foundation 2 ft tall and it extended into the basement - like you could sit on the ledge? Our basement is 7ft from slab to joist, but code says we need 7ft from finished floor to finished ceiling and we need a double 5/8" thick drywall ceiling, so with the drywall, sub floor and finished floor we would need to dig down at least 6" to get that height. How far down did you go?
Big project. Lots of hard work. Good workmanship. Quite an accomplishment. Pat yourself on the back, you deserve it.
Truly incredible, nicely done and thank you for making the video of this!
What a tasteful basement love the finish love the carpets and colours well thought out :)
This is beautiful basement I want to finish my basement to wow amazing
What a huge undertaking. Well Done!
Super impressive. Soo much work...love the little ones 'helping' . Congratulations, great job !!
Superb job. I hope you are thoroughly proud of yourself.
It's a beautiful job , and l know how you felled after do all this work , tired but happy at the same time and see all this wondefull job done ,
Great job man.
Proof that you can do whatever you set your mind to
Nice job. I am about to embark on the same but not as much digging as you have done
Incredible job. I'm more than a little bit jealous.
I don't even have a basement and if I decided to start digging, I'd be at it for a long time. 90% of the ground here is rocks the sizes of softballs to beach balls.
Big project. Props for committing and executing. Nice work.
Wow nice work, what a feeling that must be now that your done.
What an incredible journey. I’m sure you had people who told you it wasn’t worth it or you were crazy. Good on you for pushing through. The end result is perfect. Thanks for sharing! Cheers!
That funky stair Landing is all I need to see to know that this was done without a building permit. Some people would argue you don't need the government to tell you how to do a good job. However skipping that step makes me wonder what else you skipped or simply didn't know what to do. You're entitled to make your basement and live in it too I just feel bad for the next family who buys the home and gets stuck with some really big surprises.
Can never escape the haters. Great friggin job.
Well done. You are a beast sir.
Good work!!! I did a part of a cross base and it was no joke some of the hardest work ever did in my life good job looks amazing!!!
fantastic result and a great example of what hardwork and commitment get you :)
Wow. What a massive project. I want to do something like this in my basement
Well done but you don’t need me to tell you that. Truly inspirational to the diy’er like myself. Good job!
Absolutely awesome. I love your incredible determination to see such a project through and maintain your goals all along over such a long period of time. That takes tremendous dedication and discipline. You and your family are awe inspiring people.