Blocklaying, Bricklaying and Demolishing!!! The Basement Build #4
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- Опубликовано: 23 мар 2024
- In this episode we build stuff and smash stuff, all in the name of progress!
We do something that we've never done before, we have the mortar delivered, will it be worth it?
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How dare you try to be informative and helpful to the viewers of your channel! Progress is looking great on the basement build. Have a great week with the families 👍🏻
Haha! I know! What were we thinking???!!! Cheers mate, hope you're well.
Watching you guys is now becoming the highlight of a Sunday now. Cracking work as always.
Haha! Brilliant! Long may it continue! Cheers mate, take care.
As a fellow Brummie and returning back here, it's great to see an authentic down to earth builder doing good work. Really enjoy the videos, explanations, and tips. Cheers mate.
Cheers mate! Appreciate that! Where you from?
Still the best building channel on RUclips.
Mate we appreciate that. You've been with us from the start, I hope you know that we know that and how great full we are or your continued support. Cheers Moon Man. Take care, mate.
“Hopefully it’ll last until the cheque clears”! Made me roar! 😂Cracking video as usual Adam and great to see some good progress up to first lift. You must have had different weather to us in Herefordshire, it’s been persistently peeing down most days! ☔️ The videos will, I know, come when they come! Have a great Easter with the family mate and I hope all your eggs will be unfertilised! 😉
I honestly wouldn't worry about the comments saying you talk too much, blah blah blah. If you're telling a story, it's good to get backstory etc. I get comments like that myself (even though people watch my videos to learn lol). I generally ignore them and just do my own thing. At the end of the day it's your channel and you should run it how you want
Watching all the way from Australia. I’m finding it fascinating the differences you have compared to what we do, such as lack of water conservation 😂 I’m not in construction (I’m in healthcare), but these videos are great. What I think you should do, and please, this is with good intentions, is spruik your fundraising some more 😊 Your first video was such a success when you first launched the idea! Anyway, that’s my two cents worth 😂 keep these videos coming! Kat
Brilliant channel, lads.👍
Enjoying it more with every upload. Humour, informative narration and top quality work....what's not to like? 👌
My haircut!!! Haha! Cheers mate! Really appreciate that comment pal, happy Easter.
You guys really do a top job. It’s a pleasure to watch.
Thank you, Dave. That's a lovely thing to say. Hope you're well mate, take care.
You guys are great, you’re a bunch of cool dudes and I never see you guys getting stressed out at all. Brilliant background music as well. You guys give me something to look forward to on a Sunday 🙂👍 Keep the good work up and I look forward to the next episode 👍
Ah, nice one mate! That's a great comment to receive, thank you very much! Hope you're well, pal. Take care.
Looks good. I would have left the insulation out of the wall facing the mud ramp part. If there is water ingress from the soil then the insulation will get wet and cause damp issues possibly.
As an ex general builder there aren't many building channels I enjoy but yours is one of them , and I enjoy the talking !!! The explaining is great because so many things change frequently regards rules and regs etc, sod the minority that wants silence thet have the mute button !
Hello mate, thank you for that. Really appreciate it. Thanks again mate, take care.
That’s spot on.
There’s more than one way to get over problems and a lot of the time the customers financial constraints and Building Controls involvement are factors to the method used so explaining that is always beneficial.
Great channel
Love the show boys
Thank you, Mark. Hope you're well mate.
What a great project, such attention to detail and progress. I will let you off with not showing content next Sunday as I’m not here. Compelling content as always. Happy Easter everyone - take care and stay safe. 🐣 Mike
I do like the quicker style of this video, aiming to be succinct will certainly be more appealing to a larger audience, keep up the good work!
How a few dry days make the world and work a much better place. Good to see you guys laughing and joking again, now the pressure is off !! Good progress guys.
I have had a lot of experience in full renovation etc and i brought one once with subsidence and had to knock the front side of the house down etc i just wished i had this builders number at the time
Its always a pleasure to watch professionals at work keep.
If anyone needs any extension work why hire the cowboys and loose most of your money when you could hire this chap who you can see his work is good so don't take the risk
There's a reason why some builders are a little bit more money but they work out cheaper in the end
All the best.
Thought, attention to detail, craftsmen at work. Must feel good to be part of such a team. Thanks again for a great update. The over site is going well
Thank you, Pete. It really does and it's our pleasure for the video. Thanks again, all the best.
It always amazes me, How complex 'Little Extensions' can be. Yet small Builders get over the problems. Ive done them and worked for the Big Boys as well. If some of the so-called Tier 1 contractors had to do them they would need to buy the houses on both sides just to take the Site Office staff!
Enjoying this build. Can’t wait to see the finished project.
Bloody outstanding content lads sitting eating a roast beef dinner watching this great stuff, there we have it, hahaha love it
Great Sunday afternoon watch
Thank you, Pat! Yet again you've supported us and we really appreciate it. Hope you're well mate.
Great video, thanks, you said you were going to explain about the lack of tanking on the retaining wall, but i think you forgot to include that bit?
wow a lot of work and thought has gone into this build great sunday afternoon watching cant wait till the next episode well done guys ...you are without doubt the ....A TEAM
Glad to see the cat ramp is back in place!
I specifically came to the comments to say this as I can't help myself
Yes - if you paws the video you can see the cat on it's way out to do some shopping in waitrose, - or would it be Netto up there?@@reggiedixon2
Haha! Netto!. Remember them???!!! Ace!
Oh yes, definitely!!!
Did I miss where you covered reasons for not waterproofing the wall, or is that coming later? Genuinely interested.
Sorry mate, I completely forgot to talk about it in this video. All will be explained in the next video in this series, sorry again.
brilliant watch yet again.. plus no accidents.. always a bonus..🥺😂.. enjoy the break..👍
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, no egos we're harmed in the making of this video! Thanks again mate, have a great evening.
Enjoying this series.
Just a suggestion on the retaining wall.
Cross bonding the flat laid blockwork, tying the two leafs together would have greatly strengthen the wall.
Also helpful when laying flat to stack two courses which results in less cuting when joining the blockwork on edge.
Looking forward to the next episode 💪
Hello Kev, hope you're well mate. Can't argue with what you're saying at all. We opted for this method to help prevent water ingress and put the reinforcement in to help give back any strength it may be missing. Hopefully we can all agree that that wall ain't going anywhere!!! Haha! Cheers mate.
@@mrabuilders6723 It doesn't look like that slope will have vehicles travelling over it, so obviously that greatly reduces the potential lateral loading.
Ideally this depth of excavation would have some manner of Geo-tech/GI review but invariably the client won't pay for that so you just have to crack on.
Also known as mum and dad according to the brickie foreman from hell it's stronger when point loads applied, why from hell you ask he checked wall ties with a set square and tape , would have had your wall down for the stretched and missing wall ties up the reveal , not me keep up the good work
Yet another brilliant vid Adam. Really looking forward to seeing the end product as I’m sure it’s gonna look amazing. Wishing you all a very well earned break.
Cheers, pal! Thank you for your time yet again. Really appreciate it. Hopefully this job will look stunning when it's done, the customers have shown us some of the materials that they'd like to use and they are fantastic, they have really great taste so fingers crossed we can do them justice. Thanks again mate, have a great evening.
In Ireland we never use wool in a cavity. I’ve literally never seen it done. It blows my mind every time I see it done in the UK 😅
Rockwool cavity fill is supposed to be water-resisting in a normal cavity, but I wouldn't use it against a retaining wall with the inevitable damp.
For leadwork, watch Leadwork SW. A man who's skilled at his job. Always nice to watch skilled people work.
Said it before but i say it again, Good old school builders, what ever has to be done gets done. I see the cat has a posh new ramp.
Really glad to have found the channel - it’s a real gem and the Sunday evening videos are becoming a bit of a routine. Please keep on doing what you’re doing!
Not a technical subject for the Wednesday videos if they come back but I’d really like to hear your views on selecting a builder to do a big project. We’re getting lined up to do an extension later this year and making sure we get the right tradespeople in to work with on the job is a massive decision.
Nice one my son
As always a quality video. It really is an interesting build
You will always get some that know everything and don’t need commentary and others who like to gain knowledge. Work looks cracking. Regards, Dave
Thank you for these videos👏👏👏. Really enjoy watching them and very informative 👍👍👍
It's our pleasure, Peter! But we wouldn't be making them if you didn't watch them so it's us who should be thanking you!!! Cheers, pal. All the best.
Their compo varies wildly in how wet it is. Had some shockers over the years, bucket of soup for £50. Still worth it tho in the round
Great build, lots of issues sorted very competently. Brilliant bunch of tradesmen doing what they do best, will be a great future look what we can accomplish. This will end up as a wow
Yes Wednesday night videos please guys.
brilliant as always 😊
Nice to see what work you did here. Great video.
Have a good Easter y'all.
Thank you Mr Wilson! Same to you, hope you're well.
Great update. happy easter guys!!
Great content makes good sunday viewing 👌🏻
Love watching your building works 👍🏾
Great work guys
Great progress guys and Happy Easter
Thanks!
Quality video again. Only thing I can think of as constructive criticism is….it’s just never long enough!!
Hello Jim, hope you're well mate. That contribution is fantastic, thank you so so much! All the best, mate.
Looking good lads, bomb proof!👍
Good video. Thanks
Got into your videos when you rebuilt that failed retaining wall,good one mate love you accent, you have a lot of passion for your trade, nice to see
Thank you mate. Yes pal, we do love it and have a real interest in how things work, what doesn't work and what new things are out there to try and what can get you out of the do do, so to speak! Thank you for sticking with us mate, take care.
I love work, I could watch it all day!
Thank you Adam for another informative & entertaining VLOG. Great stuff 👍
Weekend now complete... great stuff as always cheers 🍻.
As usual fellas just out standing 👏👏👏
Work of art my ole mucker love from Cornwall...
Know next to nothing about building. Just love watching you channel. ❤
Been looking forward to more on this site amazing video really enjoy them 👍
Great video, nice fleetwood Mac type music aswell
Thanks
That's great, Simon! Thank you very much!
Great balance in this video nice work all of you
Nice work from a fellow builder 💪👍🏼
Spllendid jon
Great video as always! If you are ever thinking of coming to work in Thailand you won't regret it. The standard of your work is far superior to building work in Thailand. And there aren't the rules and regulations you have to contend with in the UK. Also there is the weather and lifestyle that is to be enjoyed too. Look forward to your next video!
Great video Adam lad.
Have a great Easter the lot of you
Some work there you smashed it great team 🧱🧱🧱
Nice to see you local lads doing well 🤝
Brilliant video and great progress. The weather helped as did mick and ritchie being on the ball.👍👍. Looking forward to the quality finish. Your top builders. 👍👍. Happy easter go easy on the chocolates.
How to build a nuclear bunker!
Solid job, well done and only a few broken legs - and bruised pride - along the way. 👍
Excellent work as usual - happy Easter break
Thank you, Barry. Thank you for your time mate. All the best.
Nice wall, going to give Hadrian a run for his money. Have a great break lads.
nice work as ever up to high standard .....
Lovely stuff. Really enjoy your vids. I don’t mind the talking either.
The next part not out for Sunday after next gives me time to catch up on the house destroying series.
Great content as always, talky bits informative,
Did I miss the bit about dp behind large wall.
Nice work Adam and the boys. Brilliant vid, so informative, forgot how it rounds off a Sunday as I've been off the channel for a while. Can't wait to see how it all turns out.
Great progress and no one fell off anything! Still not enough cat flap-cat bridge action though 😆
Ignore the comments, you're doing a great job.
Adam, Q for you? Why no wall ties on each course, where the wall turns 90 deg? Our B Regs in Somerset make us do every course for windows/doors! Loving the vids mate.
Just heard on the news that there is an unexplained shortage of building blocks in the Midlands area, experts are baffled...
The wednesday afternoon videos sound good.
Yet another great video to watch after the end of a shift 👍. How many skins thick is that wall going to be?... oow err missus!
Happy Easter gents
As for your underfloor heating don’t use the aluminium spreader plate system that goes in between the joists before the chipboard goes down it never heats through the chipboard well. I would use an overlay system on top of chipboard.
Well as always a supper watch. Content is very good, as is the attention to detail. But I have question for you, you mentioned about thermal block crap for fixing. For that reason when I had a my extension built no thermal block. We went down the route of concrete blocks. All the way 👍
Looking forward to Richards video next week.
Would appreciate those Wednesday uploads if use do go ahead with them 👍 if youre contemplating which method of upstairs underfloor heating, have you considered the tongue n groove chipboard flooring with the pipe grooves pre recessed into them, then over sheet with 5mm ply
As the basement is habitable wht will you do to hide the concrete footings of the existing house ? Great vid as always
This is going back 😂
Use to do bits of pieces of labour work for yourself with Riess and Ben, back in the day. Helped me out while I was unemployed.
Looking very professional now Adam 😂
Chris! How are you buddy??! Hope you're well mate. What you up to at the moment?
@@mrabuilders6723 I'm good mate
Living in stoke, married, working as an area manager for the NHS.
Even passed my driving test first time a few years back 😄
@Chrisbluebrum haha! No way! On all counts! Glad you're happy and sorted mate, you were ace when you were with me and no doubt you are to whoever your gaffa is now. Stay in touch pal, all the best.
@@mrabuilders6723 You too bud, good luck with everything 👍
As a structural engineer in Europe it is so strange to me that you use rock wool insulation below grade without water insulation. Here, below grade, we build the retaining wall, apply 2 layers of bitumen membrane which is heated onto the wall with one membrane going horizontal, one membrane vertical, ideally on the outside of the wall. We also use waterproof concrete additives below grade as an extra step. Then ofcourse we will install a french drain in a 400x400mm gravel bed at the foundation.
Below grade we use XPS sheets only for heat insulation until 600mm above grade, only above that we use rock wool but even that is not common, normally EPS sheets.
Do you not have problems a few years down the line with water seeping in?
Not a criticism as such as it's to regs, but I would never have put full fill fibreglass in that cavity on the retaining wall. Don't trust the stuff above ground tbh, certainly not below. I'd have gone blown bead personally, given outer leaf had to be first. Big up the west mids massive 👍
£2oo per metre for muck ,,that,s well steep man ..good job ..good video ..
You think so? That's interesting. I've never used it so wouldn't really know but it's still way cheaper than mixing it.
Did I miss the reason for no damp proofing and only concrete? Cheers
Can’t beat wing and a prayer floor heights
Been a nice interesting project so far this one guys.
I won't give you tuppence for poxy Thermalite blocks though, haven't got a single good thing to say about them. I think the thermal benefit of them is outweighed in every way by Fibolite.
But I've enjoyed this project so far & looking forward to the rest of the project 🙂
Hi just found your channel, loving the content, I do the same sort of work in wales, how come in England you use a rock wool type insulation with no air gap? In wales it’s 75mm celotex cavity bats all the way,
Wow, this building is well over engineered. The architects and strutural engineer went over board on this job, but i do like how you do things correct and never cut corners ...
sweet. great way to spend an afternoon
Haha! Hope you enjoy it mate.
@@mrabuilders6723 sun is out, got a couple of beers and my fave brit contractors on yt. its a good day
Off I go down the shed for 20 mins or so 👍
may i ask insulating the basement walls was a good idea??
I understand Adam is commissioning an Easter Special video on the resident cat - so stay tuned for more de-tails,
it will air a whisker after 7pm, lots of hints and tips on how to provide alternative access for our feline friends whilst building is in progress, feedback and your feline reminiscences welcome.