How to Pour Concrete Footers for Block Walls start to finish DIY

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Hello everybody. When I sprayed the forms with grease @6:55 in the video I sprayed the wood only and avoided spraying any rebar using a spray can with a tiny nozzle, this requires accuracy while spraying, with that being said it would probably be easier to just grease the forms before any rebar is present. Also @6:00 in video I talk about the vertical rebar for blocks. Depending on your local building codes a small 6" bend at the bottom of vertical rebar may be needed.

[@nickbrutanna9973]

Can't hurt to do it even if the code doesn't require it, can it? It's possibly a pain, but probably worth it.

[@chinoblood1]

what if i dnt use a vertical rebar, would this make the foundation weaker?

[@aaronramkissoon8286]

@@nickbrutanna9973 mmmlmĺ5. v. . b b v b. b. v. v. w

[@jonathonphillips5832]

Joathon

[@canufi6my]

@@chinoblood1 Then the backfill pressure would be able to push the wall inward at the base. Another reason you don't want perfectly smooth footers.

[@JoeGraves24]

Thank you for putting yourself out there for us. It can be daunting to take on a new task BUT it’s even more daunting to listen to all the criticism you get on how you did it. If it’s any consolation, I have learned a lot from both you and the commentators!

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thanks man.

[@kofialleghana8868]

I know nothing about construction but now I feel like I do after watching this 101 tutorial. Thanks

[@stellarhodes4162]

You're an excellent teacher! You explain all that is necessary, succinctly, without distraction. Thank you!

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you

[@frostycools1315]

except its all wrong very wrong

[@leeackerson2579]

Glad to see your kid helping out. A wonderful experience working with his hands that he will remember with fondness.

[@diegogonzalez9086]

No he won't 🤣

[@jimmyvalmer1380]

In the moment he's probably like this is stupid and my dad is always making me do this dumb crap but in the future he should understand and be thankful

[@Mattie_Ice]

I did all kinds of things with my dad when I was a kid. Loved every second of it.

[@brightlightabove]

Awesome seeing the family work together. Thanks for sharing this.

[@carlotta4th]

A very thorough series, and luckily for me almost exactly the kind of construction I'm going to be doing! Yaaaay someone already did all the groundwork.

[@mikehouston6851]

You are really gifted at producing videos. This was an excellent video for me as I get ready to add on to my home.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you

[@jerryjones7293]

This is the best video on footer forms that I've seen. I can do this to save $$$ before hiring someone to work the concrete. I'm not young enough to do the pouring and finishing because it is so time sensitive.

[@usmcpatriot7546]

I have to say that the lady in that video worked harder than anybody else on that project. 👍🏻

[@DedicatedSpartan]

Well done. This is the best video I have seen on pouring a foundation. A lot more detail here than some of the professional videos. This breakdown was close to ChrisFix level, as far as information and order goes.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you

[@DedicatedSpartan]

​@@D.I.Y._All-in-One no problem

[@LuisMunoz-mz1fc]

Nice job . The Family working together ... Priceless !!! 😊

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you

[@YUHJKT]

For a rookie you did a good job. If this is your first time you did a really good job. A couple of tips: make your forms a couple of inches high and hammer nails in at pour height. That way you can finish under the boards without taking them off. Second: Use a vibrator to settle the rock and aggregate during the pour. It also chases the trapped air up and out of the mud while pouring. Third: Use plywood cleats across the top with spreader blocks instead of 2x4's. As far as oiling the forms, you can buy form oil and an open top sprayer and coat the forms before you set them. Don't get any oil on the rebar. Also, after you pour the mud and vibrate it, don't monkey around with the iron. It's set in good. Plum it after the mud sets up a day by bending it. No inspector is going to soil himself if you have to bend a dowel a few degrees. Finally, any mud that spills out over the form onto the back side,,, get that shit out of there before it hardens so stripping the forms is easy. Just spread some plastic sheeting out and dump the over pour on that. As far as rebar placement, we would run a 2x4 on edge on top of the cleats the length of the pour and either tie wire or bend nails over the rebar on our layout. So you can set all the forms and put the rebar in last.

[@darthredwhiteblue2012]

By far the best video I've watched. Awesome family working together.

[@WillowWcue1234]

I love concrete as a building material. Great Video.

[@stevenmcmanus5169]

Great work. Inspiring and easy to follow. Self constructing my 1200 sq ft all steel reinforced concrete extension and among all the videos out there, your work is a good guide to follow. Thanks from the island of Guam.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you

[@craigruchman7007]

I will be looking at building a contemporary home in 3 or 4 years. Thanks for helping me get a start on my journey.

[@moemoes5989]

Wow, you did a great job of explaining the process. You made it seem less frightening. Also, you have a great voice for narrating. I will continue to look for more videos from you. Good job.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you

[@victornicasio5260]

I like that you got the family involved and the project looks very good.

[@lakland8603]

Thank you for sharing this video. It's so nice to see your whole family involved. I don't know much about construction but I love the art form. To me it is very therapeutic and calming :-). I can watch these videos for hours. Where is part 2?

[@iantaylor1615]

good to see all the family working on it... great team work

[@BellozeCountry]

Nice teamwork with family

[@italRotty]

that pump truck operator was a total butt cheese lol !! he had you on the run lol

[@SuperJamster1]

I can't believe more people haven't watched this. The steps and your narrative are great.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you

[@TimCBuilders]

I did commercial concrete in SoCal for a while, You guys all did a great job.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

thank you

[@darrenmolloy9147]

Looks like you have a good hard working lady by your side

[@ashifmerani6003]

Great teacher, great audio and video! Well done!

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you kindly!

[@erichkestler1934]

I love that this project is a family affair.

[@johndowe7003]

I'm not jealious working with family is always a pain in the ass

[@W333dm4n]

@@johndowe7003 rather get drunk and do it with buddies

[@johndowe7003]

@@W333dm4n no shit, same here buddy

[@robertcalamusso4218]

This is really great. You’ll help a lot of Folk. Thx ☮️☃️

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you

[@twosongs7396]

Thank you sooooo much for these awesome videos. I love how you explain EVERYTHING you do.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

thank you

[@SuperKwame1]

Great family, all hands are on the job!

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you

[@SuperKwame1]

Excellent tutorial, thanks

[@bwchildcare7844]

Very easy to follow. I'm taking a residential construction course and this put the words that I just read into motion. Thank you for sharing.

[@whith5184]

is that your family working, too? awesome.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Yes, thanks

[@vern0312]

This is my first time watching g this channel. I like how you worked with your family. Looking forward to more videos.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you

[@jduckro9912]

Great Video!!

[@boots7859]

Nice. Only suggestion is you can rent a virbrator or perhaps use a sawzall without a blade to help the crete flow and remove voids. You can also talk to the crete company about some plasticizers which help the crete flow more liquid-like. I have to do a similar for a large shed, and this was a good reminder from when I did this as a teenager.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thanks. The crete vibrator would have been nice. I used on for my concrete steps it worked well.

[@CoachPabloUSA]

So cool to see what it looks like your whole family helping 🫡

[@jessicabeauti1615]

I have been watching quite a few videos on concrete footings. Yours was very organized and look forward to sharing with my husband as we are planning to build our first home and we want to be a part of the build. Hence why so many videos to get inspired since there are different techniques. Thank you for posting!

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thanks. I got more videos coming about building a block basement soon.

[@mattwalker138]

I have to say, this was well planned, engineered and executed. Will check to see the finished block wall and final addition.

[@davidkward2203]

Great job! Really well done video. I really liked the way your whole family pitched in!

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thanks

[@lovesquared123456789]

Great great video. You should do more about anything and everything. Excellent!

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

More to come!

[@kalenmiller5787]

Awesome vid. About to do some footings myself for the first time and this was great to see the whole process. One thing I noticed is that the whole area looks pretty dry at the end. Usually, you don't want to allow the concrete to dry out until it has finished curing or it can cause surface spawling. I've seen crews cover their work in plastic to slow evaporation if going out and spraying it down often is untenable.

[@robertcalamusso4218]

Love the crew action

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thanks

[@TalksWithRyan]

Awesome you guys worked hard and got something nice to be proud of in the end . 👍

[@MegaThepow]

Awesome, whole family worked to get things done

[@lpc5152]

Nice job very professional

[@bustinya2240]

Great job for a dyi. Nice work sir.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thanks

[@paulawhyte7244]

Liked how you explained the process.

[@ariesanfilippo1078]

This is awesome my guy. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@streamingwithangelo3793]

I loved this video.. thanks for sharing!

[@MrRainCountry]

Enjoying your series

[@SPIKESLAYER1]

Awesome description and video !

[@TheSeaOfAsher]

Smart about the block under the rebar, that's kind of easy to overlook. I assume it's for rust. I have seen people place them in the ground directly.

[@nima.shokouhfar]

I loved it. thank you man for sharing. Subscribed

[@SPIKESLAYER1]

Well done !! Thank you for making it look so simple - which it is.

[@larryboatcrew]

Fun project. I’m jealous.

[@edwardsmith1060]

Nice work! 🎉

[@JoseRhodeIsland]

great video! thanks for the thorough explanation. Currently taking a construction cost estimation class in Grad school and this helps with understanding methodology and logic for foundation/footing/walls etc.

[@Wierdworld-z7q]

Brave man. Thanks a lot for this video. Honestly

[@silkmd]

Really nice video clearly explains...I wish you're local so I can hire you to work on my house add-on project about same size as this, thank you

[@abhiramsharama8916]

Excellent job brother and sister

[@lukelaughlin52]

Thank you for your very nicely detailed video. Very informative and well made.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you

[@shayonsmith]

Excellent work

[@shayonsmith]

Need your guidance on a DIY home project

[@dmaninthewall]

I’m definitely going to get that pump truck I’m building my house 120 feet away from the road so that’s gonna be a miracle😂

[@Doomzdayxx]

Very impressive! i am planning on building a block/brick shed in my back yard. Unfortunately for me, because of the frost line, it appears I will need about 10 cubic yards of concrete for the footers/monolithic slab, yikes

[@alanahhall6955]

Great job!

[@djmattplay]

Great work! Thanks for putting this together

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you

[@MrSrtman18]

So you and your family did this all yourselves? Good work! Good for you guys.

[@chuctan90]

👍👍👍Excellent job 👍👍👍

[@madri0929]

Beautiful. Thank you!

[@MR54TSN]

Great video, very transparent and informative. Question: Would it have been possible to use the earth as a forms/support for the footings? Excavated a little down then dug out the footings, poured concrete straight in (with rebar), once set the remaining earth can be removed from the “center”

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

It's possible to do it that way but it depends on soil/earth for my build the soil was sand so the holes just cave in when digging. If the soil can maintain a good structure when digging it can be possible.

[@MR54TSN]

@@D.I.Y._All-in-One thanks for the quick reply! Planning a basement build in UK and preferring to use the same block method as you have - compared to making large forms/shuttering to pour a concrete wall.

[@richiesherrieroe]

Really Great Work My Friend Blessings

[@gremlinking5640]

Thanks for the detailed video. Any chance you'll do one on the building of the block wall?

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Yes .

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Watch How to build Concrete Block Basement part 1 here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWLIiqCZatatkJI

[@vince6829]

Nice job! Thank you for sharing.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you

[@brandonb3273]

Basement foundation location. Dat was fiya bro!!

[@olen2808]

Nice work.

[@kitkatcats3360]

So impressive!

[@elricofarmer1561]

Great detail, awesome information.

[@janusjupiter6253]

This is a really good video, thank you.

[@jonviall5566]

GREAT JOB !!!!!!!!!

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

thanks

[@davidfrisch5538]

I've always wanted to extend the back of my house ... this is a cool video .. the only thing that seem to be missing is a drain tile next to the footer .. maybe it's not required by code but if it ever leaks water there no drains ?

[@tt7hvn]

They'll have to go with a sump pump. The tile will go on the inside of the footer instead of the outside. Presumably if it's required, I don't know his local building codes.

[@mikeyadrick5154]

will you be showing a continuation of the project? Like to see the methods of waterproofing the basement--Mikey in Belfair, Wa

[@dennisdivinagracia1957]

Wow nice job..

[@adedoyinadetunji2078]

I really love your video and its the best that has shown me how to actually build a basement with concrete blocks. I hope you will get to see the comment and answer a question that is on my mind. my questions are: 1. I can see that there was no damp proofing done for the walls and foundation of the basement. What is the best way to do that? 2. What is the purpose of the rods sticking out with the red caps. Sorry I no nothing of building houses so I dont know the terms. 3. What was the measuring rod? I know the video is 3 years old but I would love a reply. Thanks

[@upstatecre8]

Well done explaining the process!

[@richardwade7715]

Great job guys! Can I ask - how did you join the vertical steel rods? The original rods didn't seem high enough for the end product. Thanks.

[@MP-ut1xp]

Perfect job bro.

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Thank you

[@buiminhmusic2935]

Super hard and quality foundation, thank

[@sasukenebe100]

Hi Thanks for the video. Would you be able to create this footer without the pump truck. In other words, could you pour the footer as one person without any special equipment?

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Yes, It would just be a lot more labor involved .

[@user-fl4wn9dn2c]

Loose the 90 degree corners on the inside and make radius. Adds a great amount of strength and eliminates the potential for cracking as there is a high pressure point on the inside corners

[@jonusnorus]

Awesome Vid! Thanks!

[@JamesMesidor]

Thanks for sharing this

[@ruicastro8230]

I really enjoyed how you explain things . Question: If I’m laying down a footing on a downhill slope. Is it the escavators job to take less dirt on the low point or remove more dirt on the high point or does he first level out the entire area before he digs out the footing ?

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

The main objective is to get the ground level for the footing, Sometimes it's better to add dirt to the low side and sometimes it's better to just dig from the high side to match the low side. But this is something that will have to be determined by the excavator operator and possibly the building inspectors as well.

[@ruicastro8230]

Hey . Thank you so much. Oh ok Understood. That’s that’s what I suspected. I noticed you have 3 rebars on your footing . Is that code in your area ? Because generally I see the typical 4 rebar cage .

[@stacyhackney6100]

That was fascinating. Thank you.

[@hifanman]

Great video much appreciated. Did you have to worry about a footing drain?

[@D.I.Y._All-in-One]

Not in my area

[@ArmandoPerezContractor]

That was a nice job. I would build the form boards using the 2x4 in perpendicular position ,that way give more strength to the forms( you can not believe how much concrete can punch to the forms)Congratulation!!

[@ruffimusic8457]

Very good well explained 👏

[@BoxTruckVagabond]

Very informative. Thank you

[@leem9886]

7:25 ish... why do you need to remove the forms? Let’s say you’re only going to use the forms once... do you need to remove the forms?