Building our Dream Home 6 | Backfilling Dirt Around the Foundation and Getting Ready for Framing

[@juliarroberts1621]

Darren is a beast with that machine. It’s all looking great. I love watching the process.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks Julia👍. Yeah, Darren is one with the excavator.

[@bonniemccormack1361]

@@MikeKincaid79 you're pretty good with the shovel yourself . That lean during a break looked quite professional 😁

[@camicri4263]

He sure did a great job Mike! It looks good! So exciting! So happy for you guys, I can't wait to see it come together and finished! God bless you all! Have a blessed week 🤗❤️🙏

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks, Camelia. Next stop, framing!

[@camicri4263]

Come on over please!

[@AlbinOnishchenko]

Darren has a skill very few have, really cool to see him do the back fill with ease. Love the progression of the house!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yeah, we’re lucky to have him working with us on this. He’s the best.

[@bonniemccormack1361]

I was just going to say the same. I slowed it down for a minute to watch the rock picking with that thing. Pretty impressive 😀

[@susancanning1760]

Darren is a master with this huge machine....he uses that big arm like it was an extension of his own arm!

[@MikeKincaid79]

He sure does!

[@charlottehaworth6455]

Well Mike, that’s looking amazing I love the backfill. I love the straw to make sure that the mud doesn’t get in the house 😊

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks Charlotte, I was really sweating the rain and mud. The straw is giving me a lot of peace of mind.

[@RedHotFiat]

Looking good, Mike. It's really great when you get an excavator that knows what he's doing. We had one when we were in business as an electrical contractor that did all our trenching. When it came time to build our house he was super busy and had hired a guy to help him. That's who he sent out to do our foundation. He came back to do the final grade and he was out there pushing an inch of mud around and not getting anything done. I told him to leave and called the owner to come out an finish it.

[@MikeKincaid79]

We definitely feel blessed to have Darren working with us. Plus he lives 5 minutes down the road so it’s super convenient for him. He’ll be doing the final grade when all this is done.

[@DeanFamilyAcres]

Darren does an excellent job running the equipment. I know how tough it is running our tractor with FEL and trying to level things. Very nice, enjoying the updates!!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

He is truly amazing on that excavator, and you should see the guy on his dozer. He's been doing this stuff for close to 40 years!

[@darlatidwell6255]

You're back filling so of course it's raining. You guys did a great job, and it looks awesome. You've been working hard at it, and at this point it's going to go along a lot faster. Can't wait to watch . Weather permitting.😊 What an awesome Kincaid Family video log you guys must have. 👍

[@MikeKincaid79]

It’s definitely been a lot of work so far but getting more exciting now that framing has begun!

[@lizl6606]

No hurry on the Botanical gardens just pulling your leg but I'm glad you did I'm a horticultural nerd for sure Can't get enough knowledge 💖🌿🌵🌺🇨🇦🦩

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Looking great Mike. I do like a tidy site and that backfill and gravel/straw is perfect. Looking forward to the framing now. 👍🏻

[@MikeKincaid79]

The framing is coming along and the framers loved the prepped site. They said it was the nicest site they've been to.

[@joeparker6070]

Sitting in my friends house in Cyprus but I can still watch your progress Mr K. Awesome

[@MikeKincaid79]

That's so cool Joe! Wow, Cyprus. Are you on vacation? I'd love to visit that island someday.

[@greenthumbelina7331]

Mike, I loved watching the sped-up version of Darren doing such an incredible job of backfilling. That man has truly awesome mad skills! I'm glad that you also included some of the backhoe work at normal speed because I found it to be quite fascinating. If I lived closer to you, I would haul as many of those rocks away for you that I could manually (or womanly) lift up and place into my pickup truck bed, lol. It's Saturday, April 15th, so your framers have probably got the floor joists completed. Mike, I'm thrilled for you, Shelley, Ally, & Emily to have your dreams become a reality. Blessings to you all, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend. ~Margie🤗💐

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yep, framers finished the floor joists and subfloor yesterday. Walls go up this coming week and roof trusses the following week. Blessings right back at ya, Margie!

[@1herbert100]

When this video first started I wondered who was talking because it didn't sound like you. As it went on you sounded more like your old self. What a nice job you guys did getting ready for the next step, and believe me the framers will appreciate it.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Maybe I’m just tired 😂😂😂

[@jimp4037]

Brother I don't even know how you find time to do a video!!! It's looking great man. Thanks.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I don't either, hahaha

[@cathyp5463]

Progress. 🎉 it will be amazing when done

[@MikeKincaid79]

I think so!

[@lisazappolo9989]

Beautiful job! It makes it easier to breathe when it's all smooth and looking good. So thoughtful that you took on the added expense of putting down straw. I know it's to your advantage too, but most would not have put in the effort.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I have a habit of doing everything overkill, but the framers were very impressed and happy. I'm hoping their comfort translates into great work. So far, so good!

[@vonries]

I guess you always see resources in the things you don't have. I kept seeing those big rocks and just keep thinking those big rocks sure would be nice to do some landscaping. Then you said you buried them and my heart sunk. It's impossible to tell grade on a video, but I'm thinking you can tell smooth. That yard ended up looking very smooth once he was done. I was surprised how quickly he smoothed everything out.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I was too! That 30k pound excavator pushed any rocks right in the ground. I’ve got a pile of rocks bigger than that out back. They’re everywhere.

[@rbrtmasten1]

Wow! That is looking great. I saw all those rocks that you were dealing with. I used to grab a bunch of nice round rocks from new home construction sites(after getting permission of course) and put them around trees and garden borders at home and it looks really nice. I know you have a lot of irons in the fire right now and it is a lot of work, but l thought you would like the idea of doing something that would look great in your yard down the road. Hope all is well and I hope you guys get some rain free days to work in soon. Best of luck!

[@MikeKincaid79]

We’ve got piles of rock like the one you saw. I’ve been saving them for a pond or something else really cool. Yeah, the rain has been a drag but hopefully drier days to come.

[@Paul-Coburn]

I've heard about rainy Washington. Good job Mike. Moving right along.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yeah, it’s been terrible lately. Looking forward to drier weather.

[@stevendmajor7600]

NICE job, Mike, your excavator did an excellent job. I like the slow pitch he put on the backfilling around your foundation . It looks nice and neat at the end of your video, too. Yes, you sure do have a lot of stone in the ground. It's like that here also, I dred the thought of using the post hole diggers around here. It never fails. I hit rock or lege every time. Well, you're on to the framing stage next. You must be excited about that. I hope everything go's smooth for you. Keep the videos up dates coming. I like to see the progress you're making .

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yep, framing is happening now. It’s also been pouring rain the whole time so I’ve been sweating it a little. Hope we can dry this house out.

[@terryc8674]

I wish you every success and the best of luck with your new home. I stumbled across your videos a few days ago and had to watch all of them. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos and sharing them, I find them excellent, informative and very well presented. I would love to have a plot like that and would love to visit. Regards and best wishes 😊👍👍

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks Terry. Someday we’ll open up to the public.

[@tinaseales3081]

So exciting building your dream home!! You should come to the GSHE in Mobile, Al in January! It's a great show! Also, TPIE is a great show in Jan in Florida!! 🌺

[@MikeKincaid79]

I'd love to see Alabama someday. Just got back from my first trip to Dallas. Loved the people and the city!

[@terriefirmin3190]

Very nice work 👏

[@susanneandmingus]

I want those rocks! I use rock in and around my garden beds and need more to create a creek / cascade. Our setting in the hills of Columbia County, Oregon, is very similar, but our house build unearthed almost no rocks. As they say, one person's garbage is another person's treasure! Feel free to drop a truck load (or more...).

[@markyamaguchi9571]

👍 great video 👍

[@dreaminggreennursery]

Loving this series Mike! Man that looks so much better leveled out. Can't wait for the next video. side note, my matsu apple tree has fruit buds finally oh yah and my courtland apple tree too! Hopefully we'll have apples this year, take care and stay dry! Thanks for your time and knowledge.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Your apple tree talk has got me wanting to get back to plant videos but I've got to finish this out. I need to finish up some plant videos and start some more that I'm interested in this year. It's a busy time right now!

[@dreaminggreennursery]

@@MikeKincaid79 yah I get it, it's pretty busy here too getting ready for the big spring sale on my end. I also have a backlog of plant videos waiting to be finished lol. Looking forward to seeing what you got coming 👍 praying for a smooth speedy House build for you guys. Take care!

[@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848]

That is looking really good! Rainy WA... Yeah, I was born in Renton and just tell people I was born soggy.

[@MikeKincaid79]

You know then. It’s just a constant drizzly rain this time of year. If I wait for good weather, I’ll never get anything done in this state 😂

[@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848]

@@MikeKincaid79 Very true!

[@alandrury9955]

So much rain! Hope it gets dryer for the timber guys

[@MikeKincaid79]

It dried up for a few days and they got the floor joists in. Now for 3 days of rain and walls go up next week.

[@tomjensen618]

Thanks Mike.looking great~! Darren can comb your hair with that thing. Lol.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yeah, he impresses me every time he's over here.

[@tomjensen618]

@@MikeKincaid79 Now, you know what happening next ,right? You're going to have a swimmingpool in the middle. Lol

[@biobridge253]

Bad ass man looking sweet

[@TheCelineDionChannel]

congrats :)

[@rickyt3961]

14:08 exciting! nice work 👍🏾

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks! Rick 👍

[@rickyt3961]

@@MikeKincaid79 you’re welcome 😉

[@matthewkizziahcuzia...gott9632]

It might be a good idea to use wood chips in the mud. That way it will break down in the future and give you really healthy soil all around your house. Instead of straw.

[@MikeKincaid79]

We’re going to do a final grade when all this is done and I’ll do all my mulching at that time.

[@chuckboyd4349]

Looking good……

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks, Chuck.

[@philipatoz]

When I purchased my acreage, there was a lower portion that had been farmed - probably back in the '30s - but I'm not so sure it ever had a house on it. So once the woods were bulldozed for my homesite and approach road, I started finding Indian artifacts. Makes sense, as it is high ground up above a creek. For awhile, after rains, I would find four or five points every time I looked around. And in the rock caches in the creek, I've found probably 10 stone axeheads, and more between the house site and the creek. But NO pottery - which makes me think these artifacts were lost by Indians hunting game along the creek system, but that did not live there year-round. So, look around, as you never know. And like you, I have a TON of rocks in the ground, and thus hauled in quite a bit of topsoil. The ground is all clay and rocks - so, either muddy or hard as a brick! LOL Great start to your place!

[@MikeKincaid79]

That's really cool that you've made so many findings on your place. I've always got my eyes open but so far, nothing. I have considered what you are mentioning, that there may be Indian artifacts, however, I don't live near a river so that may be why I'm not finding anything. There is a lake nearby so I may come across something.

[@philipatoz]

Mike, if you have a creek or any natural small lake nearby - or if your house site is in the pathway of one of these, then you may have artifacts. Water was key for the Indians just like it is for us today. Plus hunters followed creek systems hunting game, used it to clean game, etc. I always start by looking at any shapes resembling a spearpoint, arrowpoint, axe. Biggest point is that when you first skin off the groundcover, that they very best chance you have of seeing such things.

[@lobe2032]

Wow, I really got scared a couple of times watching this, I know you said Darren was good but, I thought he had scooped you up a couple of times , cause he scooped and you dissapeared, but it was in fast forward.😂🤣😂🤣😂 Anyway the place looks fantastic, and you have got me in suspence waiting on the framers. Love to you and the family❣️ P. S. that sure is a cute little cat that was running around there💖💖💖

[@MikeKincaid79]

There’re 4 of those cats running around, lol. Yeah, he’s pretty good and I’m still here.

[@LULC0759]

Looking good. Did I miss where you said the double wide will go?

[@MikeKincaid79]

The double wide is outta here. I'm selling it to the highest bidder.

[@GumriRN]

😱 Ode to new a 🏡 build: It’s NO ROCK ‘n ROLL, Tons of ROCKS ‘n RAIN, 🌧️ .You’re not alone Mikey We sure feel your pain. 😅 …Truly, we had 3 solid weeks of pouring rain with our 1st build too. It’ll be fun to look back tho’. 😉 PROMISE!

[@MikeKincaid79]

That part was miserable, lol. Looking forward to drier days.

[@crappienaterfishing1198]

Wow it looked like you were going to get smashed by the shovel 😮

[@MikeKincaid79]

Still here in one piece 😂

[@charlescoker7752]

Looks good. When is the move in date?

[@MikeKincaid79]

Sometime in August/September if all goes well.

[@HoneyDoHomestead]

You may want to swale the dirt a little on the high side anyways. Those vents looks VERY close to the ground level. The rain is likely to splash the soil on your house and having the dirt level to the vents means you've left no room for mulch and anything else that will build on top of that soil. I would grade is down and put a small swale a few feet away from the house to let the high ground drain into that and around the house instead. You may have already done that. Slope is hard to tell on camera.

[@MikeKincaid79]

That’s all going to happen. We’ll have a final grading at the end.

[@tannenbaumgirl3100]

Your vents will be covered with dirt, grass. leaves and other things, and allow easy access to critters...foundation should've been higher to have more clearance.

[@MikeKincaid79]

We're not done just yet

[@Growing-Our-Retirement]

Looking great! We build with basements here in NJ. What do you do with the crawl space? Plastic, gravel? So much easier to build if you don’t have to dig a whole 8 foot deep basement!

[@MikeKincaid79]

There will be plastic over the soil under the house. It’s just a crawl space. I wish we could have a basement but the ground water comes up too high in our area and I’d be dealing with a flooded basement every spring.

[@royhughes2854]

@@MikeKincaid79 I was wondering why you didn't do a basement. I bought my new construction and did not do a basement back in 1985. I thought to myself that a 4 BR 2800 sq ft home was plenty big. BOY WAS I WRONG!! I regretted early on not getting a basement!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

I hear ya Roy. We always want something bigger and better. That's what the huge shops are for. I have more ideas and plans than I have time and money, hahaha.

[@carolsuch5646]

Looking good Mike, what happens to the inside where you haven't filled in? don't know how you do things over there. Carol

[@MikeKincaid79]

It’s a crawl space. Just access to the underside of the house for plumbing and insulation.

[@carolsuch5646]

@@MikeKincaid79 Ok thanks 👍

[@theoverworkedgardener5648]

Nope I was wrong she just gave the phone that look that she gave you every time you said that 🤣

[@MikeKincaid79]

🤣🤣🤣

[@bonniemccormack1361]

Clearly you trust the operator , you just did your thing and he scooted that big arm around you lol Around 03:13 it looked like he scooped you back 😂 We have a local operator who could take the hat off your head and not ruffle your hair~ he's almost as good as Darren 😎

[@MikeKincaid79]

What can I say, the guy is good. I think he was born on an excavator, lol. I had no worries with him in the operating seat, and yes, he was coming awful close to me. At one point I kind of jumped out of the way and he just laughed and said, "I ain't gonna hit you."

[@bonniemccormack1361]

@@MikeKincaid79 wow lol

[@charlescoker7752]

How hard was it to get the water out of the house site?

[@MikeKincaid79]

A couple days of sun dried it up.

[@charlescoker7752]

@@MikeKincaid79 When was this video filmed?

[@charlescoker7752]

@@MikeKincaid79 We built, we did the out side with brick with vinyl siding so no painting on the outside. Wish we would have went with a durable roof like metal. What you guys looking to do?

[@matthewkizziahcuzia...gott9632]

Or also

[@theoverworkedgardener5648]

I bet my property come out rock yours though.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I’m sure your property has more rock. Would have been interesting to watch them dig out your foundation.

[@theoverworkedgardener5648]

@@MikeKincaid79 TNT

[@MikeKincaid79]

I'll bet, lol

[@theoverworkedgardener5648]

When shyloh see this she is going to laugh at this I'm bet. I know me and Skylar and sisi did 🤣😸😸

[@MikeKincaid79]

It was a mistake, I promise 😂. I realized it as soon as I said it and immediately thought of her.

[@theoverworkedgardener5648]

@@MikeKincaid79 lol

[@lizl6606]

It's all coming together now , let's hope the rain stops long enough for the framers to get their work done Mother Nature can sure throw a few curve balls into the mix hey Bet you were tired after working all day on backfilling the foundation in. I hope we can go along with you at the Dallas Botanical Garden Please tell me you made for your channel a future video for us You know when you're a KZbin rockstar nothing in your life is private We have to tag along everywhere you go.🌵🌿🪻🌺🌹💐😻 🇨🇦🦩

[@MikeKincaid79]

Hahaha, definitely no privacy. Yes, I filmed the botanical gardens. I’ll work on them as soon as I can.