Building the Perfect Form: Step-by-Step Guide

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

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[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

“50 feet by 30 feet”. Our apologies 😂 Hope everyone gets something useful from the video. Tells us in the comments what you guys would like to see and what we can improve on.

[@coolpeanuts23]

This is so well put together and concise! Only video I can find that is this detailed! Makes me feel like I could do this myself! Thanks 🙏

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dudewecanfixitshorts]

Yes!!!! Beautiful video!

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

Thank you!!

[@amsolutions247llc3]

Loved this video!

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

So glad!

[@dudewecanfixit]

Incredible!

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

Thanks!

[@carleighmajor6232]

Awesome video!!!! So detailed, precise and helpful!

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

Glad it was helpful And thank you for watching!

[@dash1604]

This is too good 😂

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

Thanks!

[@KarenJFrey]

Great video! can’t wait to see the rest!! 🎉 I’m exited!

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

Thank you so much! We have more to come 😁

[@831_Adventure]

Great work.

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@dboyy2289]

Nicely done

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

Appreciate it brother!

[@soon2bd2god]

Lol, 50 feet x 30 inches is a hell of a garden planter 😆

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

Yeah that’s our bad on the mistake 😂 Appreciate you pointing it out 👊🏼

[@jaydawhite8030]

Wow! I’m about to start building a house right now! I needed this ☺️ thanks for posting this! Keep it up!

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

So happy we were able to help!

[@KarenJFrey]

Featuring Gabbysnacks and that handsome dread head ❤

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

The one and only gabby snacks and d boi!

[@G00R00]

this man dreadlocks

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

He's been growing them for 14 years! Awesome dude!

[@tomchan2901]

What state is this?

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

South Louisiana

[@brittonmajor3118]

GABBY MADE AN APPEARANCE

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

She showed out and project managed the whole job

[@trueshot6969]

Holy smokes, this is wrong on so many levels. Who thought of the order of this? Seriously? I have staked out literally THOUSANDS of houses and this is NOT any where near correct.

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

What is your preferred order of operations?

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

Quality over quantity. You may stake thousands of forms for houses that are cheaply and quickly thrown together. Usually not square and built to the minimum standard allowed by your local inspector. However, I take my time and make sure that my form is square and level to build a beautiful home. My method is well thought out and efficient. I don't skip steps and the finished concrete is fabulous. If you would like to add constructive criticism, you are welcome to.

[@trueshot6969]

@@DudeWeCanBuildIt Step One, preparing the ground. How big? Where? This is NOT step one. First should be figuring out how big, Then where. If you have 40 acres, are you just going to prepare the whole 40 acres? If you have .25 acres do you know where your minimum building lines are? Do you know where your septic is going your well? Step two is deciding on Cut/Fill but you need to know WHERE and HOW BIG of an area to do. You need to stake your over dig and make sure that your foundation will be below the frost line. Step 3: After you have your over-dig done and your soil prepared (make sure all organic materials are removed) then your batter boards need to be staked and squared. Step 4: Setting up Batter Boards. Make sure that your Length and Width are correct and measure your Diagonals to make sure it is square. I usually use a 5' offset on the batter boards, but depending on the cut/fill you may need 10' or more. Step 5: Using your string lines you will need to dig your footers along the perimeter as well as any other interior load-bearing footers needed. You do not want to do this after laying out the forms because the missing ground will weaken the form stability (see 7:32 for an example of this). Laying out the form itself, bow up and bow out as you said. Using string lines and stakes you can bring both of those back in line. You do NOT bang the stakes themselves to move the forms. You bang the ground next to them so that you do not risk breaking the stakes. You do this AS you drive them down, not after they are all the way down.

[@trueshot6969]

@@DudeWeCanBuildIt Yeah, glad you think so. It is NOT well thought out, nor is it efficient. You may not think you skip steps, but your steps are quite out of order. I get PAID to do this. You don't think after 25 years of doing this I, and the other tens of thousands of surveyors before have figured out the proper steps? ROFL. Come on man. You know who is in Mount Rushmore? Three surveyors and some other dude. Not three homesteaders and some other dude.

[@trueshot6969]

@@DudeWeCanBuildIt I am not saying that this did not work for you. It very well may have. However, it is not the optimum way to do things.

[@janamatrix8387]

Subscribed, until I saw the condescending tone used in the comment section on your reddit post for this video. Smh.

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

It's cool. You can let someone tell you that you don't know how to do something that you clearly know how to do. Personally, I'm going to get to the bottom of it. If you show up with bad intentions, you're going to get a bad result. If you want a constructive discussion, I'm game for that too.

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

And we take it you didn’t see his initial comment being an absolute ass.

[@topg7466]

Amazing amazing work! Keep being great fellas

[@DudeWeCanBuildIt]

Thank you! Will do!