Part 1 of our journey building a cabin in the woods for our family of 6. pouring concrete piers. Building a pier and beam floor. With NO building experience. Stay tuned!
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@DMills-un1tl3 жыл бұрын
Was searching more for an actual tutorial on DIY pier footers but this looked cool.
@texasrecycler96763 жыл бұрын
amazing great start. Beautiful family. Keep up the great work. We have 60 year old cabin my son lives in on our property in central Texas. We recently replaced the aluminum feeder wire with copper. It was built with 4x4s on concrete blocks. Not code now but little shifting all these years even with a few severe storms and small tornadoes in the area over the years.
@BS.-.-3 жыл бұрын
I like the palm sander idea for shaking the sono tubes.
@jameschupp22302 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your videos! You are playing a great part in the Re-Building of America, in giving Americans hope that they too can... Just Do It !!! Thank you for your hard work!
@nameyourchannel78442 жыл бұрын
Concrete guys use a vibrating probe to get air bubbles out. Great idea using the palm sander!
@jamesseltenreich652 Жыл бұрын
Just happened across your build, I love what your doing And I subscribed, Thanks and God Bless
@JeremyLucas18794 жыл бұрын
It's impressive that you mixed all of the concrete to fill those Sonotubes! Beautiful property.
@93AcreWood4 жыл бұрын
Jeremy Lucas it was the worst part if it! We have 33 or 34 tubes in all plus the 2 walls. Thankfulky we used a truck for the walls!
@SuburbanJerseyDad4 жыл бұрын
Great start! can’t wait to see the progress. Thanks for sharing.
@glick2783 жыл бұрын
Thank you infinitely! HareKrishna.GodBless❤️🙏😀
@danielviaes9884 Жыл бұрын
Awesome, thanks for sharing, Sander/vibrator brilliant
@sherrenebarnes27254 жыл бұрын
Wonderful beginnings!
@aurelelvisstan6605 Жыл бұрын
Hello / Nice work . I wold like to know how you did your water supply and sewer and how you prevent for freezing . Thank you .
@doodybird57663 жыл бұрын
How did you anchor the 2x6's to the concrete? L bolts?
@2jays2703 жыл бұрын
Was wondering the same thing
@bethwatts71667 ай бұрын
Just asked the same. Looks like it’s all floating 😮
@nakiapeavy78064 ай бұрын
Smart way 2 use the sander 2 vibrate n settled the crete
@pathfindergeorgia11172 жыл бұрын
Hi folks just subscribed to your channel and I’m looking forward to watching your videos from the beginning today. Thanks for sharing
@93AcreWood2 жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard!
@bortnerfamilyadventures13693 жыл бұрын
That is awesome , I am going to be building a A frame house , we are considering the pier and beam foundation as well , you guys looks great , how deep did you go with the piers in the ground and how far apart did you do them? Subscribing to you guys 👍🏻
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
Bortner family farm they are all 3-4 feet under ground level with a footing 2-3 feet wide x 12 inches deep at the base. Because of the dimensions of the house each row has a different spacing but they are all within 8 feet of each other. Thanks for watching! Good luck with your build!
@mickeyjett91973 жыл бұрын
@@93AcreWood they look amazing and plumb. What little tricks did you learn that made the work flow better for the post? Asking for myself as I am about to do a post and beam foundation instead having it poured or blocking it myself.
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
Mickey Jett buy a laser level. A string line is not sufficient for this kind of project on its own. We did both and the laser really helped a lot. If we were going to do it again, we would have got all of them set up, with more bracing, and had a truck dump concrete in all of them at once. This took a month for us to do, almost every day. 2-3 piers at a time. It’s a A LOT of work.
@fishycamper Жыл бұрын
@@93AcreWood awesome job you guys did, did you guy put rebars in the concrete piers? I'm getting ready to build a shower house and going to use the same concept for my RV park
@93AcreWood Жыл бұрын
@@fishycamper yes. 4 vertical pcs for each pier with 8 horizontal pcs tying them all together at the top and bottom.
@douglasteske9581Ай бұрын
Why were wooden blocks put on top of the concrete pillars under the floor supports?
@jerrywilliams73538 ай бұрын
did you attach the beams to the concrete post with an metal fasteners or are the beams just sitting on the piers
@1234meandu6 ай бұрын
I'm curious about that too, is it required?
@robertlundgren28813 жыл бұрын
Awesome job, what is the size is the floor plan. How far apart are the beams? are your joists 12" or 16" on center? Will be starting my cabin build soon, so proud of you guys.
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
1000 sf bottom floor. beams are 8’ apart. joist spacing is 16”. good luck!
@Paups863 жыл бұрын
Hello, out of interest, could I ask what is the purpose of adding the timber blocks in between the joists and the cement piles?
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
The little blocks of wood are there because wood that sits directly on cement can rot over time. So we’d rather have little blocks rot than our big beams. We can easily jack up the house to replace the little pieces.
@strokerace47653 жыл бұрын
Did you put rebar in the concrete?
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
Stroker Ace yes. 4 in each pier top to bottom
@bikeninja9563 жыл бұрын
nice. How did you fasten the joists to the cement?
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
Bike Ninja so far we have not done that yet. We have tie downs attached to the beams and buried in the ground, holding the house down same way a mobile home is . Then we have the joists fastened to the beams. Myles has an idea of welding custom fasteners for the cement/beams.
@bikeninja9563 жыл бұрын
@@93AcreWood hmmm....ok...seems like an important thing to overlook though, pretty easy to just pop in some metal brackets while the cement is curing...
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
Bike Ninja we didn’t overlook anything. As I said, the house is tied down already the way we chose to tie it down.
@SBecktacular5 ай бұрын
@@93AcreWood Yeah well it’s total ghetto
@kenkoh17243 жыл бұрын
New sub. Planning to do the same for an Aframe build. Are the piers below frostline? And what kind of wood do you use for the beems?
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
Ken Koh yes. The 3 beams I believe are Doug fir. 3 2x8’s glued and screwed together.
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!!
@unijabnx20002 жыл бұрын
how did you secure the beams to the sill plates on the concrete columns?
@justindeal2364 Жыл бұрын
That's what I'm wondering to.
@shawndagenais23242 жыл бұрын
Awesome project, I'm about to do the same. What did you use for your floor? 2x8 or 2x10?
@93AcreWood2 жыл бұрын
2x10
@bethwatts71667 ай бұрын
How did you tie your floor down to the concrete? Is it all just floating?
@wafiqsalie5714 ай бұрын
looks like its floating :(
@waynesorensen70712 жыл бұрын
those are some of the highest piers i've seen on a cabin build.... did you ensure that is ok from an engineering and also a stability aspect? The sonotubes i used say to not go over 3 feet out of the ground...
@rafemaxwell41432 жыл бұрын
Definitely not engineered. The leverage ratio from the floor to the piers at the bottom end in an earthquake would be huge. Third pier up the hill appears to be waist height on the builder, lower piers must be around 5' from the ground. I didn't see any rebar caging inside of the tubes either. Floor doesn't appear to be connected with any kind of substantial hardware to the piers and subfloor isn't sheeted correctly. Wouldn't take a ton of laterial force to compromise those piers and/or remove the floor from them. I wouldn't let my family sleep in this... sketchy. Folks, even if you don't plan on getting building permits, consult an architect for your building.
@franciscomolinar5916 Жыл бұрын
@@rafemaxwell4143 much appreciated, I keep wondering about all these cabins seemingly held to the foundation by gravity…
@jshepard152 Жыл бұрын
@@rafemaxwell4143 They did use extensive rebar in their 12" tubes. And I believe this is Oklahoma, so there's probably relatively little earthquake risk. I would definitely want my beams securely attached to the piers, but perhaps they found a way to do it later.
@rafemaxwell4143 Жыл бұрын
@@jshepard152 Take a look at a seismic category map, OK is in a high risk zone. Wind shear is also a substantial factor in that state that you would want your home engineered against. Also, there isn't a proper way to attach a house to a foundation later. J bolts and heavier hold downs, which is what you would need for this, are mounted inside your forms during the pour. You can get away with drilled expansion bolts on deck footings or missed placements on a stem wall or something, but not an entire residential dwelling foundation with large spans between anchors.... For anyone reading this not highly knowledgeable in construction methods, buy a set of engineered prints for your builds designed for your geographic location or hire an architect, it matters.
@cptechno10 ай бұрын
Aren't you worried that rodents and insects might start eating their way through your flooring system? I want to build a house on stilts but I'm planning to have concrete panels underneath or I might pour concrete to have a concrete barrier between the space under the house and the inside flooring.
@93AcreWood9 ай бұрын
We’ve been in the house for 2.5 years now and have never seen a rodent or droppings.
@justinovitt67203 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@zyu99745 ай бұрын
whats your guys use to level the string line?
@LMJTJesse3 жыл бұрын
Did you guys take your designs to the city or did you have to take them to a design engineer first?
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
LMJTJesse no and no. Our county doesn’t require that. We live in a rural area. We researched and did all the planning /designing ourselves. No experts involved.
@azhar9274 Жыл бұрын
HYE,How much you buy 93 acre land?plus all in to end process it build...
@iselagomez1036 Жыл бұрын
Can you post instructions and materials used to build this pls
@markpirri3 жыл бұрын
Great job. That music is annoying tho!
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
Mark Pirri 😂 oh I already know that. Lol this was my first ever video. I didn’t know what I was doing or where to find non copyrighted music to use. 🤷🏼♀️ lets be honest, I still don’t know what I’m doing!
@jhonsmith7983 жыл бұрын
@@93AcreWood great music, i' fell asleep like a stone . . . . . Thanks
@harleyacey96763 жыл бұрын
What is the square footage for your cabin?
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
1400. bottom floor is 1000, top floor is 400.
@jshepard152 Жыл бұрын
@@93AcreWood Thanks for taking the time to answer these questions. Very helpful.
@adonian3 жыл бұрын
Question... How deep and how tall did you make the cement posts?
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
they are all 3-4 feet under ground level with a footing 2-3 feet wide x 12 inches deep at the base. they are all different heights above ground since it’s on a hill. The tallest about 4 feet, smallest is just under 2’.
@adonian3 жыл бұрын
@@93AcreWood cool, thx.
@andrewmoore66033 жыл бұрын
@@93AcreWood I would like to use sono tubes to 4’ above ground which is over spec. How were you able to go this high? It looks sturdy.
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
@@andrewmoore6603 this house was supposed to be a tiny cabin that was not going to be our full time home. If we were going to start from scratch, with the house being how big it is now, we would not have used the sonotubes. The piers are holding up great though so we are happy with it. With a big enough footing and plentiful rebar, I think it’s fine.
@lazguevara1512 жыл бұрын
can anyone point me to some sort of data in terms of what are the tolerances or recommendations for size peirs spacing as well as wood beam dimensions and spacing of everything? thank you
@93AcreWood2 жыл бұрын
we didn’t hang on to the information we found when we started building 2 years ago. but everything we found was accessible in Internet forums. good luck in your search! thanks for watching!
@disccop754 жыл бұрын
How did you determine how many piers and the diameter of them?
@93AcreWood4 жыл бұрын
Miguel T all I remember about how we figured it was they needed to be within 8 feet of each other.
@danielcourtney74784 жыл бұрын
@@93AcreWood There are websites that will tell you the maximum span for the size wood you are using.
@93AcreWood4 жыл бұрын
Daniel Courtney yeah my husband scanned the Internet to find the info. It was a year ago so I don’t really know anymore. Too much info has went into my head, that old stuff had to go to make room!! 🤣
@andreaslutz52462 жыл бұрын
Did you used square foot concrete forms underneath the concrete posts?
@93AcreWood2 жыл бұрын
There is a footing under each concrete post, yes.
@andreaslutz52462 жыл бұрын
@@93AcreWood thank you
@KR-kf7fy2 жыл бұрын
Do you have a "How-to" video on this subject?
@93AcreWood2 жыл бұрын
No. we try to not teach people how to do what we are doing because honestly we are just winging it. thanks for watching!
@kimt.9684 Жыл бұрын
No rebars for the concrete piers?
@93AcreWood Жыл бұрын
Yes.
@waynewells24213 жыл бұрын
I was trying to find an email address for y’all, but maybe this will work. Can you tell me what you did to insulate the floor and plumbing if anything?
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
so far nothing. the plan is to wrap the pipes, box them in, then spray foam. winter is coming so we better hurry up!
@mikeyjohnson1696 Жыл бұрын
That band was bowed pretty bad
@jaybobuckner12 жыл бұрын
wish they said measurements....
@Kuntvaffles3 жыл бұрын
At current Joe Biden 2021 pricing, that little cabin costed about $134,599 to put up. You must be rich.
@altpotus69137 ай бұрын
We live in Capitalism. Our woes are caused by greedy corporations.
@marcelvezina27426 ай бұрын
Now , 2024 prices that will set ya back $324,999
@LlamaMitHuten6 ай бұрын
I did the calculations just the concrete post and pier will set you back $1.36 million
@momma.mash.potatoes63353 ай бұрын
Lol
@jshepard1523 ай бұрын
@@altpotus6913 Everything you have is thanks to capitalism.
@johnmarquardt19914 жыл бұрын
Why piers? Pour a crawl space or basement. You've money, convenience, and time ahead.
@93AcreWood4 жыл бұрын
John Marquardt it is extremely hard to dig this ground. It is pretty rocky, and solid so far down. so digging a basement would have been a lot more work than we were willing to do. We will store a few things underneath, Luke our kayaks on a trailer
@jshepard152 Жыл бұрын
Piers are a very affordable way to build. Crawl space or basement would add a huge amount of expense.
@johnmarquardt1991 Жыл бұрын
@@jshepard152 You like cold homes, frozen water pipes, critters living under your home?
@jshepard152 Жыл бұрын
@@johnmarquardt1991 Everything has trade offs. Let's not pretend that those things can't be avoided.
@MAGAMAN3 жыл бұрын
Should have leveled the ground first.
@jshepard152 Жыл бұрын
Why?
@bethwatts71667 ай бұрын
The point of the pillars is so you don’t waste extra money having someone level. Out estimate was $10k to have our land lvl
@tobig30262 жыл бұрын
I hate when music is use on a video, has no purpose other annoy people
@PaulLadendorf3 жыл бұрын
How did you attach the beams to the piers?
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
we didn’t. the house is tied down into the ground with metal straps and anchors. the plan is to make our own brackets, adjustable, in the future because nothing available at the time worked like Myles wanted. we also have blocks underneath the beams with flashing so that our beams don’t rot sitting on concrete. replacing blocks made more sense to us than worrying about our beams rotting.
@PaulLadendorf3 жыл бұрын
@@93AcreWood Thank you. I was wondering what the spacing is on your piers and what the diameter of the piers is.
@93AcreWood3 жыл бұрын
@@PaulLadendorf these are 12”. Each pier is within 7 feet of another pier.
@PaulLadendorf2 жыл бұрын
@@93AcreWood Thank you!
@airbornestud30072 жыл бұрын
What size pier tube forms did you guys use?
@jshepard152 Жыл бұрын
Those are 12" tubes.
@airbornestud3007 Жыл бұрын
@@jshepard152 thanks. Are they on 8' center or 6' center?