DIY RETROFITTED CONCRETE FOOTINGS FOR PATIO OR PERGOLA

DIY RETROFITTED CONCRETE FOOTINGS FOR PATIO OR PERGOLA | Back Porch DIY Reno: Episode 1

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@t0kinl3lunts 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing the vid! Good work adding supports before you took out the existing posts. One tip for that part would be to add a diagonal brace across all the supports, or across the two sets of three, to prevent them from racking. An additional diagonal support perpendicular to the wall wouldn't hurt either. Another tip would be to use 'crushed' instead of pea gravel because it's angular and interlocks, reducing shifting after weight is applied. You said you shouldn't have compacted it, but the opposite is true, you made it less likely to settle after it's loaded, which is a good thing. The idea behind using gravel under concrete foundations isn't so much for drainage, but that if pockets of soil sink or settle unevenly, the interlocking gravel layer will act as a bridge between areas of better support. You could probably skip the gravel entirely in this case, as you should be digging down below any organic layers to hard clay, rock, etc. For gravel to be effective under slabs to protect against soil movement a thicker layer is needed anyway. Something like 6" of 3/4" crushed gravel minimum and vibration compacted. I'd mix up the concrete before you dump it in too. It's typically stronger when mixed thoroughly, which isn't as important for a fence post as it is for a roof support. All that said, you've made a big improvement on the structural integrity and you should still have many years of enjoyment from the changes you've made. Great work!

@didgejamman 6 ай бұрын

FYI: stepping on the gravel didn’t hurt it. Actually using a tamper or compactor to compact gravel before pouring concrete is common practice. And, draining won’t be an issue. Especially for that small of a space.

@lindaroyal8161 6 ай бұрын

That's going to be a nice area, good sized.

@LutfiO 7 ай бұрын

simple yet effective ! :) love your work!

@cheriekalel9578 7 ай бұрын

HOORAY for getting these concrete footers taken care of! You made this look so much better! 🎉

@ReneeRenovates 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@RandomsFandom 6 ай бұрын

It was done all wrong. Dry mix lazy, cardboard and loose dirt. I bet the whole thing sank.

@ashwin.unlead 6 ай бұрын

@@RandomsFandom🤡

@deesa3500 6 ай бұрын

YAAAY, great job, it looks sooo much better now👍🏼😉

@kris1724 7 ай бұрын

Выглядит надежно и многообещающе😉 Ты молодец 👍

@Chrissella 6 ай бұрын

Wow😮 What a Great Job!!! 👏🏼💖👏🏼💖👏🏼 I can’t believe you do it all by yourself. You are one strong and creative Woman! 💖👏🏼💖👏🏼💖 With my luck that roof would’ve probably fell right on top of me lol 😅

@deborahguirl7993 7 ай бұрын

Awesome job!!❤❤❤

@susans8765 7 ай бұрын

Our neighbor across the street was working on her carport, WITHOUT adding supports. BIG mistake!! The whole thing crashed down when she removed one of three columns. Always better to add supports, and not push your luck!

@ReneeRenovates 7 ай бұрын

Oh no!!! That’s my nightmare 🙈

@frankiFracture 6 ай бұрын

Looks nice, did you lift the front of the porch back to the correct height?

@ronlovell5374 6 ай бұрын

Nice job, though the footing thickness isn't much better than a deck block, it can, and still likely to shift again.

@didgejamman 6 ай бұрын

I’ve never heard someone call a powder coated bracket beautiful.😂 Side note: A lot people do, it but using quikcrete and dry pouring isn’t going to be as strong as using regular concrete. Mxing it, pouring and allow to fully dry before adding any weight.

@Runehorn 6 ай бұрын

Whoever started the dry pour concrete trend doomed countless projects to fail.

@debbievidal9536 6 ай бұрын

I found this very helpful. Im going to build a free standing pergola at the end of the garden and i wasnt sure how to do the footings. How deep were they?

@d_range211 2 ай бұрын

How are they holding up now? Any updates?

@Scully331 7 ай бұрын

We are really enjoying following the progress on your home (on Instagram), and now your parents. We have so many projects in our own home and often want to do them ourselves, but find permit and construction rules frustrating - because we don't know them. We fear doing a job we appreciate and enjoy only to find out that we spent a lot of money doing the job, then having to spend more money to fix it after a licensed home inspector tells us we did the job wrong. A certified inspection will be needed when we sell our home some day (potential buyers will need this for a mortgage). How do you deal with code knowledge before you start a project? Does your muncipality make it easy to gather knowledge about rules or do you hire a contractor for guidance (while still doing the work yourself)? We were thinking about calling and paying our previous home inspector to come out and give us rules/code advice. Oh, and have you considered getting your contractors license? Thanks for sharing all that you do! Big fans!

@fairtex7 2 ай бұрын

Definitely not advisable- the one with the broken pavers on top on the dry poured footer/pier that you made. If you want the pavers to cover the pier you need to make it decorative not structural. Texas may not have a frost line but it definitely needs to be supported for uplift loads and strong winds and during storms. And now that you've made it into a screened patio you've essentially turned the patio into a giant sail. Use rebar cages next time and definitely go deeper than you did here. It's an improvement but it still remains a possible risk. That's not the type of reward you want for your work. Most Texas code is going to require at least 24 inches of depth and with a roof you'd need the width to be about 18 inches.

@cora_and_dogs 7 ай бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏

@ClarkS963 6 ай бұрын

It wasnt because you "compressed the gravel". It was because the red bag dry pour concrete doesnt really work. Just mix up the normal stuff in a wheelbarrow. Would have saved you a ton of time.