Foundation System Overview Ep.37

Who is ready to see some framing?
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[@vandyFixer]

Mistakes happen and admitting them, particularly in this forum, is a testament to your character. It also shows that you're human, like the rest of us mortals. Enjoying the whole process and observing both the differences and similarities in construction, to what happens here in New Zealand. Cheers Vandy.

[@parchy2008]

I completely agree.

[@MrElliotholman]

Vandy Fixer I just started working construction in Wellington. Am binge watching EC to help understand some core concepts. Love every second of it save the mental metric conversions.

[@scruffy6151]

I agree, a confident man admit his mistakes a shoddy man lies about his work.

[@Mrcaffinebean]

Vandy Fixer totally agree! Everyone makes mistakes. Own them, fix them, do your best to avoid them going forward.

[@vandyFixer]

@@Mrcaffinebeanwords to live by👍

[@MattsAwesomeStuff]

Nate - Great job on the wide shots and the arrow indicators for reference. I never have to wonder what Scott's talking about where. I can usually tell just by the close shot, but, bouncing between two frames of reference helps anchor things in my head.

[@thoperSought]

admitting that mistake takes guts; thank you. the biggest lesson for us in that, as I see it, is that if everything is planned well within tolerances, then mistakes are much less likely to be a huge problem. just like buying a little more concrete to tie the pillars to the footings may make a difference in the long run, putting those footings closer together than they needed to be made a difference right away.

[@austinpatrick2682]

2:40 Bad bad Phil, he's always making things more complicated 😂

[@pwashcroft]

Mistakes that don’t matter are the best kind. Love the content.

[@missionDan]

Differential settlement fully explained, you sir are truly an expert in your field

[@nathanc3189]

My favourite series on KZbin, can’t wait for the next video. This has been really great learning about foundations and footings. Thanks mate.

[@danielguy2156]

This channel is never a letdown. Awesome to see the admission of error, it happens. We all get caught up in focusing on details that we miss the obvious. The good news is, that footing is so wide, you should have no problem, just remember to snap your lines accordingly to make up for it... that's something I would forget to do at first... just until I tried laying in the first joist that isn't long enough to fit and then realize... oh pooh! Keep up the great work, I was taught by all old school carpenters and tradesman, you cant replace experience with schooling, you're the best, I love it! You too Nate, Good Job!

[@Quietvibes07]

Sunday morning EC is the best kind. Well done.

[@davedook3959]

Guys like you, are what makes your country the greatest. If i were you my chest would be bursting with pride and satisfaction at this stage .

[@seriouslyreally5413]

"Hey every once in awhile even a monkey will fall out of a tree" I'll have to add that to my list of things to say when you've scratched your head and ran out of words.

[@edwardkenny2356]

I may not understand everything you're explaining, but i sure do enjoy your videos. Thanks.

[@thatrealba]

Is there anything in particular that I, or someone else, can help you out with?

[@mattsimmons2448]

AWESOME! Greetings from New Zealand, keep it up and thanks!

[@paulkolodner2445]

Just to be on the safe side, you should probably get a tooth pulled to teach yourself a lesson. On a related note, the deflection of a beam under load is proportional to the cube of the height. Doubling it makes the beam almost 10 times stronger. You made an excellent point.

[@m2hmghb]

As always an interesting and informative video. I can't do the work - but it doesn't mean I don't want to learn how it's done. Thanks for the quality content, take care.

[@godzillaninja1644]

Scott, I don't know that I can say anything that the gentlemen who have commented before me haven't already said and said better, but you sir showed tremendous courage and strength of character to point out that mistake especially on video where so many are quick to bash others. It also helped me and others I am sure to put their own mistakes a little more into perspective. Thanks again. Your channel is of the highest quality and I am glad to have found it.

[@c4fishfood]

I love that way you belted in the hardfill- I wish we had trucks like that around here- every body seems to make stockpiles and run it with a bobcat

[@MandoFettOG]

I was just wondering why I have never seen a truck like that around here...

[@badlandskid]

Gotta love a talented conveyor truck operator! 👍🏼

[@mhelmi73]

LOL.. 'No one knows, except you and me..' :) Good work and words Mr

[@seraphim7512]

“But I didn’t check this much!” Been there.. glad to see a building vet still making mistakes.. we do it.

[@donkeydump63]

I think I can now almost appreciate the amount of work and planning that goes into building a safe, efficient, comfortable home. I set tiles for a living. I can just imagine some of the tasteful, well designed tile layouts you'll have planned for this house. It would be my pleasure to take a six month sabbatical to southern Oregon to work for you.

[@klmbuilders5385]

We're all just mere mortals. We all make mistakes. True integrity comes when one can openly admit a mistake. You, sir, are the epitome of integrity. Glad to know you!

[@shmeklevonduche9096]

This has now become part of my Sunday morning ritual. Watching these videos is awesome. I learn so much.

[@jobaecker9752]

Using the Price Is Right FAIL sound effect - priceless. OK, back to work...

[@wildmanofthewynooch7028]

You sir are the type of contractor that I hope everyone that needs work gets to hire. You are honest and forthright. A rare gem in today’s world.

[@churchofchris1973]

That's not a mistake you're just adding character to the home

[@robertblackman3451]

Great job even with a small error, I liked your explanation of the snowshoe system, makes perfect sense.

[@DrewStephens]

I appreciate that the videos vary so greatly in length-always is depth, but only as long as they need to be, not trying to hit a certain length.

[@candace3676]

Loved the arrows pointing out what you are talking about. Explaining the columns, thanks. Strip footings (snow-shoes), helpful, 'cause I kept asking Sweetie why we don't have those on our foundation. He would rather have a tooth pulled without novocaine than tell me why.

[@jeremymcclanahan2389]

I love these videos...clear, concise information delivered with no theatrical antics...great job, sir!!!

[@strider6056]

Love that you've shared a link for the suspenders :-)

[@jthomas06]

I'm a 48 year chemist from Detroit. I have no history in building science, and frankly I'm only moderately hand around my own house. That house is a 1913 America 4 square build (around here they call it a Dutch 4 square) in the old Henry Ford neighborhood in the shadow of the original Ford Model T assembly factory. Most houses in our sub between 1908-1925 are custom builds like this. Our house is old and in need of significant restoration if we intend to leave it for our girls after us. We even need to replace the foundation wall at the back corner thanks to years and years of poor water management by the previous owners. Last year my wife and I decided to immerse ourselves in the building process before we forked over our coin. We hoped if we knew more, we could ask better questions, and get better results. I enjoy this course a great deal, so much so that I brew a pot of coffee and set aside time just to watch it. This foundation section is truly awesome! I never knew all that went into a good foundation. Many thanks!!

[@Prodmullefc]

I could watch them bacfilling those rocks forever. That part was so comfy for some reason

[@jerryminyard7460]

If you're not making mistakes, you're not working. Construction is dealing with situations and moving on. Foundation looks great & great way to rack/kick those sonotubes.

[@waynemiracle8928]

Absolutely love the background music! It adds a wonderful dimension to your wonderful videos!

[@HillbillyRednecking]

Bought a Bosch GLM 50 CX laser measure today... it’s pretty awesome!

[@bliefnick]

Scott, thanks for explaining all of this info to us! A craftsman who admits their mistakes is someone of great character and integrity, and someone to listen to in my book. Thank you for that! I know you are beating yourself up more than anyone else ever could, but try not to be too hard on yourself! I look forward to the finishing of the garage floor and can’t wait to see the framing begin!

[@kove]

Seven minutes went by fast! I love this project! Thank you for filming it all!

[@aussiebloke609]

It takes guts (and the possibility looming of dental work _sans_ anesthetic) to admit to an error - especially online, where too many people feel anonymous enough to abuse with impunity. Bravo, mate. PS: I thought you'd enjoy watching this - an old-school cooper plying his craft. It reminded me of your smithing videos; the care, the attention, the hand-fitting, and the satisfaction of doing the job right. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXaagnRnmM2IsNk

[@aussiebloke609]

@BBB H Thanks mate - haven't heard of that series before, but I'm sure looking forward to sinking my teeth into it now. Cheers!

[@dcrog69]

Lou Sauzedde on Tips from a shipwrite is also an incredible craftsman who's very entertaining to watch.

[@elsdp-4560]

THANK TOU...for sharing. I admire your honesty.

[@adancalderon8915]

Because mistakes happen, I think it is a good chance to show what is done, and how one works around such things. It is equaly as helpful to the folks watching this to see how one compensates.

[@horstconstruction1995]

It makes me so happy that you are including and sharing your mistakes with us. I mean come on we are all human and mistakes are gonna happen it's all in how well you handle them and how well you can hide them. Keep up the good work

[@gazparadise]

Great work Scott and Nate. Love seeing this series progress. Can't wait for the next episode. Keep up the good work!

[@gaoluck]

Great Job! I really love every video you post and the detail you went through! Thanks

[@MTaylorElectricalServices]

Great job so far guys, love this series! 👌🏼

[@bashkillszombies]

Look up 'engineered earth' - it's interesting stuff. Stops settling completely.

[@slingflur]

This is great stuff guys. So glad I was up to see this one!

[@essentialcraftsman]

Thank you Sling!

[@slingflur]

No problem! Scott needs to be on This Old House! He is just a joy to watch and my wife enjoys listening to what I am watching.

[@stevendouglas3860]

What a great programme. Well done .. Every one.

[@TokyoCraftsman]

I'm really enjoying these videos, and I have to admit, I laughed when you told us of your mistake, heck it makes you human just like the rest of us LOL Again, really enjoying these, looking forward to the next one. Cheers from Tokyo!

[@smckenzie04]

Keep doing the great work! Love the content!

[@essentialcraftsman]

Thanks Shawn will do

[@TheTungsten]

Having a lot of fun watching this build

[@titusdorman8215]

I’m loving this series, keep up the great work!!

[@lancemcque1459]

I LOVE the sad trombone! haha. You guys have a great sense of humor.

[@DESaxon]

Fascinating series!

[@kengamble8595]

Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍

[@phooesnax]

Great content. Thank You Looking forward to next episode.

[@jbeech01]

Great stuff guys. That’s a super interesting mistake but as you mentioned, no big deal. My mistakes are always a little more “problematic”. Love the videos. Excited to watch the next ones! Build fast!!

[@keithparady2594]

That was a good video man and I like the saying it happens all the time

[@scottmoore8080]

We are currently working on our third home (we are just a little ahead of your video series). What we have learned is the goal is to try to reduce errors, you will never get rid of them all, and then partner with quality people that don’t panic, but have the skills to correct and move on. Your process is designed to do just that. Can’t wait to see next installment. S

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

No worries! Besides, flooring! . Pride cometh before the ape hits the forest floor. 😂 (We won't tell anyone.) Spectacular series, I've enjoyed and learned on all of them. Thanks for all your hard work here- it really shows in the quality of the videos. 🔨👍

[@joshuaricks7730]

This entire foundation will still be there in 150 years no problem.

[@josephdestaubin7426]

Admitting that in a public forum, you are a way better man than I could ever hope to be. You know you could fix that with a Sawzall, a drill, some epoxy, and some anchor bolts. On the other hand, if your joists are going on top of the pony wall and the pony wall is at least 6 in thick, it would be completely unnecessary.

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Great video Essential craftsman

[@tomdillard9558]

Love watching this guy work. He's very good at showing you what he's doing and explaining why he's doing it the way he is. Reminds me of my dad, he taught me a lot, and I probably could have learned a lot more if I had been smart enough to listen to him more in my younger years. I am in a spot now where I could use some advice about some thing I know a little about but not enough. My shop burned down and I am in the process of rebuilding the structure and want to do it on the existing concrete. The problem is there are several spots where the surface has popped up. Breaking up the floor and repouring it is not really an option, it is a 30x50 floor and is 6 to 8" thick with a lot of rebar in it. It would be a lot of work to tear out and expensive to repour. Has anybody out there dealt with this? The spots vary in size from about 1' to 2' in area and are anywhere from 1 to 2" deep.

[@stevef.9659]

Thanks for keeping it real.

[@edgarsalgado981]

Awesome stuff

[@arkansas1336]

You shared some great knowledge, thanks!

[@gregormann7]

Sorry you slightly missed the mark, but at least it gave me a new proverb: “Every once in a while even a monkey will fall out of a tree.” Priceless. Absolutely love these videos. I think your near perfection has something to do with that.

[@giovannifiorentino8947]

No one will ever know except 500k subscribers!

[@aubreyroche5080]

Humility is a Blessing, it doesn't feel like it at the time of its revealing though.

[@bruceb1433]

Have you reflected on a systematic way of preventing that over-site? Maybe a spray can hit for each component after its final check? Is there a way of digitally capturing the elements so they can be compared/overlayed with the cad drawings before the pour? I can see myself missing some checks on an addition I’m undertaking. Really enjoying your vlog. The depth of attention to the details and the sense that you are trying to pass along long-earned knowledge is really appreciated. Thanks for sharing.

[@alwxcapps3631]

Im enjoy your videos alot.

[@RRINTHESHOP]

Nice, coming along well. The wood is coming.

[@mitchstreetman9935]

One mistake out of 1,000's ain't too shabby. The mental stress is a real force. "I'd rather chew tin foil" Same reasons I hated making cabinets, it never became stress free. Great Job.

[@accessaryman]

an awesome series, it is very kool to see construction methods are very similar to here in new Zealand, though some of the terminology is different, ive never seen a concrete truck with the shuts hung of the front of the truck, though you do have the stand ones as well, I work construction and love seeing different methods, some of yours im now using, there is always an easier way, :) keep up the good work and enjoy what your doing, you go above and beyond, thank you.

[@chahahc]

Sonotubes are also a great fast dependable way to make subwoofers.

[@pappas1000]

Interesting way of building foundations for a house. In Australia, we mainly do slab on ground foundations for new build houses.

[@bonanzatime]

Wale Shale! You sure are nice to 'the masons'😉 that did that block work. So as a framing carpenter, you are happy with that top course of block? Never mind the rest of it.

[@dylanmounsey7515]

It looks ok. Generally always a little bit of chipping to be done here and there

[@63256325N]

Thank you.

[@eddiebernays514]

been watching a boat get built for the passed 5 years, now ill get to watch this house get built.

[@mikemiller4838]

Kudos to you for showing us your mistake. We are only human and they do happen. Great video and as always keep up the great work, and great content

[@ZENO357]

There are some things that I don't understand and it could be the way things are done in a different part of the country. That strip footing with a cripple wall is a new one for me. Around here in NC it would be piers and beams to support the load. Also in a house I had built the building inspector would not allow the footing to be placed on fill - it all had to go down to virgin soil; but I'm not an expert so don't know if that's unusual. I do, however, like that we didn't build on fill, no matter how well compacted it might have been.

[@zschudrowitz155]

Oh no! I finished the episode before my morning coffee! Now I gotta get to work! Lol. Great episode as always. ;)

[@billyd2593]

Those rock trucks are awesome and when necessary well worth the expense

[@brians5539]

It takes a brave man to admit his mistakes. You could’ve easily said nothing and we’d be none the wiser. Well done Scott.

[@lutronc4412]

Should put vapor barrier down before filling garage then halfway another vapor barrier. So if you seal and paint or stain garage floor moisture isn’t an issue. Oh and don’t slope your garage. Just add in floor drain. Surface tension will pull out flooding water. Some contractors put way too much slop on garage floor. I prefer .0000001% grade ;)

[@godbluffvdgg]

It ain't called "rough framing" for nothin' ...:)...That foundation is a beast...I'm going to have to go back in your videos to see how you did with the excavation...I see you have step footings, here and there...Was it a hard dig?...Where I'm at near philly, we rarely hit rock on additions, I Project managed a 125 home build, up near Doylestown, All the homes had basements, The earth was like top soil...ZERO rocks...as you head north from philly; the rock is everywhere...

[@waverleyrocker]

Wide shots 👍👍👍

[@countrycraftsman5110]

As they say. "It happens" That's one of the things i like about your work ethic you admit your mistakes to hundreds of thousands of people. A bunch of us have a hard time admitting them to are self's. How is Cy? Have been missing his life story's.

[@osvaldovazquez8198]

I wish you you've made a video of how you set up those Pier footings

[@sblack48]

Beam stiffness varies with the cube of the height. Just the mathematical expression of what you were saying, which was of course correct.

[@NelloCambelli]

Wow! Got a bid for building the foundation, garage and basement which I have not appreciated until now.

[@ryanhuddleston5364]

Quick question. On the center strip footings why did you add anchor bolts? I think the pony walls will be supporting the center of the joists but they are only meant to handle a vertical load.

[@tonyskillz]

For serious though- Few inches off on a foundation to support floor joist is nothing as long as beams above still land where they need too, probably just as bad as parking your car a little bit to the left or right within the parking lines at homedepo- Great work Scott, wish we had the luxury to work on a wide open job site with all that space here in NYC

[@joeseabert8391]

I was told a story, I say that so if it isn’t true I am mitigating my liability, when frank lloyd Wright built falling water when the time came to pull the forms for the cantilevered balcony the crew refused to go under it. He did it himself. The house was plagued with cracking because of expansion and contraction through the seasons, finally they put posts under it to support the cantilever. This was done before 2000 and well after frank’s death.

[@essentialcraftsman]

That's a great story!

[@loganpatterson4674]

I’ve enjoyed the foundation series but I’m on pins and needles to see some framing

[@casycasy5199]

its called building ,their will be mistakes, you just have to figure out how to fix them if needed .another great video

[@deecee1522]

That sure is a nice looking foundation. We have nothing but flat around here, so I've never had to deal with stepping my footings like that.

[@lloydflyhuntbc9923]

Not sure why he used block that’s stupid

[@mcpheonixx]

As a welder I know first hand the stresses of making mistakes. It sucks big time having to grind welds to fix something! That being said, in our shop, no welding gets done without a senior welder checking the layout first, then a senior welder checks the tack up. After that the piece gets welded out! Even then mistakes still happen. You fix it then move on!

[@JakeFromStateFarm1]

Similar setup in our metal shop, system works well most of the time but is not immune to mistakes.

[@georgegibson707]

With stem walls so high and being on a hill, I would have been tempted to have a full height basement. So all the foundation would be on solid shale and no compacted fill needed and a big usable basement with large windows along 2 sides.