FIRST MAJOR PROJECT ON OUR ABANDONED PROPERTY!

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[@johnlennon335]

Squinting won't save your eye when those abrasive wheels come apart, and they will. You will need two really big boulders so that when the speeders lose it on the curve they can hit those instead of your beautiful wall.

[@billotto4499]

Next time, you use the plastic tube as a level instead of water use black tea it is easy to see ever a few meters away An old gentleman showed me this, and it just worked great All of the best with the build

[@craigbarnett3351]

Get some safety glasses on when cutting with a cutoff wheel! I like your channel! Don’t ruin it with an eye injury. Toolmaker Craig here. I’ve seen what happens without safety glasses!

[@georgecremeans5113]

In the USA, that Concrete would have been rejected on most job sites. If a slump test was done it would have collapsed. Maybe that’s what works in Puerto Rico? I honestly don’t know.

[@stevemazz3121]

Sorry, that is not true at all... 90% of footings only need to be 4500psi concrete. Even 10inch slump 5 Sack will give you that... Plus it is in the ground which means it will be wet most the time... Concrete gets hard by a chemical reaction not because it dry's... You can pour concrete underwater and it will get hard... so those footings will be stronger in 5 years than they are the first 6 months due to being damp most the time in that weather.

[@documetricsinc.6135]

The last time I saw anyone bend steel with their bare hands, it was Superman. You da man, Matt!

[@ohyaldi]

MATT YOUB HAVE A HEART OF GOLD

[@j.gravett2878]

"Nomadic Adventure", who built their home in Panama, bent ALL their rebar for footers, etc. They have a metal plate with 2 bars sticking up that bends it! Hard work!!! 🎄♥️💚🎅

[@quantum_entangled_tardigrade]

👍 & 👋 for the most unique and utilitarian use of a Toyota Taco I've ever seen. Most of the Taco's in my neck of the woods are total -rock- mall parking-lot crawlers. And, taking into consideration hurricanes and earthquakes, _build the heck_ out of that wall!

[@albertmanning6653]

LOVE the INGENUIS way you BENT the REBARB...

[@craigjones4479]

Good bad an ready. Keep after it. Fun watching you work hard. Your boat misses you...

[@315nelson269]

Great work Matt! Definitely not easy bending 5 bar! Next pour, tell the concrete supplier to put a little less water in it. Ask for a 4-5 slump or so.

[@RexMoore1984]

I agree. That concrete had way too much water in it. It was self leveling it was so loose.

[@Michael-uw2ym]

Still works itll just be a longer drying time

[@michiganengineer8621]

That's what I was thinking too. It looked more like a rock/sand/Portland SOUP than anything else.

[@315nelson269]

@@Michael-uw2ymit works, but it does weaken the concrete mix when there’s too much water added.

[@jackstrubbe7608]

Concrete is a chemical crystallization set, and can actually cure underwater if not disturbed. The substrate soil will suck the excess water out fairly quickly, and allow the mixture to chemically harden. If it were a non-absorbant form pour, it would create problems, but this should be just fine.

[@SVPirateBoat-vr2fm]

good job guys. spray that footer down with water a couple times a day for the next 2 weeks. let her reach full psi. concrete stops curing when it runs out of water. keep it wet! its building psi for the next 28 days, over %80 in the first 14 days

[@Lea4-22]

You are amazing. We are your biggest fans.🥰

[@b-tour3979]

Matt keep up the good work, but wear some safety glasses when using the grinder I have had some close calls before.

[@geofffowler4494]

Hi guys new sub here (English) living in Thailand. Your first comment about people saying your footings are way too deep for a wall. It costs a lot more money and time to fix skinny work. I say belt and braces, never have had to go back. Love your stuff guys, brave very brave. Keep them coming.

[@NoneyaTexasontheback20]

You can never OVERBUILD! Good job guys! Lots of hard work there!

[@johnthibodeaux4356]

Matt eye protection!!!

[@cfazio56]

You certainly can, by adding too much deadweight without proper reinforcements. That’s why I spread footing would have served him better as he only reinforced for a spread footing but he put a grade beam without top reinforcing and hoops also called stirrups.

[@NoneyaTexasontheback20]

@@cfazio56 then it’s not overbuilt

[@cfazio56]

It’s not going anywhere for a very long time

[@melvinbfernandez]

That was me too, Matt. I'm the demolition guy. I assisted in the beautification part.

[@cascadesouthernmodeltrains7547]

Kitten’s getting eye infections is really common. We treat ours with Terramycin gel. Just wipe their eyes clean with a warm damp cloth and put just a bb sized drop in their eye and let it do its thing. You can even treat the cats who do not have an infection with it to prevent them from getting it too. Keep using it 2 or 3 days after the eyes clear up to prevent a reoccurrence.

[@albertmanning6653]

When all is said and done, YOU WILL HAVE THE BEST HOUSE ON THE ISLAND... Cannot wait...

[@mazwt44]

The old seadog has a nice channel and its about sailing !!!!!!!!!

[@chucklindberg6645]

I love your Mackinac City shirt because it's about 25 miles from our home. Good job on your build!

[@brummie0007]

I think "Concrete Connie" has a nice ring to Kristen's new tagline ;)

[@FaithHopeLove77]

you guys are on a roll. One thing you dont want to learn on your own is why you need safety glasses with that grinder. Have fun be safe :)

[@drk6799]

Exactly my thoughts

[@davidnichols147]

Matt, it'll be epic! Stucco is easy, you won't have problem with that and the painting. Nice wall. Merry Christmas from the USA!

[@stevencohen4580]

Hey Mat that job you done inside the boat was pretty dang fine your block wall will be great.👍

[@looyosummers5796]

Well done, it looks perfect to my untrained eyes 👍, love how you support each other, that's important.❤🥂

[@leslieholmes2899]

Concrete guy here, #5 is very tough to bend. All in all, an outstanding job.

[@weejimmyhannah]

That wall ain’t going anywhere, love it😊

[@gnsmk357]

My main man , Matt. Sure you don't want to hear this after you have already bent that rebar, but you could have cut through it on the outer side of the bend and bent it by hand. The added support is not needed on the corners and if I am correct you do not have an inspector looking over job. Beleave me bro I am not attempting to stroke you out when I make some comments. Spent a lot of time in like climate conditions. I would use a surface bonding cement and give the wall a concrete finish which will keep moisture out. You can even roll and tip it. Great work guys. Love the video.

[@brucejones533]

Seriously consider using Insulated Concrete Forms for the walls

[@melvinbfernandez]

You are doing it right, Matt. For the land you are on hurricanes like typhoons can and will blow the wall down.

[@wallywombat164]

I'm afraid it won't happen but i'd be so proud to meet you both. The world would be a lot better place with more people like you in it. Thank you. ❤❤❤❤

[@annhysell6064]

Funny anecdote.. My husband named our son Mason, (this is 20 yrs ago) and for the 1st few days of his life I could not remember his name, I grew up in a blue collar family, so mason is a trade, not a name. You both are super to watch as a team. Thank you & Happy Holidays.

[@ryanrabdau5615]

I thought you’d call yourself Stephen Steelburg out there making movies and bending steel lol. I love all the different names you come up with. 😂

[@SailingGoodBadandUgly]

That woulda been perfect!

[@rodgerslape]

Those foundations look ACE!!!

[@nrsjeni2351]

My husband is a welder in Iowa. He works at a pre-pressed concrete company(since 1987) he can make some cool stuff with scarp rebar and tack welds.

[@cfazio56]

Hey Matt, you did a great job. What you poured was enough concrete for a grade beam. All you needed was a spread footing 12 inches deep would’ve been fine 16 inches wider than the block or 8 inches on each side of the block is why we call it a spread footing, your spreading the load of the block. By adding the amount of deadweight in the concrete you poured without the proper reinforcing for a beam only time will tell. A grade beam would have required top and bottom steel and stirrups also called hoops.

[@WoodenWonders99]

Going very well indeed. Watch out the rebars popping up. Danger, danger! Temporary rebar caps is advisable. A concrete vibrator tool helps for a better job

[@MultiLEGODOG]

i would wait 2 weeks to let that dry out, that way its not shrinking under your wall

[@willbraswell4906]

Hey guys, registered structural engineer here. Great job on the footing. Since you want a crack free wall, you need to have horizontal reinforcing in the wall. That can take the form of hot dip galvanized 9 gauge horizontal joint reinforcement in the bed joints, maximum every other course, or every course if you want to overdo it, or you can have a horizontal grout filled bond beam with a #5 bar in it about mid-height and then another one at the top of the wall. Hope this gets to you in time. Take care and keep the videos coming.

[@someonewhocares5712]

Thanks again u all are great🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@user-ne6gm8zq2k]

Bending #5 by hand is very impressive ! A tip for the next project ( your house footings ) = do all the straight runs first, then do the bends in short pieces ! Get a rebar bending device ; they’re cheap ! 😊

[@gtxoiltastebad]

no its not. Its not that hard. i've used a door and done it

[@jackstrubbe7608]

A bending jig is simple to make with iron pipe; to insert the rebar into the pipe on hinged boards and bend, then pull the hinged pin to remove. Makes nice tight bends at any needed angle.

[@j.c.9256]

Hey Matty Boy, it's your wall. You're digging it pouring it, etc. Build it however the hell you want!! Keep it up, I've been equally impressed as I am jealous!!

[@markhenry8458]

Like your rebar bend. Back yard genius! Love it

[@kend1053]

Hey guys, you probably already know enough about blocks to lay out your corners first and whether you're working with mortar or stucco spray the blocks down with water so they're a little damp. Nothing sticks well to a totally dry block. Good luck.

[@hywaywolf]

In every episode, whether its on the boat or on land, there are knowledgeable people in the comments, with all good intent, advising Matt on how something could have been done easier or better. But they are usually people who are only knowledgeable about that specific task. I doubt that there are very many people who have, with no prior experience, tackled and conquered the number of projects that Matt has embraced since this channel started.

[@relevart7991]

For your house, use wood to build a frame around the ditch so that the concrete sticks at least five inches above ground.

[@dennisd6527]

The footing came out good. The concrete was pretty wet (too much H2O), but it made it flow for sure. You could probably put a small skyscraper on that footing.The three of you did a good job. " Rebar Rebecca ", "Concrete Cathy", & Matt.

[@bretc970]

100% agree Matty. If the local suppliers can give you a good deal then its a complete no brainer to overbuild. Keep up the great work guys!!!

[@claudehopper9813]

Put some caps on the upright dowels serious injury if someone falls on one ! Safety first.

[@bryanbock7]

You could consider adding powdered dye directly to the stucco, and then you would not have to paint it. This might be more durable.

[@daveevans7438]

Hey, good morning from Michigan... A little nippy up here this morning.... The foundation is looking great. Yes, over build that footer. Ha, the Ole hitch bender.... yep, used it a time or two myself. It's already done. But for future reference, your overlap is determined by rod diameter. Roughing rebar is sized in 8ths . Your no.5bar is 5/8" of a inch. Convert 5/8" to a decimal =.62 X 50 = 31" overlap... just a FYI for future....you know, incase a inspector ask....😆

[@patrickscarr]

Dam up that creek, create a little swimming pool reservoir, and water wheel for generating electricity!

[@kensage5947]

Matt is one hard working dude.

[@kevinhildum9186]

You called yourself a steel man. In my neck of the woods they were called rod busters. And they were some of the gnarliest strongest men I've ever worked with. And they were really grumpy when the sun was shining hot because that steel was hot as hell. I was a superintendent on multi-million dollar concrete projects for over 15 years straight and nothing but concrete.

[@tomblodgett7389]

You do more with less than anybody I have ever watched build anything. GANGSTA ENGINEERING at its finest. You amaze me every week. Cheers from Austin, TX

[@SuperTruthSeeker4U]

Wow, that looks fantastic. I can’t wait to see what the wall is going to look like

[@Trishpage312]

I just love this music SO MUCH! Bending rebar… meh, enjoyable enough. Set to that music? Chefs kiss. Lovely. Thanks for the video.

[@mikefinn]

Buy a coil of tie-wire. It has many other uses. Yes, a water level for doing footings is very good.

[@sidestreettraveltips1097]

Nicely done. Next time try hammering in stakes beside the hole and use those to form the rebar. If you put a stake on both sides of the rebar for the corners they bend nice. I’m not a pro concrete guy. But I live in the jungle with limited tools. I know the struggle

[@jamesseltenreich652]

You two are so real, I love it, as a caregiver that’s bound to the house I look forward to seeing you every week God Bless you, Your Alaskan friend 🙏❤️

[@steventhuss2487]

U 2 KID'S PROVE OPPOSITES ATTRACT. LUV U BOTH.

[@MrDa89soup]

In GBU land Footing = Footer.. ..lol. Loving all the progress and waiting for Matty Jr news…

[@alfredkennedy816]

You can buy blocks with a notch in the bottom to lay horizontal rebar and pour the wall solid.

[@brianwalker9185]

As long as the bar didn't contact the soil and the slump was o.k...looked soupy...well done. Overkill on the footing is fine.

[@castinn]

No worries on getting it level. Water always seeks its own level.

[@craigsymington5401]

Concrete opured like that is semi self-leveling, we'd wed shuffle it with posts 'n shovels and chrck it was within 1/2" of level. I never saw such a foundation for a boundary wall, nor rebar in a single story building foundation. I saw neighborhood of thousands of brick and mortar houses being built during my high-school years. They are all still good. I guess we had good soil and concrete from the local granite quarry. Also high quality Portland cement. I could build loads by college, paying my own fees almost all the way!

[@fxpthl]

Matt, you are a far cry from being a no nothing contractor! The skills that you show us with each project are amazing, so don’t be so self deprecating! BTW, what is going on with your boat? You kids put so much time and love into making it so beautiful, I hope you still have it moored somewhere and can use it again soon. Of course sailing with all of your cars may be another challenge,

[@sailingeden9866]

Education and learning from other people's mistakes is the best way to learn. It's basically the foundation of KZbin.

[@willrogers1023]

Run vertical #5 rebar 24" oc. Or closer depending on how tall your wall is. Grout reinforce the rebared cells. You can epoxy the vertical rebar as you move along.

[@duanemiller5606]

Quick advice on your Block wall, build up three rows high on your corners, and then layer string line to lay The block in between and out to the ends. Continue adding more rows after you do the first ones in the same manner until you have it as high as you want. Remember to take your time getting your blocks level front to back and end to end in the corners and it will make it easy to keep them level as you go across. You’ll also find it goes a lot faster then if you try to just lay every block on its own. A trick I learned from an old mason. OK so maybe he wasn’t so old.

[@oscardog176]

Good advice, Matt.

[@brianmyers2368]

matt the more water you add the more the stone will sink to the bottom the goal is to keep your stone mixed in the concrete. So every time you move the concrete the more the stone settles to the bottom. That's why you trie to pour it as stiff as you can. What will happen is the top of the concrete will be weaker than the bottom because of the lack of stone. There is a new type of concrete being made that is self leveling. More expensive but it is designed to be poured like water so you just need to know what type of concrete your getting.

[@ktown4852]

Lovin your work ethic. Great Lakes shirt was cool to see. Go Blue!!

[@cfazio56]

Next time you need to bend steel use two pieces of pipe, 3 foot piece and a 5 foot piece. Slide the pipe over the steel stand on the short piece lift the longer piece you make a perfect bend.

[@southern.adventures]

You have an awesome peice of land which I am sure you will enjoy in the years to come.

[@hokiedoo]

Good morning landlubbers and ranch hand Bear and Bears ranch hand crew,and that's a lie Matt you have ranch hand Bear and the crew helping also 😉

[@jackstrubbe7608]

For your first block courses, include a latex binder for putting new mortar to older footing pours. It will make a difference. I used to do artificial rockery casting for zoo enclosures and we bought it by five-gallon buckets. You can get smaller amounts by the gallon jug for the size of your job.

[@jonnorousseau3096]

Overbuilt is definitely better than underbuilt, I definitely wouldn't float a foundation/footing because it reduces the mechanical bond between concrete and mortar, also with that very high slump concrete poured for the foundation it will basically self level so no major requirement to level it, your first layer of mortar and blocks will easily take up any discrepancies in foundation level (within reason, an inch easily) Another trick is to lay your first row of blocks before the foundation is properly set, but stable enough to bear the weight of the first course then your foundation and mortar bond together to create a solid integral course, once that's set you can carry on with the next courses, it also allows you to correctly level and align your initial block course before building up, just a few tricks from a country that builds exclusively brick and block wall buildings. So far so good, clearly you're not as dumb as you present yourself Matt, which is obviously a big part of your KZbin channel and it's success. PS, please wear safety glasses when cutting steel, take it from a metal fabricator/welder/mechanical fitter/builder, been to the eye clinic too many times to have sparks removed

[@harrybuckler181]

Set the blocks back to the inside of the footer and use some of that River stone to vanear the outside.

[@alexmacleod6732]

If you want an easier way to bend/form rebar get an oxygen acetylene torch.... Heat it and it acts like a cooked noodle. If it's available.

[@krisnace]

Matt you have all the makings of a good home stetter. They have to be able to think outside of the box and be creative and that my friend you have done by just figuring out a way to bend rebar without a tool. You and Kristen are both amazing hardworking people and I wish you all the best May God continue to bless you and give you both many happy healthy and prosperous years together. Please be careful Matt and don't overdo things You don't want to end up hurt or messing your back up take care can't wait till your next video look forward to them each and every week

[@bkbroiler8069]

That concrete was so wet that it self leveled.

[@SailingGoodBadandUgly]

Lol yup

[@billbarnes9718]

The more water the weaker it is. But it's so much more than what is needed it will be fine. Great job!

[@davidlevitz3119]

ANOTHER FUN VIDEO ! THANKYOU !

[@Ihearthimandheheartsme]

Looking Good 👍👍👍

[@davidvanhooton5790]

Awesome… I am one for overbuilding too. Better to be safe than sorry, I always say, besides who will need to live with the results? Keep up the best you know how AND can be. Looking forward to seeing the final result…. And love those kitties to say nothing about each other 😍 D

[@dalewatson7982]

When building the block wall put reinforcing roughly every 3rd course of blocks, it will stop the cracking of the wall.

[@jtlathe]

I'm no expert, but I did do cement work for three years. You did a great job. Especially for a novice.

[@doncritzer2798]

You need a good pair of coveralls Matt

[@rodneysutter8745]

Rodbusters, keep up the hard work and build that wall!

[@jaysoncody8716]

Matt should go and help finish the wall in TX ! No one would be able to dig underneath it before getting caught!

[@huds5005]

GBU Cat Farm is starting to take shape ;)

[@holgerlafrenz2895]

Great job putting in that footer. Looks hurricane "proof". I hope you left enough room for equipment to get in for your mansion.

[@joelborders-x9z]

Nice work just wanted to say if I was putting lights on top I would have put gray PVC electrical conduit in the slab and tied it to the vertical steal for the number 12 wire for lights. Its going to be a really nice wall we watch you every week me and my kids.

[@marceld6061]

I love your 159hp mobile re-bar bender. Gonna have to get me one of those!

[@AndrewKilpatrick-u5x]

Starting to look very good, looking forward to seeing the wall up. Like your videos I will keep watching from Australia.

[@damonzucchiatti1838]

Like your Michigan shirt!!!

[@louismozdzen7238]

Should you not build your house before a wall??? How will heavy machinery get in and out?

[@donjohnson9329]

I'm guessing through the gate.

[@SailingGoodBadandUgly]

We have a 12'gate we're using the wall to learn about construction as newbies.. this way if we make a mistake it's less crucial

[@louismozdzen7238]

Yes but will the house be far from the gate so an accident will not happen?

[@stevekearns441]

Nice one. So glad to see you did a good job on the rebar. Earlier in the episode Matt wasn't happy with something he did. Always remember, good choices come from wisdom. Wisdom comes from bad choices.

[@webheadusa9377]

Matt, if you can afford a laser device that can emit a beam at least as far as the longest leg (before it turns 90º) of the wall, then you will have a reference for level. Your should also use a 3 0r 4 foot level for each block to measure each block's parallel and perpendicular axis.:¬) Webhead USA

[@dogofdeath2007]

Bedding Stone, and use 150#/CY for Rebar and you will be good