Foundation Repair: Column Form, Pour and Beam Install Pt 9

This is the last video in our foundation repair series. In this video, we show you how to form concrete columns, pour concrete, vibe, and also how I set the 500lb Steel I-beam.

[@Blue2222-v1l]

This series has been very helpful. Thank you. Bless you all.

[@appalachiandiy2415]

@@Blue2222-v1l your welcome

[@robertfree8682]

I was involved in the moving and placing of a pair of 30 ft. I-beams using a loader tractor. Our method was to have the tractor straddle the beam to be moved to the point where the bucket was above the ca. 1/3 point of the beam. This left about 2/3 of the beam in front of the bucket. A log grapple was chained to the bucket and attached to the beam. When the bucket was raised the beam portion under the tractor was lifted until it contacted the tractor's differential housing. More lifting raised the front section of the beam until it was off the ground and unlikely to strike any obstacles. In this fashion the beam was driven to where it was to be placed (a bridging member spanning a dry slough).

[@djea3589]

Great Series! Suggestion: Whenever you pour a column in lifts it is best to use a keyed pour instead of relying on rebar. Place a chunk of 4X6 in the top of the pour and tamp it flush to the top surface. Remove it before the next pour and it will key lock the segments of the column. Same can be done at the actual foundation pour as well as the lifts. Much stronger and if moisture degrades the rebar the concrete will still perform as a unit.

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Nice suggestion

[@whatdafuq2161]

I'm getting ready to do this to my own house. I'm sure, I will rewatch this series multiple times. It seems very informative. Thank you! Remember folks, it's Appalachia, like say it wrong and imma throw an apple atcha lol!

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Thanks for the praise and good luck! Thats the first i heard the apple atcha for how to pronounce it too 😅

[@whatdafuq2161]

Thanks! Keep the videos coming!

[@appalachiandiy2415]

@@whatdafuq2161 Will do!

[@johnlysic6727]

Excellent explanation in this video series - job well done - I very much appreciate the knowledge you and your team demonstrate here - I bought a 100 yr old house for my Son and we definitely have to update much of the support in the basement - this will help us tackle that project as a Father-Son opportunity - I was especially impressed with the concrete form posts - well, also the load calculations and the advice on the jacking procedures - ha!

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MLFranklin]

Fascinating series. My needs are not as extensive as this, but it's very educational for me to see the bigger picture. Nice work. Subscribed.

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Thanks!

[@jd-cr3pz]

Nice work. I’m doing the same kind of work to 1800s two story house. Although just leveling and adding supports. I got tired of crushing those big box store concrete blocks under jacks so I used solid 6x8 beams cut in 2ft sections for jack pads. My house was also sheet rocked with the sag. Leveling it created cracks above windows and doors that will need to be repaired.

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Yes, My house was sheet rocked while it was sagged and there are cracks everywhere. Good idea with the jack pads too.

[@RushAustin]

Genius work moving that beam around!

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Thank you! It was a little tricky but we got it

[@tremellewright3614]

Excellent presentation! I’m getting ready to literally start this exact project on my Investment property so I needed a support video like this. Thank you.

[@MincedToeNails]

Thanks for video! Great work!

[@antonsparks5147]

Congrats. Really enjoyed your foundation videos. Sometimes columns need stirrups (horizontal rectangles wrapped around the outside of the vertical rods) at say 200-300mm spacing to increase their strength.

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Yes i probably could of had more instead of just the one. And Im glad you enjoyed the series!

[@OilBaron100]

Very solid-looking foundation. Great work.

[@babeena_gt_3645]

Thank you

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Your welcome

[@antoinettewashington6733]

Awesome video thanks so much for sharing. I learned so much very much appreciated and needed. God bless you and your family and the mighty name of Jesus to God be the glory for your skills and wisdom. Thanks again for sharing. GOD BLESS. 😇😇😇😇😇😇👍👍👍👍🫶🫶🫶🙌🏾😊

[@louish.9414]

Any videos on pouring new basement flooring

[@peters1992]

Super helpful. THANK You!! Though the first 4-5 videos only applied to my situation. Watching them all confirmed some details I am already aware of, and others gave me new insights. I need to replace a failing rubble rock foundation and planning on doing it from the inside as opposed to from the outside. My only dilemma at the moment is on how to waterproof!? My plan is cinder blocks.

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Thank you! Im glad you got some helpful info. Cinder block would be a good substitute. The water proofing is going to be tough. The only thing i can think of is, while laying your courses, reach behind and roll on your tar onto the last two courses that way you get the joints. The top courses will be tough but maybe will be high enough to get from outside. I would love to hear back and see how you made out!

[@travis51666]

thank you !..

[@LarryeWhite61]

Now I understand why Father insisted on our house have a steel "I-Beam" when it was built.

[@malan828]

I dono what you are doing or why but man it looks heavy duty

[@buddyrevell511]

If you care about concrete longevity, I recommend using fiberglass rebar, instead of steel.

[@joepaullawncare7222]

100 years aint long enough

[@brianveit8204]

Great series thank you! When you put the black beam on top of the concrete column, it seems to just slide in. With no load on it... I don't understand how you got the load transfer back onto the beam and thence to the columns -- did you lower the jacks so the floor joists rested on the beam (not shown in the video)?

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Yes, we will lower the flor jacks to have the floor joists rest on the I beam

[@brianveit8204]

Thank you so much for monitoring this and the quick reply!

[@nlbailey]

What were you using as the vibrator? Rental or did you purchase something? Enjoyed this series, looking to do something similar this year.

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Harbor freight vibe. Worked well.

[@johnpacella9519]

The column shown in the background of the last few minutes looks to be out of plumb. Hopefully not?

[@appalachiandiy2415]

it may just be perspective. they are actually plumb

[@dekonfrost7]

Pea gravel concrete ?

[@appalachiandiy2415]

No, I used 2B stone in the mix

[@EdwardT9]

That’s a lot of concrete to lift up by shovel! Nice job though. Why not CMU stacked and filled with concrete? Although your poured column does look better, the stacked concrete blocks make a solid 16x16 column that one person can put up including the concrete grout filler.

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Yes thats possible, but i dont know if its as strong as solid concrete vs grout and cmu, also placing over the rebar would be a pain.

[@EdwardT9]

@@appalachiandiy2415 your poured column certainly works and you have a nice solid rebar setup. In the blocks what I’ve seen is simply 2, 3, or 4 foot rebar pushed down into the grout filled channels, not wired together but they must overlap one block length or so. The concrete block industry has a good builders guide out there showing wall and column methods. My cottage foundation is on 4 foot tall stacked blocks on large poured footer like your column, that’s why I’m familiar with it. I’m watching your lifting video because the 50 year old footer blocks on one side shifted with tree roots so I’m lifting that end of the house and replacing them one at a time. Your videos have been very helpful even though the situation is a bit different. Hearing the house creak with every push of the jack handle took some getting used to, but I’m doing like you did, 1/8 th inch or less at a time.

[@appalachiandiy2415]

@@EdwardT9 yea! That creak is a little unnerving

[@nigelconroy3944]

Did you use poured columns due to the weight on each end of I beam? Instead of say cement filled lally columns.

[@appalachiandiy2415]

correct. It also gives more bearing surface for the beam

[@nikxohs3925]

column rebars as you have put then, are not strong. need more stirrups (horizontal rectangles wrapped around the outside of the vertical rods) to increase their strength to keep weight

[@joepaullawncare7222]

absolutely agree. i rewatched and he only got vertical rebar.

[@ALTJR]

Mom counter weight a 500 lb Steel I-beam... Damn what a Mom, Hehehehe 😉🌱

[@appalachiandiy2415]

haha! Super Mom

[@SergeiTereshchenkov]

You can't use welding for rebar dude

[@appalachiandiy2415]

@@SergeiTereshchenkov reason?

[@a.charlespittman5682]

Put some sturdy shoes on the little boy!!!

[@appalachiandiy2415]

Haha he's a tough little guy