How Precast Concrete Footings Are Made | This Old House

[@jdavis8668]

God Bless ol Roger! Miss that guy!

[@justinwong8]

Is this episode recent? Glad to see Roger is doing well!

[@jdavis8668]

@@justinwong8 nope this is old. Roger had some sort of degenerative disease he’s no longer on the show.

[@ackack612]

....initially excited over Roger and his appearance, some quick referencing, sadly, confirmed this to be an older shoot, and no, he's not returning. So very many of us miss you, Roger. Sending good thoughts your way.

[@bosse641]

So good to see Roger with a spring in his step. Hope he is doing alright.

[@BUEAU]

Roger is still rocking. Love ya Roger!

[@littlehuey5679]

You guys need to do a show about frost lines , what they are ,why we need to follow them and how the differ from area to area ?

[@tsidekick]

I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tariqismrgrumpy]

01:51 Batch Controller is frantically clearing his browser history.

[@Engineer9736]

😂

[@chrissayers7076]

What a palarva, dig hole, rebar, backfill with concrete, job done.

[@VenturaIT]

I think the benefit is theoretically they can start to build on top of it on the same day, with the sonotubes you have to wait until it cures, which is 3 days... so that can be a HUGE savings.

[@spatel3783]

so cool, thanks for the video!

[@Avital4414]

Superb episode

[@godbluffvdgg]

Roger looked so healthy there...Never use a spade for a footer bottom...

[@penguins9645]

If they would have used an excavator with a smooth-edged bucket (no teeth), they could have saved themselves some manual digging too (important when you have 11 to do). Didn't appear it was particularly hard soil, so no need for a bucket with teeth.

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@penguins9645 :)...You don't even need a shovel when you use that...:)

[@daniel0554459659]

What is the admixture? How do you prevent honeycomb? Footing finishing is good your work area housekeeping is good. Send more videos.

[@VenturaIT]

I think the benefit is theoretically they can start to build on top of it on the same day, with the sonotubes you have to wait until it cures, which is 3 days... so that can be a HUGE savings.

[@nellermann]

Ha, maybe if you are one of those HGTV shows where you gut and rebuild a house for the big reveal in three days. Love the option, but just doesn't make sense except for the fact it was probably sponsored materials.

[@Tzarsio]

Is it stronger than screw piles

[@sharkysmachine9248]

Stone, Sand, Cement and Mafia snitches!!😂🤣

[@gacalu7150]

Nice to Roger back to business 🙏

[@ryanroberts1104]

You realize this is an old clip right? Roger ain't comin back.

[@markfrentz2975]

@@ryanroberts1104 I was going to ask the same. I was hoping he was back, but feared this was simply an old clip, newly released. :(

[@ryanroberts1104]

@@markfrentz2975 He has Parkinson's among other problems. No more digging holes.

[@markfrentz2975]

@@ryanroberts1104 Very sad. Always enjoyed watching his segments on the show.

[@jerryforde7087]

No PPE in the USA….a site like this in Scotland would be shut down…?

[@Jg.Wintworth]

We ain't pussies over here.

[@garbo8962]

Heard that OSHA is cracking down on dust. They are going to make you use a shop vac to collect dust while drilling holes in concrete. Good ideal even if one wears the proper respirator.

[@nellermann]

No way that saves time over using a hole machine and filling it with concrete from a truck. Maybe two or four of them for a deck, but eleven of them for an addition?

[@BrandonBurns1985]

Yea this seems way more work time and money than its worth

[@penguins9645]

I can't see how this is any faster, cheaper, or stronger than simple sonotubes in a hole. Even if the sonotube isn't tapered, thus using a bit more concrete - once you have the truck there, a bit more concrete isn't much more. And 4000 PSI isn't a particularly expensive mix.

[@VenturaIT]

I think the benefit is theoretically they can start to build on top of it on the same day, with the sonotubes you have to wait until it cures, which is 3 days... so that can be a HUGE savings.

[@mikemetz82]

Imagine inhaling aerosolized form oil for 20 years or more. Get that guy a respirator!

[@SpacewolfDan]

and get the bubbles out the concrete

[@adamguymon7096]

I want to know the thoughts of the This Old House Team about the Extreme Home Make Over shows? I wonder there was a home that I saw built and the foundation didn't look like this? It was a totally flat slap of cement? It would be nice to get each member of the team's thoughts on how and what they thought good and bad about how they built these homes?

[@Chibster83]

Seems like more work than pouring a footing to me.

[@VenturaIT]

I think the benefit is theoretically they can start to build on top of it on the same day, with the sonotubes you have to wait until it cures, which is 3 days... so that can be a HUGE savings.

[@cc12300]

5:23 You can see he is making oversize holes. we need work to move around.

[@Jg.Wintworth]

Yep, that's what he said..

[@Mike__B]

Never lived in that kind of climate, but you really need to go that deep with footings like that for a deck? Or is this just massive overkill?

[@augustreil]

Yes, the bottom needs to be below the frost line, so the freeze/thaw cycles don't lift the footings.

[@Fattony6666]

it's for an addition not a deck.

[@cpassehl]

In Wisconsin we need to go 4 feet deep, even for decks. The hole goes a bit deeper for the stone base below the forms.

[@augustreil]

@@Fattony6666, Doesn't matter.

[@moutrap]

5-6ft deep is very common in Canada. If the deck is not attached to the house it doesn't matter to much but if it is attached and doesn't have the right depth its going to start pulling on the house.

[@benjaminvivar7855]

When using that compactor doesn’t the worker need specialized steel toe covered shoes?

[@augustreil]

Wouldn't be a bad idea.

[@Fattony6666]

no

[@marcg.3830]

And you can tell those boots aren’t steel toe how?!

[@Bradini267]

Too much work I’ll stick to sono tubes

[@bmanwpg]

Ya was going to say this seems like a ton of work...

[@forrestforster7347]

No kidding. Why not auger + sonotubes and pour on-site? The precast leveling and assume backfill, how do they not move around?

[@VenturaIT]

I think the benefit is theoretically they can start to build on top of it on the same day, with the sonotubes you have to wait until it cures, which is 3 days... so that can be a HUGE savings.

[@cdawg9149]

Anyone that puts his hand in cement , has never put his hand in cement before. You only do it once.

[@803mastiff9]

A lot of steps

[@user-pr6jb8qy7f]

Jax

[@user-pr6jb8qy7f]

Uoi

[@MarcosElMalo2]

“A release agent? I guess you don’t want the concrete to stick to the form?” “Correct.” (Without rolling his eyes, smirking, or a trace of sarcasm. That’s professionalism!)

[@Engineer9736]

He was adding extra information about the release agent for the viewers of the show. Not everyone watching this is familiar with concrete.

[@realestateservicessaleshea99]

🥃👍🤔

[@mikemetz82]

This is insane really. Just auger to the depth to undisturbed soil, bell out the bottom and pour it in sonotubes. This overdig is completely unnecessary.

[@VenturaIT]

I think the benefit is theoretically they can start to build on top of it on the same day, with the sonotubes you have to wait until it cures, which is 3 days... so that can be a HUGE savings.

[@01aharley]

You ask me to get in that hole, I’m looking at you like you lost your mind. Bent over in there picking stuff up side caves in bye bye just like two guys lost their lives two cities over just like that.