How to Blast for a Foundation | This Old House

[@themurph7780]

I didn't expect the tire mats to get as much air as they did!

[@godbluffvdgg]

Me either...I'm used to seeing them barely move...That was a hell of a a shot!

[@rockys7726]

that's a lot of power to send those sheets of 5000lb tires in the air like paper in the wind.

[@rcmrcm3370]

All that drill dust and no respirator. Much love

[@Jaymuz]

lung cancer is manly

[@user2C47]

"The drill has a dust collector, so you aren't allowed to have one."

[@ThomasBenjaminBenHuggett]

Nothing like putting it on KZbin so OSHA can track you down

[@tubemember21]

This is perfect for the novice DIYer.

[@kangkim150]

Timothy McVeigh taking notes.

[@AlMai222]

Yep, the basic weekend warrior

[@markrounds6302]

This is the last of my KZbin subscriptions that I would have expected the use of explosives, and yet here it is. Thank you.

[@DeanyKong]

I love how these videos are always labeled "how to" as if I'm gonna go rent one of those drills down at Home Depot and do this myself. 😜

[@Yorkie285]

I got mine at Lowes

[@g36killer]

I got mine at horrible freight for $7.99 with a super coupon.

[@Kyle.216]

@@Kevin-mp5of brushes were gone, got the one time use tape measure instead

[@g36killer]

@@Kevin-mp5of i picked up my 50th free one time use led light. I got such a good deal. I left the store and came back bought a pack of one time use screwdrivers for $6.99 for 12 of them and picked up my free pack of one time use microfiber towels

[@MrEazyE357]

Do it!

[@RichTCS]

Best episode of “Ask This Old House”!! 😉

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

"our business is booming" . . . lol! years ago i worked for a core drilling company and they had t-shirts with the phrase "your hole is our goal" turns out the karens didn't like them too much.

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

@@Kevin-mp5of LMAO that's funny! do they sell muffler bearings and prop wash btw?

[@demonknight7965]

My aunt lived in Guymon Oklahoma and the high school was in Hooker Oklahoma. She had a sweat shirt made up and wore it quite often to games and all around that said Not your Average Hooker. Btw most of my family is certifiable lol.

[@BrianMDPhD]

Karens don't like anything. Not even themselves.

[@rupe53]

@@Kevin-mp5of ... yeah, and we had the radiator shop that said "a great place to take a leak" on the back of their truck.

[@BLUELEADER78]

Probably not as good as yours but a friend of mine used to work construction and the company's name was "Moore Erection".

[@christophermm23]

Why is it so entertaining and captive to watch something blow up?!

[@rutgerhoutdijk3547]

Damnit I posted an explanation and my comment got censored.

[@dannyfleck9051]

This is the video I’m always trying to find when I see it in the intro, finally, they post it.

[@dirtyhairy8884]

This was an awesome video! Thanks!💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[@dirtyhairy8884]

@@brianglade848 LMAO!!!😎

[@Noneyobusiness7822]

looks easy enough. im gonna go get started right now.

[@joelarreola9259]

Can’t wait to try this at home

[@joelarreola9259]

@@Kevin-mp5of I’m anticipating some explosive results

[@ellieatteberry8164]

Good day 😊

[@Skammerd]

Roger Cook would've busted out the feathers and wedges without all the unnecessary drama.

[@mwmwm3388]

What a t-shirt to wear

[@americanmilitiaman88]

We did some blasting when I was a Navy seabee.

[@jonathandevries2828]

You think I can DIY this?

[@Ted_E_Bear]

Miss Molly loves TOH !

[@gpslightlock1422]

Very cool!

[@werd2182]

Awesome

[@WilliamDye-willdye]

I know a guy who worked on a crew which spent months manually chipping away stone for a house foundation in California. Local regulations prohibited blasting or even power tools.

[@demonknight7965]

Sounds like commiefornia

[@johnsee7269]

Interesting

[@jej3451]

That is very cool.

[@aguevar3]

Weekend warrior project. Lol.

[@2loco]

I'm suprised they didnt just build the house ontop of that huge rock. It'll add to the strength of the foundation.

[@2loco]

@@Kevin-mp5of I'm suprised you replied 😜

[@2loco]

@@Kevin-mp5of I'm suprised that all of you folks are suprised by my suprise at your comment about my suprise.

[@ptaylor4923]

Okay. That's cool.

[@jacobpayne1]

I’ve been watching this show for years and just now found out what this was from the intro

[@786otto]

Looks expansive.

[@786otto]

@@Kevin-mp5of Thanks for reply.

[@786otto]

@@brianglade848 ?

[@fborquez99]

I just built my house. Thank God blowing up rocks was not in my expanse. That'd ruined me. Guess I got lockey.

[@786otto]

@@fborquez99 Congratulations, basic materials are three times the price as few years ago.

[@jrmartinezymtz]

Closed captions...Please!!! (Not the auto-generated ones). 😩😫😭

[@jeffwilson1399]

I'm starting to think the Denver office doesn't have a firm grasp as to what's reahhly hahhpenin in dah Bahstahn areah. 🦞🦞🦞

[@kangkim150]

Headquarters is in San Jose now since TOH got sold.

[@Farmer-bh3cg]

W 209 shotshell primer igniting Primer Cord to the main charges of fast explosive to shatter the rock.

[@russdrummond7292]

Cool!

[@chasehicks7465]

You know the Boss is only there watching since the camera is there lol

[@pajeeper420]

So I'm following along and ready to go, but I can't find those car tire mats to contain the blast. Where can I get a few?

[@connorelder5798]

Big equipment

[@demonknight7965]

Big boom

[@MrDurcon]

I guess someone, Really wanted a house there.

[@lucky1206]

Cool

[@ellieatteberry8164]

Just out of curiosity, how much did that part of the project cost?

[@drremulack6196]

@@Kevin-mp5of thanks chef

[@g36killer]

probably 5-10 grand. Blasting isnt cheap.

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

40.5 easy payments of $49.99

[@liamstephenson7421]

Love way they stand there with the drill dust lmfao no mask. No water. Lmfao

[@liamstephenson7421]

@@Kevin-mp5of dude shut up you’re more likely to be that person that sits on nappies or diapers that Babies have pissed In

[@loumonte658]

Fine stone dust is a lung killer years down the road. water mist while drilling would definitely take care of that problem.

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

@@Kevin-mp5of bet this dude wears a mask while driving by himself

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

@@Kevin-mp5of 🤣🤣🤣

[@loumonte658]

@@Kevin-mp5of you got that right. And our women stick around for a couple more decades than us spending the money we made killing ourselves for.

[@jeffwilson1399]

This Old Silicosis

[@jeffwilson1399]

Scholiosilicosis?

[@DarkRaptor99]

I wonder how much that cost.

[@AlMai222]

“If the hole is dry, they use a measured amount of ammonium nitrate” : Dumps the bag into the hole using his hands

[@rapmelodies]

They know the drill bit width and depth so filling it up is probably measured. But I get what you mean. 😂

[@briant9764]

im looking to save money i think im doing this next week end does home depot sell the dynamite

[@keithblakeman2823]

Would crossply tyres work?

[@props-model-shop]

All that Rock Dust and no respirators = what Rodger is going through

[@gopdogg]

They really ought to be wearing half-face respirators for the drilling work.

[@borys444]

Safety patrol crying the blues again!!!

[@Bremend]

Tungsten carbide, or not hard enough to bother with?

[@noeluna5852]

What aisle are the explosives at Home Depot ? Lol

[@godbluffvdgg]

They're right next to the Board stretchers...

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@Kevin-mp5of Dagnabit! Why didn't I think of THAT! :) CHA CHING!

[@KieraCameron514]

Glycerin+sulfuric acid+nitric acid=nitroglycerin.

[@hotdogs5265]

That really must add a nice extra cost to the build.

[@803mastiff9]

When he hit the detonator I was thinking about Joe DIrt with his Boeing Bomb in a can on gasoline being set off by a roman candle. Joe Dirt: So your gonna' tell me that you don't have no black cats, kick but, or screaming mimis? Kicking Wing: No. Joe Dirt: Oh come on man. You got no lady fingers, fuzz buttles, snicker bombs, church burners, finger blasters, gut busters, zippity do das, or crap flappers? Kicking Wing: No, I don't. Joe Dirt: You're gonna stand there, owning a fireworks stand, and tell me you don't have no whistling bungholes, no spleen spliters, whisker biscuits, honkey lighters, hoosker doos, hoosker donts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers, with or without the scooter stick, or one single whistling kitty chaser? Kicking Wing: No... because snakes and sparklers are the only ones I like. Joe Dirt: Well that might be your problem, it's not what you like, it's the consumer.

[@MikeyB_1972]

AN-FO... booom!

[@demonknight7965]

Bada-boom

[@forcesightknight]

I would have incorporated it into my home, and everyone would say, thats cool, it was smart to make a patio out of it.

[@forcesightknight]

@@brianglade848 um......YEAH. Boxer briefs are the new loincloth. Straight up briefs though? Might as well be a speedo or g string. No one needs to see that, not even mother nature. She could even file charged for assault of the eyes.

[@inspectorsteve2287]

How do you become a blasting expert?

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

eat A LOT of beans

[@samash1704]

experts are people who have made all the mistakes and are still alive.

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

@@Kevin-mp5of yosemite sam?

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

@@Kevin-mp5of sounds like a song by the eagles

[@demonknight7965]

@@samash1704 nope expetys are just former sperts lol get it ex spurt

[@clarkgriswold6307]

Hardhats, hearing protection, rubber mats, and yet no RESPIRATORS?

[@borys444]

Real men don’t need respirators...

[@ilovefunnyamv2nd]

ok, this has to be call experts

[@vladtepes97]

plausible or busted?

[@chaseweeks2708]

I'm kind of surprised they aren't wearing masks or using better dust collection as much as they are pushing for it so much with handheld hammer drills at the jobsite.

[@Basement_crusader]

If there’s a time to wear a dust mask, it would be the start of this video. Notice how the only old guy guy around is the one not doing any drilling

[@ridgewoodgardens6253]

He’s probably the owner/boss who is responsible for the whole thing, and sees things the operator can’t.

[@borys444]

Oh boy here we go comments from the safety patrol!!!

[@borys444]

@@Kevin-mp5of paydays on Friday...

[@AlMai222]

He’s obviously the superior or owner of the whole company and has done each of those workers tasks 1 million times each

[@CheckAvialablity]

No dust masks around all that silica??

[@kennethbode2017]

that can't be cheap

[@matthewitt2276]

And to think, I went to school for construction management instead of demolitions. SMDH

[@AZCobraman]

But I wanted to see rocks going everywhere!

[@patmcbride9853]

That dust control system is not doing a good enough job.

[@augustreil]

Just get a big excavator with a hamma on it !

[@ae1ae2]

Directions unclear. Ended up in Australia.

[@yaosio]

What do I do after my lungs fill with rock dust?

[@robertbamford8266]

Biggest hammer drill I’ve ever seen. Wonder how they can be sure all the charges go off?

[@jrondyer1049]

The holes are put on a trunk line, then the trunk lines are attached to line attached to the detonator. The go off in a sequence based on the timing set up in the blasting caps. If there is a cut-off, it will be noticeable. You wait approximately 30 minutes, reattach another lead line to the shot and attempt to shoot again. I have left out a lot of details, but that is the gist of it.

[@robertbamford8266]

@@jrondyer1049 thanks for info. I wouldn’t want to deal with a situation in which the second (or third or fourth) try failed.

[@Team4640]

E=MC^2 being used 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@ae1ae2]

Joke?

[@writereducator]

That's gotta be expensive.

[@rheffner3]

Must be quite expensive.

[@gregcollins3404]

Obviously, TOH has been watching Mythbusters......

[@trevorschiavone8395]

This looks ungodly expensive...I’m building elsewhere on the lot.

[@larrymoore6640]

I don't know why I thought they used steel mats. The rubber ones sure did the job.

[@BillShartner]

Yeah, lemme just skip on down to my friendly neighborhood Lowes for some plastic explosives.............................................

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

04:28 . . . w t f ?

[@TrumpAmerica-2024]

@@brianglade848 confused as michelle obama's or bruce jenner's gynecologist

[@marks6663]

why does every construction show have to have annoying faux rock beat in the background. They think we won 't watch unless the soundtrack makes it appear as if it's a porno or something.

[@Yorkie285]

repeat video..

[@BrianWetzel]

😳👷

[@zack9912000]

Another video from butchers in the trades

[@inthedarkwoods2022]

That's not 10 feet deep

[@venividivici4253]

@@Kevin-mp5of That is a armchair contractor.

[@spayced]

Who is responsible for adding "how to" to this video ?

[@AntiMatter930]

2:55 "each mat weighs about 5,000 tonnes" 😲 was this an error?

[@MichaelCioffi]

Yes, an error on the part of the listener. He said 5000 lbs, not tons.

[@seandurgin]

I don’t think OSHA would be impressed with their Respirable Silica control.

[@raybod1775]

You are right, they really need masks. Silica is bad for the lungs.

[@demonknight7965]

@@Kevin-mp5of what isn't dangerous in California besides bring a Karen and smoking weed or being politician. Seems to me those are the only three things not listed under proposition 65 lol

[@franciscoantoniofuenzalida7676]

HEYY !! did you ever head about en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicosis?

[@pointedspider]

Sorry., but this is not the way it's done!

[@demonknight7965]

@@Kevin-mp5of big boom!!

[@timetraveler6281]

Why wasn’t anyone wearing a mask

[@borys444]

Real men were working that day....

[@borys444]

@@Kevin-mp5of cold on the left, hot on the right..

[@borys444]

@@Kevin-mp5of 2 in the bush, 1 in the tush...