How to Form Footings part 3 Installing FASTFORM

[@eric_emenhiser]

Does that act as a capillary break as well?

[@AwesomeFramers]

Yep, double check me though www.fab-form.com/ @fabformindustries

[@pintopilot]

Well, yes, if you don't put a bunch of nails through the bottom of the bag........

[@AwesomeFramers]

@@pintopilot read the instructions to the system

[@FabFormIndustries]

It acts as a capillary break on the footings. We will be having a version that sticks to concrete soon; www.fab-form.com/fastfoot/fastfootRisingDamp.php

[@kingsman3087]

i hate thinking, way way way to much ''guesswork'' and unique situations

[@barrelmitt1544]

This series is special! Shows great rapport with employees and work can and should be fun and safe at the same time. Your animated nature is great, it is a positive reflection on your candor and knowledge. All of that comes through in the High level of framing carpentry and attention to details. Always love how you do what the Arch, PE and Manufacture Instructions require. ABSOLUTELY No short cuts. { I can see lots of folks not stapling the exterior and finding themselves in a world of hurt when the concrete pour exerts forces on the bag == Spill out until the cows come home. } First time I have seen the #FASTFORM, I am a convert.

[@JaKeSwObO9]

I love how much fun you guys have while you’re working. It’s awesome to see! Keep up the great videos!

[@manayconstruction5861]

17:24 loose = a high slump concrete, tight = low slump concrete. Great videos gents.

[@dinamadson5264]

I used last year on addition that I built and would never go back to forming with lumber. Once you use it...makes so much sense. Good video!

[@abc-ed1nr]

But you still framed with lumber??

[@dinamadson5264]

@@abc-ed1nr oh yes. everything above footer is as you know it. only thing different is the forming material around the footing - plastic or lumber that you have to pull off, clean up, etc. I was working in fairly narrow trenches - unlike their wide open worksite above, and not having to muscle lumber down and in for forms (2x6 vs 2x larger) was a definite benefit.

[@FabFormIndustries]

@@dinamadson5264 Thanks for taking a risk and trying something new! Glad you liked it.

[@kingsman3087]

i hate thinking, way way way to much ''guesswork'' and unique situations Reply

[@benaxley2533]

I read about these in fine homebuilding magazine years ago and thought that was the sloppiest footing I’ve ever seen because of how it balloons out underneath the form boards. As years have passed I’ve liked the idea of them more and more if I was doing that. We pour our footers in the dirt here in East Tennessee so we rarely have to do much form work on footers.

[@zachbeller5342]

Updated video length, Formatting with details is 100%! Keep it up and thanks for sharing this great content

[@AwesomeFramers]

Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it.

[@T.E.P..]

Wonderful day .... thanks sooo much for this superb channel .. you gents do a great job with everything

[@rushd45]

Fastfoot has been around for years... I remember back in 2004 when I was doing the foundations for my shop, I wanted the guys to use Fastfoot, but since they never had, they didn't. And don't forget about their columns - Fast-tube.

[@aeae8840]

How much do you mess with the staples later on? Bang em flat? Stripping the forms with that many staples in is harder. I usually use lumber wrap. The staples make the stripping a little harder for me.

[@AlohaKanaka]

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[@GRUBB-MUDD]

Are u guys all wearing mics?

[@wojtekkaczmarek7466]

No już Panie Janie, zaczynajmy😉👍

[@tmthyfox]

Good blessed evening I pray all is well I'm watching you youtube and you'll make it looks real easy so I have a question I'm building my own home for the first time with no experience what would be your best advice for me and how do I form a 20" w X 10" H footing thank you

[@brianbennett1244]

Do you have to use ICF with this Footing method? Thanks!

[@micmike]

Wow, ya"ll got da moves! You don't get seeping from the joints in the plastic ?

[@walnut_trail_farm]

Why not use 2x4s for framing the footers?

[@tyland420]

What size fast foot system did you use?

[@tomaszhabowski4514]

How do you do T section ?

[@PenguinKnightilia]

Would 6 mill Polly work , stronger , cheaper , but probably little slower cuss it’s thick

[@clydenakashima7393]

Question have you used plasticizer in your concrete mix to make flow instead of adding more water? The hammer I like to use the bottom opens an you just drop the staples in. I have use the ones where you load from the staples from the back sometimes the pusher spring pops out than you have find it and if it jams it is hard to clear the jam.

[@AwesomeFramers]

Nope. I order 5" slump and that flows well.

[@michaelmcclelland5504]

I heard you say you were in the Pacific NW, not sure what the frost line there is, but it looks like the footings on the back of the house are at ground level. Doesn't the footing have to be down to the frost line?

[@AwesomeFramers]

12" frost line here

[@bobbydelcavallo7181]

Brilliant 🥳🥳🥳

[@NSResponder]

I've seen people use FastFoot with lighter lumber than that. All the boards really need to do is hold the bag up to establish the surface height.

[@serguei5000]

Does anyone have any info how a grounding rod is going to work if concrete has no direct contract with the ground? It looks like you are building a giant capacitor

[@AwesomeFramers]

The entir foundation is connected together via rebar in footing and wall. Since it's backfilled it does have direct contact with the earth

[@serguei5000]

@@AwesomeFramers Makes sense. Thank you for clarifying.

[@AwesomeFramers]

@@serguei5000 👍

[@stich1960]

I've noticed the method you're talking about a lot on KZbin seems really popular in places where you don't have to dig. Very deep. Up north where I'm at. We're at 42 in so the extra 12 inches that you're digging down and back filling around the footing is really nothing so we do forms instead of trenches. Looks like it's easier from what I've seen on KZbin.

[@abc-ed1nr]

I still like form a drain. No tear down and no separate footer drain. Safe two steps and no expensive lumber these days

[@FabFormIndustries]

My only issue with Form-a-drain is that your footings have to be level, so how does a level drain work effectively?

[@abc-ed1nr]

@@FabFormIndustries all footer drains are level??? As water goes in the pipe it drains to its lowest point. Usually a sump pump crock or daylight

[@jameshruska273]

Do you go back after the concrete is set and the forms have been removed.............do you pull all the staples out before using the boards for framing or just pound them flat into each board? Looks Awesome !!!!!!!

[@AwesomeFramers]

I just pull the forms and not worry about the staples. Its working so far 🙂

[@jameshruska273]

@@AwesomeFramers Most excellent, keep framing brother, its a pleasure to watch true professionals do amazing work AND educate folks at the same time :-)

[@vanderleischeffer]

ok 👏👏👏

[@GRUBB-MUDD]

Blow out! Sorry I've already seen it

[@bertnerny]

I’m a little confused, do the footings later get backfilled in and around? We always dig footings below grade around here. Maybe I should finish watching the video first 🤪.

[@sethbrandenburg941]

It's pretty obvious that these footings are below grade, bud. The excavator is going to come back after either the footings are poured and stripped or after the foundation walls are up and install drainage tile and gravel. And then it's getting back filled to a rough grade. Then this crew comes back to frame the house

[@bertnerny]

Seth Brandenburg ok dude.

[@AwesomeFramers]

yep, backfill around.

[@bertnerny]

AwesomeFramers thanks for clarifying. Pretty obvious but I had to make sure.

[@adubbelde1]

there's a contractor from Bend Ore, building a house down the street from me in South Dakota

[@viankalobosvalenzuela7456]

Excelente video 👍 👏 👌🏻

[@robertgeiger2268]

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[@T.E.P..]

Where's my new video .. it's monday already. Monday June 13, 2022. 94.9k subs. look how far the channel is blastin' up.

[@peasanthill5255]

High Five

[@ronald5192]

Those aren't footings.... you have to dig the footings at least 24 inches in the ground... That slab would crack in the south...

[@joshbryant7363]

Email link to your mom…😂😂

[@MrTooTechnical]

Fuk yah. Awesome dude

[@conanconanian451]

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