How To Parge, Core Pour Block Walls, and Set Anchor Bolts

In today's video I show how to parge, and core pour the block walls. I give lots of tips on techniques for parging and doing clean work. I also show how to set anchor bolts. This is the last video in the series of the foundation we laid. These videos were done in order to help show you our foundation process. I hope I helped you learn something. Thanks for watching these videos, I will be making a lot more series like this
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[@Robert-ww4dk]

Good to see young guys working and caring about their work

[@garybarnhart7529]

Next year, I will be in the construction business fifty years, your crew is one of the very best I have ever seen. Great video, all the best.

[@masonthemason6412]

Thank you!! I really appreciate that!!

[@allengose5438]

Nice to have a contractor thinking about the next guy on the job well done

[@masonthemason6412]

Thanks a lot!!

[@BruceWayne-mb4hk]

I have some block work planned and I’ve never done it. This video series helps a lot.

[@masonthemason6412]

Glad I could help

[@rakereldridge6210]

I just noticed the Liberty University t-shirt! My husband and I graduated from there in the early 80s. Nice job on the masonry!

[@dmc_cat]

Thanks for the detailed video series. This makes me feel more confident in an upcoming project.

[@masonthemason6412]

You're welcome. I hope I could help!!

[@2010kb1]

Great point always plan so the next trade won’t have issues with yours.

[@smackflack5771]

Great work. Tip I learned over years when filling block with grout or concreteing the cores, cut a orange construction cone about 6 inches off the top and put bottom part of cone in core and use as a funnel for core filling. Less mess. Very efficient

[@masonthemason6412]

That’s so good. Thank you for sharing! I’ll definitely do that!

[@denisconor648]

Great stuff.

[@jahfus]

these videos amazing bro, you your dad and the crew are all legends

[@kentpoots8252]

Thanks for posting. I watched all the work on this project. Videos were very helpful. Stay safe !

[@masonthemason6412]

Thank you!!!

[@MrSrtman18]

This was a great series guys! Thanks

[@masonthemason6412]

Thanks for watching it

[@GRUBB-MUDD]

Good explanation

[@cornerstoneacrefrigeration281]

Great channel!

[@robertnnoratroyer4200]

Good work, love it!

[@masonthemason6412]

Thanks!

[@thomasrogers7614]

Awesome 👌

[@zeropoint-1041]

nice work, really appreciate good intelligent skilled craftsmen, great channel...thank you

[@masonthemason6412]

Thank you!!

[@chaconjohnson]

great vid. great energy.

[@masonthemason6412]

Thanks

[@kylebastien2575]

I like your style kid! 👍🏻

[@MrTeeye]

Great video, real nice production.

[@masonthemason6412]

Thanks!

[@clintcowles7563]

Nice work men! Thank you for sharing.

[@masonthemason6412]

Thank you! Thanks for watching

[@luispadovani3788]

Good job buddy learning a lot from you!

[@masonthemason6412]

Thank you! I'm happy to teach people my trade

[@christophersublett1037]

Great work really enjoyed the video!

[@masonthemason6412]

Thanks!

[@Smokey420Greenleaf]

been doing masonry work over 25 years now... never even heard the word "parge" until today. everyone i've ever known calls what you're doing a stucco scratch coat. good video either way, my hat is off to you, Mister Bieber!

[@masonthemason6412]

We use comproco. Everyone calls it parge. Must be an area thing. Thanks lol

[@mikefinley4367]

@@masonthemason6412 I notice different names for things are used around the country.

[@JCPGator]

stucco and parging are not the same thing. different material.

[@jacquelinecharles6273]

It looks like what we call wall plastering

[@abelabel4151]

thank you.from marrakech morocco

[@masonthemason6412]

You're welcome

[@mikewelch3903]

You need to use a vibrator when grouting cinder blocks! Just dumping in the mix leaves a lot of air space.

[@FunDuude]

Great job, Great vids. I definitely prefer building with cinderblock and cement, than 2 by 4s, or wood for that matter.

[@masonthemason6412]

Thank you! Me too

[@walterburum8229]

You guys should buy a couple of plasterers hawks for the pargeing it would save a lot of time and energy

[@sanaolvlog]

❤❤❤❤

[@ryanf9647]

A bucket might lesson the amount of steps back and forth .

[@masonthemason6412]

Harder not smarter ya know

[@JTConstructionCoLLC]

Get some bigger parging trowels 😂 saves you so much time

[@newenglandyankeeliving5052]

You guys ever build CMU toolsheds ? What about slip form stone ? I like your videos I’m looking forward to more

[@masonthemason6412]

I don't think so. Thanks a lot! I have a lot more coming this year. We have a crazy amount of work

[@jerrylittle2726]

2 things first forget about parge there's this blue liquid rubber that goes on concrete gareteed no leaks 2nd no bars set let them drill holes in concrete to install anchor bolts is the best

[@richardbuc2074]

What kind of concrete do u use for the parge ? Never done this before and got a small project coming up

[@MarcusAureliusLLCMetalFab]

How wide is the footing and deep. The block on top is going to be crawll space or fill with gravel, slab on top. What state and city is this build. Thanks

[@richard416913]

Seems as though investing in a pump trailer might make filling the voids easier.

[@JTLM_48442]

His favorite word parge

[@jonp2171]

Hello Mr. Wyatt, is using a 2 parts sand, 1 part portland mix ok for foundation repair/ parging? I see some people adding 1/2 part S motar, not sure why? What benefit would the added lime have?

[@masonthemason6412]

I use special made parge mix. It's called comproco. Has fiber in it it's easy and ready to mix

[@williamfiler1221]

Yike, how about a plastic tray and a pool trowel. Derp. Better yet my Spray-Stone product.

[@BigTankDriver101]

is bitumen damp proofing be to applied below grade after the parging is cured?

[@masonthemason6412]

They usually put a tar like substance on top of our parge below grade. I don't do that. Someone else usually does that for us

[@glennhomestead4714]

What material do you use to large? Same as between blocks when laying courses, just with a bit more water? Also, does parge=skim coat?

[@masonthemason6412]

I use a premixed bag called comproco. Yes it’s a skim coat. You need to tar it as well for best waterproofing results

[@ambertudor]

Is the parge a specific kind, you did not show the bag that the parge was comng out of??

[@Cheeseheadhomestead1]

For vertical rebar, you just drop it in the hole where your pins are or do you splice it somehow before filling?

[@dtm7909]

I always wondered that also

[@masonthemason6412]

I just drop it in

[@4570Govt]

So is that area under the porch just gonna be dead area? Seems like it could have been used for storage?

[@masonthemason6412]

Could have been used for storage. But the whole house part was already a crawl space for storage. And the floating concrete porch would have been a little more expensive

[@jimwilliamson7598]

Don’t forget the foundation coating!

[@gt3505]

Never heard that word before PARGE , we call it cement render

[@olsonlr]

What is the material called you are using to waterproof the wall? PA R G E

[@masonthemason6412]

Comproco

[@larryhein1101]

After being in construction for near 50 years, and 30 years as a mason. I'm curious, I didn't see any bon-beam courses, so is there no horizontal rebar??

[@masonthemason6412]

Not for this little wall. We just put durawall in it

[@larryhein1101]

@@masonthemason6412 have you ever seen anyone pour a stem wall and not put horizontal rebar? So do you really think durawall has the same strength as rebar? Also a basement wall should have rebar every 3 courses and then pored solid. So sad!!!

[@masonthemason6412]

It doesn’t matter . It was a six course wall. It’s not moving

[@lennythomas7230]

Definitely invest in a hawk. Lot of reloading time wasted walking back and forth and waiting on a guy to load your trowel. Just a tip.

[@tommatteo8076]

Hi M I confused. Where does the cap blocks go ? And are they filled with concrete

[@masonthemason6412]

Every 4 feet is a core you fill. So you put two cap blocks then a core block

[@mo-li9uh]

Seems like a hawk and trowel would be faster

[@jayebee5306]

What type of mix you use? And what brand?

[@masonthemason6412]

Comproco

[@jayebee5306]

Thank you for responding. What can I use that is similar at home depot?

[@Smokey420Greenleaf]

get yourselves some hok boards. you should be able to plop enough mud on a 12 inch hok that each guy on the wall can get 6-8 good trowel fulls before needing to refill and then they wont need an extra person standing around just putting mud on everyone elses trowels.

[@masonthemason6412]

Idk what how boards are. This is just how I was taught

[@hmg8915]

Yes, I would go crazy waiting for someone to scoop half trail mud on my trail.. give me a wheel barrow a get out the way.. also go buy some pool trails the big ones you can move 10x faster..

[@masonthemason6412]

Ok

[@nickkelley4124]

Did yall go to Penn college?

[@masonthemason6412]

No

[@jamiewatkinson4123]

Hey bud what do u charge a block I get $15 a block

[@masonthemason6412]

I think we're around the same prices

[@jamiewatkinson4123]

@@masonthemason6412 ur worth 25 a block u guys do great work. Do some cutting and repointing brick work videos or stone pointing or waterproofing projects

[@masonthemason6412]

Thanks man, I appreciate that. The people paying me might not like that lol. Next time we're doing one I'll video it. I video everything now, I really like it. It's just hard to edit all the footage. I'm falling way behind. I have like 20 videos to make

[@jamiewatkinson4123]

@@masonthemason6412 np bud keep up the great work, u have a good group of young bucks hungry and humble. Keep going great job

[@jamiewatkinson4123]

@@masonthemason6412 quick question how much would you charge to cut and point a 100 square foot wall? Straight wall ten high ten wide?

[@mikefinley4367]

Shit ... You guys rock, what a disappointment your not the norm of block layers. Just do this old man he favor, take care of your backs. You wear it down busting your hump and can end up like me with spinal stenosis which on the outside can be surgically treated but mine just so happens to be inside the spinal canal so the doc looks at me with a resistance to telling me, " there's no surgery or treatment and it always results in death." The fact is we all die but how we go makes a difference and guys, this shit is like a ice pick being thrust into you. I simply lifted three plates from my daughter's dishwasher and blame, it hit the spinal cord and I hit the floor. The real stupidity is I miss doing construction, ha, ha!

[@masonthemason6412]

I’m sorry to hear that. I try to stretch. It’s a hard job. I wish you the best

[@mikefinley4367]

@@masonthemason6412 I'm ok with the going part, we all go sometime, it's a adventure but the boredom of not being able to work drives me nuts. Especially fair weather days. I did Crete up in S.D. for awhile, that place never shut down, we worked in the snow. Funny as hell the main batcher was a real suck up and we had pads out in a farm field to do. Oh yeah, no prob, we can get in and out. I swear old Jimmy at 82 was the hardest worker I ever worked with. The stupid batcher drives out a load, delivers and drives off the road and Jimmy's yelling. We managed to pull it out with our truck and the dumbass did it again. Such are the memories you look back on and laugh. Take care.

[@jamiewatkinson4123]

Hey bud what's the highest price job you guys did? 20,000 40,000

[@masonthemason6412]

I'm not sure. On some properties we come back a lot. Or do you mean a single part of one of those jobs. Cuz sometimes they spend 20-40 multiple times

[@jamiewatkinson4123]

@@masonthemason6412 I'm saying what's the highest price u guys got after bidding it

[@masonthemason6412]

75ish

[@jamiewatkinson4123]

@@masonthemason6412 meaning the highest job I got was 878,000 in Rhode island

[@jamiewatkinson4123]

@@masonthemason6412 but for a large brick restoration project

[@Patrick-yh3oi]

Why use block instead of concrete walls?

[@masonthemason6412]

I’m pretty sure it’s cheaper to use block. There’s always options. It’s usually block, concrete or superior walls. The difference is time and money on each

[@Patrick-yh3oi]

@@masonthemason6412 thanks, I had no idea. Nice work.

[@masonthemason6412]

No problem. Thank you

[@LF12468]

I am a 20 year stucco mason and this is exactly how NOT to plaster block walls lol.

[@nikkikiska]

This is lousy work. First, that's 100% not how to brown coat, scratch coat, first coat (or whatever else you want to call it) block walls, especially wet block. BTW, what's going over that first coat? Also, it looks like you've got loose rebar lying against the block cores and then jut dump concrete in the voids. The rebar should be somewhat centered in the void. Filling the cores about half way then putting the rebar in works well.

[@Sultanoftheblind]

Mason the mason what water proofing compound whats the name homes