New House on a Hill: 3 Meter Deep Foundations!

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[@josephzimmer5385]

I saw one of the guys wiping away concrete splatter from the glass door, and I've gotta say, that's how you know someone is a professional. Cleaning up the small messes as you go is so crucial.

[@Hubris2]

I agree. They were pouring a retaining wall beside my house so they could build another one into the hill, and not only did they not clean up the glass that had concrete splatter, they walked into my garden to wipe their boots. It's a sign of a professional group when they take care and clean up after themselves.

[@fantasticfox411]

​@@Hubris2Thats when you retain payment until it's fixed

[@jesseking7668]

In my opinion it's better to cover aluminum windows and claddings prior to pouring with thin sheet plastic like what painters use. But yeah good job 4 wiping off before concrete sets hard on it

[@jbickel7575]

I live in the USA and wait for “Each Exciting Episode” of your videos. I’ve enjoyed all of them! But this is the type of video/series I enjoy the most. Having worked residential construction years ago, I’ve always been interested in how it’s done in other places/countries. Well done, and I hope there’s more to come!

[@TpetPlayr]

THIS. I always love to see construction in other places/countries.

[@TBird89]

Do you have internet in the USA ?

[@TBird89]

You know I’m just farkin with ya right 😆😆😆😆😆

[@JaredMcEntaffer]

Best lead in to the square space add in a long time! Nicely done.

[@klim_klimov]

House remodeling and cabinet building was fun but we finally have some top notch NZ construction content. And BTW - awesome content. Where are you operating is completly oposite part of the world from me and it's so interesting to watch how you guys handling somehow same challenges but in your kind of way. P.S. And this "Square Hole" - nailed it))

[@rogerallred7525]

Missed you last week. Good to see you back! Where is our buddy Ray?

[@totodave266]

"Don't use that" 😂 How could you not?

[@Pauly5150]

Impressive! Foundation work transforms a hillside into a structure, and it's a real work of art that gets covered up and forgotten. Totally enjoyed that.

[@more.power.]

"Great video, Scotty! You covered everything-from understanding different personalities on the job site and the heroic rescue of a chicken to the special criteria required for construction on sloping ground and a scientific study of Earth's geography. Excellent work, thank you, Scotty!"

[@johnstran]

Nice to see you're back on the field.

[@geneard639]

South Alabama born n raised. Yeah, the home I grew up in the home was slab on grade with about 2 foot of sandy soil on clay, and the slabs not more than 4 inches thick with no rebar.....last I heard, most of the mid-century homes built like that had failing slabs. Mama's family most of those homes are raised on either 'ship stone' piers (ship stone is old ballast stones from all the ships that wreck up in Mobile Bay, its good solid hard stone from Europe sitting around a few centuries no one was using) or bricks... don't know about foundations for them. I had one GreatGreat....possibly add a Great to that, Aunt who was Indigenous and refused to have a floor to her shack. So, her place was just some scab wood (those outer planks of wood cast off when milling wood, still has the bark on it, that was free back in the day) and living trees, with a dirt flour. She had a old wood burning cook stove and a small pot belly in a two room shack in the woods. You parked up on the dirt road and had to follow a track thru a jungle of plants about 100-150 feet to find her place. She tended her entire property, and all of the 'jungle' was her grocery store. She lived to be in her 90s, and ....some of her children insisted on giving her a Christian service and burial, the one thing she had demanded in her old age not to have since she was never a Christian and hated them her entire life. I got no idea what happened to them cousins......she made her wishes known, and they rejected them, her and her own faith. We kept with the old ways, honored her best we could, and forgot them cousins......and never invited them to another family gathering.

[@HaLkon2728]

it will be interesting to watch the further construction of this house

[@yingle6027]

There are people who wear stubby shorts everyday of the year no matter the weather. Even when there's ice on the ground.

[@Kelvallontan]

Yes! Glad to see you back on the field, although I'll still be following your house renovation with great pleasure. Coming back to the bases once in a while is great.

[@terrytopliss9506]

Nice to see you back on site Scott, how were the aches and pains? Liked the attention the cement guys poured the concrete so carefully and cleaned up the splash marks. Thank for the latest exciting episode.👍👍

[@cameronhesling6189]

Yes i love these videos, this is what your channel needed

[@ryanhernandez8388]

Loving the jobsite vids. Its a cool mixup of your house content and other site content

[@katrinabell7684]

Wow .. a big house to be built!! So good to see you out in the field SBC.😎

[@imgfiveeight1]

Well, that is a first one for me :) Well done Scott. Greetings from Greece!

[@rakanishu531]

Awesome Scott ! This was just amazing to watch, and the fellow dog and cat beside all the work :)

[@jeremym4104]

Yeah love this series keep following around full builds please!

[@TheRupes]

Hey Scott, Little Tip with tying steel, put the N12's on saw horse's then hang the stirrups over the bars and tie them. This way no bending down or falling in the dirt!

[@rodneypurbrick7899]

Nice work lads...you too Scotty. Something calming about seeing skilled blokes do their thing n making it look easy.

[@HerbaceousM8]

Ive never thought of using the arrowpress upside down like a french press, but that brilliant

[@buddybear3120]

Classic SBC content, keep it up

[@houseandponds4789]

In northern Iceland we call that a shallow hole. Or a lucky dig.

[@truus5653]

aswe in The Netherlands

[@warrenw2u]

Scott, I loved this new episode. It took me 3 hours to find the location of this build. Scenery and triangulation were necessary. It looks like a great location and what a challenging lot to build on. Looking forward to more on this build. (I am a retired builder in the USA.)

[@iwb70]

Are you going to watch the build from space, with yearly updates?! I've done that before with other builds I've seen on KZbin and architecture websites.

[@jasperkemp9025]

nice, oldskool. and at the same time so koel, cauz we're watching from all over the world. thanks Scott, for doing what you do

[@jamesmurray9481]

These vids are why I subscribed

[@steenfraosterbro3268]

Freaking love this episode. Thank you Scott

[@indyfastal]

Great video, really liked the dog...

[@jn35353]

Great to see you out on site again Scott! 👍👍👍

[@ROSCOGB]

Concrete ! Love it Already done 300 cube this year for footings & floor slabs Keep up the great content Scott

[@JohnDaley-tf9yn]

Very fun to see you back on other projects

[@OCPYT___]

Good stuff brother, Keep em coming.

[@samedwards6276]

Great way to start my weekend Cheers Scotty

[@Kelvallontan]

That was quite interesting. Over here in Europe, where use of concrete is much more common, there is factory built rebar pieces so what you were doing at the start is mostly pre-made. Also, the clay in those trenches looks stunning. That would make for awesome plaster and wall coatings (if not on drywall of course).

[@nakedapprentice]

We often get them pre cut and bent here. I guess it's really a balance between cost, availability and how much work is on

[@mgmoody42]

@9:40 A chicken can fall into trouble like this and NOT MAKE A PEEP! I can't count the number of times I've had a hen go missing and finally discover her in some predicament that if she had simply made a noise to make her presence known I would have discovered her sooner. But it's a self-preservation technique that would work fine in the wild but not so well in the domestic world. As an example, I once found a hen that had found her way into an idle home landscape leaf and limb chipper. She was lucky I thought to look on a slim chance. The opening of that chipper has been blocked since.

[@ScottBrownCarpentry]

😮 poor chickens

[@brycestapleton182]

A sheet or towel over the windscreen stops it icing over

[@robstevens2076]

Nice editing and content Scott. Cool job

[@caveweta]

Just seen that gizmo on PBB on their steel footing mega house, makes wire tying so easy.

[@AntonyvanIersel]

I like the idea that you make the site flat with foundations, and not bulldozers. This is fun to watch, so is the house, the kitchen and garden :)

[@shaunray6660]

Back to the real world scotty 😄

[@simon6629]

As a new journeyman im always impressed watching these videos

[@michael-james1970]

I like the videos of you doing the reno on your own house but it is nice to see videos of you back out on the tools again. Keep em coming.

[@arendhoeve2199]

Nice video. Its nice too see how different every 1 builds in the Netherlands you always need too make some kind of wall and then pour concrete

[@zephyr1408]

There is always the man who when it’s snowing he is in shorts !

[@meestahwah]

I dig seeing the difference in building styles. In the US, the footing would be formed only at the bottom with the wall built up to above grade. Keep bringing us back to the project. It's fun to see the progression.

[@iteachtime]

Love this! Thanks guys!

[@scottstewart6624]

I remember a while back Scott mentioning that you were mostly doing renovations, rather than complete builds. Nice to see you getting to work on a complete build.

[@johnzbeats]

So intrigued by the use of wooden piers vs concrete or steel in such a moist environment. . .

[@muzzthegreat]

I find the footings/foundations/piers interesting; probably because they are simple-enough [my limited knowledge] to compare. I am in Queensland: houses had wooden 'stumps' [as we call the piers] up until perhaps the 1940s: and when I say wooden, I mean "a cut tree-trunk in the dirt"; durable species of timber were chosen and "ant-caps" of metal put on the top to stop termites from getting higher. Later [1950s] timber stumps were concreted in place; but that was quickly superseded by pre-cast concrete stumps about 230mm [9-inch] square, that themselves were concreted in-place. When renovating an old house the front [street-facing] stumps are usually replaced with H4 treated round hardwood concreted into the ground to maintain the original 'heritage' appearance - indeed some councils demand that - and some councils demand a degree of 'dressing' around the stumps with 'palings' to maintain the 'enclosed' look under the house. But these days all other replacement stumps [not visible from the street] would be pre-galv steel RHS 90square, 3mm-wall; they change to 100square around 3metre height, and cross-bracing is strategically applied.

[@jayd421]

This is the type of video. I've been waiting for.

[@ajjuney]

That was surprisingly interesting. 🔨

[@KolyanichNZ]

That's exactly what I need for my apprenticeship to finish the course! Looks great!

[@barryrobbins7694]

There is a movie called “Locke” starring Tom Hardy. It revolves around a construction manager that needs to get to a huge concrete pour two hours away, but is torn between his professional and private life.

[@edwardharlem9588]

Concrete, cooooncrete!.. And everyone is either going mad or showing stoicism! 5:06 drainage metal?!😂 Gonna be an awesome build!.. another absolutely exciting epppisoooode!🤘🏻

[@oliverbrockie6816]

'Drainage metal' is what we refer to 20/40 Drainage gravel as in NZ

[@edwardharlem9588]

@@oliverbrockie6816 oh! Here i am beeing convinced the 'metal' was a typo for 'material'. But i got my self another google research topic haha thank you

[@TheMadMan2477]

Loved this video!

[@thisoldproperty]

9:12 love the coffee distraction time!

[@thomashverring9484]

John really puts the short back in shorts!

[@remiewatkins8032]

Awesome job Scott its a great video looking forward to more thanks for posting

[@michaelburton4521]

Nice to see you working on another job Scott

[@DGALVIN45]

Always a good day when there's a Scotty B video to watch 💪

[@JohnsTinyWoodshop]

That guy in the shorts is an absolute unit

[@nofam]

Yeah, you don't see many skinny concrete pumpers/placers - it's full-on work!

[@moe_1886]

Great video of the foundations getting done... decent fall that's for sure. I'm glad the chook is all good though!

[@livingimprovements4382]

this episode gave me anxiety and flared up my ptsd

[@timbobau]

You earned my like with the Squarespace segway.

[@erinlemke4031]

Having nothing to do with the building industry in any way, i just found this so interesting. Love to know how things work. Plus best Segway to square space ad!

[@artemriazanov2452]

WoW, historical moment in NZ, finally start build houses on foundations.

[@TS-wi8ew]

Why did the chicken cross the bridge?... 🤣🤣🤣 Love the variety in your vids!

[@bentakai]

great episode...hope you work on the build till the end...I enjoy this material the most.

[@kevinrhodes335]

We have it easy(ish) in SW Florida. Our houses are usually just sitting on concrete slabs floating on the sand that makes up most of Florida. Interesting that basements don't seem to be a thing in New Zealand. Not cold enough for frost issues? Houses on posts with a crawlspace are not unusual north of here, but not so north that it hard freezes. It's fascinating seeing the difference in how houses are constructed. I am originally from Maine in the COLD far northeastern corner of the US, and homes in Florida are built VERY differently from up there, and both are quite different from your house. Fo example, it was hilarious watching the inspector walk on the roof of my house down here with it bowing under his weight with every step for example - no need to hold a meter or two of snow here, so the construction is more than a tad bit lighter! You must not get any real snow in Nelson either to have such a light structure with just the galvanized roof with nothing under it. . I'm having a new home built in FL now, the engineer just finished the plans that get sent off to the county for permits, so things will be revving up soon. Steel structural insulated panel construction, designed for 230mph winds, and LEED-certified for energy efficiency. But I am installing the kitchen myself - though I am not nearly so skilled or ambitious so mine is coming from IKEA! This will be my third IKEA kitchen, good stuff, and a massive cost savings over having the builder build something that wouldn't be nearly as good.

[@gabsi64]

We have earthquakes so basements require expensive engineering

[@jaredgreen5305]

Basements just arent a thing in Australia or New Zealand mate..

[@TheDarkhorse82]

@@jaredgreen5305 "underground basements" there are plenty of houses that have garage basements cut into a hill

[@tonylittle3508]

230 Mph? Wow! That is close to 400Kph, category 5 is above 252Kph. Nothing would be left standing around here.

[@tutekohe1361]

No Hurricanes here in New Zealand.

[@Viagra_risk_PERMANENT_insomnia]

A seismic damper device developed for the typical modern Japanese home. Design. They cost about $2,200 each and you need four usually. Tested to M7.0, no damage at all.

[@micromacmacca1170]

That build would be fun to work on. Hopefully you can get back and get some more footage.

[@kevincorbin6273]

That’s definitely a little different than what I do here in the U.S.

[@josephking6515]

Skip forward to 9:25 to see Scott rapidly shaking his wood. 😲 If you have a teaspoon of cement in the morning then you're set for the day. 👍 It's a *Pole House.* Many of those round Diamond Harbour, Lyttleton and other locations that have steep slopes.

[@jasonbyarschannel]

Please keep us updated on this house. Where I live pier and beam is pretty much nonexistent since the 60s

[@iamie153]

That is quite the floor area. It will be interesting to see it when the floor is down and so that you can stand on it and really appreciate the view over smoko. It is amazing how much concrete goes into the pole holes. We have just completed a large retaining wall post cyclone Gabrielle damage and we pumped 11 m3 around the poles...they are 3.5m in the ground and holes were 600mm dia. Personally, it seemed rather over engineered but the owner doesn't get a lot of say in the design. 😐

[@Erelyes]

Cool job! Throw your hammer in the ring for the whole build mate!

[@timb37]

How is the music always perfect

[@michal1975fly]

The procedure is very similar here in the Czech Republic. The minimum foundation depth is 80 cm, frost-free depth. Only the crawl space is hardly made here, the entire space is poured with concrete.

[@ws6619]

Many of the older smaller homes in DFW are "pier and beam" foundations like this and I'm very perturbed by the modern strategy of just dropping a slab on grade.. which inevitably fails due to shifting and expansive clay soil during the heat and winter heaves. I love the concept of extra cost to build an immutable (or easily adjustible) foundation pier system like this. Lots of extra work... but for 50-75 year longevity on a new house worth it.

[@Syncop8rNZ]

I haven't heard of slabs failing here (except in the Christchurch earthquakes). We also have waffle slabs which work better under seismic loads.

[@tutekohe1361]

“Heave” is not a thing here in New Zealand. There is only a few degrees (Celcius) difference between Winter and Summer. It rarely gets below freezing except slightly in a frost. The ground never freezes. My house is over 100 years old on untreated wooden piles and has never moved.

[@finley888888]

i'm surprised to not see a footing inspection pre-pour, i would have expected one

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Yep enjoyed this one 🧱👍🏽

[@user-vh7yk6ds5u]

Isso aí Scott novos rumos novos avanços

[@mgmoody42]

@2:51 What a time saver!!

[@jamesthebuilder3141]

Nice to see my trracksaw box still going strong Scott lol

[@painterdave1998]

Fantastic video.

[@B.A.SuparCarpenter]

Sir, it is very beautiful, I feel very 👍

[@monkeysausageclub]

I always forget that NZ is in an active earthquake zone.

[@gjcoop5625]

Building right next to a fault line, like within 50 m.

[@flangekiwi]

We don't 😉

[@Sabreshift]

Love this content 👌

[@andrez2978]

6:44 The chicken is doing loading inspection.

[@22kmclaren]

New Zealand folks even brew their aeropress upside down 🤣 It totally makes sense to steep more the way you did it, but the instructions that came with mine had a different brewing procedure where the filter is down and it drips a little through the whole steep and press.

[@grahampurvis5160]

Ahh!You gotta love concrete fever!You know you’re getting somewhere then.😊👍

[@RedBearCarpentry]

Canadian carpenter here from the Yukon, interesting building practices over there. I prefer how you fellas install your bar in footings. I thought I'd ask and see if you had any idea where to get another Dalluge Titanium hammer? Impossible to find lately. Fan of your channel, amazing work and attention to detail!

[@jimsum]

can almost see my house from there!

[@johnfitzpatrick2469]

G,day Scott Brown Carpentry from Sydney Australia. Footing classification Reactive clay. Options 1. Don't build on such sites 2. Use steel screw piles down to specified depth. I've seen these in western New South Wales. 🌏🇦🇺

[@brucelee3388]

For a moment there I thought you were going to introduce us to a new Makita battery powered coffee machine - I'm pretty sure they have at least one coffee machine in their lineup, as well as fridges and boom boxes for the job site.

[@neild2148]

What is the anticipated life span of the timber piles and what species of timber?

[@memecoinmafia2732]

was gonna ask the same

[@UncommonCustom]

Pinus Radiata, spec is 50 years.

[@brentfleming1756]

Timber treatment H5

[@ckm-mkc]

I worked on a 16th century house in the Netherlands that still had it's original piles.... Complete with the bark and branch stubs. AFAIK, it largely depends on soil conditions. These were basically in anaerobic waterlogged soil, so they can basically last forever. Edit - IRC they were pine of some sort.

[@Syncop8rNZ]

It has to last 50 years under the building code. As mentioned it is Pinus radiata, native to USA but reaches maturity here at about 25 years. Treatment is CCA (copper, chrome and arsenic).

[@cornerliston]

‘Twintier. Because it's twinti times faster.’

[@FreeLander5280]

July12th the high for the day in New Zealand south island says 48°F. Hellllllo from Denver Colorado

[@TheDarkhorse82]

where is the south island? Nelson, where Scott is, a high of 11c (52f) or where I am 4c (38f) which is a 10 hour drive away

[@FreeLander5280]

@TheDarkhorse82 was a broad Google search answer, so I assumed. 👍🏼 I was just curious what the ballpark weather was over there while it's 101°F on my jobsite lunch break.

[@bigkevcanb]

Funny we do foundations a little like that in northern Australia because of cyclones