"STONE" FOUNDATION REPAIR (Part 2) Mike Haduck

Mike Haduck repairs a old stone foundation that a car hit and replacing it using basically the same techniques as when it was put in. all my videos are my ways and ideas, I always suggest any one doing any type of work to consult professional help. www.amazon.com/shop/mikehaduck

[@GreatLightStudios]

Mike Haduck is the Bob Ross of masonry.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks. Mike

[@andrewdedinsky9858]

Thanks for all the great training Mike, I could not fix my retaining wall without your instruction videos. You save me a lot of money. :)

[@IreWorker1]

Masonry Fun with Pennsylvania Harrison Ford! (No disrespect meant!) These videos are exceptional. Thanks for taking the time. I'm working out all kinds of problems in my basement. I have much respect and appreciation for your hard work, knowledge, instruction, and technique. Thanks again!

[@MikeHaduck]

+Hunnyrock Pounder I am Harrison Ford. LOL, I appreciate it, thanks, mike

[@dukeman7595]

You do nice work Mike, I have used your techniques on a few jobs around my house and they turned out well. Thanks for the advice.

[@MikeHaduck]

Joseph M thanks, I am glad they help, Mike

[@rawbingham]

Your videos are a gift and you strike me as not only the salt of the earth but as a really fine person. Your comments (on using mesh, on PA rock walls and parging) have greatly improved my work (restoring a farmhouse and springhouse with little masonry experience). Thank you for your solid, honest, to-the-point approach. Rob P.S. I'll keep an eye out in case you post something about "inverted V" (or other) mason pointing, found when the limestone stucco falls off!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thank you raw, these comments keep me going on, I will keep it in mind, thanks mike

[@stevewilson3160]

Mike Greeting from Ireland. Thank you for contribution of heritage of stone work.

[@MikeHaduck]

thanks steve, Thank you also, mike

[@northcountryhermit5057]

Thank You, Mike! I have a lot of work to do on this 100 yr old house! appreciate your experience!!

[@MikeHaduck]

thanks James, I hope it helps, mike

Thanks for posting - Great work. Been out repairing the crumbling back wall - doing exactly what you've done. Probably more fun watching.

[@MikeHaduck]

+Kat Pryde Hi Kat, actually In about 10 days I will be posting a outside stone foundation repair, I just went over and gave a stucco finish, , thanks for the comment , mike

[@mdzhappy1]

Love this series. I have parging on my basement walls and was hard pressed to find any info about it. I was always worried about the blistering I would see that it was a sign of trouble. Now I know to make it wet and don't worry too much about it. Thank you a million times over, I can now work on making the walls look better, and Repair the crumbling old parging.

[@MikeHaduck]

that is great Tai, I am glad if it helps, thanks mike

[@toyswithtituscat8814]

Mike, thank you so much for your videos. My small, 1920 house has a lovely fieldstone foundation, but the mortar in the basement is damp and crumbling, making it difficult to clean and utilize the much-needed space. Your knowledge of old foundations, clear instruction, and laid-back approach to restoration give me hope that I can do the needed work myself. I'm so grateful!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, do a little experimenting, a little practice and I am sure you will do fine, thanks Mike

[@smokey4781]

mike please never stop making videos. I learn soo much from you.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Smokey, Mike

[@remodelassets6523]

Great video!! At the beginning you tore out the stone like a bull in a China shop. But that's what you have to do, get rid of the loose stuff first. Bravo well done 👍👍✨✨

[@rverro8478]

I was wondering if you used a palm sander, on the outside wooden form, to settle the concrete before removing it would help to compact the mix before it sets ? I've used this method to remove air bubbles from a sono tube. I thought of asking if it would help or is it unnecessary. Great video.

[@mcgriggs65]

Another happy customer

[@scotts.2624]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. My house is three thick brick walls on a stone basement wall. When I pulled the old front porch off last week I discovered the brick wall was in real bad shape had settled and many brick were cracked. Oh and to make it real fun the thresh hold of the door is a cut limestone rectangle that is 7" x 14" x 79 inches 3ft off the ground. It is real heavy and only held up by bricks and rotted wood shims on either end. The foundation is kind of crumbling in the area. when I started to pull it apart is was just rock with sand inside and a cement skin just like you describe. I thought the sand was because the mortar had washed out and I was ready to start pulling it apart until I hit solid mortar. So now thanks to you I know I dont have to do that and what I thought was a nightmare is not that big a deal. It looks like I just have to put some of the rocks back in mortar it up and level it up. I am going to use two screw jacks in the middle coarse of the bricks to carry the load of the threshold.

[@MikeHaduck]

Scott S. Thanks Scott, I make me feel good when somebody figures it out, I appreciate, mike

[@FireplacesRock]

Now that's playing in the Mud! Great Repair!

[@MikeHaduck]

Stone Fireplaces thanks Jamie, something different, mike

[@bryarh5430]

I know you’re a busy man but hoping for a response to a question. Fieldstone foundations would you always use concrete for repairs. Such as old lime mortar falling out. Thank you for years and years of knowledge made available to millions of people.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Bayard, I got a video out called " lime mortar or portland? What should I use ? Mike haduck, that should help, otherwise just keep watching the stone foundation repair or repointing stonework, Mike haduck

[@scottrick90210]

Thank you

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks scott,,Mike

[@mthompson]

So, I'm working on a section of my 1890's house.... In the foundation of this area is an old window, whose frame is no longer there and the great stuff foam holds the panes in place... Well I'm think I'll remove and fill that void before I put a deck over the top of it and I have the opening all exposed... My question is, would I be OK just forming it up and pouring straight concrete in the form? This section has the hand hewn beam directly above the "window"... I was thinking of adding a piece of foam between the concrete and the beam. Any thoughts would be helpful...I have some stone on hand and could fill in the area with stone/fast set...just not sure which is easier.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Miles, I have videos called (Blocking up window openings) Mike haduck and other videos on laying glass blocks in window openings, I hope they help, mike

[@SnickasBah]

I like the fast set concrete idea instead of straight up mortar.

[@MikeHaduck]

hi ucgrad, it works a lot faster and turns two day jobs into one day jobs, I wish they had it years ago, thanks mike

[@plasma3211]

I notice you use Quick Setting Concrete often vs. mortar/portland mixes. I have a Stone Foundation that has Parging on the inside and it is crumbling. My wife is bugging me to fix it. Can I use the quick setting mix to make these repairs? Thanks...love your videos!

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Robert, I do, unless I do coats of cement on different days, fast setting is expensive and I usually only use it if I am going to finish the job in one day, thanks mike

[@stephaniefaulds6531]

This is a great video! Do you have any advice for a stone barn foundation that is leaning away from the barn hill?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Stephanie. Rarely you could dig behind it and push it back. Mostly tear down and redo, all depends on the situation, and what's behind and on top. I would ask the locals, thanks mike

[@campbejouc]

Good work. Would dunk trough help if stones were dunk wetted before laying in? For outside as car hit it once probably in the future - maybe a V shape form like a breaker!!

[@MikeHaduck]

James Campbell wimmin drivers, lol but no, I didn't want to go crazy with the water but it does sick better and keeps the dust down, I guess you just got to feel it. thanks James, I appreciate it mike

[@RegularCupOfJoe]

Mike, I have a stone foundation and about a 2 foot by 2 foot section of foundation has collapsed. (Not a load-bearing section of the foundation; no evidence that it was caused by water damage, rather I think it was an old coal chute.) . The hole leads right to dirt. Your video here makes it a pretty straight forward fix job. Is there anything special you would recommend? The depth of hole is about 16 inches, possibly more.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Glass, no nothing special , usually you get down to where it is solid and build up, I hope it helps, thanks, mike

[@themanwhospokeforarebenefi6392]

Mike you are the best that you mike I live in Pennsylvania in sellersville pa18960 in I have a question can I remove a stone wall to bill a Additiones is a main wall on the 2nd floor what your recommendation is? On it can that house fall if I remove 1 of the 4 wall???

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi I can't answer that, I would get the local inspector, lots of liability there, thanks Mike

[@kotielily]

My basement is stone up in northern Maine. One section is starting to crumble and is bowing into the basement. On the outside, it look like the dirt is starting to sink downwards right where the crumbling is taking place. What would you recommend?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi, stone foundations are the most basic, I just take them apart and put them back, thanks Mike

[@thomasw9587]

How do you handle getting the mortar further back into the joints besides slinging it? I have an issue with deeper voids and not great access

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Thomas, you can only do what you can do unless you take the whole wall down, and a lot of those old stone walls had hollow places in them, Mike

[@pierrewoody9796]

Mike, how many gallons is the sprayer Please, I'm finally going to fix my foundation Thanks to you

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Pierre, I buy the1 gallon sprayers at lowes for around 10 dollars,, thanks mike

[@mariodinovo4400]

how many times do you hit your head on timbers and pipes in these old cellars

[@MikeHaduck]

+Mario Dinovo with the kind of videos I make, I figure a lot. LOL. merry Christmas mike

[@gypsydildopunks7083]

I used Smart Water on a job once. Boy howdy 🤠, did that get expensive!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@belingonza318]

When you say plaster. What type are you talking about? I'm going to try it myself thanks to your videos.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Belin, I show what I use as the series develops, every job I a bit different and I use various products , thanks, mike

[@redflowers2611]

Plaster of paris probably

[@barbf8628]

In this video, you use quick dry cement, and in video #4 you use a mix of sand and portland to do a similar patch in the stone wall. why would you use one over the other?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi barb, usually a time thing, I use quick dry when I can finish a job quickly, sometimes I am am on the job for days and can wait for traditional cement to dry, thanks ,Mike

[@barbf8628]

Thanks! Also your teaching style is so clear, and calming. Love it

[@kclous4677]

I very much enjoy your videos and I am impressed by your work and knowledge. I was wondering if it is possible to hire you to repair our fieldstone basement. It is exactly like it is in your video, I would do it but I don't have the time myself to set aside from doing it. I live in Auburn Pa, was just wondering if you would entertain the thought. If so, maybe message me? I can go into further detail if your interested. Thank you, keep up the good work!

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi K, I appreciate the offer but I am overwhelmed with what I have now, thanks, Mike

[@kclous4677]

No problem, I figured it would'nt hurt to ask! Thanks for getting back to me! Take care

[@jaybuilder8298]

And here’s Harrison ford aka Indiana Jones fixing a rock foundation 😅

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Jay, Mike

[@godbluffvdgg]

I saw You're out of Avoca PA...:)...I had to look you up...You're 120 miles away from philly...SHEEEEWWW..That's like jupiter to us...Heck Wildwood is only 90 miles and they have BIKINIS...:)..Health and happiness to you and yours...

[@MikeHaduck]

hi bluff, I wish I was as far south. lol. mike

[@godbluffvdgg]

I wish I could go that far north...It's one of the best parts of PA...I Did some work in Promise Land State Park...It's a breath of fresh air for us city guys...:)...

[@kevywilliams3304]

Are you in Canada?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Kev, no pennsylvania, Mike

[@jimcramer9696]

Sounds like the cars were close on this one.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Jim, very true, mike

[@pyrosaat1566]

Why just cement and no sand or lime?

[@MikeHaduck]

Ho Pyro, cement is a binder, too much cement no good too little no good, most masons have their own mixes in their area, thanks Mike

[@marmarc4203]

I READ IF ITS LIMESTONE YOU CANT USE HIGH STRENGTH SETTING CEMENT U NEED TO USE MORTAR N AND MIX WITH SAND SO IT REMAINS SOFT AND GIVES BECAUSE HARD CEMENT WILL CRACK EVENTUALLY THE STONES FROM THE WEIGHT🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Marmar, I got a video out called " lime or Portland " what should I use? Mike haduck, it will explain what you don't know, thanks Mike

[@MikeSheasheaDtree]

Mike, I saw someone else video where it was an 1800's field stone foundation and he was told to use Natural Hydrolic Lime (NHL), the rational was to us what was already there? I see where you noticed the lime in this foundation but you went with Quickcrete. I have and old 1800 typical red barn where one corner has fallen. I plan to put in a serious footer, and then would you recommend I use Quickcrete or what? I am more concerned with making the barn usable and of course safe....

[@MikeHaduck]

+Mike Shea (sheadtree) I did a video called "Early American stone work" mike haduck, and some more videos on "masonry tip for beginners" or "what cement should I use" I am basically a Portland and sand man and sometimes S. mortar and sand. lime was all they had years ago and in some instances I would say yea, it all depends on he stone your using it on, everybody got a different opinion, I would take my time and do some experimenting till you are comfortable, I hope it helps, thanks mike.

[@samsngdevice5103]

A car hit it. FRIENDS don't let friends drive FORD.

[@MikeHaduck]

As a old part time mechanic I can tell you ford always made a good looking car but never a good one, thanks mike

[@OpenG145]

wear a n95 mask bro

[@MikeHaduck]

thanks John, I appreciate it. mike

[@peaceandfreedomeconomics8984]

That looks like a big deal. 😮

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi, just basics, thanks, Mike

[@alexcicoria5863]

Ain’t no big deal

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@loveeveryone8057]

A clown without a costume

[@MikeHaduck]

thanks, I appreciate it. mike