Time-lapse of Building a New Basement Under a House

[@kevinberniebarron7548]

Absolutely incredible job! I remember one of the neighbors on my street, when I was growing up, did the same thing! As a 10 year old, I was in awe! Now at 70 and watching this... I am still in awe! God bless you and your family

[@Wolfpupfab]

Thanks👍

[@jakobrebeki]

Thanks for doing this. Nothing else can point out the pains and problems of a project like a time lapse. You kind of get it all in one go. Both the tears and the joys....

[@Wolfpupfab]

You bet👍

[@patsquach4080]

As an equipment operator I saw my self in every piece of equipment being used …. Been there done that sorta feeling …. Thanks. Fun to watch !!!!

[@aarongrabowski3775]

I have been doing concrete foundations and flatwork for 30 years. You killed it my friend. Honest man really nice job.

[@Wolfpupfab]

Thanks👍

[@tomvarnado8156]

watched this from the start.a time lapse.AWESOME.i could watch this all day.

[@yonimerosoyola7840]

People should take their time and watch every single video of your build, it is well worth it. The nerve racking toll on the viewer while you are lifting the house has no comparison with this time lapse. I encourage you viewer to take your time and watch them videos, you won't regret it.

[@Wolfpupfab]

Thanks I appreciate that. Link to the full build playlist is in the description

[@shrory]

Great comment, from my as a none builder or contractor, I find his videos extremely interesting, the logistics are !!!!

[@rogerday6184]

Agreed! Steel gonads

[@yonimerosoyola7840]

@@rogerday6184 lol, definitely much needed for that task.

[@brucea.overstreet9742]

Easier to watch now when we know things have been successful!

[@motekm3]

SO AWESOME! If state and local governments made this type of “remodel” easier, this could start a revolution in housing! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@Superduty_59]

I've seen all of the videos! Thanks for taking us along for the ride!

[@Wolfpupfab]

Thanks👍👍

[@roberthughes2665]

I think I watched every video used for this 1. Awesome project. Gives people the courage to try new things. Limits observed obviously but we all can do more than we think we can

[@Wolfpupfab]

I agree👍👍

[@Sammywhat]

This was fun! Looking forward to more!!

[@KanDog]

Great video that summarizes the work so far. I look forward to seeing the next steps, good luck moving forward.

[@Wolfpupfab]

👍👍

[@AurigaMV]

This video really captures all the challenges and joys of your project. Huge respect for your dedication and great work! Looking forward to the next steps!

[@Wolfpupfab]

Thanks! Part 7 coming soon

[@AurigaMV]

@@Wolfpupfab I'm looking forward to it

[@Kkaty]

What a great video. Does make you hold your breath in certain spots but all turned out fantastic! I was relieved! LOL!

[@JimBrown-w6i]

Professional workmanship

[@anthonywilliamson5412]

Good choice with that Fox Block ICF. Easy to assemble, keeps the moisture and bugs out, and great insulation for the basement.

[@TerminusHostilia]

Great work! The house manipulation and finished product were only outdone by the beautiful doggos running around supervising.

[@Jammer.1]

That was very enjoyable ! Thanks !

[@thomasjay975]

i know i already seen this but its still just as impressive now as it was then. Awesome work. Cant wait to see the next video.

[@andrewallason4530]

I’ve got a little cottage on the beach dunes of one of the Canadian Great Lakes. It’s about 90 years old, built by my great grandparents. It was only intended for use in summer, but as I’m approaching retirement my dream is to raise it and put a basement under (it needs re-stumping in the next 5 or so years anyway), and as it was never insulated (just cedar weather boards on cedar studs, with no lining (it’s wonderful because in places we can just whack a board on a noggin, and hey-presto a shelf!). So my plan is to sheath the exterior with 6”foam-board with new cladding to give it a 3 season makeover. I plan on spending 5 months (May -October) each year there, and 7 months at home in Tasmania (perpetual spring and summer). The most difficult but also easiest part is being built on coarse beach sand, the digging is easier (we used spades and a modified sled pulled by a winch) to move tons of sand a few years back when rebuilding the deck. Worked fantastic. We would just need significant shoring for the job, but I was thinking pre-fab panels as we are only digging down about 1.2m (I am raising the cottage 1m in the process).

[@justanotherearthling1062]

The video would have been called "Guy gets crushed under house" if things went differently. I still watched to see if it collapses. =) Thanks for sharing, and well done.

[@TheWolfster001]

That was a good project, very good job..

[@Mark_72]

D@ng! That’s a huge basement, well done!

[@bryanchristie8039]

Really been waiting for a new video of the next step to get uploaded really looking forward to it was actually hoping you’d post one today but this will hold me over I’ve watched every one so far as soon as you put them up

[@Wolfpupfab]

Coming soon

[@sccolbert]

Nice 131X 😎I have a 150X and it is by far my favorite machine!

[@juhavirkkala6614]

Great looking work, wow!👌

[@tdotw77]

8:08 That big chunk of concrete footer falling down against the one brace holding that entire corner\side of the house definitely gave me a little pucker! That was kinda scary thinking about how bad that could've went had you not securely welded the I-beams, braces & bottom plates all together! Its nice to see this timelapse lookback on what already has been completed. Hope to see the next steps coming up in this build series soon. I know you got alot going on over there, we'll be waiting & ready to watch the next video!👍🏻👌🏻🛠️🔧🔩🚜🏗️🦺 ✊🏻🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸✊🏻

[@tdotw77]

12:39 Also I gotta say this song is really so good! I had to use Google a few videos back to figure out what it is - Dan Morrissey "Swamp Fever". I love this beat so much. I literally start bobbing my head when it comes on! Nice music find for sure! 🎶 👌🏻🎵👍🏻😎👨🏻‍🎤🎸🎧🎹🎛️🔊 ✊🏻🇺🇸🦅

[@tdotw77]

Side note(it's too late now) but it would've been really cool to see the actual movements of the house side to side while lifting & lowering it. Like put two levels perpendicular in the house with cameras watching the bubbles go back & forth from side to side while showing the outside shots (screen in screen\split screens). Those bubble shots woulda been cool to see how much the house was actually moving around in the air 'space'. Good idea for next time! 😃🤣👍🏻

[@Buckdeplorable]

Outstanding!

[@sccolbert]

That's some really impressive work. I would have shied away from that job. I don't even think my insurance would cover that work. Bravo!

[@Wolfpupfab]

Thanks👍

[@76TomD]

I love the dogs supervising!

[@stevenmoore2514]

They did it the hard way. Roll the house to one side , construct the basement, replace the house on the basement.

[@richardslater677]

Very nice job but it looks really expensive considering the end result.

[@Rosk03]

Cost me 48k when I got a similar job done at my place. We actually lifted the house first then dug under it.

[@nimblefred2932]

Fun little weekend project

[@Wolfpupfab]

No just Saturday

[@dxndude3519]

Tipping my hat to you Maverick!

[@lovie2000]

The digging was not only amazing to watch, but all that dirt and the piles brought on a craving of mine... i use to eat clay dirt....

[@securethebag1613]

It's amazing that the house didn't collapse 😱😱😱

[@dwightsornberger8916]

I agree. I didn't see any real sheer support during excavation.

[@SurpriseMechanics]

I had a contractor over to give me an estimate for work to be done at my house. I asked him if it was even possible to do what I was asking. Without hesitating, he looked at me and said, “if you have the money, anything is possible with a house. We can even lift it off the ground if you want.” This video made me think of that quote.

[@nameeman207]

idk but for me it seems that 1. lift this house 2. move it 10 meters away 3. build new basement/add 1 floor 4. move house back is way easier + safer than work done on video.

[@raghknarrscott1790]

Nothing like working outside in the Shade ❗️🤙

[@DavidVanHelden1]

The next time I need to pay an excavator operator by the hour... I want this guy..... he's really really fast😅

[@hakeemdarby5354]

where we go from here, I know it's gonna be epic

[@jorgevillarreal4210]

GREAT VIDEO GREAT CONTENT!!! THANKS FOR POSTING...

[@robertsimmons3556]

Started following you when you started laying down the ICF. Great way to showcase the project to date like this video did! Great job!

[@Wolfpupfab]

Thanks👍

[@jimsvideos7201]

Nice bit of handiwork.

[@pauljoseph8338]

So lucky to have sandy soil. Here in eastern PA it’s all shale rock. No way this job could’ve been done without first moving the house, and then using a breaker hammer or explosives.

[@Wolfpupfab]

It is actually 90% clay but I know what you’re saying. Still easier digging

[@smarquardt10]

I love to do this to my house. But dont have the money for it. Looks great

[@nikond90]

Amazing!

[@user-bt6hh9yu1n]

Got a lot done!

[@lonewolfeman]

Great feat of engineering, not sure how you got the vertical "H" or "I" beams in place through the soil ? did you remove floor boards and ram them through soil somehow ? Thanks for sharing.

[@Wolfpupfab]

There was a crawl space under the house so I had to remove some of the block foundation. I explain it in more detail if you are interested in watching kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4rJfGRppcp7ac0si=2ci0XnPZT0Bl7q-X

[@DougBird-p9g]

I watched all the videos but that time lapse was great. I just wish you would refresh instead of replace the lid look siding.

[@wthomas5697]

Why didn't you lift the house up, stick some I beams under it and roll it over to the side until the basement was complete? Then roll it back over the new walls. That thing has to be really light. Seems like it would have been easier.

[@romansero]

Golden wooden house😮

[@JL-hn6hi]

Wondering if your confidence in the wisdom of this undertaking went back and forth, remained strong all along, or…?

[@Wolfpupfab]

It went back and forth. A lot of lost sleep at night wondering if I was crazy or not

[@ІгорЛисенко-ж9н]

Incredible, how many days it took? What are these prefabricated blocks?

[@Wolfpupfab]

Probably 2 months of progress in the video. They are insulated concrete forms

[@ІгорЛисенко-ж9н]

​@@Wolfpupfabtnx for clarification.

[@davidsamways]

Goodness, that looks incredibly dangerous. I couldn't work out what was preventing the steel columns from racking and tipping sideways. Impressive work nonetheless.

[@puckman]

Seen several of these videos where they jack up a house with a bottle jack... What ungodly power do these things have?

[@g_force3857]

Bet you crapped yourself about 8:09 when the bit of foundation fell against the steel post Good luck mate

[@Wolfpupfab]

I sure did

[@shopart1488]

Did you ever think about moving the house to a prepared foundation

[@Wolfpupfab]

Yes. But the way I did it worked best for my situation

[@fargogemini694]

In fast forward that 360° look like a 2 legged spider

[@creaturesofwar5930]

When adding additional support underneath the house, how do you calculate how many support beams are required in order for the middle portions of the house to remain stable?

[@Wolfpupfab]

I just kind of ball-parked it

[@creaturesofwar5930]

@@Wolfpupfab That is what I figured. If you had to put a basement underneath a home built on slab, figuring in all of the utilities are very outdated within the home. Would you rather build a basement underneath or tear down and start from scratch.

[@LKSLKSLKSLKS]

Good work, how much was the final tab?

[@Wolfpupfab]

For the digging and new basement foundation. Around $22k

[@LKSLKSLKSLKS]

@@Wolfpupfab very reasonable in this day and age

[@WilliamHeld-o7z]

Seems like a lot of work and expence just to gain a small space to use for what ? Parking ? What ever you use it for why does it have to be under the house with all the open area around the house ? Not to mention all the real estate committed to accessing the area under the house

[@WilliamHeld-o7z]

Plus you have to move the fireplace or not have one

[@Wolfpupfab]

I like basements

[@stoveguy2133]

Sold my grandpas 1875 house. They lifted house 3’ and built new basement.

[@fundreamer1]

Nice job, but I am curious why you didn't build the basement under the entire house, I see there was a section you didn't go under.

[@Wolfpupfab]

That part of the house will be removed in the near future

[@marcripoche]

Did anyone else get frustrated seeing the excavator digging up the dirt it had already dug and piled up behind it? 😅

[@dirkus3722]

This was really cool to watch but I think that basement is way too big for that house. 😏

[@gregrupar135]

Just curious why you just don’t move the house dig out walls and put back. Much less chance of destroying anything under the house

[@Wolfpupfab]

I disagree. I felt it was much less risky to lift the house up and then back down rather than move the house laterally

[@nitwitboy]

I want a basement and I am not moving! No problem.

[@CptKirk-yt2qx]

Interesting, but unless there is some other reason wouldn't it have been easier to dig a hole then move the house over it? It seems that there is plenty of space to do that.

[@Wolfpupfab]

I felt that would be more risky

[@johnharris2642]

All ready seen all of these. Where's the new ones

[@Wolfpupfab]

Coming soon

[@AndrewTuckr]

how much does it cost to do something of this scale?

[@22_floW]

I had 2 basement walls rebuilt here in Indiana. Each wall was around 30 feet long and included new footings with perimeter drain lines on the outsides of the wall resting on top of the footings with a sump pit entrance pipe installed through one of the new footings (to pump the perimeter drainage water out to daylight / exit). The new walls also had some waterproofing "tar" applied to the outsides of the new walls... During all of this work, there were massive amounts of old material and old wall being demoed and removed. Total cost, with new shoddy sill plate work being done where the guys made too much use of expanding foam for sill plate gaps? ~$35-40k. In this video, it's very possible you could be seeing about $100k worth of work being done. I guess the uploaded got a steal for around $22k (per-his own comment below, but it sounded like it was only for digging and the new basement foundation, which can mean a lot; in all likelihood, he knew some people who helped him with this because any shop willing to do this kind of work, unless they're specialists, would try to avoid doing it, let alone quoting that kind of cost). I didn't see any kind of waterproofing / drainage system with it, either. Maybe it's there and the uploader just didn't show it, but with all the excavation combined with the number of people you see in the video doing major engineering feats with the raising and lowering of the home combined with the block / wall construction, that hourly fee skyrockets quick. Considering the cost of materials, demoing and hauling, permits... Might even be more than $100k, but some of that can be hit-and-miss depending on location and access to shops who know how to do things like this, too, as some shops specialize in this kind of work and can sometimes provide better quotes. If people wanting to do these kinds of things have a big support network of friends and family who have backgrounds in home construction, much of that cost can be reduced, but using them over credentialed, bonded and insured companies can be risky.

[@tadou98]

Seeing the way this house is built, wouldn't it be easier to build the underground somewhere on your land and then place/move the "house" on top of it?

[@danrose3233]

Pucker factor jumped when the stub concrete wall fell against the post! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqGziWSJbKp-bLs

[@gatecrasher1970]

thats not a house it a shed

[@Hitagara]

I think it's a miracle that no one was hurt.

[@stevepeppers560]

That cost a shit ton of cash.

[@DougBird-p9g]

Log look my bad.

[@molitovv]

Where'd all the dirt go?

[@schsch2390]

Enquiring minds want to know. That was a lot of dirt in the back yard.

[@Wolfpupfab]

In multiple large piles in the yard

[@Mr.Saephan503]

They dugged a hole, dumped the dirt into it, and then buried it all 😂

[@osarquivos]

08:05 Perigo da zorra. Deram sorte não cair na escora e derrubar ela, e derrubar a casa inteira.

[@RayanKababi]

ددذ،ط كان بس نكخمننننههع من بين لحكايات اللي كي كان فيها دراهم بزاف فيها و حب واحد في هاته المناطق و واحد من بين هادي قع في الكون و واجد ؤة،.

[@zzz13zzz17]

Looks stupid and dangerous

[@Wolfpupfab]

Stupid and dangerous is my middle name

[@davidking7222]

This is so dangerous . Don't ever do this . The likelihood of death is extremely high . It would never be allowed it's highly illegal to do this in my country , most definitely that way . This is highly dangerous to go about it this way . Let alone the building materials totally wrong for this . This will never be structurally sound . I wouldn't even walk into this home it's that dangerous . There's going to be so many problems . That it can't be repaired without fully demolishment . Save your money if your thinking of doing this .

[@Wolfpupfab]

🙃