Do yourself a favour and do not pour the porch or garage floors till spring. Go ahead with the basement floor now or soon. I'am speaking from 50 plus years building residential housing in Southern Ontario, Canada. Similiar weather. That clay is 8 to 9ft deep and it takes a long time to compact in good weather let alone winter. Be patient with those two cement floors. It will not hold up any construction and are not needed till the house is done. Trust me. Love your channel. Cheers 🇨🇦

Really need to let that garage fill settle for a while before concrete. Without compacting it there will be a lot of settling. I'd expect as much as 12" of settling on the edges where it was deep. The concrete won't hold up if poured right on that gravel too soon.

In Canada we Delta Wrap the sealed exterior concrete before back filling. It both provides protection to the sealant from damage and keeps moisture away.

All that fill in the garage should settle alot before pouring the floor. I just seen others had the same concern. I enjoy watching....Thanks for sharing.

It's hard to get good compaction when backfilling with frozen soil. Expect considerable settling. That's not a big deal around the exterior perimeter of your foundation; keep filling as needed. But it will be problematic in the garage and porch area.

The advice I would give besides the compaction deal would be to sprinkle hay on the outside of your back filled Foundation, so when your walls and roofer up and it rains it won't splash mud up on the untreated part of the wall and stain it. It's as simple as sprinkling hay around the perimeter. And if you put it on heavy enough it'll also keep the mud down from going inside when they're installing Windows and siding

Thanks for a channel that demonstrates a great work ethic and honors our Lord Jesus Christ. Keep on keeping on!

It's been much warmer down here in the deep south. It was 70 today. Hope you will get some warm weather to help with the building process. One thing to remember building your house is that this is your chance to add things you really want. So build your dream as much as possible.

Lots of progress....Looking good....Happy New Year !!

Did a great job back filling and all of the gravel work be careful and have with the new house build

Backfilling the garage with native soil is asking for settling and cracks in your garage slab. Either dig it back out or compact it and let it settle for a LONG time. I’ve got a lot of years in construction and have seen this firsthand. Love the Chanel! Don’t mean to critique.

👍👌❤🇨🇦, our frost depths here are between 8 and 10 feet down, depending on amount of snow cover

It’s great watching you build this new home, look forward to each episode 😊

It is really starting to look good, it’s exciting to see how far the new house is coming along. Great job getting all that full dirt out around the house and all the stones put down.

Basement looks great! I know it probably feels like the build will take forever, but time will pass and before long you will be moving your family into your beautiful new house! Love it that you’re bringing us along for the ride!

One step closer🎉. Hope the weather looks good for the next few days so they can a lot done.

If you can, go with Spray foam insulation. Out performs fiberglass, air tight, lasts for practically a lifetime. Might be pricey but it will pay for it's self in 3 years from heating/ cooling costs.

The house is looking good. Be sure to put an inch or two of Styrofoam under the slab in the house basemen. You can't do it later and you will be sorry if you don't do it. I'm in Maine and have been pounding nails for 47 years. Our energy code requires at least 1" of foam, I believe it is, on the interior or exterior of the foundation. We also have to add 1" of foam on the interior or exterior of the exterior walls as a thermal break. The walls must have an R-21 plus 1 inch of foam. It didn't look as though you compacted the fill in the garage in 12" lifts as you placed the fill. Don't be in a big hurry to pour that slab as it will settle quite a bit over time. You want that settling do be finished before you pour the slab. The most important part of a house is the stuff in the ground that you'll never see. It's not the granite counter tops and gold bathroom fixtures.

I wish I was closer to your farm, I would buy your milk. Shipping would kill that deal. Your family are some really hard workers. Lot of pride in doing your job.

Looks like we'll have some warmer weather this week. Plus rain so it is a good time to get it back filled. Hope everybody had a great New Year's Day

Great job on the back filling and gravel work. Looked like the cold slowed down the process, having to pop the cold dirt apart. You and Andrew did good, my back would be wrenched for a week from that much machine work. Good one, thanks Eric, have a great week.

I was always taught to install the floor deck or at least the joist before backfilling to stop the wall from cracking. Thanks for the video.

Awesome seeing the new house build. 👍👍👍

Good job, every so often run the skid steer or other machine where you backfilled. This way later on, you won't get dips outside the foundation walls.

Happy New York Eric. Hope it's a healthy one for your family also. You're making great progress on the house. Good luck with the framing. I hope those cows appreciate everything you do for them. Stay safe.

I understand you are impatient but backfilling needs a whole more compaction, especially with the frozen ground. Isolation was a better idea and much cheaper and quicker than doing it afterwards. Concrete the basement after framing?

Things really are coming along at a nice pace, given the weather and holidays. Looking good!

Happy New Year and Congrats on your new home. You are blessed.

In the 1940's my grandparents built a house. Grandpa was a house builder ! He used an I beam in the house! Best thing he did! There wasn't 1 floor in that hole house that squeaked! Still doesn't! The frame is first cut Cedar! it's a beautiful house! It'll last for years to come! Grandma even had them put the windows tword the corners in the bedrooms. So they could move the furniture anywhere they wanted! With out having to worry about the windows! Bay windows in the front! Built in China cabinet! It was the perfect house for kids! Even had the kids bedroom lights wired into the closet in the master bedroom so when it was lights out it. Was lights out! Had a trash shoot from the kitchen to the basement! No kids getting into the trash! Ever! Or grandkids! They found the blue prints in Better homes and garden! And modified it! Have fun with your house!

Thanks for answering the questions that people had because that really made me curious when I read them.

Yep it takes a lot of work for sure. But it's coming along nicely for sure! Really nice job on the back fill too!

It's all coming together really well 😃😃😃 gonna be a real Kool house for your family.

Great video Eric! Very interesting to see the house coming along and all the hard work you're putting into it. Well done!

With those big frozen chunks and rocks you're going to have some settling and shifting for a while, which I am sure you realize. Once a few good warm rains get down into the backfill, you will have to go back over it and smooth it out. And yes, driving machines like that take a physical toll on the body. I rented a skid steer and felt like I was playing football with no pads on. I was sore from head to toe.

When we built our new house here in east central WI, the forms they used basically were foam insulation on the inside and outside and they had hard plastic tendons. Rebar laid on those tendons. They stacked like large Lego blocks. It was really cool. They then coated the outside with waterproofing black tar looking stuff and laid a mess down and around the bottom where the weeping tile went. It has been a very dry & warm basement.

Must be very exciting for you and your family to watch your new home being built. Congratulations!

Heed the backfilling advice. Geotechnical Engineer PE, with 3 decades of experience. Looking forward to watching your new home construction. BTW thoroughly enjoy your channel. Keep em coming?

New year, new house, nice work. Next project, turning that house in to your home 🙂. Happy new year 👍

Your video of the work that did with both skid steers saved you some money and what a great job too! working in the frozen ground and rocks. House is coming along great.

Love seeing the house come together

Hi Eric! Great bunch of videos, thanks for sharing your house building with us. Hope you have a Happy New Year!

Yes sir i would imagine it would be hard on the back that was a lot of back filling well done guy's .You must be looking forward as i am to see the building part get started .HAPPY NEW YEAR to all

Love seeing the house coming along!! Thanks

The house project is looking good can’t wait to see what’s next for y’all Happy New Year to you and your family god bless

It takes a lot of time, but everything you can do yourself saves a LOT of money. Also you know you are doing it correctly. Good job!

im so shocked you didnt cave a wall in with how close you were getting

Didn’t see any weeping tile around the outside of the foundation wall. I believe that you have provided for a sump pump inside the basement?

The work is in full swing, the cows have no holidays, and happy New Year to you)

Frozen drit around the foundation leads to issues ,especially with those poured foundations!

Always nice when you can do some of the work yourself running machines wether digging or backfilling or like you guys do around your farm is a skill set some have it some don't also using a excavator for backfilling is easier specially if ground is hard but you guys did nice work

like this old man said yesterday to me as I was walking with my handicap hubby,,,,take it easy,don't be in a hurry...

Starting to take shape. Good job on the backfilling. HNY.

Since I didn't see you use any compaction equipment, I'm assuming you didn't do any compaction of the fill dirt, which means you're going to get some settlement over time. You should be concerned about that if you're going to pour concrete over the fill, such a in the garage area. If the perimeter of the building is going to be a grassy area then there's not too much to worry about.

Why not have the silage bunkers open at both ends? Then you could add new silage at one end, then remove old from the other? Also use closed cell spray foam on the house.. its a little pricy, but you will be rewarded in the long run with a very tight warm house, and lower heating bills for the next 100 years! Good video! 😊

Looking good!!!!!

Nice work! Looking great! 👍

Moving frozen dirt looks tough. Take care and Have a Happy New Year 2023.

The house is coming along nicely!

Nice progress on the house project!

Happy New Year!!! Exciting to see the house coming together 🙂

A very wise move to add the egress window to make a legal bedroom in the basement as well as the billco entry door.

Eric, I think you might regret not compacting that fill dirt you guys put in the garage. That perimeter is going to settle over time and could cause cracks in your cement floor and worse you may get chunks of it sagging down as the settlement continues.

Do you put footer tile around the outside of the basement walls ? Thx for the video !!

Lookin good you’ll have a house standing up in no time 😊

Can’t wait to see it finished man congratulations

I bet your glad you have the equipment to help get all of this done!

Having done concrete and foundations for a living, I'm worried about settling around your walls. I didn't notice any compacting being done. I see a lot of cracked and sinking flatwork in the future. Maybe I'm wrong. Love your videos.

Fun to see it coming together for you.

Happy New Year. great video Eric. The home is taking shape. Really looking good son. thank you

ERIC, I hear ya. I spend several hours in the saddle & I'm dripping w sweat & stiff N sore. And the tractor did all the hard work. I just dont understand it. !

Looking forward to the virtual house warming party!

Great work. Well done guys

If You build it, they will come. Why I own a Beach House. On the West Coast of Nicaragua. Love Your Channel

You guys must be getting pretty excited. 2023 is looking good for you.

You should have a tamper when your backfilling. Looks good

In basement put down insulation. , if not putting in floor heating. Basements always get cold & damp.

Not compacting dirt below the slab will cause cracks after it settles

Keep going this way man💪🤟

Love the house build videos ❤

G'day from Aus. Keep up the good videos. I noticed when you are backfilling that you don't put gravel next to the house walls to allow for drainage. Wont this cause water pressure ? - similar when you build a retaining wall.

House is coming along shout out Andrew!! Happy new year 🎉

Happy New year to you and your family 🎉🎉🎉 10 gen farmer. From the imperial county California.

You should compact the backfill. It will settle an crack your garage floor.

them sticking rebar in it guarantees it will structurally fail in 25-75 years. You probably don't have stainless rebar in there, instead you have pre-rusted (continuing to rust) rebar. next time you build a long term bunker home, make sure to lay stainless steel rebar or other similar non-rusting material

Hey Eric. Happy New Year to you & your family. Thanks for sharing the progress on your home. I didn’t see weeping tile (Big O) installed around your basement footings. Do you not use that in your area? Take care. Safety First good man.

LOVE ALL YOUR WORK ERICK

Never judge any work, everything takes its toll

Congratulations on the new house. As someone who works in new construction can I give you one word of advice. Grade the yard now get down some seed and straw mat. It will really help keep down the mess.

Hey Eric, read through most of the comments and not to many "you should of done it this way" but you will always get that. Doing good, nice work 👍. It will be a fabulous house for you and your family. Love your channel, keep the vids coming.

Every Young Man, needs a BIG Shovel. You got two...

going to be a awesome house one thing make you put a drain in the floor for the furnace

Looks nice Eric!

Lookin’ pretty good. 😊

I really don’t want to be that guy but I was always taught never backfill until the trusses are up. Even if you’re not compacting!

Happy new year and can’t wait for framing video

10G!! You da man!!

As I have always said Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence but the water bill is always more.

Nice job on the driveway!

Looking really nice.

LegArms has a LegUp on ya, better get cracken. Lol.