ALMOST LOST THE DIGGER!! BI FOLD EXTENSION PART 1

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IN THIS WEEKS VIDEO ALMOST LOST THE DIGGER !! BI FOLD EXTENSION PART 1 WE ARE A MAN DOWN AS JASON WAS BUSY ON THIS OCCASION .
WE HIRED A KUBOTA MICRO DIGGER FROM OUR GO TO HIRE SHOP HODGESON TOOL HIRE , WE ALSO HIRED A POWERED BARROW FOR ALEX TO DRIVE.
WE PILED THE SPOIL AT THE FRONT OF THE JOB READY FOR J NAPIER AND STEVE THEIR DRIVER TO TAKE IT AWAY ON THE GRAB WAGON WHILE AT THE SAME TIME DROPPING OF 4 TON OF QUARRIED MOT STONE .
WE HAD A FEW DRAMAS ON THIS JOB AS ALWAYS SO STAY TUNED AND ENJOY
#extension #minidigger #foundations
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@alanpowell24 3 ай бұрын

What a good lad you have Steve, a great attitude - I know you must be proud of him……..

@SteveAndAlexBuild 3 ай бұрын

Very Alan 😍😍🧱👍🏽

@paullindsay4798 2 жыл бұрын

Love these videos lads it shows how hard it is to be a jobbing builder anyone can dig in the middle of a field. I have been digging with mini digger for 20 years and best advice to help you is. 1. Dig with a smaller bucket I use 450 you get more power and maneuverability. 2. Layer your dig starting at the top not digging from the bottom its less pull on the arm and helps not to hit services. 3. Use the arm swing to left and right usually located under your right foot this means you don't have to be square to the footing. Hope this helps happy digging.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great advice 😁🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

@WarpFactor999 2 жыл бұрын

Spot on! Always use Dig Safe (or the Brit equivalent) to verify where the lines and pipes are first.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

@@WarpFactor999 🧱👍🏽

@stewartmcneill2262 Жыл бұрын

Hard work lads been there many times best of luck to yas

@SteveAndAlexBuild Жыл бұрын

Check Stewart 🥵🧱👍🏽

@dave4602 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy these videos, keep them coming.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Dave, will do 🧱👍🏽

@davecooke914 2 жыл бұрын

Great job lads looking forward to seeing this build good luck 👍👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave 🧱👍🏽

@RajSinghKhalsa 2 жыл бұрын

You both worked so hard, good job

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud 🧱👍🏼

@malcelwell7209 Жыл бұрын

Did a cracking job on that digger Steve and Alex On that power barrow . You live and learn 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild Жыл бұрын

Thanks Malc very true 🧱👍🏽

@derrick9635 Жыл бұрын

Top men ,you really enjoy the comforts of home after working in the rain ,kudos .

@SteveAndAlexBuild Жыл бұрын

😉cheers 🧱👍🏽

@bobwatson957 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Lads, thats was a hard 3 days work in that rain and then heat, particularly at the end. Good to see Alex digging for a change. It separates the men from the boys when digging those trenches. It was great you had the digger. It makes some difference.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob , yea Al was a massive help , he is bigger and heavier thank me now 💪🏼🧱👍🏽

@freepress8451 2 жыл бұрын

This was interesting, thanks for sharing! Drains and builders - I bought a house from a builder and everything was fine for 4 years. Then one day we discovered that we shared the drain with both our neighbors, as the drain blocked and where was the manhole? Underneath a wall and the floor of our garage.....

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Not good 😲🧱👍🏽

@freepress8451 2 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Expensive, took 3 hours with a sledge and jack hammers, to remove part of floor and one wall and half a year in the courts

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

@@freepress8451 jeez that’s bad 😳🧱👍🏽

@freepress8451 2 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild It is what it is, surveyor missed it

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

@@freepress8451 . 😬🧱👍🏽

@memyself7413 2 жыл бұрын

I'm really enjoying these videos, because there is so much to be aware of and learn. The way you get around the 'pit falls' that, like a traffic jam, seem to appear from nowhere. Oh, and by the way, Steve, you handled that digger so well and I think you were far too hard on yourself with your comments. Alex did a fantastic job with his driving skills too. Eagerly, I await the follow up video. Have a good weekend, both.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much , much appreciated 🙏🏽😁🧱👍🏽

@MattRoscoe1 Жыл бұрын

Steve: "Should have taken the gate off but he's not hitting it" Alex: ... hits gate...

@SteveAndAlexBuild Жыл бұрын

😏

@richardsedorski1206 2 жыл бұрын

Cracking vid very hard work good wheelbarrow skills going up the ramp also grey T-shirts looked very smart well done.👍👍👍😎😎😎

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Richard 😁🧱👍🏼

@ivorleak8823 2 жыл бұрын

I had a 3.5 tonne jcb forklift that sank in my garden after I’d rerouted the mains electricity supply underground, which left a soft spot. Thought it had been filled in with stone etc but when I was lifting some bricks, I started sinking lol. Proper stressful moment and luckily got someone to pull it out.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Very scary indeed 🫣🫣😳🧱👍🏼

@garrysmythe 9 ай бұрын

You say youre not a good driver, but you look brilliant at fast speed mate , great as always from Garry in Barnsley

@SteveAndAlexBuild 9 ай бұрын

Terrible diver mate 🫣🧱👍🏽

@johnbuist5289 2 жыл бұрын

A Great upload showing the benefits of plant machinery on a job but also the problems they can cause and the dangers ! A lot of planning to get all the logistics to site and a lot of hard graft by Steve and Alex to manage to dig the deepest dig ever I’m sure a very memorable dig by father and son well done lads and never broke a pipe ! No sense with drainage ever 🤪 cheers for upload 👏👏👏

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers John , it was a stressful one indeed , that machinery is small but takes up a hell of a lot of room 😵‍💫😬🧱👍🏼

@stun9771 2 жыл бұрын

Routinely send to dig fittings and pipe slits by hand…never had a machine on site (JCB backhoe/loader) to do it until 1981…and it overdug every bloody thing, t(asks to an over exuberant operator…so caused a whole load of extra work…!! Give me a spade and shovel any day…

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

@@stun9771 very true Stu 🧱👍🏽

@marcwalters7541 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like you are doing a cracking job on that digger Steve 💪🏻

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Marc , slow and steady 👍🏽🧱

@xtrofilm 2 жыл бұрын

Im praying for you that it did'nt lash down over the weekend and the Grand Canyon fill up with water, that would be hell on earth. Love that girls voice in that song you keep playing, its brilliant like your vids.👌👌👍👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

It was fine , cheers buddy 🧱👍🏽

@frankyates7910 2 жыл бұрын

big footings good start.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

🥵🥵😆🧱👍🏽

@salvatorediprima943 Жыл бұрын

Steve is there anyway you could videos in order like part one then two like you do occasionally but when I search for second video I struggle to find,just an idea mode not be you but you tube ,great videos anyway

@SteveAndAlexBuild Жыл бұрын

🧱👍🏽

@jd3497 2 жыл бұрын

Back-fill blade in the rear always adds stability and breakout force. Appears that the neighbor has Pseudosasa Japonica planted at the fenceline.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

😆🧱👍🏼😉

@nigelweaving9045 2 жыл бұрын

Foundations are critical. We had an extension on our house and the ground was very poor. A combination of bad ground and common drain runs meant it cost £10K to get out of the ground, 12 cubic metres of concrete and rebar too.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Jeez , big job !!! 😬🧱👍🏽

@eddieMurphy11111 2 жыл бұрын

it is going to be hot next week well the start of it is anyway so will it be shorts? thanks for the video and we all have to learn sometimes

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely Eddie ! It’s scorchino in Paris right now 🥵🥵😆🧱👍🏽

@haydenuk02 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing work and thanks for sharing this with us take care

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy 🧱👍🏽

@haydenuk02 2 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild No problem pal 👍🏻

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

@@haydenuk02 😁🧱👍🏽

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

@@haydenuk02 🧱👍🏽

@robertmorris5214 2 жыл бұрын

Epic dig that we'll done

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Robert 🧱👍🏽

@davidcort2857 2 жыл бұрын

Tough job there boys.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

It certainly was David 🥵🧱👍🏽

@JayKTS Жыл бұрын

Good video guys .. that’s millimeter work going through the gate with that mini dumper It’s indeed getting deep , it’s a problem i have a lot really Problem being it will cost more and a lot of clients have calculated the cost to the smallest detail budget wise ,but everything goes out the window cause the foundation being deeper than anticipated ,, no fun at all for nobody .. it pushes the price up a lot

@JayKTS Жыл бұрын

Electricity cables , piping are the main casualties lol … hand digging it is ;) cheers guys

@SteveAndAlexBuild Жыл бұрын

Al did well for a first timer Jay 🤙🏾🤙🏾. Yes that’s our first footing that we have had to charge extra . Not pleasant for anyone involved but necessary 😬🧱👍🏽

@mhbwk2019 Жыл бұрын

I know I keep repeating myself but you guys genuinely reflect what I call proper bread and butter bricklaying, I’ve had a lifetime of it too so I appreciate how hard it is ! Well done lads 💪👏🧱🧱

@SteveAndAlexBuild Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much pal 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽

@garymallard4699 Жыл бұрын

pull the blocks out that fell in..start digging in that corner you need to hand dig..throw the fill into that hole beside the digger and you can back up and put enough in to get your digger out straight ( throw blocks on to level the trench side ) ..i had to do alot by myself over decades and learned to do it as easy as you can )...

@SteveAndAlexBuild Жыл бұрын

🧱👍🏽

@aldonabagusauskas4956 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing Steve push that wheelbarrow up that man made mountain of dirt reminded me of that Elvis song

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

😆🧱👍🏽

@alanpowell24 3 ай бұрын

Nothing wrong with your driving Steve! Are you going so deep to match existing, in case there is a valid structural reason / soil problem?

@SteveAndAlexBuild 3 ай бұрын

We went down to the same depth as the extension on the left 🧱👍🏽

@Tom-Lahaye 2 жыл бұрын

Luke on the death star, I thought exactly the same a moment before you mentioned it, the trench flight was and still is the most memorable film scene in the cinema. And you got that van well packed out with the insulation, when you tapped the door handle at the rear I expected the doors popping open violently. Good luck with the digger, the dozer blade was what just prevented it from tipping on its side.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t resist the fly through 😆. We will keep practicing with the diggers 😁🧱👍🏼

@jd3497 Жыл бұрын

The dozer blade is really a backfill blade. If the digger was oriented so that blade was in the rear it could have been used to lift and stabilize the machine when the bank caved. Could have narrowed the tracks and driven out, no help needed.

@SteveAndAlexBuild Жыл бұрын

@@jd3497 No It couldn’t 🧱👍🏼

@johnburrows9558 2 жыл бұрын

Proper bit of graft fella's

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers John 🧱👍🏽

@carlbous 2 жыл бұрын

Just remember to count the rotations on the digger otherwise it'll unscrew itself.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

😏👌🏼🧱👍🏽

@davebrez3441 2 жыл бұрын

Bet you enjoyed the weekend off after that 🤗 70s Houses and Drains not a good mix 😂

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

We did 😆😆🧱👍🏽

@WarpFactor999 2 жыл бұрын

The micro "digger" is sooo cute! Hint: The smaller bucket is actually faster and has more control. I can't believe how close that house is to the adjacent one. Sheesh! I think I've got 25' on either side of my house. Glad to see Al is feeling more better (much gooder?). What a dig! Have a great weekend mates! Have a couple of cold ones! Cheers from Texas!

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers buddy , it’s currently 2.51 am , heading to the airport soon for a weekend at Disneyland Paris 😏🧱👍🏽

@brianhume4743 2 жыл бұрын

My house is one breeze block and a brick from my next door neighbour 🙃

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

@@brianhume4743 😁🧱👍🏼

@stun9771 2 жыл бұрын

Looks a nice bit of soil…shame to have to Chuck it…!!

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah gutted , tiny bit of clay and sod and the whole load has to go to land fill 🫣😭😭🧱👍🏼

@marcwalters7541 2 жыл бұрын

I thought I was watching an episode of time team at one stage 🤣🤣🤣

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

We thought we were in an episode too 😵‍💫😆🧱👍🏼

@MultiDoug50 2 жыл бұрын

Rain? In England?! I am shocked 😂

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

💦💦💧💧🌬🌬☔️😁🧱👍🏽

@philippendlebury4518 Жыл бұрын

Tough job in confined space and poor access with a lot of hand balling. You've definitely earned your corn on this one. We'll done.

@SteveAndAlexBuild Жыл бұрын

Cheers Philip 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

@salvatorediprima943 Жыл бұрын

Why isn’t your boy doing the digging in corner shame on you Alex 😂😂

@SteveAndAlexBuild Жыл бұрын

😏🧱👍🏽

@darrenkirkland8587 2 жыл бұрын

Good grafting chaps hard work but as always you do the job correct.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Darren 🧱👍🏽

@chriscollins1704 2 жыл бұрын

I wish they just fit a hydraulic quick hitch to all machines. Hacking away at it with a claw hammer, getting covered in grease 😄

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

It was a semi quick hitch so not so bad 🧱👍🏽

@chriscollins1704 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I see you there with the bar. Thats the problem with doing these rear extensions. I don't think for the last 10 foundations I've been able to fit anything other than one of those poxy things. Better than hand jive though 😄

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

@@chriscollins1704 . Definitely 😉🧱👍🏽

@Mike_5 2 жыл бұрын

Mini Diggers are very useful but they do sometimes make you look like you are playing with Tonka

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Very true 😆😆👍🏽🧱

@lukedacosta3729 2 жыл бұрын

Not a criticism but advice, when you have the machines try to use them for your benefit and get money’s worth. Dig the oversite out to required depth at same time then you can use machines to bring type1 round, also bring the bricks and blocks round. Work smarter not harder lads 👍

@lukedacosta3729 2 жыл бұрын

Just seen Justin’s from brick rights comment, great minds think alike

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

🧱👍🏽

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

🧱👍🏽

@holymoly6829 2 жыл бұрын

That was a tow lads Phew 😥 It’s done now 🤗

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

😬🥵🧱👍🏼

@davidgreen9063 2 жыл бұрын

High Steve what would an extension like that cost roughly.Only asking because we are thinking of having one similiar to that one. Unfortunately we are a long way from where you are.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Hi David there is no average price I’m afraid 🧱👍🏽

@paullindsay4798 2 жыл бұрын

In Harrogate Yorkshire no change out of 30k for a full job.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

@@paullindsay4798 🧱👍🏽

@user-lc7xb5ch5t 2 жыл бұрын

Fold rops forwards try wedge between house

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

🧱👍🏽

@user-lc7xb5ch5t 2 жыл бұрын

Youll get used to digger in time

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-lc7xb5ch5t yea practice makes adequate 😆🧱👍🏽

@ronsteadman4988 2 жыл бұрын

How long would that take to dig out by hand.?

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Probably about 4 days 🥵👍🏽🧱

@andywest3260 2 жыл бұрын

Did you no you can widen the tracks on the digger

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah forget to retract them 😩🧱👍🏽

@dhs2329 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed the video, but would have been even better if you'd shown the excavator being extracted especially as the title is "almost lost the digger"

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Very true but in the panic setting up the camera was then last thing we thought about 🙄😬🧱👍🏽

@andrew1bradley Жыл бұрын

Wheel barrow job ?

@SteveAndAlexBuild Жыл бұрын

On day 3 😬🧱👍🏽

@alanpowell24 3 ай бұрын

Who is in Leamington? I wish you two lived near me, I’d give you a few jobs to put in your diary………

@SteveAndAlexBuild 3 ай бұрын

A&E construction 🦺 🧱👍🏽

@daverichardson5861 2 жыл бұрын

Evening both.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Dave 👋🏽🧱👍🏼

@E69apeTheMatrix420 2 жыл бұрын

These look like concrete face bricks to me

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Nope shite London flettons London dapple lights 🤢🧱👍🏽

@E69apeTheMatrix420 2 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Wow you known your stuff! Look forward to watching the job

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

@@E69apeTheMatrix420 😉🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

@Ink706 2 жыл бұрын

Lbc fletton are indeed the worst brick in the world!!

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ink706 Absolutely 😖😖🧱👍🏽

@SkillBuilder 2 жыл бұрын

you guys are so soft up North, we would have punched that little trench out by hand.

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

😆😆💪🏼🧱👍🏽

@cajutila Жыл бұрын

Looks to me that you are getting more proficient on the digger.

@SteveAndAlexBuild Жыл бұрын

Slow progress 😁🧱👍🏽

@bullyb6182 2 жыл бұрын

Your lads don’t look like you done much on digger and track barrow before no hand dig when ya no how to use a digger properly

@SteveAndAlexBuild Жыл бұрын

Correct , this was our first job with the plant 🧱👍🏽

@RichardDowd 2 жыл бұрын

"pants" ....please don't go Yanklish!!

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

What’s that 🧐🧱👍🏽

@RichardDowd 2 жыл бұрын

Trousers not pants

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

@@RichardDowd 🧐😆👍🏽🧱

@deconteesawyer5758 Жыл бұрын

@@RichardDowd "Pantaloons" in Britspeak.

@ellagrace27306 2 жыл бұрын

Two speeds on the digger, dead slow and stop

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

No just one speed … careful

@brickrightbuildinglandscaping 2 жыл бұрын

Never easy digging out is it .back in the day we used to dig em all by hand .couple of things i always did was trench fill the foundations as high as i could with concrete less brickwork in footings. Dig the floor out first before foundations while the digger is there could bring round the mot 1 for the floor with the machines. There is a foot peddle on the digger to operate the digger arm left and right.could of dug all that footing out put it on the floor planked and double boarded the hole borrow muck out and drive digger over boards.Dpc is an odd one door threshold two courses higher than damp .Anyway no criticism at all just trying to help in some way .great energy and graft as ever and brilliant to see you having a go of the digger and track barrow. Enjoyed the video and good luck with the concrete lads 👍👊🧱🧱🙂👍just realised that was a garage so lower than finished floor 🤣🤣 i miss the extension im pricing one now to do the entire job we will see.👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Justin , we missed Jason , ha normally drives for us 🥺😆🧱👍🏽

@brickrightbuildinglandscaping 2 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Just do it yourself Steve you dont need Jason with all due respect. You lads can do it and the more you do it the more confident you will get .just gotta work smart with the machines make the most out of them as they aint cheap. Here on day 3 its the same price for a weeks hire so we usually go for the week aint much difference. Can bring mot ,sand and any back fill round ready so no manual digging. Its cheaper in the long round quicker and easier on the back just got to be smart and use the full week as much as you can .Also we always give the client a heads up that they may need a contingency in the budget whilst in the ground .you never no if you need to dig deaper and then more concrete etc .can cost thousands more so better that its not a shock and you explain all this before a shovel breaks ground. Ive learnt all this so hope it helps .if you ever want a chat about any of this id be happy for you to ring me Steve .we all learn off each other i no you could teach me loads .Again if i can help if you need it let me no be nice to no i can drop you a call for any stuff you can help me with mate ? 👍🧱🧱👊🙂

@SteveAndAlexBuild 2 жыл бұрын

@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping 😁🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

@garyharrisonuk 2 жыл бұрын

@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping Novice question... how can you use the digger to 'bring' the MOT, Sand etc? Drag it ? Lift it?

@brickrightbuildinglandscaping 2 жыл бұрын

@@garyharrisonuk nar not with that size digger