Digging foundations: Not fun, but it’s important

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@PabloEskimofo Жыл бұрын

I’m surprised Jess didn’t hop down in the hole you guys just dug and said “wow, look at all this… square space”

@korycoster3586 Жыл бұрын

Truly a massively missed opportunity

@AlignToDeliver Жыл бұрын

We were just saying the same thing, “Wow Scott, it looks like digging those 2 square spaces for your concrete footings was hard work! Tell you what isn’t hard work, using Squarespace for your website”.

@casparwilliams1507 Жыл бұрын

😂

@jimurrata6785 Жыл бұрын

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@numbereightyseven Жыл бұрын

@@jimurrata6785 you're a lot of fun to be around...

@erugoodwin3443 Жыл бұрын

The "Professional Troglodyte" title really got me lmao

@ellenhal1537 5 ай бұрын

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@BenKenobi82 Жыл бұрын

Calling Rich from under there made my day 😂👍

@ZakKap Жыл бұрын

This guy's hilarious!! Enters crawlspace... "Meeting of the mole people" & "What do I do with this" Scott: "Let your imagination run wild" ... "you don't want that Scott" 😂😂

@bertbergers9171 Жыл бұрын

The "bonding agent is for trouble in your relationship" was a good one too!

@kingoftheworld53 Жыл бұрын

This guy out here dropping bombs

@Barrysautospares Жыл бұрын

“The beads don’t help” 😂😂 I’m dying

@M.A.S.Ked-Crusader Жыл бұрын

“Get ya self a trade son, something to fall back on” classic parent advice !

@M.A.S.Ked-Crusader Жыл бұрын

And I took it to !

@kennyx8482 Жыл бұрын

dam, wish MY parents encouraged me to get a trade, when i left school..had no idea what to do

@marioligata5024 Жыл бұрын

Probably the best Ryan's kzfaq.infoUgkxGZedDTcDfgD7fG_uU4esfx_EgxzlY2_1 Plans on building a shed is hardly ever found. And Ryan takes the mystery out of different types of foundation options, etc. He even shows how to build a shed with different designs. Very comprehensive, covering different roofing materials, siding, etc.

@steffengrossmann169 Жыл бұрын

Damn you Scott. Why am I learning so much of you in just 10min??? Why couldn’t school be like that??? Mentally devour every episode.

@wearsjorge55 Жыл бұрын

"You don't want that scott" mate that got me so good 😂

@trevormanuelsingko4373 Жыл бұрын

fahh that was crack up aye, i giggle and wife was wondering why😂😂😂

@pauledwards9493 Жыл бұрын

Just imagine you're a prisoner of war contributing to The Great Escape Scott. Tends to help once the bad back is gone.

@Sabreshift Жыл бұрын

"You can tolerate the shitty jobs when you understand the bigger picture". So true, your a bloody scholar mate 👍

@TheDkbohde Жыл бұрын

I feel your pain so deeply.. here in California most of our older houses are built on a raised foundation too. Although it would probably be easier if I wasn’t 6’3” and 280lbs. I love the FaceTime call under the house from Rich. If I am in a particularly tight area and have to wait for someone to bring me a part I’ll usually FaceTime my claustrophobic buddy and freak him out a bit. Thanks for the great content chief.

@bertbergers9171 Жыл бұрын

Scott, you are just a great builder doing due diligence every time! And being that way, you do end up doing foundations every time you do a big job.

@dhammer5645 Жыл бұрын

This video makes me glad we usually have basements in Canada where we can stand up and work. Saying that we now have to cart the concrete and dirt up the basement stairs and through the house to outside.

@incognitonunya8467 Жыл бұрын

“Meeting of the mole people” 😂

@harriglnola7655 Жыл бұрын

Scott, Normally I don't comment on your videos, but... YOU GUYS ARE A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! You did a crap load of work! Also, I absolutely LOVE all of your videos!!! I learn something NEW every time I view them. Thanks so much and may God continue to bless you and yours.

@Exuction Жыл бұрын

Loved the call to Richard was a very great touch!

@more.power. Жыл бұрын

Thanks Scotty and Jess a great episode.

@Layneigan720 Жыл бұрын

3am in Aus with Scott Brown love it thanks mate for keeping it real

@astr0nox Жыл бұрын

Great to see Richard again!

@coreybates1535 Жыл бұрын

How goods Scott brown on a Saturday morning! Keep up the videos mate, love it, love your attitude, work ethic, quality and your zest for life!

@CptSideSlider Жыл бұрын

"I hope it's rocky as shit!" Spoken like a true friend!

@lumberjackmatt7724 8 ай бұрын

I really enjoy watching and learning more about carpentry from your channel. Kitchen looks amazing Scott!!!!!

@anylife_photography Жыл бұрын

Richard is a comedic genius. Had me cracking up the whole way through. I reckon it was the delivery and timing ae 🤣🤣

@katrinabell7684 Жыл бұрын

Back breaking work.. well done all three of you!🙃can’t wait to hear ‘passed’ 😎so you can continue the next video. Great video SBC. Great work too SBC🎉😎

@nahhan90 Жыл бұрын

I’m with you! I spent all week digging haha apprentice life!

@tinkermouse-scottrussell3738 Жыл бұрын

Consider using an SDS drill with a clay spade bit fitted; if you have the room in my case, I needed to hand dig 6 to 8 inches to get the assembly into the hole. I found this method much quicker to break up and then remove the soil than digging the full hole by hand. Play safe from Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada.

@stuartandrews4344 Жыл бұрын

From past experience of doing similar job, a cordless SDS Max breaker with clay spade, would make short work of that job.

@paulmagee8171 Жыл бұрын

This is a very good suggestion...they are a life saver!

@onsapplikasies8620 Жыл бұрын

Another great episode. Thank you Scott

@justjames1348 Жыл бұрын

That attachment for the hammer drill is mad. Cheap and works like a treat with a vacuum

@saskia959 Жыл бұрын

Where do you get this? Never seen anything like it!

@JamieVauxnut1 Жыл бұрын

Waiting on an inspection is definitely something I haven't done since before covid here in Scotland. Taking pictures as inspections just aren't happening now at any stage of builds, can see a flood of serious repairs in a few years. We'll be there to cash in fixing others work I suppose

@adrianzaldivar Жыл бұрын

Nice video Scott. Keep 'em coming!

@rrkmac635 Жыл бұрын

Ask myself that every day. Should have been a sparky. More £££, less work, no tidying up....

@kiwigrunt330 Жыл бұрын

...and less responsibility.

@MsElijah16 Жыл бұрын

Cheers for showing how u did the footing and showing the plan as well

@JetzFFA Жыл бұрын

Hey Scott! You inspired me to be a chippy when I was in high school. Loved the type of works you did and video you make. I’ve recently just started an electrical apprenticeship and pretty happy on it! Will always still have a soft spot for your trade though. Love

@jamieferguson7867 Жыл бұрын

Some people think jobs like these are dirty but I think there extremely interesting and enjoyable and satisfying at the end result knowing you've made a building or asset safe and strong for the future 💯

@johngriffiths812 Жыл бұрын

Rich was the best, that last bit 'hope it's rocky as ....' was priceless

@iainarthur7713 Жыл бұрын

"I hope its rocky as shit" - proper mate ;). Reminds me of helping out a mate rebuild a house about 15-20 years ago - having to underpin the foundations of one wall with about half a metre wide& deep concrete, we could only dig with a mini spade in about 1m sections fill with concrete, then do the next section, for about 5m.... Much swearing about the 'council spy' and how the wall had sat for about 150years without moving, but suddenly needs several tonnes of concrete - much fun was had ;)

@gavincarter6495 Жыл бұрын

Hi Scott and Jess doing a great job love what you do keep them coming

@katastrophenschutzwa Жыл бұрын

Been a carpenter all my working life. My dad warned me... “ it’s not a trade, it’s a disease”. He’s not wrong. 😂

@johngriffiths812 Жыл бұрын

We usually mix the bonding agent with the cement so it sticks solid but painting it on also works.

@hamishcolvin8347 Жыл бұрын

man, i was an apprentince for a building company here in Nelson and i had to do the same thing at a school they where upgrading. Loved it and hated it at the same time

@egonmilanowski Жыл бұрын

6:12 I always learn something knew by watching this channel. What nail gun to use, how LVL beams work, and today I learned a marital aid can be used to capture dust.

@dicktiionary Жыл бұрын

Dont forget the dodgy looking suction enhancing tool

@GilleVCX Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I was learned aswell about those assumptions

@davidcox2499 Жыл бұрын

Scott, you are way ahead of silica dust precautions than big contractors in the USA. And your footings look really good. You should have gotten a sign off.

@terrytopliss9506 Жыл бұрын

I bet Richard back on north island had a feeling of karma Scott. Thanks for the latest exciting episode.👍👍

@Ruben-qr7gz Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing that fun fact!

@extremediy5342 Жыл бұрын

I'm impressed how much effort you've done ...improving your home... I did similar thing in my place, here in the Philippines....but in my country were not dealing with a ton of regulations... stay safe, your doing great 👍 ... Your new subscriber.... Nathan

@TheDkbohde Жыл бұрын

“You don’t want that Scott” classic.

@oscarsearle2205 Жыл бұрын

Scott you are an early bird waking up at 5:00am NZ time to post video loving your videos have a good weekend

@eastcoastspearo2806 Жыл бұрын

Scooter….love your work mate….some advice here, take it or leave it…..we use a 75mm auger with an extension if needed to loosen the dirt before we start the dig out. Works great! Goes straight into the cordless drills. Great for digging piles in hard spots Cheers

@laurencedavey3121 Жыл бұрын

Entrenching tools would be useful digging under the house, they're specifically designed for exactly what you were doing. Great show btw, keep it up please!

@Ab3g Жыл бұрын

Meeting of the Mole people. - Name of this episode.

@kingjamezo4583 Жыл бұрын

Some inspectors like that aye, I do ask if I could carry on all the time anyway. Hope some photos were asked rather to rebook another inapection. SBC you doing good stuff, very inspiring! Carry on🎉 a Fan from AKL

@gonzalojacome3586 Жыл бұрын

Great job guys. Ray is so funny

@chrisdonnellybuilder Жыл бұрын

Great ep Scott. Lila seems like a good sort 👍🏻👍🏻😁

@SweeturKraut Жыл бұрын

I like that little green house room.

@TandOservices Жыл бұрын

You have the right trade 👍👍

@bigdog8891 Жыл бұрын

Along with not assuming, there is directed communications. This means you repeat back what you heard to see it both parties are in agreement. I was taught this over 50 years when I started my career in the computer industry. The company I worked for, Digital Equipment Corp, DEC, made the training part of the new hire process. I can’t tell you how many times I have used this communication technique in both my professional and personal life.

@rerolley Жыл бұрын

I am reminded of the phrase "misery loves company".

@danielwoolfe1135 Жыл бұрын

Jucy truck!! I remember being in NZ 5 years ago and those things were everywhere...

@mauriciogonzalez3225 Жыл бұрын

If you ever need to dig more of these try getting a hold of an army entrenching tool. Might make your digging experience easier

@samsboringchannel Жыл бұрын

The moment you got under there I wanted to call rich too hahah, so good!

@Aepek Жыл бұрын

Scott, ya really got the cliffhanger ending down pat, dang you! Now gonna be wondering till next episode, and PLEASE! Right at beginning of next exciting episode…..let us know about pouring ‘Crete and inspector passing/failing conundrum etc…. So, till than, L8Rs ✌🏻

@KEIRAN1996 Жыл бұрын

For future Scott you can buy spade attachments that go into the sds👌save your back buddy

@okcantbelieveit294 Жыл бұрын

Noticed the cat enjoying the freshly dug earth! 😂

@ljt9020 Жыл бұрын

Cordless drill with a auger on the end does the trick

@oliverholmes2555 Жыл бұрын

Hey Scotty, I love your shit! A lesson I learnt: Your job should not be your biggest workout in the week. Take care of the body, hit the gym, do some yoga. You don't have to be knackered after every work day.

@richardc6932 Жыл бұрын

The suspense is killing me, put out the next video as soon as you can. I really enjoy your videos. Can’t wait to see concrete flowing.👍👨‍🦳🇨🇦

@kylejacktucker Жыл бұрын

Would've been great advertising

@Will-ut9pg Жыл бұрын

While I was working as a carpenter. I saw so many black widow spider under old house , decks

@cuebj Жыл бұрын

Mini-mattock would have been useful down there. Cleaned out the void under our 1930s semi in southeast London. Mattock is most useful digging tool

@ceterfo Жыл бұрын

Just since you're talking about foundations I have to make the point in Minnesota if you have the money basements even if you need a sump pump or almost necessary cool in the summer warmish in the winter now if you have extra money you get in for heating into the foundations of your house so long as you run it all winter long maybe have a backup system in case one of them goes out your foundations will never crack your basement will be warm and properly cool during the appropriate seasons helping with heating and cooling the rest of the house with conventional climate control.

@Gr00mey Жыл бұрын

You defo missed a trick with Jess not jumping down the hole "Im in a square space" 😂

@matdowall Жыл бұрын

Great Videos Scott, my two cents worth: The Dunedin City Council's inspection reports always say fail - this is standard until you get your final code of compliance sign off, not sure about your TA though. I noticed your plans reference engineers PS1 - in my experience, if they Engineer has provided a PS1 then they will also carry out inspections and issue an engineers monitoring PS4 and carry out all inspections, they are typically a little more practical than TA inspectors.

@kiwigrunt330 Жыл бұрын

If the inspection passes, then it should not say fail. That is ridiculous. Fail implies that you cannot continue. That there is something to rectify and that another inspection is needed. Engineers will only carry out those inspections if the council requires a PS4. This is laziness and responsibility avoidance on the part of councils for simple jobs like this. There is no reason why an inspector cannot inspect a 700 cubic hole in the ground. Which he/she still has to do anyway. So if a PS4 is required (we don’t know that because Scott doesn’t know why it failed) then those two holes would cost Scott probably about $150 for the council inspection, $400 to $500 for the engineer inspection and a fee to prepare a PS4. By the way, I don’t want to be pedantic….but I do. 😁 There is no such thing as a code of compliance sign off. It is a code compliance sign off. I still have no idea why the word ‘of’ slipped in there decades ago.

@ceterfo Жыл бұрын

Raymond owns one of the best sets of earpro you can ever spend money on just get Bluetooth you don't need anything else. Have super glue around for repairs.

@Myrddraal79 Жыл бұрын

That concrete glue is scary. I connected my Wintergarden to the house with it...

@callumedwards9298 Жыл бұрын

This is why people don’t like building inspectors they pull this sh*t. “Yeah looks good” **fails it** 🤦🏻‍♂️

@geraldsionzon7235 Жыл бұрын

8:50 Here in the Philippines, No inspection just Dig put rebar and form, and then pour concrete.

@callumduncan9099 Жыл бұрын

I used to work with a firm where everyone called the boss skipper because every time there was a difficult job to do he was always "just away to see" (another job)

@maxkm7446 Жыл бұрын

I was just going to comment, when you say "we had to chisel into volcanic rock" that I bet Richard would have something to say about that "we", then you facetimed him. Bwahahaha!

@cheveresalvi Жыл бұрын

Damn, I thought scott was about to review the makita Bicycle for a second

@james-jq8sk Жыл бұрын

I like the dutch guy, great sense of humour...

@cassgrove6809 Жыл бұрын

"... I mean the beads don't help". Ahahahahaaaa

@Gungho1a Жыл бұрын

Nice digs.

@mattlovespeanuts Жыл бұрын

Seems weird that he withheld that information from you. Seems obvious that that's what you would have wanted.

@glennmcqueen9475 Жыл бұрын

Probably didn't asked around the office

@kenpistak1465 Жыл бұрын

“The beads don’t help.” 😂😂😂

@brendano7282 Жыл бұрын

Wish I had that much room under our house! I have to slide around on my back to get under the joists.

@Erik_The_Viking Жыл бұрын

"When we assume, it makes something out of you and me" - that's how I remember assumptions.

@glennmcqueen9475 Жыл бұрын

I believe you can buy spades from army surplus which have collapsible handles

@ReasonedRhetoric Жыл бұрын

A friend of mine was a builder in central Auckland years ago. He Climbed under his own house and reached behind a joist. Zap - dead. Some prick had left a live wire running behind the joist.

@lagilbertona3599 Жыл бұрын

Scott likes Makita.Makita gives Scott a makita chair

@robertpearce8394 Жыл бұрын

No Smoko Time? That's the best bit. Plus you need to feed your helpers.

@adamdaley8090 Жыл бұрын

Nice Makita chair.

@aaronbensemann2880 Жыл бұрын

I constantly have the same issue with building inspection reports coming back with a big red FAIL attached ... despite the inspection going very well. I usually get an okay to proceed with pour or cladding etc along with a list of required documentation noted as reasons for failed inspection outcome... Super Fustrating. for eg they may require an engineers producer statement which always comes at the end of the project so why this contributes to a fail doesnt make sense especially as Clients have full access to this report i cant quite understand why. I also live in your same region...

@kiwigrunt330 Жыл бұрын

It is ridiculous. If the reason is that documentation is required, then that should be a pass with that stated as a condition.

@Steve_S80 Жыл бұрын

Never assume it makes an ass out of u and me! 😂

@Clark-Mills Жыл бұрын

Nice and probably done to plans but I"d have used thicker rebar to pin to the old footing, more pins or both to transfer the shear forces to the new pad. Also that soil cross-section 7:38 shows a great topsoil depth - isn't the clay classed as "good ground" and from where you start your footing depth? Obviously the old foundations didn't do this but we did things differently in dem olden days.

@kiwigrunt330 Жыл бұрын

The rebar pins are more than adequate. The 700 cubic lumps of concrete are most likely there for uplift resistance more than for support. And for that purpose it is overkill, given that the posts are not stand-alone like they would be in for instance a car port.

@Trelor Жыл бұрын

Great work you'd be horrified of my house the load bearing beams are 2x6x24ft with a 11 and 13 foot span and no post below a load bearing wall supporting a 2nd floor it's only sagged 1.75" over 90 years

@pascoe93 Жыл бұрын

Alot of our inspection reports say fail, whether it be to straps not being on or documents missing from the file. The key part is down further on the page, our says, okay to proceed and next inspection is "pre clad" or something

@theofarmmanager267 Жыл бұрын

Lucky? Here in the UK, it is extremely unusual (I’ve never come across one) to have a house built on piles so that you can crawl into the space from outside. Ignoring very old houses (say 200 years or more) where you could be lucky to have any kind of foundations (I nearly bought a 15th century house where there were no foundations and the internal ground floor was compacted earth; it had to kept that way as it was Grade 1 listed; it would have been great to have bought it but the cost of the upkeep was phenomenal). Some houses that I have worked on had a brick perimeter wall with timber beams and timber supports (running at 90 degrees to the beams) on which floor boards were laid but the space is usually 200,300mm only. So, if you need to access that void, it is a question of pulling up the floor boards. My sons house in NSW has a crawl space such as yours and it’s been great to have that in order to fit new drainage.