My dad has been a brick and block mason for 48 years and said he wouldn't change a thing. Said it's one of the most rewarding feelings every time he finishes a project!! 👏🏼

Glad to see you power washed the sidewalk and repaired the yard. Very professional.

Beautiful job, brother! I love how you even made the gate yourself. Our country needs more gentleman like you who do practical, beautiful work, and take pride in it !

I've done just about anything you could think of on buildings in regards to trade work, but never site excavation and foundation construction. I have now filled and compacted about 400-500 yards of stone here in Hawaii, on top of muck and almost bare lava at two different sites, quite different than the mainland! Now we are starting a 8"x8"x16" block perimeter footing for a cabin. I've gone through a lot of videos and this one puts the cap on all the issues I have been explaining to the owner, my sons friend that has zero experience, but wants to learn how to build whole houses. My son and he are working on 5 lots, 2 of which are ready for base course and to start the build. Several issues we have been discussing are clarified nicely in this video. Filling all the cores and rebar in every cell, and the stucco to make it look nice if we don't like how it comes out. Your video about the retain wall and driveway we talked about yesterday covered most of it very well, but this one really brought out the points we were most concerned with. Thanks, and keep up that SoCal attitude you have. I was in San Diego for 40 years, and two in LA. Much appreciated.

With all my respect,as a fellow Carpenter/Mason ..... for future reference,you want to minimize the clean up process,we be laying down some black building paper to protect the sidewalk,red tape to hold it down and avoid the stucco getting on anything else but the intended area.......for a clean, professional finish, God bless you guys,stay positive,be safe .....

Love your vids looking forward to having a company of my own love learning the process 🙌🏼💪🏻

Great work. Let’s not forget the amazing workers that underpin this company. They also do an amazing job.

If I lived on that corner I would have a couple of large boulders in front.

You need to do a follow up as soon as a car goes through it.

Love your detailed videos! I was able to build a 60'x18" walkway wall using techniques demonstrated in your videos. You really do a great service to all the DIY homeowners with concrete projects. It would be really interesting to know how much your various projects cost (meaning the price to the customer). Not sure if that's confidential. At least a reasonable price range for a similar project would be appreciated. Thanks again for documenting all your great work.

I like the way you explain the stages . Nice wall and put value to the property. Good job.

So much respect for this job with the detail and knowledge. I’m a DIYer and will always call professionals for this kinda work

Thank you Mr. Odell, just learned how install a gate and set a block wall.

Beautiful craftmanship! You guys have to be proud of what you are doing.

Love this wall!! I have a blank slate so I hope I can build something like this. Thank you for sharing!!👏👍

Excelente trabalho profissional! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 Parabéns!!!

Really loving your videos. I’m learning a ton! I live in Iowa (cold winters and hot summers). I want to build a (vegetable) raised garden bed using this method - build out of 4x8x16 block and stucco it to look solid. Would I use a similar method of digging a trench and creating a concrete foundation for the block? Or do I need a gravel base?

Great Stuff AGAIN!!! I personally liked the wall with the cinderblock look before the stucco.Perhaps the paint will enhance the look of it.

Your son is a great craftsman as his father... Be proud... Always enjoy

bom demais, sou do Brazil, fronteira com Paraguay. Estou aprendendo bastante com vocês.

Great Job Timmy Crew! Your pops must be proud 🥲

I don't know why but it's just good to see this it just is relaxing to see concrete being made must be a satisfying job

Very nice I think you enhanced the value by putting this wall up. Thank you for sharing your video with us. Ed

Nice to see the boys takin on some extra projects. Came out great 👍

Now I want a wall like that!

That happens to a lot of corner houses, here in southern California. Especially when you have a street with a speed limit of 40+.......I have seen a lot of corner walls knocked over in my neighborhood. I always wondered if added a bollard post filled with concrete would slow them down. Or add additional rebar in the impact area of the corner.

Smart Work, Hard Work, OCC Team Work!.. Thanks David

Growing up on a corner lot in southern California (Bell Gardens) we had 3 cars come through our front yard over about 25 years. One was actually a police pursuit. This wall won't stop them cold but it will absorb some energy and slow them down considerably.

I would love to do the same to my house, but do you guys also put up metal bars on top of the block walls?

Great job!!!! That really looks good. Did you only fill the rebar columns (cavities that had rebar going to the footing) with cement?

Que hermoso el trabajo que realizaron en el antejardin de la propiedad con esa muralla de bloques se ve increíble, saludos desde Chile

I saw bollards installed for the same purpose. I do think this is very good looking stucco work.

Tough Neighborhood when you have to get a Cocrete Barrier built to keep people from crashing their cars into your house i grew up in the South there they just sit outside and start Shooting at people and it seems to stop or slow the things down that people don’t care for i will say i do like the final Stucco made it look nice i’ve personally Stuccoed exterior Walls using Wire Lath in South Florida and you guys make it look way easier than it really is with your process and Expertise

great work as always. I was just curious if there was any concern with having the pvc sprinkler line in the footing? Thanks! Keep up the great work and vids.

Nice. Really Nice. I hope they don't have a Graffiti problem.

WOW!!! Reminds me of Disney World/Land as in so perfect yet much more solid. Great job and attention to detail

I like watching these while eating lunch... strange but true lol Awesome job as usual. I hope that wall helps the home owner! If nothing else it ads curb appeal.

Awesome job!…the gate added the finishing touch………

I do my sand finish on the color coat differently, but hey we all have different techniques. Nicely done

Well done extra strong by using more rebar than code requires, you are the MAN!!!!!! Anyone who hires you is getting an expert bar none.

Wow! Fantastic job! How do you get the fallen stucco from the finish coat off the concrete of the front sidewalk?

Awesome work O’Dell 💥

Great Job! And great presentation. Learned a lot from this. Thank you very much.

Good job guy's. Hope it never gets hit. Also hope that house is well insulated and double glazed as the traffic noise would drive you nuts.

looks great. i would have liked a hard trowelled finish on walls

Love your work and glad to see that your talents trickled down to your boy. Concrete is a material that always intimidated me but watching your videos have made it a lot easier to start my own projects at home. I have to mention La Raza you have helping you on all or most of your videos... Querian Norte cabrones! Son chingones. Good job boys!

Beautiful house and wall. I always wondered if people on corners or at the end of street where there is an intersection worry. Some huge boulders would work, but the driver and passengers would not fare well. Someone hit one of my block wall columns years back when drunk and the last homeowner cobbled it together. I was considering making a plywood form and pour a new cap with maybe rigid insulation as the core to reduce weight.

Beautiful 😍 also thanks for describing products used, for dummies like me.

Great video. Hate to see that irrigation PVC buried in the footing but I wanted to ask, what was the total cost for this job?

Did you concrete over the irrigation lines?

Ficou fantástico parabéns

Made me chuckle seeing those pier blocks, here in the UK our blocks are always rectangle in shape. I wanted a wall very similar to yours with two piers either side and the central section recessed. I had to draw it in sketchup and it needed quite a few cuts to make the square columns but the piers were bonded nicely into the wall. Suffice to say it was a pain to do. Out of curiosity how did you bond your piers into the wall, did you use metal ties?

Tip: Fill entire front yard with 4 feet high dirt behind the new wall. No worries about cars.

You know, laying blocks immediately after the footing is a great thing. When you put footings and you forget that you could also put the blocks immediately afterwards, insuring stronger block attachment to it is a waste of a really strong bond and also, you could easily build the blocks on it since it is still soft.

Хорошая работа!

When I helped my dad build his wall we filled i wih rocks and cement to ensure that it was a stronger barrier in case a car ever went over the curb. Also I recommend you use thicker rebar and go deeper into the ground for concrete foundation

Nice build. Walls work.

I loved how it came out, just not sure how they are going to replace or fix any irrigation 0:40 with the concrete poured on top of it.. 🤷‍♂️

I like it you dont make a mess and no damage at the grass

Beautiful work, you taught him good. 👍🤙🙂

This is some getting as stuff

Idk maybe its just me but the block looked better without the stucco and stucco made it looked like it was an old dirty wall lol and it didnt even match the house lol. The blocks exposed looked way better lol

watching home improvement videos on youtube and stumble upon my neighborhood lol what a small world. i live in lakewood aswell.

Job turned out great.

I would have added some BEEFY cap blocks on all the columns. Make it look more like a castle wall

Kinda messy stucco job on this one, they didn't cover the floor. Would've looked better if the corner metals where used.

Great job looking to learn from your channel I just need a 20 foot block wall on a corner that’s missing the block that they don’t make anymore so now I have e a large gap -

Exelent job, good finished and looks very nice.

I don't think the music works, go with what you've been doing, your explanations are all thats needed IMO.

Looks really good!

beautiful job.

Enjoy all your videos!!!

beautiful wall workers 👍

messy job and right flank had almost in line joints but I would be happy for these guys to do this work for me if they covered stuff up . Top job .

Awesome job!! Quick question for anyone, could I put brick on the outside of the blocks or would that not be supportable? Trying to see whether or not I have to do the whole wall brick, or just the exterior of blocks.

That house is so cute! Great job on the wall 😊

Looks nice! Thank you for video!

I want a wall like this one. Great job!

I saw a lot of stucco dropping on the sidewalk but there wasn't any sort of plastic or paper down. How do you go about cleaning it all off? I'm asking because I'm about to embark on stuccoing my walls.

i love that project. I want one just like it just a little smaller

Great video! Loved the bracing on the gate in the shape of a Z.

Great work! One question: why did your crew not follow the side walk curved?

Wow you make it look easy

It looks so nice.

Good Job !!

I saw the process! I lived by this house in Lakewood

Bravo great job! Love watching this come together

Why not lay down chip board or something to not to make a mess on the sidewalk? What is the process of cleaning? Still great work and videos! Keep them coming.

thank you I always learn something when I look at your Vid.

Nice video. Well done. I appreciate the vid.

Great work. Thanks for sharing.

Your videos are greatly detailed, so much so that this DIY guy said "Imma just pay someone to do this!!"

Just recommended ODell for a job here in PA. Customer said he would even possibly pay for hotel stay for you and the crew. Btw, love how this job turned out.

I need this its beautiful Great job guy's 👍👍👍🤗

I have never had luck using a grout bag. Love the wall. Lost art.

Thanks for this vid. Bought my dream house EXCEPT it backs to busy road so I built a 6 ft high one and barely here a peep

I love your vids! How far down did you go for the footing??

i think it needs a stronger rebar in both vertical and horizon inside wall.. I know it is not in CA building code, however, its a good idea to make it stronger preventing vehicle such as heavy trucks from hitting the house.

Senor odell always good in the hood !

Drove by job-looks great!