They dont make men like this anymore. He walks the walk and talks the talk. FKG Bravo!!

I can watch this man all day! Loving the Sense of humor 👍

This guy! Love this video. Can't wait to watch more - love the banter.

Excellent work! Great workmanship. You never will have to worry about where or when your next job will be. I am sure your phone rings off the hook.

That was a great video of a job well done. Thanks for taking the time to video the work.

Wow man true tradesman, I have watched 100's of youtube video on just about everything and you tell it like it is. Even about permits and how the job looks, have experienced this myself with many inspectors most have no idea what they are looking at just if it looks good or not. Love your work and banter keep up the great work.

This guy knows what he is doing! I like how he figured out that customers and engineers can really muck things up if they get too involved with the decisions that the contractor should ultimately be making, afterall the contractor will be held responsible for everything in the end. After ten years of running a construction business I gave up because the DIYers and Ryobi Warriors complicated things too much. Keep up the good work man, the world needs more skilled craftsman like yourself.

Outstanding video, nice to see real workmanship and true skilled person. We do not see any anymore. Thank You for showing what we should expect from a good company and professional.

Amazing work, technique and quality as usual. Thank you for the video, they don't make them like you anymore.

dude, quite educational- a bit emphatic but your dedication to doing it right the first time is well appreciated. Too many times I see customers getting ripped off. Jon, owner OMNI Plumbing.

Your are the Man ! Hope to see more vids thanks you for passing on the knowledge and wisdom.

wish strength in your hands for 100 of years. Happy new year

That man reminds me of...me...teaching my kids...that is reality, he is teaching the trade, and important, the grammar of the trade

Wow what an awesome job!!! You make it look so easy! I wish you were close to us! We are working on my great grandparents old farmhouse and it needs to be jacked up and new foundation! I have a video where we are starting the Reno but so much work. I am like you said in AWW of the craftsmanship that was put into this house! The entire second floor is tounge and groove (floors and ceilings) the first floor is plaster. I love old craftsmanship! It is amazing!

I stumbled onto your videos by accident, I find them very entertaining and educational!!

Nice! Really enjoyed learning and the show that went with it!

Any craftsman who doesn't curse now and then isn't real...love it.

Have to tell Dan about my job right out of high school ,I went to work for a cousin ,we moved houses, sledgehammer four holes in the foundation then slide in 2 huge timbers .Then build a crib and jack it up then slide it off on to 2 other timbers with soap to slide it off on to jet tires then hook her up and drive off with a house .

Wish you'd been around the Michigan area when I owned my home with some water leakage and mold in the basement. You are definitely an honest, trustworthy craftsman.

In CNY, it is hard to find people that know how to do this type of work. It looks like you do great work and make it look like its no big deal. It is quite complex.

That guy knows his stuff. Didn’t even know you could do that. Amazing work

You still look good. Love your attitude. And Vast information. Thanks for posting all your videos.

I love this guys approach .

At first I didnt think he new wat he was doing..but den watching n listening to him dis guy is great.! Great attitude great video n da humor spot on...excellent job...I wood hire him in a second..

Outstanding video. Happy birthday coming soon. Keep up the good work. Love the hat. Very stylish.

I stumbled over you, but love watching your vidoes. I've got a foundation problem on a "fixer upper" I bought, but some company quoted me far more than I want to pay on this house. My background is in Landscape Contracting, but I've learned a lot over the years fixing up houses and reselling. I'm not looking forward to this project, but hopefully I can get some good help to sub out as I am disabled now. I wanted to flip the damn house but my Professor wife likes it and wants to live here until she retires in 9 years.........damn it.

So glad that I watched this. You are the bomb!

Very nice work. That was a huge job and well done. It will last forever. I agree about the plaster work the old timers did. My house is all plaster and I had to repair most of it but never considered replacing it with drywall. The old plaster is history and a tribute to the tradesmen back in the day..

His vids are fun to watch. He's cooler than the other side of the pillow. Specially with his Pimper Machasmo lid....lol

Very awesome work on this. Excellent.

Daniel you are dramatic but most all genius is dramatic...superb project...

This man know what his doing great job i can tell

You did a great job on this one.

Subbed, please keep up the great videos showing your quality work

that was a huge amount of work, you make it look very easy!

All can say is OUTSTANDING work!!!!

Loved the video!! Great craftsmanship!

u handled that 12inch knife like it was a 6inch knife.👍

Badass dude right there, thanks for the video I definitely learned something new

Me and my buddy just at the house up just shy of 12 feet last September. We change the Fieldstone Foundation into 10 in poured concrete not bad. We've got 9 foot 6 to ceiling now in basement and finished basement floor Carlton house raising is my buddy

Thank you! This was great! Reminds me of being back on site on my day off. Loved it, down to earth, informative and speaks my f*cking language!

Excellent work.

This is so smartly done!

Beautiful job! 👍👌👏👏👏

It is stressful. I am jacking my joists on first floor to fix an exterior wall that's been chewed by termites. I just finished two bathrooms right above and I do not want to crack any tiling. Stress. Great video. Funny too.

Good job, thank you for showing this

When he was talking about the level, I had to remember the old Dumpy level I learned to survey with. I took time to level it, but when you did, you could shoot a level a couple hundred yards easy. The self-leveling level he's using, with a receiver on the rod, is what we went to when we let the Dumpy's go were only accurate out to about a hundred yards, depending on the slope. The real advantage is that the self-leveler could be used by one person.

Great video and commentary! Enjoyed watching this.

Great job! Tells it like it is.

Holy shit this guy is amazing.

Thank you for your videos!

Wow...you could never do this in my state without a structural engineer and stamped drawings.

Thanks for the great video and pride in workmanship. I'd like to make a suggestion, it would be helpful to know how you figured your budget and amount of hours you spent, did you make a profit, break even, anything unforeseen? I see some people use a steel plate under the beam when lifting so as not to crush the beam do you do that if you have them? Thanks

Cool dude, fine job brother 👏

My husband in my next life😁 Perfect personality.

I thought he was Freddy Krueger. Good video, I might have to do this in the future.

Did something like this with a 3 story brick in S.F., A really interesting process. Could have used a little of this kinda personality on the jobsite... Bunch of office stiffs on that 1.

You did a nice job!

I live in Oklahoma. The only time you need permits is if your building a new building that's bigger then 200 square feet, reroofing a house or adding rooms to existing building.

That twisting beam is possible because there is NO bolt running straight through the 2x6s. These 1/2" through-bolts with oversize extra-thick washers are important for stability and needed the entire length. It also helps to bond the column and beam together before loading them. On temporary jobs, this is easy to do by sandwiching the column and beam between vertical 2x6s and running a couple bolts through both. All the drilling can be done on the saw horses before erecting. The holes should only be 1/32 to 1/16 oversize, preferably requiring a hammer to install the "all-thread".

Damn seeing this makes me want to learn about this technique. Anymore people consider a place condemned for seals and house sinking. I firmly believe old houses should be saved if at all possible.

Learned a lot! Thanks

Tough and Smart man..

You sir are a blast to watch and real no fuss

That wood behind the drywall in in mint condition! We had to replace EVERY FRICKN' WALL because of mold and rot. Now the raised level is sinking and the slab is cracked in multiple places and is also sinking. All the work we've done is being ruined. I hear is crack and creak daily for about two months now. Super scared.

I like your attitude.

You da man! Keep on keepin on

Dan pulled that hat on... SUBSCRIBED !!

This old bird is a craftsman. Knows what he is doing. Has a funny accent though. Might be Camden, NJ, Brooklyn? JoeB

What a cool video. Dig your work, but shouldn’t there be a membrane between the bottom plate and the concrete to prevent moisture rising from the concrete into your new framing?

Now, that's a true all pro!!!

great information

You are fun to watch!!!!

I was thinking whys it so heavy, oh it's got a upstairs lol

Hey you are just like me and the other guys I know. We are all older and working mostly by ourselves. We are the last of this generation to do quality work. This was very interesting how you lifted the house. I would like to get more into this type of work, but I want to make sure I'm doing it right. I will have to look into getting a structural engineer. Do they charge a lot of money to look at a job and do a drawing? Right now I do mostly new construction with a small amount of foundation repair.

dude... i love you. your awesome.

Great video! And I wish everyone works just like you. How long did you take from start to finish?

Great Job .......btw did you ever check the thickness of the garage floor all that weight is sitting on.....

Good job.

awesome vid cheers :)

What Best way lift one side of an Garage to replace Rotted wood?

awesome! thanku sir.

that was great! thanks so much for all the info.

This guy is the amount of cool I aspire to be.

That's when art, science and skill marries... 😉

I wish I lived in NJ or eastern PA so I could have this guy fix my basement. I’ve got a wall pushing in under two of my bedrooms. It’s sheering off of the bottom block and I’m worried the whole house is gonna come down. And I can’t figure out who to call in my area to get it fixed.

Fedora! I sure hope you are a ailable for consultations as I found a lovely home but went down into the basement and immediately smelled mold, then saw "repaired" cracks in a few walls and the floor. I would love to buy the home but the basement and foundation remediation costs scare me.

Badass job

I like this guy.

Great Work.. However.. I Thought I Was The Only One To Fill The Block Cells.. 😁😁😆😆😆 Me Being From New Jersey Too And All? It Must Be A Jersey Thing I Guess.. 😁😁😎😎😎😎😎

Wow before I did all that I would have checked level with a longer reference than a four-foot-level.

This seems like what is happening with our family farmhouse from the 20's, the roof is newly installed and I'm worried that if I attempt to repair things to straighten the inside doorjambs an the large bulge in the floor it will destroy the new roof. I would like to fix it properly but would it be a reasonable idea to block up the rotted wall framing at the bottom to halt its progress? I'm pretty certain I've determined the cause but gosh it just keeps getting bigger an bigger for one single person to fix.. ;-(

This guy is funny and bad ass at what he does lol

You are my fuckin hero. Shooting straight from the hip telling it straight with no bullshit. I do 95% of my own work on maintaining and repairing my home. Anyway (as far as I can tell) I have a lakefront home that was originally a 500 sq foot summer cottage with a knotty pine interior. There have been at least 3 additions as it is currently 1200 sq ft. I originally felt it was a 'tear down'. Four years ago I opened up the floor in one room to (temporarily) repair it because it was sagging and found that I not only had a lakefront home . . . I had a built in pool in the basement (crawlspace) during heavy rains and spring thaw. However at least the previous owner replaced/installed 7 new 12 x 8 main beams and posts on 4' x 4' x 6" concrete slabs at some point (~1970?) which was probably during one of the additions. So I figured that maybe I could work with that and renovate and at least the house wouldn't be a tear down. So I got down on my knees in that fucking 2 foot high crawlspace and dug 80 feet of french drain and installed a sump pump to stop the flooding along with installing a drainage system around the outside of the house. Then I encapsulated the crawlspace in a very similar method to what you have done. I am going back to drill out weep holes in the concrete block bottoms. Unfortunately I discovered that the dumbshit previous owner did nothing about the sill plates of which some parts are rotting and crushed. After seeing all the work it takes to raise the house and fix the sill plate and assorted stud bottoms I figure that I will probably tear down the old original 500 sq ft part and just use the foundation being I am planning on adding another level. What pisses me off is the fucking idiot previous owner probably went through all that work to install the new beams WITHOUT replacing the fucking sill plates.

I need to see the bid on this job

I need advice on my house it’s a old house built in 1960 it’s all brick the back side of house sinker some by window first floor outside bricks bowing out slightly then if u look straight up to second floor window inbetween lower window that 2nd floor window them bricks are bowing in some I know before we moved here there was no mortar in bricks when it rained it rained through the bricks what to do bricks outside all pointed need redone inside witch is what I’m doing I started from first floor working my way up and I took off the wall it was plaster with lil hairs in it.

I have a question for you, Have you ever seen anyone lift their house and change their crawlspace into a basement. or change it to a concrete slab foundation?

Hey Daniel! I’m considering purchasing on of those crooked 19th century houses and was wondering how I could get in touch with you to get an estimate on straightening it out 😅

I love this guy he’s the shit!

A TRUE Contractor! This is how shit gets DONE! The Silva Bros are over priced jerks. Thanks for showing everyone the REAL WORLD