Site prep and very wet foundations! (Self Build Extension Part 2)
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2 жыл бұрынIn this video we’re doing the last bits of site prep before starting on the main extension work. We also battle with the rain to get our foundations poured.
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@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Follow this project in a bit more detail at: selfbuildextension.co.uk/ 👍
@BusinessButlers 2 жыл бұрын
Andy, you need to keep an eye in your garden since some rascal has sneaked in there and rebuilt the old rotten garden shed you took down a few episodes ago ;)
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Lol I know - just can't stop 'em! 😂
@Harani66 2 жыл бұрын
that dumper looks awesome fun !
@LeoInAMillion 2 жыл бұрын
Last year I planned some work on my house. Mainly a totally new kitchen with a new roof on that part of the house, and a totally new bathroom. The day the roofers were supposed to start, torrential rain, so we had to weather watch for 2 weeks 🤣. The day after the kitchen was gutted back to the brickwork, the country went into lockdown for the first time. So the builders had to rush around getting materials. Eventually the kitchen was done. Bathroom is duly gutted later in the year, and yep,the country went into lockdown again. I'm not risking any more large work 🤣🤣
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's not been the best time for building projects! 😬😂
@petermuller4322 2 жыл бұрын
I can highly reccomend a rain collection system for your rainwater drains. The costs pay off quickly as you don‘t have to use drinking water to water the lawn or plants in the garden. Were I live it is common to use the collected rain water for flushing the toilet. This requires a separate circut of pipes in the house though.
@moiragoldsmith7052 2 жыл бұрын
I love that you saved the Bluebells!🥳 It's certainly progressing well. And well done Mrs Mac too!!
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Moira! Love bluebells on a riverbank so looking forward to Spring! 😁
@mr_effff 2 жыл бұрын
I never knew the ‘Burn was that big in that part of town!
@fredsmith8897 2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see the old shed back up🤣🤔
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Ha ha, yeah - I only spotted that after I uploaded it too! Oops! 😂
@haydenuk02 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant work and thanks for sharing this with us take care
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
No worries and thank you!
@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT 2 жыл бұрын
Oh the rain 😣 that always happens! I remember digging out the collapsed trenches just before the pour, that wasn't fun. Them bluebells will look nice next year
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was so paranoid about the sides caving in. Shuttering for that lot would have cost best part of £1000 with current prices! Luckily all OK. 😁👍
@Bobrogers99 2 жыл бұрын
Native Americans reputedly had a "rain dance" for use in a drought. If I find any reference to an "Anti-Rain-Dance" I'll send it along. Just as you did for the carpeting people, you prepared everything meticulously for the brick folks. Your contractors must love you, and hopefully that will have its effect on their bill.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Bob! Yes, could really do with the anti-rain-dance right now 😂. Thank you! It's all in the preparation and as you'll see soon it resulted in our bricky building the entire extension in 13 days. Amazing!
@alanmullock381 2 жыл бұрын
Great job Andy,whole family mucking in!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎😎
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Alan - my son is a much better digger driver than me! 😂
@andrewclarkehomeimprovement 2 жыл бұрын
Omg, we're doing almost the same at the same time! Took 50 tonnes of stuff out, 500 blocks 2500 bricks etc etc in, into the back garden, all by hand though! Quite a bit of demo and clearing. ...and I had to bail out the slab 'pond' a few times. Now on the roof and enjoying our December weather! The joys of building!
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
I refused to pour the slab until the roof was on. 😂👍 Best of luck with yours!
@52memor 2 жыл бұрын
Get a load of sand put over your clay mix in some organics and with a Rotivator mix it all up you'll eventually end up with lovely "Loam" the best sort of growing soil.
@colinmiles1052 2 жыл бұрын
Great video - Thanks. . Yep, one thing you can guarantee, rain when you start the footings!
@karldenning1893 2 жыл бұрын
Mrs Mac is a star. Project is looking good
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
She's amazing! Getting there! 👍
@robthewaywardwoodworker9956 2 жыл бұрын
Lots of hard work, Andy! Well done. And well done to the Mrs. too!
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers from both of us!
@andrewj3296 2 жыл бұрын
We're due our planning permission on 9th January for a rear L-shaped extension. This is so perfectly timed for us. So many useful tips! Thank you.
@stomperthemixer1 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome vlog Andy and well done so far bless you dealing with the weather over the last few weeks Its going to look very nice once its all done. Loving the series so far. Keep safe buddy.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Neil! Yes, challenging weather.
@davidlawton6226 2 жыл бұрын
Everyone needs a Mrs Mac
@hardlines5472 2 жыл бұрын
I get knackered just watching you lot! Was doing a gig in a pub in Edinburgh the other week and I was wearing "Drink coffee ..." t shirt. Woman came up and said she enjoyed the evening, and then said; brilliant t-shirt too. Great taste or member of your family? Keep up the good work. We're learning loads.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Ha fantastic! Where was your gig? Sounds like great taste! 👍😁
@hardlines5472 2 жыл бұрын
Royal Mile Tavern.
@jeanhawken4482 2 жыл бұрын
Looks terrific. Lot of hard graft
@balke7935 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely loving those Acer View vids you recommended mate! Binge watching those - cheer for the heads up 👍🏼👍🏼
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Aiden has a great channel - glad you enjoy his vids too!
@awantamta 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, that is amazing. You have dug out so much soil but I suppose that's what you have to do to prepare for the foundations. That little dumper truck is pretty awesome as well.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers! Yeah, couldn't have done it without the little dumper. Amazing bit of kit! 😁
@aletheakelly1010 2 жыл бұрын
thoughtful of you to blur out your neighbor's house. Bravo!
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers! Yeah, we've had some randoms turning up at the house - not cool. 😬
@IpswichBadDriversUK 2 жыл бұрын
@@GosforthHandyman I wondered if something like that would happen, must have been a bit unnerving. I worked out where the house is in the first video (I like exploring google earth!), but can't say I had the urge to turn up and bother you!
@nickbell8634 2 жыл бұрын
More great content. 👍 I had similar rain with our side/front extension. Instead of a pump though I had 2 buckets on ropes and got daughter's to bail it out😂 I'd best not show them there are pumps to do the same job😭 Had a collapse too between next doors(1m away) I was in a right panic thinking there garage was moving into our dig. 🤣🤣
@richardphillips3303 2 жыл бұрын
Looks like hard work!
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't easy! 😂
@nickryan3417 2 жыл бұрын
Cover the bluebell bulbs with soil and don't leave them exposed to light. Also, what to do with clay? Foundations of a pond are a good use for clay.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Yup, the bulbs are all buried ready for Spring 👍😁
@favouritemoon4133 2 жыл бұрын
@@GosforthHandyman I'd also consider using the clay to line the bank of the river, but you may not have enough. Great update!
@normanboyes4983 2 жыл бұрын
Good update Andy - I feel your pain with the weather. Was tempted to say it might be useful to construct a bund at the end of the garden using the crap and clay you need to get rid of as a ‘flood defence’ but thinking about it - if any of the neighbours did not do similar it would be a waste of time.😉👍
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it would just go around the bund but I've never seen the river come up to garden height so should be OK. 👍
@dmel2001 2 жыл бұрын
Watching you blitz about on that thing has made my day. Definitely worth the £60 a day for one, they look like buckets of fun 😂
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Too right! They're amazing!
@ntutugutu5547 Жыл бұрын
@@GosforthHandyman hi there. Silly question.. What is that machine called 🙈🙈🙈, and where can I hire it from. I need to get that for our project and can't make out in the video if you mentioned what it's called. I've only just found you on KZfaq and have already spent hours watching your videos. Thank you for sharing such helpful info
@barryford7135 2 жыл бұрын
Feel your pain Andy, just dug our foundations & poured 26 qm of concrete poured recently.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like fun - well done!
@mandyleeson1 2 жыл бұрын
👏🏼💪🏼 To you and Mrs Mac.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Mandy! 👍👍
@priestland1 2 жыл бұрын
A real life sized Tonka toy to ‘play with’.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Too right!! 😁
@cybersteve1 2 жыл бұрын
You could use the clay to line a garden pond.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
You'd still need a pond liner.
@davidtimperley4241 2 жыл бұрын
It's always a real releaf when you get out of the ground, fingers crossed for a dry spell.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! Did you go to Newcastle College?? 🤔
@davidtimperley4241 2 жыл бұрын
@@GosforthHandyman No I went to College in Grt Manchester, why do yo ask?
@stewartmcardle8149 2 жыл бұрын
Both you and Mrs Mc are grafters Andy..... another job well done, despite the atrocious inclement weather. Those lifts that raise the rebar and mesh are apparently called 'chairs' according to Tom Hause (of Concrete With The Hauses fame - great channel).... Hope it continues to go well.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting - will check it out, cheers!
@stewartmcardle8149 2 жыл бұрын
@@GosforthHandyman Andy, I hope the weather settles down for your brickie...
@MiniMattTV 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent! I’ve just watched the whole build so far over the past few days and my gosh what a big job you’ve taken on! Hats off to you mate you’re doing great work 👍
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers! It's had its challenges! 😂
@MrV8rick 2 жыл бұрын
EEERRRRR soggy concrete blocks, mud rain, used to make our 2 & 1 gang be in the pub by dinner time LOL ( had bad dreams of past life after watching) Dinner time was about 1/2 10 LOL
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Ha tell me about it! Amazingly I managed to keep the blocks relatively dry. That was the only thing kept dry mind. 👍😂
@PreNeanderthal 2 жыл бұрын
900 deep foundations? Strewth! Is that all? Down our way (SW London) they wanted 2m and, since then, our insurance company said they should have been 2.5m minimum.
@freetolook3727 2 жыл бұрын
Here across the pond, the proper color for sewer is green. Blue is for water, red is electrical and yellow is gas.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting! Here it's whatever spray can I pick up first. 😉
@stuartcotterill9475 2 жыл бұрын
£70 a sheet for OSB? Holy smokes, I thought €47 per 18mm sheet here in Ireland was expensive, but £70 is on a whole other level lol
@jonathanhasmail 2 жыл бұрын
Ah, so that’s why my builder couldn’t get 7N blocks for my garage build! 😡😉 My build is still ongoing having started demolition in late September but thankfully the metal webbed joists arrived yesterday so hopefully I’ll be seeing the builders again soon 🤔
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Nice one! Yeah, we bought all the blocks. 😂
@favouritemoon4133 2 жыл бұрын
What a great update! Question for builders/roofers perusing the comments: We are planning on having a side return extension on our semi-detached house. I want to know what you believe is the one essential bit of mechanical kit you need room to drive down a side return for any future building works, without which you/your boss would balk at taking on any *future* job to the back of the house. Or to put it another way, what is the minimum side return I should leave?
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@Danii23 2 жыл бұрын
Oh no! Weather is such a pain in the UK 😥Do you need a license to rent a digger? And how do you know that you won’t dig into pipes/wires/gas etc?
@RichardInTheLakes 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Mr Gosforth, I drove through the Cumbrian Gosforth today and though of your Channel. Quick question. What is your latest white gloss/satin trim recommendation for a rental property? Thanks for the great channel! Have almost watched every video now!
@mmuhiuddin 2 жыл бұрын
Would a mine cart or something be helpful if you're carrying so much? Colin Furze recently built one. Also, do you have a recycling centre locally? If so, you could get rid of a lot of stuff for free. They don't take everything but still might be a decent penny to be saved.
@bassoonuk 2 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, Andy! Did you think about shredding the organic waste and using it for compost/mulch? With a garden as big as yours, a proper shredder really cuts down on the amount you have to move around and get rid of!
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Shredding that sort of stuff is a nightmare as it just jams up, lots of bindweed etc. in it. Got a shredder though - vid coming!
@c.mcleod3107 2 жыл бұрын
@@GosforthHandyman Yeah, garden shredders are never as good as the one in 'Fargo'! 😉
@v88krb 2 жыл бұрын
I thought you said in an earlier video that the North East is quite a dry part of England!!! I think it is normally.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
I know, it's since I said that that it never stopped raining. 😂
@outoftheburrough 2 жыл бұрын
know the weather we've had in the last week (present day) I hope there was nothing that could go flying at that point
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Ha ha, yeah... about that. All OK luckily, but there's an up to date version of proceedings on the Member Zone. 👍😁
@girlsdrinkfeck 2 жыл бұрын
shame u cant get the building materials to the back garden via a barge from the stream 🤣
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Lol not a bad idea.
@robertgeiger2268 2 жыл бұрын
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@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
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@roberthardy2013 2 жыл бұрын
Once made trench reinforcement out of some old (free) fully boarded pallets fromGumtree.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Not a bad idea! Gone are the days of using OSB I think!
@roberthardy2013 2 жыл бұрын
@@GosforthHandyman I’m a Yorkshire lad so free is good!
@mykul8151 2 жыл бұрын
Could someone explain the single brick that sits proud of the back wall? It looks to be a metre high and between the old kitchen and living room.
@desertfox5657 2 жыл бұрын
How deep did you dig for the foundations ? How much would one need to dig for a for a two store house ? 1.20 ? 1.50 ?
@Tom-Lahaye 2 жыл бұрын
Was the rain in July? That was when we had the floods in Germany, Belgium and here in the south east of the Netherlands. I had to abort all my digging because trenches and height differences all collapsed and ended up as liquid mud, it took several months for the soil to get stable again, soil here is clay as well.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Oh no! No, it was September time. But yes, when it gets that muddy it's a disaster! 👍😬
@lesclark830 2 жыл бұрын
Skill and attention to detail by the barrow loads.. wonder how you will feel eventually looking back on this content,
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Les! It'll be interesting since I normally forget how much we did! 😂
@jn35353 2 жыл бұрын
Did I hear correctly you've got 600mm deep of concrete going in? Is that standard these days? When I did mine a few years ago I think I went with 225mm deep (top of foundations required depth to limit heave etc)
@charlesarnold4963 2 жыл бұрын
very interesting. time to build a biblical ark?!
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Tell me about it! It got worse! 😬
@robertthompson90 2 жыл бұрын
Another fantastic video! Just out of interest, could all of that organic waste be made into compost for the garden in future? Maybe if it was all thrown into a chipper to break up the big branches and increase the surface area of it, I imagine it would work well over time getting mulched down, or is it something that isn't worth the time and space for compost bins?
@-abigail 2 жыл бұрын
You can use it more directly than that - you can bury logs and branches under beds and they will slowly decompose and release nutrients over several years (as well as helping retain moisture). Wood chippings can also be used under beds for a faster but less long acting treatment, as well as making a great natural path material around beds.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
That was mostly non-compostable waste, like old brambles, bind weed etc. It just jams in the chipper.
@alanjones3873 2 жыл бұрын
Not enough clay for a flood barrier😉
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Lol, not quite... but the river bank is a fair bit higher now. 😂
@fgcvhhbvjhbj 2 жыл бұрын
Even mdf costs a fortune these days. Terrible for everyone really except the suppliers.
@TinTentTourist 2 жыл бұрын
yeah first in lol - hope the weather is kind to you!
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Nearly Martin! 👍😁
@highpath4776 2 жыл бұрын
When did the other shed appear ?
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
The new one? About 6 months ago. 👍
@LostWhits 2 жыл бұрын
Will you still have side access after the renovations are finished?
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Via the garage, yes. 👍
@LostWhits 2 жыл бұрын
@@GosforthHandyman to many new builds and renos in my neck of the woods have no rear access. Or at best a standard door width through the garage. Makes getting furniture in and out harder than ever.
@barryford7135 2 жыл бұрын
Did you hire or buy that water pump Andy?
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Ended up buying one as I seem to need one quite regularly and the last cheapy one I bought from Amazon went in the bin after 2 uses. 😂
@jacopo.scarpellini 2 ай бұрын
What’s the KZfaq censorship at 5:14?
@davescorpion 2 жыл бұрын
I think i found your house on Google earth..........lol
@paulmorris3613 2 жыл бұрын
Aren't you grateful you had side access to the back of the house. lol. Digging out foundations and moving spoil when it goes through the house is not a lot of fun. Weii done for your team. I wish my wife was so proactive. On jobs, I and the lads had to handball the lot. Sort of made your body ache LOL, That clay, if mixed with other mixtures will eventually open up and become very productive soil.
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Oh yes! Could never have survived without side access. Was always in the plan. 👍
@OBYGroup 2 жыл бұрын
Are you a builder and do you have your own company
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
No I'm not a builder!
@deceptor99 2 жыл бұрын
Where is part one please?
@m.di.c. 2 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hc-Cmq180c3XdHU.html here you go ^^
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hc-Cmq180c3XdHU.html
@zeppovendetta 2 жыл бұрын
Love u Andy Mac
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
😊
@ChrisTheSparky 2 жыл бұрын
5:27 when did your neighbors become shitty about their property appearing in the videos?
@boner2008 2 жыл бұрын
boowked
@breabeyrouti7834 2 жыл бұрын
Yikes that mud and clay is just misery
@flashback9966 2 жыл бұрын
English weather has little respect for buildiing projects, holidays or weddings . . .
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Tell me about it! 😂👍
@zeppovendetta 2 жыл бұрын
1st :)
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
Nice work! 😎
@HalfManThirdBiscuit 2 жыл бұрын
Nice 20 min distraction from wanting to end it all.
@UmarArtist. 2 жыл бұрын
2nd
@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
4th! 😁
@user-jv5th8ld9u 2 жыл бұрын
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@GosforthHandyman 2 жыл бұрын
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