Nice to see Captain Kleeman in your video Mr Dirt Perfect

I've always liked working with concrete. The result is always good and it is easy to work with even for an amateur.

Great video Mr Dirt Perfect

Living in southern Virginia I have never heard of a frost footers. Learned something 🤓

Slick forming system. No block outs for waste lines ? Enjoy the videos and your explanations.

That Formadrain is pretty slick, great job!

Thank you.

Mike you would have to learn to dig deeper around here. Frost line is normally around four foot. I usually go 5-6 foot if I really want to be sure. A few years ago the water line under my drive froze at eight foot. That was not fun. Like the way you do your jobs. Usually neat/finished look to them. There are some pretty rough looking footers and such around here. The favorite comment seems to be that it will never been seen again so who cares. It bugs me because "I" know it is not right. LOL (Just my personal OCD issue)

You are correct

I really appreciate the explanations.. Very helpful..

I like that form-a-drain a lot

Great job. We do several things differently, it wont change the quality but would increase production if interested. We do use a telebelt to place rock and concrete. Rock first then concrete. If interested let me know I can let ya know the different things we do. Great job looking forward to next video.

Whoa! Ballsy concrete truck driver getting right there at the edge! I like it! Looks like a good start. Wish you could bring some of that heat from August back to November to spread it out a little!

If you put that 2x4 on a recital saw blade drill two wholes in it the vibrations from the saw will do all the work

Looks good fellas!👍👍🙂 I don’t know why but I think there is just something satisfying about concrete work, I dunno , maybe I’m weird lol 😬😆

Kleenman I don't recommend a boat. Hit a rock they sink. With your luck. 😂 Of course on the plus side boats don't have mirrors. Lol God bless

hey DP i like that form a drain system but where it was clear of the ground on that corner we would not be able to put rock in there it would have to be fill with cement or it would fail inspection we cant even sprinkle a little around the outside or inside to keep from walking in a foot of muck until after the footers are poured Have a nice day i enjoy your vids i learn new stuff about new products

Yep in upstate NY our frost line is 3ft

In central FL, the rebar has to be curved around the corner. We aren't allowed to just run the ends straight into the corners

Nice work fellas! Love the skid steer bridge

115 degree heat index in November?! We’re moving to Indiana tomorrow better start digging our basement mayor. 😘 DIRT PERFECT 2020 🇺🇸MAKE AMERICA PERFECT AGAIN🇺🇸

That's not what I'd call off roadin , your jobsites are always great compared to what I used to deal with

Great stuff. Loved the video

The skid steer is starting to grow on you. I guess you did this basement back in the late summer.

Just when i was about to ask why you dug and put ramps for the skid steer (shaking my head while there) you answered 10 seconds later in the video, makes sense ;).

I love the concept of the form-a-drain. Guaranteed that your drain has no low or high spots to prevent proper drainage. How do you normally connect the outer drain with the drain sump? Is there some sort of connector installed when the form-a-drain doesn’t wrap around like this one did at the walk out?

I enjoy these jobs.

Couple videos back you had a drill powered form vibrator. Where might a guy find one to buy like that? Great videos by the way.

One way to teach your hired help to remember to charge your battery is to always have a cord and electric drill in truck. But it would b nice for you to have a built in charger in your truck with a few extra . Can u back across your bridge lol I can’t believe u got all that motor put back together

nicely done!!!

Great video Mike, excellent commentary, the why's and theory reflect your experience. Glad to see you're finally accepting the Kabota as a good investment....lol Nice edits and music here too. Work safe, enjoy your weekend! Doug@ the "ranch"

making the cash register ring is where it's at - gotta keep the cash flow up to make payroll. i was wondering how you connect the ICF pour to the footing - question answered.

It's only gotten up to 30 degrees when I watched this. I'm sure a lot of our local mixer truck drivers wished they had as nice of work areas as you seem to give them.

Almost felt bad for you Mike. Then again I'm watching in the ac at midnight with a cold daddy I cant feel bad about nothing. Sweat it out big guy. 🤣😂😂

I have 2 750 watt inverters in my truck that are only hot when the engine is running. They let me charge all my batteries while I drive.

You must do a lot of concrete to wear your 4' Bull Float down to 2' :) Ever use a wood Darby ? That's what we used for Form-a-Drain.

Mike.... I used to work with a guy whose favorite expression was “all things being equal”. He found a way to work it into every conversation... we nicknamed him ‘Ekul’ because that’s how he pronounced it.... but, I digress... when you were talking about fastening the corner and butt joints you made a statement that Ekul would envy.... “they’re not as important but they ARE just as important”. Now , it that’s not a perfect example of all things being Ekul”.... I’ll eat your hat! I tried Googling Captain Kleeman but my auto-correct kept spitting out Captain Kangaroo... you don’t suppose there’s a deeper meaning, do you?

We have frost footers in va also, not sure how it is further south from me

A right angle drill will let you screw those stakes on the outside of the form next to that rock wall.

did captain pick up a mirriw for the truck

Wait what did you say mike??? 😂😂 the skid steer is earring it keep and it staying??? Well hell just frozen over!!! 🤣🤣🤣 had to pick on you mike glad to hear you liking the skid steer!! They are worth their weight once you get on to them

What are y'alls thoughts on that form-a-drain? I've heard mixed reviews. If you were building a house for yourself, would you use it?

Mike, I've lived in an ICF house for 17 years and I agree with you on the fact that they save on cost in heating and cooling. Also, any noise from outside never reaches me, including heavy thunderstorms. Here's an interesting video you may enjoy concerning different wall construction types and flying debris in tornadoes and hurricanes. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gNVogtiCusnUd6M.html

Would you mind going over the transition. From the form a drain to the frost wall please and thank you.

its a builders line not a frigen string

Like that drain system

i was wondering if this was an old vid re posted .lots of similarities to the other one yall did.but it did not have a walk out.cool vid.

I know it's a little late to ask this, but I don't see the drain tile tie-in for the Formadrain walls. and I didn't see the rebar for the frost foundation, only the 18" rebar height measuring bars

concrete perfect

I’m shocked Kleeman didn’t say he got that elephant trunk from dirtperfect.com 🤣🤣🤣

So this form a drain seems interesting, I plan on building my own house soon (hence watching dirt work as a contractor) doesn't that rock you added under the footer and around need to be compacted though or does it not really matter because it's such a small lift?

How deep below grade does the bottom of the footer have to be where the walkout is.

Dirt Perfect, thanks for the video. In a future video would you please explain why it isn't necessary to vibrate the concrete in the footings? The local inspector here always asks if it has been vibrated.

am i understanding correctly here. the house has 2 footers that are not connected to one another? im aware the wall will be poured and bridge that gap but it is not a footer it it only an 8 in wall. hmmm

I have a question on that system since I'm not familiar with it. When the part that is in the form system meets up with what you called the frost footer, do they not have to be tied together somehow? Where I am, when there is a difference in height in two sections of footer (a step up or step down) we have to let the two sections overlap. If you step up 8 inches then the upper section must overlap the lower section also by 8 inches. We're also limited to a 24 inch step.

real nice job.how deep is your frost footing ,here in nwnj its 42 in

Why not step down the form-a-drain and run it under the walkout? My engineer wants the top of the footer a minimum of 2'2" under grade with 12" thick footers.

Where do you get your Form-a-Drain? I understand stepping down the bottom of the frost footing but can you explain why you stepped the top down? I guess I'm missing something. Maybe it will be explained in a later vid.

i like jason....i like his tatoo's too!!! hard to find a good helper!!! 1 out of every 20 i hire has ambition and wants to work...

Could you use Form-A-Drain on the outside and form the inside conventionally? If I remember right the last one you did you put a pipe between the two. Or yu don't need to do it since it has a walk-out? Kleeman could lie nd say he is a Captain in the fire dept.

You need to get Captain Kleeman one of those pirate hats like Captain Jack Sparrow wears,,that way he'll look the part!!☠☠☠

why are the footers not connected

Mike, with water there now does that mean they might have a wet basement later just wondering, also you are getting better with that skid steer.

with the water already there would you consider putting in a sump pit and pump?

What rock is that under the footer?

Do you not vibrate the concrete in the footings to get all the air out.

Should gone real old school @ 17:52 and said Service Merchandice, or Montgomery Ward's!!!

I'm not so sure about this captain Kleeman thing.🤔

I see you dont make your footers continuous . any thing 4 foot and under must be continuous is our building code in Kentucky. And i cant believe you can put rock in for fill. Our inspectors must see sub-grade. Your lucky to be able to do that. And dont you put footer pads under the basement floor area for the post that supports the beam. And how do you get pluming out of the basement, I didnt see a 6 inch pipe under your footer.

Waa this done recently? It seems hot for this time of year

Math 20 x 1/2 = 20 ?🤔 20 x 1/2 = 10 😂 God bless

Do u form ur footers on all pored basments

Was there any rebar in the frost footing?

What do you think about this new name roofing perfect

why do you noy put the drain tile across the frost footer, we have to here, as well out frost footer for a walk out must be down 4 feet minimum, with drain tile, drain tile also must cgis cross the floor and tie into the sump hole and tubes though thhe footings to tie in the floor drain tie witch is all back filed with 3/4 washed stone, 6" over the tile, trenchs are dug in the sub grade to house the drain tile, and it allmust emty into a sump hole witch is normaly under a stair case, then pumped out to the back yard or road, the tile cant go out into the open due to freeze up, it also cant dump into sewer or septic, using a pump allows the drian line to go dry between sump fills so it dont freeze up, i hope this job was done mid summer, not just this week if it is that hot, we been well below freezing for some time now

Looking good- but ya are missing your knee pads- when ya get to my age you will wish ya used them more

Not perfect? Wtf? Lol

I just sent you an Instagram message if you could please read it and get back to me. Thanks