Concrete Foundation Walls Using Snap Tie Forms

Snap tie concrete forms are a simple and effective way for anyone to be able to pour concrete effectively and inexpensive. If you are looking to save money by pouring your own concrete for your new home or cabin, the snap tie system allows you to build your forms out of 3/4 inch plywood and 2x4 which can all be used during future phases of construction I highly recommend you look at this snap tie system.
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  • @k.cashman427
    @k.cashman4276 жыл бұрын

    That's some cool footage. That garage is gonna be BIG! Thanks

  • @udavidism
    @udavidism5 жыл бұрын

    No strong-backs, no visible release oil on most of the forms, no vibrator and dropping the concrete too far. Staggering around on top of the forms is a accident waiting to happen. People call them construction "accidents", these people are working hard to make that happen.

  • @ArthurDentZaphodBeeb

    @ArthurDentZaphodBeeb

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's called 'hack construction'. The sad part is any competent contractor would be embarrassed to show that publicly - this guy thinks it's quality work. Go figure.

  • @sonsoffishes1

    @sonsoffishes1

    3 күн бұрын

    Just saw this. Thought about everything you just said. 😂😂

  • @TheCanadianBubba
    @TheCanadianBubba6 жыл бұрын

    Calling for two more weeks of fair weather here... hope you all get it too !

  • @MrDavidrex
    @MrDavidrex3 жыл бұрын

    No vibrator? You haven’t lived till you’ve poured a 40 story elevator shaft, but we vibrate the hell out of it. Concrete videos better than the news,lol. Good luck guys from Colorado.

  • @ericpreiner6307
    @ericpreiner63076 жыл бұрын

    Looks really good but I love my steel ply Simons forms it was a bit of an investment but totally worth it over the years keep up the good work

  • @dallinmangum5516

    @dallinmangum5516

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’d cook you in a set off you wouldn’t put in a tie

  • @chetblue4146
    @chetblue41465 жыл бұрын

    God bless those guys using that caveman forming system. Geez.

  • @ekalb7789
    @ekalb77893 жыл бұрын

    Gotta love Island Park construction in the fall

  • @manuelmartin8890
    @manuelmartin88906 жыл бұрын

    we use a nail shooter to nail a 2by 4 at the bottom of the wall this way you have a whaler. so you put a snap tie with it. having to purchase those little brackets adds up.

  • @robertleeaponte9039
    @robertleeaponte90396 жыл бұрын

    Here in Puerto Rico we use a 2×4 screwed to the floor.We also use a vibrator.

  • @patrickpestorius9564
    @patrickpestorius95642 жыл бұрын

    Dang, they didn't over do it with the bracing, but I guess it all worked out. Haven't seen those clips at the base of the wall before. Good stuff...

  • @chilepatuann9009

    @chilepatuann9009

    2 жыл бұрын

    How it calls that?

  • @eddiesanders7438
    @eddiesanders74386 жыл бұрын

    Absolute lunacy pouring those walls with out vibrating ! Especially those 8 footers! they will sure have surprises when those forms come down. These guys would not work for me.

  • @gtgamer1992

    @gtgamer1992

    6 жыл бұрын

    Eddie Sanders yup honey combs all over

  • @cochorrorshow1005

    @cochorrorshow1005

    5 жыл бұрын

    Technically, they did vibrate the walls using a hammer, although maybe not as effective.

  • @mikeaitch62

    @mikeaitch62

    4 жыл бұрын

    Vibration is for pussys 🤣

  • @samt5663

    @samt5663

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey Eddie Sanders. Would you vibrate with a super plasticiser?

  • @johnwhite2576

    @johnwhite2576

    Жыл бұрын

    And they are doing a single 8 foot lift ??!

  • @nub9688
    @nub96886 жыл бұрын

    They should have used a vibrating rod to get rid of possible "air pockets" like they do for ICF.

  • @cammcdonald1478

    @cammcdonald1478

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nu B when pouring foundations, i you know how to pour, and have the right mix 160-165 slump, you dont need a vibrator. Pouring grade beams are different

  • @awhodothey

    @awhodothey

    6 жыл бұрын

    Cam Mcdonald Haha! Yeah right! These guys are idiots.

  • @mohammadkhalid6745

    @mohammadkhalid6745

    6 жыл бұрын

    I think they used self-consolidating (self-compacting) concrete which doesn't require vibrator.

  • @awhodothey

    @awhodothey

    6 жыл бұрын

    mohammad khalid No, that is definitely not self consolidating concrete. SCC pours into place like concrete that has way too much water. These clowns have no idea what they are doing.

  • @jamesharder5643

    @jamesharder5643

    4 жыл бұрын

    A pencil vibrator would be nice but I did notice that they were tapping the forms with hammers. That’s a good start. I’ve delivered concrete to a lot of jobs and based on some of the clowns insisting on pouring at a 165 slump I would say these guys are doing alright. Some of the smoothest operators I saw could do a good job at 100mm or less.

  • @vinnie27
    @vinnie273 жыл бұрын

    Dobra robota 🙂👍

  • @AllAccessConstruction
    @AllAccessConstruction2 жыл бұрын

    The ol walk the plank.. 😂😂😂

  • @MSaleh-vy8rr
    @MSaleh-vy8rr4 жыл бұрын

    Me after Taco Bells at 4AM 5:35

  • @TrueCarpenter
    @TrueCarpenter6 жыл бұрын

    6:50 ... accident waiting to happen guys. and im surprised to see no vibrator. but looked like a solid pour

  • @donavenclimie2141
    @donavenclimie21415 жыл бұрын

    we would have it set up in one day with our aluminum forms and maybe a same day pour

  • @steve822009

    @steve822009

    4 жыл бұрын

    How the hell do you put grade on aluminium or nail/screw anything else to the form?

  • @josiahm6321

    @josiahm6321

    3 жыл бұрын

    BS

  • @rockoalvarez8651
    @rockoalvarez86514 жыл бұрын

    Build a wood scaffold

  • @carolcarola9719
    @carolcarola97193 жыл бұрын

    Did you provide sleeves for utilities such as electric Power?

  • @kevvfarr1
    @kevvfarr15 жыл бұрын

    No poker / Vibrator either - Pure Daft

  • @mykro2208
    @mykro220820 күн бұрын

    I’d strong back the tall wall every 4’ oc and 8’ oc for the rest of the walls. I would use turn buckles with 4”X 4”s to brace the walls.. Bomb proof it..! That way you can sleep at nite…

  • @venderpara7895
    @venderpara7895 Жыл бұрын

    why arent guys usiing that black shielded wallboard 3/4 sheets in the usa ??? anyone or am i missing something , not shure what brand manufacture er is ? awesome work execution

  • @apeeps91
    @apeeps916 жыл бұрын

    No vibrator. Never seen that done.

  • @mattmattigan5036
    @mattmattigan50365 ай бұрын

    Enjoy that foundation shift/sink in a few years.

  • @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    5 ай бұрын

    LOL, thanks for the heads up! I'll keep my fingers crossed.

  • @akashrajput1323
    @akashrajput13236 жыл бұрын

    Which grade concrete are used by u in this ?

  • @manuelmartin8890
    @manuelmartin88905 жыл бұрын

    Most on site inspectors wont allow us to pour walls without a vibrator.tapping helps butt cant completly rid you of air entrapment and pocket voids

  • @svseaglobe
    @svseaglobe5 жыл бұрын

    I need to get a defender 90

  • @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes you do

  • @BB-rt9nc
    @BB-rt9nc2 жыл бұрын

    How’d the plum it?

  • @alroylewis1603
    @alroylewis16032 жыл бұрын

    Good job question how do i get these snip ties to buy i have a project that need 1500

  • @danielbenitez1746
    @danielbenitez17462 жыл бұрын

    Good work for a bunch of apprentices

  • @wummerG
    @wummerG3 жыл бұрын

    5:23 Death trap! I couldn't watch after that.

  • @jagboy69

    @jagboy69

    2 жыл бұрын

    I saw that too. YIKES!

  • @zapwatt
    @zapwatt Жыл бұрын

    I went to highschool with Charles Brundage.

  • @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    5 ай бұрын

    So, spill the tea! Any juicy high school gossip about Charles Brundage?

  • @guyalexander266
    @guyalexander2665 жыл бұрын

    No form release oil, those were fun to strip

  • @Callumaroo
    @Callumaroo Жыл бұрын

    Lol Noise on a job site? Used to love the neighbors complaining. How did their house get built? Wait for the framers playing AC/DC at 7am😂

  • @ronhart4166
    @ronhart41666 жыл бұрын

    Do they still build "Block Homes" ? Or is this the new way. I have been watching "Pure Living for life" and they are using "ICFs"

  • @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ron Hart, I could talk for days about the pros and cons of cinder block, ICF, and traditional formed concrete walls. Each of those systems has their place in different applications But having torn down a lot of old homes and cabins I would avoid cinder block at all cost as it deteriorates very quickly.

  • @paulnovak833

    @paulnovak833

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pure living for life are two blowhard amatuers.

  • @urbanmacdonald2591
    @urbanmacdonald25913 жыл бұрын

    After many years of doing concrete forming I do not see why they aren't using advanced forms they make the foundation or should say forms go up very quickly and stripping is twice as fast as for using a vibrator pouring that wall using the pump truck alleviates a lot of the air and honeycomb that occurs in the wall but yes a vibrator is wise to use

  • @rodm5830
    @rodm58306 жыл бұрын

    Looks like Colorado mountains.

  • @timwest1922
    @timwest19225 жыл бұрын

    Well there is a lot to be said . Looks good at the end but guys please don't try and convince me that drilling and epoxy your stubs is easier than laying rod on layout.You got lucky. I do like that system. If you don't want to buy Simon's or advanced forms . You should have added more bracing especially at the he outside corn s . At least you can use the play wood for something else.

  • @joebozzelli969
    @joebozzelli9697 ай бұрын

    P.S. These walls will obviously have a top and bottom plate. Studs, 16" on center with run vertically, unless you think it'd be more advisable to run them horizontal as i am cutting my old walls(8'x8') in half. Thanks again.

  • @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    5 ай бұрын

    It's great that you're taking on the project of cutting your old walls in half! Vertical studs at 16" on center is the traditional way to go, but running them horizontally can provide some interesting design options. Good luck with your renovation!

  • @outofsquare
    @outofsquare6 жыл бұрын

    It doesn’t look like there’s frost at the door cutout

  • @NeoJeni
    @NeoJeni4 жыл бұрын

    Простукиваете по щитам в место вибратора?

  • @miziry5202
    @miziry52024 жыл бұрын

    OSHA? where you at?

  • @brianwasmund7568
    @brianwasmund75685 жыл бұрын

    Why didnt you use any strong backs? Its damn near impossible to get your walls blumb and straight when bracing to the whalers

  • @slippy11ful

    @slippy11ful

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was looking at that to. No stiff backs anywhere... pure ignorance. That walls not gonna be verry plum

  • @zaneymay
    @zaneymay6 жыл бұрын

    When will you be working on your homestead?

  • @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    6 жыл бұрын

    zaneymay, we are working on it every day, I just need to get it on film!

  • @zaneymay

    @zaneymay

    6 жыл бұрын

    great. looking forward to it.

  • @yousifamin8673

    @yousifamin8673

    5 жыл бұрын

    zaneymay ima is a

  • @outofsquare
    @outofsquare2 жыл бұрын

    What was that shit with the hose at the end, does he help you piss too? Those walls must come out perfect with all those walers, good video.

  • @papamisgav8702
    @papamisgav87025 жыл бұрын

    They have shud dubelled the iron.

  • @ryandralle991
    @ryandralle9915 жыл бұрын

    I pour concrete pools just like these guys, minus the pump truck hose, 4 foot walls but we never vibrate either, just hammer checking, shame we cant see finished.

  • @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    5 жыл бұрын

    We had absolutely no honeycomb when we stripped the forms on this poor, hammer checking works for us.

  • @ryandralle991

    @ryandralle991

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@EssentialMountainHomesteading oh awesome! Well, great job then, props to that dude on the wall, them hoses arent very easy to hold onto. And man oh man...the clean up on that pour omg...all those clamps..lmao proud of you guys !

  • @Yutani_Crayven
    @Yutani_Crayven6 жыл бұрын

    :( Rain is the best, except when it shows up uninvited and ruins the road the one time you need it

  • @steve822009

    @steve822009

    4 жыл бұрын

    When it rains, we pour.

  • @jedidiah5131
    @jedidiah51316 жыл бұрын

    My Grandson is doing a project on building foundations with concrete, can you tell me approx. how many days from breaking ground and to the final slab pour (finished) and approx. how many men were working on this site....an example he needs would be like 14 working days/x5 men etc...Thanks.

  • @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jedidiah Set up = 3 days- 3 guys Pour = 1 day- 6 guys Take down 1day- 6 guys

  • @jonhynes3180

    @jonhynes3180

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lmao tgats craziness three good guys could do that in a fay with advanced or dura forms this system is old and dumb, a good 3 man crew could build and pour in one day and strip the next day using advanced forms these guys have no idea what is going on, an 8ft wall no vibrator?? How where the honey combs espically on corners? A little investment of 50 or 60 grand will say you 100s of thoisands of dollars over a few years

  • @RailyardProductions

    @RailyardProductions

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jonhynes3180 You're calling them Dumb?

  • @laoluu
    @laoluu6 жыл бұрын

    no vibrator? :))

  • @kieranjohnburke

    @kieranjohnburke

    6 жыл бұрын

    laoluu lol if they vibrated that ,they’d have more blow outs than I’ve had hot dinners

  • @christopherlehman626
    @christopherlehman6264 жыл бұрын

    Do people always pour that dry? I put up foundations and we never pour that dry unless we have a special situation.

  • @jamesharder5643

    @jamesharder5643

    4 жыл бұрын

    I hauled concrete for 7 years. I wouldn’t call that dry. The use of pumps allows for concrete to be placed a lot stiffer than the days where we did two corner chute pours. Place it stiff and consolidate with a vibrator.

  • @christopherlehman626

    @christopherlehman626

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jamesharder5643 see that doesn't make any sense to me. When we use a pump they usually don't want it any dryer than a 6-in slump. Otherwise it will ball up in the pipes and clog all pour.

  • @jamesharder5643

    @jamesharder5643

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@christopherlehman626 I don't want to seem like I've done everything and know it all...BUT...I've run a concrete pump as well - and an old one at that. I wouldn't have hesitated to pump a 4" slump with it provided it was a good mix design. There were a few redi-mix operators that supplied harsh mixes that were not easy to pump but I don't know if a looser mix really helped all that much. Now with new pump designs pumping a 3'-4" should not be too difficult as long as it's a pumpable mix design. Some outfits run lower sand content and crushed stone. That has always been hard to send through pipes. You need a nice slurry that lubricates the pipe. Every pump I've observed also had a vibrator on the grate to help move stiff concrete through.

  • @jamesharder5643

    @jamesharder5643

    4 жыл бұрын

    Did you use wood forms with ties or ICF? With ICF there is also the risk of blowouts if the mix is too wet.

  • @christopherlehman626

    @christopherlehman626

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jamesharder5643 we use aluminum forms. With basic 2 inch ties. Sometimes when it's hotter than heck we pour trucks off at a 7 in slump and fill it to the top with no hesitation. I do it everyday.

  • @williamdiesta6723
    @williamdiesta6723 Жыл бұрын

    That's scaryyy

  • @BrianBriCurInTheOC
    @BrianBriCurInTheOC6 жыл бұрын

    Leave them guys alone!!! Did I see frost what happens if concrete freezes before cured??!

  • @user-zu2bw7ig5v

    @user-zu2bw7ig5v

    6 жыл бұрын

    Brian Curwick you just let the real contractors worry about it.

  • @Honk1117

    @Honk1117

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol it won't freeze until it's cured

  • @denniswilliams3934
    @denniswilliams39343 жыл бұрын

    At 7:08 there are 2 Land rover Defenders and a Rainbow. After seeing that, there was nothing you guys could do that I would not endorse. I learned to drive with a Defender in 1966. Long live the "Defender" ... the Queen, a different story.

  • @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    3 жыл бұрын

    I would love to hear that story!

  • @glenking3337
    @glenking33375 жыл бұрын

    Huh, we've always poured walls in 1 or 2 foot lifts. Have never just filled forms from top to bottom first. And have never not vibrated each lift. Guy should put a v belt from a car around hose for better handling. Also who the hell left there work truck in the way of the pump?

  • @aguasalgada1

    @aguasalgada1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Can't believe it didn't blow out never seen any wall over 4ft get poured without lifts.

  • @hosmerhomeboy

    @hosmerhomeboy

    4 жыл бұрын

    With that system (and strongbacks as well, but also with vibrators) We've done 30 foot pours in roughly 8 foot lifts. It is surprisingly strong. We did almost have an error once with zypex additives making it retain a high slump for a longer than usual time. There was 20-24 feet of liquid concrete in the wall at the point of near failure. We lost one tie, and the whole thing looked like a fat woman trying on spandex.

  • @jamesharder5643

    @jamesharder5643

    4 жыл бұрын

    A wall formed with strong ties like that can easily be done in one lift. If it had been I would have done one lift level (or a little higher) than the drops in the wall to allow it to set a little before coming back to it.

  • @jamesharder5643

    @jamesharder5643

    4 жыл бұрын

    aguasalgada1 Never seen a wall formed with strong ties blow with 8 foot lifts

  • @user-zu2bw7ig5v
    @user-zu2bw7ig5v6 жыл бұрын

    As long is it takes using this system I don't understand how you can make money. My 5 man crew using advance panels would set up and pour this in a day and be out the next stripped and cleaned up before 10. Don't believe me look into advance concrete forms by far the fastest and user friendly.

  • @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    @EssentialMountainHomesteading

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ryan, I will check them out!

  • @concreteninja953

    @concreteninja953

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ryan Seppanen 5 guys could lock that up in an hour. Lol.

  • @concreteninja953

    @concreteninja953

    6 жыл бұрын

    Essential Mountain Homesteading Look into Corrievou Concrete Forms OR Advance.

  • @samuelmoran6943

    @samuelmoran6943

    6 жыл бұрын

    What's up Ryan Seppanen

  • @jessejones1187

    @jessejones1187

    6 жыл бұрын

    Essential Mountain Homesteading i was thinkin same thing our crew at Eliis is 3 seasoned guys we woulda set an pour footers 1st day stripped footwrs an built an poured walls 2nd day an 3rd an final day stripped walls an cleaned up

  • @rom4486
    @rom44862 жыл бұрын

    Almost no bracing ,

  • @wildmanofthewynooch7028
    @wildmanofthewynooch702811 ай бұрын

    ever hear of a vibbrator?

  • @kevvfarr1
    @kevvfarr15 жыл бұрын

    Foreman/Crew Chief should face chargers for this type of stupidity. Working platform inside the forms would cost little. Build it into the price for the client.

  • @philleach6271
    @philleach62714 жыл бұрын

    No vibe? Wtf

  • @VonFowler-fw3yh
    @VonFowler-fw3yh5 жыл бұрын

    Probably well meaning guys but there work shows they are neither safe or efficient. Lots of short cuts on the forms. Very unsafe! Standing on the walers, improper vibrating, no safe scaffolding to work safely from, talking about tablesaws and fishing when their minds should be on the pour! Concrete is meant to be poured in lifts, not stick the hose in and fill until topped off, Messy worksite (unnecessary trip hazards). Etc, etc, etc. Lots of amateur and know it all types!

  • @hankclingingsmith8707

    @hankclingingsmith8707

    3 жыл бұрын

    PROFESSIONALS Can work and talk

  • @VonFowler-fw3yh

    @VonFowler-fw3yh

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@hankclingingsmith8707 touched a nerve huh!

  • @VonFowler-fw3yh

    @VonFowler-fw3yh

    2 жыл бұрын

    Based on the work that I've observed there are no professionals on that jobsite. Where are the monkeys kept that showed those guys how to pour?

  • @peterbuilttough3406
    @peterbuilttough34063 жыл бұрын

    Lol..just dont let the inspector see the this video of your 1' x1' o.c rebar

  • @CaytoCatugawa
    @CaytoCatugawa6 жыл бұрын

    No, no, no... where second layer of transverse reinforcement ?

  • @TRON0314
    @TRON0314 Жыл бұрын

    So depressing the open land we are losing to not even hobby farms to these coastals plus texas people playing cowboy.

  • @JK-cl3sj
    @JK-cl3sj4 жыл бұрын

    There is not enough minimal reinforcement. There should be two layers. One from one side and one from opposing side. There should be at least one fi12cm rod on every 40cm. What is more I dont know how they plann water insulation but those distances which holds the wooden sheets(foundation - wall connection) will be quite problematic to cover with any kind of insulation. They should be cut before cover with anything. AND THOSE GUYS IN 6:00 POURING CONCRETE THEY WOULD BE KICKED FROM WORK BY ME. If anything happens to them civil engineer goes to jail.

  • @jameskgrant7405

    @jameskgrant7405

    3 жыл бұрын

    Engineer I guess. ! 1 layer will withstand gust of 170 and stastained winds of 134 m.p.h. [International Code Council ] Try some critical thinking bud

  • @VonFowler-fw3yh
    @VonFowler-fw3yh2 жыл бұрын

    ,Rube Goldberg at its finest. Job is wasteful, dangerous, and it's obvious that no one understands the proper way to get concrete into the forms. What a waste!

  • @mikekennemer7737
    @mikekennemer77375 жыл бұрын

    No idea what they are doing, as an Inspector I would never pass this job.

  • @JK-cl3sj

    @JK-cl3sj

    4 жыл бұрын

    How does it looks like in USA, from law side? In Poland such an "work" have to be "accepted" by licensed civil engineer and later "accepted" by clerk in "Building Department". So mainly renforcement and forms are checked by engineers.