As a contractor I’m impressed and impressed you are even taking that on your own. But all I can think based on my personal experience gutting an older house, is that it would have probably just been cheaper to tear it all down and start over new. The headache and extra time it take to save it. Good luck ether way

@finnenjr

Күн бұрын

there is one difference. i´m a home owner of an 100+ year old wood house here in Sweden. first time i thought of cut upp my floor i almost burnt my sawsaw blade.. Old houses have good wood in them slow growing hard wood. to just waste that to build a osb home that blows in pieces next storm is not my cope of the

@ess2870

11 сағат бұрын

I'm sitting here in awe of the ingenuity. But also keep asking myself...How much is a basement worth?!?!? Almost easier to rent a few cranes and move the entire structure 40ft to the left, then 40ft back, no?

@stoveboltlvr3798

5 сағат бұрын

I was thinking the beams front to back could be axels. Set the house on wheels and roll it out of the way. After basement and foundation are ready, roll it right back.

@Ricco777

4 сағат бұрын

This way they have somewhere to continue living while the basement is constructed I guess.

Started watching because who would be crazy enough to attempt digging under your house, (hope it doesn't get too windy) stayed because I love watching your dogs probably thinking the same.

You are completely mad - but I'm glad you are. This is a brilliant and interesting project to watch.

I worked doing this back in the late 70s and 80s .I was the man who threw the cribbing and stacked it. the company's name was B&M Construction out of Epping New Hampshire. we did over 100 buildings in 4 years that I work there. some lake houses some barns some old farm houses old commercial buildings very hard work but it paid well and kept us on our toes . Lol

@Wolfpupfab

Күн бұрын

I feel like there were a lot more houses lifted/moved back in those days. There doesn’t seem to be too many company’s or people that do it anymore.

I'm not worried about the vertical capacity of your wide flange beam columns, but I'm definitely concerned with the lack of horizontal racking strength. You don't have much of anything preventing the sideways movement of the house, and the beam to column connection is not enough to form a moment connection. All it takes is a good windy day, or a slip of the controls on the mini to bump it. Be safe!

@Palo-jm7xc

Күн бұрын

My thoughts exactly. Like when the footing fell down @26:33 and hit the column.

@CrawfordMethod

Күн бұрын

@@Palo-jm7xc I would much rather see crib stacks made with 6x6 material... Crib stacks are easy to place and move, and they give you an easy place to put the jacks to lift. There is a reason pro riggers use crib stacks!

@LouieGrind

19 сағат бұрын

I'm more worried of the weld to the steel plates in the ground than the connection to the beams but I agree. When (read before) the entire houses foundation is a beam-pillar deck it needs some trusses to take up the horizontal loads in each direction.

My dad and I did this to a lake house we bought back in 1990. Instead of digging under the house like you we jacked it up with railroad ties 12’. On the day we were pouring the footer (in New Hampshire it’s 6’ deep) my dad was running the backhoe and he couldn’t reach this one spot to dig and bumped the house we thought. Well Dennis Delesio was inside using the bathroom taking a leak. He comes running out with soaked pants because that little bump was more like a magnitude 10 earthquake inside the house lol. You never thought you’d see a grown man come running out a house on this flimsy set of stairs with his pants almost down to his knees lol. That’s gotta be one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Things could have gotten very bad but luckily it didn’t.

@Wolfpupfab

5 күн бұрын

That’s a great story

When I was young, my uncle did the same thing without having any experience. He spent about about a year and half on it while still working his normal job. He has a nice basement now.

Your operator on those machines was a professional, you all have cajones of steel everyone of you the meticulous way you did that was a just epic you sir have a follow and subscribe just for that. Can’t wait to see this progress

Thanks for sharing a different video. Was a bit scary at time but you are awesome. Take care be safe guys.

You have bigger balls than me with that structure lol - I would be scared crapless that framing would shift, especially at @26:37, thats a fecal factor of about 12 when that concrete hit that framing!

Consider adding more diagonal bracing to your supports. There's very little resistance to keep the supports from bending over and dropping your house.

Nice work! Looking forward to the progress!

So interesting. I’ve never seen this done before. Keep posting the updates.

WOW! Great job. Looking forward to many more videos of your adventure.

I love this. So badly would I love to do a project like this. Such an accomplishment

The thumbnail got me interested to watch but the German Shepherd barking at the big nasty yellow "animal" with a metal hand at the beginning was an even better introduction to your channel 🤣

This is going to be a great series!!!

Ive got this phrase running in my brain, "SAFETY FIRST, SAFETY FIRST "

I'll be following this build. Greetings from Australia.

LOL this is such unnecessary madness, I love it. Looks like there's enough room next door to build a "basement" without digging under the house and you still could have had covered stairs walking down into it.

You could have built a new building and have a basement under the new building twice the size of the Basement under the old house For the price that you're paying just to have the 1 basement under the old house, And you could have built a new building close to the old house and just put a room from the old house over to the New building and new basement , But I enjoy the video of watching what you're doing it's your land and you're building, I enjoyed watching the video , Thank you,

You’re a mad man! I can’t wait for the next video!

What a mission, bet it's going to look and turn out great when done....

the youtube gods sent me here, OMG that's gonna be a good show :) nice digging!

This is an amazing task! I wish you well and look forward to the rest of your videos on this monster sized job! You have guts man, good luck!

It was in the late Twenties when my father dug-out the celler in the house I was raised in. He did it with a pick, shovel & wheel barrow. Shored-up the rubble stone foundation to make room for a furnace, laundry room and large coal storage bin. Needless to say, none of the equipment you are using existed in those days.

While I appreciate the content I just don’t see why. But again, Ty for allowing us to see your vision come to reality.

A pretty big project, understatement! You are going to drive YT safety police bonkers 🤣 but I think it is amazing and cannot wait for the rest. Good luck and happy digging.

I really enjoyed watching this, thanks for sharing

@Wolfpupfab

5 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching

I am a house designer by hobby, I am amazed at how you did this, can't wait to see the video of the walls being poured and then the house setting on top of them!!

@Wolfpupfab

3 күн бұрын

Thanks👍

Great job !!

GOOD JOB .

Angle bracing. Your raised structure is highly susceptible to wind, and lateral movement. Be careful.

This is amazing! Nice work

@Wolfpupfab

2 күн бұрын

Thanks!

What a project hats off to you guys scary for you entertaining for us

Great video. You are saving boat loads of money doing this yourself. I had an uncle that hand dug a small basement under his house yeare ago. Crazy.

@Wolfpupfab

2 күн бұрын

Thanks👍

Man what a massive project you have on your hands,looks you are doing beautiful job 👍

@Wolfpupfab

2 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍

You must really like that house

thanks for showing man that was a nice process

@Wolfpupfab

2 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

🤯 nice job

IMPRESSIVE!

Very fun! It's like the same technique/principle when you're moving houses to another lot. Very efficient use of land IMO. Must have been nerve wracking taking that first scoop out from underneath the house. Good job man!

@Wolfpupfab

17 сағат бұрын

Thanks!

Nice job! From the video, editing, song choice, to the content itself. Subscribed!

@Wolfpupfab

2 күн бұрын

Thanks I appreciate that

Cool project. Hope it goes well for you

@Wolfpupfab

6 күн бұрын

Thanks👍

Interesting to see the coming videos, please!. subscribed.

good to hear you're using ICF forms. Should make it a lot easier all around.

Best video I've seen in a long time. Thank you so much. New subscriber here, keep.

@Wolfpupfab

Күн бұрын

Thanks for watching

Glad I found this content new sub.

I can't believe you're living in that this whole time. 😳

Just subscribed, hello from the uk.

Your videos are very good, I like them, have a nice day

@Wolfpupfab

17 сағат бұрын

Thanks, you too

I did this to my house and studied house lifting for years before attempting it. Kudos to this guy for having the balls to do it but it's not really a "see how it goes" type of project. When things go wrong they go very wrong. Those posts are super sketchy- completely relying on whatever welds he put on those road plates for all the sheer strength. No substitute for cribbing stacks. Definitely staying tuned though

you could also jack the house up a few feet to add windows all round to the basement

Two-three more large beams and you could have just slid the house back 25 feet. Built the basement then moved the hose back on top of it.

Everyone does their own thing, but for me, I would either, have demolished the house and built one with a basement, Or, jacked up this one shifted it out the way, and built the basement structure, then put the house back.

😂100 ton home☆~~~~¿☆Great work excavators.

I’m surprised you just didn’t pour your new basement next to the house and move the house on top.

@Wolfpupfab

2 күн бұрын

That sounds easier than it would be

Not enough cribbing in my opinion,dug quite a few like this in my younger days for a contractor. Jmo

Why am I feeling deja vu like I already saw this renovation?

Please document everything. I'm excited to see how all this goes.

OSHA Approved? More like OH SHIT Approved. Love it!!!

I wish this was closer to my area. I’m getting ready to spend $8-10k to bring dirt in to level our build site

This entire video had me as nervous as a long tail cat in a room full of rockers. 🤔😂🤣😂🤣😜😝🤠👍⭐🇺🇲

Great job on the driveway Mike. That was an awesome project! Wishing you, your family and all our USA friends the best Independence Day yet...and many more to come. Stay healthy, stay safe! Steve in Calgary

I LIKE THIS VIDEO

nice

Finally, summers working for family's house moving company have an application Shear and wind loads, small room on dirt is only lateral anchor Built up rall-road tie cribs would of been better to resist buckling Pour that foundation quick GOOD LUCK

Good job 🎉

Absolute mad lad! Can't wait to see it when it's finished. What are you doing with all the extra dirt? MX track? heh.

There’s something humorous about a backhoe on a time lapse

Well I never........... #BeingSaneInInsanePlaces Brilliant ❤❤❤

My partner and superintendent forgot to put the walkout basement . The masons just ran with it . Standing there the builder asked " Where's the lower level? " after the first floor wall were already stood .. I asked him " Did you look at the plans .. Did you notice ? ".. He just laughed about it and caused a $60,000 fix

How are you going to drain rain water away/out of the driveway espcially considering how you want to slope the front yard down into it ?

The dog heard someone say that excavators had a dog bone... :D :D

scary work, super dangerous, one little mistake and thats your burial ground lmao.. jokes aside my butthole puckered when that footer fell on that support beam lol

@thomasjay975

4 күн бұрын

around 26:30

To me it would have made a great deal more sense to have moved the house, install the basement, then place the house on it! Did that 50 years ago with a full two story house after hauling it 17 miles.

Would it have been easier to roll the house to the side, build the basement, then roll it back?

WOW

Deserves a like, comment and subscribe ✅

Great video! I’m curious What made you want to add the basement. I may be wrong but it almost seems like less work to tear down and build from scratch.

@Wolfpupfab

2 күн бұрын

I like basements. And it would be a lot more money and no not less work to start from scratch. Thanks!

That looks like a very dangerous accident waiting to happen, good luck. 😮

How in the world is this not falling over? There is lo lateral bracing at all! You get a 10 MPH wind and that house will be like a sail! push itself right over!

@Wolfpupfab

2 күн бұрын

I guess it’s magic

My friend's dad did that in East Multnomah County at the time we were outside the city of Portland he did it all himself and a bobcat although he had to dig by hand to where he could put the Bobcat underneath there and we have this thing called the great Missoula flood so I wonder what he did with large Rocks Under the house because that what we have out here

5:12 I think you're forgetting to acknowledge the help you're getting as you speak!

I think it would have be easier, safer to dig a pit in front & behind the house & put up cement wall and move houses ontop

No dogs were harmed in the process. Thanks.

The easiest thing would be build a few feet higher in elevation than you previously where…then backfill slop all that material to your knew elevation…essentially it would be like you built on a hill.

You have lots of rooms. Would it be possible to dedicate different rooms for different items and organize them that way. Cleaning, painting and decoration, bedding, furniture, wood and construction, repairs etc. Everything in its own room.

Balls of steel to play with weight of entire house on thin four columns.

Grandpas 1875 house has awful foundation. Sold it to nonprofit and they put a full basement under it. Lifted it 2’ higher too.

sandy gravel soil here here

LOOKS LIKE YOUR DOGS WERE TRYING TO HELP.....lol

youtube please give me more videos like this!

Looking forward to following your project. What part of the country are you in?

@Wolfpupfab

3 күн бұрын

Thanks👍 North east ohio

@bigredc222

3 күн бұрын

@@Wolfpupfab SE Pa. here, we're practically neighbors.

didya consider building a basement then moving the house over it?

@Wolfpupfab

4 күн бұрын

Yes it was considered

Can't wait for the next episodes.

With the German Shepards you really don't need the excavator, but you night have trouble aiming them.

Have you got plans to drain water from the lower areas - those storms can offload a ton of water.

@Wolfpupfab

2 күн бұрын

Yes I have a slight slope graded in

I like your 2job Formans.

@ 10:52 love to see you but the bucket on upside down