GOOD INSIGHT TO SOMETHING IVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE 🧱🧱👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Tonto D . I was fascinated by how it’s done so thought it would make a good video 💪🏽🧱👍🏼

Enjoyed that Steve 👍🏻👍🏻 never seen piling like that done before. Well documented

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Big Mobsy cheers pal and thanks very much for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏽

Such a different video this week, really fascinating to watch. Your videos get better and better. Thank you for posting.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Christopher C Thanks pal glad you enjoyed it . It’s interesting to see just what goes into a pile n beam foundation 🧱👍🏼

interesting video guys. never seen that early stage of construction before. i was confused at first, but then it started to make sense.👌👌👌💯

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

alione s . Thanks pal , it look like a bomb site for a while doesn’t it . It’s organised chaos 💪🏽🧱👍🏼

Cheers guys, another great insight into construction

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

mickuljatheseagull glad you enjoyed it pal 🧱👍🏼

Never was I on a site that did this, interesting cheers Marra.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

More and more common these days , fascinating to watch it going on 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

Really nice video enjoyed it something I have never seen before 👍👍👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Hep . It’s not the sort of thing a lot of brickies see if they don’t work onsite so I thought it would make an interesting vid 🧱👍🏼

My how construction has changed. Very interesting to watch Steve

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Richard Powell . Thanks Richard , glad you enjoyed it 🧱👍🏽

Very interesting and that pile cutter was a hell of a bit of kit

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Stephen Gunner It certainly is I spent far too long watching them and the pike cropper was great 💪🏽🧱👍🏼

Thanks for talking the time to do this Steve. Very informative mate. Cheers 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

No worries, thanks for watching 🧱👍🏽

Great video mate proper interesting stuff

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers pal , glad you enjoyed it 🧱👍🏼

Great video Steve . I met with Roger Bullivant a few years ago and he was a very nice well mannered educated guy ,as I remember he was responsible for a lot of the design and engineering of both pile systems and also rigs .I would imagine that he is retired now! Although the piling seems easy it is of course the site engineer that sets it all out for the rig to place the driven piles .I haven’t seen this type of cropper as a few years ago they called them polo mints as they were circular with hydraulic chisels that were spread around the circle which was lowered on chains over the pile and a press of a button the chisels came out and crushed the pile at ( cut off point) Ground stabilisation is perhaps not totally right if the machines are just mixing up material to spread ! If for instance you had bad ground due to mining then you would have a converted track machine with a long steel tube attached connected to a good water main and this would blast a mixture of cement ash and other stuff which I can’t remember but basically the ground would be peppered with holes some going down 30 feet plus and once the holes are pumped filled the ground of course would be stable .Its noisy messy ,filthy work . The other advantage with this system is that the services can be laid and carefully backfilled .As you state the negative for Brickies is the loss of good work ( if you call paddling in shit and mud all day “good work” Got a little wall repair to do this weekend so mask on and off I go .

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Ronnie Biggs .Nice one Ronnie , very interesting 👌🏼. The piling lads told us that Roger sold up a while ago now and it’s all owned by Bachey Solestance ( excuse the spelling ) so they have all the big commercial stuff and now the domestic market too . The Bullivant workers say it’s gone down the nick now. We’ve been on a site in Standish/ Wigan where they were pumping all that filthy muck , they emptied their pipes every night which ended up in our trenches , lost bastards 🤬🤬👍🏼🧱

@ronniebiggs4026

4 жыл бұрын

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex I Thought they would ,it’s a proper” Wild West “ in that game . I only rambled on so that folks who are interested gained a little knowledge. When I did some heavy piling at the new St Helens multi Storey the pile mat was laid some ten foot deep ,the piles where augured out then the hole was reinforced and filled with concrete . The mat was then reduced leaving at least 8foot of concrete pile sticking out the ground x about 60 no we then had to get alloy towers to get to the top and at the time there were retired miners knocking about and as these piles could be 2feet in diameter the miners armed with jack hammers and the smaller CP9 air breakers attacked them with vigor💪💪💪💪reducing them to COP cut off point.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Ronnie Biggs . Thanks Ronnie , it ain’t rambling it’s very interesting , St. Helens is only up the road from us 🧱👍🏼

@ronniebiggs4026

4 жыл бұрын

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex 1997 Steve I couldn’t remember he date but I can remember going to the Virgin record shop and buying Urban Hymns by The Verve the shop being next to the site office of Higgs and Higg (HGB) 😳

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Ronnie Biggs . Ah Mrs bwsaa bought me that cd 👌🏼 . I was on the conservatories back then 😬🧱👍🏼

Nice one lads, very interesting

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Jim Jam . Cheers Jim , enjoyed filming this one 🧱👍🏼

Bom final de semana amigos

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

MÃO NA OBRA MIRO STARSUPER obrigado meu amigo 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

My old man said they've been trying to get rid of brickies since the pyramids and never will

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

glyn owen 😂💪🏼🧱👍🏽

Really eye-opening video about foundation as I am not familiar with this type of bean on the mushroom. It looks neat and solid and neat good job👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

elmarzouqi abdelaziz . A lot less work in them as you are doing away with the trench and the 2to 4 courses of trench block but no trench block is a good thing . No trenches to fill up with water , no sweeping , no mud very easy to set out too 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

Interesting that Steve, Never seen it done or built off of them . What do you reckon , do you prefer pile founds to standard .

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Spartrowel Absolutely mate ! No trenches to fill up , no mud , no sweeping, Lovely height to work at , no ball busting trench blocks . 👌🏼. The only downside is you get through them very quickly 😬🧱👍🏽

Just found this upload must have missed it but really enjoyed it

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

wheaten bread . Nice one glad you enjoyed it , I thought it would be an interesting one put out 👍🏽🧱

BTW, great vid👷‍♂️👷‍♂️👷‍♂️

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Ian Howard Cheers Ian pal 🧱👍🏼

Very interesting Steve, just shows how much work is done getting it right I hate to think how much it cost.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Ken there is a lot of money goes under ground 😬🧱👍🏽

This is a great video, thanks for sharing! What were your reasons for using pre-cast over cast in situ for the piles, caps and beams?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Jordan we don’t get told it’s above our pay grade 🧱👍🏽

Thanks for that look at the ground work. How do they know how high each pile and cap is in relation to the other. Do they have use a reference spot to measure height and location. It’s amazing that out of mud and water they manage to build houses.

@dennisphoenix1

4 жыл бұрын

Each plot will have a datum point , everything is set out from the datum point to ensure all levels are set out correctly. It looks a mess but it's all plotted out from drawings

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

dennisphoenix1 . Dennis summed it up perfectly 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

Nice Steve. As has been said the arc in beams that size must be big. Easy too overcome if you know how👍🏻keep up the good work boys I’m running about the hoose like Freddie Mercury hoovering. Stay safe🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers pal 😂😂is love to see that 🧱👍🏼

@sydneyshinshi

4 жыл бұрын

Kick the heels off and it will make it a bit easier.

@Bobthebrickie

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Magill not very easy with the wife at the back pushing👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Bob Hendry 😂😂😂

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Magill 😂😂

Super video nice to see it built out the ground but am guessing this was a Brownfield site where there was material buried under the ground so no trenching to avoid disturbing it?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Mike5 Thanks Mike no it was actually a beautiful rolling meadow of green grass . Not sure what’s under there but every house has a gas membrane in it too 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Well, that was fascinating. Makes me more happy than ever that I am finished with site work for good! Concrete retaining walls?....boooooo!!!!

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Jim Newlands . Cheers Jim , glad you enjoyed it 💪🏼🧱👍🏽

😲😁👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Norddeutscher Maurer 😉💪🏽🧱👍🏼

Thanks guys was very interesting to see this, excellent 👍. Out of interest in your opinion which do you think is the best/strongest, trench foundation (with or without rebar) or pile foundations? Really enjoyed that different but great insight 👍👌🍺

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers James . Every foundation is different , it all depends on the ground and what the engineers decide 💪🏽🧱👍🏼

@JimJimpmjj

4 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild ah I see thanks 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

james swain .no probs 🧱👍🏼

Great video, was the ground that bad, because that must work out so much more expensive than strip foundations.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

richies quest The site is surveyed a king time before any building starts so each plot is designed and priced and the big builders wouldn’t bother if they weren’t making money 💷💷💷🧱👍🏽

Really interesting video lads. I’ve had nothing to do with this set up before. Is all the setting out done ? As in you just dry bond and off you go following the edges of the beams for square? And how level are they generally? 🧱👌

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Andy Wright Cheers Andy . No we don’t follow the edges , the beams are generally 400 mm wide . The engineers set all these out for us but we alway check them too . As for levels they generally good but we have had the odd ones up to 20 mm high or low in places 🧱👍🏽

Interesting video, thank you. One question, what is the build up of the floor? Beam and Block onto the prefab beams?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

timblank1 Thanks pal , yeah its pre fab beams with polystyrene blocks instead of concrete blocks . Very warm 💪🏽🧱👍🏼

@timblank1

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, interesting to know, cheers 👍🏻

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

timblank1 . No probs thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏼

Done one of these for the first time last year..not a fan of these footings, a different step in every wall was just a night mare, Sorry just brings back bad memories 😅

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Phoenix Coleman After 10 years in trenches it’s a nice break for us . We love em 💪🏼🧱👍🏽

Just curious you said once its back filled your going there next. Do you quote of the plans before the ground works start then wait to see if your quote gets excepted,

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

No we are just the bricklayer minions a long way down from any stuff like pricing . Me and Alex work on a fixed Rate per brick and per block 🧱👍🏼

@goldentrowel1968

4 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Fair enough. I hope they appreciate what a great father and son team the two of you are.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Golden Trowel That’s very kind thanks very much 🧱👍🏼

Amazing vid guys... but my word them back gardens ain't worth a damn now ... and flooding just wait for the flooding

@dennisphoenix1

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I thought the back gardens were ridiculously small , plus as they are well higher than the existing houses they will be overlooking them . Squeeze em in

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Martin there will be a 6 foot fence going up but but on the lower side it will be about 10 foot 😬🧱👍🏼

Hi Steve Is the piled foundations on made up ground? Former industrial use?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Neilson It can be or it could just be bad ground 🧱👍🏽

Beats being in a trench all day long 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Neil Smart ABSOLUTELY 💪🏼🧱👍🏽

Had to pause at one point . Was that a bottle of well known fabric softener ?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Ah the penny has dropped i think it’s the beam lads mixer diesel bottle 😉😂😂🧱👍🏼

@daiburt1833

4 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild good video 👍 forgive me but I've lost my sense of humour today . Stay safe

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

David Burt . Hey Dave hope your ok , strange times at the moment, just glad to have you here in the chat 💪🏽🧱👍🏼

@daiburt1833

4 жыл бұрын

I'm ok today thanks mate .back to my annoying self 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

David Burt . Good to hear David , you had us worried there 💪🏽🧱👍🏼

How deep are these piles ?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

5 ай бұрын

Sorry not sure . On a different site they were 30 meters down 😳🧱👍🏽

wont be doing any extensions there in the future lol. why pile???? Thanks 4 sharing

@dennisphoenix1

4 жыл бұрын

The ground could be marshy or it was made up ground , backfilled holes which aren't capable of carrying the load of the house . Not a cheap way of doing it but quick and efficient.

@dennisphoenix1

4 жыл бұрын

@@martin2466 conventional poured insitu strip foundations or trench fill are the cheapest. No special equipment or Pre made piles or caps and beams etc required. Just a digger and a rmc wagon . Ask anyone that's built their own house , getting a piling rig and piles ain't cheap

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Martin . More and more sites are like this as all the sites on good ground have been built on . Our other site we work on has a 62 week remediation scheme which is basically trucking in muck to fill a big f ing dip in the site for nearly 16 months then probably 200 + plots will be piled 💪🏽🧱👍🏼

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Martin . Cheers Martin we did a lot of casting our own concrete on top back in 2012/13 but it been pre cast pretty much since . It’s a lot of work lost for the Groundworks boys we work for though 😬. Did you like the instant retainer 🤔😬🧱👍🏽

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Martin Evening Martin , I knew this would go down with the regulars 😉. Not sure what was there before but it was a beautiful green field before the excavators set to work . I could probably do a whole vid on floors but it’s a balance of filming and actually doing some work 😬😂. It’s beam and polystyrene blocks now then 75 mm poly then gas membrane then 75 concrete. Our new build is the same And it’s toastie 👌🏼 That is a little robot compactor and it’s a beast , I did film that but managed to cock it up so it didn’t make the video . I think next video will be us doing the bwk on top 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

And all because the grounds too wet...

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

MrOitoyboy . No pal the ground is surveyed and the engineers decide . It’s so wet because it was February when it rained for weeks and the plots were basically a big bowl 😫🧱👍🏽

@MrOitoyboy

4 жыл бұрын

They don’t pile like that unless they consider the footings unstable. I’m not criticising you boys but the truth is they shouldn’t be building on that ground. It’s all over where I live in Reading. They’re running out of flood plains

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

MrOitoyboy 🧱👍🏼

I dont like these concrete beam founds. Usally the hieghts are all over. As per usual, brickies will get over it!!! Its kinda hard when its 25mm over 6 course without making your work look shite. Big bed central.😪

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

Steven Dunn As always we depend on the beam lads to do a good job , luckily John and his lad were good lads 👌🏼👍🏼🧱

All that work too build a estate of rabbit hutches on ground that is not suitable.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

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not being funny steve, but the volume on your mike very low mate

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

glenn huggans Apologies for that Glenn , it’s just a standard go pro and it’s picks the bloody wind up perfectly, not so good with voices ! We will invest in a better mike once we get back to normal . Thanks for watching and commenting thigh 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

can you just up load a vid like everyone-else arrrr

@SteveAndAlexBuild

4 жыл бұрын

john morrison yeah every Friday at 6.45 🧱👍🏽