Thanks, Mason, for staying brief enough but also providing enough detail. That takes effort and practice, aside from the obvious tradesmanship which is the basis for all of this. Well done.

Excellent work. I don't work in construction, but for some reason I find masonry really interesting and satisfying to watch. You are an excellent teacher.

@masonthemason6412

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Nice job, looking forward to your next video laying the leads.

@masonthemason6412

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I will have it out in a couple days. Thanks so much for watching!

Nice to see the concrete cleaned off the form straps. Good job

im enjoying your take on how you do the work. i like watching how others would do the job. lol you seem have good time which is key to type of work. nice job guys.

@masonthemason6412

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s always interesting, everyone’s different. Thanks!

No gloves. Working with concrete. Strong young men.

@brayanmedina9814

Жыл бұрын

Nah just alot of 🦜 mah boi

@baxterboy23

9 ай бұрын

@VincentRandal. Watch a couple videos of the guys laying cement in India, not only do they not wear gloves they don't wear socks or shoes either... BAREFOOT.. absolute madness.!! 😬

Good job guys! I enjoy watching good work! God bless you all

@masonthemason6412

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! God bless you as well!!!

Hey thanks for these videos awesome work!

Excellent jobs and finishing excellent technology

@masonthemason6412

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

It's looks clean and professional.👍🏿

@masonthemason6412

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

The way we do footings is to use 1X4's for the cleats attached with duplex nails. We then suspend the rebar by using tie wire wraped around the head of the duplex nail. Rebar should be 2'' from the bottom of the footing and cut spreaders so the steel does not get pushed to the side of the forms when filling with concrete. When the forms are filled untwist the tie wire and submerse it into the concrete. With duplex nails the cleats can easily be removed after the concrete has set firmly making troweling easier. Your corners should be seperate pieces tied to the straight ones that should be terminated 2'' from the form. I hope you learn something from this comment

Nice work!

@masonthemason6412

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

nice one, great informative material, I'm UK based believe we have different blocks here but overall procedures would be same...following this channel

I love the video, and the gang signs were a nice touch

@masonthemason6412

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it. 🤣🤣 It's funny to me bc we are the farthest thing from gangster and gang signs

@andrewferguson8032

2 жыл бұрын

@@masonthemason6412 I know. That’s what made it so funny

Looks good! Terry

Great job . . . Nice Attitude ! ! !

@masonthemason6412

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Good Job ...

@masonthemason6412

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Why were there no vertical rebar placed for the blocks to come

Hi Mason, nice work. We are looking to build a paver patio in which the patio surface will span across a slope in my backyard from grade to 30” above grade, so I’ll need a retaining wall. We live in San Antonio and are on very rocky limestone subsurface. Would you recommend a level footer first and then dry laying the retaining wall or could I wet lay the retaining wall? Thanks for your thoughts.

Bet he tells all the passing slabs that lol

Looks good I am redoing a basement right now

@masonthemason6412

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, how is that going?

@gabec6522

3 жыл бұрын

@@masonthemason6412 got house jacked up half the walls out. It sucks

@masonthemason6412

3 жыл бұрын

@@gabec6522 I bet it does.. those repair jobs are never fun

@gabec6522

3 жыл бұрын

@@masonthemason6412 and we close to other houses

@masonthemason6412

3 жыл бұрын

@@gabec6522 I love working out in the country... When we are next to people it sucks

Nice you guys were in a hurry

@masonthemason6412

2 жыл бұрын

Getting stuff done

You must be aware how good of a business or trade this is. I do bathrooms and it's way more tedious and too complicated to find help

Is there any difference in setting a fresh foundation versus setting footers for an extension?

What is the lowest temp that you place cement? Was the ground frozen when you poured? I had a footer built one time and the mixed the cement with hot water at the plant but it was above freezing. I am building a log cabin with trees off my property. I picked up several important tips.

@masonthemason6412

Жыл бұрын

I would pour if it it can get hard before it freezes then cover with blankets at night

Nice job. They didnt require verts in the footer for the CMU?

@masonthemason6412

2 жыл бұрын

They said it was fine that we would drill them

Could somebody please explain why these footers are not deep, and sit above freezing temperatures? Is it because in your country/area you don't have freezing temperatures?

Do you need to backfill the interior exposed footer? I have footers in my home very similar to yours and they are completely exposed in crawlspace. Just curious because I read a lot of footers are buried on interior

@masonthemason6412

Жыл бұрын

We put gravel up to height of footer then put plastic down as a vapor barrier

Dumb question but asking anyway. What are the white PVC pipes? Septic? And the Yellow line around the porch? Water line?

Hey Mason, I hope all are well with you. I've got a blunder. I didn't use a transit and got my foundation set in sand 1'x1'. My problem is that my foundation is not level. So I'm having trouble getting my diagonal rectangular measurements to correlate. Off from about 1" on one rectangle and.1 quarter inch on the other rectangle. IveI've got 2 rectangles adjoined as an L shape. First of all, I would like to know what 50' tape measure you are using. I watched the next episode when you guys measure for the diagonals. I can't even find a tape measure that goes to 50' let alone pliable enough to cover the distance without folding. Thank you for the help with your videos and the such. I am relearning what I knew 50 years ago brother.

@masonthemason6412

Жыл бұрын

It’s hard to picture. I usually use a 100 ft tape to find the diagonals. They make lasers that help with getting it squared up too

How does the concrete not flow out from under the form boards? Just stiff/thicc enough?

maybe silly question. How did you figure your cross measurements, you hand wrote on the plan?

Serious question (I’m not a pro)... why doesn’t the footer section furthest from the house have to be stepped down to be below the frost line ? The only footer I ever poured was 48” below grade for this reason.

@masonthemason6412

3 жыл бұрын

I gotcha, that's a good question. You are absolutely right about it needing to step down furthest from house. The home owner is going to fill all the way up to top of porch. It was easier for him to dig it like that. It also made it easier for us to access foundation. Now he can just put a lot of fill in front of porch now.

@masonthemason6412

3 жыл бұрын

So even though we laid it on the normal ground height, bringing the fill up to top will put it about 40 in below grade

@kauaicuda

3 жыл бұрын

@@masonthemason6412 gotcha. Thank you for the reply, that makes sense. Awesome job!

@masonthemason6412

3 жыл бұрын

Of course! Thank you!

How do you prevent it from spilling out from underneath the forms?

Hey, what is the beep beep tool actually called please? 4:18 I'm looking into trying to do footers and foundation myself for a garage, so I'm trying to learn everything.

@masonthemason6412

Жыл бұрын

It’s a laser level

I'm looking a new transit, what are you using and do you like it? Thanks!

@masonthemason6412

Жыл бұрын

I use the stabila laser level

Not trying to hate or anything or sound snotty genuine question. Did you have material compacted under that? Where I’m from for our footings required pea gravel to be compacted underneath to allow for water drainage, mind you with my current job we’re pouring footings for about 125k of weight(shipping containers to be moved) but when we did a garage slab around this same size the drainage grading was still required as per the engineered slab

@masonthemason6412

Жыл бұрын

When it’s on virgin ground we don’t have to compact it. At least I’m my area

Nice work, but are you saying "heidth"? Like the same way you'd say "width"?

Pouring footers directly on dirt?

How deep are the footings or what side wood you use for the footings

@masonthemason6412

Жыл бұрын

8in deep. 2x8 lumber

So if I do this on raw land, I need to go below Frost line?

@masonthemason6412

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

No transit on the job??? Looked to shallow for frost line

dont you have 2 pack the land down with a packer?

How cold is too cold to pour a foundation?

I would wait till summer , don't work in the snow

I want to make my house and I don't know where to start. I have 6 pellets of blocks waiting. I need help

Are these frost protected footers? This is a crawl space basement??

Mason The Mason is good, ye ye ye . . .

What's up with the gas line??

What’s the price for this job?

"whats that mean" 😂

Hi guys, what is the best way to contact you? I have 2 garages that need building

@masonthemason6412

Жыл бұрын

Where are you located?

Why are you building direct on ground, don’t you have a frost line

@masonthemason6412

2 жыл бұрын

They dug out the whole crawl space for storage underneath the house. Once the walls were finished they back filled 48 in which is below the frost line

@nikkikiska

Жыл бұрын

How'd they do that when the corner of the foundation that's very close to on-grade is right next to the neighbor's property line (amd their above ground pool)?

boom

Please, Sir, I was wondering could I make this type of foundation( rift) if I build the house of four floors?? do u have any video of the economic foundation by using a block for the house of four floors, please? i would be really appreciate your solidarity with me dear

@masonthemason6412

2 жыл бұрын

You probably gotta hire an architect and they would give you the specs

Where your Verts and Ufer rod?

No vibrator needle ?? That a big nono if you did not use that

I did not see where you had the soil pre-treated for termites. if that is going to be a crawl space, there is no access to get under it.

@chrisalister2297

6 ай бұрын

The inner may be for pier support.

How deep are the footers?

@masonthemason6412

2 жыл бұрын

8 inches

Mexican style

So this has always interested me. Why do you keep calling them footers? In every instance where you would want to get a strong “foothold”so you don’t fall or slide it’s called getting your “footing”not getting your footer. This is where the premise of why it’s called what it’s called. The “footing”is the base of the foundation to which a wall is constructed and is put in place to gain a strong “foot hold” on the substrate as to not slide or move , creating stability. Therefore, creating a “footing”for which the foundation walls will rest and not move. Always gain your footing to create stability.