My mom and sisters pressed flowers and four leaf clovers in books. My grandmother Taught all us grandchildren how too sew on rainy days boys too. One rainy day we made net hoops for all the dried and presses flowers, the four leaf clovers were put in for luck. That’s a good looking footer, what a mile stone! All good things from there. Thanks for sharing.

8-10 yards of concrete through a 2" hose is remarkable. As a kid on the farm, we used to put tons of hay through a 2" hose which is also a feat. Of course that tube was in a cow. :-)

@nunyabussiness4054

4 жыл бұрын

I bet it came out about the same consistence too.

I like it tat you lock the doors, while one full wall is missing! :)

@matthewhelton1725

4 жыл бұрын

Gotta be safe... like wearing a mask with your nose uncovered...

@brezzz0077

4 жыл бұрын

A crackhead thief wouldn't have figured that out, I bet he would have still tried to break the lock.

@hughmoore810

4 жыл бұрын

O N It's so they can't just roll out the big things unless they cut the lock if they decide to steal stuff. They'd have to take stuff over all that construction area & that would be tough taking a 2,000 lb machine that way. I doubt Steve would have much trouble in his area but you never know who is floating around any location.

@garyramsey4275

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure it was just Steve’s sense of humor, since he removed the tarp immediately after unlocking the door.

@TiMneR-tx1ys

4 жыл бұрын

Keeps honest people out. Lol

Every bit of this job is above the call in difficulty, hard labor, tenacity, and patience, but the most impressive part to me so far, has been the trackhoe operator being able to put aside working on a cliff and just a tarp to keep it off gis mind. Bravo to all....

Boy nothing feels better than standing on the new concrete. Always so much more than what you see when it's cured. Millions of house footers have been poured without vibrating and at a much lower psi mix. Looking at the steps having no honeycombs when you pulled the forms. You're good. When you stage your block - put your best looking down to be laid last. The chipped and less pretty laid first down in the ground. May have to conference with your block layer if you are staging block yourself. There's as many ways to set up and lay block as there is masons to do it. Good as it feels standing on the footer, just imagine how good it will feel standing on cured floor. Thanks for sharing

That small pump was what you wanted for your job. They got the job done without the forms falling apart or getting knocked apart.

Your welding is the same caliber as your concrete forms! MUCH MUCH better than most are capable of.

if it's not overbuilt it's underbuilt. which is wrong. drove mixer for ten years and saw lots of jobs. you did a great job. thanks for the memories of concrete work.

Whew! What a relief you must feel right now. Glad you waited until you had a clean dry footer to show at the end. I'd have died if you had stopped when the pour was done and the concrete was still wet but the forms were on and the plastic was not on yet. THANK YOU for including the entire process in this video. Looking great - Peanut approved and frog verified.

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'VE PUT IN AN UNBELIEVABLE HARD SLOG TO GET TO THIS POINT AND YOU'VE WELL AND TRULY EARNT IT, CHEERS FROM DOWN UNDER

The last time I had a pump truck show up was 1982. As two young engineers, the money spent that day was months of savings.

Tom Lipton has a motto that is applicable to your footings: Nothing too strong ever broke. Good work!

Laughed out loud when you started picking four leaf clover. We went for a visit with my daughter and her family yesterday and when she set my 9 month old grandson down in the grass he immediately started picking clover flowers and eating them. His sixteen year old sister decided she would try one and spit it out pretty quick.

I am SO impressed with how hard you work. Beautiful work.

LoL. You lost me at pressure washing the block. As a contractor I gotta say I love watching your amateur project. Your tenacity in attacking problems that most people would run to me about is admirable. Some of the issues you tackle - like the bank reinforcement - would be beyond my comfort zone. Very nice content!

@Blazer02LS

4 жыл бұрын

Looked like they had some slime on them from being near the ground.

Nice job, Steve, your hard work is paying off. You'll be coming down the home stretch before you know it.

I started watching this site because as I've neared retirement I'm learning to machine stuff and Steve has things to teach me. I stayed because I have feared for my country since we turned away from trades and told our kids that it was college or failure. Steve gives me hope. Plus, it's fun to watch a guy that thinks in thousandths fret over mud in a ditch.

@googleuser859

4 жыл бұрын

It's a youtube channel.

@arthurroberts491

4 жыл бұрын

Do a Mike Rowe search on KZread and see what he thinks about trade school verses college.

Wow, hadn't realized the metallic 3D printing had come that far. That piece was definitely NOT cheap. Oh my back watching the gentleman with the hose. That is a looonng work day. So is you playing with a pile of block. If your kids don't love you now they will in 50 years when the shop is still standing. Say Hi to the Nuts for me.

@1pcfred

4 жыл бұрын

We've used that 2" trailer pump to pump grout down the webs of block walls. So up in the air on scaffolding. I've never seen one used on the ground before. On the ground you use the 6" hose. Dragging a 6" hose around will put a kink in your back too. Some days I'd lay on the floor to try to straighten my back out.

@MattOGormanSmith

4 жыл бұрын

Metallic 3D printing isn't so rare these days. You could get it done at Shapeways or i.materialise. You pay a nominal setup fee then a bit more than $10 (it quotes in £ for me) per cc of material used. Complexity in the part comes for free, if it's in your model.

@Sizukun1

4 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid to ask but how much do you think a piece of tubing like that would even cost? I imagine it could be used in automotive applications once its cheap enough for that integrated heat exchange.

Thanks for the video Steve. Nice to see the progression on the build. Keep safe and stay well.

It's looking amazing, can't wait to see the final product!

Congratulations Steve ,you have worked extremely hard to get to this point. Love you’re work ethic and attention to detail , Elizabeth is also a great help on this project.. Best wishes from down under 🇦🇺

Its so refreshing to see someone doing constructive, positive things while others in the world are hell bent on just destroying things. Also wanted to thank you for the past video on the Jacobs 18N ball bearing chuck, I had one that was jammed up, took it apart like you showed in your video and now she is as smooth as silk, good tip on marking the three jaws....if you don't do that you may never get the thing back together correctly.

thank goodness for your patrons, lot of work, certainly lots better than before, reinforce and fill those blocks with as much concrete as you can.

Fantastic! Really glad to see this day as I'm sure you are. Great job getting this done.

Glad to see things moving forward!

Nice, Steve. Congratulations! My own tendencies towards overkill is nodding my head in approval.

@jimzivny1554

4 жыл бұрын

I'm I member of the "too strong, too exact and overthink everything" group myself LoL.

@davelister796

4 жыл бұрын

Over-kill is better than under-kill.

THANK YOU...for sharing. Looking good Steve.

This series is so good. Thanks for filming it

Wow, you've put in so much work Steve - it's great to see it all starting to come together.

Great job great finish,and the form work came out easy, on to the blocks, no re bar for the blocks to fit over. Thanks.

Great milestone Steve, it's very satisfying to see the results of your hard work. Onwards and upwards 👍 Thanks for sharing and best regards from the UK.

Keep them coming....Great job Steve

Great work Steve.

Thanks for sharing your journey, your hard work and patience is starting to pay off. Greetings from the UK ;-)

Don't forget when you start laying those block to have a case of beer with you so you can back fill the empties into the wall ;-)

@SteveSummers

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah really😁

@bettytherussiantortoise2808

4 жыл бұрын

In my house we tore down a wall and between the studs was soda beer and spray foam bottles.

@ALSomthin

4 жыл бұрын

@@SteveSummers I tore down buildings that were built in 1900s and there were beer bottles in the basment brickwork. Its tradition!

@arthurroberts491

4 жыл бұрын

When I remodeled my kitchen I put a piece of paper on the wall with a notation, "What are you doing looking back here?" Maybe someone will get a kick out of that 40 years from now.

@13yearsaprepperr.jtilbury.51

4 жыл бұрын

@@ALSomthin my old shop in the UK I dug out the basement it had clay pipes (smoking pipes ) and beer mugs in the foundations go figure there was a pub next door ,,

Well done!

Steve & Family including supervisor peanuts, great video, content, & insight into concrete pouring & the different styles of block, thanks very much for sharing your video.!.!.!.

Great job!!Steve

100% That is not going to fail what so ever. It's all downhill from now on. Sticking with you to see the finished project.

Good job Steve!👍

Good job Steve!!

Steve, Great work! Great video! Great detail! Great series! I learned a TON! Impressive! Your determination and ingenuity are incredible! Love to watch all of your work.

I too have dreams of concrete.... How important it is to have commitment from all parties is in these things. A tough job becomes miserable and nigh impossible without it. Well done to you both.

Great video. Lots of great work. Solid foundation. Thank you for sharing.

Steve, looks like the pour settled very well, not leaving any voids. It's their responsibility to offer you or recommend why or why not to use a vibratory system. They are the cement professionals and should have communicated it up front. Our best laid planning never seems to overcome the possible complications a contractor brings to the job site, i.e., driving vertical rebar into your forms! I guess they needed a way to determine height when no forms where there. Good video and glad you got your foundation finally poured. Looking for the series to continue until the shop is back together.

Big Step! Glad to see it coming together. Keep up the good work!

The shaking of the concrete is not something the customer should think about, but that's what the craftsman you hired is to say to you. I live in the Netherlands and we don't have any stone land there Who has to pair concrete from sometimes up to 25m in the ground But I think you're making a perfect foundation.

Hi glad to see this milestone

Steve, The hardest parts are behind you, including the stress of foundation. You’ve done an amazing job. All the best to you...... Joel

We buy 10,000 yards of concrete a year and I still get an adrenaline rush on Pour Day. Looks like the forms held, and happily, no need for the vibrator. Those guys did a pretty good job for you.

Good job!

Nice the footing is done, Big job. Another Big job cleaning block but will save a lot of bucks. It will get easier from here. Nice job Steve.

Bravo Steve, Bravo. I know you've been working towards this portion of the rebuild for a long time. Now we get to see the block laying. I can't wait. Thumbs Up! Oh. your TIG welding ability is superb!

Congratulations for the progress Steve! Way to go! One step at a time...

High five to you and yours! It looks great and the amount of work you've done is impressive. Kudo's to the concrete crew as well.

Thank you so much Steve, Elizabeth, Peanut and family.

The unlocking sequence always gives me the giggles. And you're so deadpan about it.😂😂😂😂😂

Looking good steve

I`m almost as happy as you must be to see that concrete down and looking so good !

Grats! I love a fresh concrete pour! Peace of mind of a solid foundation.

Good job glad it is getting done.

I could watch that pumping all day. Something primeval. And pretty words too.

what a crazy pump,awesome

It was very satisfying to see the pour finally.

Well done! Satisfying outcome sir.

Yes that oscillating saw is one of those tools you never knew you needed until you have one. Excellent progress.

@1pcfred

4 жыл бұрын

When you need a multitool no other tool quite does it.

Really happy for you man. I've been in the same situation, rebuild and repair my own shop so I can have safety and good working conditions. You'll be up and running in no time. ⚒️👆👍

Inspirational work Mr Summers. I wouldn't know where to start with a project like that.

Great determination and focus sir. Great videos. Great narration.

After 20 years Steve, I don't miss concrete work at all (@@)! Yes, setting grade pins for elevation has been around since the Egyptians :)> NIce day for placing it too...I had an engineer make this remake at a job meet in 1988 in CT.."You place concrete, and if you pour it,,,its to wet",,never will forget his remark,,hehe!

Thanks for sharing! you are a insparation!

Steve, I think Tom Lipton says that "Nothing too strong ever failed". Archimedes said something about a good place to sand and he'd smooth the world. Thanks for sharing the update.

This has been a long time coming. The footer looks great. As much of the work that you have shown, there is more that isn't in the videos. It's nice to have a wife who isn't afraid to get her hands dirty. May GOD Bless and keep you throughout the rest of this project. That was some beautiful welding.

Been looking forward to seeing this get poured... looks great!

Thank you Steve for taking me and my sons in this journey with you :)

Looks good,nice job

Never seem a slump pump double-up as a dance partner before. That lady likes her machine, lol

Thanks Steve for showing the footing pour! Glen from OKC, OK

Congratulations - this an almighty stepping stone achieved for and by you in the whole process of repairing your workshop -well done. Excellent welding but amazing 3D printing of that stainless steel pieces of metalwork. I didn't know that was even possible!

@danhoag373

4 жыл бұрын

how did you weld al to stainless?

A friend of mine did construction work on the side and could lay block and pour footers. He used grade stakes too but used 2x2 wood stakes . He would pound them about an inch below grade and then pound a small nail down to grade height . When the footer was poured they went up to the top of the nail then pounded nail below the surface and left the stake and nail in the mix . He told me how important it was to get it level as every low spot had to be later filled with mortar. It was much easier for him later when he laid the block . Your footer looks great and should work perfectly .

Looks great Steve. Congratulations!

Always a nice feeling when its time to pull forms.

Fantastic I have been waiting for this video glad to see your hard graft paying off Steve well done on what you have achieved mate stay safe god bless big hello from London uk

Hello Steve congratulations, i'm glad for you... Good job ! Respect ! Best regards from France; Gilles

Beautiful tig welds glad the pour went well best of luck to your endeavors

Very exciting to see it come together😎😎

Looking good, nice start.

Looking good!

Ancient system for pouring concrete, but fun to watch!

At last Steve! Some, well ten yards of CONCRETE!! lol. You've busted a gut on this project and the footings look brilliant. All due to your hard work, that vegetable release agent certainly did the trick and left a nice finish on it. Looking forward to the start of the walls, whichever way you choose to do it I know you will make a great job of doing it. I'm a little proud as I suppose those of us who helped you financially with this project are, that we were able to help you do this. Your hard work has made it well worth it. See you next week! Stay safe and healthy all of you cheers from the UK

So exciting! For me, concrete pours start out looking like a huge mess, but after they work on it for a while, it looks great. Glad it went well for you.

Wow Steve!! That looks fantastic. It’s a very nerve wracking thing to have that much mud on your hands!! just finished an 18’x30’x6” slab for my new shop a few weeks ago. The front dumper concrete truck w/ 10 yards (80k lbs. btw) busted up my neighbors concrete driveway driving up to the site. More money, as usual, but we live and we learn. Hopefully I’ll pick up a Bridgeport milking machine one day.

That shortening did an amazing non-stick job!

Nice job, guys!

Great job on the forms, looks like they never moved. Now to get that wall up and the floor poured. Good to see you taking the time to do it right your way. There is no over building the footings, it was a bad footing (no footing) that started the project.

Wow, I am so glad you did it ! Congratulations. That is a great achievement.

Good morning Steve! Pour looks good, you had a perfect week for it. Now for the hard part, running blocks for a Mason (did this in my youth, great job to keep you in shape for football)

Great job Steve!

Congratulations one step closer your doing amazing work

Nice job on the footings. All the hard work really pays off👍