0:01 Block Laying 1:53 View of Coming Storm 2:25 Back to block laying 7:20 Almost done 7:43 Straight as an arrow 7:47 Foundation vent 9:46 Foundation price reveal 10:38 Some land advice

@patinored

4 жыл бұрын

At fort Clark watching KZread

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

@alex Goodmornin Georgia

Your cabin could be a home for an elderly person/couple on Social Security if you make the bathroom and entrance handicap accessible. Thanks for your vision to keep housing affordable.

Thank you for be so open about the cost of all your doing. This is very helpful letting us know what to expect. I love watching your channel and the progress of your build! 😊

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

:)

This is the one and only channel I've been looking for, a contractor that is actually honest and shares everything, even real cost Subscribed

I was thinking of getting a tiny house on wheels but no way not after I’ve seen your videos man, thank you, this is my favorite channel now. No bs just straight knowledge.

You'll find a great market. This is exactly what I am looking for. There are a lot of people out there that want a small house on a permanent foundation

Thank you so much for being sincere and helping us in telling us the cost. I believe that some contractors can steal from you. I and my husband are older and we have never built a home. I have a lot where we want to build a smaller home. Can't wait to get started.

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! I'm planning to build mini-homes for houseless people, and your channel has been a huge help in learning the basics of house construction. Also mad respect for creating affordable housing ✊

Wow!! Everything is coming together nicely. I know there are a lot of blessings coming you way bud, as you think of others before yourself. Keep it up... I'm honored to be a long for the journey. Dirty Jersey out!!!

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

Thx, man tip of the iceberg what I really want to do.

This video was so great, showing how a block foundation is built. This guy makes it look so easy.

Omg, that view is gorgeous! I can see why you moved there! I'm a woman in my 30s living and teaching abroad, not even close to owning or building a home but I love watching your videos! My day will come! 🤣 Thank you for your great content.

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

Your time will come indeed, save your pennies and you can get one built for a reasonable price. Where you settle is going to play a major role how affordable you home will be to build. Whew.. hopefully I formed those sentences right, I don't want to get hit with a ruler like one of my teachers used to hit me with lol.

Starting my first independent project as a general contractor soon. Really excited and enjoyed the content.

Love this video man. I'm looking into possibly building a small sterter home and I really appreciate honest and helpful videos like this

The cabin is getting shaped each week more and more. Thank you for sharing with us.❤

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

Just wait till you see my crazy self in the next episode.

@zeynepp71

5 жыл бұрын

@@MigraineCraftsman i m looking forward to see.

Wow! That is a really beautiful area you live! Thanks for sharing! 👍😁

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

love that avatar pic never change it!

Thank you for sharing. Honestly I would love to buy one like this for me and my dogs and build small affordable houses too! I'm in the process of building a small ADU right now in my backyard and your channel has been a wealth of information. The labor costs in my market though are much more expensive unfortunately lol. But adding an ADU will generate rental income to offset the mortgage for homeowners by more than half in my market (Los Angeles) so it brings homeownership within reach for first time home owners. I see we both have a passion for home building and affordable housing. Cheers to that. Good luck to you

Thanks for sharing the costs! Companies don't seem to understand that I'm not getting 6 quotes per item at the base stage of pricing everything out just to see if I can even afford to get serious quotes!

“Here we had some fun” 🤣🤣 I love it man !!

this is much better i like the voice over we see and you show us how they are building it love it

Love your clips and the focus of minimizing cost. We are similar in that way. I really like that you focus on helping people. Only difference between us is I do all my own work, but, damn for your prices, I would let then do it😎. Editing takes time, thanks for all your hard work. Love that lake it is paradise

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I just joined you channel saw your stair/deck episode, gotta watch the other ones.

This is the most slept on channel on the entire internet.

I enjoy watching skilled craftsmen at work! The place you live is beautiful; the view of the storm conning in was great! I feel the same way about keeping things simple. My excavator suggested I build with a walk out basement but that would have involved more complicated framing, which I didn't want. I stuck with a simple rectangle. I have a 8 foot tall, poured concrete foundation, with dimensions of 14 x 32. The foundation cost me $8,000 plus an additional $1,000 for the poured concrete floor. I wanted the additional storage space, plus it is cold where I am. I'm actually thinking about putting down a layer of 2 inch rigid insulation, horizontally a foot below the surface, and running 4 feet out, around the perimeter of the foundation. The purpose would be to insulate the ground and have a constant 50 degree temperature in the basement. It would be an interesting experiment! All the best. - Dave

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

Yes Sir simple rectangle is how you keep costs down. You said your excavator recommended you do a basement, people told me to do the same but then the foundation price would be double, when it all said and done.

It looks so “PURDY”!!! That’s a southern word, love it!!! This looks doable by regular people. You said you have been doing this for a while, how long? But I guess you have only put these 2 on youtube. Love watching this process.

Dude I didn’t know we lived in the same town! I’ve been watching your videos for weeks trying to figure out how I’m gonna build, much respect my friend maybe I’ll see you around 😂

Your videos teach us a lot. Thank you so much.

Thank you for directing me to these videos. $400/month? That would be incredible, for a well built place in such a beautiful location. I've found a piece of land nearby that's in a place I didnt think I'd be able to live in, because the cost is usually so high, but they've dropped the price of a piece of land down there to about $5000. I'm a little suspicious about it having dropped to 50%, but I'm going to email the city planning and see what I can find out about it, and ask for someone to show me the land. Thank you so much for these videos and your kind replies. I was starting to get to a state of mind that I was stuck where I am, but I'm starting to think I might be able to pull it off.

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure to help, I would recommend to visit the city instead of emails. Check if the land has access to water, with the water department. Also check with the health department if you can do a septic tank for sewage. If you have any questions feel free to ask. Take care.

@squeekhobby4571

3 жыл бұрын

Did you buy the land?

This is awesome. I'm and electrician debating building my own house, and I wanted to record the whole process to show people what its like being someone a little more handy than the average joe and show them the struggles of doing so since I definitely wouldnt do things so perfectly. maybe it would convince other tradesmen to build their own house, which would be great considering the current housing market is disgusting and less people on the market would improve the market overall

Thank you for the awesome video! Is placing concrete blocks cheaper then creating a cement wall for the home?

Love your videos very informative and very honest so we know the price and actually we can do it ourselves. Love small home

@MigraineCraftsman

3 жыл бұрын

Thx

This is amazing and i am pretty sure we all whos watching this are all apretiate it excellently done and explained. Where are you located? Thank you

This is good stuff right here, I'm learning alot. So when the Saturday classic lottery comes up in my favor, I will put this in a 15x30' on a full basement with two bedrooms upstairs in the attic loft.

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

Love lofts!

@AmericaChat

4 жыл бұрын

@@MigraineCraftsman . Yeah, I love basements and lofts. Places to hide I guess. If I had the money, I would build two houses with basements and connect the basements through a hallway tunnel. Or even better, build a house up high on a hill where you drive into a bat cave garage and enter through the bottom.

Question for you! What are your plans for parking space? Is there a flat area for a driveway or will it be on the hill? Personally I don't like heavy sloped driveways, always a pain to work on anything and low vehicles can't always get up or down. Looks great so far, I can't wait for the next video!

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

Parking will be to the left of the house where the materials were and in front. I am also leaving space on the right side as well, you can bring in some dirt and have a garage or car port. I left space on both sides of the house in case people want to expand garage, another room storage etc.

Awesome video. Thanks so much!!!

Hi! I love watching your videos. We are building a crawlspace foundation for our cabin on the land we just bought in AZ. The land is out in the middle of nowhere and we cannot find anyone to do the footing for us. We are going to have to do it ourselves. What do you think about that? Can we do it? I'm scared because the footing means so much to the house. If we mess up, we can ruin everything. I'd love to hear your advice.

No vertical re-bar required or horizontal bear after 4 courses? Looks like an owner could come end later and flatten the crawl space and put some additional storage underneath

Are there any circumstances when you could exclude the block wall perimeter and just plant footings?

Nice video but I wish you would have included digging the footer, including all of the dimensions for the footer and the work and cost involved. Very important part of this foundation that you left out.

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, was out of town when they dug the footers. Check in on the channel from now and then and when I do a crawl space again I'll record it.

@kayakndave

4 жыл бұрын

@@MigraineCraftsman Sounds good. Thanks for the response!

I loveeeeeeeeeeeeee ur channel ..Please keep the videos coming

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

Thx Randy!!!

What city is that cuz it's beautiful. Also slab you saving not doing floor joists, insulation, flooring if you used epoxy concrete

This is really a great channel

@MigraineCraftsman

3 жыл бұрын

This is a great comment! lol

Great video! I would however say that basements don’t actually flood. Improper grading, not using drain tile at the base of the footers, not putting in a vapor barrier below the basement slab, not having multiple sump pumps installed in a basement, and not having downspouts dump next to the foundation lead to basements flooding. All added expense though and yes crawl space is much cheaper!

awesome craftsmanship, did you mention what town this is?

Have you ever built or seen someone build a house in your area with a wood foundation or basement? I am looking to build in Eastern Tennessee, I am from Michigan and we do wood basements up here.

Will you make a video showing step by step how to measure, pour, and place bolts ....

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

What do you think of this vid kzread.info/dash/bejne/e3-asamflq-fdbQ.html another project just with a slab.

Thank you for sharing this video, I'm curious about one thing that would it be the same as a concrete foundation if you fill the blocks with concrete?

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

Poured concrete would always be better and stronger especially if done with rebar. But both work just fine.

Do you have any videos where you build a home with a walk out basement?

Top row of blocks - When filling in the top row of blocks with concrete, what keeps or holds the concrete from falling into the abyss clear down to the footings?

@MigraineCraftsman

3 жыл бұрын

We just stick part of the bag the crete came with, just stuff it in there it works like a charm, I've learned that from the old timers.

Thanks for doing this!

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

Where are you located? Beautiful views! I feel your pain with the rain my friend. Your block cost is almost the same as my poured footing and concrete wall crawlspace. However mine is about double the square footage, of course I'm in Missouri! Can't wait to see more of your build!

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

North Georgia, I wish I had some of your guys here, certain trades are expensive here since no one wants to do it.

@myturn6897

5 жыл бұрын

@@MigraineCraftsman Yea my guys were very specific about not doing block. If it weren't for all the rain I would have been done in just a few days.

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

@@myturn6897 If I had more choices here I would do nothing but poured walls, I like them better.

@CChartier1

3 жыл бұрын

@@MigraineCraftsman Yes, I thought so, it looks like Hiawassee Georgia! Love it there. Just came back to Oregon after being in Hiawassee for about five months.

How much was just the labor alone? Can you tell us in your videos on how much just your materials cost, too?

Why do some blocks protrude away from the walls near the footing. I live in Tennessee between Knoxville and Cookville.

Thanks for sharing the costs Thanks for all the information I live in Georgia and I have a dream to build my own house Of 1200 square feet...

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome.

What kind of foundation can I use for 40x30 2 story home. I don't want to use a slab, because in the future I may have plumbing issues, and then then I would have to hire someone to break the concrete from inside the house? Thank you for any feedback!

@MigraineCraftsman

3 жыл бұрын

Crawl space would be a great solution, basement is also nice but very expensive. Also google pier foundation, but I'm not a fan of those.

Nice vid. Good detailed information.

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

Thx, Joel.

Your awesome.

Did you tie the block to the poured footer?

It does look beautiful, but where is here? Also do you need to fill all the voids in the block? How do you fill the voids? great videooooo!!

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

Here is Georgia, as for the filling of blocks yes you do fill the top ones and put in anchors to hold the house down.

I’d love to buy house for 400 or more. We starting business and I just got ripped off doing foundation for someone 1month 600 block by myself he never paid final 50% now can’t even afford rent when we just upgraded 800 month rent but trying to build credit n buy some day so I’m rushing trying to get other jobs done before I lose what I just got cuz this low life. But I love the video I’m working on my bidding still and how to not get ripped off when I can’t afford lawyer n never wanted to take someone to court but good video good advice

I am in California? My son and I survived the Fire in Paradise , California.We are waiting on a settlement?There is a market for all these poor people who lost everything?I really like your houses? We need something bigger than a tiny house?? Good to know about cement foundations?I would like to find out more?It's been a year? Did you sell it? I watched your house videos this morning?

When filling the cinder blocks did you pay for a cement truck or did you do it all by hand?

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

We did it by hand Odin.

One thing to consider though on a slab all your plumbing is under the concrete

Is it possible to build your cabin using these block for walls too? I mean to build a whole cabin with these blocks, except roof.

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

Sure, in Europe that is very popular.

Is the block laid directly on the ground or do you put the cinderblock on concrete or rock? Thanks for the video!

@MigraineCraftsman

3 жыл бұрын

We poured footers (concrete) then the block gets installed on top of that. Take a look here kzread.info/dash/bejne/l6Zq0phqk6Xehdo.html

Do you ever build any of these houses in Louisiana ❤

Wow great job!

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

Coin!!! Nice to see ya brother.

I bought a3/4 acre lot and looking to build a 24x24 cabin with a walk around deck. Thanks for the video, muskogee Oklahoma

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

24 by 24 perfect size, love it I might build something along those lines sometime.

@toddbuettner3956

4 жыл бұрын

Toddbuettner72@gmail.com I could show you the plans i found. Also considering a garage with apartment above.. saves cost on foundation work

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

@@toddbuettner3956 I appreciate it, I make my own plans as for the garage below and living space above is a brilliant idea. You can use the garage for a workshop if you needed it, I love those garage apartments your size is ideal for a 1 bedroom and 1 bath house, stick a bunch of windows if you have a view and you are living like a king. Water heater can below the stairs, you can even stick a washer dryer under as well if you stack em. (more space upstairs that way)

what is underneath the block, a footer?

We pay twice that much to rent a 1100 sq ft apartment with no yard, no patio, shared laundry, and we have a roommate... would totally buy that small house, would be a huge step up with that much outside space and not having to worry about shared walls.

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

Emily I feel you on the shared walls been there and had bad neighbors, loud music at 2 o'clock in the morning when I'm trying to sleep so I can go to work. I understand that completely. Building this little cabin my line of thought was at around $400 a month payment you get half an acre of land your own NEW construction house that you can do whatever you want with. Just wait till you see what I have planned for the inside :)

what made you decide to do a crawl space foundation?

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

The grade of the property(slope) crawlspace was ideal here. If my budget was different I would have done a walkout basement, which would have been perfect here.

Do you fill holes with concrete for every layer of blocks?

@MigraineCraftsman

3 жыл бұрын

Just the top layer to hold the bolts.

Do you build in Henry County GA? ..or are you willing to build something in Henry County GA?

Awesome.

Such good vibes.

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you my cannon friend.

if you come tp and do the same it will sale very fast as well pm i know pf a few places and land is cheap too over here

1:55 yup thats why I want to move back east/south I was wondering if you may know if there is land in your area that would be a larger parcel (10-15 acres) that I could use to build a family "neighborhood" I'd like to put something similar to your 900+ foot 3BR on the land plus 1 of the smaller 2BR ones for each of my kids (4) over time, WITH the plan to enlarge them to 4BR homes. (this would take time, but was just wondering if the counties would allow that) THX if you can reply. WITH the allowance to SHOOT on my own property ;)

@MigraineCraftsman

3 жыл бұрын

There is plenty of land just prices are crazy high, some go into millions for acreage.

Beautiful scenery. Where is it? North Carolina?

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

Close North GA

Cement is poured in every space of the block gradualy, as you raise it up?

@MigraineCraftsman

3 жыл бұрын

Blocks are filled at the top only, (for bolts) you can fill then it's just not necessary here.

@ioant1295

3 жыл бұрын

@@MigraineCraftsman thanks for the tip

How much concrete blocks cost you how much labour for blocks howmuch mortar cost and still cost ? How many sq.ft or running ft. Or how much was height x length x width of this small cabin ? How much concrete cost to feeling ....Not asking price for floor foundation only asking for block wall size material and labour cost . If you can tell me

how do you anchor the blocks in the ground? do you need to pour concrete footings?

@MigraineCraftsman

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, you pour the footings, put some rebar in it then start the block work, take a look through the previous episode it shows the pour and the price.

@bikeninja956

3 жыл бұрын

@@MigraineCraftsman Ok, thanks. How deep do those concrete footings need to be in a northern climate, 4' deep? I'll check out the other video...

No middle block support?

No Middle support for a 16 feet span?

How much of the end cost was labor?

No building codes is that Idaho?

land is beautiful there! greetings from Finland

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

Greetings from the appalachian mountains :) USA

@abenzuoo

4 жыл бұрын

@@MigraineCraftsman i googlemapped your landscape already xD Aunt living in pensylvania, never visited.. There is really a lot to see

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

@@abenzuoo People hike the appalachian trail every year here, look that up when you can interesting endeavor.

How did you pay these guys? Certain percentage up front...then the rest upon completion? Thanks.

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

Portion to get started then when done the rest.

That view is beautiful

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

Thx little lot but it turned out nice.

How deep is the concrete foundation?

How deep is the frost line. I am not sure where you live.

nice views, where is this?

The downside to slab on grade is that if you have a drainage or plumbing issue your screwed. It's also less comfortable for people walking on it. Crawlspace is the way to go unless your doing it to make money in my opinion..

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

Everything has its pluses and minus, if my budget was different on this build, walkout basement would have been awesome here.

I want to make a basement for a 20x40 building. How many bricks do you think it will take. I want maybe a 7 or 8 foot high. Then I was going probably build a cabin over it. I will do all the work myself. But not sure how much the materials would cost. I am on SSI so can't afford to pay People to do it. Just listening to you, Where can you help someone get into a home? Any in Oregon?

@MigraineCraftsman

3 жыл бұрын

That would be expensive the floor of the basement to pour it would cost at least 2 to 3 thousand in concrete alone as for the walls it all depends how you do it. Each of these blocks in $1.29 and they are 16 inches wide 8 deep and 8 tall. For a 20 by 40 you would need quite a few. Basements are expensive to build also you need t build a floor system to rest over it which is an additional cost compared to a slab foundation. Basement most expensive, then crawl space then slab, then piers.

@raystravel8325

3 жыл бұрын

@@MigraineCraftsman thanks that gives me a good understanding of about how much it would cost. I just wasn't sure. The first building I build on the place will be tiered but the main one I was wanting a basement.

Haha i also made a dumb mistake buying a vehicle from a dealership. I totally regret doing so after thinking how I could’ve bought equipment to start a company instead of a 20,000 vehicle.

Where is this? What state and county?

what town and river is that?! i want to move

I dug about 2 feet under the house footings (one corner of the house) to pour 40cm of deep concrete than put a concrete block 30cmx30cm of diameter to jack up the house levelling but at this depth clay is softer than where the original footing is. If l pour concrete than level it would it be ok or what is your advice? I need help. Thank you

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

Hard to answer that without seeing it. But If I understand you correctly one side of the house is settling and you are trying to even it out. If so your idea of digging under and pouring concrete into the hole then placing a concrete block sounds good. I would dig the hole wide so you have a larger area that will carry the load (weight). I don't know if this is your issue I'm guessing here but make sure you divert water away from your house that sometimes causes issues with foundations. Good luck.

@oktbas9197

4 жыл бұрын

@@MigraineCraftsman l did dug wider footers to spread the weight. I have to do 3 pins (concrete blocks) corner of the house and 2 sides which is about 10 feet away from the corner of the house. Should I start levelling the corner first and then do the sides later or level them all at the same time starting from the corner?

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

@@oktbas9197 Do the sides so you can prop them up then do the corner. That was there is less chance of the house settling even more once you start working on it. Once you do the sides do the corner and adjust/ fine tune to level. You need to take into consideration once you start digging and messing with the foundation it might settle more you have to be ready for that. You might have to get a jack to hold everything up temporarily, I have done that before. Best of luck.

@oktbas9197

4 жыл бұрын

@@MigraineCraftsman Thank you very much for your time and advice

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

@@oktbas9197 My pleasure.

i don't see vertical rebars. ??

Hello so the reason you didn't use a slab is because the land is not flat ?

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

Correct, water would be intruding into the house, so the foundation had to be raised up.

👍🏻

What a paradise.. make me want to move!

@MigraineCraftsman

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Hugo no cold weather here, well at least not as bad as in CA, make sure you check out the end of the next episode you will really love that then.

Where do you live? That's a beautiful view

@MigraineCraftsman

4 жыл бұрын

Georgia