Hi Mitten Family The pioneers that built this country didn't have a Home Depot to run to. They used what the land provided them with. You are to be highly commended on doing this yourself. Praying you have good health & strength as you continue the build. Be safe
Absolutely! We have it easy compared to even just 50 years ago with technology and information available to us. Thank you very much for the kind words and encouragement! God Bless!
Hey bro concrete guy here. Definitely not a foolish plan to do it yourself. You guys killed it! It’s all about having a good plan and making sure everything is in place to execute. And yeah we would have charged about $50-$60k without any dirt work here in the PNW so yah man you saved a buck. Cheers bro!
I truly appreciate the sweat equity that you guys put into this project. I'm a DIYer and have put myself under the gun many times to get a job finished and return rented equipment on time but nowhere near anything like this. God bless you! @@RathburnRanch
That cool definitely I do poured walls for a living we do one house a day normally we have a build crew and a strip crew pouring off the truck is super difficult not for the faint hearted props to you
I’m glad to see your not doing the typical Michigan house build. Where everyone needs a basement so they use 8 foot poured walls and then builds the house on top of a hill. Are you going to fill in the foundation and use in concrete radiant in floor heating. On the good side at least lumber prices are going down. We’re enjoying your build series
Been doing walls for the last 5 years, mainly 8/9’ walls so whenever we get a 4’ wall it feels like a reward lol. Good job doing that with such a small crew, looks good. Makes me want to buy a GoPro and a drone now, I’ve always wanted to watch our walls put up in a time lapse.
So, let me preface this with I do not work in the trades haha. I do own some land and have been looking into DIYing my home build. Because quite frankly I just don’t have the money to pay some or wish to take out a loan. My question is, how do I gain the minimum necessary knowledge to set up and pour my own foundation to my home? Where would I go? Who do I talk to about acquiring the knowledge to do something like this?
I watched a lot of CZcams videos from poured wall companies, studied the code book, read forums on best practices or how to overbuild things, and the best is to make a relationship with a local builder. It might take a bit to find one but if you can find a friend of a friend who’s in the trades they can answer most of your questions!
So are you guys having a basement? Or what is the purpose of such a deep/tall set of concrete walls? New to this stuff just doing research on building a barndo and a little lost. Thanks!
Nope unfortunately no basement. The location was low so we had to build everything up to that height. It is a slab on grade which means a concrete floor with no crawl space or basement.
Can someone answer a question for me please. My idea is to 1. Pour foundation with rebar sticking straight up for the walls. 2. Cover with huge pile of dirt 8 feet tall. 3. Dig down to the foundation. 4. Pour the 4 walls all at once. 5. Dig out all the dirt. Please note I am only trying to make a small house. Not big at all.
That is an interesting idea. On paper it would work if you found a soil that would compact hard enough to re-dig clean trenches but if you have any cave ins your basement will look pretty goofy. Additionally you'd need to put wood or foam on the outside of that trench to give you a smooth surface to waterproof. If it was for a cabin in the woods- then maybe. But I don't think any building inspector out there would allow it haha.
@RathburnRanch building in the Philippines. Going for the rough look. Thinking about doing a stain finish and kind of carve rock patterns in the concrete after the pour dries and I remove the dirt
Block would be cheaper but the number of weeks it would take for me to lay that many block wouldn’t be worth my time. If I was retired or if it was a small job I would’ve used block!
@@RathburnRanch I’m trying to build tax free underground luxury apartments super cheap, I was quoted $20,000-$70,000 just for the concrete for 2000 square feet. Is there any way I could get a reasonable price? Is there any way I could build something larger than a tiny prison cell size block for less than $250k…… 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️😱😱😱 I wanna build a 5000 square foot house with sturdy concrete walls and ceilings for cheap. Where can I get cheap concrete. I was quoted $120 a yard or $10-$20 a square foot. I wanna build a sturdy structure and then bury it under earth. Some people said it would be cheaper to use used shipping containers but you still need some concrete for reinforcement because containers can collapse under intense weight, they said they are only strongest at its 4 corners and the sides and roof can cave in eventually after intense weight from earth pushing on it for some time
What a disappointment! Looking at the thumbnail I thought I'll finally see concrete walls in the US on a residential house... Anyway, wish you luck, DIY is definitely way to go to save meney and often maintain a good workmanship on your project, if you're able to pull it yourself. Looks like a good start!
@@RathburnRanch Yeah, but I expected actually walls of the house, not just a basement. And concrete or mixed (like steel-cereamic beams with aircrete or brick blocks infills with a concrete pour) ceilings... I don't suspect any click baiting, it's just I got exited for a different story 😀
@@oakld gotcha! We had planned on ICF actually but changed our minds last minute. If I could do it over I certainly would. Masonry is 100% the way to go in my opinion
GREAT JOB!!! God bless you and the fam ❤
Hi Mitten Family
The pioneers that built this country didn't have a Home Depot to run to. They used what the land provided them with.
You are to be highly commended on doing this yourself.
Praying you have good health & strength as you continue the build.
Be safe
Absolutely! We have it easy compared to even just 50 years ago with technology and information available to us. Thank you very much for the kind words and encouragement! God Bless!
Hey bro concrete guy here. Definitely not a foolish plan to do it yourself. You guys killed it! It’s all about having a good plan and making sure everything is in place to execute. And yeah we would have charged about $50-$60k without any dirt work here in the PNW so yah man you saved a buck. Cheers bro!
Thanks man! It was a lot harder than I expected, big respect to you guys. Cheers!
I truly appreciate the sweat equity that you guys put into this project. I'm a DIYer and have put myself under the gun many times to get a job finished and return rented equipment on time but nowhere near anything like this. God bless you! @@RathburnRanch
Ima pro form stripper and lemme tell yah, he’s pretty chill doing that himself
I knock the ties as I go though
I'm envious. If I tried to do that work now, I'd be dead by lunch time. What it is to be healthy and abled!
Love the video, would it be quicker if you have all the forms all the way up and just pour all the concrete walls at once?
Loved the video, everything about it.
Specially your dogs getting in and out of the slab area. 😲😊
Harley is very excited about his new house!!😂
He sure is!
Awesome!!! Keep up the hard work! Pays off tenfold in the end. Congrats!
We’re hoping so. Thanks a lot!
That cool definitely I do poured walls for a living we do one house a day normally we have a build crew and a strip crew pouring off the truck is super difficult not for the faint hearted props to you
Thanks man!
WOW! That's an incredible amount of work in four days! I know, I've done it. Great job!
Yes, it was a lot of work! As always with big projects, I learned a lot! Thank you Old Carpenter!
I’m glad to see your not doing the typical Michigan house build. Where everyone needs a basement so they use 8 foot poured walls and then builds the house on top of a hill. Are you going to fill in the foundation and use in concrete radiant in floor heating. On the good side at least lumber prices are going down. We’re enjoying your build series
We sure are! It was cheaper than a floor system and should be much more efficient! Thank you Jerry!
Been doing walls for the last 5 years, mainly 8/9’ walls so whenever we get a 4’ wall it feels like a reward lol. Good job doing that with such a small crew, looks good. Makes me want to buy a GoPro and a drone now, I’ve always wanted to watch our walls put up in a time lapse.
Yeah that would be awesome. Huge respect to you guys, it is much harder than people think
You have inspired me!! Thank you for your videos. I will be starting my project this spring on Leech Lake, MN.
Cheers and thanks again.
Glad to hear it! Best of luck with your project!
Great job!! That’s a lot of hard work
Thank you!
Great work bro
Thanks 🔥
Stripping panels after only 24 hours weakens concrete by over 1/3- t
It sure does. I was told to do this at the time and regret it heavily. I wish I would’ve given them at least 3 days. Thanks for the comment!
Don't reckon
That is awesome you guys did this
Thanks! It was a ton of work but paid off
Man I wanna see how the floor pour went
We've got a video on that! czcams.com/video/YKNjV_0V5IA/video.html
So, let me preface this with I do not work in the trades haha. I do own some land and have been looking into DIYing my home build. Because quite frankly I just don’t have the money to pay some or wish to take out a loan. My question is, how do I gain the minimum necessary knowledge to set up and pour my own foundation to my home? Where would I go? Who do I talk to about acquiring the knowledge to do something like this?
I watched a lot of CZcams videos from poured wall companies, studied the code book, read forums on best practices or how to overbuild things, and the best is to make a relationship with a local builder. It might take a bit to find one but if you can find a friend of a friend who’s in the trades they can answer most of your questions!
So are you guys having a basement? Or what is the purpose of such a deep/tall set of concrete walls? New to this stuff just doing research on building a barndo and a little lost. Thanks!
Nope unfortunately no basement. The location was low so we had to build everything up to that height. It is a slab on grade which means a concrete floor with no crawl space or basement.
Damn that foundation is light on rebar
I agree. I listened to the poured wall guy I borrowed the forms from. I would’ve quadrupled the horizontal bar. I have multiple cracks
Can someone answer a question for me please. My idea is to 1. Pour foundation with rebar sticking straight up for the walls. 2. Cover with huge pile of dirt 8 feet tall. 3. Dig down to the foundation. 4. Pour the 4 walls all at once. 5. Dig out all the dirt.
Please note I am only trying to make a small house. Not big at all.
That is an interesting idea. On paper it would work if you found a soil that would compact hard enough to re-dig clean trenches but if you have any cave ins your basement will look pretty goofy. Additionally you'd need to put wood or foam on the outside of that trench to give you a smooth surface to waterproof. If it was for a cabin in the woods- then maybe. But I don't think any building inspector out there would allow it haha.
@RathburnRanch building in the Philippines. Going for the rough look. Thinking about doing a stain finish and kind of carve rock patterns in the concrete after the pour dries and I remove the dirt
Wonder if it’s cheaper than using concrete blocks for the foundation
Block would be cheaper but the number of weeks it would take for me to lay that many block wouldn’t be worth my time. If I was retired or if it was a small job I would’ve used block!
How much was that project?
one question boss what is the name of those forms that you used
They were Western Poured wall forms borrowed from a friend that does it for a living!
Any idea how much those forms cost if you were to buy them yourself?
Not sure but they are not cheap. I’d guess $15-20k for the panels and pins
How much money did you save and how much did it cost
Depending on the quotes we saved $55k-60k. It cost around $10k in concrete/rebar
@@RathburnRanch I’m trying to build tax free underground luxury apartments super cheap, I was quoted $20,000-$70,000 just for the concrete for 2000 square feet. Is there any way I could get a reasonable price?
Is there any way I could build something larger than a tiny prison cell size block for less than $250k…… 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️😱😱😱
I wanna build a 5000 square foot house with sturdy concrete walls and ceilings for cheap. Where can I get cheap concrete. I was quoted $120 a yard or $10-$20 a square foot.
I wanna build a sturdy structure and then bury it under earth. Some people said it would be cheaper to use used shipping containers but you still need some concrete for reinforcement because containers can collapse under intense weight, they said they are only strongest at its 4 corners and the sides and roof can cave in eventually after intense weight from earth pushing on it for some time
My brother and i could do the whole thing not just half lWe would have had that set and poured by 3 pm
Very impressive! This was my first time ever pouring walls or setting forms so I wanted to make sure I had things right. Thanks for watching!
What a disappointment! Looking at the thumbnail I thought I'll finally see concrete walls in the US on a residential house... Anyway, wish you luck, DIY is definitely way to go to save meney and often maintain a good workmanship on your project, if you're able to pull it yourself. Looks like a good start!
I’m confused haha these are concrete walls on a residential house
@@RathburnRanch Yeah, but I expected actually walls of the house, not just a basement. And concrete or mixed (like steel-cereamic beams with aircrete or brick blocks infills with a concrete pour) ceilings... I don't suspect any click baiting, it's just I got exited for a different story 😀
@@oakld gotcha! We had planned on ICF actually but changed our minds last minute. If I could do it over I certainly would. Masonry is 100% the way to go in my opinion