HAND POURING CONCRETE BUILDING A MASSIVE BLOCK WALL ON OUR ABANDONED PROPERTY!
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hi guys im from arecibo PR im a fan of your videos. i have a welding shop im arecibo and i have a few gates that i made and im not going to use i would like to give it to you for your laundry/cat house. and if you need some help yo make the gates of your new wall. i can show you how to weld so you can do it yourself. buy a cheap mig gasless welder machine that you can use with a generator. let me know if you like the idea. im Josue by the way.
Thank you josue!
That’s really cool. Hope you guys can get together.
Matt is the hardest working man on CZcams 👏
It really ain't that hard, it's s labor of love
@@SailingGoodBadandUgly potato or potato its still a potato or a veggie lol , GREAT JOB Matt !
Yes he is! Who else could make a whole video on building a concrete wall and keep it interesting? Matt & Kristen can! Keep it up team, we love you and all you do!
That's what i was just thinking! plus he got skills to do all these construction projects you can tell he has had experience in the field.
@@r.foshee1578i built pools from 18-22 yrs old
I think I would find some large rocks to put in front of the great wall. Someone will undoubtably find a way to run into it with their vehicle. Put plants in between the rocks and be happy.
Large boulder... 3' to 4'
Ever try and move one that size? Thought not @@ktown4852
@@ktown4852 yes definitely. maybe 2 or 3 on each side of the entrance
Matt, place rebar out the edge of the driveway slab you are pouring spaced every couple of feet so the next driveway joint has something to connect to. Actually a smooth steel dowel is what they use in hwy construction. Before pouring the adjacent section put grease on the dowels that are sticking out. This allows the concrete to move a little with the expansion and contraction process but will keep your driveway level at the joints. 3000 psi concrete should be used (formula is five 94 lb sacks of Portland cement per cubic yard of concrete). Depending on how long your driveway is I’m betting you will get some help in the end so I’ll keep watching. Pouring/finishing concrete is young man’s work! Pro tip- start at the end of the driveway down the hill and pour back towards the road. You don’t want 80,000lb trucks driving on your new driveway and cracking it. Also a joint should be placed about every 15-20 ft. Make sure the earth is packed good under where you will be pouring concrete. This keeps cracks from forming in the driveway and it saves you money. The ground will compress under the concrete as it’s poured. If ground is not packed it will take more than 4” depth to fill the driveway forms costing you lots more money! Lack of foundation prep work is the biggest mistake DYI folks make. Good luck and keep filming!
I vote Uncle Matty CZcams man of the year !!! Nobody and I mean nobody that I watch work as hard as uncle Matty 💪🏽💪🏽🤜🏽. Also, my favorite CZcams channel !! Give this man a beer🍺make that two beers 🍻🍻one for his beautiful wife to be ☺️🤗✌🏼😎💯🇺🇸🇺🇸
Mommy is the hardest working Supervisor/❤😮
Both cats' tails wagging while Matt carried them down the road. So cute!
You guys are amazing I get tired just watching you work
Good afternoon guys!! Juan here. Mi esposa y yo vamos para Puerto Rico, queremos verlos….can we? Lets us know!!! Juan and Iris, we will travel to Cabo Rojo on the tenth of Feb…
I thought the best part was when you said, "I'm learning and growing as a builder." Right on, just do it!
Hi Matt, Kristen! I would suggest removing bells from the cats because they are in the wild. The collar needs to be such that in sace they are caught in some plant, it snaps off. The bell is the ringer for predators. So usually wild cats are supposed to be fixed and be let without the bells for their own safety.
Don’t forget on the plaster - 2 coats - brown & color !
You best leave the driveway to the professionals. Kristen and Matt are professional enough as long as you have ready mix delivered. Looking forward to the road building episodes.
Glad to see you guys again, miss seeing you.
Wow! With so much beautiful greenery and in a land that anything grows, you're going with cactus! Don't do that
Bougainvillea plants, beautiful with thorns
I love what you guys are doing. I am a builder, but I can tell you by experience that it is love that builds a house and hard work. Enjoy what you’re doing. It doesn’t have to be perfect. It just has to be what you want the most beautiful homes in the world aren’t perfect but they are what people want a home for them and their families may God continue to bless you both and keep you safe in Jesus name.
That's FN Team Work! 🎶
Just do you Matt, screw the haters. Answer to no one except the boss lady!
lol great video. Reading the comments and realizing that if you bought everything everyone was suggesting, you’ll have bought another house worth of things!
I love how you answer all the comments in advance Matt. You know your audience. Enjoying watching the old school hard way as well, as long as it's you doing it. Great video and music, as always...
Matt & Christen- you guys are living the dream that so many of the rest of us only dream…. BTW loved the little “break” last week you guys took to post a little bit of sailing content - but I’m still totally engrossed with your new homesteading adventure!
Looking good guys. Quick advice about your small mixer. Get a board under the mixer tip out all your mixes onto it with mixer running. Empties out quick. Then spade into buckets. Don't keep getting cement on your hands you'll get alkaline burns,you'll get dermatitis.
Amazing place you've got. Thanks
Fred Flintstone and the Python Cowboy all rolled into one. One stop YouTubing plus the best video and editing on YT. Thanks for the safety glasses demonstration Matt. Looking Good GBU!
Matt - Driveway Engineering -- Consider buying surplus military steel landing mats for your driveway. They are pressed steel and lock together end to end. Two rows with the width suitable for your truck would be ideal. Can be moved if required and prevents sinking into mud and prevents great traction for everything from jeeps to tanks to Huey helicopters Should be fine for Casa Grande Matt
Wow
From Lenny Laminato… to Concrete Carlton… to
Freddy Flintstone !!!
Impressiveness
You can just put the dry concrete into the column and then add water ! Much easier when you get your the house part where Kristin was right!
You too are something else, Progress progress progress hallelujah. You are my favorite duo. Looking good
And gotta take care of the animals And looking down the line to your next big project, You're nice home. Glad you're getting married.
And christian are you Was baby? Watch out for the snakes and crocodiles. Thanks so much buddies and catch you next sunday.❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great job on the wall. If you start the driveway watch a couple of you tube videos. In that type of ground you want to use fabric. It comes in 12’x 300 or for ft rolls. The reason is it keeps your limestone from mixing and sinking into the ground as it gets wet. The other reason you want it is you need a stone base under your concrete. This keeps the stone in place and allows drainage under the concrete. It will save you 50% of the stone you will need to build a base for your concrete. There is a lot of videos about it on CZcams. Good luck I enjoy see your progress each Sunday.
Since this is the tropics, you need to leave this structure half completed with rebar sticking out of the walls to make it more authentic.
If you screw a block of wood by the base of the bucket, you will have a handle to grab while pouring the cement.
I saw this trick on a video of hard working men who fill post holes for fences. Good work on your new adventure of building your homestead. ❤❤❤
Great job on the masonry wall ,, But safety first use a dust mask around concrete and maybe a little higher scaffolding . Glad you had safety glasses when cutting rebar . We all want to see you build the house without accidents . Go Team Go !
Try a landscaping yard for the stone .
Love you guys, my wife and I are looking to move to puerto Rico in the near future, and we love to watch your channel. Maybe we ill come across some day ❤ Matt makes us laugh, and the iguana feed it to the cats 🐈 😅
😊 WE WENT FROM BOAT LIFE TO LAND LIFE TO BOB THE BUILDER LOVE IT SENDING LOVE FROM COLUMBUS OHIO
😊😊😊😊Awesome Job ! You two ," Get r done !"😊😊😊😊
I am enjoying watching the process.
Great job on your fortress walll. Keep your Queen safe !!
Hey, I raised a baby iguana into a 6' monster like Matt caught, he was my favorite pet. He rode on my back while I biked around Tampa , and later Atlanta Ga. He roamed freely, in and out through a doggy door, sleeping in the bushes outside during the day when I was working, and would scramble down to greet me like any pet does . He loved pizza , even though greens were his diet, and was a very colorful local oddity. I would take him to the library, on my bicycle, so the kids could pet him and see reptiles up close. Dino had a personality, much like a cat, preferred one person (me) but tolerated people well, especially kids.
This was long ago , in the 90's, before iguanas became a nuisance pest.
Looks good so far. Cant wait for the final finish.
Much respect for you, Matt at how fast you have picked up laying block. Not an esay skill.
Your vibe together is what keeps me coming back for more. ❤
Can’t wait for my Sunday GBU - time lapse video therapeutic 😉 love love the kitties 🐈⬛ ❤️🐈⬛❤️🐈⬛
Hey Guys, nice wall. I would suggest 4 inch base of half inch line stone for your driveway and compress it. Your driveway will harden over time driving back and fourth over it.
A mans home is his castle, what is a castle without a wall, well done Matt the mason !
Matt is a beast in a good way 😉💪🏽
Thanks for the update on SV Dead Dolphin. You read my mind. My phone wouldn't let me comment recently but we still watch GBU every Sunday. You guys are great.
Hey Matt, get a 4.5-inch diamond wheel for the angle grinder. That would easily score or even cut the block and make for some clean lines. The wheel you used to cut the rebar would have likely done the job in a pinch for a couple of blocks.
Such a fun way to start the week with your video, never fails to bring a smile and a laugh, thank you for sharing!!!
Matt I love watching you grinde your pashions out. Weather it's boat projects or yalls property. Ya'll keep it up its amazing on so many levels brother!!
You can be proud of the wall already, at this rate you are mastering the art of building with blocks. That wall is going to be supper strong.👍
My house was build on ‘51 and the block is all hollow. 15” block for basement 12” for walls. When they did some modification to the block wall garage they just put a ‘glob’ of concrete around the rebar as they layer each layer.
Block walls do not need filling with concrete.
Cheers Warren
Its minus 15 celcius here in Canada,,your so lucky to be in the warmth. Love your videos guys!
In Florida it's called peacock rock and don't forget a material barrier under to keep the weeds down. Good job Larry🎉
Matt, Your driveway approach is sound. I like the rebar connections between pours!
And you guys should make 1 hour long videos we will watch them we love you guys and your work ethic concrete Carlton the two of you are champions on CZcams
Hello, I don't know if you are going to read this but I give you some advice, "keep the cement mixer running constantly, and when loading the cement buckets too! This will generate a constant flow that you can master while tilting the machine over the edge" they must do it without fear of error, getting used to the action takes a few minutes, it doesn't matter if at first something falls out, you will master it quickly I promise. WATCH YOUR BACK WHEN MOVING THE CUBES! Otherwise in a few months you will be paying for the carelessness. Greetings from Argentina and good job!
Nobody can make a wheelbarrow filling up with dirt more entertainin to watch than Matt & Kristen. You got this! 🌴😎
I love this new adventure!
Eating Iguanas would be an interesting video. The recipe, the hunt, the preparing, the cooking, and finally the eating. Guys You have the script
The wall looks awesome. Nice work.
Matt not afraid of the Crete. Tarpin Tanner my man.
Great work Matt, you’re doing a great job 🎉🎉
What a groovy life. I love your hands on approach to building your dream ranch.
I totally love you guys! Been watching since sailing. I’ve traveled your paths as well! Matt you’re amazing with your personality, work ethic, humor, positive outlook, and willingness to do the work even if you don’t know exactly what you’re doing!😁 Question: where are your gloves?? I never see you working with gloves and maybe it’s time to protect your hands?🤷♀️Be gentle with them!🙂
Kristen is beautiful as well, adorable, sweet and so talented with the CZcams videos! Drone shots, video are amazing! You’re such a loyal partner. Patient and understanding with Matt’s ideas..I admire that! Bottom line, I enjoy seeing partners work together to create something beautiful for you both. Until next time..Carry on, be safe and God Bless! ❤🙏🏼
Helpful advice from Maine: Leave enough room between the wall and the road for all the snow the plows are going to shove there during winter.
I trick I learned when doing a grout filled wall is to use your hose to run some water down the inside of the blockwork before pouring the grout in, makes it slide down so much more easily
Y'all should go with a gravel/abc stone driveway vs concrete. Watch "letsdig18" making his farm roads for a great way for strong abc stone roads on his property. Love the videos/channel y'all are an inspiration!
We have a decent grade drop, will gravel roll downhill?
@@SailingGoodBadandUgly gravel/just stone by itself would roll and tires would dig into it - not ideal.
Abc stone is actually a mix of three sizes of crushed stone. It's used as the base for roadways that asphalt is set on.
I think ABC mix would be ideal because once it's been compacted and had time to set, it's basically like concrete. Lay that 6-8" thick and I don't think you'd have any trouble, just have to dig some swales to direct rain runoff, but that'll be needed regardless of the "pavement" type
When it's all said & done, y'all are going to have a beautiful place🍻
You should be very, very proud of your accomplishments. Especially when they last a lifetime. In a day and age where "hardwork" is a swear word, it's a breath of fresh air to see someone taking great pride and giving a damn about their environment.
I think you're going to need to cap the entire wall, although maybe you're planning on doing it and just didn't say? I think otherwise the open columns will fill with water and ruin your stucco job over time as it leaches out. Plus it would be a great breeding place for mosquitos. The wall is looking great through, nice figuring it out!
Like your plan! Enjoy your work and live life not driven by a schedule. 😊
You are a great mason with a. great helper with a good looking wall.
Already looking forward to next week 😊
One of my favorite things about Sunday is watching SBU! Hey Matt, you are on a blind corner and someone is going to go too fast and crash into your wall. Get some big boulders and set them in front of your wall.
Came here to say exactly this. Oh, and maybe start a sweep to guess how long it will be before a drunken 'Rican hits the wall.
100%!!!
Christen you’ve done a great job on building that block wall!
Matt o you have the ability to do whatever you decide to take on, not to mention the knowledge you obtain by doing it!
She’s done anything? Besides telling him what to do?
Christen is kind of bossy, but someone has to play foreman. You two are great.
I have to say that I love both of you. While I miss you on the boat, I am totaling enjoying your efforts to rebuild that property'
Wall looks so nice! It'll look pretty with the cactus and rock. Great money saving plan for the driveway. The cats look happy. You go guys!
When you chiseled that cap block in half Matt, it was almost like watching the Egyptians building the pyramids. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Wall looks great! Good luck with the rest.
Loved the dance moves.👍😂
Guys, I’m enjoying watching the weekly project update; not as much fun as boat life from our perspective, but you are working towards a long term goal. I wish that over engineered fence wall was part of your home, but I know it was for practice.
Since you have a Quikrete manufacturing plant on the island, I suggest you look into the Quikrete Quikwall product. This is a fiber reinforced surface bonding cement 50 lb bag you just add water to. With this product you can pour your footing and dry stack your CMU’s. You then trowel a 1/8” coating on each side of the block, 50 sq ft per bag. This gives you a stronger wall than the mortar set wall you are building and gives you a stucco finish that is water resistant in one step. You can core fill as you did on your fence wall, but it can save a lot of labor. Just as suggestion, a spec data sheet will be on the Quikrete website.
I love your way.... What's the rush....manual labor is a great way to enjoy the process and learn....especially when you got the time! Keep going. We are enjoying watching from Las Vega, NV>
Thats a lot of good and hard work y’all been doing.
Matt you need one more cat....Bobcat skid loader...hey Christmas is coming ;)
We're looking into machinery, but goodness even a small one is 30grand
Maybe you can get some income from renting the boat
You're a weapon Matt, onya mate.🤘
Matt and Kristen, the wall looks great! I think you should just paint it with a concrete sealant paint and grow vines up the wall - preferably something with a waxy leaf to deflect water and provide habitat for birds and other small wildlife.
1/21/24 -- Matt, Advice, Keep hands clean, cement will burn skin! Also Pour your cement a little wetter to help it run all the way down your wall. Also you can run a few courses of block & fill ,a bit easier!
Lordy these 2 work hard.
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Matt, your ability to learn, adapt, apply and produce results is amazing. As a contractor on large projects, my father treasured employees that had your qualities as they were rare in his day, more so today. As to the wall. Take a moment to choose the correct coating (paint, etc.). Exterior stucco walls hold dirt, moisture, mold, etc.and that leads to a rather tacky show. Some coatings don't allow some of the growth or release it easier when washed with a hose.
Never seen those blocks filled with cement before that wall should withstand whatever a hurricane throws at it good job guys cheers from Australia !! You could stone pitch the roadside of wall with riverstones from down below
KUDOS!! This is truly a tough job and you're doing good!
Matt you are a legend ❤
Matt . Great sarcasm back at the hall monitors !! Lol
You guys are great I love your channel.
Thanks for sharing guys
Hey Matt, build yourself a V funnel by connecting two boards with a gap in between with the same size of that inner block hole- makes filling the blocks much easier and faster - anyway good work man !
Matty the mason should be proud. You are doing a fine job!!
Man my back is killing me from all that block laying. Its great to be young !
Matt, I am voting for you.
❤❤❤Oriental Sand and Gravel Puerto Rico
Love watching Matt learn a new trade, and the last part of video shows when he expertly chips the concrete blocks as any I have seen. If you are stucco the outside , cuts dont matter. I watch this you tube channel Project Portugal. And Nick is the guy for anything! Please add Project Portugal to. Your you tube watches, he has built so much by concrete bricks, stone work, stucco, etc and has an amazing art for it. Helps all the locals, etc. Plus him and Andrea are adorable like you two.❤❤